Is there a reason you keep the inactive plugins your host includes with
one-click or Fantastico? They are usually the first things I delete when I
get them. For me, it is the Hello Dolly plugin I get every time I upgrade.
I don't dislike it, I just don't use it, so I get rid of it so I don't
Why be shown at all that an inactive plug in needs to be updated? I can
see that you may want to know it has an update if your looking at the
plugin screen itself, but if your writing a new post, do you really care
right then that an inactive plugin has an update?
Chris
Chris Thomson wrote:
Inactive plugins should be notified. If you have an inactive plugin that has
had an exploit since you last used it and you activiate it again, you'd be
at risk immediately until you went and updated. Just easier to keep it
updated (even if inactive) or just delete it entirely.
Patrick
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As mentioned before, even inactive plugins can be a security risk. So,
it stands to reason that the best way to keep your site safe when
running plugins is by either a) removing plugins you no longer intend to
use to remove the possible security risk or b) updating all plugins when
they have
If you have plugins installed, either activated or deactivated (or
Inactive), all installed plugins need to be kept updated irregardless.
All the reasons have been given already and are very true indeed.
Here's my own example...I keep my standard active plugins slimmed down
to less than 10.
Ok so, I guess it would be best to just delete the darn things and that
would solve the problem of being nagged and having to deal with the issue.
Kirk M wrote:
If you have plugins installed, either activated or deactivated (or
Inactive), all installed plugins need to be kept updated
Wow, this is getting to be quite an issue.
Jeff, didn't this exact same issue came up when plugin update
notification was first introduced (2.5 maybe?-not sure anymore)? I seem
to remember the same type of go-around. Anyway, I guess the whole thing
boils down to whether or not the developers
I don't want to delete the maybe plugins because I'll forget them
between now and when I think I'll need them. What I do sometimes is
go through the deactivated plugins and .zip them up. That way: 1)
they can't be exploited, 2) no update notifications, 3) no clutter on
the plugins
If a plugin is inactive, how can someone exploit it?
Stephen Rider wrote:
I don't want to delete the maybe plugins because I'll forget them
between now and when I think I'll need them. What I do sometimes is
go through the deactivated plugins and .zip them up. That way: 1)
they can't be
Simple, by calling the php files directly and passing data to them.
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Chris Moody wrote:
If a plugin is inactive, how can someone exploit it?
Stephen Rider wrote:
I don't want to delete the maybe plugins because I'll forget them
between
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