[wp-hackers] Are depreciated items ever removed from core

[Aaron Jorbin]

What about not giving the user they are FTPing as write access to the
mu-plugins folder and files?

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On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:49 PM, CloudPress Hosting <
cloudpresshosting at gmail.com> wrote:

> well if the code resides in my-hacks.php that's in the WordPress root
> directory, their SFTP access starts in wp-content so they would not have
> access.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Mika A Epstein <ipstenu at ipstenu.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I have to ask... how will that change if you move it? I mean, users have
> > the stupid no matter what we do. I would invest in a kick ass backup
> plugin
> > and automate that shit.
> >
> > CloudPress Hosting wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> They have SFTP access so I am concerned with them accidentally deleting
> >> the
> >> file then calling.emailing me to ask why the functionality it loads is
> no
> >> longer working.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Mika A Epstein<ipstenu at ipstenu.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> When you say they need to have wp-content access... do they have
> SSH/FTP
> >>> access? Or just 'We can upload plugins and themes and images'?
> >>>
> >>> An mu-plugin can't be turned off, and IIRC it can't be edited by the
> >>> in-admin editor.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> CloudPress Hosting wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I was looking at using my-hacks.php I have a very specific use-case
> >>>> where
> >>>> I
> >>>> need to write a mu-plugin but I cannot have it in wp-content wither
> the
> >>>> other plugins. I am hosting sites for clients and they have access to
> >>>> wp-content to manage their own plugins, themes, ect. I need to add
> >>>> functionality where they cannot access the code. I considered writing
> an
> >>>> mu-plugin which just includes another file outside of wp-content where
> >>>> the
> >>>> actual code would reside but I don't want the clients removing it. I
> was
> >>>> just going to hack core to include a file in the root WordPress
> >>>> directory
> >>>> where all the plugins are loaded and saw the reference to my-hacks. At
> >>>> least until that gets taken out all together I can avoid hacking core
> I
> >>>> figured and just was wondering what the chances of it being removed
> are.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Andrew Nacin<wp at andrewnacin.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:29 PM, CloudPress Hosting<
> >>>>> cloudpresshosting at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Just curious if anyone can tell me if deprecated features are ever
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> removed,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I am looking at utilizing a depreciated feature to avoid hacking
> core
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> for a
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> particularly unique use-case where the replacement feature will not
> >>>>>> work
> >>>>>> for my needs.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What is the deprecated feature you are using, and why won't the
> >>>>> replacement
> >>>>> work?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We don't remove the functions themselves, but we have been known to
> >>>>> render
> >>>>> them non-functional to keep up with future changes.
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