Avoid These 65 Slow Loading WordPress Plugins

Ok, so there's a good plugin that strangely GoDaddy created and it measures which plugins are slowest. I'll do a tutorial about it this weekend if there's interest.

It's a bit technical, but it lets you identify which plugins are slowing your site. You can use another plugin to basically throttle when the plugin runs - so if you have a widget that you only need for one section of your site/blog, then you can make sure it just runs on those pages. This speeds up your site.

If you have a largely static site, you can also just cache your site content so that it loads quickly without running plugins. 90% of sites could do this. You just lazy load javascript files like Google analytics or ads. Most important part is that your web hosting is serving up your pages quickly as well. Check your MySQL slow queries to see what's causing issues and remember to repair & optimize your database regularly (this can be automated).
 
I did a search for "dr link check" and couldn't find it. Are you sure you have the name correct?
Broken link checker was the only one on the list that I had installed.
Dr. Link Check is a website not a plugin. It is a premium services that allows you to check up to 1,500 links, anything over that you can sign up head over to drlink [ dot ] com and run your link through to tool. Hope that helps.
 
And what about Wordfence? Which settings should be changed under live traffic report?
You can choose to log all traffic or only security-related traffic on the Live Traffic View. I recommend logging only security-related traffic, which includes successful logins, login attempts and various types of blocked hits. All other traffic can be tracked via your GA website. Avoid bloat.
 
Does the Autoptimze plug in also delete cache files?

I fond WP Rocket is free here on BH.. Is it safe to use on my site?
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/g...-with-infinite-activations-worth-249.1224866/
If you found a free version here it won't do you much good and the premium version comes with support and is updated regular. If you do install a free version you found here more than likely it's nulled and can pose a security risk if you choose to install it on your website it will not have all the lastest cache features. If your strapped for cash I suggest you just use Autoptimize. But the final decision is your own. Hope that helps.
 
It's a great list, so much of efforts put-in. Thanks.

can I ask you what is the alternative to those plugins?
You will have to do some research for most of them. But where you cannot find alternatives I recommend using the Asset Clean Up plugin to remove any unnecessary code from your pages. Hope that helps.
 
?? yoast slow down the website? which alternative do you suggest?
Yoast is a great SEO plugin however I use RankMath for SEO it is light weight and offers a lot a free options that Yoast charges for as a premium.
 
Hellis,

Thank you for this post and good information. As a past risk manager, is there a companion post for fast versions of the plugins listed below? Right off the bat I know I have AddThis on a number of sites I have and would love to scratch out faster loading times.


Thanks for your time!




Which Plugin Is Slowing Down Your WordPress Website?


(Note: it's a premium/paid plugin no free version, but Autoptimze plugin is a great free alternative to WP Rocket if you're strapped for cash.)

List of 65 Slow Plugins I've tested...

  1. AddThis
  2. AdSense Click Fraud Monitoring
  3. All-In-One Event Calendar
  4. Backup Buddy
  5. Beaver Builder
  6. Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps
  7. Broken Link checker (use Dr. Link Check)
  8. Constant Contact for WordPress
  9. Contact Form 7 ( I still use this with Asset clean up )
  10. Contextual Related Posts ( I still use this with text only )
  11. Digi Auto Links
  12. Disqus Comment System
  13. Divi Builder
  14. Essential Grid
  15. Facebook Chat
  16. Fancy Gallery
  17. Fuzzy SEO Booster
  18. Google Analytics
  19. Google Language Translator
  20. Google Translate
  21. Google XML Sitemaps
  22. Jetpack
  23. Leaflet Maps Marker
  24. MyReview
  25. NextGEN Gallery
  26. NewStatPress
  27. Real Estate Website Builder
  28. Really Simple Share
  29. Reveal IDs
  30. Revolution Slider
  31. Sharebar
  32. ShareThis
  33. S2 member
  34. SEO Auto Links & Related Posts
  35. Share Buttons by AddToAny
  36. Share Buttons by E-MAILiT
  37. ShareThis
  38. Social Discussions
  39. Socialable
  40. Similar Posts
  41. Slimstat Analytics
  42. SumoMe
  43. Talk.To
  44. Tribulent Slideshow Gallery
  45. Ultimate Social Media & Share
  46. VaultPress
  47. WooCommerce Customer History
  48. Wordfence (disable live traffic reports)
  49. WordPress Facebook
  50. WordPress Related Posts
  51. WordPress Popular Posts
  52. WordPress Social Ring
  53. WP Bakey (formerly Visual Composer)
  54. WP Facebook Like Plugin
  55. WP Jump Menu
  56. WP Social Bookmarking Lite
  57. WP Social Share
  58. WP Statistics
  59. WP Power Stats
  60. WP-PostViews
  61. WPML (if you use too many extensions)
  62. WPCloaker
  63. WPML
  64. Yet Another Related Post Plugin
  65. Yuzo Related Posts
Okay, so now that I've hammered home that popular plugins might also be the reason your site is running slowly…what do you actually do about it?
 
