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Re:Popular WordPress plugin tried to spam users' dashboards by rchaud on Friday November 29, 2019 @09:58AM (#21664721)
Looks like they've removed it. Crazy to think that it was Yoast, one of the most popular SEO plugins for WP. They actually have a really good website for teaching SEO fundamentals as well, all free.

The most egregious part of this was linking the "close" button to a sales page for the premium plugin. That is the kind of low-down dark pattern you only see on pirated sports stream websites.

Re:Popular WordPress plugin tried to spam users' dashboards by martin_a on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:06AM (#21664786)
Yoast has always been one of the most nagging distributors/creators. They have always been obtrusive to the max, but this really tops it.