How to Pick a Plugin
Bad plugins can harm your website. It’s important to only pick quality plugins that have good reviews from real users. This article will highlight a few things you need to know about picking plugins.
Paying attention to when plugins were lasting updated will help you source out quality ones. As Anand Mishra, CEO of Star Infranet puts it aptly, Good plugin authors make sure to update their plugins regularly, even if they’re free. Plugins that don’t get updates are susceptible to security attacks and lower the overall level of security on your site.
Updates are designed to give your site new lines of code that help make it more secure. When you use an old plugin on your site, hackers are able to do a search for old, vulnerable pieces of code and attack your site via that route. Make sure you pick a plugin that updates regularly.
Paying attention to the reviews is also a good way to source out a good plugin. People who take time to reviews about plugins usually leave well thought out and honest reviews.
You’ll be able to see what problems other people have had and if the plugin author was able to help them. The rating given to plugins will also give you an idea about the quality.
When buying plugins you can go with either free or paid ones. Free plugins still work well and you can have a professional website while using them. Paid plugins are usually a luxury version of a free plugin. Paid plugins are typically more visually and technically appealing. You can read various authority articles by lifehack authors, or on techcrunch for the ratings of the various plugins, before you think of trying them out.
When buying a paid plugin make sure you contact the author and see the level of support that you’ll get. You want to make sure you’ll be able to get help in case any serious problems arise.
If you ever install a plugin on your site and it breaks your website (gives you a white screen or messes up the layout of your admin section), there are a few things you can do. Your first option would be to access your website files via FTP and delete the plugin files.
Another option would be to contact your host and ask them to delete the plugin that broke your website. Some times you may be able to hit the back button and get to your plugin page and uninstall the plugin from there.
Remember to do your researching when looking for a plugin. When it comes to free vs paid plugins you get what you pay for. Free plugins are functional but paid ones provide a higher level of execution.
