✓
MySQL no longer creates database tables with "MyISAM" as the engine. Uses the site default configuration. Thank you Kien.
✓
"Test this IP" did not work correctly with IP ranges. Thank you Justin.
✓
Rewrote Core Scanner module - now works faster and loads data without reloading the entire page via AJAX.
✓
Core Scanner module - now works faster and loads data without reloading the entire plugin page. Improved user interface.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
v5.112
minor
New
✓
Check for Application Password feature introduced in WP 5.6
✓
Pro
Enable/disable the Application Password feature (Pro)
Fixed
✓
PHP notice when downloading and saving vulnerability list.
✓
PHP notice when downloading and saving vulnerability list.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Tested with WordPress 5.6
v5.111
minor
Improved
✓
Freemius to 2.4.1 and other 3rd party libraries.
v5.110
minor
New
✓
Fixes page - Enable/disable security features on your website.
✓
Set Security Headers values on "Fixes" page.
✓
Hide PHP Version and Server info.
✓
Import/Export all "Fixes" settings.
Improved
✓
user interface, made changes to colors and layout.
Notes
✓
Tested up to WP 5.5.1
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Further work on PHP compatibility - Thank you Barry.
v5.109.1
patch
Notes
✓
Further work on PHP compatibility - Thank you Barry.
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
v5.109
minor
Improved
✓
3rd party libraries for better PHP compatibility.
✓
3rd party libraries for better PHP 7.4 compatibility.
Fixed
✓
Minor error showing last blocked logins in sidebar.
✓
Check for wp-config permissions (chmod) failed if the file had been moved. Thank you Mk.
✓
Wrongly saying "Vulnerabilities found" eventhough no vulns were found.
✓
Loading outdated plugin list from file instead of from database - caused problem on some servers.
✓
Nginx example corrected for "Referrer-Policy" from "no-referrer" to the correct "same-origin". Thank you Mk.
✓
Nginx example corrected for "Feature-Policy" security header. Thank you Mk.
✓
"Secure the site" showing up multiple places on plugins page in admin.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Improvement - Better instructions on how to change weak database passwords and removing the autofixer.
✓
Minor cleanup in logging routines.
v5.108.2
patch
Fixed
✓
Nginx example for "Feature-Policy" security header. Thank you Mk.
✓
Nginx example corrected for "Feature-Policy" security header. Thank you Mk.
✓
"Secure the site" showing up multiple places on plugins page in admin.
✓
Nginx example corrected for "Referrer-Policy" from "no-referrer" to the correct "same-origin". Thank you Mk.
Notes
✓
Improvement - Better instructions on how to change weak database passwords and removing the autofixer.
✓
Minor cleanup in logging routines.
v5.108.1
patch
Improved
✓
3rd party libraries for better PHP 7.4 compatibility.
Fixed
✓
Loading outdated plugin list from file instead of from database - caused problem on some servers.
✓
Wrongly saying "Vulnerabilities found" eventhough no vulns were found.
✓
Check for wp-config permissions (chmod) failed if the file had been moved. Thank you Mk.
✓
Minor error showing last blocked logins in sidebar.
Notes
✓
BETA - WILL 5.109 ..
v5.108
minor
Fixed
✓
"Secure this site" link under all plugins. Thank you Mk.
✓
Opening up welcome page for all new plugin installations.
Notes
✓
Tested WP 5.5 compatible.
✓
More details in Firewall for "Hide login errors".
✓
Updating jQuery code due to changes to WordPress 5.5
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
More detailed description in Firewall for "Hide login errors".
v5.107
minor
New
✓
Turn login form protection on or off. Thank you Mk.
✓
Block login error messages. Thank you Mk.
✓
Introducing check for outdated plugins - not updated in 5+ years.
✓
Greatly improved speed in plugin admin pages.
✓
Feature added - Block login error messages.
✓
Added warning on WooCommerce login form.
Improved
✓
Freemius SDK to 2.4.0
Fixed
✓
The warning "Vulnerabilities found on your system!" was shown even if there were no vulnerabilities detected.
✓
The warning "Vulnerabilities found on your system!" was shown even if there were no vulnerabilities detected. Thank you all who reported this issue.
✓
Improved loading speed in plugin admin pages.
✓
Loading speed for the Database Optimizer tab greatly improved.
✓
PHP notice when testing for "headers contain detailed PHP version info.".
✓
Improved loading speed in plugin admin pages in general.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
General code cleanup.
v5.106
minor
New
✓
Tests - Filter "untested" - tests not run yet.
Fixed
✓
Tests - Fixed bug in getting permissions for WP config file.
✓
Whitelabel - removed plugin name showing up under debug info. Thank you Jay.
Notes
✓
Layout improvements - fixing visual bugs.
✓
Moved vulnerability check to every 24 hours.
