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3.8.7 Release October 1, 2024

New: Add newsfeed to the WP Staging user interface in DE and EN language #3772
Enh: Show notice when wpstg-restore file exists in root path. #3552
Enh: Refactor some code from wpstg-backup.js file #3777
Fix: Obfuscating log file names to avoid prying eyes. #3782
Fix: Make sure to dont generate login link if PRO version not defined. #3798
Fix: Undefined CURL constant while gathering system info. #3769
Fix: Use correct i18n title for delete confirm modal popup. #3800
Fix: Can’t install core version when install WP STAGING PRO 5.8.6. #3790
UX: Make sure that `Edit Backup Modal` looks good. #3776
Dev: Change the order of bootstrapping Pro/Basic Service, so that these are registered early. #3761

3.8.6 Release September 22, 2024

Enh: Make all JavaScript included strings translatable and implement i18n to them. #3418
Fix: Fatal error due to calling php_uname if it is disabled by hosting providers. #3773
UX: Visually improve log modal. #3746
Dev: DRY code between standalone restore tool and core plugin. #3525
Dev: DRY Success and Process Modal across Backup, Staging and other general operations. #3753

3.8.5 Release September 17, 2024

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.6.2
New: Compatible up to PHP 8.4.0 beta5
New: Add feature to “Disable WooCommerce Action Scheduler for Subscriptions” on staging sites. (Pro) #3470
New: Make backup v.2 compatible on 32 bit PHP versions. #3714
New: Purge LiteSpeedCache after performing push.(Pro) #3693
New: Show count of total and selected database tables before performing push. #3724
New: Log all WP Staging global and specific tasks settings. #3633
New: Show memory exhausted error in process modal. #3710
Fix: Preserve login by link data on staging site after update process. (Pro) #3731
Fix: Adjust php 5.6 compatible message and disable email footer in feedback emails. #3696
Fix: Delete `W3 Total Cache` drop-in files during push job when the `Push Changes > Uninstall all plugins/themes on production site` option is selected. #3620
Fix: Stop backup creation earlier when the server disk is full. #3606
Fix: Global translation po & mo files are not recognized. Load translations files from wp-content/languages/plugins folder. #3757
Fix: Automatically send request using GET method to fire queue ajax if POST method doesn’t work. Add filter `wpstg.queue.request.force_get_method` to force use GET method. Useful in case if somehow the `POST` method for ajax request is blocked by hosting provider or other plugins. #3705
Fix: Resolve console errors caused by duplicate and missing HTML element IDs. #3702
Fix: Don’t use the same dropbox data for live and staging site. (Pro) #3739
Fix: Unable to write file header for v2 backups on Windows OS. #3694
UX: Make the hamburger icon and responsive menu look more appealing in light and dark mode. #3703
UX: Show license information on Settings, System Info and WP Staging | Restore page. (Pro) #3726
UX: Make the locked backup loader for ongoing background backups look good in dark and light mode. #3721
UX: Improve restore modal description to avoid confusion about what is being restored. List all the backup restore related filters in the restore logs. #3671
UX: Improve pro banner in free version. (free) #3679
UX: Improve Upload modal, add notice to reload page after uploading backup via FTP. #3672
Dev: Refactor namespace and files. #3749
Dev: Add wpdb DB helper class with crud operations for `options` table in playwright testing. #3712
Dev: Add PHP 8.4 in test suite. Make unit and e2e tests pass with the beta version of PHP 8.4. #3662

3.8.4 Release August 27, 2024

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.6.1
New: Add filter `wpstg.backup.restore.exclude_backup_parts` to skip plugins, mu-plugins, themes, uploads, database, other content and extra root folder if included during backup restore. #3625
New: Add option to download the WP Staging Restore script from wp-staging.com. #3376
New: New navigation bar that ensures a visually appealing user interface across all screen resolutions. #3473
New: Show count of total and selected database tables while doing cloning job. #3634
Enh: Log installed plugins and themes before performing a push job.(Pro) #3613
Enh: Disable “Load Remote Backups” button while loading backups. (pro) #3570
Enh: Improve error message when unable to add backup metadata or files-index in the backup in final step. #3396
Enh: Show triangle icon instead of checkbox in front of Advanced Settings link. #3593
Enh: Show OS and PHP architecture in system log. #3621
Enh: Create human-friendly default names for staging sites if no optional staging name is provided. “Star Trek – Live long and prosper!” #3614
Fix: Make clear what login credentials to use when WP Staging | Restore standalone installer is used on a new site after backup restore. #3680
Fix: Validate database prefix when creating a staging site to confirm it does not begin with the production site database prefix. #3553
Fix: Increase delay interval between backup status requests from 5 seconds to 8 seconds to reduce chances of 503 errors. Add filter `wpstg.backup.interval.status_request` to customize this value. #3611
Fix: Show actual installed free version in system information. #3594
Fix: Make sure that the `Reset` process works correctly even when the staging site database has FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS enabled. #3686
Fix: Remove duplicate ajax requests for backup related operations. #3664
Fix: Make the validate icon displayed correctly. #3688
Fix: Search and replace does not work when url contains ‘www.’. #3631
Fix: Make `Ninja Forms` work properly after performing backup restore. #3608
Dev: Fix e2e cloning tests. #3649
Dev: Move all views/templates/* to views/* folder. Also fix `Undefined array key page` warning. #3690
Dev: Move MemoryExhaust logic to src/Framework namespace. #3666
Dev: Replace internal email address #3541
Dev: Move classes/services out of Backup namespace that could be used with Cloning feature. #3668
Dev: Remove the wpdb dependency from DatabaseImporter class by decoupling the database logic through DatabaseInterface. #3642
Dev: Move all views to src/views/* folder. Move blank-theme and default wp-config.php to src/resources folder. #2825
Dev: Add v1 and v2 backup specification. #3518
Dev: Set up playwright env. #3578
Dev: Replace `docker-compose` with `docker compose` in fast tests, as `docker-compose` went missing in Github Actions. #3660
Dev: Move all classes from legacy folder Backend/Pro/Licensing to Pro/License. #2866
Dev: Improve npm commands to build and run Windows docker setup. #3012
Dev: Replace shorthand ‘-P’ by its option name ‘–service-ports’ in docker command that runs playwright. #3697

3.8.3 Release July 29, 2024

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.6.1
UX: Make backup log window more appealing and consistent. #3604
UX: Refresh error message when clicking the backup menu tab. #3587
Fix: Disable email notifications when a backup successfully runs. #3517
Fix: Properly catch fatal errors when merging logs into single file when sending backup error report. #3573
Fix: Make the backup restoreable even when it has not correctly replaced table constraint(s). #3595
Fix: Update new admin login password if user account already exists while creating staging site. (Pro) #3598
Dev: Refactor backup remote storage downloading code. (Pro) #2751

3.8.2 Release July 19, 2024

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.6
New: Add super admin role when creating login link. Existing staging sites need to be updated. (Pro) #3520
New: Redesign process logs to make them more appealing and robust, ensuring they look good. #3281
Security: Encrypt sensitive information when downloading the system info files. #3305
Enh: Implement a mechanism that can be used to better log failure of jobs. #3436
Enh: Add upgrade routine to enable email notifications for free version by default. #3491
Enh: Add a tooltip to the backup modal explaining the function of “Validate Backup”. #3513
Fix: Backup Restore failed to read the cache file of old object data when using PHP 7.2. #3539
Fix: Make sure to backup all other files in the WP root directory when running background backup. #3564
Fix: Ensure that backup process works properly when attempting to create multipart backup with free version. #3444
Fix: Show correct timestamp when retrieving remote backup from an FTP storage provider. (Pro) #3499
Fix: Google authentication throws exception when user cancels backup auth process. (Pro) #3510
Fix: Fatal error on activation of WP Staging Pro on PHP 7.0. (Pro) #3580
Fix: Sometimes warnings were generated during PUSH when trying to cleanup tmp directory for plugins and themes. #3588
UX: Ensure smooth transition of HTML attributes in advanced options. #3535
UX: Toggle `Email Address` and `Slack Webhook URL` fields when email and slack notifications enabled. #3532
Dev: Don’t rerun CI workflows when one of the changelogs is adjusted. #3493
Dev: Failing unit tests at \NoticesTest::shouldShowDisabledOptimizerNotice(). #3601

3.8.1 Release July 8, 2024

Fix: Error 500 when listing backup due to open_basedir restriction on ABSPATH. (Pro) #3548

3.8.0 Release July 1, 2024

New: Compatible to WordPress 6.5.5
New: Enable remote backup loading for dropbox storage provider. (Pro) #3475
New: Add ‘Upload to Cloud’ button to upload existing local backups to cloud storage. (Pro) #3331
New: Add option to backup custom directories in WordPress root path. #2903
New: Add backup notifications via Slack. (Pro) #3297
New: Add backup email notifications to WP Staging free version. #3297
Enh: Show a message when ajax requests get blocked by a firewall rule. #3449
Fix: Magic login link does not work when it is used more than one time. Requires updating existing staging sites to fix this. (Pro) #3512
Fix: Handle staging and backup creation when file name contains new line character. #3417
Fix: Make “copy to clipboard” button works properly in all browsers, regardless of protocol (HTTP, HTTPS). #3443
Fix: Show correct folder count if the staging site file structure contains multiple plugin and theme folders. #3419
Fix: Prevent backup retention from being modified when scheduling backup. #3422
Fix: Show ‘Settings form’ after authenticating with storage providers Google Drive and Dropbox. #3356
Fix: The site URL is not replaced correctly in the blog table on PUSH for network subsites that have a different domain than the main site. (Pro) #3501
Fix: Several PHP warnings when using RESET on an existing staging site. #3438
Fix: Optimize and clean up CSS. Fix X and Github icons. Remove of ‘!important’ declarations in dark theme. #3448
Fix: Validate new admin account email address before cloning. #3467
Fix: Make sure appropriate message is displayed after successful backup. #3474
Fix: Some files may not be scanned and/or copied during staging site creation if their relative path to ABSPATH contains the value of ABSPATH. #3476
Fix: Use wp_kses instead of esc_html when logging backup message in logger, to keep json formatting for messages. #3536
Dev: Add unit test to make sure file extraction task works for multiple requests. #3481
Dev: Improve basic performance cest e2e and reduce flakiness. #3522
Dev: Rename Compressor service to Archiver service to match what this service does. #3496
Dev: DRY multipart code, so that compression feature can be used with it. #3498
Dev: Add developer docs for the standalone installer script. #3235

3.7.1 Release June 17, 2024

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.5.4
New: Automatic login to staging site after initial creation by creating a temporary login. #3198
New: Add option to run backup in background without keeping browser open. #3286
Security: Sanitize parameters in remote storage settings to prevent possible path traversal and executing of potential malicious code. #3461
Enh: Add support for Wordfence 2FA authentication in the WP Staging login form. #3358
Enh: Refactor dropbox and google drive sign in buttons. (Pro) #3405
Enh: Reducing plugin size by minifying js and css files and removing map files. #3279
Enh: Redesign plugin deactivation feedback form. #3000
Enh: Hide sensitive values in system info. #3447
Fix: Unable to restore backup when it contains huge number of files which requires extracting in multiple requests. #3477
Fix: Improve reliability and robustness of the background processor: Stalled actions will automatically be cancelled if they are in processing state for more than 15 mins. #3454
Fix: Backup by URl throws error “Invalid backup file content”. #3404
Fix: Standalone restorer randomly terminated while restoring large files. #3348
Fix: The backup version of WP Staging Restore is not up to date. #3425
Fix: Refactor the contact form. New default options for sending backup log files and accepting privacy policy. #3370
Fix: Ensure listing of remote backups and uploading of local backups to cloud storage works correctly. #3434
Fix: Hide sensitive fields (secret key, access key…) in backup storages settings. #3389
Fix: Don’t optimize the .htaccess as default any longer if server is litespeed. Revert to old behavior by using the filter wpstg.create_litespeed_server_config. #3409
Fix: Table Renaming Task fails during Restore and Push if database prefix contains capital letter(s) and database is hosted on Windows based OS system i.e. Microsoft Azure. #3372
Fix: Disconnect google drive account if it fails to refresh access token. #3388
Fix: Cloud storage options are overlapped by other elements. #3343
Fix: Don’t load and list remote backup for dropbox as it is not supported yet. (Pro) #3407
Dev: Refactor BackupValidateTask to BackupSignerTask to match the action it does. Also move the signer related logic to separate service. #3367
Dev: Add pre-requisite code for a new faster and more secure backup format. #2915
Dev: Add option in UI to validate backup files during backup creation. #3368
Dev: Auto eslint js files and format scss files during make watch. #3398
Dev: Add phpcs rule to make each file ends with only one empty line. #3390
Dev: Replace rollup-plugin-postcss with rollup-plugin-styles to have better control over source maps. #3429
Fix: Unable to restore backup when it contains huge number of files which requires extracting in multiple requests. #3477

