{"id":32323,"date":"2022-08-18T13:30:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/?p=32323"},"modified":"2022-08-04T13:49:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:49:14","slug":"free-or-paid-wordpress-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/free-or-paid-wordpress-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress plugins - free or paid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the famous open source platform that allows the creation and distribution of a website, uses modules that extend its functionality and add new features: <\/span><b>plugin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>WordPress<\/em><\/a> make the tool much more flexible and customizable and are fundamental in the creation of a site. Some allow you to extend existing features, others introduce completely new ones and there are both free and paid ones. What is the difference? Which ones should you use?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How do WordPress plugins work?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they must first be downloaded and installed in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, after which they can be activated or deactivated at will. Once activated, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">includes the code of a <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">internally, allowing the programmer to use it both in the frontend and in the backend. When a plugin is deactivated, its code is removed from the execution stream.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This way you can decide at any time which one <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to activate and which ones to remove, allowing maximum flexibility. Here are some of the most common features:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">add buttons for sharing content;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">insert contact forms;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">create photo galleries;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">speed up navigation on the site;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">check who visits the site;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/seo-positioning-ferrara-bologna-search-optimization-engines\/\">SEO optimization<\/a>;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increase possible user roles;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Free or paid plugins? Advantages and disadvantages<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the <em>WordPress<\/em> points to release all <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in free mode, a large portion, if not the majority, of them are only available for a fee. There are obviously differences between these two types of <\/span><b>plugin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the main of which are three.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personalization<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The free contents of <em>WordPress<\/em>, be they themes, templates or <\/span><b>plugin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they are often limited in the choices they allow to make. Paid plugins, on the other hand, open up numerous customization possibilities, giving developers the ability to do virtually anything.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the premium features it is possible, for example, to customize your site, making header, footer, menu and many other attractive elements, differentiating them from others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, if the professionals of the sector rely on paid content it is also for this reason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintenance, support and assistance<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most important benefits that i <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a fee they offer, compared to the free ones, it is the support that the site managers acquire. Premium services include 24\/7 support, ongoing maintenance and frequent updates. A service that is particularly appreciated in emergency situations or in the event of technical problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of those <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free, however, those who manage the website do not receive sufficient support and therefore cannot count on the support of the creators of the <\/span><b>plugin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quality<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, a technical aspect worth mentioning is the quality of the code. To put it as clearly as possible, i <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a fee they work better. In addition to increasing the number and type of possible transactions, i <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">premium never conflict with others <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and do not crash, also by virtue of the continuous updates to which they are subject.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason is simple, the creator of the <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a fee he receives funds which he can spend to afford competent developers who regularly update the tool.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Free or paid? The answer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When deciding whether to use a <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free or a paid one, the first thing to do is evaluate your needs (and \/ or the customer&#039;s). Often the free versions offer sufficient requirements to do the required work while, in some cases, it is necessary to purchase the paid version.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually, i <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">essentials offer both versions and, if in doubt, you can think of starting with the free version, and then moving on to the premium if necessary. On the other hand, as we have said, i <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a fee, they offer several benefits that can speed up and improve the developer&#039;s work. Finally, we must also consider the budget available, before deciding to upgrade to the premium version.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Net of all these considerations, our advice is to use the <\/span><b>plugin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for a fee as much as possible. Once you&#039;ve switched to premium, given the benefits it offers, it&#039;s hard to go back!<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress, the famous open source platform that allows the creation and distribution of a website, uses modules that extend its functionality and add new features: the ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":32324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ecommerce","8":"category-curiosita-web"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digife.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}