Title: Stop Oldies
Author: Pierre-André Boissinot
Published: <strong>November 9, 2012</strong>
Last modified: April 18, 2014

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Stop Oldies

 By [Pierre-André Boissinot](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pabois/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/stop-oldies.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/stop-oldies/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/stop-oldies/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/stop-oldies/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/stop-oldies/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stop-oldies/)

## Description

This plugin detects if a visitor is using some old version of Internet Explorer 
and suggests to upgrade to a recent browser.
 The versions to block can be configured
in an admin panel. Works for blocking IE6, IE7 and IE8. Localisation of the plugin
into french.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Here is what a visitor with an old version of IE will see when the plugin is 
   activated

## Installation

You can use the built in installer and upgrader, or you can install the plugin manually.

 1. You can either use the automatic plugin installer or your FTP program to upload
    it to your wp-content/plugins directory
     the top-level folder. Don’t just upload
    all the php files and put them in `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Visit the plugin options page in the settings menu
 4. Configure any options as desired
 5. That’s it!

If you have to upgrade manually simply repeat the installation steps.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Stop Oldies” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Pierre-André Boissinot ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pabois/)
 *   [ Semio Design ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/semio-design/)

[Translate “Stop Oldies” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/stop-oldies)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stop-oldies/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/stop-oldies/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/stop-oldies/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/stop-oldies/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-oldies/)
 * Tags
 * [ie](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ie/)[ie6](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ie6/)
   [ie7](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ie7/)[internet explorer](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/internet-explorer/)
   [old](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/old/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/stop-oldies/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Pierre-André Boissinot ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pabois/)
 *   [ Semio Design ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/semio-design/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stop-oldies/)