Alex Mansfield

@prajnajogi Thanks for your reply. If you limit your review request to only the admin pages added by your plugin, please let me know. I believe that would help limit it to only the users who actually use the plugin features and know what it is.

Thanks!

Thanks Adam! I think it is due to the style section of that element placing it way off of the visible portion of the screen, but that’s just a guess. Thanks for looking into it!

@rbplugins Let me know when the new version comes out that allows users to have the option of putting the menu item back in the Settings submenu. I’ll be happy to update my review.

Thanks so much!

@bcworkz is correct in that the animation is lost when WordPress resizes an animated GIF. This is the reason that the animation doesn’t play on the thumbnail (because it has been resized by WordPress), but it does play on hover when the full image is displayed (because the full size version hasn’t been resized by WordPress).

You can use the following code to prevent WordPress from resizing any GIFs:

function wrdprss_disable_gif_resizing( $sizes, $metadata ) {

    // Get filetype data.
    $filetype = wp_check_filetype($metadata['file']);

    // Check if is GIF.
    if($filetype['type'] == 'image/gif') {
        // Unset sizes if file is gif.
        $sizes = array();
    }

    // Return sizes you want to create from image (None if image is GIF.)
    return $sizes;
}
add_filter( 'intermediate_image_sizes_advanced', 'wrdprss_disable_gif_resizing', 10, 2 );

…or, if you’d rather not mess with the code, you can use the Disable GIF Resizing plugin.

I don’t think you did get my point about the tracking notice. You’re defending the new tracking feature, which isn’t my point. I know that lots of plugins use this, and I have no problem with that. My point is about the notice itself. It shows up on every dashboard page, even pages that have nothing to do with your plugin. It is large, colorful, distracting, and doesn’t follow the standard notification styles built into WordPress. Basically, it looks like spam, follows users around the dashboard like spam, and I don’t want my clients to experience that.

I didn’t have a problem with the setup wizard (other than the fact that the breadcrumbs at the top were links, but clicking them didn’t do anything). I had a problem with the alert on the main dashboard page asking to track data from my website.

I’m not against you adding features either. While I don’t personally need the new features, they sound like they’re really useful for a lot of people. The negative feedback wasn’t to promote change in the plugin. You guys sound like you have a good roadmap laid out for what you want to do with it. The negative feedback was to warn other people who manage sites for clients that they probably want to look for a different plugin.

I realize you’re adding more features, and that’s great. I don’t need new features though, I just need something to disable comments without bothering my clients about tracking them. My reputation depends on me handling things so they don’t have to worry about them or make decisions they don’t understand. By placing your notice on the main dashboard page, your plugin bypasses me and gives them something to worry about. “What is Disable Comments? Why do they want to track me? Is this spyware?” They shouldn’t ever have to ask things like that. It would be one thing if your notification was placed on your plugin page, but it was front and center on the dashboard.

You’re welcome! Funny that you replied today, as I just used this plugin again over the weekend. I love it!

You’re welcome, @nonewwars! I agree, this plugin shouldn’t need to exist. The first thing I thought when I saw that notification was, “Oh no! What are all my clients going to think when they get this message next time they log in.” I manage many sites for my clients, and I don’t need WordPress sending warning style notifications to my clients about things that I’m already taking care of.

Glad to help!

Yes, I saw the apology, but it only came after the backlash became too great to ignore. Initially Joost defended the decision to spam the WordPress dashboard by saying “We decided to do this…when we saw literally a dozen other plugins do this.” The general attitude was that Yoast will do what they can get away with, not what’s best for their customers.

I manage a number of sites for clients and work hard to manage those sites in a trustworthy manner. When a plugin I install places ads for something they don’t need directly in their admin panel, it violates that trust.

I just published a plugin to disable the email address verification prompt: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/disable-administration-email-verification-prompt/

I just published a plugin to disable the email address verification prompt: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/disable-administration-email-verification-prompt/