lesbell

I agree with you – used to be good but not now – I resolved the problems the last update caused me on multiple websites by deleting Contact Form 7 and installing Caldera Forms instead.

Hi Lionel,

Thanks for the info, I resolved the problem by deleting Contact Form 7 and installing Caldera Forms instead.

I’ve used Contact Form 7 form many years on dozens of websites and always been happy with it, but with the support attitude of @takayukister now is the time to change. It’s getting a bit “old hat” now anyway – to make a decent looking form you have to use a lot of custom CSS.

Les Bell

Why are you avoiding this question?

YOUR plugin update is causing the problem.

This is NOT resolved – very p[oor support attitude here.

Why?

It’s your plugin that’s causing the problem.

So – NOT resolved

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by lesbell.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by lesbell.

A plugin will be handy – I’m not worried about my own sites but if a client misreads the verification request and changes the admin e-mail address for their site it would cause me some problems.

Not useful to me – I use a dedicated admin e-mail address on my client websites for plugin and security updates.

This new feature has clients confused when they log-in and asking if they should change the e-mail address to their own.

Hopefully there will be some way of bypassing this feature for those who don’t need it.

No reply needed – I got rid of this plugin and used another instead.

I was effectively left with four full of text and no images and with no solution offered I am not impressed.

As an update – I downloaded the free trial of the pro version and it works fine – when I revert to the free version it stops working again.

Les Bell

No further help needed – I deleted this plugin and istalled Eventon instead – no problems with that.

This problem could not be resolved – has anyone else had this problem and if so how did you resolve it.

All other elements of website are working perfectly and database has been checked and is all OK. Hosting meets all latest requirements for running WordPress.

Any help would be appreciated.

Les Bell

Thanks for your reply.

I read previous posts which suggested others had a similar problem with WP Polls when using caching plugins.

Is there also a problem with other caching plugins?

Do you advise against using caching plugins when using WP Polls?

• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by lesbell.

Hi,

I don’t mind updating regularly – it is needed and cannot be avoided. It is just a question how often.

Here is my view, as a user and website manager, on how often I would like plugins to be updated.

1 – After WordPress updates, if required.

2 – To maintain the security of the plugin.

3 – To improve the plugin and add new features.

4 – To rectify any conflicts caused by updating the plugin.

Obviously from time to time one or more of the above may co-incide and require a few updates over a short period of time.

But in my opinion plugins (with the exception of security such as WordFence, etc.) should not be needing updates every week, or even every two weeks, on a regular basis.

Items 1 and 2 above are largely beyond your control but items 3 and 4 are not. So, again in my opinion, I think your users would appreciate it if you issued updates for improvements and SEO changes on perhaps a monthly or bi-monthly basis. In other words roll a few changes up into one update rather than a number of individual ones, where possible.

I use many different plugins on a quite a lot of websites, some of which are paid versions and some are free. All are good quality and none of them update as often as your’s.

Don’t get me wrong – I like your plugin for the functions it provides. In that respect I would say it may be the best there is for WordPress SEO.

But, for anyone managing a lot of sites the amount of updates you issue creates a workload that becomes excessive.

I hope you see the above comments as constructive rather than critical.

Les Bell

• This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by lesbell.
• This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by lesbell.

Hi,

You have just stated “So you don’t like a plugin that’s actively being updated and supported?”

You read my posts so you know very nicely that is NOT what I said or implied. In fact it is the exact opposite.

What I said was that in my opinion you send out TOO MANY updates and if you read other peoples reviews you will see that is not only my opinion.

You are correct I am not obliged to update – in fact I have started uninstalling instead.

Yes I am using the plugin on numerous websites but am actively looking for an alternative.

I understand that all plugins need regular updates but the number of updates you are pushing out is beyond a joke.

More and more updates all the time and now seeing pop up alerts in WP admin area for no reason.

Now actively lookig for a better alternative.