Sometimes, more often than not after a new release of WordPress, you will receive some warnings about plugins with different readme.txt files. This is due to plugin developers who do not wish to update those files with compatibility notes making the changes directly in the repository. When you make a change in the WordPress repository without doing a release our repository picks up the change (we mirror WP’s) but since you never get a notice about a new change never make an update. Since the version number doesn’t change, we don’t ever see that an update was made and don’t tell you about it. The change usually says the plugin works with the new version of WP. Use the link we provide you to see the differences. If, however, you see a bunch of new code added, we recommend removing the plugin and doing a clean update to be sure you are ok. Sometimes plugin authors just update code in the repository and that can cause an issue.
If you like, you can always email the developer or post in their support forums and ask they confirm the change.
I think akismet is probably ok. I would verify the file for updraftplus with their devs or remove and reinstall a new version of the plugin.
tim
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giopet
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Thank you for the exhaustive answer!
G
