Comments on: HostGator Automatically Adding Plugins to WordPress http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm Learn How to Build and Market Niche Websites Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Hansen http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19364 Mark Hansen Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:56:29 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19364 <a href='#comment-19362' rel="nofollow">@Junior</a> - Good find Junior... its gone from my reseller, and dedi servers. Mark<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19364','Mark Hansen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19364','Mark Hansen','<a href=\'#comment-19362\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Junior<\/a> - Good find Junior... its gone from my reseller, and dedi servers.\r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Junior – Good find Junior… its gone from my reseller, and dedi servers.

Mark

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]]> By: Junior http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19362 Junior Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:06:21 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19362 anyone else notice that they have stopped this? I have had 4 new site installs for wp 3.0 and NONE have had the hostgator plugin for the backlink. I did see it on my first 'updated' site... but none of the new install have it. did they get the point with all the negative response?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19362','Junior'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19362','Junior','anyone else notice that they have stopped this? I have had 4 new site installs for wp 3.0 and NONE have had the hostgator plugin for the backlink.\r\n\r\nI did see it on my first \'updated\' site... but none of the new install have it. did they get the point with all the negative response?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> anyone else notice that they have stopped this? I have had 4 new site installs for wp 3.0 and NONE have had the hostgator plugin for the backlink.

I did see it on my first ‘updated’ site… but none of the new install have it. did they get the point with all the negative response?

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]]> By: Jeff http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19264 Jeff Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:36:39 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19264 <blockquote><a href='#comment-19160' rel="nofollow">Originally Posted By Chad Bean</a>The way this works is: if you install WordPress through Fantastico it enables the HostGator plugin. As Mark mentioned, you can de-activate this from within your WordPress admin panel. We just added a feature so you can 'opt out' of this plugin while installing. This only applies for new WordPress installations, and did not affect any previously installed blogs. Sorry for any confusion!</blockquote> As a HostGator customer, I have to say that I don't appreciate your self-promoting tactics. If customers are paying for your services, why should they be subject to this kind of hassle? If you offered FREE web hosting, then I could understand; it would be a trade-off just like free email accounts. Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. all have free accounts loaded with ads and some inject ads at the bottom of each email you send out. But on Yahoo for example, once you sign up for a paid account all that goes away. Surely you can find more constructive ways of promoting your business than this? At a minimum, why not display some kind of disclosure above the Fantastico applications stating that some of them contain opt-out advertising features so we can decide in advance whether we want to participate or not, rather than after-the-fact? Fortunately I don't use Fantastico to install WordPress, and now that I know what's going on, I don't plan on using it any time soon. And if this kind of tactic gets worse like injecting ads into my outbound emails or something, you can bet I'll take my business elsewhere. Thankfully, the web hosting is very competitive. Some companies rise to the top (like HostGator), so I expect much more from you guys than this. -Jeff<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19264','Jeff'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19264','Jeff','<blockquote><a href=\'#comment-19160\' rel=\"nofollow\">Originally Posted By Chad Bean<\/a>The way this works is: if you install WordPress through Fantastico it enables the HostGator plugin. As Mark mentioned, you can de-activate this from within your WordPress admin panel. We just added a feature so you can \'opt out\' of this plugin while installing.\r\n\r\nThis only applies for new WordPress installations, and did not affect any previously installed blogs.\r\n\r\nSorry for any confusion!<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\nAs a HostGator customer, I have to say that I don\'t appreciate your self-promoting tactics. If customers are paying for your services, why should they be subject to this kind of hassle? If you offered FREE web hosting, then I could understand; it would be a trade-off just like free email accounts. \r\n\r\nGoogle, Yahoo, MSN, etc. all have free accounts loaded with ads and some inject ads at the bottom of each email you send out. But on Yahoo for example, once you sign up for a paid account all that goes away.\r\n\r\nSurely you can find more constructive ways of promoting your business than this? \r\n\r\nAt a minimum, why not display some kind of disclosure above the Fantastico applications stating that some of them contain opt-out advertising features so we can decide in advance whether we want to participate or not, rather than after-the-fact?\r\n\r\nFortunately I don\'t use Fantastico to install WordPress, and now that I know what\'s going on, I don\'t plan on using it any time soon. And if this kind of tactic gets worse like injecting ads into my outbound emails or something, you can bet I\'ll take my business elsewhere.\r\n\r\nThankfully, the web hosting is very competitive. Some companies rise to the top (like HostGator), so I expect much more from you guys than this.\r\n\r\n-Jeff'); return false;">Quote</a></div>

Originally Posted By Chad BeanThe way this works is: if you install WordPress through Fantastico it enables the HostGator plugin. As Mark mentioned, you can de-activate this from within your WordPress admin panel. We just added a feature so you can ‘opt out’ of this plugin while installing.

This only applies for new WordPress installations, and did not affect any previously installed blogs.

Sorry for any confusion!

As a HostGator customer, I have to say that I don’t appreciate your self-promoting tactics. If customers are paying for your services, why should they be subject to this kind of hassle? If you offered FREE web hosting, then I could understand; it would be a trade-off just like free email accounts.

Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. all have free accounts loaded with ads and some inject ads at the bottom of each email you send out. But on Yahoo for example, once you sign up for a paid account all that goes away.

Surely you can find more constructive ways of promoting your business than this?

At a minimum, why not display some kind of disclosure above the Fantastico applications stating that some of them contain opt-out advertising features so we can decide in advance whether we want to participate or not, rather than after-the-fact?

