Unrelated site health warnings

Leaving the site running with low memory is alarming. But it seems like you don’t want that to show up for the administrators.
Don’t be one of those who, when the car engine overheats, prefer to disconnect the thermometer.

Whether i leave it running with low memory or not is not the purview of Classic Widgets plugin. Additionally as part of this review, please be warned the plugin takes a nanny stance and feels the need to help you whether you want it or not.

If you use our plugin, we feel entitled to know whether you’ve allocated sufficient memory for it to function properly or not. The reasons are obvious.

“we feel entitled” – entitled, arrogance, semantics i guess.

Also as part of my review, please note that the developer deleted my initial one star review because he didn’t agree with it. Which goes to show why there are probably a lot of 5 star reviews. Easy when you just delete the ones you disagree with.

I can’t tell exactly who removed it other than “Support Moderator” who I assumed was the plugin developer. If I’m mistaken on who removed the review, I’ll retract my statement.

• This reply was modified 7 months, 4 weeks ago by gmariani405.

If this has offended you, you’re speaking to the wrong person because plugin developers cannot delete anything. Please address your concerns directly to the WordPress mediator.

We waited some time for a retraction, but since it didn’t come, we are forced to address some inaccuracies that were written here.

The main point is that dangerously low memory is not related to the plugin.

In general terms, a “plugin” refers to a software component that adds specific features or functionalities to a larger software application. In other words, plugins are not autonomous and do not have their own life. They depend 100% on the WordPress core. Therefore, if a WordPress site is running with very low memory, beyond what is safe, nothing will work properly, neither the site nor the plugin.

So, in our view, allocated memory is something essential, critical, that should be analyzed by any plugin or theme. The administrator should be alerted immediately before a critical error occurs and users are affected because the site is not online or shows errors or a white screen.

The user became upset with us because a review they made was removed and they accused us of it. However, we do not have that capability, and the post was actually removed by the WordPress moderator, but the user didn’t realize this, even though they received an email from WordPress. As a consequence, they were very aggressive in the comments and even spoke untruths, such as:
a) That WordPress alerts on the health page when memory is very low, which is not true.
b) They said that there are a myriad of other plugins that do this, which, to our knowledge, is not true either. It seems that there are only two that show available memory. Ours, however, does not stop there; it warns when it is dangerously low and points to links that explain in detail how to resolve this.

We hope to have clarified the matter.

“We waited some time for a retraction” – I retracted the part that was inaccurate already.

“The main point is that dangerously low memory is not related to the plugin.” – I wasn’t arguing or saying anything about the importance of having enough memory for a site. I was saying it’s annoying that your plugin does it when it’s unrelated to it’s purpose and that the developer refuses to offer a way to disable this feature. Which is why my review is here to warn others about this off-putting feature before they use the plugin.

“In general terms, a “plugin” refers to a software component…” – Feeling the need to define something that wasn’t part of the argument to begin with is revealing of your personality and falls in line with my previous statement on entitlement.

“spoke untruths, such as:
a) That WordPress alerts on the health page when memory is very low, which is not true.” – I don’t recall seeing that anywhere in my review of this plugin. Can you please show me where this untruth is?

“b) They said that there are a myriad of other plugins that do this” – It seems that you must have read a different review as I said no such thing in my review.

“We hope to have clarified the matter” – I think you confused it more by rambling about topics not mentioned in the review at all.

Your feedback and our response have been duly noted. While we appreciate your suggestion, delving into discussions about large plugins created by wealthy corporations isn’t relevant here. I’m just a humble professional, and our plugin is freely available. Let’s move forward.