Avoid These 65 Slow Loading WordPress Plugins

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I can agree for this

The plugin which you have mentioned really slows down website but could i know what about the alternatives because most of plugins is quite essential for website
1. Sumo
2. Contact form 7
3. Google analytics
4. Revolution slider
5. Yet another post plugin

Will glad to know alternatives for this
 
hellis said:
Which Plugin Is Slowing Down Your WordPress Website?

I’ve been using WordPress for a very long time and tested hundreds of WordPress plugins. Below is a list of slow loading plugins that will slow down your website.

Note that I have personally tested the below plugins and your experience with these plugins my differ from my personal results with the below plugins so feel free to let me know.

After getting rid of slow plugins on my blog. My blog now loads in under 2 seconds. The slow plugins like Contact Form 7 and Contextual Related Posts that I still use on my blog I use the Asset Clean Up plugin to trim the bloat and fat (unnecessary CSS/Javascript) from my site.

Hot Tip: Your website's speed and loading time will become a huge ranking factor in 2021 (Google said so themselves) so be sure to get your website ready when the Google algorithm hits in 2021.

Unique/Great content will still dominate the serps though! so don't lose focus of that. It's just that Google will put heavy emphasis on the user experience and page loading times in conjunction with great content.

So just imagine having keyword rich, SEO optimized pages along with a fast website = money in the bank! Anyways back to the slow plugins... that's why you are here right?

You can see below my blog's loading time from using the GTmetrix tool along with my Google Page Speed Insight scores for both Desk top and Mobile users. (Removing bloated plugins was a huge factor.)

1. My GTmetrix Page Speed/Y Slow Scores: 99%/93% and fully load of 1.2 seconds.

2. My Desktop Page Speed Insights Scores 100

3. My Mobile Page Speed Insights Scores 94

Oh yes before I forget to tell you I also use the WP Rocket plugin on my blog that has also helped me achieve those fast load times and scores with my blog.

(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?

If you’re using any of the plugins on the above list, either get rid of them or find a replacement. If it's a must use the Asset Clean Up plugin to strip unnecessary code from loading on your website post/pages.

Is there any other slow plugins you've encountered?

Let me know if there is a recommendation for me to replace Contact Form 7 and Contextual Related Post plugins with a lighter plugin then do let me know.
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if u dont mind
share plugin which can be used
 
hellis said:
Which Plugin Is Slowing Down Your WordPress Website?

I’ve been using WordPress for a very long time and tested hundreds of WordPress plugins. Below is a list of slow loading plugins that will slow down your website.

Note that I have personally tested the below plugins and your experience with these plugins my differ from my personal results with the below plugins so feel free to let me know.

After getting rid of slow plugins on my blog. My blog now loads in under 2 seconds. The slow plugins like Contact Form 7 and Contextual Related Posts that I still use on my blog I use the Asset Clean Up plugin to trim the bloat and fat (unnecessary CSS/Javascript) from my site.

Hot Tip: Your website's speed and loading time will become a huge ranking factor in 2021 (Google said so themselves) so be sure to get your website ready when the Google algorithm hits in 2021.

Unique/Great content will still dominate the serps though! so don't lose focus of that. It's just that Google will put heavy emphasis on the user experience and page loading times in conjunction with great content.

So just imagine having keyword rich, SEO optimized pages along with a fast website = money in the bank! Anyways back to the slow plugins... that's why you are here right?

You can see below my blog's loading time from using the GTmetrix tool along with my Google Page Speed Insight scores for both Desk top and Mobile users. (Removing bloated plugins was a huge factor.)

1. My GTmetrix Page Speed/Y Slow Scores: 99%/93% and fully load of 1.2 seconds.

2. My Desktop Page Speed Insights Scores 100

3. My Mobile Page Speed Insights Scores 94

Oh yes before I forget to tell you I also use the WP Rocket plugin on my blog that has also helped me achieve those fast load times and scores with my blog.

(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?

If you’re using any of the plugins on the above list, either get rid of them or find a replacement. If it's a must use the Asset Clean Up plugin to strip unnecessary code from loading on your website post/pages.

Is there any other slow plugins you've encountered?

Let me know if there is a recommendation for me to replace Contact Form 7 and Contextual Related Post plugins with a lighter plugin then do let me know.
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Awesome, awesome post. This is a serious eye-opener for us already using some of the plug-ins and still planing to use some of those outlined.
 
Awesome, awesome post. This is a serious eye-opener for us already using some of the plug-ins and still planning to use some of those outlined.
 
Great post!! Does anyone know any lightweight social share plugin?
 
raunak978 said:
I can agree for this

The plugin which you have mentioned really slows down website but could i know what about the alternatives because most of plugins is quite essential for website
1. Sumo
2. Contact form 7
3. Google analytics
4. Revolution slider
5. Yet another post plugin

Will glad to know alternatives for this
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If you have to use any of the plugins listed just use the Asset Cleanup plugin that helps remove unnecessary code from loading in the plugins.

For example contact form 7 plugin loads on every page causing your site to slow down you can instruct Asset Clean Up plugin to only load the plugin on your contact page. Hope that helps.
 
hellis said:
If you have to use any of the plugins listed just use the Asset Cleanup plugin that helps remove unnecessary code from loading in the plugins.

For example contact form 7 plugin loads on every page causing your site to slow down you can instruct Asset Clean Up plugin to only load the plugin on your contact page. Hope that helps.
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Ok i, ll use asset clean up plugin but do you have any list, so that rather then these plugins i, ll use its alternatives
 
My website theme needs a revolution slider and its mandatory. Is there any alternative way to replace this plugin and improve speed? Also for contact form 7!

Suggestions are appreciated:)
 
hellis said:
Yes those ML plugins are bloated with code but there is a very light weight one a colleague of mine using I'll get the info for you about the plugin.
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I replace the single website with wpml (multilingual plugin) with a multisite worpress with 2 site (one for each language).
The website load time change from 7 s to 2,3!

Another question:

what do you think about imagify?
 
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