Support » Everything else WordPress » What is the definition of a "lightweight plugin?"

  • Resolved boybawang

    (@boybawang)


    From what I understand, lightweight means the following:

    1.) Little or no configuration required
    2.) Basic styling, or no additional styling (i.e. inherits styling from theme).

    Am I on the right track? What else am I missing?

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • I think in general, lightweight might be described as: the less code the plugin needs to load, the better. I think you’re probably on the right track.

    Thread Starter boybawang

    (@boybawang)

    Thanks Clayton

    Generally it’s how efficient the code is at what it “needs” to do.

    As Clayton says, you’re on the right track. It may also be worth mentioning if the plugin has efficient database queries, or indeed doesn’t require any database queries at all.

    Thread Starter boybawang

    (@boybawang)

    Cool, thanks pipdig. I think I need to revisit my DB queries too, to see if I can make everything more efficient!

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • The topic ‘What is the definition of a "lightweight plugin?"’ is closed to new replies.