Comments on: The Problems with Plugins http://blog.utest.com/the-problem-with-plugins/2009/08/ Software Testing Community Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:06:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: New in Wordpress: Easy Plugin Reputation | Software Testing Blog http://blog.utest.com/the-problem-with-plugins/2009/08/comment-page-1/#comment-14570 New in Wordpress: Easy Plugin Reputation | Software Testing Blog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:29:31 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=1359#comment-14570 [...] On the one hand they make software more flexible than it would be otherwise.  On the other hand, plugins can be poorly maintained and full of bugs.  That second issue is so much of a problem that a little while back I wrote a post describing [...] [...] On the one hand they make software more flexible than it would be otherwise.  On the other hand, plugins can be poorly maintained and full of bugs.  That second issue is so much of a problem that a little while back I wrote a post describing [...]

]]> By: Living with Plugins | Software Testing Blog http://blog.utest.com/the-problem-with-plugins/2009/08/comment-page-1/#comment-14453 Living with Plugins | Software Testing Blog Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:47:29 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=1359#comment-14453 [...] week I wrote about some of the issues with plugins (especially those in Wordpress) – they’re often times poorly maintained, buggy, and [...] [...] week I wrote about some of the issues with plugins (especially those in Wordpress) – they’re often times poorly maintained, buggy, and [...]

]]> By: Stanton Champion http://blog.utest.com/the-problem-with-plugins/2009/08/comment-page-1/#comment-14442 Stanton Champion Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:05:01 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=1359#comment-14442 Graham - good point, and I certainly agree. I dread plugins for much the same reason. Graham – good point, and I certainly agree. I dread plugins for much the same reason.

]]> By: Graham Clarke http://blog.utest.com/the-problem-with-plugins/2009/08/comment-page-1/#comment-14438 Graham Clarke Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:07:34 +0000 http://blog.utest.com/?p=1359#comment-14438 Plugins are the Achilles heel of open source CMS systems (WP, Drupal, Joomla!). They offer unlimited possibilities but may present security issues as well updates / version headaches. Nothing worse than having a site that depends on plugin XXX and have the plugin code be incompatible with the latest security patch to the system. Choose your plugins carefully. Plugins are the Achilles heel of open source CMS systems (WP, Drupal, Joomla!). They offer unlimited possibilities but may present security issues as well updates / version headaches.

Nothing worse than having a site that depends on plugin XXX and have the plugin code be incompatible with the latest security patch to the system.

Choose your plugins carefully.

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