Blacklisted plugins

Note: This article applies to all Managed WordPress Basic, Deluxe, Ultimate, and Developer accounts. Plugins are not blacklisted for Pro accounts (available in U.S.A. and Canada only).

This is not an exhaustive list. Any plugin that fits into these categories or is otherwise known to cause problems may be added to the list or disabled at any time.

Your Managed WordPress has blacklisted the following plugins, meaning you cannot install them, and if we detect them installed on your account, they will be removed.

Plugin name Category More info
6scan-backup Backups Abandoned/unsupported plugin
6scan-protection Duplicate functionality Abandoned/unsupported plugin with duplicate functionality
adminer Duplicate functionality See description of category below
adsense-click-fraud-monitoring Performance See description of category below
broken-link-checker Performance Instead, use client software on your computer or an external service
contextual-related-posts Related posts See description of category below
clef Security Abandoned/unsupported plugin
ezpz-one-click-backup Backups Abandoned/unsupported plugin with duplicate functionality
fuzzy-seo-booster Related posts See description of category below
google-sitemap-generator Performance Versions < 4.0 only — Instead use Google Sitemap or WordPress SEO.
google-xml-sitemaps-with-multisite-support Performance Instead use Google Sitemap or WordPress SEO
InfiniteWP Client Security issues Versions 1.3.8 and below - vulnerability details
jr-referrer Stats See description of category below
MailPoet Security issues Versions 2.6.6 and below — vulnerability details
p3-profiler Unnecessary / nonfunctional No longer receiving updates
portable-phpmyadmin Duplicate functionality See description of category below
referrer-wp Stats See description of category below
seo-alrp Related posts See description of category below
sgcachepress Unnecessary / nonfunctional From customers migrating from SiteGround, unneeded
similar-posts Related posts See description of category below
statpress Stats See description of category below
synthesis Unnecessary / nonfunctional From customers migrating from Synthesis, unneeded
the-codetree-backup Backups Abandoned/unsupported plugin
toolspack Security issues Vulnerability details
updraft

Note: We do not blacklist UpdraftPlus.

Backups Abandoned/unsupported plugin
w3-total-cache Caching See description of category below
wordpress-beta-tester Unnecessary / nonfunctional Non-functional on HostingDude.com Managed WordPress Hosting
wordpress-gzip-compression Duplicate functionality See description of category below
wordpress-popular-posts Related posts Versions 3.1.1 and below
wp-cache Caching See description of category below
wp-cachecom Caching See description of category below
wp-copysafe-web Security issues Vulnerability details
wp-copysafe-pdf Security issues Vulnerability details
wp-engine-snapshot Unnecessary / nonfunctional From customers migrating from WP Engine, unneeded
wp-fast-cache Caching See description of category below
wp-fastest-cache Caching See description of category below
wp-file-cache Caching See description of category below
wp-phpmyadmin Duplicate functionality See description of category below
wp-postviews Stats See description of category below
wp-power-stats Stats See description of category below
wp-slimstat Stats See description of category below
wp-super-cache Caching See description of category below
wpengine-common Unnecessary / nonfunctional From customers migrating from WP Engine, unneeded
wponlinebackup Backups Abandoned/unsupported plugin with duplictate functionality
yet-another-featured-posts-plugin Related posts See description of category below
yet-another-related-posts-plugin Related posts See description of category below

Category descriptions

Category Description
Backups Your Managed WordPress account already provides 30 days' worth of backups, so these plugins duplicate an existing function.

To backup your site on demand, you can use SFTP access and a database backup plugin like WP-DB-Backup or WP-DBManager.

Caching Your Managed WordPress account already has caching built into it.

However, if your site is slow, try these suggestions:

Unnecessary / nonfunctional These plugins don't add any value and may not work correctly on our system.

Note: We do not remove the Hello Dolly plugin, but we do not install it by default.

Stats Your account does not work with these plugins because they negatively impact your websites' performance because they send many requests to your database and can prevent site caching.

However, you can use any service that records and stores your stats off-site. These include Chartbeat (paid), Google Analytics (free), Jetpack (free), MixPanel (free), and Segment.io (free).

Duplicate functionality These plugins duplicate functionality in various parts of our system.
Related posts These plugins increase database load by using inefficient queries, poor caching, or poor scaling on large sites.

However, you can use any service that handles the relationship logic off-site like outbrain or Jetpack.

Security issues These plugins have associated security issues identified in the More info column.
Performance These plugins don't perform well, in general, especially on large sites.

More info