At 10Web, we strive to provide a secure, fast, and optimized environment for your WordPress website. However, certain plugins can negatively impact your site's security and performance. Here's a categorized list of plugins that we recommend avoiding:
Important:
While we continuously update this list, it is not comprehensive. Other plugins not listed here may also cause issues or lead to unexpected behavior when used on our platform. We recommend testing any new plugins for compatibility or reaching out to our support team if you encounter any problems.
Caching plugins
Our AI-powered platform comes with a built-in, fast, and efficient caching system. Using other caching plugins can interfere with this structure, resulting in slower site speeds. To ensure optimal performance, we recommend avoiding the following plugins:
- Ezoic
- WP Super Cache
- WP Fastest Cache
- W3 Total Cache
- WP Rocket
- WP Rocket Footer JS
- NitroPack
Important:
These recommendations regarding caching plugins apply only to websites hosted on 10Web. If you're using 10Web Booster on a non-10Web hosting platform, we suggest keeping your current caching plugin active. When used on other hosting platforms, 10Web Booster will work alongside your existing caching solution to automatically clear all caches.
Backup plugins
Our platform offers automatic daily backups, with customizable scheduling and easy restoration, copying, and downloading. Third-party backup plugins can cause data duplication, slow load times, and security risks. Avoid plugins with non-incremental backups, as they inefficiently use disk space and server resources.
Important:
These plugins can be used to back up your site to a third-party storage service, but local backups (on your own server) are NOT allowed with them.
- WP DB Backup
- WP DB Manager
- All-in-One WP Migration
- Duplicator
- BackupWordPress
- VersionPress
- Updraft
- BackupGuard
- Backup and Restore WordPress
- WPvivid Backup and Migration
- BackupBuddy
- BackWPup
- Snapshot
- Snapshots
Image optimization plugins
Both 10Web Booster and 10Web Image Optimizer automatically optimize images for faster page loads. Using other image optimization plugins can negatively impact your site’s performance. We recommend avoiding the following:
- Rocket Lazy Load
- Shortpixel AI
- Smush
Website speed and performance plugins
Our platform is built for speed and includes 10Web Booster for performance and speed optimization. Therefore, plugins like the following are NOT needed:
- Asset CleanUp
- Async JavaScript
- Autoptimize
- Fast Velocity Minify
- Flying Scripts
- Hummingbird
- PageSpeed Ninja
- Perfmatters
- Swift Performance
- Swift Performance Lite
- WP-Optimize
- WP Performance Score Booster
Plugins causing server & MySQL thrashing
These plugins make excessive queries, increase server load, and degrade website performance:
- Broken Link Checker
- MyReviewPlugin
- LinkMan
- Fuzzy SEO Booster
- WP PostViews
- Tweet Blender
Related posts plugins
These plugins are not optimized and can overload your database:
- Dynamic Related Posts
- SEO Auto Links & Related Posts
- Yet Another Related Posts Plugin Similar Posts
- Contextual Related Posts
- SEOPress
Types of plugins that duplicate data
By default, the WordPress editor does not save revisions to improve site performance. Using plugins that save Page and Post revisions can slow down your site.
- No Revisions
Security plugins
10Web provides security services that enforce strong passwords and check for bad behavior. Therefore, these plugins aren't recommended:
- Force Strong Passwords
- Bad Behavior
Email Plugins
We discourage using plugins that send emails through WordPress' built-in email function, as they often end up in spam folders and can slow down your server:
- WP Mailing List
Instead, we recommend using third-party email providers for better email delivery and performance.
PhpMyAdmin plugins
Since 10Web provides phpMyAdmin access, these plugins, which may pose security risks, are unnecessary:
- WP phpMyAdmin
To access phpMyAdmin from your 10Web dashboard, go to "Credentials" and find the phpMyAdmin login details.
Other plugins
These plugins may cause security issues and may not function properly on our platform:
- Hello Dolly!
- Sweet Captcha
- Digital Access Pass (DAP)