Title: WordPress 5.4.2 compatibility
Last modified: July 23, 2020

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# WordPress 5.4.2 compatibility

 *  Resolved [camillawalberton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camillawalberton/)
 * (@camillawalberton)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-5-4-2-compatibility-2/)
 * The running of Private Media 1.2 is interfering with the correct functioning 
   of my Job Manager Plugin. The Private Media site says the plugin is compatible
   up to version 4.9.15 of WordPress and I am running version 5.4.2. Are there any
   updates available to Private Media? If not, can you suggest an alternative Plugin
   for me to download please? Thanks…Camilla

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 *  Plugin Author [Alexandre Froger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frogerme/)
 * (@frogerme)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-5-4-2-compatibility-2/#post-13160937)
 * Hello [@camillawalberton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camillawalberton/)!
   
   Thank you for your interest in Private Media.
 * I must admit I have left this small project aside for quite some time now. For
   the record, the compatibility tag is simply indicative, not a guarantee of compatibility
   or incompatibility: it is the plugin author pledging they tested it with the 
   mentioned versions, but as long as the code it relies on doesn’t change significantly,
   it may very well be compatible long after.
 * It’s been the case for Private Media for a long time: it relies on stable core
   code as much as possible, and is still compatible for most cases with version
   5.4.2, as long as the block editor is not involved. However, because the block
   editor has become a norm, I cannot afford to spend time learning how the new 
   editor works internally, update the plugin with new functionalities, and make
   it fully compatible. Therefore I decided not to update the compatibility tag,
   and leave it as-is, because this project is not funded in any way. I use it for
   personal, limited purposes, and simply shared it with the community.
 * Regarding the Job Manager Plugin incompatibility, this is even more of a gray
   area: although I cannot guarantee what the source of the incompatibility is without
   spending man-hours into the question, many third party plugins are notoriously
   bad at following WordPress best practices. In the case of media files, they may
   assume they are located in the `wp-content/uploads` folder, which is not necessarily
   the case (case in point: Private Media changes the location of media fiels, in
   accordance with WordPress best practices), in which case it would break. I cannot
   say this is what happens in your case, but what I’m trying to say is the issue
   you are facing can be very complex, and potentially not Private Media’s doing.
   Even if it was fully 5.4.2 compatible, it would not guarantee it’d be compatible
   with the Job Manager Plugin you use.
 * Long story short: the work involved to keep it up-to-date is potentially massive
   because of the new editor, and may have unforeseen ramifications ; I cannot afford
   to spend such time on an unfunded project. If you know anyone willing to contribute
   as a committer, please feel free to recommend them, because it is in my opinion(
   obviously I am biased) a project worth keeping alive. Originally, this plugin
   was developed because I could not find any solution to keep files truly private,
   so I don’t have recommendations that come to mind.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-5-4-2-compatibility-2/#post-13160937)
 * Status: resolved