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0 pointsceejayoz6y ago0 comments

> It sounds like they got a little overaggressive fighting with the company that had hijacked their themes and were selling them last year.

Some of this might be explainable in this fashion, but not all.

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/peculiar-php-present-...

> Firstly, the plugin includes a content filter that automatically replaces references to Blogerize, a service which claims to be a beginner’s blogging course, with references to Pipdig’s own services.

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cortesoft6y ago

It sounds like that might have been the place that stole it?

duskwuff6y ago

Doesn't matter. A WordPress plugin/theme developer has no business altering the content of sites using their software.

cortesoft6y ago

I don't know anything about WordPress, but isn't a plugin supposed to alter the content of the site using their software? If it didn't, why use it?

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0 pointsceejayoz6y ago0 comments

> It sounds like they got a little overaggressive fighting with the company that had hijacked their themes and were selling them last year.

Some of this might be explainable in this fashion, but not all.

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/03/peculiar-php-present-...

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cortesoft6y ago

It sounds like that might have been the place that stole it?

duskwuff6y ago

Doesn't matter. A WordPress plugin/theme developer has no business altering the content of sites using their software.

cortesoft6y ago

I don't know anything about WordPress, but isn't a plugin supposed to alter the content of the site using their software? If it didn't, why use it?

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