WPP 6.0.3

This release includes the following changes:

• WPCS updates.
• Fixes an issue where excerpts may outout broken HTML under certain conditions (thanks ozboss1!)

Release notes

WPP 6.0.2

This release includes the following changes:

• Fixes an issue that prevented Linux users from seeing their popular posts on the Stats dashboard.

WPP 6.0.1

This release includes the following changes:

• Security improvements.
• Fixes fatal error in Image class (thanks Senri Miura!)
• Fixes fatal error in "classic" widget when using widget themes (thanks Finn Jackson!)
• Updates ChartJS to version 3.8.0.
• Small improvements / fixes.

Release notes

WPP 6.0.0

This release contains the following changes:

• Minimum required PHP version is now 7.2.
• Minimum required WordPress version is now 5.3.
• Breaking change: this version removes code that has been deprecated for a long time. See the release notes for more details.
• Widget block: fixes an issue where the length of the title when set via theme was being ignored.
• Widget block: fixes bug with thumbnail not rendering under certain circumstances (thanks the9mm!)
• Admin: the Statistics screen will now by default only lists posts. See the release notes for more details.
• Admin: only users with edit_others_posts capability (usually Editors and Administrators) will be able to access certain areas of WPP's dashboard.
• Admin: makes sure to escape params from add_query_arg().
• Fixes an issue where widget themes stored in child theme's folder would not be recognized by the plugin.
• Small improvements / fixes.

Release notes

WPP 5.5.1

This release includes the following changes:

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

• Fixes an issue where the WordPress Popular Posts block would, under specific conditions, output code that may break the page layout (thanks shoelaced and themosaurus for the report!)
• Fixes minor variable declaration bug in wpp.js.min.
• Cleans up inline style tag (thanks gabu69 and @lflorent for the suggestions!)
• Other minor fixes & changes.

Release notes

WPP 5.5.0

This release includes the following changes:

• Adds the Sort by Average Daily Views option from the classic widget to the WordPress Popular Posts block.
• Adds the WordPress Date Format option from the classic widget to the WordPress Popular Posts block (please see announcements for details).
• Adds new Content Tags: author_name and author_url.
• Improves cached data garbage collection.
• Other minor performances improvements and fixes.

Release notes

WPP 5.4.2

This release includes the following changes:

• Fixes a rare issue that prevented some users from seeing the Statistics chart (thanks Zsolt!)

Release notes

WPP 5.4.1

This release includes the following changes:

• Widget block: fixes WPP block loading block editor JS files on the front end.
• Adds filter hook to disable Block editor support.
• Improves logic of filter hooks wpp_excerpt_more and wpp_title_more.
• The Parameters section has been moved to the Wiki (see https://git.io/JEOrX).

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Release notes

WPP 5.4.0

This release includes the following changes:

• The widget block is no longer an experimental feature and is now available to everyone (but it's still a WIP).
• Widget block: adds AJAX support to prevent caching plugins from caching your popular posts block.
• Widget block: adds WPML/Polylang support.
• Widget block: fixes widget heading not displaying.
• Widget themes: allow themes to detect the current post so it can be styled differently.
• Fixes wpp_excerpt_more filter hook not working (props to SchweizerSchoggi!)
• Adds filter hook wpp_title_more to allow customization of the prefix added to shortened post titles.
• Removes inline JavaScript code from WPP's dashboard in preparation for WordPress' CSP adoption.

If you're using a caching plugin flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.

Release notes

WPP 5.3.6

This release includes the following changes:

• Fixes a potential authenticated stored XSS vulnerability (props to pluginvulnerabilities.com).
• Fixes widget title not being displayed under certain conditions (thanks Okoth1 and others for reporting this issue!)
• Fixes a PHP notice generated by the widget block on WordPress 5.8.

Release notes