It adds a backlink back to their website on all your pages.

  • Beware: this plugin throws a small footer link back to their website on all pages on your site when the plugin is active. This is a cheap way to goose Google for backlinks.

    In fact, Google discourages this kind of linking, so you negatively impacting your website when you use this plugin.

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Removed link
    • This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Bobby Kircher.
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  • Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    @papayainternet Thanks for the review but please keep it to your words here only. No links or links to images. That’s not permitted in reviews and I have removed yours.

    Beware: this plugin throws a small footer link back to their website on all pages on your site when the plugin is active. This is a cheap way to goose Google for backlinks.

    That’s not permitted by the plugin guidelines. Any link added must be strictly opt in only. Can you please send the details to plugins[at]www.ads-software.com? They can investigate and have the developer correct that.

    Hello @papayainternet ,
    It’s up to you to enable the back link or not.
    This is opt in as @jdembowski mentioned, not mandatory.

    Thread Starter Bobby Kircher

    (@papayainternet)

    @sumaiyaf You’re completely disingenuous to say that this is “opt-in.” There is no opt-in or even a mention that by enabling the plugin the end user agrees to adding a piece of code that includes small backlink in the footer every single page to another website.

    Search Google for “PHP Code Snippets Powered By : XYZScripts.com” and you can see thousands of pages with this link in the footer. You mean to tell me that these webmasters opted into giving you credit for using their plugin on all their pages?

    This is spam and is a violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines and apparently WordPress’ guidelines.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Bobby Kircher.

    Hello @papayainternet ,
    There is a setting ,credit link to author (https://wpdemo.xyzscripts.com/wp-content/gallery/insert-php-code-snippet/insert-php-code-snippet-basic.png)– Enable this option for adding credit link to the plugin author, Disable it if you don’t want to .

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by sumaiyaf.
    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    @sumaiyaf What’s the default “Premium Version Ads” that defaults to “Enabled” do?

    https://snipboard.io/hmGCxn.jpg

    Hi,
    This option is to disable the details of premium version of insert-php-code-snippet plugin at the footer in admin area

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