{"id":18241486,"date":"2025-01-13T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=18241486"},"modified":"2025-01-13T18:15:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T18:15:30","slug":"never-update","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/never-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Never update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This module is functional, BUT DO NOT UPDATE IT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2.1.0 update completely broke my WordPress installation with fatal errors. Thankfully, the previous version is still available on the WordPress server (Just need to edit the actual download link).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A developer who releases an update that triggers fatal errors due to incompatibilities with older versions of WordPress or plugins is not doing their job well. Maintaining backward compatibility is a basic principle of responsible software development. Breaking your own API or ignoring WordPress API stability is unacceptable and shows a lack of consideration for users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re using this plugin, think twice before trusting the developer! \ud83d\udea9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18241486","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-fatal-errors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18241486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18241486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18241642,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18241486\/revisions\/18241642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18241486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}