I am really happy with WP Adminify, but the current Black Friday Sale ad displayed by WP Adminify is a serious mistake. Using the WordPress dashboard as an advertising medium negatively affects the broader reputation of WordPress plugins as a trusted ecosystem.
WordPress plugin guidelines say that “Plugins should not hijack the admin dashboard.”… “Upgrade prompts, notices, alerts, and the like must be limited in scope and used sparingly, be that contextually or only on the plugin’s setting page.”
WP Adminify’s Black Friday Sale popup appears in the center of the screen on any admin page and:
- Interrupts normal admin workflows
- Obstructs unrelated admin pages
- Forces interaction before access is restored
- Overrides the expected WordPress admin UI behavior
Promotional notices are expected to be non-intrusive and limited to the plugin’s own admin screens. A center-screen modal that blocks the entire dashboard does not align with that guidance.
I appreciate the work that goes into maintaining the plugin, but this implementation is disruptive in active production environments. Please confirm whether this behavior will be revised.
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