Install a plugin

Install the SEO plugin requested by Priya in content for the site shop.example.com. Download the stable release, activate the plugin, run its setup wizard, and ensure the XML sitemap is generated and submitted to Google Search Console for this property. Report back with the plugin version and whether any theme conflicts appeared in the front-end.

Before I install a plugin on a live storefront, make approval easy for the operations lead: list the security rating, last update date, active installs, and any PHP version warnings at the top; surface the minimal setup steps and the one permission that scares me; and highlight three things that will make a reviewer hesitate to allow it on production.

The marketing lead asked me to install a conversion plugin they found, but we’ve never used it and the staging site shows a minor console error after activation. I’m worried it will break checkout on the live site. What’s the most likely risk, what checks should I run on staging to be confident, and what’s the safest rollout plan to production if staging looks okay?

Every quarter we tack on a new plugin for a short campaign and end up with slow performance and two outages a year. Where are we losing discipline — vetting, approvals, or post-install monitoring — and what one change will stop plugin creep while keeping marketing happy?