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# cl272

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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Enhanced Text Widget] error message in WordPress admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-in-wordpress-admin-2/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-in-wordpress-admin-2/#post-13865155)
 * Thanks Andrew for your question. You can just click on “Dismiss” and then it’s
   gone, no?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Enhanced Text Widget] 1.4.9 Update broken, removed all my Enhanced Text Widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/1-4-9-update-broken-removed-all-my-enhanced-text-widgets/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/1-4-9-update-broken-removed-all-my-enhanced-text-widgets/#post-12642244)
 * Apologies – We’re looking into this and will release a new version with the fix
   soon.
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Enhanced Text Widget] Fast and appropriate support…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invasive-cross-plugin-spamming/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invasive-cross-plugin-spamming/#post-12638142)
 * Thank you for your response. Yes, we rolled back the version now.
 * As you don’t respond to the question whether the banner was gone after click 
   on “Dismiss”, then our strong assumption is that in your case it wasn’t. This
   was a bug in an earlier plugin version, which is very annoying, we agree. We 
   heavily apologized it. Please understand that mistakes can happen. We corrected
   it quickly.
 * This point is not sidetracking, because the question is really: “How annoying
   is it for users?”. Non-dismissable banners are super-annoying, and should not
   be allowed, for sure. We believe it’s very likely that’s this what started the
   whole thing. If it had been dismissible with one click, then we believe it’s 
   rather unlikely that you would have taken the time to write this all up and spend
   the time on it.
 * Now to your core point, whether it should be allowed or not (dismissible banners):
   As you mention above, you’ve been using the Enhanced Text Widget on many sites,
   for years. It added a lot of value to you – 100% for free. What you are basically
   saying is “I profited a lot from this plugin, for free, but when the plugin owners
   show a banner to point to another plugin they created (which can be dismissed
   with one click), which happens once every other year or so, then no, that’s too
   much, I have to give a 1-star rating.”
 * We believe it’s important to show a bit of appreciation for the value the free
   plugins added to you, and also to show understanding for the fact that getting
   traction for a new plugin (no matter how great it is – we believe our new plugin
   is pretty cool 🙂 is very, very hard. A banner which can be dismissed with one
   click – that just has to be allowed. If not, then the question is whether there
   are still any incentives to provide great plugins for free.
 * Our conclusion is: Yes, those banners should be allowed, they just come at the
   risk of negative reviews (which hurt A LOT). As mentioned above though, we believe
   the main issue here was that it wasn’t possible to dismiss the banner.
 * Also, you mention that it wasn’t clear which plugin placed the banner – that’s
   a very valid point, we just forgot to mention it (when you’re deep in your own
   plugins you sometimes get the impression that the world revolves around your 
   plugins and it’s obvious that it’s coming from your plugins 😉 but for normal
   users it’s not). So we’ll correct that, thank you for pointing to it.
 * Regarding your other points about the issues in the Copy Delete Posts plugin,
   we’re very interested in fixing those (it’s a new plugin, so bugs may happen).
   Let’s clarify those on the pages for the Copy Delete Posts plugin page though,
   as they belong there. We’ll post there soon.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/).
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Enhanced Text Widget] Fast and appropriate support…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invasive-cross-plugin-spamming/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invasive-cross-plugin-spamming/#post-12637949)
 * We’ll address this point very soon, but please help us first to debug: did the
   banner go after you clicked on “Dismiss”?
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Enhanced Text Widget] Fast and appropriate support…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invasive-cross-plugin-spamming/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invasive-cross-plugin-spamming/#post-12637934)
 * Question [@crzyhrse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crzyhrse/) – after you
   clicked on “Dismiss”, was the banner gone forever, or did it come back?
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Enhanced Text Widget] Fast and appropriate support…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invasive-cross-plugin-spamming/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invasive-cross-plugin-spamming/#post-12637914)
 * Thank you for your feedback, let us check and get back to you asap.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Ultimate Posts Widget] Attachments don’t show](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachments-dont-show-2/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachments-dont-show-2/#post-12306957)
 * New version released, please check.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Ultimate Posts Widget] Filters of widget bugger up outside settings.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filters-of-widget-bugger-up-outside-settings/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filters-of-widget-bugger-up-outside-settings/#post-12306956)
 * New version released, please check.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Ultimate Posts Widget] Attachments don’t show](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachments-dont-show-2/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attachments-dont-show-2/#post-12275048)
 * Thanks, we’ll fix this in the next version.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Ultimate Posts Widget] Fix for create_function deprecated in PHP 7.2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fix-for-create_function-deprecated-in-php-7-2-2/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fix-for-create_function-deprecated-in-php-7-2-2/#post-12219204)
 * Thank you for reporting this, we just fixed it in the plugin version we just 
   uploaded.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Ultimate Posts Widget] ‘Exclude current post’ fail from 2.0.7 to 2.0.8-update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-current-post-fail-from-2-0-7-to-2-0-8-pudate/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-current-post-fail-from-2-0-7-to-2-0-8-pudate/#post-12219190)
 * Thank you Achim for reporting this, however there were no changes in this respect
   between those versions. It never was supposed to be excluded as far as we can
   see. If you disagree, please elaborate. Thank you!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Enhanced Text Widget] got warning of abandonment from WordFence](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-warning-of-abandonment-from-wordfence/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-warning-of-abandonment-from-wordfence/#post-12165217)
 * Plugin was down, hence the warning. Now it should be ok.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Enhanced Text Widget] got warning of abandonment from WordFence](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-warning-of-abandonment-from-wordfence/)
 *  Plugin Author [cl272](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cl272/)
 * (@cl272)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-warning-of-abandonment-from-wordfence/#post-12141975)
 * Thanks Eddie – we updated it now. Is the warning gone?

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