May 13th, 2009

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WindowsObserver (55 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 6:59 pm

Great idea for a contest Mark!
- WindowsObserver (55 comments.) says:
  
  5/13/2009 at 7:08 pm
  
  I have 35 active and 2 inactive on my blog. The inactive do not stay around very long – too much of a keep it cleaned up type
Jason (75 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 7:17 pm

I’ll say you have 14 active and 21 inactive plugins.

As for me, I have 12 active and 13 inactive plugins running on my main site. That said, I have over a dozen WordPress sites use the very same installation of the software, and each site uses a different combination of plugins
The Frosty @WPCult (11 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 7:31 pm

34 Active 48 Inactive.

WPCult has 46 active and 18 Inactive. Damn!
Simon (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 7:44 pm

At work we have 9 active and 2 inactive. We run a very tight… secure ship

On my personal blog 11 active and 7 inactive (I should REALLY clean out the garbage there) and on my family blog 7 active and 4 inactive.

The inactive one are usualy plugins I’m thinking of using or would “Like” to use but haven’t got around to yet… I’m pretty bad at clearing out plugins I’ve decided I’m definatly not going to use though.

My guess for WeblogTools… 17 active and 9 inactive
fahirsch (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 7:50 pm

10 active and 13 inactive.
In my blog I have 39 active and 9 inactive
Keith (4 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 7:50 pm

I’m gonna guess 19 active and another 24 or so inactive.

On kdmurray.net I’ve got 22 active and about 4 inactive.
Tay (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 7:52 pm

10 active 17 inactive
Sean Buckley (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:06 pm

Lets try 31 active,and 14 inactive
gagahput3ra (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:06 pm

Dunno why but i have a feeling it’s 9 active 10 inactive
Matt Martz (2 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:15 pm

13 active and 16 inactive.
Baris Unver (17 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:21 pm

34 active, 7 deactivated… right?
- Baris Unver (17 comments.) says:
  
  5/13/2009 at 8:22 pm
  
  Wait wait… I read the post again :). New guess: 14 active, 17 deactivated.
photoTristan (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:23 pm

17 deactive, 11 active.
Miroslav Glavic (27 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:32 pm

I have 27 active, ONE inactive (this one puts a WE ARE DOING MAINTENANCE ON THE SITE).
bubazoo (213 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:33 pm

I’ll say 100 active, 250 inactive. lol I figure that could be about right, if not more,
because I know for a fact there are about 900 WP plugins in existence altogether,
and I’m sure he’s tried out the majority of ‘em at one point or other.
Chris (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:34 pm

11 active, 8 inactive
Geoff (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:41 pm

I’m guessing way lower – 7 active and 11 deactivated.
Luis (2 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:44 pm

I would say 10 active 17 deactivated. Good luck guys.
jerry (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:50 pm

21 active, 90 deactivated.
Jared Erickson (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 8:53 pm

I’m guessing 1
Kirb (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 9:24 pm

I’m guessing 19 active and 27 inactive plugins.
Mr. I (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 9:38 pm

25 Active and 9 Inactive!
Leah says:

5/13/2009 at 10:15 pm

15 active, 21 inactive.
Babs (42 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 10:24 pm

Woot! I feel special!

I’m going to take a shot and say 21 activated and 24 deactivated.

I, myself, have 23 activated, 3 deactivated, and 2 more that I just deleted this morning. The only one I activate/deactivate from time to time is the Configurable Tag Cloud. It depends on the theme I’m using.
Ivan Litus (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 10:29 pm

Nice contest idea… I have 31 active plugins and 4 inactive…wow, newer counted the before :).
samboll (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 10:37 pm

you have 7 activated
12 deactivated
Marcelo (3 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 10:50 pm

I will go for 32 active and twelve inactive.

I have 24 active and 2 inactive…

Can this be done twice? the guessing? XD
Alex (1 comments.) says:

5/13/2009 at 11:47 pm

I’d have to say 11 activated and 7 deactivated.
SSTRM (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 12:11 am

You have 26 activated and 31 deactivated.

