How many plugins do you have on your typical WP site?

Just curious how many plugins do you guys have on a typical wordpress site.

I started a thread earlier in regards to WP security, and was guided to the following thread;

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...t-secure-your-wp-bastards-noobs-not-only.html

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Following those steps, just to secure WP alone, I have already installed 5-6 plugins.
And in addition to that, I usually install another typical 3-4 WP plugins which includes;

- All in one SEO
- W3 Cache
- WPEasySEO
+/- a few more depending on what I want to achieve for that site.

So total together, I am seeing around 10-12 plugins on average for a typical WP site.
I am starting to think this will cause some major site speed issues.

What do you guys think about this? Thanks.

i have those as well on most of my blogs, plus wp no category base, statpress reloaded and smart links. Just instead of all in one I use HeadSpace

Many —

- Yoast SEO
- Sitemaps
- SocialDaddy, or Digg Digg
- W3Cache
- WP Minify
- SEO Smart Links

These are some of the those that are there on every​ wordpress site I have; there are a few others, too.

How much of an impact do plugins have on site loading speed?
Based on what you guys said, it seems like you guys have even more plugins than me on average?

The UFOHQ has 20 plugins
The number of plugins can affect performance
The most important plugins are:
- db cache reloaded fix
- wp supercache

Also, make sure you consider a good host and CDN.
I use H0stg@t0r and cl0udfl@re

Go over to the UFOHQ and load some pages...It's fast enough.

The site gets about 300,000 pageviews a month.

creativepotion said:

Just curious how many plugins do you guys have on a typical wordpress site.

I started a thread earlier in regards to WP security, and was guided to the following thread;


Following those steps, just to secure WP alone, I have already installed 5-6 plugins.
And in addition to that, I usually install another typical 3-4 WP plugins which includes;

- All in one SEO
- W3 Cache
- WPEasySEO
+/- a few more depending on what I want to achieve for that site.

So total together, I am seeing around 10-12 plugins on average for a typical WP site.
I am starting to think this will cause some major site speed issues.

What do you guys think about this? Thanks.

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IMO depends on the site, but the basics that I use are:

Yoast SEO
W3 Total Cache (custom configuration)
Google site verification plugin (for webmaster tools)
WP Smush.it
Formidable (custom contact form)
No comments on pages (depending on the theme)
Ultimate TinyMCE (adds a lot of features to your visual editor)
Limit Login Attempts
WP DBManager

These are usually the first ones i get.

I also use:
TAC (Theme Authenticity Checker - For checking if the theme contains base64 code etc)
Tiny Thumb Vulnerability scanner - for checking thumb.php for security issues.
I usually delete the TAC after i have scanned the theme i am using. I re-dl if i change theme.

I use a variety of other plugins (like WPTouch Pro which i have the bought version if anyone wants a copy) depending on the site.

Hope this helps

If you add anything on top of a core system it's always going to be slower, it's just the nature of WP but I normally have 5-10 per site