Title: Disingenuous Developer
Last modified: July 14, 2025

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# Disingenuous Developer

 *  Resolved [randpx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randpx/)
 * (@randpx)
 * [10 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disingenuous-developer/)
 * As many people know, version 1.82 brought a plethora of websites down, especially
   those running automatic plugin updates. My main issue is that the error that 
   caused it was extremely simple to catch, and shouldn’t have made it to version
   1.82, the release notes for the following version are disingenuous and are trying
   to minimize the effects that V1.82 had. V1.82 did not have a “small bug with 
   plugin activation”, it straight up caused websites to crash, by loading a plugin
   with an included file that wasn’t existing in the plugin codebase. This error
   should be better explained in the release note, for people to understand that
   rolling back to V1.82 for any reason would break their website.
 * This is a plugin that according to WordPress, has 100.000+ installs, the develpers
   should be more transparent, stop lying and take responsibility for their issue.
 * > _V1.83 – 13.07.2025_
   > _Bugfix : Fixed small bug with plugin activation._
   >  [https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-captcha/#developers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-captcha/#developers)

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 *  Plugin Support [andrewsupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewsupport/)
 * (@andrewsupport)
 * [10 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disingenuous-developer/#post-18568102)
 * Thank you for your feedback. We fully understand your frustration regarding version
   1.82.
 * Unfortunately, that release did include a critical issue — the plugin attempted
   to load a missing file, which caused fatal errors on some websites. We quickly
   released version 1.83 to fix this problem.
 * While we did mention the issue in the release notes, we acknowledge that the 
   description could have been clearer. Indeed, reverting to version 1.82 will trigger
   the same error, and we strongly advise against using it.
 * Please know that we did everything possible to resolve the issue quickly and 
   are taking steps to prevent similar problems in the future. We appreciate your
   understanding.

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 * Last activity: [10 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disingenuous-developer/#post-18568102)
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