Title: This is Inconvenient ?
Last modified: April 19, 2021

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# This is Inconvenient ?

 *  Resolved [loopforever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopforever/)
 * (@loopforever)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-inconvenient/)
 * Hello ,
    There is an issue I am curious about. Is it okay at the security point
   for a plugin to use its “own website” to check for updates? Hence, there is an
   plugin. This plugin works on a site. However, the plugin checks for updates using
   site b. Does this pose a risk?

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 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-inconvenient/#post-14339058)
 * There is no risk in doing that because premium plugins have to check for updates
   that way else the user of the plugin won’t be able to use the auto update feature
   built into wordpress if they want to do that.
 * That said, if it is a free plugin that is also available here on WP.org it should
   be using the WP.org url as the place to check for updates. I personally have 
   not seen any free plugins which are available here on WP.org that use their own
   website to check for the updates.
 *  Thread Starter [loopforever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loopforever/)
 * (@loopforever)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-inconvenient/#post-14353926)
 * Thank you very much.
 *  [stellahayes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stellahayes/)
 * (@stellahayes)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-inconvenient/#post-14360805)
 * I can’t get into my website on WP, ecwineclub.com. I’m getting “Error establishing
   a database connection” when I search for it on Google. I am looking to have a
   developer help me fix it.
 * Best,
 * Stella
    [stellaf@inaword.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-inconvenient/stellaf@inaword.net?output_format=md)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [stellahayes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stellahayes/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-inconvenient/#post-14360805)
 * Status: resolved

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