4.17.4

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Changed

• Updated code to fix deprecation warnings on PHP version 7.4 and later.
• Updated the Twig library to version 1.41.0 to fix deprecation warnings on PHP version 7.4 and later.
• Updated the default translation files to contain up-to-date text.

Fixed

• Removed a false-positive error from the log.
• Localization in Twig templates did not work.
• When revisions are enabled, an error would prevent feed sources from being saved.
• Translations were being loaded from an invalid path.
• The default featured image in the New/Edit Feed Source page did not preview after saving the feed source.
• Missing space between the link a tag and the href attribute on PHP 7.4

4.17.3

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Changed

• Updated code to fix deprecation warnings on PHP version 7.4 and later.
• Updated the Twig library to version 1.41.0 to fix deprecation warnings on PHP version 7.4 and later.
• Updated the default translation files to contain up-to-date text.

Fixed

• Removed a false-positive error from the log.
• Localization in Twig templates did not work.
• When revisions are enabled, an error would prevent feed sources from being saved.
• Translations were being loaded from an invalid path.
• The default featured image in the New/Edit Feed Source page did not preview after saving the feed source.
• Missing space between the link a tag and the href attribute on PHP 7.4

Removed

• Removed warning when trying to blacklist a non-imported post.

4.17.2

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Added

• The error handler now includes the file and line where the error occurred.

Changed

• The obsolete "Link Source" option is now only shown when the Excerpts & Thumbnails add-on is active.

Fixed

• The new "feeds" shortcode parameter only showed feed items for the first 10 feed sources.

4.17.1

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Fixed

• The new slug option was appearing on the edit pages for posts of all types.

4.17

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Added

• New "Tools" that replaces the "Blacklist", "Import/Export" and "Debugging" pages.
• New option to control whether items with future dates are scheduled or published with truncated dates.
• New "feeds" shortcode parameter to select feed sources by their slug names.
• New "1 week" update interval option to update feeds once every week.
• The "Edit Feed Source" page now allows the slug to be edited.
• The "Edit Feed Source" page now shows shortcode snippets.

Changed

• RSS feeds that are invalid due to leading whitespace are now trimmed and may now be imported.
• Images that have the same URL are now downloaded to the media library only once.
• Updated some styles to match the new WordPress 5.3 aesthetic.
• Optimized template saving to be more performant and less error prone.
• Improved error messages in REST API responses.
• Removed some log messages.
• Fatal errors are now always logged.
• Optimized cron-related functionality.
• The plugin will no longer register cron schedules that already exist.
• License-related notices are now only shown to users who have access to the Licenses settings page.

Fixed

• The "Import Source" option did not work.
• Templates now link imported posts to the local post instead of to the original article.
• Images with HTML entities in the URL could not be downloaded.
• Feed items without a PolyLang translation did not show up in templates.
• PHP notices were triggered when trying to download invalid images.
• The feed item count in the "Feed Sources" page would show zero when certain add-ons are installed.
• Removed a warning shown in templates about reset() expecting an array.
• Thumbnails imported by Excerpts & Thumbnails were not shown in templates.
• Some databases would report the following error during logging: "Column 'date' cannot be null".
• Unserializing the options for the system info triggered PHP notices.

4.16

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Changed

• Overhauled the data set system with a more robust entity system.
• Various database optimizations for better performance.

Fixed

• Incompatibility with other plugins that use similar import/export mechanisms.
• Incompatibility with PolyLang, causing the block and shortcode to show no feed items.
• Timeout and infinite loop when saving a feed source.

4.15.2

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Added

• Links and integrations with Lorem for custom developer work.

Changed

• The default logging type is now "debug".

• Feeds are now sorted alphabetically by default.

Fixed

• Multisite installations only allowed the main site to have activated licenses.
• License notices now only appear on the main site if the site is a multisite network.
• Blacklist items would occassionally be saved without a permalink.
• Older versions of add-ons triggered errors when trying to log messages with the default log type.
• Fixed checkbox legacy display options not saving correctly.
• A saved empty useragent string in the settings caused the internal default to not be used.
• The certificate path option was not defaulting correctly.
• Media thumbnail images were not being detected properly.
• An invalid feed would trigger false positive errors on fetch.

4.15.1

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Added

• New link to the custom feed in the "Custom Feed" settings page.

