Which WordPress plugins are blocklisted by 123 Reg?

This article will list all the WordPress plugins that are blocklisted by 123 Reg

Although there are more than 56,000 WordPress plugins available, there are some that we have blocklisted due to a variety of reasons:

  • They are no longer necessary
  • They interfere with our product’s settings
  • They no longer receive updates
  • They may negatively affect your website’s performance

As such, they cannot be installed into your site and will be removed if they’re detected on your account. However, in some instances, we have only blocklisted a particular version of a plugin as the newer version has been corrected and updated.

To find out more, simply select a section below to see exactly which plugins have been blocklisted:

Backups

The following plugins have been blocklisted because our WordPress plans come with automated backups included:

  • 6scan-backup
  • ezpz-one-click-backup
  • the-codetree-backup
  • updraft
  • wponlinebackup

Should you wish to backup your site whenever you want, we recommend using either WP-DB-Backup or WP-DBManager.

 

Caching

The following plugins have been blocklisted because our WordPress plans come with caching included:

  • w3-total-cache
  • wp-cache
  • wp-cachecom
  • wp-fast-cache
  • wp-fastest-cache
  • wp-file-cache
  • wp-super-cache

 

Duplicate Services

The following plugins have been blocklisted because they replicate certain important functions within our WordPress plans:

  • 6scan-protection
  • adminer
  • portable-phpmyadmin
  • wordpress-gzip-compression
  • wp-phpmyadmin

 

Performance

The following plugins have been blocklisted as they negatively affect the performance of large websites:

  • adsense-click-fraud-monitoring
  • broken-link-checker
  • google-sitemap-generator (version 4.0 and older)
  • google-xml-sitemaps-with-multisite-support

Should you wish to set up your own sitemap, we recommend using Google Sitemap or WordPress SEO.

 

Related Posts

The following plugins have been blocklisted as they increase your site’s database load by using ineffective queries as well as poor caching or scaling:

  • contextual-related-posts
  • fuzzy-seo-booster
  • seo-alrp
  • similar-posts
  • wordpress-popular-posts (versions 3.1.1 and older)
  • yet-another-featured-posts-plugin
  • yet-another-related-posts-plugin

 

Security

The following plugins have been blocklisted as they have known vulnerability issues:

  • clef
  • InfiniteWP Client (versions 1.3.8 and older)
  • NextGEN Gallery (versions 3.2.10 and older)
  • MailPoet (versions 2.6.6 and older)
  • Pipdig Power Pack (versions 4.7.3 and older)
  • slick-popup (versions 1.7.1 and older)
  • toolspack
  • wp-copysafe-web
  • wp-copysafe-pdf
  • wp-database-backup (versions 5.1 and older)
  • wp-live-chatsupport (versions 8.0.33 and older)
  • Real-time Find and Replace (versions 3.9 and older)

 

Stats

The following plugins have been blocklisted as they affect your site’s performance by sending multiple requests to your database and preventing caching from occurring:

  • jr-referrer
  • referrer-wp
  • statpress
  • wp-postviews
  • wp-power-stats
  • wp-slimstat

Should you wish to use a service that will record your website’s stats, we recommend using Google Analytics or Jetpack.

 

Unnecessary Plugins

The following plugins have been blocklisted because they no longer receive updates, are no longer needed or may not work correctly:

  • Hello Dolly
  • p3-profiler
  • sgcachepress
  • synthesis
  • wordpress-beta-tester
  • wp-engine-snapshot
  • wpengine-common