Find below the list of plugins that we advise against in alphabetical order. Check out our guide to learn why we discourage the use of certain plugins on your WordPress site.
| Name | Folder name |
|---|---|
| Advanced Reset WP | advanced-reset-wp |
| Advanced WP Reset | advanced-wp-reset |
| Akeeba Backup for WordPress | akeebabackupwp |
| All in One WP Migration | all-in-one-wp-migration |
| All In One WP Security & Firewall | all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall |
| Allow PHP Execute | allow-php-execute |
| Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin | another-wordpress-classifieds-plugin |
| Backup and Restore WordPress – Backup Plugin | wp-backitup |
| Backup Guard | backup-guard |
| Backup WD | backup-wd |
| BackupBuddy | |
| BackUpWordPress | backupwordpress |
| Better WordPress Minify | bwp-minify |
| Breeze WordPress Cache Plugin | breeze |
| Broken Link Checker | broken-link-checker |
| Cache Enabler | cache-enabler |
| Comet Cache | comet-cache |
| Contextual Related Posts | contextual-related-posts |
| Database Browser | database-browser |
| Disable All WordPress Updates | disable-wordpress-updates |
| Duplicator – WordPress Migration Plugin | duplicator |
| Duplicator Pro | backup-duo-pro |
| Dynamic Related Posts | dynamic-related-posts |
| E mail Broadcasting | e-mail-broadcasting |
| EWWW Image Optimizer | ewww-image-optimizer |
| Exec PHP | exec-php |
| Extended WP Reset | extended-wp-reset |
| Fast Velocity Minify | fast-velocity-minify |
| File Manager | file-manager |
| File Manager Advanced | file-manager-advanced |
| Fuzzy SEO Booster | fuzzy-seo-booster |
| Glow Backups | glow |
| Google XML Sitemaps | google-xml-sitemaps |
| HashTraffic – Hashtags for WordPress | hashtraffic-plugin |
| Hide My WP | hide-my-wp |
| Hyper Cache | hyper-cache |
| JCH Optimize | jch-optimize |
| LiteSpeed Cache | litespeed-cache |
| Mail it | mail-it |
| MapSVG | |
| Native Ads Adnow | native-ads-adnow |
| NewStatPress | newstatpress |
| Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions | rvg-optimize-database |
| P3 Profiler | p3-profiler |
| Page Visit Counter | page-visit-counter |
| PageSpeed Module | kagg-pagespeed-module |
| Pipdig Power Pack | |
| Post Views Counter | post-views-counter |
| Quick Cache | quick-cache |
| Referrer WP | referrer-wp |
| Reset WP | reset-wp |
| Send Email from Admin | send-email-from-admin |
| SEO Auto Links & Related Posts | seo-alrp |
| SG Optimizer | sg-cachepress |
| Similar Posts | similar-posts |
| SiteGround Migrator | siteground-migrator |
| Snapshot | snapshot |
| Sweet Captcha | grav-plugin-sweetcaptcha |
| TokenAd | tokenad |
| Toolspack | toolspack |
| Top 10 | top-10 |
| Tweet Blender | tweet-blender |
| Ultimate WP Reset | ultimate-wp-reset |
| Updraft | updraft |
| UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin | updraftplus |
| VersionPress | versionpress |
| W3 Total Cache | w3-total-cache |
| WordPress Automatic Plugin | |
| WordPress Database Reset | wordpress-database-reset |
| WordPress File Upload | wordpress-file-upload |
| WordPress Popular Posts | wordpress-popular-posts |
| WordPress Reset | wordpress-reset |
| WP Cache | wp-cache |
| WP Cerber | wp-cerber |
| WP Cleanfix | wp-cleanfix |
| WP Clone by WP Academy | wp-clone-by-wp-academy |
| WP Config File Editor | wp-config-file-editor |
| WP Database Backup | wp-database-backup |
| WP DB Backup | wp-db-backup |
| WP DBManager | wp-dbmanager |
| WP Engine Automated Migration | wp-site-migrate |
| WP Fastest Cache | wp-fastest-cache |
| WP File Manager | wp-file-manager |
| WP Inject | wp-inject |
| WP Migrate Lite | wp-migrate-db |
| WP Migrate Pro | wp-migrate-db-pro |
| WP PHPMyAdmin | wp-phpmyadmin |
| WP PostViews | wp-postviews |
| WP Prefix Changer | wp-prefix-changer |
| WP Reset | wp-reset |
| WP Robot | |
| WP RSS Aggregator | wp-rss-aggregator |
| WP RSS Multi Importer | wp-rss-multi-importer |
| WP Speed Of Light | wp-speed-of-light |
| WP Statistics | wp-statistics |
| wp Time Machine | wp-time-machine |
| WP Uninstaller by Azed | wp-uninstaller-by-azed |
| WPMU Database Reset | wpmu-database-reset |
| WZone – Lite Version | woocommerce-amazon-affiliates-light-version |
| Yet Another Featured Posts Plugin (YAFPP) | yet-another-featured-posts-plugin |
| Z Inventory Manager | z-inventory-manager |