* The Plugin “PHP Execution” appears to be abandoned.

  • Resolved JaneAkshar

    (@janeakshar)


    7 years, 5 months ago

    I have just has this alert from Wordfence “* The Plugin “PHP Execution” appears to be abandoned.”. This is on a site that I did not build and I dont know the implications of use of this plugin. I have a bookings database which is massively business critical. The person that did the build has retired https://www.flatsinluxor.co.uk

    What is the recommended action?

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  • Hi @janeakshar,

    Please have a look at this article which addresses the “Plugin appears to be abandoned” scan message.

    Thread Starter JaneAkshar

    (@janeakshar)

    Yes I understand that BUT WHAT DO I REPLACE THIS PLUGIN WITH. I know very very little about PHP

    Ambyomoron

    (@josiah-s-carberry)

    The first think I would do is to determine is the plugin is really necessary. Very frequently, old needs go away or new versions make old plugins redundant.

    As I understand it, the principal interest of the plugin is to be able to display text within a page or a post that is generated dynamically, at the moment the user requests the page. Do you really need that? If so, it serves to do what, exactly? You need to understand that to determine what other plugin might replace it.

    Your alternative to this is to find a PHP developer who could review the source code of the plugin and determine what changes, if any, might be advisable. If you have someone start changing the code itself, then you will be paying to maintain the plugin, which might not be in your interest.

    Thread Starter JaneAkshar

    (@janeakshar)

    I suspect it is needed on this page https://www.flatsinluxor.co.uk/Availability.php This has an explanation and then displays the availability of the various apartments.

    The other page that links to the database is the booking form which does have some validation rules https://www.flatsinluxor.co.uk/php/booking.php

    I don’t have enough knowledge to tackle this with confidence

    Ambyomoron

    (@josiah-s-carberry)

    Since you appear to be running a business, don’t you want to pay for a little expert help to sort out the issues you have and get some peace of mind? Maybe someone on this forum can help you (I cannot).

    By the way, I note on the page you mentioned that the web site displays php errors. Your visitors are seeing warning messages that they should never see:

    Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in /home/egyptol1/public_html/flatsinluxor.co.uk/php/bookingFuncs.php on line 17

    Deprecated: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead in /home/egyptol1/public_html/flatsinluxor.co.uk/php/clientdbfuncs.php on line 45

    Thread Starter JaneAkshar

    (@janeakshar)

    I am running a tourism business in Egypt, sadly we dont even make enough money to cover our costs. This is why I have to do everything myself.

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