3.6.0 Release May 13, 2024

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.5.3
New: Implemented dark mode UX with options to switch between ‘Default OS Mode’, ‘Lite Mode’ and ‘Dark Mode’ #3261
New: Now you can restore backup of single site and/or multisite subsite to self or another multisite subsite. (Pro) #3240
New: Allow user to push all folders under (/wp-content/). #2760
New: Add the a new user role ‘visitor’ to share login link option. (Pro) #3332
Enh: Add type hinting for ProTemplateIncluder. #3337
Enh: Make sure to prevent other plugins from injecting their messages into WP Staging UI. #3364 #3036
Fix: Keep cloud storage connected to Google Drive even if files listing from remote storage fails. (Pro) #3347
Enh: Revamped system-info page, ‘Purge Backup Queue’ modal and moved JavaScript code to a separate file. #3262
Enh: Automatically exclude uploads folder during push if it is a symlink. #2989
Fix: Sync User Account feature duplicates existing user as administrator role. #3311
Fix: Backup restore stuck on importing users for subsite when restoring an old backup on single site. #3373
Fix: Make sure to handle fatal error due to missing COLLATE while creating ‘wp_wpstg_queue’ table for scheduled backup. #3359
Fix: Hide the ‘wp-content/wp-staging-sites’ folder from staging site directory selection, as it is always excluded during cloning. #3267
Fix: Show exact error message for open_basedir restriction error if destination directory does not have write permissions. #3116
Fix: Memory usage of the staging site is higher than of the live site. #3307
Fix: Make sure to only sync production site’s users fields that exist in cloned site’s users table. #3362
Fix: Send log files from last 14 days and compress them before sending. Add Contact Us button to error messages. #3323
Fix: Make sure to display default login link on custom login form if login is blocked by a security plugin with OTP or 2FA enabled. #3293
Fix: Ensure that the All in One Security Plugin (AIOS) isn’t disabled by the wp staging optimizer when AIOS’s salt option is enabled. #3351
Fix: Reconnect DB if mysql has gone away during update of queue table. #3354
Fix: Create backup folder in google drive, if it does not exist, before uploading to backup cloud provider. #3381
Fix: Make sure loading bar is removed once a WP Staging page is refreshed successfully #3365
Dev: Add end-to-end tests for the standalone installer script. #3025
UX: Make sure that backup cards always look good. #3345
UX: Make sure that automatic backup icon looks good. #3338
UX: Display backup name and cloud storage settings in ‘Edit Backup Plans’ Modal. #3299

3.5.0 Release April 24, 2024

New: Tested on WordPress 6.5.2
New: (Pro) Add option to download and restore backup directly from cloud storage providers Google Drive, Amazon S3, OneDrive, FTP, SFTP. #1968
New: (Pro) First release of the standalone WP Staging Restore tool. Add the constant WPSTG_ACTIVATE_RESTORER to wp-config.php if you want to test it. #2435
Fix: Generated create table DDL is corrupted during backup creation if table DDL contains multiple constraints with CASCADE, SET NULL, SET DEFAULT, RESTRICT or NO ACTION referentials actions. #3303
Fix: Backup Type missing in scheduling options. Resulting in creation of entire multisite backup even for just subsite backup on multisite. #3312
Fix: Resolve browser warnings due to invalid HTML syntax. #2490
Security: Use more secure implementation to invalidate expired login links. #3270
Security: Prevent accessing the system info from unauthenticated users. #3290
Security: Check if uploaded backup file is a valid WP Staging backup file before uploading it to the server. #3318 #3273

3.4.3 Release April 08, 2024

New: Tested on WordPress 6.5.0
Fix: If endurance-page-cache mu-plugin is installed (on Bluehost and Hostgator) a staging site shows white page error then. #3216
Fix: Backup retention does not work for backups created on a staging site. #3138
Fix: Backup log entries could contain log entries from staging processing under certain circumstances. #3079
Fix: Moved tmp directory to wp-content/wp-staging/tmp to fix a cross-device link error on sites hosted on Azure. #3213
Fix: Make sure that there are no errors in console after uploading backup to remote storages. #3258
Fix: Handle complex table relation syntax on SQL dumper and restorer. #3259
Fix: Validate and handle null values before invoking strlen() to ensure compatibility and prevent runtime errors. #3127
Fix: Make network cloning more robust by supporting different combination of www prefix. #3230
Fix: On some server files were not properly extracted. Using a fallback function now. #3272
Fix: Fix condition to check custom destination path for staging site on basic version. #3282
Fix: Warning “Indirect modification of overloaded elements” of WP_Hook. #3155
UX: Make sure the loading placeholders are rendered properly over all pages. #3207
UX: Beautify “license invalid” messages. #3237
Enh: Don’t prefix html attribute ‘data’ by ‘wpstg’. #3048
Enh: Add pro clone features as inactive items to Actions button in wp staging free version. #3228
Enh: Show error message if custom selected destination path for staging site will be same as root of live sites folder. #3204
Enh: Show better backup logs and warnings if backup fails. #3263
Dev: Add support for retrying failed tests in codeceptione2e suites. This is done to counter test flakiness. #3118
Dev: Update outdated code of wpstg uncomment command. #3245
Dev: e2e_backup_test make command was not using basic plugin when running basic tests. #3225
Dev: Adding improved logging. #3252
Dev: Make sure the debug.log is kept clean from unwanted logs when running e2e tests. #3202
Dev: Refactor ‘ThirdParty’ namespace changing Framework/Support/ThirdParty to Framework/ThirdParty. #3224

3.4.2 Skipped

New: Tested on WordPress 6.5.0
Fix: If endurance-page-cache mu-plugin is installed (on Bluehost and Hostgator) a staging site shows white page error then. #3216
Fix: Backup retention does not work for backups created on a staging site. #3138
Fix: Backup log entries could contain log entries from staging processing under certain circumstances. #3079
Fix: Moved tmp directory to wp-content/wp-staging/tmp to fix a cross-device link error on sites hosted on Azure. #3213
Fix: Make sure that there are no errors in console after uploading backup to remote storages. #3258
Fix: Handle complex table relation syntax on SQL dumper and restorer. #3259
Fix: Validate and handle null values before invoking strlen() to ensure compatibility and prevent runtime errors. #3127
Fix: Make network cloning more robust by supporting different combination of www prefix. #3230
UX: Make sure the loading placeholders are rendered properly over all pages. #3207
UX: Beautify “license invalid” messages. #3237
Enh: Don’t prefix html attribute ‘data’ by ‘wpstg’. #3048
Enh: Add pro clone features as inactive items to Actions button in wp staging free version. #3228
Dev: Add support for retrying failed tests in codeceptione2e suites. This is done to counter test flakiness. #3118
Dev: Update outdated code of wpstg uncomment command. #3245
Dev: e2e_backup_test make command was not using basic plugin when running basic tests. #3225
Dev: Adding improved logging. #3252

3.4.1 Release March 08, 2024

Enh: Remove files that were false-positive detected as malicious. #3184
Fix: Remove two css files accidentially loaded on the frontpage. #3208
Fix: Remove standalone installer – Not ready yet. #3218
Fix: Make sure to not encode single and double quotes while downloading log files. #3168

3.4.0 Release March 06, 2024

New: Add option to create a new admin user account for your staging site during it’s creation. #3087
New: Add option to use non-blocking process for uploading to FTP storage when using FTP extension to upload. #3103
New: Add advanced excludes option at WP CLI backup-create command. #3114
New: Add ‘Delete Settings’ button within the storage provider interface to facilitate the removal of the cloud provider configuration. #3108
New: Add support for Search Replace of urls in content of network subsites. #2960
New: Add option on edit staging site page for testing database connection. #3106
New: If uploads folder is symlinked exclude it from disk space calculation before creating a staging site. #3092
Enh: Update look and feel of backup scheduling modal. #3090
Enh: Add page loader for each page of the user interface. #3142
Enh: Add new upgrade buttons to header and license page. #3135
Enh: Add more information like database name to system information. #3125
Enh: Avoid scanning of excluded directories during the push process. #3049
Fix: Fatal error on old WordPress 4.4.32 due to using of get_current_network_id(). #3174
Fix: Base prefix wrongly replaced for users and usermeta tables in views when creating backup of views in multisite subsite. #3128
Fix: Prevent error while directory listing protection due to open_basedir restriction. #3180
Fix: Update free version plugin meta description to “Required by WP Staging Pro”. #3171
Fix: Remove redundant admin notices for invalid license keys during activation. #3139
Security: Fix a potential security error and add better sanitizing for backup title. #3152
Fix: Make sure EDD license checks are triggered only once. #3179
Fix: Google drive authentication not working properly under all circumstances. #3156
Fix: Selected custom tables on a staging site that had a different prefix than the prefix in the wp-config.php could not be pushed anymore. #3170
Fix: Prefix for user capabilities was not replaced when creating a backup of network subsite. #3129
Fix: The “Prefix” field was empty for listed staging sites if they were created in an external database and the prefix was not specified. #3166
Fix: The optimizer setting was shown as disabled, even if it was still active. #3151
Fix: Add loading icon beside ‘Refresh License Status’ button and adjusted loading bars on licensing page. #3185
Fix: Super (network) admins were not able to login with when network subsite backup was restored on a single site. #3191
Fix: Reference Error wpstgPro is not defined during staging site creation on FREE version. #3136
Fix: Make sure that backup plugin notice doesn’t overlap Create Staging Site button in UI. #3148
Fix: List of active plugins in system info is misleading. #2996
Fix: Make sure that mail setting page looks good on all screen resolutions. #3094
Fix: Incorrect process modal title for preserving data task. #3130
Fix: DRY properties in BackupMetadata and remove error message “trying to hydrate dto errors BackupMetadata::setCurrentNetworkId()” #3199
Dev: Update DI52 library to latest version for small performance gain. #3146
Dev: Fix missing adminer host on wpstg command. #3120
Dev: Load Basic or Pro service provider once other dependencies are loaded. #3160
Dev: Populate dev hosts from env variables to add to hosts file. #3122
Dev: Add adminer to dev tools for database management. #3112
Dev: Fast test fails on GitHub due to the missing of ‘wpstgBackupHeader.txt’ file, checksum needed to be updated each time. #3110
Dev: Update Github actions to latest version that uses Node 20 to avoid deprecation message Github CI. #3200

3.3.3 Release February 05, 2024

New: Support for WordPress 6.4.3
New: Add filter wpstg.push_excluded_directories to exclude specific folders during push. #3050
New: Add ‘Do review link’ to backup success modal after staging site and backup creation. #3085
Enh: Reduce number of API calls to wp-staging.com for version number checking. #3091
Enh: Add option to use APPEND Mode for uploading backup using FTP from settings UI. #3044
Enh: Add loading icon during activation of the free version. #3041
Enh: Improve the message when backup has been created with older version of WP Staging. #3033
Enh: Make sure the checkbox icon appears at centre on all system. #2920
Enh: Make sure that font size and view layout is consistent in staging and reset modal. #3104
Fix: Can not update email address for sending error reports. #3109
Fix: Deprecation message about dynamic properties thrown by Google Drive Api Model class. Show exact error message when unable to get resume URI for Google Drive backup upload. #3076
Fix: Make sure to not check external DB credentials in free version while creating staging site. #3054
Fix: Editing the backup schedule sometime re-creates the schedule cron at a wrong time. #3101
Fix: Add filter to hide primary key changes message and include primary key details in the system information. #2972
Fix: Not all files are sometimes pushed under certain situation. #3082
Fix: Scheduled Backups unable to run when a manually created backup exists. #3089
Fix: The backup retention number of Google Drive backups isn’t honored. #3063
Fix: Handle issues when unable to fetch information for external database during cloning requirements. #3029
Fix: Show correct version of WP Staging in backup and staging log files. #3010
Fix: Type error when passing multiple parameters using hooks methods. #3064
Fix: Reduce height of the delete staging site modal. #3058
Tweak: Keep only wp-staging* plugins active during database renaming process on backup restore to avoid conflict. #3095
Tweak: Deprecate Filter ‘wpstg.ftpclient.forceUseFtpExtension’ as we already provide alternate option in FTP settings UI. #3053
Tweak: Improve success message after push about clearing site and theme cache, which may be required if the front page appears different than expected. #3003
Dev: Add initial level logic to support Backup Compression and Restore of Compressed Backups. #2555
Dev: Reduce number of manual e2e dispatch call by adding wp cli and cloud storages e2e in full PRO e2e suite and run them in parallel. #3073

3.3.2 Release January 18, 2024

Fix: Catch type errors on properties hydration for Backup Metadata and other backup related tasks. #3072

