Using A Plugin Or Template Edit

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Edit templates:
- no plugin overhead
- you're in control, so if a template edit doesn't work (conflicting in some way), you'll know what to do (as opposed to a plugin, which will just ignore it and continue)
- MyBB's find_replace_templatesets function, used by plugins to edit templates, is dodgy + I tend to edit into the global templateset so that it applies to all themes

Disadvantages:
- more manual work
- no automatic "uninstall" (however, as find_replace_templatesets is dodgy, uninstalls rarely work the way I envisage them to)