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Hotfix

Provides unofficial fixes for selected WordPress bugs, so you don't have to wait for the next WordPress core release.

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Download Momentum

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complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.98
Is this needed anymore for WP 4.1 and above?

Is this needed anymore for WP 4.1 and above?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor update health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions
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https://wordpress.org/plugins/hotfix/ Reading the source code of the plugin [1] it seems that it only works for these versions numbers [2], in any other version this plugin does (almost) nothing so I would say that it is not needed (because it does not works) in later versions of WordPress.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.91
Fix for broken 3.2.1 language files

Fix for broken 3.2.1 language files: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Fix for broken 3.2.1 language files Hi Mark, I was going to contact you via your site, but there you said Mark is … really bad at answering e-mails So here you got a message: Is it possible to issue a new version of hotfix to add the missing language (.mo) files to WordPress 3.2.1?
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.9
Dosen't fix anything here…

Dosen't fix anything here…: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Dosen't fix anything here… The button is still broken!!
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.88
[Plugin: Hotfix] Custom field add/update still broken, possible patch

[Plugin: Hotfix] Custom field add/update still broken, possible patch: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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[Plugin: Hotfix] Custom field add/update still broken, possible patch I’ve attached an update to the bug report that may fix custom fields for those who are still having difficulty with them in 3.4.2.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.85
PHP Fatal Error

PHP Fatal Error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

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PHP Fatal Error I have an error log with the following.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.85
Hotfix still needed with WP 3.7?

Hotfix still needed with WP 3.7?: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor update health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions
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Now that WordPress 3.7 supports "Automatic updates for maintenance and security updates", is Hotfix still needed?
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.72
Brilliant Idea

Brilliant Idea: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Brilliant Idea I’ve been using HotFix for as long as it has existed on here, I think, and I make sure it’s installed on every site I can.
praise review · high severity · relevance 0.54
Great plugin for geeks

Great plugin for geeks: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Great plugin for geeks I’m kind of a geek myself and this one satisfies my nature 😀 I like being sure that a new release never accidentally crashes.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.93
[Plugin: Hotfix] How will Hotfix handle fixes through the future?

[Plugin: Hotfix] How will Hotfix handle fixes through the future?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I see that currently this plugin has an array of hotfixes for each specific WordPress version.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.87
[Plugin: Hotfix] TinyMCE not showing kitchen sink

[Plugin: Hotfix] TinyMCE not showing kitchen sink: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I tried installing TinyMCE Advanced, but it didn’t fix it, neither does HotFix 0.8.

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Project Tasks praise owner · intel 73.0 · weakness 44.4
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stale update history 3 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Hold Evidence linked to opportunity
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WH Tweaks praise owner · intel 28.0 · weakness 14.6
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This row is useful source evidence, but it has not been promoted into a build-worthy commercial opportunity.

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Collected Signals

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complaint Is this needed anymore for WP 4.1 and above? support · 2015-01-07T15:55:30+00:00 · high severity · update

Is this needed anymore for WP 4.1 and above?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: https://wordpress.org/plugins/hotfix/ Reading the source code of the plugin [1] it seems that it only works for these versions numbers [2], in any other version this plugin does (almost) nothing so I would say that it is not needed (because it does not works) in later versions of WordPress.
security bugs compatibility missing feature hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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neutral Error: Non-static method WP_Hotfix_Controller::init() should not be… support · 2014-02-05T21:09:18+00:00 · medium severity · update

Error: Non-static method WP_Hotfix_Controller::init() should not be…: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Error: Non-static method WP_Hotfix_Controller::init() should not be… Strict Standards: Non-static method WP_Hotfix_Controller::init() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/site/wp-content/plugins/hotfix/hotfix.php on line 11 Any chance of getting this fixed?
bugs compatibility hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint PHP Fatal Error support · 2014-01-14T05:09:38+00:00 · high severity · update

PHP Fatal Error: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: PHP Fatal Error I have an error log with the following.
bugs compatibility hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Great Plugin (5 stars) review · 2013-12-08T23:43:07+00:00 · medium severity · update