3.3.1 Skipped

3.3.0 Release January 14, 2024

New: Add backup and restore support for sites hosted on WordPress.com. #2433
New: Add input form for backup URL directly migrate a backup to another site. #2752
Enh: Allow to re-authenticate if current session expires during creating staging site, backup or push process. #2285
Enh: Show all network site host-names in system info. #2953
Enh: During PUSH, use temp directory outside of plugins and themes directories to avoid plugin duplication and conflicts in case of a failure. #1595
Enh: Refactor and DRY backup cache class. #2991
Enh: Show admin message if user has another backup plugin installed and tell how amazing the WP Staging feature is:-) #2966
Enh: Add dev filter activation. #2976
Enh: Don’t reload all staging sites after creating staging site for smooth user experience. #2940
Enh: Show better error message when cloning process stops due to memory exhaustion. #2935
Fix: Although all tables were renamed correctly during backup restore, the backup restore log sometimes show incorrect number of tables restored. #2974
Fix: Can’t serialize unserialized data that has an instance of a class in the object. Relevant for backup and backup restore. #2981
Fix: Make sure to execute backup performance javascript only when creating a backup. #3019
Fix: Installing the required free version when installing the pro version might disable all network active plugins on a multisite network. #2997
Fix: Improve cleaning up of cache files after pushing and backup. #3021
Fix: If only one file is selected for pushing, that file is not copied. #3011
Fix: Under rare circumstances a push could miss to copy the last file of a queue. #2901
Fix: On Bitnami Hosted WordPress Sites, Plugins and Themes are not replaced during PUSH due to symlinked wp-content folder. #2692
Fix: Undefined index of databaseSsl #2995
Fix: Notice “Free version required” may show up on network admin page while backup free version is not network activated. #2949
Fix: Don’t show “Customized uploads folder notice” when host is flywheel. #2970
Fix: Make sure javascript events are only registered when the corresponding element is loaded in the DOM. #3039
Dev: Fix reauthentication e2e when creating backup. #3006
Dev: Add a windows based docker setup to run all backup and staging e2e and unit tests on a real Windows environment. #2699
Dev: Update nodejs docker image for building and compiling assets.#3016

3.2.0 Release December 20, 2023

New: Support up to WordPress 6.4.2
New: Adding feature to create backup of individual network site in multisite installations. #2795
New: Add backup settings in backup logs. #2969
Fix: Automatic backup repair if the backup file index is corrupted. #2861
Fix: Saves remote storage backup in the database for use when calculating the number of backup to keep on remote storage. #2856
Fix: Prevent accessing the content of backup cache files created during cloning and pushing jobs. #2984

3.1.4 Release December 13, 2023

New: Add smart exclusion options for backup creation and allow exclusion of cache files, post revisions, spam comments, unused plugins and themes and deactivated plugins with a single click. #2758
New: Add ‘Refresh License Status’ button beside ‘Activate License’ and ‘Deactivate License’ button. #2809
New: Show modal in free version when there are performance issues after creating backup. #2721
New: Add option to upload already created backup to a cloud storage. This feature will be disabled by default. But can be enabled by defining WPSTG_ALLOW_REMOTE_UPLOAD constant to true. #2610
Enh: Formatting and cleaning up legacy backup related core/utils code. #2910
Enh: Improve the admin notice about the required free version during plugin installation to make it more visually striking. #2885
Enh: Add placeholders for pipe and colon characters in file and path names so that they can easily be extracted from backup file index. #2575
Enh: Disable the ‘start backup’ button when no storage is selected. #2921
Enh: Formatting and clean up for WPStaging PHPCS Sniff code. #2851
Fix: Page loading wrapper was overlapping elements on staging page. Add a loading bar below the header menu when switching between staging and backup main tabs. Adjust the delete modal! #2952 #2938
Fix: Exclude unused themes filter doesn’t work properly for entire multisite backup. #2927
Fix: Urls containing port i.e. example.com:8080 were not correctly replaced during using backup for site migration if destination site has different port. #2919
Fix: Due to presence of www prefix in constant DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE on the destination site during backup restore, both source and destination weren’t considered same site for updating subsites related URLs. #2954
Fix: Remove Type strictness from custom wp_mail function used in staging site when mail sending is blocked to avoid “Uncaught TypeError”. #2932
Fix: Unable to create directory with correct permissions in ABSPATH when ABSPATH has wrong or custom permission i.e. 0170 but ABSPATH is writeable during staging site creation. #2925
Fix: Upsell welcome page shows up when pro is installed and free activated. #2939
Tweak: Show a proper message on FREE version why the backup cannot be restored if backup has same site url with a different url scheme. #2841
Dev: Some e2e tests were still using old checksum file for comparing plugin dist package, which leads to plugin not being latest for those tests. #2916
Dev: Add PHPCS rule improvements for return type hint. #2899
Dev: Moved backup cloud storage related e2e tests to separate suite and DRY workflows generation for e2e tests. #2951
Dev: Don’t run storage related tests on basic e2e backup tests. #2930
Dev: Add digitalocean backup dev credentials into dev doc. #2963

3.1.3 Release November 17, 2023

Fix: There was a potential security vulnerability due to which a malicious user could eventually exploit and access the wp staging cache folder. This issue is now fixed. The security issue was found by Thanks to Dmitrii Ignatyev from cleantalk.org. #2908
Fix: Siteground related issue: file_put_contents() doesn’t free up resource automatically immediately, which caused error 500 during backup extraction on SiteGround hosting (due to limited resources). #2868
Fix: For domain based subsites during backup restore, home and site_url were not adjusted properly automatically. #2857

3.1.2 Release November 14, 2023

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.4.1
New: Add latest cloning, pushing, backup and backup restore logs when the user downloads the log files or opens support ticket and share debug information. #2806
Fix: Warnings in WordPress 6.4 because WordPress removed property $wpdb->use_mysqli. This could lead to a backup error. #2881
Dev: Add missing twentytwentyone theme to multi_tests to make backup tests work. #2888
Dev: Add a Sniff rule to check for proper use of esc_html_e. #2875
Dev: Use cache and run unit tests in parallel to reduce time taken by fast backup tests. #2862
Dev: Fix DB version in DB seed file for multisites backup tests. #2891
Dev: Fix issue with WP CLI e2e backup test not running due to missing core plugin. #2896
Dev: Add make command to update DB backup seed files. #2893
Dev: Make sure that the .gitignore file remains intact and doesn’t get deleted when running ./wpstg changelog:update command. #2873
Dev: PHPCS rule for adding a newline after “for, foreach, if” block statements. #2831
Dev: Use constants for job type for cloning/pushing process instead of hard coding them. #2850

3.1.1 Release November 07, 2023

New: Make WP Staging compatible up to PHP 8.3 RC. #2543
New: Add option in settings UI to force use FTP extension over FTP curl method for remote uploading backup using FTP. #2731
New: Add constant WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE with value all to new staging site. WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE constant was added in WordPress 6.3. #2792
New: If the “wpstg_push_excluded_tables” filter is used to exclude tables from the push process, these tables are deactivated in the push table selection. #2776
Enh: Make sure pro upgrade button font color can not be overwritten by third party. #2846
Fix: Improve design of the “delete staging site” modal. #2843
Fix: Existing previously created backup files may be invalid under certain circumstances and can lead to a faulty website after restoration. This is a highly recommended update! Please create a new backup after installing this update to ensure that this potential error does not affect your backup file. #2861
Fix: Remove warnings in debug.log that say “WP STAGING: Another instance of WPSTAGING active…”. #2849
Dev: Use 7zip instead of zip to achieve better compression ratio to create smaller plugin zip packages. #2854
Dev: Make Flywheel e2e tests pass that were failing due to missing file in flywheel structure. #2871

3.1.0 Release October 25, 2023

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.3.2
New: Exclude GoDaddy mu-plugin by default when creating a staging site. #2744
New: Add modal to opt-in for diagnostic monitoring after first installation. #2391
New: An active installation of the free core plugin will be mandatory for pro version 5.1.0 and later. #2612
Enh: Added information into system info logs to indicate whether the site is a single site or a multi-site. #2790
Enh: Show notice that permalinks won’t work on WP Engine sites. #2142
Enh: Add Contact Us button to the main menu bar. #2763
Enh: Update license updater and fix a small error that can lead to broken API requests. #2817
Enh: Remove type strictness from optimizer plugin functions which are used with wp hooks to avoid conflict with other plugins. #2830
Fix: Backup uploading to FTP fails if ftpclient is used and ssl enabled. #2750
Fix: Staging login doesn’t work if Wordfence Activated option exists in the database but there is no Wordfence plugin active. #2812
Fix: Magic login link does not work if only the free version is active on the staging site. This requires updating WP Staging Free and Pro plugin on staging site. #2781
Fix: Custom WP content paths inside ABSPATH were not correctly cloned for newly created staging site. This could led to missing images and languages. #2740
Fix: When editing staging sites database connection, don’t make live sites database prefix mandatory when staging site uses an external database. #2768
Fix: Deprecated warning in login form can prevent login to staging site. #2804
Fix: Upgrade routine was not working for wpstg_queue table for adding response field in the table for FREE version. #2828
Fix: During the file extraction of backup restore, file_put_contents is more consistent and faster than touch. Can prevent a site from being broken after backup restore due to possible bug in php 8.1.22. #2807
Dev: Add setup for e2e testing of wordpress.com support. #2739

3.0.6 Release September 29, 2023

Fix: There could be a fatal error after plugin activation on multisites if a plugin uses the filter site_option_active_sitewide_plugins. #2785
Fix: Theme Twenty Twenty Three has a bug that leads to corrupt staging sites. The transient _transient_wp_core_block_css_files breaks the css after migrating or creating a new staging site. This transient will be deleted on a freshly created staging site. Related: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-block-styles-not-loading-in-frontend/ #2778
Dev: Add make command to check class method return type hints #2769

3.0.5 Release September 25, 2023

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.3.1
New: Add support for Wordfence 2FA authentication in the WP Staging login form. #2253
New: Add two new filters to allow updating active plugins on staging site after cloning and on live site after pushing. wpstg.cloning.update_active_plugins and wpstg_pushing_update_active_plugins. #2409
Enh: Added real time elapsed time counter and restructured new staging process modals. Fixes an issue where log files are mixed up in the log window after canceling a staging process. #2651
Enh: Enable “Email Error Report Sending” as default in WP STAGING | PRO during initial plugin installation #2722
Enh: Wrap WP Staging hooks in custom methods to make WP Staging plugin(s) less exploitable. #2748
Fix: Php error ‘cross-device link’ can lead to backup restoring failing on Microsoft Azure servers. #2548
Fix: Drop-in plugins like object-cache.php and advanced-cache.php were not excluded by default during cloning. #2746
Fix: Exclude wp-content/wp-staging-sites directory during CLONING and BACKUP and also keep this directory during Backup Restore #2765
Fix: The delete confirmation modal shows a wrong staging site name when there is more than one staging site. #2741
Fix: Exclude All in One Security Plugin (AIOS) from being disabled by wp staging optimizer during staging or backup operations when AIOS has the post prefix option enabled as this will make wp staging unusable. #2672
Fix: After backup creation and backup restoring, the log entries in the success modal get purged and are not visible anymore. #2719
Fix: Make the batch renaming process for tables (in both RESTORE and PUSH) more robust and less error prone. #2772
Dev: Fix inverse usage of TaskResponseDto::isRunning #2643

3.0.4 Release September 7, 2023

New: Allow the usage of wildcards characters in the push filter ‘wpstg_preserved_options’. #2546
New: Exclude multiple database values from copying to a staging site table through the ‘wpstg.cloning.database.queryRows’ filter. #2545
New: You can add the new constant WPSTAGING_DEV_SITE into wp-config.php that determines if site is a staging/dev site or regular one. #2556
Fix: Cannot upload single backup files larger than 25GB on SFTP Storage. #2539
Enh: Removed console logs and clean up code. #2561
Enh: Rename logfile to wpstg-bundled-logs.txt while downloading and sending report to support team. #2593
Enh: Improve admin notice if cron jobs do not work. #2723
Fix: Fatal error due to foreign key constraints on tmp or bak tables when cleaning WP Staging tmp and bak tables before Pushing a staging site to live. #2728
Fix: Fatal error during backup restore if site has a drop in plugin like db.php or object-cache.php due to incorrect checking the checksum of the drop in plugin file. #2715
Fix: Add new constant WPSTG_MEMORY_EXHAUST_FIX, that can prevent memory exhausted errors during backup creation. #2551
Fix: A custom UPLOADS folder outside wp-content was not pre-selected and copied during cloning process and tustom UPLOADS folder was not copied during pushing a staging site as well. #2736
Fix: Improve admin notice when a pro backup is restored with the free version on another domain, host or server. #2697
Tweak: Adjust the requirements for restoring backup by making it dependant on backup structure instead of plugin version. #2717
Dev: Bump AWS PHP SDK package to latest version #2295
Dev: Remove PHP 5.6 compatibility code #2714
Dev: Reduce file size of the free plugin by removing unused backup cloud storages libraries from vendor packages. #2710
Dev: Add e2e tests for admin notices for backup and staging #2652
Dev: Delete tests output dir content while running make reset and ./wpstg build:webdriver-rebuild-dist #2726

