This version is all about bridging the gap between this plugin's widgets and third-party page builders. Providing a consistent user experience If you have been using this plugin's widgets, I'm sure you've noticed how much thought we have put into how the various fields function. We show/hide fields based on selection and group common settings together to create an intuitive experience. Add in some custom styles and you end up with widget settings which look something like … [Read more...]
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Removing Legacy License Support
As I'm sure you have heard by now, we launched a brand new license system back on May 26th, 2019. This system opened up new possibilities for things like subscriptions as well as making support more effective and personalized to each user. While the legacy system served it's purpose well for more than 5 years, this new system will grow with us and is expected to remain in place indefinitely. Now it is time to say goodbye to the Legacy License system. This will free up resources for us to … [Read more...]
Last Night’s Plugin Issues
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...]
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...]