When I said “will uninstall” I mean the #3 fact, I think that is very frustating to save again and again the plugin settings on every update ;)

Thanks for the comment Dario.

I rarely uninstall a plugin that does take over my admin menu. Functionality comes first. If the plugin helps me, I will use it, regardless of the menu situation. Still, I do find it very annoying :)

About the #1 I must admit that my plugin is in that situation: it put a box with the recent rating put from the users. Honestly, nobody complained (until now) about that. Maybe because it’s usefull data (no ads or something like that) and is conceptually similar to the “Activity” metabox.

Thanks for responding Mateja. I still use your related posts plugin on this blog, so I hope it didn’t come across like I was complaining for the sake of complaining. I had noticed the bug happening in several updates, so I just assumed it was intentional.

I appreciate you reaching out to me. It’s always great to see developers reach out and help those that are using their free scripts.

Hey, great article and thanks for using Zemanta plugin as an example. I wish it would be used in a different context, but… :)

Anyway, I’m a product manager at Zemanta and I take care of our plugins in WordPress.org plugin directory, including Related Posts. Re-enabling the “display related posts on the post compose screen” option after update was actually a migration bug and we already fixed it.

We’re bloggers too and most of the time we don’t like to annoy other fellow bloggers… But if it happens that we do something you don’t like, please let us know either on plugin’s support page or drop us an email at support at zemanta dot com.

Great point Thomas. I don’t know why I forgot to include that in my list.

I use Codepress Admin Columns on most of my WordPress websites because of that.

Agreed. It’s very annoying, especially when it’s something that adds load to your website.

Hi Jake,

I used bbPress in the past on a few websites. It’s very easy to install. The problem is that it lacks so many features that are essential for a good forum. These can then be added using plugins, but before you know it, you have added over a dozen plugins to add functionality that should be part of the core.

I do respect the work that guys like John James Jacoby are doing for the plugin, but from a website owner’s point of view, bbPress is not a great option for a forum. I published an article about this a few years ago entitled “Why I Didn’t Choose bbPress For Our Discussion Forums“. A lot of the criticism I levelled at bbPress still remains true today.

:)