Analytics for WordPress: Changelog

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2.7.1
(May 5, 2026)
- Improved UTF8 URLs.
- Various codebase optimizations and improvements.

2.7.0
(April 23, 2026)
- WordPress 6.9 compatibility - Tested up to 6.9.4.
- Compatibility with PHP 8.5 (released November 18, 2025).
- Tested up to PHP 8.5.5 on PHP-FPM on Linux servers.
- Improved Database classes.
- Implemented db query builder class.
- Refactored database queries to use query builder pattern. Uses explicit parameters instead of string parsing.
- Minimum PHP requirement updated: PDO is now required only (MySQLi support removed).
- Stricter parameter type checking in various methods.
- Improved the messages system.
- General codebase improvements.

2.6.6
(November 27, 2025)
- Update class now prioritizes Premium updates over the Free edition from WordPress.org.
- Various improvements.

2.6.5
(November 24, 2025)
- Handling setups with modified wp-content directory dynamically.
- Better isolation of session for the Notifications system in the backend.

2.6.4
(November 20, 2025)
- Improved the database classes including the PDO and Mysqli drivers.
- All the variables used in the main plugin file are now prefixed to avoid possible collisions.
- Added nonce checks alongside the existing cryptographically stronger CSRF token checks.
- Improved compliance with PSR-1 to PSR-12.
- Improved OOP/MVC implementation.
- Various other improvements.
- Tested on WordPress versions from 6.8.3 down to 5.0.
- Tested on PHP 7.4 to 8.4 on PHP-FPM on Linux servers.
- Tested on PHP 5.6 on FAST-CGI for version rejection.

2.6.3
(November 4, 2025)
- The minimum WordPress version requirement changed from 3.9 to 5.0.
- The minimum PHP version requirement changed from 7.0 to 7.4.
- Enhanced stability by utilizing PHP 7.4+ features; with support up to PHP 8.4 where available.
- Improved OOP/MVC implementation.
- Code quality optimization.
- Improved the Autoloader.
- Removed jQuery library from the /assets; now using WordPress's internal jQuery libraries when needed.
- Various other improvements.
- Tested on WordPress versions from 6.8.3 down to 5.0.
- Tested on PHP versions from 8.4 to 7.4.

2.6.2
(October 21, 2025)
- Improved search methods and performance.
- Code quality optimization.
- Various other improvements.

2.6.1
(October 13, 2025)
- Improved installer.
- Various improvements.

2.6.0
(October 9, 2025)
- Major maintenance release.
- Implemented the native WordPress update system.
- Removed the Setup plugin and all dependencies to it.
- Code quality optimization and performance improvements.
- Various other improvements.

2.5.4
(September 26, 2025)
- Minimized the use of params::get().
- Improved UI.
- Various improvements.

2.5.3
(September 21, 2025)
- Switched to PDO exceptions using PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE set to ERRMODE_EXCEPTION.
- Switched to session-based MySQLi error reporting (MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT).
- Now setting the PDO/MySQLi mode NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER only on PHP 7 or MySQL server software version older than 8.
- mysqlnd is now required when using MySQLi driver.
- Improved the database classes. Better resource management and handling.
- Additional check for NUL bytes before passing string to the header().
- Added more checks to the System section.
- Various other improvements.

2.5.2
(September 16, 2025)
- Better error handling on RecursiveDirectoryIterator, RecursiveIteratorIterator and more.
- Improved error logging.
- Better isolation of ajax requests.
- Various improvements.

2.5.1
(September 10, 2025)
- Improved substr() method to handle null length correctly in PHP 7.
- Warnings about missing server packages are now mandatory.
- Improved error handling when packages are missing from the server.
- Moved the deactivation hook to the main plugin file.
- Added more checks to the System section.
- Improved Installer.
- Improved all text in English and Greek translations.
- Various improvements.

