+1 on passing the form fields through a plugin hook before rendering. Last time to include a captcha in a blog creation page, the entire view had to be overrided. If we can simply extend the view (or use a plugin hook) to inject / remove fields into... view reply

Then try the "login_required" plugin. Its having more flexibility than the default walled garden. view reply

You can use the plugin hooks for this in your own plugin. It will allow you to controll all the river entries from  a common place. Its discussed multiple times before. Just search the community..  view reply

See this using jquery cdn on elgg websites. We are using the google cdn in many elgg sites (1.8.3 an 1.8.16). Working fine in all installs view reply

A short term solution might be to add a warning to plugins that haven't been updated for a long time. A generic warning based on timestamp is not a good idea because some old plugins (with minimal codes) may still work in latest versions with out... view reply