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Hello
How many plugins do you use?
As you know, it is not the number that counts, but the quality. A site with 40 premium plugins can work better than one with 5 weak not updated ones.
For the survey we include all plugins, security and optimization as well.
Plugin extensions, I don't know (for example Elementor and Elementor PRO) but let's say we also include them.
It will be very interesting to see peoples answers but also would be nice to know if people have any opinions on number of plugins!
If anyone is using 10+ plugins (obv it also matters which kind of plugins) - have you done any side by side speed comparison with and without them?
In the past, I've tried taking out plugins one by one and trying to gauge the speed impact. It was always difficult to be sure that cacheing wasn't confounding the result...but my evidence suggested that most plugin (removals) made no difference and the major negative impacts on speed were from the obvious high level items...hosting, theme, images etc. (and some plugins alleviate those negative impacts anyway)
I'm currently using 18 plugins on www.sportsbettingnews.co.za, and I'm getting a pretty good Lighthouse score:
Mobile 91/100/100/100
Desktop 98/100/100/100
I use about 20 wordpress plugins.
Most of them are theme-related plugins, SEO plugins, etc.
However, the minimum number of plugins is sufficient. Too many plugins can make the site heavy.
I can't see much need for more then ONE plugin for specific functions.
Why use multiple plugins for seo, instead pick one like yoast or rankmath, it is "almost" certain multiple plugins for the same or similar functions will overlap, could cause issues or slowdowns.
Rick
Universal4