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Blocklisted plugins

Your Managed Hosting for WordPress has blocklisted the following plugins, meaning you cannot install them, and if we detect them installed on your account, they will be removed. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Any plugin that fits into these categories or is otherwise known to cause problems may be added to the list…

Your Managed Hosting for WordPress has blocklisted the following plugins, meaning you cannot install them, and if we detect them installed on your account, they will be removed.

Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Any plugin that fits into these categories or is otherwise known to cause problems may be added to the list or disabled at any time.

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Backups Caching
Duplicate Functionality Performance
Related Posts Security Issues
Stats Unnecessary/Non-functional
Miscellaneous

It’s important to understand that there are diligent plugin developers who correct issues quickly and publish an immediate update. As such, plugins listed with version info serve to identify the versions that are blocklisted.

Often a newer or updated version doesn’t have the same vulnerability that the plugin was blocklisted for and can still be installed. Plugins that don’t have version info are just blocklisted as no updated or improved versions are available.

Note: Updated versions can typically be installed unless specifically noted in the More info column.

Backups

Your Managed Hosting for WordPress account already provides 30 days’ worth of backups, so these plugins duplicate an existing function.

To backup your site on demand, you can use SFTP access and a database backup plugin like WP-DB-Backup or WP-DBManager.

Plugin More Info
6scan-backup Abandoned/unsupported plugin
akeebabackupwp See category description
automatic-wordpress-backup See category description
backup See category description
backupcreator See category description
backup-db See category description
backup-to-dropbox See category description
backupbuddy See category description
backupbuddy2.2.33 See category description
backupwordpress See category description
backupwp See category description
backwpup See category description
the-codetree-backup Abandoned/unsupported plugin
wp-db-backup See category description
dbc-backup See category description
ezpz-one-click-backup Abandoned/unsupported plugin with duplicate functionality
pressbackup See category description
simple-wordpress-backup See category description
simple-backup See category description
snapshot See category description
snapshot-backup See category description
total-backup See category description
total-archive-by-fotan See category description
updraft Abandoned/unsupported plugin with duplicate functionality
updraftplus Versions 1.23.2 and older — vulnerability details
vm-backups See category description
wordpress-backup-to-dropbox See category description
wordpress-backup See category description
wordpress-database-backup See category description
wp-s3-backups See category description
wp-time-machine See category description
wp-complete-backup See category description
wponlinebackup Abandoned/unsupported plugin with duplicate functionality
xcloner-backup-and-restore See category description

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Caching

Your Managed Hosting for WordPress account already has caching built into it.

Plugin More Info
backjacker See category description
cache-images See category description
db-cache-reloaded See category description
hyper-cache See category description
wp-cache See category description
wp-cachecom See category description
wp-fast-cache See category description
wp-fastest-cache See category description
wp-file-cache See category description
wp-super-cache See category description
w3-total-cache See category description

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Duplicate Functionality

These plugins duplicate functionality in various parts of our system.

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Plugin More Info
wp-reset See description of category
advanced-wp-reset See description of category
6scan-protection Abandoned/unsupported plugin with duplicate functionality
adminer See description of category
portable-phpmyadmin See description of category
wordpress-gzip-compression See description of category
wp-phpmyadmin See description of category

Managed Hosting for WordPress V2

Plugin More Info
wp-database-optimizer See category description
wp-dbmanager See category description
wpdbspringclean See category description
wp-optimize See category description
adminer See category description
portable-phpmyadmin See category description
wp-phpmyadmin See category description

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Performance

These plugins don’t perform well, in general, especially on large sites.

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Plugin More Info
adsense-click-fraud-monitoring See description of category
broken-link-checker Instead, use client software on your computer or an external service
google-sitemap-generator Versions 4.0 and older — Instead use Google Sitemaps or WordPress SEO
google-xml-sitemaps-with-multisite-support Instead use Google Sitemaps or WordPress SEO

Managed Hosting for WordPress V2

Plugin More Info
adsense-click-fraud-monitoring See category description
broken-link-checker Instead, use client software on your computer or an external service
google-xml-sitemaps-with-multisite-support Instead use Google Sitemaps or WordPress SEO
google-sitemap-generator Versions 4.0 and older — Instead use Google Sitemaps or WordPress SEO

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Related posts

These plugins increase database load by using inefficient queries, poor caching, or poor scaling on large sites.

However, you can use any service that handles the relationship logic off-site like Jetpack, for example.

Plugin More Info
contextual-related-posts See category description
fuzzy-seo-booster See category description
seo-alrp See category description
similar-posts See category description
wordpress-popular-posts Versions 3.1.1 and older
yet-another-featured-posts-plugin Versions 5.30.5 and older

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Security Issues

These plugins have associated security issues identified in the More info column.

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Plugin More Info
miniorange-malware-protection Abandoned/vulnerable plugin vulnerability details
web-application-firewall Abandoned/vulnerable plugin vulnerability details
NextGEN Gallery Versions 3.2.10 and older – vulnerability details
MailPoet Versions 2.6.6 and older — vulnerability details
Pipdig Power Pack Versions 2.6.6 and older — vulnerability details
slick-popup Versions 1.7.1 and older
toolspack Vulnerability details
wp-copysafe-web Vulnerability details
wp-copysafe-pdf Vulnerability details
wp-database-backup Versions 5.1 and older
wp-live-chat-support Versions 8.0.33 and older – vulnerability details
Real-time Find and Replace Versions 3.9 and older – vulnerability details

Managed Hosting for WordPress V2

Plugin More Info
wp-live-chat-support Vulnerability details
clef Abandoned/unsupported plugin
wp-copysafe-pdf Vulnerability details
wp-copysafe-web Vulnerability details
iwp-client Vulnerability details
mailpoet Vulnerability details
nextgen-gallery Vulnerability details
Pipdig Power Pack Versions 2.6.6 and older — vulnerability details
Real-time Find and Replace Versions 3.9 and older – vulnerability details
slick-popup Unsupported plugin
toolspack Vulnerability details
wp-database-backup Unsupported plugin

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Stats

Your account does not work with these plugins because they negatively impact your websites’ performance because they send many requests to your database and can prevent site caching.

However, you can use any service that records and stores your stats off-site. These include Chartbeat (paid), Google Analytics (free), Jetpack (free) and Segment.io (free).

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Plugin More Info
jr-referrer See description of category
referrer-wp See description of category
statpress See description of category
wp-postviews See description of category
wp-power-stats See description of category
wp-slimstat See description of category

Managed Hosting for WordPress V2

Plugin More Info
counterize See category description
firestats See category description
gosquared-livestats See category description
jr-referrer See category description
newstatpress See category description
referrer-wp See category description
simple-stats See category description
statpress See category description
statpress-reloaded See category description
statpress-visitors See category description
stats See category description
track-that-stat See category description
visitor-stats-widget See category description
vsf-simple-stats See category description
wassup See category description
wp-postviews See category description
wp-power-stats See category description
wp-slimstat See category description
wp-statistics See category description

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Unnecessary/Non-Functional

These plugins don’t add any value and may not work correctly on our system.

Plugin More Info
p3-profiler No longer receiving updates
sgcachepress From customers migrating from SiteGround, not needed
synthesis From customers migrating from Synthesis, not needed
wordpress-beta-tester Non-functional on WNYPress Managed Hosting for WordPress
wpengine-common From customers migrating from WP Engine, not needed
wp-engine-snapshot From customers migrating from WP Engine, not needed

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Miscellaneous

These additional plugins are not classified in the other categories and are blocklisted.

Plugin Slug
delete-all-comments delete-all-comments
disable-plugin-updates disable plugin updates
display-widgets display-widgets
Exploit Scanner exploit-scanner
facebook facebook
hcs-client hcs-client
hello.php hello.php
repress repress
search-unleashed search-unleashed
sendpress-email-marketing sendpress-email-marketing
SMEStorage Multi-Cloud Files smestorage-multi-cloud-files-p
Timthumb Vulnerability Scanner timthumb-vulnerability-scanner
viberspy-pro viberspy-pro
WP Maintenance Mode wp-maintenance-mode
wp-mailinglist wp-mailinglist
XML Sitemap & Google News xml-sitemap-feed
youtube-sidebar-widget youtube-sidebar-widget

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