protected function _dep_get_settings_group( $group, $key = null ) {
		if ( $this->mock ) {
			return array();
		}

		if ( ! $this->$group ) {
			/**
			 * Remap old meta settings to new settings location for v1.7. This acts as a passive migration when needed.
			 */
			$remapped_keys = $this->remapped_meta_settings_keys( $group );

			// This will only return data from extensions as core data has been migrated already.
			$group_values = $this->get_meta( "popup_$group" );

			if ( ! $group_values || ! is_array( $group_values ) ) {
				$group_values = array();
			}

			// Data manipulation begins here. We don't want any of this saved, only returned for backward compatibility.
			foreach ( $remapped_keys as $old_key => $new_key ) {
				$group_values[ $old_key ] = $this->get_setting( $new_key );
			}

			$deprecated_values = popmake_get_popup_meta_group( $group, $this->ID );

			if ( ! empty( $deprecated_values ) ) {
				foreach ( $deprecated_values as $old_key => $value ) {

					if ( ! isset( $group_values[ $old_key ] ) ) {
						$group_values[ $old_key ] = $value;
					}

				}
			}


			$this->$group = $group_values;
		}

		$values = apply_filters( "pum_popup_get_$group", $this->$group, $this->ID );

		if ( ! $key ) {
			return $values;
		}

		$value = isset ( $values[ $key ] ) ? $values[ $key ] : null;

		if ( ! isset( $value ) ) {
			$value = $this->get_meta( "popup_{$group}_{$key}" );
		}

		return apply_filters( "pum_popup_get_{$group}_" . $key, $value, $this->ID );
	}