Title: Trickware – plugin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Trickware – plugin

 *  [draco678](https://wordpress.org/support/users/draco678/)
 * (@draco678)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trickware-plugin/)
 * You mean you trick us into thinking that this is a freeware, make us try the 
   plugin then remind us that your link will always appear as the top tab of the
   menubar and therrefore force us to buy?
    Seriously? lol. This is what we in the
   opensource community call, TRICKWARE. [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/folder-menu-vertical/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/folder-menu-vertical/)

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trickware-plugin/#post-3804810)
 * I’ve just installed that plugin and can confirm that it is doing what you say.
   Mandatory links that you cannot remove and must pay to get rid of is not allowed.
   It violates the guidelines for having a plugin hosted here.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/about/guidelines/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/about/guidelines/)
 * See Item 10 here which says
 * >  10. The plugin must not embed external links on the public site (like a “powered
   > by” link) without explicitly asking the user’s permission. **Any such options
   > in the plugin must default to NOT show the link.**
 * Added emphasis is mine. 😉
 * Can you do me a favor? Send an e-mail to plugins [ at ] wordpress.org and provide
   them the link to the plugin here and explain that the plugin author is forcing
   users to pay to remove the link. Put in a link to this topic in that e-mail. 
   That way the plugin will get looked at by the team of volunteers who managed 
   that space.
 * This is the best way to report plugin issues like that. I’d do it myself but 
   I’m about to run out. 😉
 *  Thread Starter [draco678](https://wordpress.org/support/users/draco678/)
 * (@draco678)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trickware-plugin/#post-3805001)
 * Yeah. Did it, but there are so many like this. They use such tricks all the time.
   There should be some kind of penalty for these people. Possibly, a forum where
   people can list such Trickware, is a good idea! Link to such a forum should be
   provided at the top of the plugins search page on wordpress, so users can take
   a look at the list before they hunt for plugins.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trickware-plugin/#post-3805009)
 * It’s not ‘trickware’ it’s just someone violating our hosting rules is all. (We
   don’t have a link because when we did, the amount of spam made it impossible 
   to maintain any semblance of sanity)
 *  Thread Starter [draco678](https://wordpress.org/support/users/draco678/)
 * (@draco678)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trickware-plugin/#post-3805010)
 * ???
    “violating hosting rules” is the only part that allows us to penalize this
   guy, if at all. There is no escape to this type of trickery elsewhere. So much
   so, that it has become a norm. Sorry for the ambiguity, if any. But, a ‘trickware’
   according to me is one which fools people into thinking it is free until they
   delve into installation and testing, when it makes them realize it is not.

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/folder-menu-vertical_86aeb9.svg)
 * [WordPress Menu Vertical](https://wordpress.org/plugins/folder-menu-vertical/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/folder-menu-vertical/#faq)
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 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [draco678](https://wordpress.org/support/users/draco678/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trickware-plugin/#post-3805010)
 * Status: not resolved