Fortunately I don’t use Fantastico to install WordPress, and now that I know what’s going on, I don’t plan on using it any time soon. And if this kind of tactic gets worse like injecting ads into my outbound emails or something, you can bet I’ll take my business elsewhere.

Thankfully, the web hosting is very competitive. Some companies rise to the top (like HostGator), so I expect much more from you guys than this.

-Jeff

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]]> By: Gary http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19191 Gary Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:57:37 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19191 <blockquote><a href='#comment-19160' rel="nofollow">Originally Posted By Chad Bean</a>The way this works is: if you install WordPress through Fantastico it enables the HostGator plugin. As Mark mentioned, you can de-activate this from within your WordPress admin panel. We just added a feature so you can 'opt out' of this plugin while installing. </blockquote> This "opt-out" shows up in almost small text AFTER the installation. Even when it's disabled, whatever change they made still leaves a new blank strip under the theme footer.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19191','Gary'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19191','Gary','<blockquote><a href=\'#comment-19160\' rel=\"nofollow\">Originally Posted By Chad Bean<\/a>The way this works is: if you install WordPress through Fantastico it enables the HostGator plugin. As Mark mentioned, you can de-activate this from within your WordPress admin panel. We just added a feature so you can \'opt out\' of this plugin while installing.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\nThis \"opt-out\" shows up in almost small text AFTER the installation. Even when it\'s disabled, whatever change they made still leaves a new blank strip under the theme footer.'); return false;">Quote</a></div>

Originally Posted By Chad BeanThe way this works is: if you install WordPress through Fantastico it enables the HostGator plugin. As Mark mentioned, you can de-activate this from within your WordPress admin panel. We just added a feature so you can ‘opt out’ of this plugin while installing.

This “opt-out” shows up in almost small text AFTER the installation. Even when it’s disabled, whatever change they made still leaves a new blank strip under the theme footer.

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]]> By: Mark Hansen http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19163 Mark Hansen Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:39:41 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19163 <a href='#comment-19160' rel="nofollow">@Chad Bean</a> - Thanks for the update Chad. Mark<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19163','Mark Hansen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19163','Mark Hansen','<a href=\'#comment-19160\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Chad Bean<\/a> - Thanks for the update Chad.\r\n\r\nMark'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Chad Bean – Thanks for the update Chad.

Mark

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]]> By: Chad Bean http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19160 Chad Bean Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:38:44 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19160 The way this works is: if you install WordPress through Fantastico it enables the HostGator plugin. As Mark mentioned, you can de-activate this from within your WordPress admin panel. We just added a feature so you can 'opt out' of this plugin while installing. This only applies for new WordPress installations, and did not affect any previously installed blogs. Sorry for any confusion!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19160','Chad Bean'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19160','Chad Bean','The way this works is: if you install WordPress through Fantastico it enables the HostGator plugin. As Mark mentioned, you can de-activate this from within your WordPress admin panel. We just added a feature so you can \'opt out\' of this plugin while installing.\r\n\r\nThis only applies for new WordPress installations, and did not affect any previously installed blogs.\r\n\r\nSorry for any confusion!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The way this works is: if you install WordPress through Fantastico it enables the HostGator plugin. As Mark mentioned, you can de-activate this from within your WordPress admin panel. We just added a feature so you can ‘opt out’ of this plugin while installing.

This only applies for new WordPress installations, and did not affect any previously installed blogs.

Sorry for any confusion!

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]]> By: Marilla http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19158 Marilla Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:57:18 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19158 Cheeky buggers!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19158','Marilla'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19158','Marilla','Cheeky buggers!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Cheeky buggers!
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]]> By: Mark Hansen http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19157 Mark Hansen Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:55:42 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19157 @ All - Yeah... what he said! LOL I am seeing it on: - Business account - BabyCroc account The only places its not affected me thus far is on dedicated servers and the reseller accounts... BUT... I have not installed new sites on those yet either!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19157','Mark Hansen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19157','Mark Hansen','@ All - \r\n\r\nYeah... what he said! LOL\r\n\r\nI am seeing it on:\r\n\r\n- Business account\r\n- BabyCroc account\r\n\r\nThe only places its not affected me thus far is on dedicated servers and the reseller accounts...\r\n\r\nBUT... I have not installed new sites on those yet either!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @ All –

Yeah… what he said! LOL

I am seeing it on:

- Business account
- BabyCroc account

The only places its not affected me thus far is on dedicated servers and the reseller accounts…

BUT… I have not installed new sites on those yet either!

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]]> By: Computerdux http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19156 Computerdux Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:42:13 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19156 <a href='#comment-19135' rel="nofollow">@Marilla</a> - just try install a new blog with fantastico and you'll see a hostgator's link in your footer blog.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19156','Computerdux'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19156','Computerdux','<a href=\'#comment-19135\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Marilla<\/a> - just try install a new blog with fantastico and you\'ll see a hostgator\'s link in your footer blog.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Marilla – just try install a new blog with fantastico and you’ll see a hostgator’s link in your footer blog.
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]]> By: Marilla http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/hostgator-automatically-adding-plugins-to-wordpress.htm#comment-19135 Marilla Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:56:11 +0000 http://www.thenichestorebuilder.com/?p=2430#comment-19135 Hey Mark I have a business account at Hostgator with six different domains on it and none of them have had either plugin added with the 3.0 upgrade. Curious.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19135','Marilla'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19135','Marilla','Hey Mark\r\n\r\nI have a business account at Hostgator with six different domains on it and none of them have had either plugin added with the 3.0 upgrade. Curious.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey Mark

I have a business account at Hostgator with six different domains on it and none of them have had either plugin added with the 3.0 upgrade. Curious.

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