Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

#1

Post by ValentineC » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 6:38 PM UTC

Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org
wordpress.org

Re: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

#2

Post by stefanos82 » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 6:46 PM UTC

The URL though says "advanced-custom-fields"; Matt...I can't find the words to comment; I just shake my head -_-

Re: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

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Post by unsnap_biceps » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:00 PM UTC

stefanos82 wrote: post #2

The URL though says "advanced-custom-fields"; Matt...I can't find the words to comment; I just shake my head -_-

If you look at the reviews, they took over the advanced-custom-fields plugin and modified the owner to be Wordpress.org and renamed it to Secure Custom Fields.

What a terrible look

They also modified it by ripping out the pro features, so if people update their ACF Plugin and they had pro features enabled, it'll just break their install

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3167679/advance...

Re: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

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Post by 0cf8612b2e1e » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:03 PM UTC

Link to the delta from the latest code revision where they replaced “ACF” with “SCF”.

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph...

Not a lawyer, but since WPE sells ACF services, can WP redirect users away? That is directly impacting a competitor’s bottom line.

Re: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

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Post by discostrings » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:09 PM UTC

Blog post on wordpress.org concerning this: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/secure-custom-fields/

Re: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

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Post by bullenweg » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:13 PM UTC

If anyone from Automattic is reading this and would like to confidentially leak any internal information about this behaviour from Matt, please email admin@bullenweg.com and I will publish it on bullenweg.com.

Re: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

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Post by RobotToaster » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:15 PM UTC

Wordpress banned forks from the plugin directory a while ago, so they're doing what they ban everyone else from doing. https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2021/02/16/reminder-forke...

Re: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

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Post by wkirby » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:16 PM UTC

We no longer do custom WordPress work --- it turned out to never be worth the hassle --- but when we did, our company used ACF extensively. High quality plugin with responsive support and very fair licensing terms.

This --- to me --- smacks of complete bullshit.

Re: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

#9

Post by jorams » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:17 PM UTC

unsnap_biceps wrote: post #3

stefanos82 wrote: post #2

The URL though says "advanced-custom-fields"; Matt...I can't find the words to comment; I just shake my head -_-

If you look at the reviews, they took over the advanced-custom-fields plugin and modified the owner to be Wordpress.org and renamed it to Secure Custom Fields. What a terrible look They also modified it by ripping out the pro features, so if people update their ACF Plugin and they had pro features enabled, it'll just break their install https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3167679/advance...

The pro version of the plugin is a separate install, this just rips out the upgrade notices.

Re: Secure Custom Fields by WordPress.org

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Post by partiallypro » Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 7:17 PM UTC

This is one of the sleaziest things I've ever seen. I fear a hard fork of WordPress is now inevitable and unfortunately, it's possibly going to kill the platform, all over one man's ego. How can I now sell my clients on using WordPress for mission critical things if on a whim the owner of WordPress can break my site or lock out my security updates, just because I chose the "wrong" host or plugin? I don't see how the Board can sit by and let this all unfold like this, it's practically business suicide.