Good plugin but use it with cautions

Hello @shihab0915,

Could you please give me more information regarding what happened to your website?

During plugin deactivation, data is removed from the database using the following functions:

delete_option( 'webpc_notice_cloudflare' );
delete_site_transient( 'webpc_cron_paths' );
delete_site_transient( 'webpc_cron_paths_skipped' );
delete_site_transient( 'webpc_cron_locked' );
delete_site_transient( 'webpc_cron_request_id' );

When a plugin is removed, it removes data from the database using the following functions:

delete_option( 'webpc_notice_hidden' );
delete_option( 'webpc_notice_thanks' );
delete_option( 'webpc_is_new_installation' );
delete_option( 'webpc_notice_cloudflare' );
delete_option( 'webpc_errors_cache' );
delete_option( 'webpc_settings' );
delete_option( 'webpc_latest_version' );
delete_option( 'webpc_token_data' );
delete_site_transient( 'webpc_cron_paths' );
delete_site_transient( 'webpc_cron_paths_skipped' );
delete_site_transient( 'webpc_cron_locked' );
delete_site_transient( 'webpc_cron_request_id' );

The plugin does not add or remove any other records from the database. By using these functions, it is not possible for anything in your database to be corrupted.

The more I am sorry that this is how you assess the situation. The plugin is used by well over 100,000 people and I have never had a similar report.

The plugin does not modify the wp-config.php file. No way. It only adds rules to the following .htaccess files:

• /wp-content/.htaccess
• /wp-content/uploads/.htaccess
• /wp-content/uploads-webpc/.htaccess

Additionally, WebP files are generated in the /uploads-webpc directory. The plugin, apart from .htaccess files and the /uploads-webpc directory, does not interfere with any WordPress files.

You wrote that you added this review as a warning to others. I would very much like you to talk to me and clarify this matter. Adding an opinion won’t change anything if I don’t understand what the problem is. Especially since if I understand your problem correctly, there is no way that it could be caused by my plug. This is not possible as there are no functions in the plugin code that can do this.

Hope to get in touch with you and find out more. I am very curious what really happened.

Best,
Mateusz

Hi there, @mateuszgbiorczyk

Thanks for your explanation. But I never said that it (plugin) modified or changed the wp-config.php. I said that the plugin interrupted the connection.

In addition to my feedback, the site was getting ‘Error establishing a database connection’ very frequently.

After activating the plugin, I clearly noticed that it quadrupled the loading speed.

Instantly, I deactivated and removed it. Then I started facing the database connection issue.

To get rid of this, the next day, I uploaded the wp system files (core) and downgraded the wp version. And then upgraded the version from the dashboard. After then, wp has given me the option “Database update required” and I used this option to fix my DB.

As I mentioned earlier, this is a good plugin but it’s not good for everyone. According to the past reviews, 2.8% of the users had vital issues (if we consider 1 & 2 stars as the negative). And this is where the warning came into play.

Anyways, I updated my feedback. Could you please advise future users to test it before finally using it?

Wishing you all the best.

Thanks again, Shihab

@shihab0915 How could the plugin break the database connection? Why do you assume my plugin did this?

After changing the WordPress version, a database update is required. If you have manually installed a very old version of WordPress then no database migration has been performed. The database upgrade is performed during the upgrade to new versions. This could corrupt something in the database.

I make sure that the plugin can work properly for everyone. The plugin detects several different problems in the server configuration and informs the user about it. Thanks to this I know that if the plugin shows no errors, I can be sure that everything should work properly. In addition to the error, it also provides a potential solution to the problem.

It has never happened to me that a plugin breaks someone’s website. Yes, I had such reports, but during the analysis it turned out that many plugins were installed on such websites and it was not my plugin that was the problem.

Believe me, I’m doing everything I can to make the plugin the best it can be. Every report is taken seriously and I am trying to help. If only someone wants to cooperate, I try to come to a solution. When it is successful and the error was on my side, it is immediately corrected.

The database error was generated only after activating this plugin and I have not installed any other plugin in a long while. This is how I assumed.

Since I fixed the issue, you can mark it as resolved.

Thank you.

@shihab0915 What was missing on the plugin to receive 5 stars from you?