[Plugin: WP-Polls] 2.63 and its move to using wp-admin/admin-ajax.php breaks protected wp-admin

Hey Lester,

I’m using a .htpaccess auth for wp-admin, and the upgrade to 2.63 broke all voting – it now sends a request to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, which returns 401 Authorization Required.

I believe no user-facing non-admin plugin should ever access wp-admin – wp-admin should be reserved for when you’re on wp-admin already. Using .htaccess protection is a common anti-hacking technique, so I believe more people will be affected.

I have to revert to 2.62… except you didn’t tag it in svn. I’ll just restore a backup 🙁

Hope you can fix it in the future.

Thanks.

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