WordPress Murdered My Plugin
Yeah, I know – the title sounds like I hate WordPress. But quite the contrary – I actually LOVE WordPress. But, they MURDERED my “baby” – plugin that is!
Ok, so my plugin that was not quite born – but it was in the third trimester. Or at least it felt like it.
Several months ago I started development of a plugin that I had affectionately been calling “Embeddeo”. It was the perfect name with the perfect premise – (more…)
Plugin Overload!
There are many times in the course of a month that I am called upon to help “fix” an existing theme or plugin. Recently, in the course of doing just that, I logged into a clients WordPress Admin, and wandered over to the Active Plugins to see what was installed and make note for when I made adjustments. I also do this first to see if there are any plugins with “known” bugs or issues that can be fixed or replaced. To my surprise and sheer amazement, I saw that they had 113 active plugins – YES! You heard right, one-hundred-thirteen. 1-1-3!
Plugins – “Use at Your Own Risk!”
Ok, so the title is a little bit dramatic and a lot paranoid. But, you should ALWAYS keep it in mind when you install a new plugin to your WordPress site.
When you install a new plugin, or even a theme for that matter, you put your trust 100% in the programmer. You open your world up to whatever they decide is the right way to do things or what they think it is that you really need to be able to do. Now I trust a lot of people, but I don’t trust anyone 100%! The human race as a whole can be very… well, I’ll stop there. I just don’t trust anyone 100%. I don’t even trust myself 100% most of the time (maybe 98.7% on a good day).
Before you go recommending a good therapist, let me explain my reasoning just a little. (more…)