Changed

• Updated the logging system to no longer cause VaultPress to trigger false positive warnings.
• The date format in the custom feed now uses the "RFC3339 Extended" format.

Fixed

• Items with the same title were not being imported even when "Unique titles only" was turned off.
• Items with future dates where marked as "scheduled" by WordPress.
• The custom feed's "Content-Type" header was set for RSS 2.0 instead of Atom.
• Imported images were not being deleted from the media library when the imported item is deleted.
• PHP notice for "undefined index enclosure" when a feed cannot be fetched.
• Deprecation notice on PHP 7.2 or later for "each" function.
• Warnings when the wprss_log function is used incorrectly.
• PHP notice for "property of non-object" when using YoastSEO.
• After using the Templates add-on, images would continue to be imported after the add-on was deactivated.

4.15

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Added

• New error handling for catchable PHP7 Throwable errors.
• New option to enable feed caching for better performance.
• New option to import source name and URL for each item individually.
• The custom feed now includes source info for every item.

Changed

• Improved some exception messages to better indicate the cause of certain problems.
• Re-organized settings into multiple tabs.
• Added the current site URL to the custom feed URL option's label.

Fixed

• Feed sources had image importing wrongly enabled by default.
• Downloading the debug log triggered an error.
• The custom feed self URL ignored the settings and was incorrect.
• Items in the custom feed had a missing rel attribute for their <link> element.
• Fixed placement of WordPress notices on the Templates List and Edit page.
• Fixed WordPress notices disappearing after moving between Templates list and edit page.

4.14

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Added

• YouTube channel URLs are now supported.
• Items imported from YouTube are detected and their embed links are saved.
• Embedded YouTube videos can now be shown in a lightbox.
• New option to enable or disable the plugin's logging.
• New option to set the log age, in days, for daily truncation.
• Image URLs are detected and saved in feed item meta, to be used by templates that can show images.
• Feed item excerpts are now imported, to be used by templates that can show excerpts.
• Activating or pausing feed sources from the Feed Sources page is now asynchronous.
• Deleting feed items from the Feed Sources page is now asynchronous.
• New plugin-wide error handling to prevent site locks, with the option to deactivate the plugin and its addons.
• Feed sources that are missing their respective cron are detected and fixed while on the Feed Sources page.
• Added tooltips to various links and controls in the feed source list page.
• Import errors are now asynchronously added to the error icon in the feed sources list page.

Changed

• Previewing a template no longer requires saving the template.
• Redesigned the feed sources page to be more compact and informative at a glance.
• The imported item count in the feed sources page is now a link to that feed's imported items.
• Improved the responsive styling of the feed sources list table.
• The custom feed now uses the Atom 1.0 standard.
• Improved the detection of cron scheduling failures, prevent feeds from appearing to be stuck.
• Converted log section in the debugging page to use the new module system.
• Some options were renamed to be consistent across various plugin pages.
• Improved the wording, description and tooltip of the "Import order" option.
• Added better error handling during image file creation when using the GD extension.
• Rewrote the unique item title checking logic to be faster and more accurate.
• Now suppressing "non-numeric value encountered" warnings from SimplePie.
• Increased the time by which the plugin detects stuck feeds to 2 minutes.
• The addon licensing registration system has been partially converted to the new module system.

Fixed

• The default template could not be saved with a particular combination of settings.
• The age limit setting was incorrectly being copied to feed sources.
• Fixed links in templates not opening in new tabs under certain conditions.
• Non image files are no longer wrongly downloaded, cached and treated as images.
• The unique titles option caused a PHP warning when enabled.
• Fixed use of previously cached version scripts and styles for the Templates page.
• Fixed pagination not working correctly when no item limit is set.
• Fixed the "Set links as no follow" option not having any effect.
• An empty limit for the number of items in a template silently defaults to 5 items.
• The name of the user was being shown as the author for feed items that had no author.
• Fixed the "property on non-object" error on the Licensing settings page for new addons.
• On some sites, multiple default templates are constantly being created.
• The default template is auto-created is corrupted data. An update procedure will now fix this data.

Removed

• Removed old secure reset code.
• The "View items" row action link in the Feed Sources page has been removed.
• Removed the "Edit" bulk action from the feed sources list page.