Blacklisted Plugins

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.

This is not an exhaustive list of disallowed plugins. 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.

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
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 Websitemap or WordPress SEO.
google-xml-sitemaps-with-multisite-support	Performance	Instead use Google Websitemap 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
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 WebsiteGround, 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 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 GoDaddy 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

Backups

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

To backup your Website 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 Website is slow, try these suggestions:

Use the P3 Profiler plugin to check if your plugins are slowing down your Website.
Check common performance issues on your website.
Contact customer support. If your Website is still slow, we want to know why and how we can help.

Unnecessary / nonfunctional

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

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 Website 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.

These plugins increase database load by using inefficient queries, poor caching, or poor scaling on large Websites.

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 Websites.