asomy

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I CANNOT use the previous version of this plugin because whenever an update is issued it does not work unless I accept the upgrade.

What does that mean? Sorry, my English is not that perfect.
Does WP forces you to upgrade that plugin, otherwise it will not work anymore?
If that’s the case, you should take a look at your WP-installation and maybe reinstall. I’m still using the previous version and it’s working well.

And it’s not at all unreasonable that if you upgrade something, you make a backup first – even if you are no technician – and restore if upgrade fails. Developer gets response from you and fixes bug. That’s it – no one gets hurt..
So, I’m completely with IamNotElvis.
Maybe it’s his fault – maybe not. But even if it is, you should be fair enough to give him some time to fix this. As he already said – it’s his hobby and you didn’t hire him. You knew that before. I don’t think he’s available 24/7.

It is NOT down to me to fix this.

No, but it’s up to you to be patient, wait and use previous version ??

It maybe a solution for you to use permission per groups and categories.
Just check “protect this term” to your default category. Every new article is assigned to this category if not changed.
Now you can control access by adding groups to default category.
So if the author forgets to set rights, no one except admin can see the article.

Did you try another browser? Same problem?