Adminer

  • Hi,

    I always wondered if there were risks using a tool like Adminer… Right now I only have it on a local installation, but it a great tool…

    Today, I had the notification tell me there was an update (1.4.5). At first, the update didn’t work, so I went looking for it in the WP repository… but couldn’t find it… All the links pointing to it (or sub-level like it’s support) are gone… Was there a problem with the plugin or it’s a problem with WP’s servers? There are more than 40 000 installation, so it’s not a small plugin…

    Was finally able to do the update (since the info still appear in WP when a previous version is installed), but still can’t manually download it.

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  • I was wondering the exact same thing. I always use it for easy 1-click backups on my live sites.

    Adminer has completely disappeared from the wp plugins and I cannot find any information why.

    If anyone knows please inform the rest of us.

    someone just posted a question on adminer formum so hopefully there will be some info

    Usually, the plugins team will take down a plugin if there’s a security vulnerability or some other reported violation in the plugin guidelines.

    The plugin is still active in the SVN:

    https://plugins.svn.www.ads-software.com/adminer/trunk/

    There has been no activity since the last release:

    https://plugins.trac.www.ads-software.com/log/adminer

    My guess is a new security vulnerability which has yet to be fixed, so beware if it’s on a live server, my advise is remove it completely and keep an eye out for the plugin page to hopefully reappear.

    Sadly, the way this happens is just a sudden take-down without warning to users with the plugin installed. The author will have been emailed about it.

    The idea behind this action is to prevent new users from downloading an unsafe plugin, however the downside is it gives no warning to those who already have it installed.

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