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Free plugin nags users toward paid licensing

Free Security Ninja users are pushed toward paid licensing, with nag screens and forced premium installs that interrupt updates and admin work.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

4 public reports · first reported 30 May 2025 · last reported 26 August 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who run the free version of Security Ninja say the plugin keeps pushing paid licensing and upgrade prompts.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.