A number of years ago a searched high and low for a forum to use with my WordPress site. No surprises, I discovered Simpe:Press, promptly installed and have enjoyed the forum for many many years without any issue. It really is fantastic.

Here's the thing-- I never updated. I'm running version 4.4.5 and am only just now having problems with the latest WordPress. That's right. The forum worked, I rarely needed to manage my plugins and updating Simple:Press just never occurred to me because everything was working fine. I'm only just now starting to have issues with the recent updates to WordPress. I came here for support for the first time and am stunned to find it requires a membership. That's cool, I can dig it, but I need to know for sure that I can update my extremely old version of Simple:Press without losing the (literally) thousands of posts already there. The latest updates explain how to update from installations that aren't as old as mine... gulp!

I realize this is almost definitely going to be problematic and support is going to be required. I'm also certain I'm not the only one running such an old installation issue-free and have come here to find that support requires payment. Thanks for this Pre-Membership Queries forum to ask such questions.

I nervously look forward to any kind of answer on this issue. Thanks!