Plugin Author
Sumo
(@sumome)
Hey there!
SumoMe is not an actual plugin. We are a SaaS. The reason why you see so few detailed updates is because we do not maintain an actual plugin changelog as we do not actually modify a plugin. We simply update the install compatibility because you’re installing a SaaS. We are a layer that is installed OVER your website. We are not an actual integrated plugin that injects itself within your WordPress install.
The difference:
Plugins are injected INTO your WordPress site and become a part of your actual website code.
SumoMe is a SaaS and the only thing injected is a single script line that then installs us OVER your WordPress website and is not part of your actual website code.
Every instance of SumoMe’s code that appears in your HTML source is not actually hard coded and in your source and is 100% removed if you ever remote the script install or SumoMe plugin itself.
We’re working to make the changelog and WordPress information more comprehensive and to show more of the changes we do on a development level. Changes and updates to SumoMe are pushed live and daily over our network and not through an actual plugin. We hope to include more significant changes between versions on the WordPress side, but its very common that sometimes no changes occurred and we’re simply updating the version compatibility.
If you ever have any issues with SumoMe, I’d highly encourage you to submit a ticket through our official help portal:
https://help.sumome.com/customer/portal/emails/new
Ok, so I get what you’re saying and it makes sense.
The part I see as bothersome is when it says it hasn’t been tested with my version of WordPress and is only compatible up to a very out of date version.
When I see an update to Sumome in my plugin updates, to me that says something within the plugin itself has changed. So that single line of script that is being installed OVER my WordPress install. That has not actually changed? If not, why would I have to update anything within WordPress?
