Should You Install Plugins Not Tested With Your WordPress Version?
Often our users ask us about the warning that a plugin is not tested with their version of WordPress. Should you install plugins that plugin? or find another plugin? In this article, we will discuss why you should install plugins not tested with your version of WordPress? What does it mean and how you can help the WordPress community?
When you install a plugin from WordPress admin area, you may see a warning that a plugin is not been tested with your version of WordPress.
How WordPress Gets Not Tested Information?
The official WordPress plugin repository is the largest collection of free and open source WordPress plugins. When submitting the plugin, authors are required to submit a “readme” file with their plugins. This readme file is then used by the plugin directory to generate plugin page.
The readme file contains the “tested up to” tag which is used to display the information. Plugin authors are expected to keep this information up to date.
This means that with each release of WordPress, plugin authors should test their plugins and update the readme files for their plugins.
Why Don’t Plugin Authors Update This Information?
Many plugin authors don’t update their readme files at all even when they test their plugin with the latest version.
In an ideal world, we would like all plugin authors to update this information. But we don’t live in an ideal world.
Remember that these plugins are free, and you are not paying authors to download and use them. Plugin authors feel less inclined to update the readme file with each release. They are usually busy with their full time jobs and paid development projects.
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