Dependence on Plugins

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Plugins are add ons that will add additional features on your website. For example, on this website we can see credits earned after posting every time, this functionality is due to the plugin. Using plugins is a part of website creation process. However, using too many plugins can also make your site slow, and we all know slow websites are not good. By the way how depended are you when it comes to using plugins?