[wp-testers] Re: Is this possible....

[Patrick D.]

Inactive plugins should be notified. If you have an inactive plugin that has
had an exploit since you last used it and you activiate it again, you'd be
at risk immediately until you went and updated. Just easier to keep it
updated (even if inactive) or just delete it entirely.

Patrick
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On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Chris Moody <chris at chrismoody.net> wrote:

> Why be shown at all that an inactive plug in needs to be updated? I can see
> that you may want to know it has an update if your looking at the plugin
> screen itself, but if your writing a new post, do you really care right then
> that an inactive plugin has an update?
>
> Chris
>
>
> Chris Thomson wrote:
>
>> What if it notified you differently based on whether the plugin is
>> activated or deactivated? What if the little red dot in the sidebar was grey
>> for inactive plugins needing updates (ignore roughness):
>> http://img.skitch.com/20081206-b8age367un74ay52ryjyprr76h.jpg
>>
>> Just my 2c.
>>
>> ——
>> Chris Thomson
>> http://twitter.com/chris24
>>
>> On 6-Dec-08, at 11:34 AM, DJ Allyn wrote:
>>
>>  Is there a reason you keep the  inactive plugins your host includes with
>>> one-click or Fantastico?  They are usually the first things I delete when
>>> I
>>> get them.  For me, it is the Hello Dolly plugin I get every time I
>>> upgrade.
>>> I don't dislike it, I just don't use it, so I get rid of it so I don't
>>> clutter things up.
>>>
>>> Just MY two cents.  ;)
>>>
>>> --
>>> DJ Allyn
>>> www.djallyn.org
>>> www.liberaltopia.org
>>>
>>> "The real trouble with reality is that there is no background music"
>>>
>>> Is it at all possible, for the Plugin notifier to not alert us when
>>> inactive
>>> plugins have updates? With one of my installs, it came with several
>>> plugins
>>> automatically installed from my hosting company, which I don't use. Its a
>>> pain having to check to make sure none of the ones I actually use are
>>> needing to be updated...
>>>
>>> Just my 2 cents,
>>>
>>> Chris
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