From 4d84663755beb48f63156377ebc2778eba7e7968 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 20:34:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] daily-email: add 2023-10-11 Do you need that module? --- src/content/daily-email/2023-10-11.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/daily-email/2023-10-11.md diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-10-11.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-10-11.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..15053b23 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-10-11.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: > + Do you need that module? +pubDate: 2023-10-11 +permalink: > + archive/2023/10/11/do-you-need-that-module +tags: + - software-development + - drupal + - php +--- + +Drupal includes a lot of default functionality and additional core modules you can enable to extend it. + +There are also over 50,000 community-contributed modules you can download and add. + +But is it worth adding every module? + +If you're browsing the list of modules on Drupal.org and find one of interest, is the functionality it adds more valuable than the cost of maintaining it? + +Each module increases the number of updates you'll need to do to maintain the website. + +What if it becomes unmaintained in the future and prevents you from updating your website to the next version of Drupal or has a security issue and introduces a vulnerability? + +Some modules will be crucial to your website, others you can do without if you prefer a smaller maintenance overhead.