Title: Deprecated function in use
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Deprecated function in use

 *  Resolved [joemoe1984](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joemoe1984/)
 * (@joemoe1984)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-function-in-use/)
 * Not an urgent request but just wondering if there were plans to remove the deprecated
   function attribute_escape with esc_attr()?
 * This would future proof the plugin a bit.
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 *  Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * (@ravanh)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-function-in-use/#post-7254191)
 * What version are you using?
 * The function `attribute_escape` was last used in version 0.8 and removed in September
   2012 … Please upgrade.
 *  Thread Starter [joemoe1984](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joemoe1984/)
 * (@joemoe1984)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-function-in-use/#post-7254223)
 * Ah yes, I am using 0.8. I thought because I couldn’t update it that I had the
   most recent version but it turns out I have to update through the network admin
   on a multi site install.
 * My bad.
 *  Plugin Author [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * (@ravanh)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-function-in-use/#post-7254228)
 * Just like any other plugin on a multisite… 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-function-in-use/#post-7254228)
 * Status: resolved