✓
Firewall: Added option to immediately block any attempts to log in with username "admin".
✓
Firewall: Fixed bug with setting limits for failed logins in admin.
✓
PHP 7.4 compatibility check
✓
Code cleanup.
v5.105
minor
Improved
✓
language files.
Fixed
✓
Compatibility with Yoast SEO - Thank you Thomas ;-)
✓
PHP warning - undefined index - Thank you Mariusz.
Notes
✓
Improvement - Loading of JS and CSS files.
✓
Improvement - Loading of JS and CSS files in Firewall module.
v5.104
minor
New
✓
visitor log pruning - Keep the visitor log size down. Customizable interval and you can also turn off firewall logging entirely.
✓
Added vulnerability testing for installed themes.
✓
Added vulnerability count to the menu.
✓
Added visitor log pruning - Keep the visitor log size down. Customizable interval and you can also turn off firewall logging entirely.
✓
Dismiss warnings for 24 hours directly in warning text.
✓
Dismiss vulnerability warnings for 24 hours directly in warning text.
✓
Plugin translated to Bulgarian - Thank you Valentin!
✓
Dismiss vulnerability warnings for 24 hours directly in warning notice.
✓
missing Nginx examples for username enumeration. Thank you Fahmi.
Fixed
✓
Scheduled Scanner results - Broken results for "Core Scanner" - Thank you Mk.
Notes
✓
Cleanup code
✓
More options for how often to send email notifications in event logger - Thank you Mk.
✓
Code cleanup.
v5.103
minor
Improved
✓
malware scanner patterns - Thank you Cathal for submitting sample.
✓
Showing when malware patterns were last updated on malware page.
✓
Showing when malware patterns were last updated on malware tab.
Fixed
✓
Layout of suggestions under "Details" were improved.
✓
Bug where results for "Check if active plugins are compatible with your version of WP" were empty - Thank you @lsbk
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
v5.102
minor
New
✓
more user agents to block - Thank you Laurent.
Improved
✓
list of vulnerable plugins.
Fixed
✓
bug with importing settings - Thank you Thomas.
Notes
✓
Tested up to newly released WP 5.4.1
v5.101
minor
Notes
✓
Downgrade IP2location library to 8.1.1 - Fixes problem with library requiring PHP 7.1
v5.100
minor
Improved
✓
welcome page for new installations.
✓
layout on settings page, fixing markup mistakes.
✓
language files.
Fixed
✓
Removed syslog logging to file. Many users had problems with the
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Code cleanup and security hardening.
v5.99
minor
New
✓
Nginx examples to security headers - Thank you Dzul.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
PRO: Event logging can now be turned on and off - Thank you Matt.
✓
Security hardening.
v5.98
minor
New
✓
name to vulnerability warning.
✓
warning to "Check if database table prefix is the default one" test - Thank you Martin.
Notes
✓
Security hardening the automatic fixers.
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Reworked the fix for changing database table prefix. Thank you Martin.
v5.97
minor
New
✓
a link to the welcome page in the sidebar.
✓
a link to the welcome page in the sidebar if you want to view it.
Fixed
✓
The "filter test by status" not working properly if status changed. If you ran a test, fixed a failed test and ran again, the test would not show up the right place.
✓
Removed the "pointer" introducion in favor of the new "welcome page" for new users.
✓
The "filter test by status" not working properly if status changed. If you ran a test, fixed a failed test and ran again, the test would not change status.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Vulnerabilities: More details for each vulnerability.
v5.96
minor
New
✓
Quick filter tests - Failed tests, tests with warnings or those tests that are OK.
✓
Quickly see how many vulnerabilities you have in the tab view.
Improved
✓
admin view layout and styling.
Fixed
✓
PHP Notice in some cases - Thank you Mike :-)
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Vulnerabilities - Easier to visually scan recommendations - hiding clutter in interface.
v5.95
minor
New
✓
more details to the wp-config.php test - Thanks @lsbk.
Notes
✓
Work on following WordPress Coding Standards.
✓
Minor change in the WP constants test.
✓
Moved the malware definitions API to a faster location.
✓
Code cleanup.
✓
Plugin has been tested up to WordPress 5.4
v5.94
minor
Improved
✓
language files.
Fixed
✓
Security Tests - Fixed the test for wp-config.php file permissions - thank you @lsbk :-)
Notes
✓
Security hardening.
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Work on following WordPress Coding Standards.
v5.93
minor
Improved
✓
the welcome page.
Fixed
✓
Fatal error happened in some situations - "Call to undefined method".
v5.92
minor
New
✓
Plugin onboarding - welcome page for new users.
Fixed
✓
PHP notice when blocking some visitors.
Notes
✓
Security hardening and working on WordPress coding standards.
v5.91
minor
Improved
✓
language files.
