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# leewells

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Social Articles] User posting..](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-posting-2/)
 *  [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-posting-2/#post-11803032)
 * It would be better to use the new roles to manage this.
 * `if ( user_can('edit_post') || user_can('your_custom_role') )`
 * That way, if an administrator wants to give subscribers or other roles the ability
   to post social articles, they can.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Activity Reactions For Buddypress] Still working fine ?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-working-fine-5/)
 *  [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-working-fine-5/#post-11791850)
 * No, this will add invalid and out of data JS libraries that breaks other JS on
   your webiste including causing text to break when you post it to buddypress.
 * Ie, posting ‘123 123 123 123 123 123 123’ or something would only post ‘123 123
   12’
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[miniOrange Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn)] Violation of Plugin Guidelines](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/violation-of-plugin-guidelines/)
 *  Thread Starter [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/violation-of-plugin-guidelines/#post-8872771)
 * The GPL code was the social sharing which came part of the plugin itself, it 
   is disabled upon trial expiration.
 * Locking away existing GPL code like that is a violation, no?
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [Plugin Quality Seems to Digress :(](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-quality-seems-to-digress/)
 *  Thread Starter [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-quality-seems-to-digress/#post-8859874)
 * > No moderator flagged your account for moderation.
 * Cool beans then, but may I ask how did I get flagged? I mean what, besides posting
   to my own support forums would have possibly triggered a flag?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[miniOrange Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn)] Violation of Plugin Guidelines](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/violation-of-plugin-guidelines/)
 *  Thread Starter [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/violation-of-plugin-guidelines/#post-8859861)
 * > Software as a service works and that’s what this plugin is.
 * It is not what it _was_.
 * As I said, in my op, there was trialware in the plugin, in which the guidelines
   said that was a no-no.
 * > 5. Trialware is not allowed in the directory.
   > Attempting to upsell the user on other products and features is acceptable 
   > within limits.
   > Upsell notifications should not be overly prominent or annoying.
   >  Plugins may
   > not contain functionality that is crippled or locked, only to be unlockable
   > by payment or upgrade. Paid functionality must be part of an externally hosted
   > service or a separate plugin, that is not hosted on wordpress.org. **********
   > Plugins may not disable included functionality after a trial period or quota.**********
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/detailed-plugin-guidelines/](https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/detailed-plugin-guidelines/)
 * Even the Plugin Author said:
 * > 30 days trial is not a violation of plugin guidelines since this is a serviceware
   > plugin.
 * Which is false. It is a violation of section 5 and section 5 grants no exclusions
   to SAS.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/).
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[NextGEN Facebook] LOL Must buy Pro to disable bloat?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lol-must-buy-pro-to-disable-bloat/)
 *  Thread Starter [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lol-must-buy-pro-to-disable-bloat/#post-8821865)
 * > How exactly?
 * I’m sorry, I thought that was clear…
 * > requiring a purchase to do something that comes in-code and disabling something
   > is already in code.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[miniOrange Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn)] Violation of Plugin Guidelines](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/violation-of-plugin-guidelines/)
 *  Thread Starter [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/violation-of-plugin-guidelines/#post-8821868)
 * Indeed, thanks for your attention.
 * Trials are fine so long as they don’t lock existing GPL code behind the trial’s
   expiration.
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [Plugin Quality Seems to Digress :(](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-quality-seems-to-digress/)
 *  Thread Starter [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-quality-seems-to-digress/#post-8821895)
 * Not to necro an old thread, but I feel a follow-up is warranted.
 * Since I posted many plugins were removed from the repo or changed. Again, to 
   avoid naming and shaming, many of the plugins I commented on and pointed out 
   the infractions of the plugin either changed or was removed. I commend the moderators
   on that.
 * However, after coming back and having some restored faith in the community again,
   I notice now that this has brought some unwanted attention to my WP.org account
   and seemingly for no reason I have been moderated. This is disconcerting, as 
   I feel it promotes an atmosphere of literal oppression and the suppression of
   ideas, critique, and feedback — all of which are critical to improving a community
   and/or website.
 * Just to be clear: My words at no time, in any post were dirty, nasty, or hurtful,
   not unless citing the current events were hurtful, so I am at a loss to why my
   account would have been moderated as it happened 30 days after this post where
   this (and posts that addressed the issue with specific plugin authors in my ratings)
   was the last post I made except for in my own plugin support forums.
 * [https://profiles.wordpress.org/leewells#content-activity](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leewells#content-activity)
 * I have very mixed feelings, as the repository was most certainly tidied up seemingly
   as a response to this thread, I’m incredibly disheartened that someone would 
