Denied Theme and Plugin Requests
The following themes and plugins were denied at the time of request.
| Theme/Plugin Name | Category | Date | Reason for Denial | Suggested Alternative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web Stories | Plugin | April 2024 | Duplicate functionality to an already approved plugin. | v4 – NC State Pro or Premium v3 – NC State Stories, NC State Pages |
| bbPress | Plugin | January 2021 | Web Publishing (nor cPanel) are approved for hosting discussion boards. | Google Spaces, MS Teams, or Slack for non-course-related use. For course-related use, WolfWare has discussion boards. |
| WooCommerce | Plugin | January 2021 | Web Publishing (nor cPanel) are approved for hosting E-Commerce solutions. | E-Commerce use cases must be in accords with Controller’s office guidelines. |
| Events Calendar Event Tickets | Plugin | August 2023 | Does not play well with our DB environment and has negative impact on services. | None |
| Divi | Theme | January 2021 | Divi does not play well with our environment, does not align with WordPress code design standards, and creates a negatively impactful editing experience. | NC State Theme |
| ClickCease WordPress Plugin | Plugin | April 2024 | The ClickCease WordPress plugin does not work with our page caching strategy. The platform works fine, just not the WordPress plugin. | None |
| TablePress Pro | Plugin | November 2023 | Duplicate functionality to an already approved plugin. Also, the Licensing Model for Tablepress’ non-free unlimited site license is very expensive giving our infrastructure model. | NinjaTables Pro |
| MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress | Plugin | April 2024 | Duplicate functionality to an already approved plugin. | Gravity Forms Mailchimp Add-On |
| Contact Form 7 | Plugin | April 2024 | Duplicate functionality to an already approved plugin. | Gravity Forms + approved add-ons |