I want to start out by apologizing to anyone who was inconvenienced by the plugin endpoint issues we experienced last night. I know it can be really annoying when a system that just works for years has an unexpected anomaly causing confusion and frustration. I am so sorry. First let's talk about the actual issues that user were experiencing. There are two of them: 1 The plugins were flagging licenses as invalid and displaying warnings in the WordPress admin. On a basic level, the PRO … [Read more...]
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Continued Security Push With HSTS
If you have been following along with much of my community involvement lately, you've probably noticed I've been very preoccupied with security lately. This new found push for rigorous security overhauls all started when I accidentally learned how to hack websites using XHR. Previously, remembering to use POST instead of GET for handling user data was enough to protect against CSRF. NOT ANY MORE! The past few weeks have taken me down many security roads including SRI , XSS, CSRF, CSP … [Read more...]
Advanced Sidebar Menu – Version 3.9.0
Today a brand new version of the Advanced Sidebar Menu PRO plugin was released to the general public! New mandatory PHP version requirement. For over a year the required version of PHP for this plugin was set to PHP 5.4. To give any users who were still on legacy versions of PHP time to update we maintained PHP version 5.2 compatibility. In preparation of the new PHP requirements for WordPress Core, this version officially removes support for PHP 5.2 and PHP 5.3 in favor of the stated … [Read more...]
Go Live Update Urls – Version 2.6.0
Today a brand new version of the Go Live Update Urls PRO plugin was released to the general public! The most notable addition to this plugin is a WP-CLI command. Now you may update your site using the command line. Extremely simple options allow you make this plugin part of your Devops or Continuous Integration workflow. Translations for all languages were also updated in this release, as well as some code related improvements. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
New Products Business Model
If you are an existing customer you may have noticed a new section in My Account named "Subscriptions". This may also be named "My Subscription" if you have a single active subscription. Based on the feedback I have been getting, there may be some confusion why this section exists. This post should clear things up ?. Historically, all plugin purchases have come with a permanent license and subscriptions were not offered. Over the past year or so, the plugin userbase has grown at an … [Read more...]
Advanced Sidebar Menu – Version 3.7.0
Version 3.7.0 of Advanced Sidebar Menu PRO is now available to all PRO users and may be updated through the WordPress Admin or downloaded through the Downloads area. This version adds a couple of useful features which will automatically work without changing any settings: There are a few other "under the hood" improvements and some new unit tests which provide improved stability. … [Read more...]