{"id":27939,"date":"2017-09-05T23:12:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27939"},"modified":"2017-09-05T23:12:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:12:50","slug":"plugins-spring-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/05\/plugins-spring-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Plugins spring cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I&#8217;ve done a little spring cleaning of some plugins installed and activated on this site. \u00a0You shouldn&#8217;t notice much of a difference, except, maybe, fewer quirks and issues. \u00a0Here are some of the plugins that were removed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/smart-youtube\/\">Smart YouTube Pro<\/a> &#8211; it was only used in a couple of posts for easier embedding of YouTube playlists. \u00a0Since I installed and used this plugin, WordPress got much better at embedding videos, so I don&#8217;t need it anymore.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/smart-404\/\">Smart 404<\/a> &#8211; 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