Introduction

Plugins are tools made by many people and companies in the WordPress community to add extra features to WordPress.

If the functionality you want on your site is not included as a standard feature, a plugin may be the right choice for you.

Ideally plugins should be installed by being listed inside the Composer file. On older projects, plugins are at times directly installed on the remote site.

Important

At Dreamers of Day, we actively avoid using plugins that output front-end code.
Plugins are typically used for CMS operations.

If you need to add a plugin that adds front-end code, discuss with your team lead if you can dequeue the CSS or JS file(s).