Version 6.13.0 of Go Live Update Urls plugin is now available and ready for general use. The focus of this version was to set the stage for using modern development practices.
PHP Based Translations
WordPress 6.5 included the ability to load translations from a PHP array instead of just .mo file files for greatly improved translation performance.
The Go Live plugin now generates .php translation files to take advantage of the new translations system. You will see a nice performance improvement on any non-English sites using our plugin.
We kept the .mo files intact for backward compatibility so translations will continue to work on sites running WordPress versions older than 6.5.
New PHP Version Requirements
While WordPress Core still technically supports PHP 7.0+, it is recommended to run PHP 7.4 and most plugins already require PHP 7.4+. A couple years ago we started keeping track of which PHP version is being used on your plugins and as of July 2024, less than .1% of our users who are updating their plugins are running a PHP version older than 7.4.
Our plugins already leverage static analysis to test changes before committing them. Having PHP 7.4 available means more definitive types in our code and more modern testing tools to make sure our code is solid as changes are introduced. This also means we’ll be able to support new versions of PHP faster because of less backwards compatibility considerations.
Going forward we are no longer supporting PHP 7.2 and 7.3.
Really, this won’t impact your sites. 🙂
Miscellaneous
- Tested to WordPress core version 6.6.0.
- Bumped minimum supported WordPress version to 6.2.0.
- Switched to Node version 20.11.0.
- Improved unit testing matrix strategy.
- Officially support PHP 8.3.