3.0.3 Release August 28, 2023

New: Add dropbox cloud storage backup provider. #1881
New: Add support for custom domain based multisites. Network sites will be created in a subdomain. E.g.If the main site is “example.com” and the staging site destination url is “staging.example.com” then the live network site example.org will be cloned to staging.example.org and the network site example.net will be cloned to staging.example.net automatically. #2600
New: Add more options to wp cli backup backup-create command #2468
New: Add new contact us modal for free version to be able to provide better support to free users. #2246
New: Create staging site as default into ‘example.com/wp-content/wp-staging-sites/staging-site- name’ if root folder is not writable. #2438
Enh: Revise warnings in the symlink modal tooltip and improve the HTML syntax structure #2668
Enh: Transform the ‘click here’ hyperlink into a button on the staging site to enable staging site cloning #2664
Enh: Show admin notice on staging site if symlink option has been used to create it #2667
Enh: Added target URL when transferring staging site to live site #2362
Fix: Show admin notice on all pages on live or staging site if current site uses wpstgtmp_ or wpstgbak_ table prefixes as live table. #2666
Fix: Canceling the New CLONING process would delete all tables of production site if advanced settings were used to provide custom prefix for staging site with same database and host as production site. #2665
Fix: WP Staging backup folder gets deleted during restore on Windows OS. This can lead to an interuption and fatal error of the backup restore. #2690
Fix: Improve condition whether a table belongs to current site table during PUSH when cleaning temporary tables. #2686
Fix: If database tables prefix contains underscore like wp_12345, the sql backup part in multiparts backup is detected as separate backup. #2656
Fix: Having residual tables with wpstgbak_ prefix can leads to unsuccessful PUSH and backup RESTORE. Unless the current site prefix is wpstgbak_, these tables are now removed before starting RESTORE and PUSH #2576
Fix: Added style enhancement of changing the cursor to a pointer when interacting with the ‘Contact Us’ button #2662
Fix: Copied generated login link contains inline css style. #2654

3.0.2 Release August 21, 2023

New: Support for WordPress 6.3
New: Add more options to wp cli backup-create command #2668
Enh: Increase log file storing time to 14 days. #2625
Enh: Add admin notice to explain the new backup feature in free version #2524
Enh: Enhance free version backup modal UI #2608
Enh: Don’t allow saving empty table prefix for a staging site when using the edit button #2572
Fix: Use DTO instead of separate file for managing index sizes while creating backup to avoid filesystem lock. #2640
Fix: Backup creation fails on PHP 8 because unable to get primary key for table. #2629
Fix: Stop backup restore if no sql query is found to be executed but the backup contains a database to be restored #2560
Fix: Show admin notice if there is no WordPress table prefix in the database #2586
Dev: Add changelog entries in dedicated files #2623
Dev: No changelog needed on release branches #2763

3.0.1 Release August 8, 2023

New: Make UI more consistent and use same success and processing modals for staging site creation as for backup creation #2221
Fix: Rating banner can not be dismissed #2632
Fix: Multipart backup scheduled to be sent to google drive does not send all parts #2516
Fix: Could not backup tables that contain multiple primary keys (composite keys) #2616
Fix: Stop backup restore and add better logging if sql file is not readable during backup restore #2560
Fix: New delete modal does not show all tables on sites with many db tables due to CSS issue #2221
Fix: Resolved conflict with plugin “Admin and Site Enhancements” #2513
Fix: Prevent UI issue and word wrapping on line that says: “No staging site found” on MacOS on Chrome #2552
Fix: Prevent word wrapping on line that says: “No staging site found” on MacOS on Chrome #2552
Fix: The feedback form on plugin deactivation does not send any data. #2638
Dev: Undefined method interfaceDatabaseClient::fetchAll() in phpstan #2622
Dev: e2e tests fail on multi sites #2631

3.0.0 Release July 26, 2023

New: Drop support for php 5.6. Minimum php version is 7.0 #2579
New: Flywheel hosting compatibility. Create staging sites and create backups on hosting providers where the WordPress core is located outside the public dir. #2372
New: Add system info to backup log file #2309
Enh: Check if sftp backup directory path is writeable while testing remote connection #2506
Enh: Add a tooltip to inform that backups will be created only for the current site and do not contain other sites, like staging websites #2483
Enh: Allow the user to click on “Copy” to copy the generated login link #2443
Enh: Improved code to be compatible with PHPstan level 3 rules #2461
Enh: Changed the order of login link expiry to day, min, sec #2380
Enh: Update back button color to make clear it is an active button #2512
Enh: Display the size of backup index parts in the list of backups #1678
Enh: Show the “Push Changes” button always in WP STAGING PRO and disable it until the license is activated #2466
Fix: WP CLI command wp wpstg backup-status did not work as expected #2467
Fix: Unselect folders starting with wp-admin* and wp-includes* when creating a new staging site #2340
Fix: Show the “primary key” warning only on WP STAGING admin page #2477
Fix: Multisite related constants missing during network clone when the original wp-config.php is not valid defaul multisite configuration file #2504
Fix: Restoring a backup fails because redis/memcache not configured on the destination site. This disables object cache if object-cache.php is not identical on backup and restoring site #2517
Fix: Php error ‘Undefined constant DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’ #2512
Fix: Microsoft IIS 7.5 with php 8.1.9 produces unexpected time format when using microtime() resulting in fatal error “division by zero” while creating a backup #2571
Fix: www prefix is set in domain property of subsite would result into repeating www prefix during network clone #2544
Fix: Don’t escape MySQL binary and blob data during cloning as this results into invalid data #2565
Tweak: Small visual glitches on tooltip in upload backup modal #2496
Dev: Improved usage of $status variable in backup and cloning #2332
Dev: This PR does a comprehensive pass on the codebase to verify that authorization checks are being done on callbacks that takes user input. #2531

2.16.0 Release June 19, 2023

New: Bring the premium high-performance pro backup feature into the basic version to allow creating a periodic backup of the WordPress website including backup restoring. #1979 #2487
Enh: Display Google Drive account info permanently on the settings page. Remove the option to customize the Google drive redirect uri. #2399
Enh: New styled back button #2444
Fix: Database tables renaming is now done in multiple requests instead of a single request for both PUSH and RESTORE. This allow easily rename hugh number of tables on slow server without worrying about increasing PHP Script timeout limit #2392
Fix: On backup restore keep or remove the staging site mode depending upon the current site state. E.g. Restoring a backup of a staging site on a live site will remove the staging site mode #2392
Fix: Small JS errors related to the backup sidebar menu when clicking tabs on the main navigation #1979
Fix: Backup restore can fail if backup has different access token than current site #2481
Fix: Several php 8.x warnings on staging site push operation in wpstg debug log #2472
Fix: When cloning into external database NULLs were converted to empty strings in the staging site #2448
Fix: Backup created with free version can show a warning if it is restored with pro version #2497
Dev: Update google webdriver driver test credentials #2450

2.15.0 Release May 26, 2023

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.2.2
New: Pro feature to allow generation of magic login links to staging site. Go to “Actions > Share Login Link”. This requires updating WP Staging Pro plugin on staging site #2204
New: Pro feature to sync active admin account. Go to “Actions > Sync User Account” to synchronize active admin user account with staging site #2183
New: Feature to disable WP Cron on the staging site #2314
New: Add two-way encryption for backup storage credentials stored in the database. Read https://wp-staging.com/docs/wp-staging-encryption-setup/ #2310
New: Show selected plugins and themes count before cloning #2339
New: Support SSL connection to external databases #2264
New: Allow WP-CLI to work on the staging site #2280
New: Button to unselect all staging site tables before cloning #2355
Enh: Beautify backup and staging log file format #2393
Enh: Append debug log to download system information #2441
Enh: Improved code to be compatible with PHPstan level 1 rules #2348
Enh: Improved code to be compatible with PHPstan level 2 rules #2419 #2459
Enh: Check if the option_name field contains the primary key before cloning #2386
Enh: Display the staging site name on generate login link screen #2432
Enh: Refresh UI and add new animated loader icon to show backup progress #2292 #2349
Enh: Refresh UI and format system information page #2333
Enh: Refresh UI an add button to open staging site after updating staging site #2358
Enh: Refresh UI. Show more clear cron message and take into account that WP_CRON could be disabled if external backup cron is used #2378
Enh: Improve backup email error report and show more clear messages when a backup fail #2383
Enh: Display a message when the backup or restore process stops due to lack of server memory #2210
Enh: Combine wp staging logs and system info logs #2224
Enh: Show admin notice when optimizer mu-plugin is disabled to improve reliability of backup creation #2301
Enh: Run backup validation checks again after deleting a backup #2286
Enh: Toggle triangle icon on multi part backup click #2308
Enh: Make more clear where to enter the license key #2404
Enh: Allow uploads directory outside ABSPATH by using the filter `wpstg.backup.directory` #2359
Enh: Improves the look of the update notice #2294
Fix: Inaccurate performance values “queries per second” for backup restore #2327
Fix: Backup download URLs now support mixed http/https scheme #2376
Fix: Deprecation notice on PHP 8.2 / 8.1 #2389
Fix: Write the correct version number in wpstg.js when creating a free dist package #2431
Fix: Correct use of printf and gettext #2313
Fix: On backup creation MySQL Error 1118 row size too large error can appear #2422
Fix: Fix line-break issue during files-index validation when validating a backup on Windows OS that was created on Linux OS and vice versa #2402
Fix: Add Query Compatibility fix when restoring a database backup created on MariaDB with PAGE_COMPRESSED=`ON` on MySQL database #2401
Fix: PHP 8.1 warnings on backup creation due to using null value on wp_normalize_path #2453
Fix: Added method to handle sending email in free version with attachments #2417
Fix: Selecting a child folder automatically selects the parent folder. #2317
Fix: Toggle correctly the side bar navigation depending if staging or backup tab is active #2261
Fix: Excluding sub-directories on backup did not work with using the filter ‘wpstg.backup.exclude.directories’ #2291
Fix: Database permission warning did not disappear due to escaped database name #2234
Fix: Remove sanitize_url() deprecated notice #2306
Fix: Could not download system info #2323
Fix: Catch runtime exception when checking for valid backups during invalid file index notice #2312
Fix: Use correct html element id to fix js console error #2344
Fix: Last backup duration was always 0 min, 0 sec. It is now fixed #2383
Fix: Retry adding the backup file index up to 3 times if adding the backup file index fails #2383
Fix: Login redirect loop on wp-admin #2385
Fix: Remove double `www` prefix if network is cloned to a `www` prefixed hostname but subsite already has `www` prefix #2284
Dev: Check if the Issue or PR Number exist in the changelog #2394
Dev: DRY webdriver tests #2276
Dev: Decouple PRO feature from WPStaging\Backup namespace and move them into WPStaging\Pro\Backup namespace #2296 #2336 #2356
Dev: Fix issues running basic webdriver tests on Github CI #2319
Dev: Add timeout to Github actions #2324
Dev: Add more unit tests to increase reliability of the backup plugin #2273
Dev: Refactor backup terms `Export` to `Backup` and `Import` to `Restore` for consistency #2265
Dev: Move src/Pro/Backup to src/Backup as a first step to allow basic Backup feature to be added in Free version of WP Staging #2287 #2297
Dev: Write wp staging debug logs into global debug.log #2346

2.14.1 Release May 7, 2023

Fix: Remove custom global exception handler to avoid conflicts with other plugins #2424

2.14.0 Release May 5, 2023

New: Pro feature to allow generation of magic login links to staging site. Go to “Actions > Share Login Link”. This requires updating WP Staging Pro plugin on staging site #2204
New: Pro feature to sync active admin account. Go to “Actions > Sync User Account” to synchronize active admin user account with staging site #2183
New: Support SSL connection to external databases #2264
New: Allow WP-CLI to work on the staging site #2280
Enh: Refresh UI and add new animated loader icon to show backup progress #2292 #2349
Enh: Refresh UI and format system information page #2333
Enh: Refresh UI an add button to open staging site after updating staging site #2358
Enh: Refresh UI. Show more clear cron message and take into account that WP_CRON could be disabled if external backup cron is used #2378
Enh: Improve backup email error report and show more clear messages when a backup fail #2383
Enh: Display a message when the backup or restore process stops due to lack of server memory #2210
Enh: Combine wp staging logs and system info logs #2224
Enh: Show admin notice when optimizer mu-plugin is disabled to improve reliability of backup creation #2301
Enh: Run backup validation checks again after deleting a backup #2286
Enh: Toggle triangle icon on multi part backup click #2308
Enh: Make more clear where to enter the license key #2404
Enh: Allow uploads directory outside ABSPATH by using the filter `wpstg.backup.directory` #2359
Fix: Selecting a child folder automatically selects the parent folder. #2317
Fix: Toggle correctly the side bar navigation depending if staging or backup tab is active #2261
Fix: Excluding sub-directories on backup did not work with using the filter ‘wpstg.backup.exclude.directories’ #2291
Fix: Database permission warning did not disappear due to escaped database name #2234
Fix: Remove sanitize_url() deprecated notice #2306
Fix: Could not download system info #2323
Fix: Catch runtime exception when checking for valid backups during invalid file index notice #2312
Fix: Use correct html element id to fix js console error #2344
Fix: Last backup duration was always 0 min, 0 sec. It is now fixed #2383
Fix: Retry adding the backup file index up to 3 times if adding the backup file index fails #2383
Fix: Login redirect loop on wp-admin #2385
Fix: Add custom exception handler #2346
Dev: DRY webdriver tests #2276
Dev: Decouple PRO feature from WPStaging\Backup namespace and move them into WPStaging\Pro\Backup namespace #2296 #2336 #2356
Dev: Fix issues running basic webdriver tests on Github CI #2319
Dev: Add timeout to Github actions #2324
Dev: Write wp staging debug logs into global debug.log #2346

