Plugin update injects unwanted upsell admin menu
A plugin update added an unrequested upsell menu to the admin sidebar, making client sites look hacked.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 12 May 2026 · last reported 17 May 2026
What's going wrong
After an update to this events plugin, many site owners found a menu promoting unrelated paid products from its new owner added to the WordPress admin sidebar without consent.
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.