Hello @dozza,
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback — we truly appreciate you bringing this up.
Please allow us to clarify the situation:
The security warning you’re seeing is a false positive. There were confirmed vulnerabilities in older Premium versions of wpDataTables (up to version 6.3.2), and those have since been fully patched. The current Premium version is 7.3, and you can always view the full changelog here:
👉 https://wpdatatables.com/help/whats-new-changelog/
However, the Lite (free) version was never affected — the reported vulnerabilities were related to features that exist only in the Premium plugin (such as SQL-based tables). These features simply don’t exist in the Lite version, so the free plugin was never at risk.
Unfortunately, since both versions of our plugin share the same slug (wpdatatables), some security scanners are unable to distinguish between Lite and Premium. As a result, they sometimes flag the Lite version based on Premium-related reports — even when it’s not applicable.
To help resolve this confusion, our developers are preparing a new Lite update that skips version numbers and will go above 6.3.2. This will stop the false-positive alerts and provide peace of mind to users like yourself who raised concerns.
We can assure you that this is not an attempt to push free users toward the Premium version — the only reason behind the version jump is to address these inaccurate security reports, based on feedback from the Lite user community.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Support team directly through the chat on our website — we’re happy to help.
In the meantime, we hope you might consider revisiting your review, as the Lite version is safe to use and has never included the reported vulnerabilities.
Kind regards,
Milos