Hope i’m right
MP (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 12:47 am

0 active, 0 inactive
George Serradinho (107 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 1:49 am

Hi,

this is a great idea.

My guess would be 23 Active 31 Inactive.

My details are 23 active and 2 inactive. I try and not have to many active, but some of them are just for admin purposes.
13770 (2 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 2:33 am

My blog has 29 actives and 51 inactives !
Deniss (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 2:35 am

I think 17 active / 21 deactivated for your blog.
Mine has 15 active /1 deactivated (Hello dolly )
David (3 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 2:36 am

I’ll say 3 active, 4 inactive. Somehow I just don’t see this site using a lot of plugins.

Myself, I am a plugin addict, I have way too many active, and even way too many more inactive, no wonder I never get stuff done, too busy upgrading plugins or adding more.
Daniel (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 2:44 am

18 active, 8 inactive
Stijn (8 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 3:10 am

47 active and 10 inactive (if you’re anythin like me).
Tommy Brunn (6 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 3:25 am

I’m going to guess that you have 31 active and 16 inactive.
Jacob Share (5 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 3:55 am

Cool idea for a contest, if you can manage to stay frozen until a winner is found. I’ll say 49 active and 6 inactive.

JobMob currently has 44 active and 8 inactive.
Matt (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 4:20 am

I’m gunna say 5 active and 13 inactive.
Martin (20 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 4:55 am

20 active, 32 inactive.
Ömer Taylan Tu?ut (3 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 5:06 am

For contest: 12 actives, 4 inactives

On my ownblog: 27 actives, 24 inactives (Inactives are the try-out of some plugins, i have to remove them
John (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 5:28 am

Wow, some people are using a lot of plugins. I’ve got 7 active, and I’m planning to reduce that by 2 by incorporating the functions that I need into the theme.

I think that you have 12 active and 19 deactivated.
Peter Craddock (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 5:38 am

I say you have 13 active and 20 inactive.

On my website, it’s 14 active and 6 inactive.
Vinod (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 5:52 am

Wow nice guessing game , I would say that you have 45 active and 20 inactive , I have 50 active and none inactive I clean them often.
MIke Jolley (3 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 6:15 am

Ill guess 3 inactive 30 active like mine.
marco.ragogna (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 6:24 am

I say u have 9 active and 11 inactive
Sebastian (2 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 6:49 am

My guess is 16 activated and 62 deactivated.
tcmo6 (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 6:53 am

18 active, 26 deactivated
Abu Saad (3 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 7:02 am

I have 40 activated & 79 deactivated plugins. This made the updating of plugins for me as a routine job daily. For testing purpose and keeping the good “rarely used” plugins are the main reasons for keeping the deactivated plugins.

So, I guess you have 15 activated & 110 deactivated plugins.

I hope to be the winner ;).
Kat Henderson-Sturtz (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 7:48 am

The answer is ONE. It depends on the theme and which plug-in. Any one plug-in could be the culprit on a specific theme.

Kat <— who loves her plug-ins
Tom (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 8:17 am

7 active and 23 inactive
_dave_ (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 9:07 am

My guess is 13 active, 17 inactive.

On my site is like 5/4… I’m a bit skeptical about the quality of the average plugin
al (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 9:28 am

I guess you have 14 plugins active and 8 deactivated !
Matthew says:

5/14/2009 at 10:27 am

I’m going to guess 8 active, 13 inactive.
PJ (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 10:50 am

My guess is 9 active and 11 inactive. I currently have 25 active and 3 inactive, but there’s a few that I might replace with function hacks in time.
Michelle (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 10:52 am

How about 24 active, 0 inactive? With fewer inactive plugins, the admin area runs faster and the security risk drops. You seem very fast and secure!
Gargron (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 11:08 am

13 deactivated and 7 activated, maybe?
jh says:

5/14/2009 at 11:39 am

lemme see, how about 12 active, 18 disabled.
Investor (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 11:43 am

i have 20 activated and 25 inactive
BlogSEOExpert - SEO for Blogs (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 12:03 pm

Hi,

I have 31 active plugins, and 1 inactive. The ratio is pretty skewed towards active plugins

For you, my guess would be 17 active and 25 deactivated plugins.
Tom Wright says:

5/14/2009 at 12:20 pm

looking at the source (plus the invisible akismet etc) I would predict about 11 active and 34 inactive.
Uthfull (2 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 1:13 pm

WLTC has 27 active and 7 deactive.
?? (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 1:39 pm

29 actives and 35 inactives.
Tim Spaulding (2 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 1:53 pm

I guess you have 22 active and 37 inactive.

