{"id":2218,"date":"2010-06-26T11:06:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-26T15:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2010-06-26T11:07:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T15:07:15","slug":"plugins-we-dont-need-no-stinking-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=2218","title":{"rendered":"Plugins? We don&#8217;t need no stinking plugins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there, it&#8217;s the Angry systems Administrator again. Yup, more stuff on plugins. I&#8217;ve just deactivated a couple that don&#8217;t seem to be doing much.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One of the plugins is the ratings one. This shows the thumbs up and thumbs down images and\u00a0selectable\u00a0stars. No one was really using them. The other is on the back end and is more of a housekeeping tool.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons I&#8217;m removing these is to speed things up. Besides trying to improve load speeds on the blog, I&#8217;m also tired of the constant updates being put out, especially is no one is using them.<\/p>\n<p>Still,\u00a0someone\u00a0may object to ending the ratings system. So, if you want it back, register your vote on the poll. If enough people ask to have it back, I&#8217;ll re-enable the feature. If not, I&#8217;m going to delete it and clear the records from the database.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-15\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do you want the ratings back?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-15-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>No <small>(100%, 1 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"wp-polls-bar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-polls-bar-fill\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Yes <small>(0%, 0 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"wp-polls-bar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-polls-bar-fill\" style=\"width: 0%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>1<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_15_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"48c38ec3a4\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-15-loading\" class=\"wp-polls wp-polls-loading\"><span class=\"wp-polls-spinner\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p><strong><em>~The Angry Systems Administrator~<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there, it&#8217;s the Angry systems Administrator again. Yup, more stuff on plugins. I&#8217;ve just deactivated a couple that don&#8217;t seem to be doing much. <a href=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=2218\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,57],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-2218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-general-housekeeping"],"views":1068,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":647,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=647","url_meta":{"origin":2218,"position":0},"title":"A little housekeeping","author":"Angry Systems Administrator","date":"September 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Since this is a long weekend, I've been playing with plugins. You'll notice we have a ratings system here, both stars and thumbs up. I'm still digging through the settings, but the back end looks rather interesting. It has lots of shiny graphs and pretty pictures. It is rather complicated,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=32"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16032,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=16032","url_meta":{"origin":2218,"position":1},"title":"Another busted plugin","author":"Angry Systems Administrator","date":"September 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all, this is the Angry Systems Administrator. A couple of weeks ago I upgraded Wordpress and a number of plugins stopped working. After a few weeks of digging through things trying to determine the cause, it looks like I've found it.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=32"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Angry Systems Administrator","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dr_strangelove_1ed07-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7479,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=7479","url_meta":{"origin":2218,"position":2},"title":"More problems with plugins","author":"Angry Systems Administrator","date":"April 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Good morning all. For about a week now, I've been seeing some minor issues with time outs and site sluggishness. I contacted our hosting service and asked them to verify the server status. As expected, it was just fine.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=32"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15869,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=15869","url_meta":{"origin":2218,"position":3},"title":"Upgrade WordPress, breaks stuff","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"September 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Good morning all. This is the very Angry Systems Administrator. Late Friday a new upgrade for Wordpress came out. I upgraded it and all seemed to be working well. That is until the Angry Webmaster ripped into me over broken plugins.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=32"},"img":{"alt_text":"The-Good-Idea-Fairy-3","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/The-Good-Idea-Fairy-3-268x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3303,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=3303","url_meta":{"origin":2218,"position":4},"title":"More annoying plugins","author":"Angry Systems Administrator","date":"January 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Good afternoon Angry people. I thought I would bring you up to date one what the heck is going on with the plugins we use on the Anger Central Blog.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=57"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28588,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=28588","url_meta":{"origin":2218,"position":5},"title":"Firefox really screwed the pooch","author":"Angry Systems Administrator","date":"May 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. This is a basic technical update for those who follow this site, (All three of you), who may be using Mozilla Firefox. You may see all your plugins, add-ons and themes suddenly be disabled. This is due to a massive screw-up by Mozilla. 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