I said goodbye to the Jetpack plugin for WordPress

With the release of the latest update of Jetpack 2.8 with support for Markdown, i decided to take a look at what Jetpack have to offer me and see if i can live without it.

What i need from Jetpack plugin: #

1. Publicize
2. WordPress.com Stats
3. Carousel
4. Spelling and Grammar
5. Markdown
6. JSON API
7. Enhanced Distribution
8. Notifications

The Alternatives: #

1. FeedPress + Buffer
2. Google Analytics + Piwik
3. Gallery Carousel Without JetPack
4. TinyMCE Spellcheck
5. WP-Markdown
6. JSON API + JSON REST API
7. Navigate to Setting / Writing Settings / and put http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ where it says: Update Services
8. Pushover Notifications for WordPress + Pushover Notifications iOS App

So i gave it a shot, and deleted the plugin and replaced with the plugins i listed above, it’s been a while now and i don’t miss Jetpack at all, if you feel like doing the same, just give it a shot, you won’t miss a thing.