2.13.0 Release March 13, 2023

New: Major change of the User Interface #2197 #2208
New: Add an option to send an email error report. You can enable this option in the settings and use a separate email to receive error reports #2205
New: Button to edit backup schedules #2042 #2135
New: Show Google Drive backup account information on the plugin’s Google Drive backup settings page #2091
New: Add a cancel button to stop the pushing process #2101
Enh: Show a notice if site contains backup(s) with invalid files-index #2205
Enh: Add a retry mechanism to backup restore if a backup restore fails due to 404, 429 or 503 errors #2094
Enh: Clean up log files and don’t show necessary information #2124
Enh: Show notice how to enable permalinks depending on whether the server is Apache or another. #2143
Enh: Explain what to enter in the ‘version’ field of Generic S3 provider #2172
Enh: Show notice how to fix cron issue when using Litespeed server #2170 #2226
Enh: Better notification message when there are no files to backup #2175
Enh: Take sub folder into account when testing location for Google Drive Storage #2197
Enh: Include the current date and time in the database filename when the backup is a “Multipart Backup” #2126
Enh: Database restore enhancement to increase the execution time for executing an ajax triggered SQL query when query execution fails for a certain number of retries on weak servers #2117
Enh: Hide license key for privacy reasons, for instance when plugin is used by agencies on client websites #2118
Enh: Add filter wpstg_login_form_logo to allow custom change of the logo image on login page to staging site #2076
Enh: Clarification that the maximum retention period for backup in the “Create backup” modal only applies to locally hosted backup files #2085
Enh: If issue is reported via using the REPORT ISSUE button, send the license key with the submitted message #2087
Enh: Change some words in UI to be more consistent #2099
Enh: Show link to docs article in warning if license key can not be activated #2100
Enh: Cleanup and remove backend/views/notices/poll.php and all related code #2107
Enh: Clean up backend/views/notices/poll.php and all related unused code #2107
Fix: Staging site database tables can not be pushed if staging site settings contain different table prefixes #2151
Fix: Support adding “+” sign in the name of the backup folder by FTP, the name of backup and in the name of clone #2160
Fix: Check if WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE is already defined before adding it to wp-config.php. (Solve conflict with local flywheel). #2165
Fix: Oldest multipart backups were not deleted during remote upload #2129
Fix: Prevent fatal error on push when there is no theme installed on production site #2185
Fix: Continue database backup restore by using shorter name for identifiers name exceeding maximum allowed characters #2114
Fix: Add a check to prevent warning undefined variable: jobId #2196
Fix: Better error handling if folder or file is not writeable #2190
Fix: Handle errors for PHP 8.x during Database backup restore Task when max_packet_size is bigger than the actual sql result #2125
Fix: Convert utf8mb4 to utf8 when restoring database in MySQL < 5.7 to prevent MySQL Error 1071 because MySQL < 5.7 has max key length of 767 bytes. By converting utfmb4 to utf8 it reduces the size by 1/4 and allows restoring a backup. #2203
Fix: Restore of backup blocked due to incorrect permission check #2228
Fix: WP Staging log backup files could not be deleted #2222
Fix: Prevents a rare edge case where scheduled backup are continuous started over by implementing a better clean up routing #2231
Fix: Prevent fatal error on setting page due to using double semicolon(‘::’) to call static method from variable. Affects old php versions only. #2166
Fix: Old automated local backup were not deleted and thus no new automated backup were created #2141
Fix: Improve detection if WordPress is installed in subdirectory. If home URL and site URL are different the cloned staging site URLs are sometimes incorrect. #2068
Fix: Ensure that functions in wp-staging-optimizer.php are declared only one time #2079
Fix: Remove some php’s deprecation warnings for php 8.x #2078
Fix: Remove error in search & replace of serialized data due to strict types during staging PUSH on PHP 8.1 and higher version. #2065
Fix: Remove warning “Undefined index: networkClone in single-overview.php line: 54” #2097
Fix: Attach log files to report mail #2156
Dev: Revert all usage of isWritable and isExecutable #2232
Fix: Unable to upload backup files to more than one remote storage in single backup job #2245
Fix: Fetch google drive backup files in ascending order by time to fix a backup retention issue for google drive #2245
Dev: Broken test _04PushCest after implementing #2199 #2216
Dev: Write the version of the plugin into the header of wpstg.js when creating the dist package with make dev_dist #2095
Dev: Downgrade phpcs library to fix xss tests #2105
Dev: Show upload_path in system info #2024 #2147

2.13.0 Release January 31, 2023

New: Button to edit backup schedules #2042
Enh: Add filter `wpstg_login_form_logo` to change logo image on login page for staging site #2076
Enh: Clarify that maximum backup retention limit on the create backup modal is only for local hosted backup files #2085
Enh: If issue is reported via email using the REPORT ISSUE button, send the license key #2087
Enh: Show Google Drive backup account information on the plugin’s Google Drive backup settings page #2091
Enh: Change some words to be more consistent #2099
Enh: Add link to docs article into error message if license key can not be activated #2100
Enh: Cleanup and remove backend/views/notices/poll.php and all related code #2107
Enh: Remove backend/views/notices/poll.php and all related code #2107
Enh: Hide license key for privacy reasons when plugin is used by agencies on client websites #2118
Enh: Add a cancel button to stop the pushing process #2101
Fix: Ensure that functions in wp-staging-optimizer.php are declared only one time #2079
Fix: Remove some php’s deprecation warnings for php 8.x #2078
Fix: Added upload_path in system info #2024
Fix: Improve detection if WordPress is installed in subdirectory. If home URL and site URL are different the cloned staging site URLs are sometimes incorrect. #2068
Fix: Remove error in search & replace of serialized data due to strict types during staging PUSH on PHP 8.1 and higher version. #2065
Fix: Remove warning “Undefined index: networkClone in single-overview.php line: 54” #2097
Dev: Downgrade phpcs composer modules to fix xss tests #2105
Dev: Write the version of the plugin into the header of wpstg.js when creating the dist package with make dev_dist #2095

2.12.0 Release January 05, 2023

New: Optional feature to split backup files by type (plugins, media, themes) and maximum file size. Use filter `wpstg.backup.isMultipartBackup` to activate this option. Use `wpstg.backup.maxMultipartBackupSize` filter to adjust maximum file size for split backup, default is 2GB #1804
New: Add filter `wpstg.remoteStorages.chunkSize` (in bytes) to change chunk size of backups upload to remote storages #2047
New: Add filter `wpstg.remoteStorages.delayBetweenRequests` (in milliseconds) to add delay between requests to upload chunks to remote storages #1997
New: Add filter `wpstg.backup.tables.non-prefixed` to allow backup and restore of non WordPress prefixed tables #2018
New: Add option to download backup log files via ACTIONS > Log File #2025
New: Send mail report if unable to upload backup to remote storage(s) during automated backup #2025
Enh: Dont show recommendation message on using the same MySQL/MariaDB version while restoring if already the same MySQL/MariaDB version #1997
Enh: Preserve remote storages options during clone update. #2004
Fix: Store taskQueue in jobDataDto instead of a separate file #1997
Fix: Added upload_path in system info #2024
Fix: BINARY and NULL were not correctly search replaced if restoring the backup on the same site #2043
Fix: Correct database server type and MySQL/MariaDB version in System Info Tab #2043
Fix: Exclude filters in the UI for the staging site now allow adding dot `.` for extension, file and folder exclusion rules #2053
Fix: Issue during cleaning of other files in wp-content directory when actual uploads directory is not direct child of wp-content directory #2041
Fix: UPLOAD path was not correctly search replaced if source and destination site had a different relative upload path #2041
Fix: Importing a multisite backup with domains as network sites created wrong URLs for network sites if backup is restored into a multisite where network sites are subdirectories #2038
Fix: Allow database creation during push if multisite and mainsite #2032
Fix: Preserve scheduled backup plans during push #2032
Fix: Stop uploading backup to remote storage(s) after failure on certain amount of retries #2025
Fix: Dont copy google drive option during new or reset clone. This will make sure both sites will have different Refresh token. So revoking refresh token on one site doesn’t break uploading process for the other #2004
Fix: Fix php warning when null is passed as argument to trim function #2059
Fix: Improve admin notice when JETPACK_STAGING_MODE is active on staging site #2014
Dev: Bump minimatch from 3.0.4 to 3.0.8 in /src/assets #2007
Dev: Make extra_hosts section in docker DRY #2070
Dev: Split webdriver tests to speed up running and allow parallel execution of them #2057
Dev: Improve login page authentication message #2058 #2072

2.11.0 Release November 11, 2022

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.1.1
New: Add support for uploading backups to DigitalOcean Spaces, Wasabi and other S3 compatible storages #1966
Enh: Allow backup upload to Amazon S3 when bucket has Lock Object and retention enabled #1973
Enh: Show warning if test connection to backup storage provider fails during save settings #1965
Enh: Show warning if there are more than 4 overdue backup cron jobs #1986
Enh: Show message if unable to pre-scan directories before cloning #1993
Fix: Under rare circumstances a fatal error is thrown during backup if scheduled time is NULL
Fix: `SSL` and `Passive` checkboxes were not considered during FTP backup storage test connection #1965
Fix: Fatal error when set_time_limit() has been disabled by the hosting provider #1977
Fix: Preserve backup cloud storage provider settings when pushing and improve Google Drive backup authentication #1999
Dev: Deprecated heredoc syntax for variables. Fix unit tests for php 8.2RC #1975

2.10.0 Release October 29, 2022

New: Compatible up to WordPress 6.0.3
New: Show loader icon while saving settings or testing backup remote storages connections #1925
New: Show settings last saved time for backup remote storages SFTP, Amazon S3 and Google Drive #1925
New: Show last update and install date for WP STAGING|PRO plugin in System Info #1928
New: Show selected themes and plugins for UPDATE and RESET clone jobs #1926
New: Support restore and conversion of domain based subsite to subdirectory based subsite #1872
New: Option to disable local storage space and upload backup(s) only to remote storage spaces #1935
Enh: Huge improve of backup restoring performance by factor 2-3. #1951
Enh: Huge improve of backup creating performance on slow database servers. #1951
Enh: Add extra search & replace rule for elementor generated data #1902
Enh: Add dropdown to select bucket region for S3 backups instead of typing it in manually. #1943
Enh: Skip search & replace if restoring a backup on the same site #1949
Enh: Add extra search & replace rule for elementor generated data #1949
Enh: Add option to not ask for license key activation on local development sites #1913
Enh: Add better log messages for non working cron jobs #1907
Fix: Fix issues when restoring multisites backup if network subsites have different domains. #1872
Enh: Add search replace filter for database backup restore #1872
Enh: Allow access of staging site by using user email addresses beside usernames #1928
Fix: Prevent a rare situation where the database is copied slowly with only one row per request #1951
Fix: Adjusted multiple SplFileObject methods (due to unconsistent behaviour of these methods across multiple PHP versions) to support PHP 8.0 > 8.0.19, PHP 8.1 > 8.1.6 and upcoming PHP 8.2 #1903
Fix: Deleting the oldest remote backup from SFTP, Amazon S3 and Google Drive fails sometimes #1890
Fix: No update notification visible in wp staging user interface when there is a new pro version available #1894
Fix: Clean up code #1871
Fix: Unable to create backup if there are files in WP STAGING cache folder that can not be deleted like .nfs* files. #1859
Fix: Analytics reporting does not contain the list of installed plugins #1896
Fix: If an Amazon S3 api key contained + character, it turned into space character when saving in database #1912
Fix: Always store the names of installed plugins, mu-plugins and themes in backup metadata #1906
Fix: When restoring database with large amount of tables on PHP > 8.0.1 some tables doesn’t get created due unconsistent behaviour of FileObject library across PHP versions. #1872
Fix: Undefined var message in the log files if SSL connection could not be established due to outdated TLS on client server #1913
Fix: While creating a single staging site out of a network site, the folders (uploads/sites/ID) from other network sites weren’t excluded and contained in the staging site #1922
Fix: Selecting parent folder does not automatically select its subfolders for UPDATE and RESET clone jobs. #1926
Fix: Amazon S3 only supports a maximum of 10,000 chunks for uploading a single backup file. With previous 5MB chunk size, backup uploads to S3 failed if they are bigger than 50 GB. Now backup chunk size is adjusted according to the size of the backup file by making sure total chunks are less than 10,000 #1924
Fix: Table selection ignored when creating a new staging site #1946
Fix: Could not properly restore network sites when a multisite backup was restored on a new WordPress that had a different table prefix than the source website #1948
Dev: Add testing suite to run unit tests against multiple PHP versions #1903
Dev: Add sass/scss support for compiling css #1925
Dev: Add Xdebug support for PHP 8.1, use custom php.ini in PHP 8.0 and PHP 8.1 #1928
Dev: Update DI52 version to 3.0 for performance gain #1934

2.9.20 Release September 15, 2022

Fix: Prevent internal error when clicking on Test Connection link on SFTP remote storage backup settings page. #1869
Fix: Properly catch runtime Exception during Backup Create and Backup Restore #1833
Fix: Connection to external database is broken if the password has special characters #1862
Fix: Can not login to staging site if special characters are used in password due to improper sanitization #1877
Tweak: Improve visual design of the upgrade screen
Tweak: Better error logging if backup could not be uploaded to sftp and if path does not exist on SFTP remote server. #1869
Dev: XDebug support for docker PHP image v.8.x #1867