2.5.0
(September 8, 2025)
- Added compatibility support for WordPress versions from 5.1 down to 3.9.
- The minimum WordPress version changed to 3.9.
- The recommended WordPress version changed to 6.8.2 or newer.
- Added footer to the backend UI.
- Fixed menu position in WordPress versions older than 6.0.0.
- Fixed a false negative in the System section.
- Disabled more WP core update checks on the plugin UI and during execution in WP 6.8.1 or older.
- Removed more WP core admin notices on the plugin UI and during execution in WP 6.8.1 or older.
- Short-circuit outbound HTTP requests, including to wordpress.org update endpoints on the plugin backend UI.
- Added fallback for missing get_user_locale() in WordPress 4.6 or older.
- Improved performance.
- Improved UI.
- Various improvements.
- Tested on WordPress versions from 6.8.2 down to 3.9.0.
- Tested on PHP versions from 8.4.12 down to 7.0.33 on Linux.

2.4.0
(September 6, 2025)
- Implemented sidebar to the backend UI.
- Now setting backend UI page title to a custom string.
- Various improvements.

2.3.1
(September 3, 2025)
- Improved UI.
- Various changes/improvements.

2.3.0
(September 2, 2025)
- Implemented URL routing system.
- Implemented renderer.
- Implemented topbar.
- Disabled client page caching on backend UI pages to ensure proper dynamic behavior in misconfigured setups.
- Improved UI.
- Improved performance.
- Various changes/improvements.

2.2.1
(August 27, 2025)
- Added extra check for IntlDateFormatter. Some systems are not well prepared by the host.
- Improved the System section.
- Avoid Cloudflare possible false negative in the System section.
- Various framework improvements and code quality.

2.2.0
(August 8, 2025)
- Compatibility with PHP 8.4.
- Improved the database classes. Also applied modern and strict mysqli handling.
- Improved the options database table.
- The datetime database columns now default to NULL.
- Improved the geotime class.
- Disabled WP core update checks on the plugin UI and during execution.
- Removed WP core admin notices on the plugin UI and during execution.
- Removed empty constructors.
- Improved installation supported storage engine, supported charset and collation preparation.
- The application execute() method is now an instance method.
- Added uninstall class.
- Added an option in the preferences to drop (or not) tables on uninstall.
- Added admin permission checks.
- Added System section with various checks.
- Added multilingual Time Zone options in the Preferences. Accurate time for all tasks, despite unreliable WordPress CMS setting.
- Now handling current version changes in the page controllers and base controller.
- Minimized the use of math::bin().
- Removed sub-menus from the main WP menu link.
- Improved curl class.
- Handled conflicts caused by global CSS from third-party plugins in the backend UI.
- Added min_php_version_id to the config file for accurate PHP version comparisons.
- Improved installer.
- Improved the message notification system.
- Removed legacy WP system messages.
- The recommended WP version is now 6.8 or newer.
- Improved UI.
- Improved performance.
- Optimized the OOP and MVC structure.
- Various changes/improvements.

2.1.3
(May 7, 2025)
- Improved set_wp_version(). Added a fallback.
- Improved activation and deactivation classes.
- Added a serverversion class to get the latest version info available from the server.
- Improved Greek translations.
- Various changes/improvements.

2.1.2
(April 18, 2025)
- Improved language detection for Greek.
- Improved Greek translations.

2.1.1
(April 17, 2025)
- Compatibility with WordPress 6.8.

2.1.0
(April 12, 2025)
- Added wait_for_update option in Consent Mode v2.

2.0.1
(April 6, 2025)
- Added option 'Auto' to the Cookie Options: Secure. It auto-detects if the site uses HTTPS and sets the cookies accordingly.
- Improved jQuery Migrate alias for better compatibility with other WP plugins.
- Improved UI.

2.0.0
(December 5, 2024)
- Compatible with WordPress 6.7.
- Added Cloudflare support.
- Implemented Traffic Filters. It is now possible to filter traffic by IP Addresses, CIDR, Hostnames, User Agents, Referrers, Countries, Local Server, LAN, Cloudflare, TOR.
- Implemented Categories for Traffic Filters.
- Implemented TOR internal detection system using real-time TOR bulk exit list.
- Implemented caching for TOR.
- Implemented Notification System.
- Added Traffic Filters options in the Measurement section.
- Added Installer classes.
- Added Close / Cancel button inside sections.
- Improved the UI.
- Improved the Documentation and added more help points in all areas.
- Improved database classes.
- Improved the user class.
- Improved utility model classes.
- Various changes/improvements.

1.0.0
(October 25, 2024)
- Released

Software Created: February 24, 2012