Is there any way to pirate premium WordPress plugins and minimizing the chance of getting malware? Meaning perhaps there are certain sources that are known to provide malware free content and generally have a good reputation. I know piracy will always involve risks but it doesn’t hurt to ask people with first-hand experience. I am even willing to pay but there’s no way I will afford plugins that cost hundreds of dollars a year anytime soon.
You can always look for code that validates the license and make it return true all the time. This part is easy, so many agencies usually also have a different obfuscated code to check for code modification.
It’s just time consuming depending on how many levels of obfuscation they’ve used.