A good Word press plugin must have the following characteristics:

Seamless installation: The plugin must be able to install easily and seamlessly without any trouble. A plugin is as good as it can be installed into the system, if anyone finds the installation to be very complicated; there is a chance that he/she would not use the system at all. Many Wordpress plugins are very good as far as features go, but are bad in installation.

A good un-installation process: This is as important as installation itself. Removal of the software should not in any ways impede the operation of the rest of the system. A good plugin should make sure that it stays independent of the rest of the system and does its work seamlessly without trying to alter anything else that can cause the system to fail.

Seamless and secure upgrade: Good software and plugins must be able to upgrade without any trouble. This would make sure that the software is error free and is evolving. This is very important in the case of plugins because these are small software components that perform a specific task, if one of these go down then the whole feature goes down.

Localization and local language support for the administrator: Every administrator would not understand English and would require some language support to use the interface of the plugin; a plugin should be able to provide this feature.

Error recovery and processing of the error: It is always good to have error recovery system built into a plugin, this makes sure that the administrator is able to find out what the error is and correct it if he can, or in the case of a complex error go to the developer for support.

Import/ Export control options: Import and export controls are very much required for a plugin, it makes sure that the administrator can shift or transport the whole architecture of the system to another framework, without needing to make any large changes. It also helps in migration and upgrading of the system.

Great looking user interface: A good user interface is very important to make sure that the administrator is able to understand and work in the plugin.

Security of the system: Plugins have to be less vulnerable to attacks and make sure that an attack is not initiated on the system though the plugin. This is a very big concern and good plugins have good security features.

Keep track of changes: A good plugin must be able to keep track of the changes to the plugin and update when necessary.

Support: Good plugins should also come with good support and documentation.

There are several other things that you can look for but the ones mentioned above are some of the most critical ones.

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