May 19, 2026 at 1:05 am
#4156
Participant
Yeah, I’ve seen plugins do that, but half the time it’s not some dramatic “rankings died” thing, it’s the plugin quietly messing with canonicals, source output, or crawl paths. I’d be more suspicious if it’s an affiliate plugin or anything that touches links/redirects. Google’s weird, sure, but it’s usually not *that* magical. In my opinion,