WordPress Plugins – 5 Tips for Choosing the Best One
August 3, 2010
So you’re knee deep in customizing your WordPress blog and you need a function in it that requires you to add a plugin to it. You search the plugin directory and are given a list of many. Which one do you choose? Which one will be and have what you’re looking for?
1. Look at the average rating displayed in yellow stars for each plugin and compare them with all of the plugins listed.
2. Check the last Updated date. How old is it?
3. Click on the name of the plugin. You should see a pop-up like window open with the details of the plugin such as Description, Installation, FAQs, Screenshots etc. Review all of it. I’ve found great insight to the plugin in the description, FAQs and it’s nice to see the screenshots.
4. Check the compatibility version listed in the right hand side column. Is it older than the version you are using for your WordPress blogsite?
5. And finally review the comments made by others “See what others are saying” (in the lower right hand corner) who used it before you to see what they thought of it.
Plugins can cause great havoc if they are not compatible with your WordPress version or perhaps they don’t ‘play nice’ with other plugins once they’re installed. You should be able to find that information if you take a little time to research it first. And if all else fails once it’s installed just deactivate the plugin until you can find a solution.
Most plugins have their own website page so it’s also good to note this when it’s installed so you can contact the developer if future problems arise that cannot be solved by the directory listing.
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