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1. runfast
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Is there a security risk if I install plugins for my local installation (on my laptop)?

   Plugins such as stats is not useful since the site is not live to the public. But if I want to see what the All-in-one-SEO Pack, Google XML Sitemap, NexGEN Gallery, or Contact Form 7 does, I would like to install it locally and test them out.

   I don't think these plugins open up a port to the internet and thus a security risk if I run them locally.

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   even when on localhost you are on the internet
   look in your dashboard - you are receiving feeds from differing sources

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