jvmap

I have the same sentiment. Purchased a “lifetime license” back then, now the “update to the plugin pricing model” means I need to pay to keep using the same features I bought a lifetime license for.

I’m also not against a paid subscription model per se, but you can’t first sell a lifetime license and then spin it into a paid subscription for the same features.

I guess it’s a universal problem with lifetime licenses: you become a worthless customer. Still, some companies care more about ethics and trust than others.

Even the updater for the 3 exact plugins I bought a lifetime license for, is telling me “Payment Required”.

To be fair, the plugins bundle was useful for some time. Now I will be looking for alternatives, merely because of unethical business practices I don’t want to deal with.

@corvex : I had the same problem. Specifically using Jetpack sharing & related posts features. They append to the content using the the_content filter. So my reusable text blocks ended up with sharing buttons and related post links below them, haha. Not what I wanted.

I eventually worked around the issue by inserting my text blocks with the plain=”true” attribute. In addition, I added a custom function through a code snippet:

add_filter('text_blocks_shortcode_html', 'jv_fix_reusable_text_blocks', 2, 10);

function jv_fix_reusable_text_blocks( $content ) {
  return do_shortcode($content);
}

Maybe that will help you out. Bye!