Agreed, Domenico. Control of vendors, offered features, contracts, and such is important in business. Without that, normal business projections cannot be done. You’re right, this is not a minor feature; it’s obligatory contract is not a minor obligation.
*Notice your rating value is also auto-install opt-out. It starts at 5-star automatically – you can edit after posting*
@londom
If the plugin got auto installed, I’m thinking that “removing” it from your sites may not be the best solution as it may get auto installed again in the future.
What I would do, is download the plugin and edit it to create an useless plugin that does nothing.
You can do that by deleting all the files except the main sg-ai-studio.php and readme.txt files. Then, edit the main php file to remove everything but the comment at the top and change the Version in the comment to something very large such as 9999. Edit the readme.txt as well to make the “Stable tag” very large as well. Feel free to edit other details such as the plugin description, Author, etc.
That way, the plugin will appear enabled and also always up to date. Sure it’s annoying to see it listed under your plugins, but it’s not doing anything but preventing the plugin from being auto installed in the future (assuming SG is checking for the plugin’s existence using core methods and not checking for the existence of a constant, function or class in the plugin).
@londom @wpexplorer @mattheweverettgates
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
For context, the recent WordPress 7.0 release introduced native AI integration as part of its core update. Our AI Studio plugin was developed to provide a seamless connection between your website and your preferred AI platform, allowing you to take advantage of these new capabilities immediately. We also shared advance notice about this update via email to help keep users informed. That said, we understand these features may not be relevant for every workflow, and you are free to deactivate and remove the plugin at any time if you choose not to use it.
Your feedback has been shared with the relevant internal teams and will be considered as we continue evaluating both our implementation approach and how we communicate future updates and changes.
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Stefan Stefanov
