New Update horrible

I suppose you are speaking about the deactivation of the plugins in the backend.
Of course, all those users who used those features still have them, even if they aren’t PRO users.
They are hidden only for new installations or if they were not used.

“This is not right way do business…”. What’s your idea to do business? That other people work only for free and you use their work to earn money with your website?

Sorry, you were never a fan of FDP. I’ve never seen a nice review from you, and it doesn’t look like you were a PRO users. You have never contributed to this project.
Remember that people need to earn money for living.

I will be honest. If I see other reviews like this one, FDP free will completely disappear, and only the PRO version will exist. For me, your review is totally inappropriate.

I am working this sector last 8 years+ and used huge plugins. I didn’t see any plugin author give features free then suddenly deactivate 50% feature new version plugin and asking for updating pro. This is not professional way asking for money. I know you are not working for free. You can offer some features as for pro. But giving features first free then suddenly move them pro version is not professional way do business. When you start a plugin. You need to decide first which features will go for free and which feature will go for paid version.

50% of the features? Really?

There are 2 features: Backend Custom URLs and Backend Singles. All the other ones are free, and they are a lot. As said who used the backend settings will still be able to use them. The difference will be ONLY ON NEW INSTALLATIONS.

I heard many times that the free version is enough and you don’t need the PRO one. Well, I need people buy the PRO version, in another case the free version can’t exist. This is why 2 features were removed from the free version, but ONLY FOR NEW INSTALLATIONS.
If this means that people give a bad review instead of buying the PRO version, the free version will totally disappear because it’s impossible to work on the free version if there are not enough sales of the PRO version. I hope this is clear for all the other users.
If FDP free without the backend settings is not enough for you, use a different plugin that gives those options.
You can install Plugin Organizer for example. It’s a very good plugin with a lot of features. There are also other very good alternatives like Plugin Load Filter.
Nobody is saying you have to use FDP. If it’s active on your site, better if you deactivate it.

Maximum people use your plugin for backend purpose. It’s helpful for finding out issue. So you disabled main feature and forcing now customer buy pro version. Obviously it’s a bad decision.

You don’t know the most used features of the plugin. I know it because I help the users, and most of them use the frontend features. Or do you think you know it better than me?

I don’t force anybody. As said, you can use a different plugin that has the backend features if for you buying a PRO license is too much money.
This is not really a decision. You decide when you can choose between different options. In this case, it’s simply not possible to go ahead with this project without money. You can say whatever you want, other users can cry all day long, but I can’t continue to work only for free.
And if I don’t see more sales, I will remove other features, or eventually remove the free version from the repository. That’s it. I hope it’s clear now.

Hi @shovonbk

From your comments I didn’t understand you were not able to see anymore the backend settings on an installation where you did use them. This was a bug. It wasn’t done on purpose.
I removed the backend settings on purpose for new installations, but not for those installations where those options were already used. Sorry for this inconvenience.
I suggest you update to v. 2.3.0. You will see again the backend settings pages. If for any reasons you still don’t see them let me know.