Nulled Scripts & Pirated Plugins: Are They Worth It?

Before you go downloading nulled versions of paid plugins from the web, just remember this...

The guys who "nulled" the script (a.k.a. broke the code encryption that the plugin developer may have done to protect their code) is not doing it necessarily as a "us vs them" or "take that you greedy developers who charge for your plugins". It's not a Robin-hood style attempt to take from the "rich" and give to the "poor".

I've myself witnessed this over and over again on others' web sites. If you use a nulled script, the script soon starts broadcasting: "Calling all hackers - Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Come checkout this vulnerable WordPress site". Soon the hackers come calling with their baddest of intentions, and you can guess what happens next to your web site: Bad, bad things.

Here is a great article that goes into the aftermath of using a nulled script or plugin, and the real reason why most scripts are nulled. Like the adware/malware that comes with free .exe downloads.

=> Unmasking

- Ravi Jayagopal