Title: Please warn about breaking changes!
Last modified: March 31, 2023

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# Please warn about breaking changes!

 *  Resolved [Pat K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackcapdesign/)
 * (@blackcapdesign)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-warn-about-breaking-changes/)
 * This has been a great plugin and I have it installed on a couple of sites. This
   is not a support request – but a request to the plugin developer: if you know
   an update is going to introduce breaking changes (e.g., changes the HTML structure,
   IDs or class names) PLEASE ADD A WARNING TO THE PLUGIN UPDATE NOTIFICATION. Example:
   this “There is a new version of GTranslate available. This includes breaking 
   changes. Please backup before updating.”
 * Version 3.0.2 changed the HTML structure and borked the layout on a site I updated
   earlier today. Pretty straightforward to fix it, but a PITA nonetheless. If it’s
   necessary to change the HTML structure, a heads-up would be nice.

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 *  Plugin Author [edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/)
 * (@edo888)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-warn-about-breaking-changes/#post-16614577)
 * Hi,
 * Please check the changelog, it is there: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/gtranslate/#developers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gtranslate/#developers)
 * Thanks! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Pat K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackcapdesign/)
 * (@blackcapdesign)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-warn-about-breaking-changes/#post-16614639)
 * Thanks. I’ll make a note to check the changelog on your plugin before updating
   it in the future. Just my opinion, but I suspect you’d have fewer rants & complaints
   in the support forum if you gave a heads-up on the plugin update screen.
 *  Plugin Author [edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/)
 * (@edo888)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-warn-about-breaking-changes/#post-16614670)
 * You are welcome! Actually it is there. Every time you try to update a plugin 
   WordPress offers to check the update details: “View version NNN details”.
 * The version number itself should hint you that there are major changes. Check
   more about semantic versioning: [https://semver.org/](https://semver.org/)
 * Thanks! 🙂
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by [edo888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edo888/).

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-warn-about-breaking-changes/#post-16614670)
 * Status: resolved