3.2.1 – Find the plugin, check its background, send the report

What's new

Full-screen workspace. The troubleshooter now uses the whole window. What to do next sits on the left two-thirds and your live site on the right third, on every screen.

Background check on the plugin it finds. Is there a newer version? Has wordpress.org closed it? Has it gone two years without an update? Plus any known security holes in the version you have, how serious they are, and whether updating fixes them. Only the plugin's folder name is sent out, and answers are cached for 12 hours. Add define( 'HRPD_NO_BACKGROUND_CHECK', true ); to wp-config.php to turn it off.

Case report you can send. A plain-English summary of the session, the background check, and your site details. Copy it or download it as a .txt and send it to the plugin's developer, your web person, or The Hack Repair Guy.

Delete this plugin. A new button next to "Keep it switched off" and "Turn it back on". It asks first, then removes the problem plugin's files and puts everything else back. Its saved settings stay in your database.

Screenshots tab in the "View details" window.

Fixed

• The background check no longer says a plugin "gets its updates from false". When an author has switched off update checks, it now says so in plain English.

Upgrading

Update from the Plugins page. Nothing to configure. Needs WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.4+.