I have 33 active, 21 inactive.
misterhobbes (4 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 3:05 pm

10 active 17 deactivated
Clara (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 3:33 pm

I’m thinking…6 active and 14 inactive. Personally, I have 6 active and 2 inactive.
Navjot Singh (12 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 4:05 pm

17 Active and 20 Inactive.

BTW If I count the number on my blog, its 29 Active and 57 Inactive!
Jonathan (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 4:24 pm

23 deactive, 6 active
Steve Mclaren (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 4:31 pm

I say 23 active and 9 inactive.

I’ve got 21 active and 4 inactive.
Webdev (11 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 5:02 pm

Hehe 7 active, 12 inactive.
ukrainian bloger (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 5:25 pm

15 active, 24 inactive
Demircan Çelebi (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 5:58 pm

I think you have 21 active, 8 inactive. Just like me.
hamza (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 6:10 pm

11 active and 21 inactive.
Kenji (7 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 6:21 pm

I have 46 active and 21 inactive, so might as well make that my guess.
Benjamin Cahill (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 7:03 pm

I’m guessing 9 active, 18 inactive.
Can’t comment on how many I have personally because I run ~15 websites!!
Daniel W (1 comments.) says:

5/14/2009 at 7:39 pm

16 active, 17 Deactiveated for sure =P
- Brad (2 comments.) says:
  
  5/15/2009 at 1:09 am
  
  15 active. 12 deactivated.
  
  I have 25 active, 33 deactivated
  - Brad (2 comments.) says:
    
    5/15/2009 at 10:43 pm
    
    Oops I got my numbers backwards on my guess Meant 12 activated and 15 deactivated. (Though still probably wrong)
Esa says:

5/15/2009 at 2:25 am

I guess 4 active (!), 45 inactive.
JR (2 comments.) says:

5/15/2009 at 2:56 am

i am going to have to say that there are 27 active and 13 not active.
- JR (2 comments.) says:
  
  5/15/2009 at 2:59 am
  
  i must be a pretty smart person since while reading i absorb lots of info…. gotta change it to 19 active and 27 not active.
  
  there… woot.
Govindraj Umarji (1 comments.) says:

5/15/2009 at 3:10 am

My guess is 6 active plugins.

I have 8 active plugins, 3 disabled plugins and 4 recently deleted!

Regards,

Govindraj Umarji
Edwin (2 comments.) says:

5/15/2009 at 6:39 am

I think you have 10 active and 2 inactie plugins.

5 inactive plugins
30 active plugins

Need to prune that a bit.
- Edwin (2 comments.) says:
  
  5/15/2009 at 6:49 am
  
  Correction:
  
  There are 37 plugins used: 32 active plugins and 5 inactive plugins.
Fabian Knobloch (1 comments.) says:

5/15/2009 at 7:34 am

my guess:
you have 16 active
and 23 inactive !?!?!
Jonas Nordström says:

5/15/2009 at 8:03 am

14 active and 22 inactive
Matt says:

5/15/2009 at 12:00 pm

I’d say 15 active and 36 inactive. That’s my guess.
Missy (1 comments.) says:

5/15/2009 at 10:38 pm

9 Active, 0 Inactive.
Stu (7 comments.) says:

5/15/2009 at 11:21 pm

You have the following plugins:

Akismet (akismet)
All in One SEO Pack (all-in-one-seo-pack)
Bird Feeder (bird-feeder)
Delink Comment Author (delink-comment-author)
FeedStats (feedstats-de)
Google XML Sitemaps (google-sitemap-generator)
Highlight Author Comments (highlight-author-comments)
HTML Purified (html-purified)
Moderation Notify Author (moderation-notify-author)
MoFuse WordPress Plugin (mofuse)
Ozh’ Who Sees Ads (ozh-who-sees-ads)
RSS Footer (rss-footer)
ShareThis (share-this)
Simple Tags (simple-tags)
WordPress.com Stats (stats)
Subscribe to Comments (subscribe-to-comments)
Tweetbacks (tweetbacks)
What Would Seth Godin Do (what-would-seth-godin-do)
Wordpress Thread Comment (wordpress-thread-comment)
WP Ajax Edit Comments (wp-ajax-edit-comments)
WPBook (wpbook)
WP-Cache (wp-cache)
WP-DB-Backup (wp-db-backup)
WP-PostRatings (wp-postratings)
WP-SpamFree Anti-Spam (wp-spamfree)
WP Tuner (wptuner)
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (yet-another-related-posts-plugin)
Hello Dolly (hello.php)

Total plugins: 28

My best guess as to the number of enabled/disabled plugins is:
Active plugins: 20
Deactivated plugins: 8

I write about my method here: http://www.mypentest.com/find-.....-for-site/

Cheers,
Stu.
- Marcelo (3 comments.) says:
  
  5/28/2009 at 3:53 pm
  
  Freaking nice! Good code you put in there! Congrats =)
Lohn (1 comments.) says:

5/15/2009 at 11:35 pm

I bet you have 22 active and 10 inactive.

Nice Game.

Lohn
Natetronn (1 comments.) says:

5/16/2009 at 12:30 am

48 active and 152 inactive lol
João Nunes (1 comments.) says:

5/16/2009 at 9:01 am

11 active, 5 inactive
Rolograaf (3 comments.) says:

5/16/2009 at 3:55 pm

Mmm, my guess is 22 active and 6 inactive, can I still enter?
Will this go on untill the right numbers are guessed or is there closingdate? (I’m curious for the answer)

My stats are:
There are 39 plugins used: 22 active plugins and 17 inactive plugins.
dave (1 comments.) says:

5/17/2009 at 12:32 am

14 active 17 inactive
Arthur Thornton (2 comments.) says:

5/17/2009 at 1:06 am

I would guess 13 active and 15 inactive.
WPThemes (1 comments.) says:

5/17/2009 at 1:31 am

I would say 35 active and 250 inactive since review alot of the plugins.
Thomas Clausen (15 comments.) says:

5/17/2009 at 2:55 pm

Since my last comment probably landed in the spam I will try again and say: 12 active 16 deactivated
Oren Yomtov (7 comments.) says:

5/17/2009 at 4:25 pm

I say 18 inactive and 10 active.
Bryan Harley says:

5/17/2009 at 11:08 pm

30 active, 15 deactive
Sriraj (27 comments.) says:

5/18/2009 at 8:36 pm

28 active and 29 de-activated?
I can’t count how many I have active
xensne (1 comments.) says:

5/18/2009 at 9:20 pm

20 active, 3 inactive
Amber S (1 comments.) says:

5/19/2009 at 1:58 pm

My guess is 13 active, 15 inactive.
Stuart Flatt (1 comments.) says:

5/20/2009 at 7:13 am

Hmmm 23 Active, 3 In-active
Franisco Torres (1 comments.) says:

5/20/2009 at 8:24 pm

I have only 7 plugins active and 1 inactive.
I guess you should have some 20 plugins active and 30 inactive
Marcelo (3 comments.) says:

5/28/2009 at 3:54 pm

When will you announce winner? (Or close the deal?)
Arthur Thornton says:

6/20/2009 at 2:00 pm

Any update on the winner?
- Ali Hussain (12 comments.) says:
  
  7/13/2009 at 11:33 pm
  
  I think not..

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5/14/2009 at 12:40 am

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5/14/2009 at 8:26 pm

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