Great Plugin: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Great Plugin This plugin is great, those unofficial fixes are too valuable to lose.
setup quality hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor update health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions
complaint Hotfix still needed with WP 3.7? support · 2013-10-25T21:16:16+00:00 · high severity · update

Hotfix still needed with WP 3.7?: users show security, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Now that WordPress 3.7 supports "Automatic updates for maintenance and security updates", is Hotfix still needed?
security support hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor update health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions
praise Interesting (5 stars) review · 2013-10-14T09:57:25+00:00 · medium severity · update

Interesting: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Interesting Interesting plugin, never heard about it folks!!! Interesting plugin, never heard about it folks!!!
hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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neutral Hotfix – Post 3.6 updates support · 2013-09-16T20:07:03+00:00 · low severity · update

Hotfix – Post 3.6 updates: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Hotfix – Post 3.6 updates Given the release of version 3.6x and the on/off discussion of implementing automatic updates into the WordPress Core are there any plans to continue development of the Hotfix plugin? http://wordpress.org/plugins/hotfix/ Given the release of version 3.6x and the on/off discussion of implementing automatic updates into the WordPress
hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Smooth running Plugin (5 stars) review · 2013-08-10T21:32:53+00:00 · medium severity · update

Smooth running Plugin: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Smooth running Plugin I installed this plugin without any problems on shared server and that was months ago when it was version 0.4.
bugs setup easy hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Nice (5 stars) review · 2013-07-17T14:07:35+00:00 · medium severity · update

Nice: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Nice Nice and easy to use.
easy hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise good (5 stars) review · 2013-07-15T11:11:17+00:00 · medium severity · update

good: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: good i was having problem with custom filed after installing your plugin fixed it tha i was having problem with custom filed after installing your plugin fixed it tha
setup hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Good Plugin (4 stars) review · 2013-06-24T09:42:40+00:00 · medium severity · update

Good Plugin: users praise value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Good Plugin Good plugin but sometimes it doesn’t find the problems to fix… Good plugin but sometimes it doesn’t find the problems to fix…
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praise Must have (5 stars) review · 2013-06-21T16:08:10+00:00 · medium severity · update

Must have: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: It can find all the bugs for you \ That’s must have plugin.
bugs hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise What more could you want! (5 stars) review · 2013-06-17T05:15:59+00:00 · medium severity · update

What more could you want!: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: This is a great plugin to install everywhere and automatically keep up to date.
setup quality hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Good (5 stars) review · 2013-06-04T09:44:39+00:00 · medium severity · update

Good: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Good You should try this one. Good! You should try this one. Good!
hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Great plugin for geeks (5 stars) review · 2013-05-23T15:51:12+00:00 · high severity · update

Great plugin for geeks: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Great plugin for geeks I’m kind of a geek myself and this one satisfies my nature 😀 I like being sure that a new release never accidentally crashes.
bugs quality hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Not works (1 star) review · 2013-04-23T12:27:00+00:00 · medium severity · update

Not works: users show performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Not works I’m using dedicated server, but after installing this plugin my site gets slow and was using more resources.
performance setup reliable hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Does it fix the google chrome editor bug? support · 2013-03-20T16:55:00+00:00 · medium severity · update

Does it fix the google chrome editor bug?: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Does it fix the google chrome editor bug?
bugs quality hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Cool plugin (5 stars) review · 2013-01-29T19:36:07+00:00 · medium severity · update

Cool plugin: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Cool plugin Good that it exits Good that it exits
hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Does this plugin include the update to 3.5.1? support · 2013-01-28T20:16:14+00:00 · medium severity · update

Does this plugin include the update to 3.5.1?: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I would like to know before I use this plugin to (try to) update WordPress 3.5 to 3.5.1 on a IIS7.5 server… http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hotfix/ Does this Hotfix Plugin contain the fixes for version 3.5.1?
missing feature hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Keeps your WP up to date until next release (5 stars) review · 2013-01-01T22:21:55+00:00 · medium severity · update

Keeps your WP up to date until next release: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: It keeps your WP installation up to date with the latest changes between releases.
setup hosting operations and site health Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor update health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions