Some of my favourite WordPress plugins are no longer maintained by the original developer.

This means that they are becoming a security risk because changes in WordPress and the upgrading of PHP versions leave them with security holes.

Looking at the stats on my websites shows me that all of them are under constant attack by hackers.

The only defences are to update everything as soon as updates become available.

The other defence is to use a good defensive plugin.

I use WordFence, you can use whatever you like.

However, that won’t stop the hackers getting inside your site if your plugins are vulnerable.

There is a fix, and it’s simple.

Disable the plugin, but don’t delete it.

Download all the files in the plugin folder.

Upload all the files to your favourite AI tool and ask it to examine the code and suggest fixes to bring it ip to date with the current version of WordPress and PHP.

Once it has identified what needs to be fixed, ask it to rewrite the code to fix the flaws.

Upload the repaired files to your WordPress plugin and reactivate it.

There you go.

An updated version of your favourite plugin that’s now secure.

WordPress might still complain about it being out of date, so all you need to do is edit the main file and rename the plugin.

This is for personal use, not for sale because you don’t own the copyright to that plugin, but you can get in touch with the developer and thrash out a deal.

Alternatively, you can ask that AI tool to create a plugin with the same functionality plus some improvements that you can call your own.

I’ve found this tool, Manus.ai, https://go.wm-tips.com/manusfree, to be great at analysing and rewriting code.

They are currently offering 500 free credits to try them out.

Worth a try wouldn’t you think?

Regards,
Brent.