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Elena Paraschiv
9,938 PointsSpeed of site affected by plugins?
Is the speed of the website affected if there are too many plugins?
2 Answers
Simon Duchaine
14,441 PointsYes, it may affect your website speed if you have too many plugins installed. If you have plugins that aren't active, I would advise you to delete them as they might slow down your site even if they are not active. You can also ask you if you need all of those plugins.
Also, it might be a good idea to use some kind of caching system such as W3Total cache or CDN like MaxCDN or Cloudflare. You can also compress your Javascript, HTML and CSS. W3Total Cache and Cloudflare does that.
Adrianne Padua
7,506 PointsSome WordPress security websites, such as Wordfence, also has their own caching system, so it's a lifesaver and wouldn't need to install another plugin for caching alone.
zeljko simic
525 Pointszeljko simic
525 PointsIt affects a lot. Websites that have more then 3 plugins activated are mostly marked RED by Google because they lack the optimisations necessery to run fast. To awoid that you can write your own integrated plugins (does not take much time) just for particular problem, and then use some bigger plugins that you find very important. Less your website depends on third party plugins, faster will run. To get ultimate speed write your own htaccess file for caching the files on your server, Google will mark you green.