   lash out by moderating my WP.org account.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Super CAPTCHA Security Suite - Hardened 3D CAPTCHA] Captcha failed – See video](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-failed-see-video/)
 *  Plugin Author [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-failed-see-video/#post-7377581)
 * I’m going to go ahead and close this.
 * We have confirmed this is resolved from the support ticket. If you need anything
   else don’t hesitate to ask 🙂
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Super CAPTCHA Security Suite - Hardened 3D CAPTCHA] Captcha failed – See video](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-failed-see-video/)
 *  Plugin Author [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-failed-see-video/#post-7377546)
 * We at Goldsboro Web Development tip our hat to you, Joao Paulo for following 
   directions and opening a support ticket to alert us about this issue.
 * We are committing a new version right now to address this issue and I will update
   your ticket as soon as it is done 🙂
 * There were about 8 different plugins that were hijacking the authentication hook
   which caused our verification hook to become “unhooked” by over-riding the error
   codes.
 * We’ve also addressed a few cosmetic things we were waiting on for the next major
   version but went ahead and threw it in this version.
 * Keep your eye out for the update within the next hour 🙂
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[myGWD RSS ShortCode] great plugin (so far)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-so-far-5/)
 *  Plugin Author [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-so-far-5/#post-8037535)
 * Thanks for the review adaptistration!
 * Keep the code simple, and it breaks less 🙂 It is all done with less than 70 
   lines of code.
 * As far as the cheatsheet yeah, its actually an error in feed.php (WP’s issue)
   I think, where its not accepting true/false (bol) values. For now 0 and 1 are
   great workarounds but a fix will be likely in January or when WP fixes the feed.
   php to allow for avatars.
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Super CAPTCHA Security Suite - Hardened 3D CAPTCHA] Not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1276/)
 *  Plugin Author [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1276/#post-7984387)
 * You’re really not being fair to a developer by being vague and not posting a 
   support thread about it. It is very clear in the FAQ that if you are running 
   a custom login box, this plugin will not work with it as it hooks into ‘known’
   login forms that can be filtered. Again if you’re using a custom login box, this,
   nor any other plugin will work.
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Super CAPTCHA Security Suite - Hardened 3D CAPTCHA] Where's the beef?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-the-beef/)
 *  Plugin Author [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-the-beef/#post-7983114)
 * Hello IndigoLightning,
 * Depending on if you’re using a multi site install or single install depends greatly
   on where you can find the settings page.
 * Multi-Site: It will be under the site you activated the plugin on, below the “
   Dashboard” main menu.
 * Single-Site: Directly under the Dashboard menu.
 * [https://goldsborowebdevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/settings.jpg](https://goldsborowebdevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/settings.jpg)
 * At the current time, contact form 7 does not allow us to hook into their plugin.
   We do however have a very easy hook they can use in order to include our plugin
   and have a forum post here on wordpress instructing the developers how to easily
   include our plugin: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/important-developers?replies=3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/important-developers?replies=3)
 * The dismiss button will do exactly as you explained if you have a non-standard
   url structure for the wp-admin directory (such as naming it, /admin or /privateadmin123344343)
   which is why there is an option to “turn off nagging” in the settings.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[myGWD RSS ShortCode] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function get_name()](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-call-to-a-member-function-get_name/)
 *  Plugin Author [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-call-to-a-member-function-get_name/#post-6160863)
 * Do me a favor mwillberg,
 * Backup your mygwd-rss.php file and get it ready for editing.
 * Add this code between line 38 and line 39 so that this:
 *     ```
       $content = null;
       $a = shortcode_atts( array(
       ```
   
 * Becomes:
 *     ```
       $content = null;
       $debugpath = ABSPATH . WPINC . '/feed.php';
       if(file_exists($debugpath)) : $debug = true; else : $debug=false; endif;
       $a = shortcode_atts( array(
       ```
   
 * Then, on line 96(ish), insert this code before `return $content;`:
 * `$content .= 'Path: '.$debugpath.'; '.$debug;`
 * Post here what that output is (you can edit out usernames), I’m curious if your
   environment is correct. Restore your backup when you are done.
 * I’m looking for something like: /home/user/public_html/wp-includes/feed.php; 
   1. If it errors out or there is no true after the ;, we need to look at your 
   WordPress install (or version).
 * If all is well, and it is simply an author attribute missing, on that feed use
   auth=0 (with no quotes) to disable the author attribute from being queried.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[myGWD RSS ShortCode] auth attribute not working?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auth-attribute-not-working/)
 *  Plugin Author [leewells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leewells/)
 * (@leewells)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auth-attribute-not-working/#post-6163411)
 * Hi Dethfire,
 * The code that controls whether auth is displayed or not is:
 * `if( $a['auth'] != false ) : $author = $item->get_author(); $content .= '<small
   > by <strong>' . $author->get_name() . '</strong></small>'; endif;`
 * Try using auth=0 (without quotes) so it is not sent as a string. The next version
   will simply not display anything unless it is enabled through the shortcode to
   get around this.

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