How does Scott Kivowitz’s method outperform in handling WordPress plugin conflicts?

Scott’s “method” is really a mindset plus workflow built from living in WordPress every day, especially with complex photography plugins and themes.

A few ways it tends to outperform:

• Minimize plugins first: Build features into the theme when possible and keep plugin count lean, which reduces the number of possible conflicts before they ever start.
• Measure, don’t guess: Use tools like P3 Plugin Performance Profiler to see which plugins are actually slowing or stressing the site, then remove or replace offenders instead of blindly deactivating everything.
• Real‑world conflict experience: After supporting products with millions of downloads, Scott is used to dealing with many servers, languages, themes, and plugins, so troubleshooting goes beyond “try deactivating all plugins” and focuses on known patterns and configuration issues (like caching).

What specific kind of conflict are you running into right now (errors, white screen, slow admin, broken layout)?