2.9.19 Release September 08, 2022

New: Compatible up to WordPres 6.0.2
Security: Further improve sanitization and escaping of variables to prevent potential XSS attacks with high privileges #1836
Enh: Show better response from remote when license can not be activated #1818
Fix: Fatal error Uncaught TypeError on google drive backup upload settings page under rare circumstances when site is translated #1849
Fix: Fatal error on Windows OS when pushing a staging site and activating the backup option. It deletes the WP Staging content directory including its cache files file during files copying process, resulting in a failed push #1851

2.9.18 Release August 16, 2022

Fix: Does not sanitise and escape some of its backup settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks (XSS) even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup) #1825

2.9.17 Release July 31, 2022

Fix: Important update! Deselecting all tables does not lead to exclusion of tables as expected, but leads to selection of all tables. Thus all tables are copied and possibly overwritten instead of deselected. Applies to new cloning, UPDATE and RESET of a staging page. That can lead to data loss in the staging site. An update is strongly recommended! The problem appeared for the first time in version 4.2.8. #1814
Fix: Can not upload backup file to google drive if the google api returns incorrect value for available storage size (negative value). This sometimes happens for Google workspace accounts and does not affect all users. #1799
Fix: Plugin wps-hide-login could not be excluded during cloning process, preventing users from log in to the staging site #1812

2.9.16 Release July 28, 2022

Enh: Some shared hosting servers like DreamHost doesn’t allow sending large data through URL which resulted in interval server error 500 when fetching the backup list. We changed the way of sending data now through request body which allow listing backups on such shared hosting servers #1788
Enh: Improve workflow to support tables with long name exceeding the 64 characters MySQL limit when a tmp prefix during restore is added. Those tables are now temporarily renamed to temporary short names during the restore process and after successful restore renamed back to their original names #1784
Fix: On some servers, autoloader tries to load Composer\InstalledVersions although this doesn’t exist. We fix this by only loading classes that exist #1801
Fix: Restoring a backup, site language is not properly imported, resulting in switching the imported site back to site default language. Reason: Language files are imported before importing other files during backup restore. This led to cleaning the restored language files while cleaning other files. Now language directory is skipped during the cleaning of existing “other” files #1794
Fix: Check/Uncheck of the plugins and themes checkbox in the PUSH UI didn’t affect the children checkboxes. This issue is fixed and children checkboxes are properly toggled #1797
Fix: If all tables were excluded during PUSH, it was treated as if all tables were selected. Now tables selection is properly handled during the PUSH #1797

2.9.15 Release July 14, 2022

New: Add sFTP support to upload backup files automatically via (s)FTP to a remote server or NAS system #1677
Enh: Cloning/Push stops if folder name contains backslash character (\) on Linux OS #1744
Enh: Don’t copy or update wp-config.php if staging site is updated by using the UPDATE button #1747
Enh: Restoring a backup from a staging site that uses the meta tag noindex, causes the imported site to also not be indexed. In the worst case, this can result in a production site not being indexable after restoring a backup. This update ensures that the index meta value of the imported site is preserved when a backup is restored. #1777
Enh: If Jetpack plugin is active, use the special Jetpack Staging Mode by adding the constant JETPACK_STAGING_MODE to wp-config.php of the staging site #1780
Fix: On some servers, autoloader tries to load Composer\InstalledVersions although this doesn’t exist. We fix this by only loading classes that exist #1801
Fix: Fatal error if php curl() module is missing and backup is uploaded to Google Drive or Amazon S3 #1769
Fix: Fatal error on cloning due to strict standard issue in DbRowsGeneratorTrait when user has E_STRICT or E_DEPRECATED constants active in PHP #1772
Fix: Fatal error on plugin activation if there is no write permission on the backup files. Happens only on updating from a very old version to latest one and the backup metadata update routine is fired #1776
Dev: Add automated test for scheduled backup plans #1764

2.9.14 Release June 13, 2022

Fix: Certain default plugins like wps-hide are not excluded anymore during cloning #1742
Fix: Scheduled backup not always executed #1754
Fix: Backup folder is deleted during backup restore on Windows OS #1737
Fix: On backup restore retry deleting an item again in next request instead of re adding it at the end of queue, if item isn’t completely deleted in current request #1758
Enh: Refactor normalizePath() #1751
Enh: Optimize table selection to reduce POST characters. Send either selected tables or excluded tables whichever is smaller along to reduce the POST size for cloning and pushing #1727
Enh: Allow automatic update of WP STAGING | PRO on the staging site. It can still be disabled using the filter wpstg.notices.disable.plugin-update-notice #1749
Enh: Add filter wpstg.backup.restore.extended-search-replace. The extended search replace allow properly replacing to destination URL for some plugins like rev-sliders in backup restore #1741

2.9.13 Release June 1, 2022

New: Support up to WordPress 6.0
Fix: Don’t load mbstring polyfill file at all if iconv extension isn’t loaded #1734
Enh: Increasing Backup Filescanner Performance. Lower backup directory and file scanner request time #1714
Enh: Rename cancel button of backup schedules modal make it more responsive #1714

4.9.12 Release May 20, 2022

Fix: If there is a damaged backup in backup folder, automated backup does not work any longer #1707
Fix: Support UNC paths like //servername/path Unix or \\servername\path DOS/Windows #1698
Fix: Remove prefixed vendor namespace from the Normalizer class in the idn-intl polyfill #1720
Fix: Handle SSL related errors and catch other exceptions while making remote request to refresh Google token #1718
Fix: Backup does not restore theme if theme does not have a style.css #1719
Fix: Missing exception in Backup Extractor.php #1724
Enh: List damaged backup files in the UI and mark them #1710
Enh: Remove message “backup metadata not found” in debug log #1710
Enh: Clean up debug messages #1722
Enh: Add missing escaping of POST output #1705

2.9.11 Release May 12, 2022

New: Add Amazon S3 as backup cloud storage option for backup upload #1665
Fix: Fatal error due to missing BackupScheduler class in Free version #1688
Fix: Can not recursive scan file system if there is a symlink in root directory linking to the root directory itself. #1688
Fix: Can not download backup files. Incorrect backup download link if wp-content folder is symlinked to another folder outside the wp root folder #1697
Fix: Error on downloading backup in IIS due to section in parent web.config that overwrites the WP STAGING generated web.config in backup folder #1699
Fix: PHP Fatal error while cloning if php iconv extension is not active. Continue cloning even if punycode related code doesn’t work due to missing extensions #1702
Enh: Remove duplicated mbstring class #1702

2.9.10 Release May 04, 2022

Fix: Fatal error on missing Backup Scheduler class in Free version #1688
Fix: Fix recursive scanning if there is symlink in root directory linking to root directory itself #1688

2.9.9 Release May 03, 2022

New: Support up to WordPress 5.9.3
New: Added upgrade routine for backup created with version 4.1.9 and 4.2.0 to fix backup metadata info #1647
New: Add multiple filters to keep existing media files, plugins, themes and mu-plugins after backup restore #1617
New: Clean existing files during backup restore which are not in backup #1617
Fix: Backup creation is blocked by mod_security if access tokens contain 0x string #1651
Fix: Unable to upload backup created with version 4.1.9 and 4.2.0 using WP Staging Backup Uploader #1647
Fix: Unable to import multisite backup when restoring backup into domain other than it was created on #1644
Fix: If there is an mysql error on copying a single row, it can lead to a interrupt of the whole clone job due to a browser memory exhaust error because whole sql query is written into html log element. #1654
Fix: Cloning does not work if php mb module is not installed #1669
Fix: Catch fatal error happening on backup upgrade routine #1663
Fix: Only process one queue action at a time. This make sure another action doesn’t conflict with the action in process. Also fix the wpstg_queue backup table growing problem #1652
Enh: Save log file name instead of complete task response in wp_wpstg_queue table. This reduces the size of backup queue table #1623
Enh: Stop the backup job on critical errors during scheduled backup #1623
Dev: Test for cleaning up files before backup restore fails on second run #1681

2.9.8 Release March 31, 2022

Fix: Fatal error if another plugin uses the same google library as WP STAGING uses for the backup storage provider #1641

2.9.7 Release March 30, 2022

New: Support up to WordPress 5.9.2
New: Feature to upload backups to Google Drive (PRO) #1453
New: Add filter wpstg.frontend.showLoginForm to force disable login form for the staging / backup site access #1577
New: Option to schedule a backup without creating one (PRO) #1588
Enh: Improve backup schedules error reporting by showing cron related notice on backups page and sending schedules error report mails (PRO) #1588
Enh: Improve subdirectory WordPress install detection by adding support for idn(internationalized domain names) #1564
Enh: Change backup lock process mechanism from using database to file based lock #1561
Enh: Make files & folders exclude filters work on WordPress root directory #1606
Enh: Remove old database only backup before PUSH process (PRO) #1608
Enh: Exclude .htaccess from root directory only during cloning process #1616
Enh: Don’t backup table wp_wpstg_queue table (PRO Version) #1624
Update: Bump minimist from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6 in /tests/js #1627
Update: Bump postcss from 8.2.10 to 8.2.13 in /src/assets #1547
Update: Bump mustache/mustache from 2.13.0 to 2.14.1 #1543
Update: Bump nanoid from 3.1.22 to 3.3.1 in /src/assets #1626
Fix: Correctly set multisite subsites urls with www prefix when cloning and restoring a backup (PRO) #1567
Fix: Backup error “OutOfRangeException” was never caught when insert query exceeds max allowed packet size (PRO) #1570
Fix: Add backup logic to check extended query string size against max allowed packet size which otherwise leads to a fatal error (PRO) #1570
Fix: Handle critical error if WP STAGINGS settings get corrupted. Give option to restore default settings #1602
Fix: Recreate cron jobs of existing backup plans when adding a new backup schedules (PRO) #1588
Fix: Enqueue a failed task/item again and set the queue’s offset to the end of file #1609
Fix: Stop cloning if destination directory/clone name already exists #1607
Fix: Continue cloning process even if copying a table failed #1578
Fix: Don’t remove freemius options if entire multisite is cloned. Prevents a fatal error. (PRO) #1629

2.9.6 Release March 1, 2022 * New: Support up to WordPress 5.9.1 * New: Add filter wpstg.frontend.showLoginForm to allow third party plugin disabling login form for the staging site #1577 * New: Add labels to distinguish between network and single site clones on multisite * Fix: Handle issue when showing staging sites in System Info #1560 * Fix: Fix Rows Generator for zero or negative values for Primary Key Index #1584 * Fix: Set option “Keep permalinks” on the staging site when updating a staging site if “keep permalinks” is active on the production site initially #1562 * Fix: Updating an existing multisite clone converted the clone to a single site #1565 #1589

2.9.5 * New: Create backups and restore of multisites (PRO) #1458 * Fix: Force AnalyticsSender to convert wpstg_settings to array before usage #1559 * Fix: Cloning backup Search & Replace does not work with new primary key conditional query #1556 * Fix: Fix labels on backup sites #1551 * Fix: Backup restore can not unserialize escaped serialized strings #1554

2.9.4 * New: Add filter to change the cache folder for creating & restoring backups #1528 * New: Huge performance improvement for search & replace in cloning / pushing / backup process #1522 * Fix: Call to undefined function human_readable_duration() on backup creation if WP is older than 5.1 #1527 #1525 #1535 * Dev: Add unit tests for Times class that is used in backup listing view * Dev: Update db_version in SQL dumps to match WordPress 5.9 db version #1539 * Dev: Add command to get db_version from database

2.9.3 Release January 12th 2020 * New: Add support for WordPress 5.8.3 * New: Add filter for excluding files during cloning / backup #1494 * New: Add filter for overwriting max execution for database backup restore #1512 * New: Add filter to allow overwriting of the maximum allowed request time to make sure backup restore works for huge files. (19.000.000M database rows) #1510 * Fix: If cloning a multisite subsite into external database, it does not clone / backup wp_users and wp_usermeta #1515 * Fix: Skip tmp single file plugin during backup PUSH copy process #1491 * Fix: Preserve table selection during PUSH and UPDATE even when all backup tables unselected #1488 * Fix: Make sure maximum memory consumption during cloning or backup is never higher than 256MB #1502 * Fix: Use custom implementation of wp_timezone() for backward compatibility to WordPress older than 5.3 #1505 * Fix: Override FileObject::fgets to make them behave exactly from SplFileObject of PHP < 8.0.1 #1506 * Tweak: Show custom uploads folder in tooltip description and explain better that changing a symlink image will also change the image on the production site. #1495

2.9.2
* Hotfix: Fix CLONE PUSH BACKUP on Medium and High CPU Load on WP STAGING 2.9.1. Improve Performance of database backup #1492

