Title: [Plugin: WP e-Commerce] hosers
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP e-Commerce] hosers

 *  [netpup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netpup/)
 * (@netpup)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-hosers/)
 * These guys are hosers. I downloaded the “Hide Pages” plugin – then I received
   notification that it needed to be upgraded. The upgrade in question is not an
   upgrade but a link to the wp e-commerce plugin. I’d call it an odd mistake, but
   spent some time with the e-commerce plugin, it has become very clear that this
   kind of stuff is just how these guys run their operation – by trying to be slick,
   but looking dishonest. The next step, I assume, is for people to say, Wow! what
   a cool plug-in ! – and eventually end up paying $300 for support to actually 
   make the plug-in work correctly.
    Here’s a tip, guys. Just charge for the damn
   plugin. People will pay for it, and maybe you’ll salvage your image.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-e-commerce/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-e-commerce/)

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 *  [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-hosers/#post-801697)
 * You mean the upgrade is for the wrong plugin?
 *  [Mufasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mufasa/)
 * (@mufasa)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-hosers/#post-801884)
 * The upgrade link “was” wrong for the plugin. It was an honest mistake that Tom
   will explain later.
 * All netpup ever does is come to these forums and attack WP e-commerce I would
   not be surprised if he has something to do with a certain compeating plugin!!
   Get a life and rather than just being negative why don’t you go promote your 
   own stuff. What a bozo! (you gotta love bbpress terminology).
 * Over to you Tom…
 * Ciao,
 * Dan
 *  [macropiper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macropiper/)
 * (@macropiper)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-hosers/#post-801886)
 * We did have the URL incorrect in the plugins, we just set it to instinct.co.nz.
   Seems that is what the update code looks for to determine which plugin to update
   to what.
 * I thought I had already updated the other plugins to use different URLs, seems
   the versions on the instinct site are not, they should be updated by the end 
   of the day. However, WordPress has an annoying way of caching such things.
 *  [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-hosers/#post-801889)
 * [@mufasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mufasa/) [@macropiper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macropiper/)
   I would say it is a wordpress issue as that happens to my plugin before. [http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/2008/04/13/do-not-use-automatic-plugin-upgrade/](http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/2008/04/13/do-not-use-automatic-plugin-upgrade/)
 *  [Mufasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mufasa/)
 * (@mufasa)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-hosers/#post-801893)
 * Thanks for the comment Gamerz. I’ve always respected and used your plugins, it
   is nice to be communicating with another WordPress old timer about something 
   real as opposed to defending WP e-Commerce against trolls ;P
 * So anyway we worked with the WordPress Testers team and figured out how to disable
   auto updates – at least until WordPress build a hook that lets plugin developers
   specify directories that are not allowed to be deleted by an auto update. That
   said I think WordPress 2.6 will tackle this differently in the sense that you
   will be able to move certain directories anywhere you like. You may already know
   this though.
 * Anyway the code provided by the testers was this:
 *     ```
       add_filter('option_update_plugins', 'plugin_no_upgrade');
       function plugin_no_upgrade($option){
           $this_plugin = plugin_basename(__FILE__); //eg: 'nextgen-gallery/nggallery.php'
           if( isset($option->response[ $this_plugin ]) ){
               //Clear its download link:
               $option->response[ $this_plugin ]->package = '';
           }
           return $option;
       }
       ```
   
 * The plugins page (While the plugin is activated) Will show this:
    “There is a
   new version of NextGEN Gallery available. Download version 0.96 here <i>automatic
   upgrade unavailable for this plugin</i>.”
 * Most smaller plugins will never need to know about this stuff. But when you start
   giving people the ability to customize things then this stuff suddenly becomes
   very important 😛
 * Ciao,
 * Dan
 *  [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-hosers/#post-801897)
 * [@mufasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mufasa/) Thanks for the kind compliments
   =D Yea I feel you on the support side. Users don’t read and they don’t search.
   Once they have problems some will yell at you but some will tell you nicely. 
   Some will demand you that they need it asap some will be reasonable.
 * Thanks for sharing the code =D Learnt something new lol

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 * 6 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-e-commerce-hosers/#post-801897)
 * Status: not resolved

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