• As a plugin author, plugins that do this are a big cause of trouble.

    You have an FAQ that says that this technique works for all websites. What you haven’t explained anywhere is that the consequences of removing the version string is that, after an update, resources may no longer work properly.

    e.g. If the PHP of a plugin is closely tied to its JavaScript, and if a new version of that plugin changes both, then after an update they may get a new DOM setup in the browser, but receive old, cached JavaScript because of the versioning being removed by your plugin – resulting in website breakage. As a plugin developer, I’ve seen that plenty of times – it’s an annoying support burden. Please can you at least explain to your users that the plugin may cause breakage of their website.

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