2.9.1
* New: If cpu load setting is low make use of the file copy limit for pushing / backup process to increase copy speed #1485
* Enh: Add warning notice if WP_CRON_DISABLED is set to true as backup BG Processing depends upon it #1467
* Fix: Add own implementation of get_current_network_id() for backward compatibility when creating backup #1438
* Fix: Updating or resetting staging / backup site skips all WordPress core folders #1435
* Fix: Prevent 504 Gateway Timeout issue during Backup restore by force a low CPU LOAD (i.e. 10s) #1420
* Fix: Wrong directory path is displayed when update/reset a staging / backup site #1447
* Fix: Override SplFileObject::seek to make it consistent across all PHP version including PHP 8 when creating backup #1444
* Fix: Make FileObject::seek behave exactly as SplFileObject::seek from PHP < 8.0 when creating backup #1480
* Fix: Search Replace now works for Visual Composer / WP Bakery encoded pages on cloning backup creation #1442
* Fix: Adjust CSS of the “Backup in Progress” element #1466
* Fix: Clarify email sending tooltip description #1469
* Fix: Adjust CSS of the loader icon for showing backup creation #1487
* Tweak: Retain WP STAGING ( backup ) options during push #1417
* Tweak: Make PHP 5.6 minimum supported PHP version for backup #1448
* Tweak: Set WordPress 4.4 as minimum required WordPress version #1449
* Dev: Fix Queue working in PHP 8 and Add PHP 8 unit tests in backup fast tests #1450
* Dev: Cancel pending or running github actions backup fast tests if there is a new push on the same PR #1486
* Dev: Fix Queue working in PHP 8 and Add PHP 8 unit tests in fast tests #1450
* Dev: Cancel pending or running github actions fast tests if there is a new push on the same PR #1486

2.9.0
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.8.2
* Fix: Update notice is shown even when using latest version #1398
* Fix: Backup & cloning 100% compatible with PHP 8.0.12 #1281
* Fix: Skip search replace on backup & cloning query if it’s size exceed preg functions limit #1404
* Fix: Skip inserting backup & cloning query if it exceeds mysql max_allowed_package. Show warning to user #1405
* Fix: Make db option wpstg_staging_sites always return an array #1413
* Fix: Fix dependency injection for backup notices class. Solve conflict with TranslatePress #1416
* Tweak: Use php version number as tag for php docker container #1407
* Tweak: Improve symlink tooltip text #1411
* Tweak: Refactor WP STAGING Pro to WP STAGING | PRO in notices #1409
* Tweak: Remove 16 characters limitation for the backup & CLONE NAME and keep it for CLONE DIRECTORY #1412

2.8.9
* New: Show a summary of selected tables and plugins in the backup push selection
* New: Ask user to allow sending non-personalized usage information for improving the backup & staginguser experience
* New: Adding improved and dedicated WP STAGING debug log for backup and staging.
* New: Better support for custom ( backup ) tables without a wp core table prefix. Allow cloning / backup of custom tables that do not begin with a WP table prefix to an external database #1304
* New: Now you can create a staging / backup environment for your entire multisite network #1263
* New: Add new logic for showing update notification for PRO version, compatible to staged rollout releases #1308
* New: Show warning notice about not changing wp-content or uploads dir path on staging / backup site #1313
* Tweak: Disable the notice about not messing with uploads or wp-content directories in backup site #1385
* Tweak: Lower memory consumption on backup creation #1301
* Tweak: Fix open staging / backup site button and text #1321
* Tweak: Layout of database comparison modal #1332
* Tweak: Make staging / upgrade site upgrade routine run always #1358
* Fix: Feedback modal not opened after disabling the backup plugin #1373
* Fix: Prevent cloning error by enclosing table name with backticks in CLONE / BACKUP and PUSH jobs #1388
* Fix: Duplicate primary key error that could occur on Push a backup / staging site #1322
* Fix: Dont rename themes/plugins with tmp prefix during push of staging / backup site if content cleaning option is enabled #1305
* Fix: No search & replace of wp option db_version if table prefix is db_, during CLONE / BACKUP / PUSH #1307
* Fix: Avoid upgrade error if wp option wpstg_staging_sites is empty or not an array not an array #1331
* Fix: Show an error if table can not be copied for any reason on cloning / backup process #1302
* Fix: CSS issue vertical center align finish label after push #1311
* Fix: Use WordPress local timezone when logging for clone and backups #1323
* Fix: Better support for custom plugin directories on the staging / backup site #1314
* Fix: Not all cloning / backup settings are cleaned during uninstall #1325
* Fix: Staging / backup site does not have orange admin bar after cloning #1329
* Fix: Warning if array key offset does not exist on search & replace of a backup #1334
* Fix: Disable WordFence plugin on the staging /backup site to prevent by renaming .user.ini to .user.ini.bak #1338
* Fix: Prevent empty database prefix in staging / backup site options if site is cloned to external database #1340
* Fix: List of staging / backup sites contains duplicate entries if staging sites were initially created with wp staging free 2.8.6, then upgraded to pro 4.0.3 and pro 4.0.5 #1349
* Fix: Show error and stop cloning / backup process if unable to create staging / backup site destination folder #1348
* Fix: Fix issue about checking rest url on backup / staging site #1354
* Fix: Fix exclude condition for tables during PUSH of a staging / backup site #1364
* Fix: Fix PUSH process when no table is selected #1387
* Fix: Enclose table name with backticks during quering in CLONE / BAKUP and PUSH jobs #1388

2.8.8
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.8.1
* Enh: Refactor the wp_login action hook to work with different parameter count than the one in WordPress Core #1223
* Enh: Sort new staging backup sites in descending order by creation time #1226
* Enh: Warn if creating a backup in PHP 32 bit version #1231
* Enh: Update the backup upload success message #1221
* Enh: Show a notice if there is a new WP STAGING free version of the backup plugin #1250
* Enh: Rename db option wpstg_existing_clones_beta to wpstg_staging_sites #1211
* Enh: Update the warning message shown when the delete process of the staging backup site fails #1257
* Enh: Allow use of REST API on staging backup sites without login #1287
* Enh: Add new EDD software licensing updater for the pro version of the WP STAGING backup plugin #1294
* Fix: New pro version does not recognize staging backup sites created with older free version #1293
* Fix: Fix a rare issue that could happen when creating a new staging backup site or restoring a backup when there is a row with primary key with value zero #1271
* Fix: Try to repair MyISAM table if it’s corrupt when creating a Backup #1222
* Fix: Fix an issue on backup creation that would cause a database export to loop when encountering a table with negative integers or zeros as a primary key value #1251
* Fix: Lock specific tables while exporting a backup, to prevent a rare duplicated row issue #1245
* Fix: If the memory exhausts during a database export using the Backup feature, lower the memory usage/speed of the export and try again automatically #1230
* Fix: Prevent failure of adding database to backup from causing a loop #1231
* Fix: Fix issue when old backup clones from version 1.1.6 or lower replaces the existing clones from later version when upgrading from FREE to PRO version #1233
* Fix: Fix inconsistent Unselect All Tables button’s action #1243
* Fix: Replace undefined date with proper formatted date during backups for some warning and critical messages #1244
* Fix: Split file scanning of wp-content into scanning of plugins, themes, uploads and other directories to reduce timeout issues #1247
* Fix: Rename .user.ini to .user.ini.bak after cloning to reduce fatal errors on staging backup site. Also show a notice. #1255
* Fix: Skip scanning the root directory if all other directories are unselected before starting a backup staging site #1256
* Fix: Show correct insufficient space message instead of permission error if unable to copy or create a backup site due to insufficient space #1283
* Fix: Fix showing of error when unable to count tables rows and wrap table name when fetching rows during backup #1285
* Fix: Remove custom error handler that could cause errors due to notices being thrown #1292
* Fix: Fix an error that would occur when PHP lacked permission to get the size of a directory when pushing a staging backup site to production #1295
* Dev: Set the version of Selenium containers to 3.141.59-20210713 to avoid issues with broken latest version of selenium #1234

Release 2.8.7 | August 30th 2021

* Enh: Refactor our wp_login action hook to work with custom calls to this action with different parameter count than the one in WordPress Core #1223
* Enh: Sort new staging sites in descending order by creation time #1226
* Enh: Warn if creating a backup in PHP 32 bits #1231
* Enh: Update the backups upload success message #1221
* Enh: Show a notice for outdated wp staging on free version of plugin #1250
* Enh: Refactor wpstg_existing_clones_beta in db option to wpstg_staging_sites #1211
* Enh: Update the message shown when the entire delete of the staging site fails #1257
* Fix: Fix a rare issue that could happen when creating a new staging site or restoring a backup when there is a row with primary key with value zero #1271
* Fix: Try to repair MyISAM table if it’s corrupt when creating a Backup #1222
* Fix: FIx an issue on backup creation that would cause a database export to loop when encountering a table with negative integers or zeros as a primary key value #1251
* Fix: Lock specific tables while exporting a backup, to prevent a rare duplicated row issue #1245
* Fix: If the memory exhausts during a database export using the Backup feature, we now lower the memory usage/speed of the export and try again automatically #1230
* Fix: Prevent failure of adding database to backup from causing a loop #1231
* Fix: Fix issue when old clones from version 1.1.6 or lower replaces the existing clones from later version when upgrading from FREE to PRO version #1233
* Fix: Fix inconsistent Unselect All Tables button’s action #1243
* Fix: Replace undefined date with proper formatted date during backups log for some warning and critical messages #1244
* Fix: Split scanning of wp-content into scanning of plugins, themes, uploads and other directories to reduce timeout issues #1247
* Fix: Rename .user.ini to .user.ini.bak after cloning into staging site reduce fatal errors on your staging site. Also show a notice about this #1255
* Fix: Skip scanning the root directory if all other directories are are unselected #1256
* Dev: fix the version of Selenium containers to 3.141.59-20210713 to avoid issues with broken latest version #1234

Release 2.8.6 | August 02th 2021

* New: Support WordPress 5.8
* New: Show notice if uploads dir is outside WP Root #1138
* Enh: Refactor our wp_login action hook to work with custom calls to this action with different parameter count than the one in WordPress Core #1223
* Enh: Show disabled permalink message in disabled items notice on the staging site and show a page builder (DIVI, Elementor etc) not working help link in wpstg page footer #1150
* Enh: Decouple clone name and clone ID for better usage #1158
* Enh: Show issue notice if backups is created on version >= 4.0.2 #1198
* Enh: Remove deprecated hooks call #1209
* Fix: Fix staging site when site has freemius script #1112
* Fix: Prefix ‘wpstg’ to sweetalerts Swal to avoid conflict with its other versions #1125
* Fix: Set default values for wpstg settings on plugin activate event if wpstg settings not already set #1135
* Fix: Fix the problem when unable to access the staging site because production site have different siteurl or home url and either one of them is having www. prefix #1136
* Fix: Restore a backup with VIEWs or TABLEs if there are special MySQL SQL statements such as DEFINER #1139
* Fix: Fix issue where graphical tab triangle was inconsistent by using css based tab triangle #1148
* Fix: Reduce time to query INFORMATION_SCHEMA table on some shared hosts from ~10s to one millisecond #1154
* Fix: Check available free disk space on large disks on 32-bit PHP #1179
* Fix: Fix a bug where a PHP memory_limit of -1 (Unlimited) would be interpreted as 64MB, now it’s interpreted as 512MB #1178
* Fix: Remove usages of `abstract static` methods that would violate `strict` PHP checks #1185
* Fix: Cloning a site resets the settings to the default ones #1183
* Fix: Fix Clone RESET and Clone DELETE when unable to delete file due to permission error #1196
* Fix: Fix an issue when canceling a push confirm redirects to empty page #1206
* Fix: Add missing back button and hide cancel button after clone UPDATE and clone RESET #1207
* Fix: Fix Error in JS console related to registering of main-menu in page where it was not available #1205
* Dev: Add wrapper methods for deprecated hooks functions to support WordPress < 4.6 #1209

Release 2.8.5 | July 06th 2021

* Enh: Preview of the new backup & migration feature in WP STAGING | PRO
* Enh: Replace css based hover with pure js hoverintent for tooltips #1106
* Enh: Cleanup logs older than 7 days automatically #1116
* Enh: Update the version to check in Outdated WP Staging Hooks notice #1118
* Enh: Schedule the uploads backup to be deleted after one week if that option was selected during push #980
* Enh: Allow copying of only that symlink whose source is a directory #979
* Enh: Show notice only to user who can manage_options if wp_options table is missing primary key #1009
* Enh: Delete Optimizer Plugin on WP Staging plugins deactivate instead of uninstall #1096
* Fix: Fixed conflict with Rank Math Seo PRO when Rank Math Seo PRO is activated network wide in multisites #1111
* Fix: Make Scan::hasFreeDiskSpace() return other info even if disk_free_space is unavailable #1093
* Fix: Replace the deprecated of calling a non-static method in daily version check hooks #1092
* Fix: Try catch all instance of directory iterators #1101
* Fix: Handle error properly for Filesystem::delete() method #974
* Fix: Remove loading wpstg scripts as ESM to allow loading them as asynchronous #1007
* Fix: Properly handle exception while cleaning themes and plugins bak and tmp directories #1017
* Fix: Delete the clone even if in any case a corrupted delete job cache file existed for delete job #1033
* Fix: No cloning/pushing logs were written to file. Now fixed. #1040
* Fix: Wrap wp_doing_ajax in a adapter and use that adapter to call it to make it usable in WP < 4.7 #1047
* Fix: Fix typo and wrap up text in i18n for src/Backend/views/clone/ajax/start.php #1051
* Fix: Fix missing clone options warning during scanning process for old clones for UPDATE and RESET #1058
* Fix: Make isExcludedDirectories condition works for relative directories path too
* Fix: Set donation link to redirect to WP Staging pricing page #1080
* Dev: Add a shortcut to allow to use the DI container as a Service Locator easier under some circumstances #1039
* Dev: Add trait to allow for easier use of the `uopz` extension in tests #1053
* Dev: Replace const related tests logic with UOPZ for better readability and control #1079

