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Thanks for letting everyone know ??

@goehlert Please try another theme, if the issue resolves than perhaps it’s being caused by your theme adding query strings post-load (e.g. jQuery).

@alexandra-nicole Kindly delete your reply, and begin a new topic, thanks!

We love supportive users like you! Thanks again ~

Thank you for letting everyone know! Much appreciated.

Good to hear! ??

Thanks for your kind words ~

Thanks for reviewing!

Thanks for your feedback!

We appreciate you taking the time. Cheers!

You may compare the code if you want to see the specific differences, however that plugin disables some “layout” aspects such as search bars or search widgets, whereas our plugin disables only the search function and does not affect layout.

With our plugin installed, /?s=foo will be a 404 error —

Thanks for letting the community know. Cheers!

хорошо, спасибо ??

Thanks kindly, glad its working well for you ~

@otto42 I love how you just called me a d**k, after threatening to ban me from WP.org a few months ago for calling a plugin reviewer a d**che.

Got it — d**ks are okay, d**ches are not. “Turd sandwiches” TBD… ??

However, you then go on to tell him that he’s trashing you, that he made the mistake, and then imply that he’s stupid because he didn’t read the readme or the FAQ.

All of which are 100% true and accurate. When future users read his review, they will realize that we reply immediately, are willing to help, and that the plugin does in fact work properly, but we don’t put up with slander. The problem is that WP.org expects us to treat users like customers, which they aren’t, and even if they were our customers isn’t that our choice how to deal with them?

The only thing that should matter is if users, or plugin authors, are breaking the rules of WP.org, which is exactly what I’m hoping to clarify better. But as your reply exemplifies, the rules are applied a bit inconsistently.

That review has little to no value. It’s like a review written poorly and misspelled on Amazon.

Agreed — and Amazon would have deleted it for those reasons.

Your reply makes you look like an awful, terrible person… So, my advice to you is to stop blaming “the system” for the problem when really the problem all comes back down to how you handle criticism.

While I sincerely appreciate the advice, I simply disagree. If the “system” was improved and guidelines clarified, there would be no need to discuss how to best respond to slander on WP.org, because it wouldn’t exist (or less of it). Ultimately, our personal views of each other shouldn’t matter here, unless moderation decisions are based on emotion and personal biases.

TL;DR: better rules and SOPs + a reminder on the review screen would be huge.

Kindly remember that WordPress is more than Automattic employees, forum moderators, and clueless newbies. There are thousands of small businesses around the world that hold the entire community together; some willingness to experiment and less hostility to plugin authors would be quite beneficial IMO.

Anyway, thanks for the exchange here, cheers ~

Thank you kindly, glad it’s proving helpful for your work!