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Guys, facts are facts. There ARE scripts for that – we have seen them. It IS an extremely fast and extremely easy way to find a WP site – there is a reason that some of the biggest sites using WP do NOT advertise that fact!
And we manage 643 sites – and every one that had that designation still in it, over the past 2 years, was attacked.
But I am not here to get into a great debate with you over what lazy hackers do and don’t do. Even without that reason, we would remove the designation.
As I said, there are other ways to get some money for your efforts without using that – and my rating is about the defensive and caustic replies I have experienced so far, and have seen elsewhere here to others, that is affecting the rating. It is not just about code – but also about who creates and supports that code.
Sid
While I understand wanting to be paid for support, this is NOT the approach I would recommend – and considering how many people ask about this (based on a search of your posts) and the replies you got, I’d say a fair number of your potential users feel the same. I don’t mind paying for a little support. I don’t mind paying a bit for a GPL version (I can use on All our sites) with extra features/customization’s.
BUT turning that text off should be a standard feature.
Speaking as a Corp. running 500+ WordPress sites and tens of thousands of users, the “powered by WordPress” designation is a BIG security risk. We used to test/hack sites for organizations. There are scripts on the dark web that identify potential WP sites to attack quickly, by just checking the main page for those words. It’s like putting up a sign. And easier to look for that sign, than to walk the site looking for the wp-admin directory (which Plesk and CPanel now put in a SUB-directory now by default).
No offense, but the fact that you use the easy removal of this text as a sort of strong arm to get people to buy support, is the main reason my review on wordpress.org will not be as positive as it could be, once I finish testing your theme. So far, everything else seems to work well.
Sid
VP, Dead Parrot Software, Inc.