Most people use the following plugins in Wordpress:

Contact Form 7 (I still use this with Asset clean up )
Contextual Related Posts (I still use this with text only )
Divi Builder
Google Analytics
Google Language Translator
Google Translate
Google XML Sitemaps
Jetpack
Wordfence (disable live traffic reports)
WP Statistics

The plugin authors should be notified about this by users on here who are aware of this. Jetpack is by Automattic, the creators of Wordpress.
 
Most people use the following plugins in Wordpress:

Contact Form 7 (I still use this with Asset clean up )
Contextual Related Posts (I still use this with text only )
Divi Builder
Google Analytics
Google Language Translator
Google Translate
Google XML Sitemaps
Jetpack
Wordfence (disable live traffic reports)
WP Statistics

The plugin authors should be notified about this by users on here who are aware of this. Jetpack is by Automattic, the creators of Wordpress.
Great tip about alerting the plugin developers however it won't do much good as most of them push upgrades resulting in the plugins being bloated...nevertheless you just have to be smart with which plugin you use. I'm seeing great success with using Asset Clean Up plugin in cases where bloated plugins are still used.
 
Jetpack is awful, still wonder why anyone would install it since there are much better stand alone plugins.
 
Hellis,

Thank you for this post and good information. As a past risk manager, is there a companion post for fast versions of the plugins listed below? Right off the bat I know I have AddThis on a number of sites I have and would love to scratch out faster loading times.


Thanks for your time!
I'm working on a fast plugin list and will drop in the forum soon... stay tuned.
 
i use jetpack??
Jetpack is a very bloated plugin and causes all kinds of issues... I'm not hating on the plugin though I'm just talking from experience with the plugin it lags your website and causes all kinds of plugin and theme issues.

You have to watch that plugin closely.
 
Top 10 WordPress Plugins That Must Be Used

As such, WordPress has over 55,000 plugins that you can use.

However, with such a large number of plugins, it is a difficult task to choose the urgent and necessary plugins.

But, what are some of the best WordPress plugins with SEO, website speed, backup or social media, many people have asked me about that.

So let's go below, we know the names of the essential WordPress plugins and their functions and functions one by one.



# 1. Yoast SEO plugin

Yoast seo plugin for WordPress.


As a blogger, you probably know how important on-page seo optimization is when it comes to blogging.

In this case, what is on-page SEO, I have already written an article on this and explained it to you completely.

On page seo, a part of search engine optimization, where the content written in our blog has to be optimized in different ways so that, our written content can rank well in search engines.

Now, Yoast seo is a modern WordPress plugin through which we can do SEO optimization in our articles in the right way.

When you write an article, Yoast SEO plugin will tell you the necessary information related to the SEO of the article.

For example, whether keyword is used in title, URL and description.

Moreover, it will also tell you how many keywords have been used in the article and how much it is important to use.

And, you can make sure that the content is fully optimized for the search engine.

In addition to SEO, you will also be told how well your article is written.

I mean, whether the article is easy to read, whether people can easily read the content you write, you can find out everything through it.

So, using Yoast SEO plugin as a blogger is much more important for you.

Because, this is the best “WordPress SEO optimization plugin”.

# 2. Autoptimize plugin
You have to optimize your WordPress website all the time.

With this, your website will work much faster and faster.

Moreover, as with Google search, the faster your website loads, the better its ranking will be.

So, in order to keep your blog ranking well in google search, you have to work with the loading speed of the website.

In this case, the Autoptimize WordPress plugin will come in handy.

Because, it has proven to be the best WordPress speed optimization plugin.

This will allow you to optimize your website for speed.

Moreover, optimizing html, javaScript, css scripts keeps them light.

