Obviously it's not the exact same, but my argument is they should be treated the same (when possible). First, a lot of WP plugins do require some dev work to in

Obviously it's not the exact same, but my argument is they should be treated the same (when possible). First, a lot of WP plugins do require some dev work to integrate. Second, non-developers have no idea what a plugin might change. It could easily break your entire site. Plugins should be installed on dev/staging and tested before just adding them in production. Plugins in WP are a double-edged sword.