Fixed
✓
Vulnerability warning did not load properly on all admin pages.
✓
"Thank you for installing" pointer was reset when updating. Thank you Thomas for helping getting this fixed.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Code cleanup.
v5.90
minor
New
✓
more dangerous filenames to look for.
✓
Sitewide warnings for when vulnerabilities are detected. Can be dismissed for 24 hours.
✓
Sitewide warnings for when vulnerabilities are detected. Warnings can be dismissed for 24 hours.
Notes
✓
More code refactoring to follow WordPress Standards.
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Security Tests: Added more dangerous filenames to look for.
v5.89
minor
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Refactoring code to better follow WordPress Standards.
✓
Code cleanup - Removing unused code.
v5.88
minor
New
✓
Quick overview Dashboard Widget - Get a quick overview of your security status.
Improved
✓
language files.
Fixed
✓
Cloud Firewall - Error saving GeoIP in WordPress Multisite configuration. Thank you Roy.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Improvement - Load required composer component libraries with a unique namespace to prevent clashes with other plugins including same libraries.
v5.87
minor
New
✓
Test for "Referrer-Policy" security header. Thank you Jonathan.
✓
Test for "Feature-Policy" security header. Thank you Jonathan.
Improved
✓
language file.
Fixed
✓
Typos in some of the security header test descriptions and details.
✓
The instructions to completely disable XML-RPC was wrong, thank you Ivan for spotting this!
✓
Not using whitelabel name in emails.
✓
Not using whitelabel name in emails. Thank you Ivan.
✓
Only load pointers if the whitelabel feature is not enabled. Thank you Ivan.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Tightening and optimizing code.
v5.86
minor
New
✓
test - Check if the debug.log file exists and advice how to block it.
✓
Check if the debug.log file exists and advice how to block it.
✓
Check if the REST API is enabled. Thank you Cuong.
✓
More details if a test fails about what went wrong.
Fixed
✓
If opening details window about a test and the test have not been run yet, the spinner stayed looping forever.
✓
Not removing all settings when deactivating the plugin.
✓
Some completed tests might have extra details and they were missing.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Typo - "incompatibile" -> "incompatible".
v5.85
minor
New
✓
See when last time a test was run and for how long when you click corresponding "Details" button.
Notes
✓
Improvement: Do not remove settings when deactivating plugin temporarily, remove when uninstalling plugin. Thank you Cuong.
✓
Improvement: Added polyfill for BC Math PHP extension which might not be installed per default in all server configurations.
v5.84
minor
Improved
✓
firewall country blocking to work with IP2Location, replacing MaxMinds GeoLite2.
Fixed
✓
Export tool blocked when username enumeration block was enabled. Thank you Cuong.
✓
Updated firewall country blocking to work with IP2Location, replacing MaxMinds GeoLite2.
✓
Minor warnings in HTML output on Whitelabel tab.
✓
WordPress Export tool blocked when username enumeration block was enabled. Thank you Cuong.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Complete test overwrite - You can now select individual tests to run + no
✓
Testing: Complete test overwrite - Testing is much faster now.
✓
Testing: You can now select individual tests to run.
✓
Testing: Live updates, no page refresh needed.
✓
Testing: Security test rewrite - Testing is much faster now.
v5.83
minor
New
✓
email template for issues with Outlook email rendering.
Fixed
✓
wording in the two tests for the Shellshock bug. Thank you Ivan.
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
v5.82
minor
Notes
✓
Vulnerability scanner: Improved recommendation and visuals
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Vulnerability list now also checks WordPress version and shows known vulnerabilities.
✓
Vulnerability scanner: Improved recommendations and visuals.
v5.81
minor
Improved
✓
Vulnerabilities module.
v5.80
minor
Improved
✓
dependencies, Monolog 1.25.1 -> 1.25.3 and psr 1.1.0 -> 1.1.2
Notes
✓
xxx,xxx downloads
✓
Introducing Vulnerabilities checking for all users. This module keeps an eye on known vulnerable plugins on your site and warns you if there is a potential problem.
v5.79
minor
Fixed
✓
Activation bug. Errors could occur and these would be logged to the database. This would fail if it happens before the tables were actually created. Thank you Cuong.
✓
Whitelabel feature created a double plugin listing. Thank you Cuong and Jay.
v5.78
minor
Improved
✓
license and account system Freemius SDK to version 2.3.2
Fixed
✓
Activation bug. Errors could occur and attempt to be logged to the database, fail if it happens before the tables were actually created.
✓
Whitelabel feature created a double plugin listing. Thank you Cuong and Jay.
Notes
✓
Improvements to feature "dangerous files in your root folder" - Easier overview - added checks for more unwanted files
✓
Better details on privacy and data sharing when you activate plugin.
✓
Enriched opt-in and license activation forms.
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