WP Tavern › Forums › Create Topic
Devon I don’t know how to reply to Central Geek – seems like we can’t reply that far in the comment chain? So I’m replying here – sorry. Absolutely disagree with you, Central Geek. Vehemently and with every fiber of my being. Of course it’s the plugin developer’s responsibility to fix it, but the Directory removed it – so the directory should notify the plugin users. I’m sitting here learning about Contact Form DB for the first time – and I have it installed on our live site! If you remove the plugin for security reasons – don’t you think the people with it installed on a live site should be notified?? We’re the ones now using an unsafe plugin on our site with absolutely zero knowledge of the problem. My Contact Form DB is sitting in my site’s backend, happily chugging away, with zero notice of any security issues or risks. And there’s no way for the developer to contact me to let me know, because the plugin was pulled. This isn’t a complicated concept. Even an automated system would fix it – but the only ones with the ability to notify are the Directory folks, and the users need to be notified. There’s only one option at that point. The Directory must notify the users.
Devon
I don’t know how to reply to Central Geek – seems like we can’t reply that far in the comment chain? So I’m replying here – sorry.
Absolutely disagree with you, Central Geek. Vehemently and with every fiber of my being. Of course it’s the plugin developer’s responsibility to fix it, but the Directory removed it – so the directory should notify the plugin users. I’m sitting here learning about Contact Form DB for the first time – and I have it installed on our live site! If you remove the plugin for security reasons – don’t you think the people with it installed on a live site should be notified?? We’re the ones now using an unsafe plugin on our site with absolutely zero knowledge of the problem. My Contact Form DB is sitting in my site’s backend, happily chugging away, with zero notice of any security issues or risks. And there’s no way for the developer to contact me to let me know, because the plugin was pulled.
This isn’t a complicated concept. Even an automated system would fix it – but the only ones with the ability to notify are the Directory folks, and the users need to be notified. There’s only one option at that point. The Directory must notify the users.
Name *
Email *
Website:
Topic Title (Maximum Length: 80):
Forum: — No forum —AI and WordPress Articles Blocks Showcase Discussions Events Introductions Jobs and Working in WordPress Podcast Episodes Site and Block Editor
Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
Email Address
Submit
Enter the destination URL
Or link to existing content