Just having the plugin system turned on uses extra queries. A good programmer ca hack vbulletin in such a way as to add few if any extra queries, but the system itself is what adds the extra queries.

Not sure on the exact amount of added queries when the plugin system is turned on, but it is not much, and they are good optimiyed and won't effect your board much from a performance point of view.

Remember that the number of queries is almost irrelevant for performance, it is the execution time that counts.

Seems to me that just putting the plugin code in a php file and replacing it with

include('./plugins/my_script.php');

Doesn't work 100%

Nobody ever said that things would work without any modification.

1. Turning the Plugin System On or Off does not have any impact on the amout of queries.
2. Memory Footprint is not a such a big issue. In most cases, forumcache (which is loaded on every page) for example will be a lot bigger then the plugins.

Having to eval() the code all the time, that is an issue.

Therefore, complex plugin code (especially in high-traffic places like global.php, postbit, showthread, forumdisplay, etc.) should be moved out to include files.
(Could even be done automatically. I wrote a proof-of-concept hack that writes include-files if the plugin-code on one hook is > X bytes long.)

Hmm ... what problems did you have?

If you use
it should work 100%.

I converted two plugins to test this. VBSHOUT for one, which failed 100%.

And then estakis referral stats. That one works, half way.

It's depositing all the code in raw format on the page.

Crazy I tell ya.

Erm ... are you sure you put

in the files?

Yes I'm stupid. I forgot that. LMAO

Solution to all your problems :)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=107315