Author: Alex Kirk
Published: December 7, 2024

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December 7, 2024

In case you noticed that the [Friends Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends/)
was pulled from the WordPress.org plugin directory, it’s back again. Thanks for 
all the messages!

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## 2 responses to “”

 1. ![Matthias Pfefferle Avatar](https://alex.kirk.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/activitypub/
    actors/1879349/de4192305bfdc1477688e1cc0a760712.webp)
 2. [Matthias Pfefferle](https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle)
 3. [December 7, 2024](https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle/113610483995756444)
 4. [@alex](https://alex.kirk.at/author/alex/) 😱 what was the issue/reason???
 5.  a. ![Alex Kirk Avatar](https://alex.kirk.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/06/cropped-
        2025.Alex-512x512-1-48x48.jpg)
     b. [Alex Kirk](https://alex.kirk.at/)
     c. [December 7, 2024](https://alex.kirk.at/2024/12/07/2147970/comment-page-1/#comment-87914)
     d. [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/friends/friends-321-missing-authorization](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/friends/friends-321-missing-authorization)
        and the WordPress.org directory pulled it because of it, in my eyes a bit of an
        overreaction but well…
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