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by pwdisswordfish9 1268 days ago
> I don't know what the dynamics are for WordPress plugin developers to write this much vulnerable code

1. Random person who doesn't know anything about computers has stumbled their way into having a wordpress site

2. This person wants their site to do something special

3. This person can't find it online

4. This person decides not to give up and cobbles something together using random decade old examples from online

5. This person decides to share their work on the wordpress plugin store

6. Many wordpress sites get hacked