Manual code edits overwritten by plugin updates
Custom code edits made inside the tool's files are erased or blocked by updates, so store owners must choose between updating and keeping their changes
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 7 December 2023 · last reported 31 July 2025
What's going wrong
Developers and sellers using several integrations report the same trap: site-specific changes are written directly into plugin files, so every update erases them or makes upgrading unsafe.
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 3 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.