All WordPress website owners and users must ensure that they keep themselves abreast of any WordPress Plugin vulnerabilities PRIOR to Installing, Updating or Activating a WordPress Plugin on their WordPress website.
Domains.co.za will not be held liable for any WordPress plugins that may cause any vulnerability issues of whatsoever nature on a WordPress site.
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Top WordPress Plugins that have been shown to have a vulnerability of whatsoever nature are listed below in alphabetical order, plugins that are no longer available are listed separately. (For a complete list of Incompatible Plugins, please refer to WordPress Support)
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| PLUGIN | DESCRIPTION | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|
| 6Scan Security | Abandoned or unsupported plugin. Duplication of an existing WordPress function. | Last Updated: 5 years ago |
| Broken Link Checker | Known performance issues. | # Recommend an off-site product |
| Contextual Related Posts | Database load is increased. | # Recommend an off-site product |
| CopySafe PDF Protection | Vulnerability issues up to & including Version 0.6 (more info). | Update to Version 0.7 or latest |
| CopySafe Web Protection | Vulnerability issues up to & including Version 2.5 (more info). | Update to Version 2.6 or latest |
| Google XML Sitemaps | Performance issues up to Version 4.0 ONLY. | Last Updated: 2 years ago |
| InfiniteWP Client | Versions up to 1.6.3.1 and including have known vulnerability issues (more info). | |
| MailPoet | Versions up to 2.6.6 and including have known vulnerability issues (more info). | |
| Referrer WP | Website performance is reduced – not tested on latest 3 major WordPress releases!! | Last Updated: 7 years ago – refer – # Recommend an off-site product. |
| SEO Auto Links & Related Posts | Website performance is reduced – not tested on latest 3 major WordPress releases!! | Last Updated: 7 years ago – refer – # Recommend an off-site product |
| SG Optimizer | Versions up to 5.0.12 @ 2019-03-14 and incl. have known vulnerability issues (more info). | * Adds no value & may not work |
| Similar Posts | Website performance is reduced due to numerous database requests and affects site caching. | # Recommend an off-site product |
| Slimstat Analytics | Website performance is reduced – not tested on latest 3 major WordPress releases!! | Refer notes below tables. |
| Synthesis | May not work correctly and adds NO VALUE. | |
| Updraft | Duplication of existing facility. Last Updated: 8 years ago – refer. | New plugin UpdraftPlus |
| W3 Total Cache | This plugin is unnecessary as it is a duplication of one of our system functions. | |
| WordPress Beta Tester | Domains.co.za has made this plugin non-functional due to our security protocols. | Against Domains.co.za Security Protocols |
| WordPress Gzip Compression | This plugin is unnecessary as it is a duplication of one of our system functions. | Last Updated: 5 years ago – refer |
| WordPress Popular Posts | Can increase database load and create poor caching and scaling (Version 3.1.1 & below). | # Recommend an off-site product |
| WP-Cache.com | This plugin is unnecessary as it is a duplication of one of our system functions. | Last Updated: 5 years ago – refer |
| WP-PostViews | Website performance is reduced – number of requests to database too high!! | # Recommend an off-site product. Refer notes below tables. |
| WP Database Backup | Vulnerability issues up to & including Version 5.1 (more info). | Update to Version 5.2 or latest |
| WP Fast Cache | This plugin is unnecessary as it is a duplication of one of our system functions. | Last Updated: 4 years ago – refer |
| WP Fastest Cache | This plugin is unnecessary as it is a duplication of one of our system functions. | * Adds no value |
| WP File Cache | This plugin is unnecessary as it is a duplication of one of our system functions. | Last Updated: 9 years ago – refer |
| WP Live Chat Support | Vulnerability issues up to & including Version 8.0.33 (more info). | Update to Version 8.0.34 or latest |
| WP Power Stats | Website performance is reduced – not tested on latest 3 major WordPress releases!! | Last Updated 1 year ago. # Recommend an off-site product |
| WP Super Cache | This plugin is unnecessary as it is a duplication of one of our system functions. | * Adds no value |
| wpengine-common | This plugin is no longer available. | |
| wponlinebackup | Abandoned or unsupported plugin – Last support 6 years ago. | No longer available – refer |
| Yet Another Featured Posts Plugin (YAFPP) | Can increase database load and create poor caching and scaling Recommend an off-site product. | Last Updated: 9 years ago – refer |
| Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) | Website performance is reduced due to numerous database requests and affects site caching. | # Recommend an off-site product |
| OBSOLETE PLUGIN | DESCRIPTION | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|
| 6Scan Backup | Abandoned or unsupported plugin. | No longer available – refer |
| Adminer | Duplicates a WordPress functionality. | No longer available – refer |
| Clef | Abandoned 2017 and unsupported. | No longer available |
| EZPZ One Click Backup | Abandoned or unsupported plugin. | No longer available – refer |
| Fuzzy SEO Booster | Poor caching and queries that increased database load – closed on July 5, 2019. | No longer available. |
| Google AdSense Click-Fraud Monitoring Plugin | Known performance issues. | No longer available – refer |
| Google XML Sitemaps with Multisite support | Performance issues – rather use: Yoast SEO or Google Sitemap. | No longer available – refer |
| JR Referrer | Website performance is reduced and may reduce site caching – use an off-site product. | No longer available – refer |
| P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) | Plugin may not work correctly and adds NO VALUE. | Last Updated: 4 years ago – refer |
| Pipdig Power Pack | All versions below and including 4.7.3 @ 2019-05-25 security issue – closed. | No longer available |
| Portable phpMyAdmin | Vulnerability issues (more info). | No longer available – refer |
| Slick Popup: Contact Form 7 Popup Plugin | Vulnerability issues (more info) – closed 2019-05-28. | No longer available – refer |
| StatPress | Versions up to & including 1.2.9.1 have vulnerability issues (more info) – closed. | No longer available – refer * New plugin is NewStatPress |
| the-codetree-backup | Removed due to Guideline violation – closed 2018-12-16. | No longer available – refer |
| ToolsPack | Malware (more info). | No longer available |
| wp-cache | Removed due to Guideline violation. | No longer available |
| WP-phpMyAdmin | Abandoned or unsupported plugin – Last support 12 years ago. | No longer available – refer |
| wpengine-common | This plugin is No longer available. | |
| wponlinebackup | Abandoned or unsupported plugin – Last support 6 years ago. | No longer available – refer |
| WPEngine Snapshot | Abandoned or unsupported plugin – Last support 9 years ago. | No longer available – refer |
# PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RE STATISTICS & RELATED POSTS PLUGINS
Statistical Plugins: A statistical plugin may negatively impact your site’s speed and resources due to the numerous requests that are continuously being sent to your MYSQL database. This may also prevent your website caching.
Please use an off-site service.
Related Posts Plugins: Related Posts plugins may also negatively impact your site as they can increase your database load. This is due to a number of queries of various types including, but not limited to, poor caching, inefficient queries and poor scaling on large sites.
Please use an off-site service.