In addition, file compression, lazy load image and optimize google font function will help make your website lighter and faster.

This plugin works as a cache plugin.

So, using the Autoptimize plugin for a WordPress blog will prove to be very profitable.


# 3. Secure security


A WordPress blog can be attacked by various types of malware, viruses, malicious bots, etc.

In this way, your website can be damaged very easily.

Moreover, every day some auto bots try to login to our WordPress blogs.

In this case, the SUCURI plugin protects our blogs or websites from these malicious attacks.

SUCURI is a security and firewall plugin for WordPress.

Its job is to protect WordPress websites from all malicious attacks and malware viruses.

So, first of all, install “sucuri security plugin” on your WordPress blog and activate it.

In many cases, your website will be protected.



# 4. Google xml sitemap

WordPress Blogger Site Map Tutorial Bangla

Google xml sitemap plugin



This is a very important SEO plugin for any WordPress website.

With the Google xml sitemap, search engines such as "Google", "Yahoo" and "bing" can better "index" your website.

If you are using the Google search console, you must know that we have to submit a sitemap xml file there.

So, after installing and activating the Google xml sitemap plugin, it automatically creates an XML sitemap file for the website.

And, after submitting this sitemap file, Google bots can easily rank, index and crawl website content in its search results.

Remember, by creating a sitemap file and submitting it to Google Search Console, you will continue to get a lot of benefits in the field of SEO.

# 5. WP super cache

In the world of 2020 blogging, the speed of a website is a very important issue.

In this case, using the WP super cache plugin, you can increase the loading speed of your WordPress website.

You can download and install this urgent WordPress plugin for free.

This is a cache plugin, and so you will find all kinds of cache options here.

This free and easy to use plugin creates a static HTML file from your dynamic WordPress website.

And, as a result, your website uses that static html file and the website loads much faster.

So, you must install and use “WP super cache plugin” on your WordPress websites.


6#. Updraft plus backup plugin

As a blogger, it is very important to back up your website from time to time.

Because, at any time, the files of your website can be corrupted, hacked or lost due to any mistake.

In this case, it is very important to use a good WordPress backup plugin.

With this, you can keep a full or partial backup of your website from time to time.

And, in the future, if there is a problem with any file or coding on your server, then you can easily upload the backup file, you can get everything right.

However, in the case of WordPress, there are various plugins to back up the website and its files.

But, in my own experience, “Updraft plus backup plugin” is the best.

7#. wp Smush - Image Compression

We know that the website has a lot of heavy images but the real reason for its slow loading speed.

So, it is very important to compress and optimize every image uploaded in our blog.

This will not reduce the loading speed of your website for the image.

In this case, we can use “WP smush plugin”.

With this image compress and optimization plugin, we can compress, resize and optimize every image on our website.

Moreover, as a result of lazy load images, the loading speed of the website will be much faster.

There is also a paid version of this plugin.

However, in Freight you can optimize a much larger amount of images.

In the case of a personal blog, the free version is the best.

8#. Share counts - social sharing plugin

Share counts is a social media sharing plugin for any WordPress website.

In this way, a nice social sharing button will be displayed at the top or bottom of your article.

And, then using these social sharing buttons, blog visitors or readers can easily share your content on social media.

As such, every blogger must use this type of social sharing plugin.

However, new bloggers do not find a good social media sharing plugin easily.

We are using this social sharing WordPress plugin in many of our blogs and websites.

# 9. WP forms lite

Every website or blog must have a contact form.

And, using these forms, we provide blog visitors or readers with the facility through which they can communicate with the owner of the website.

However, not many people know how to create an attractive contact form for a WordPress website.

In this case, you can easily create a contact form using the "WP forms lite plugin".

It is currently the most popular and working but completely free WordPress plugin.

There is also a pro version of wp forms, where we are given some advanced features.

This form builder has some special features.

For example, visual builder, pre-built templates, 100% mobile friendly, fastest contact form plugin etc.

# 10. Simple author box

If you want to easily display "author box" below the article written in your blog, then you can use the "simple author box" plugin.

Simply put, this free WordPress plugin can be used to show the "author bio section" of blog visitors and readers.


And to be honest, you can show a lot of interesting and beautiful author box on the blog.

You can add author profile, author image, author social icon and websites in the author boxes shown through it.

After installing and activating this plugin, the author box will automatically start showing below your blog post.

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