“Other” Plugins

  • roadhog

    (@roadhog)


    18 years, 3 months ago

    Hello,

    I have only used plugins that are accessible from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

    I think of these plugins as basically “safe” since they are reviewed by the wordpress community.

    I have not used any other plugins to date. Do you feel that these “other” plugins pose any more of a threat to one’s website than those accessible from wordpress.org?

    Thanks for you replies.

    Lane

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  • whooami

    (@whooami)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    I think of these plugins as basically “safe” since they are reviewed by the wordpress community.

    My most popular plugin, wp-chunk, has been downloaded 4393 times; the permalink for it has 287 pingbacks and 80 comments.

    It been reviewed by the WordPress community, I think. 🙂

    You raise a good point, but I would stop short of suggesting that plugins hosted on wordpress.org undergo any more vetting than plugins hosted elsewhere.

    The “good advice” is that you ought to look through what you are on putting on your site, regardless of where you download it from.

    Thread Starter roadhog

    (@roadhog)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks for the reply.

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    I don’t think any plugin hosted at the Extend is “reviewed” by anybody… (although I might be wrong)

    On the other hand, I know of quite a lof of plugins that are not hosted there but were written by well-known, knowledgeable, trustworthy members of this support community.
    It’s a bit of a common sense thing (like everyhting else). If you find a plugin elsewhere, read carefully the comments on it, search the forum about it, ask questions…

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