View Online & Redirect Links

[User]

First: The plugin is great!

Second: The currently only thing I find less professional is the view online and redirect links, as they’re exposing the usage and location of WordPress (folders and files).

Besides the problem of exposing WordPress folders (sometimes named in one specific language) and files, it would also look nicer and more professional if the redirect and view online etc. links were somehow based on the defined newsletter page (in the respective language, if more languages are used).

Examples:

domain.xy/en/newsletter/view/idxyz
domain.xy/de/newsletter/redirect/linkidxyz

Hope you find my idea useful, and that this is somehow technically possibble!

[Michael]

Hello,

we do not have such a feature at the moment, anyway, our links follows WordPress logic.

Michael

[User]

Well, that’s why I made the input 😉 😉 😉

A logical and friendly answer would have been something like:

“Thanks for the feedback, but I don’t like your idea!”

Hope this helps.

[Michael]

Hey, I didn’t mean I don’t like your idea, and sorry if you felt like I was being unfriendly, that was not the case!

If WordPress itself isn’t configured to obfuscate default folder structure, it means that they are discoverable anyways by bots and automatic scans. So that wouldn’t resolve the issue at its core. If we’re talking about a more professional look, yeah, you’re right, however it’s not simple as it may look. We’ll talk about this in our next internal meeting.

We really do thank you for your precious feedback.

Michael

[User]

Thanks for your friendly and thoughtful response. It makes me view the plugin and it’s team more positively again!

As mentioned, I’d find the use of “pretty” urls much more professional (and maybe also more secure).

I’m running quite huge sites with many plugins, and most public plugins don’t expose WordPress folder structures or the use of WordPress at all.

Wordpress security plugins mostly even have an option to hide the use of WordPress as website “generator” in the html code.

I’m also convinced that this change would make the appearance of your great plugin even more professional.

Thanks again, and looking forward to any improvements!

[Author]

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