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@jvinch… thank you very much for sharing. I for one greatly appreciate you taking the trouble to do the post.

I have disabled the plugin and I doubt that I will ever use it again. Too much hassle to try and figure out what goes where and why. Otto did investigate it… but then again, maybe there is a back-door (this one has my vote) somewhere that this guy is using without us knowing.

I suggest using a plugin that has been tried and tested by many other people and have actually been tested above and beyond! (Now, if I can just find a good one!) I know I work damn hard to get traffic to my site and for someone to just in essence [steal] the traffic that I am building through sweat and tears leaves me a little… leery of the plugin and as I mentioned more to avoid it completely.

You know what I find interesting reading all the comments here though is the fact that the developer has not once raised an objection or in any way made a statement where he denies doing what everyone is either suspecting or proving…and that my dear friends leads me to doubt that this piece of code is as innocent as is being claimed.

Hi Otto:

Thank you very much for investigating this, I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate it. I wonder though if you can blame that I still feel uneasy about the plugin.

I really don’t know about other people, but I have already started looking for another plugin specifically not designed (coded) by this developer.

I am sure that his intentions may have been honorable but then he should have made it a little more transparent to everyone and have kept in mind that newbies starting out for the very first time with WordPress as well as gurus would be using it.

With regard to the gurus, no problem. With regard to the newbies…serious problems if they don’t immediate have a clear picture of what to do and what will happen if they do certain things.

Once again, thank you very much for the time you have taken, I greatly appreciate it.

Kind Regards (and much appreciation),
S

Is there a way that a person can lodge a formal complaint with WordPress? What would be the process for that? I have not even looked at their rules yet (shame on me). I think that is what I will do next and file a complaint with them.

Surely this kind of thing should not be allowed? I fully believe in donating (and do) for really good development to outright go and {steal} from someone else, because that is really what this comes down to, is quite another thing don’t you think?

…now you see this kind of self-righteous arrogance, is exactly the kind of attitude that makes me say to myself (and my friends)…avoid this company like the plague! Sure they have some nice themes, but the attitude sucks and in the end it is about how you make your customer feel that will keep them coming back to you again and again.

If you are representative of what WooThemes attitude is toward their (potential) customers then I have to say, they really don’t give a damn about you the customer, as long as they get your money, that is all they seem interested in. Bah-humbug for customer service! I was budgeting to buy two themes from them, but you know what… after this, I have definitely changed my mind. So I really have to thank you for opening my eyes.

…actually it is not about theme developers making a living. When you offer something for free, support it properly! That is my beef that I have with the whole thing. I really dislike the bait and switch tactic, wherever it may be applied. If you are not prepared to support your stuff, don’t give it away for free… simple as that. Understand the difference?

I have just found the same thing… this time not only with the adsense code, but with adding an ad in from Amazon… I don’t even subscribe to Amazon as a publisher!