= 2.8.4 =
* Feat: Compatible up to WordPress 5.7.2
* Enh: Preserve directories/tables selection and excludes rules for RESET and UPDATE process #809
* Enh: If any wpstg process is running allow to stop that process within RESET modal #942
* Fix: Fix multisite subsite capabilities on the staging site #852
* Fix: Properly resets the properties between Cloning tasks #896
* Fix: Avoid PHP warning when building version of missing asset file #929
* Fix: Make RESET modal show error message within modal on failed response instead of browser logs #942
* Fix: Replace wpstgGetCloneSettings() in mail-settings.php with CloneOption::get() #956
* Fix: Little typo changed effect to affect #963
* Fix: Made node_modules dir to be only excluded from WP Staging’s Plugins #963
* Fix: Fix UPDATE and RESET for old wpstg clones which are without appended underscore db prefix #958

= 2.8.3 =
* Enh: Add Shutdownable interface to replace usages of __destruct in the code #729
* Enh: Refactor on how the plugin keeps track of a request running time #766
* Fix: Replace deprecated jQuery click method #730
* Fix: Fix overlapping of sweetalert confirmation on push with sidebar #742
* Fix: Exclude wp staging content folder during staging #741
* Fix: Add sanitizing for path to fix comparing for Windows paths #751
* Fix: _cerber_files tables are excluded and could not be copied Fix #770
* Fix: Replaced jQuery assignment with an IIFE wrapper #761
* Dev: Update php-scoper and other development dependencies #744
* Dev: Build javascript when building the distributable version of the plugin #750
* Dev: Internal helper CLI command to order the changelog notes according to type #749
* Dev: Refactor Job(s) implementation to use the Resources Trait #765
* Dev: Add internal documentation to versioning and hotfixes #780

Release 2.8.2 – March 03th 2021

* Feat: Compatible up to WP 5.7
* Feat: Check database connection in clone data edit #650
* Feat: Exclude .wp-staging-cloneable file from cloning and update #718
* Feat: Show notice if a user is using an outdated version of WP Staging Hooks plugin #716
* Feat: Add single disabled items notice with better message #717
* Feat: Add options to enable/disable staging sites cloning from UI #722
* Enh: Use included directories instead of excluded directories to increase cloning speed #671
* Enh: Stringify directories array var in $_POST to reduce $_POST size during cloning #671
* Enh: Replace relative paths exclude to absolute and wildcard paths exclude during cloning #671
* Enh: Detect snapshot tables using regex #694
* Enh: Enable disable save button in clone data edit during database connection #700
* Enh: Improve exclude filters for Push process #720
* Enh: Move Backend/public/img to assets/img #719
* Enh: Unify Single and Multisite Classes #713
* Enh: Keep other staging behavior when the staging site is cloneable #722
* Fix: Lost password link generation in staging sites #697
* Fix: Fix cloning on multisite for PHP 5 #725
* Fix: Skip symlink scanning during directory scan #736
* Dev: Internal refactoring of database backup to avoid long-lived branch #624
* Dev: Enforced changelog entries in CI #695
* Dev: Refactored webdriver tests to make them faster #656
* Dev: Refactor how the automated test workflows are generated. Add new webdriver test before release with default settings #712
* Enh: Refactor search and replace jobs to use memory and time-consumption aware trait #702
* Dev: Increased default file batch limits for faster development environment and CI #706
* Dev: Renamed all code and UI references of Snapshot to Backup #715
* Dev: Add helper to manage clone settings #717
* Dev: Internal code refactoring, renaming classes for better readability #721
* Dev: Add infrastructure support for wp-cli and background processing #728

= 2.8.1 =
* Feat: Show creator user name of staging site
* Enh: Show notice if sending mails are disabled
* Enh: Show message and stop execution if php version is lower than 5.5
* Enh: Abort cloning process if table already exists in external database
* Fix: Can not update database credentials in staging sites wp-config.php under rare circumstances
* Fix: During the update process if options table was not selected it didn’t get skipped
* Fix: Error if WP is lower than 4.6
* Fix: Can not delete entire staging site on error
* Fix: Activating pro version does not properly disable free version

= 2.8.0 =
* Fix: Latest supported WP version is not reflected on wordpress.org plugin repo
* Enh: Show confirmation popup if user tries to send another support request within an hour

= 2.7.9 =
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.6
* Fix: Uninstall function can throw fatal error
* Fix: Do not write sensitive information into debug.log if debug mode is active
* Fix: Update notification shown even if there is no more recent version
* Dev: Memory exhausted during tests
* Dev: Prefix composer vendor libraries with PHP-Scoper
* Dev: Add more unit and webdriver tests to improve QA
* Enh: Change authentication to a combination of nonces and access tokens
* Enh: Improve tests performance
* Enh: Add tests for database export and restore

= 2.7.8 =
* New: Add special admin notice if the plugin is not tested with the latest WordPress version
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.5.2
* New: Allow deleting of orphaned staging site entries if staging site was deleted manually before

* Fix: Activation hook is not fired after first time installation and wpstg optimizer and cron tasks are not set up
* Fix: Staging site does not work if database password contains dollar sign in password
* Fix: Prevent fatal error when the plugin is activated, but there is no permission to create folder wp-content/uploads/wp-staging or wp-content/uploads/wp-staging/logs.

* Dev: Add new DI container implementation
* Dev: Add composer 2

= 2.7.7 =
* Fix: Fatal error on activation in pro version (Syntax error)

= 2.7.6 =
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.5.1
* New: Add WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE constant for staging site
* New: Better and wider test coverage
* New: Implementing of automated CI tests
* New: Huge code base refactor for cleaner code
* New: Updated authentication mechanism for ajax requests
* New: Show welcome video message
* New: Show message asking for admin credentials on login form
* New: Move WP STAGING menu down below the menu Plugins
* New: Selected tables are highlighted with a blue background color
* Fix: Show access denied message if a non but existing user tries to access the staging site
* Fix: Remove wp_logout() in staging site login form to prevent multiple login log entries with plugin WP Activity Log
* Fix: Wrong german translations
* Fix: Cloning fails if there is no underscore in table prefix

= 2.7.5 =
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.4.2
* Fix: Remove beta notice
* Fix: Error if views are cloned
* Fix: Fatal error if WordPress is older than 4.5
* Fix: Merge pro/free version
* Fix: Step switching logic does not work properly
* Fix: Fix progress bar when certains steps are skipped
* Fix: Change german translation for REPORT ISSUE

= 2.7.4 =
SKIP VERSION

= 2.7.3 =
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.4.1
* New: Allow filtering of staging site title
* Fix: Since WordPress WP 5.4 cloning fails if WordPress is installed in subfolder
* Fix: Loading icon not shown when disk space is checked
* Fix: Can not copy tables if prefix is capitalized & has no underscore

= 2.7.2 =
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.4
* Fix: Fatal error on WordPress 4.6 and older

= 2.7.1 =
* HotFix: Prefix hotfix failed

= 2.7.0 =
* HotFix: Fix fatal error in step 6 after updating to WordPress 5.4

= 2.6.9 =
* Fix: Can not login to staging site under certain circumstances
* Fix: Use user selected language setting instead global site based one
* Fix: Fatal Error: curl_version() not defined in SystemInfo.php
* New: Refactored structure for easier maintenance
* New: Core support for WP Staging snapshots
* New: Implementing of UnitTests

= 2.6.8 =
* Fix: If the server is windows it will result in missing files after cloning and can lead to fatal errors of the staging site

= 2.6.7 =
* Fix: Update function adds duplicate string to internal urls like https://example.com/staging/staging/wp-content/*
* New: Support for WP 5.3.2

= 2.6.6 =
* Fix: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpstgpro_overwrite_nonce() and wpstg_overwrite_nonce() after activating pro version on top of this free one
* Fix: wpdb->prepare() warning after initial cloning

= 2.6.5 Date 12/18/2019 =
* New: Support for WordPress 5.3.1
* New: Refactoring code base and remove app folder
* New: Add French language files
* New: Add WP Staging logo to login form
* New: Set 24 hours expiration date to process lock
* New: Add link URL to the staging site title
* Fix: Fatal error: Invalid serialization data for DateTime object #91
* Fix: Add missing string language location
* Fix: Function fnmatch() not available in all systems
* Fix: Warning in staging site after initial cloning in db row rewrite_rules
* Fix: Wrong staging site is selected when delete function is executed and there are more than 10 staging sites

= 2.6.4 =
* Fix: Broken image folder with duplicate leading slash after cloning

= 2.6.3 =
* New: Allow wildcards for excluding files
* New: Add hook “wpstg_clone_action_staging” to execute code on staging site after cloning
* Tweak: Improved support for custom uploads folder if the user customized the UPLOADS constant or upload_path in DB
* Fix: Better compatibility with Windows IIS server
* Fix: External links are broken after cloning if ABSPATH is equal to /www/
* Fix: use an alternative method for file_put_contents as it is not supported on all systems due to file permission issues
* Fix: Redundant and duplicated update comments in wp-config.php in the staging site

= 2.6.2 =
* Fix: Do not show warning “Preparing Data Step3: Failed to update rewrite_rules in wpstg0_options”
* Fix: Change error “Table wpstgtmp_options does not exist” to warning
* New: Add arguments for hook wpstg_cloning_complete
* New: Setup server environment variables per process and not globally (e.g. set_time_limit)
* New: Add support for custom uploads folder if user customized UPLOADS constant or upload_path in DB

= 2.6.1 =
* New: Improve styling of the login form. Thanks to Andy Kennan (Screaming Frog)
* New: Add ‘password lost’ button to login form
* New: Change welcome page CTA
* New: Add feedback option when the plugin is disabled
* Fix: PDO instances can not be serialized or unserialized
* Fix: Can not update staging site db table if there are constraints in it

= 2.6.0 =
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.2.2
* New: Performance improvement for directory iterator using fewer server resources
* New: Add filter wpstg_folder_permission to set custom folder permission like 0755, allows to overwrite FS_CHMOD_DIR if it has been defined.
* Fix: Error conditions in class Data do not compare type strict (== vs. ==) resulting in interruption of the cloning process
* Fix: Excluded folders under wp-content level are not taken into account on Microsoft IIS servers

= 2.5.9 Released 05/16/2019 =
* New: Update for WP 5.2.1
* New: Better corporate identity and more friendly UI colors for staging sites listings and button
* New: Better warning notices before updating process is executed
* New: Add tooltips for explaining navigation buttons
* New: Check if UPLOAD constant is defined and use this value for uploads folder destination
* New: Show notice if the user tries to clone a staging website.
* Fix: Staging sites listing entries appeared on the cloned website.
* Fix: Do not search & replace through “__PHP_Incomplete_Class_Name” definitions
* Fix: Prevent wordfence firewall rule interrupting the clone deletion method
* Fix: Excluded wp staging directory from deleting process is ignored and will be deleted either way
* Fix: Strip whitespaces in cloning site internal names

= 2.5.8 =
* Fix: Remove admin notice that wp staging is not compatible with latest wp version

= 2.5.7 =
* Fix: Fatal Error: Remove previous implemented action to not search & replace over incomplete classes. This lead to high memory consumption and error 500 in step 2 of the cloning

= 2.5.6 =
* New: Compatible to WordPress 5.2
* New: Allow adding file .wp-staging to root of the website to determine if it’s a staging or production website
* New: Add extended data about a staging site in list overview of staging sites
* New: Show unfinished or interrupted clones and allow deletion of them
* Tweak: Move admin notices templates to views/notices
* Fix: Rating notice appears again after using review later button
* Fix: Can not find staging site when staging site has been created with an old version of wp staging
* Fix: Do not search & replace over incomplete classes in the database to prevent warnings

= 2.5.5 =
* Fix: Fatal error, undefined function wpstg_validate_data()

= 2.5.4 =
* Fix: WordFence firewall rule ‘local file inclusion’ blocks wp staging initial starting cloning sequence
* Fix: Values of form Extra directories to copy are ignored

= 2.5.3 =
* Fix: Disable the WP-Spamshield Plugin on staging site because it prevents login to the staging site
* Fix: Lower the memory consumption when the cloning scan process is started
* New: Show PHP user in system info log

= 2.5.2 =
* New: Tested up to WordPress 5.1.1

= 2.5.1 =
* Fix: WP Staging > Tools > System Info does not open
* New: Open system info log file directly via wp staging > tools

= 2.5.0 =
* Fix: Do not exclude db.php if it is not located in the wp-content folder
* Fix: Select All button for db tables not working properly
* New: Add Filter to exclude certain tables from search & replace operation
* New: Show PHP user in system info
* New: Check if there is already one process running before executing the cloning process
* New: Support up to WordPress 5.1

= 2.4.9 =
* New: Add new DB table selection manager
* Fix: Better warning notices before updating a staging site
* Fix: Stop delete process if staging site has been deleted manually before
* Fix: Log file folder does not have correct permission 0755
* Fix: Continue cloning if siteurl & home in wp_options could not be changed
* Tweak: Better warning for update method
* Tweak: DB tables and file verification opened as default option
* Tweak: Skip rows larger than 5MB for search & replace operations to keep memory consumption low
* Tweak: clean up search & replace method
* Tweak: Better FAQ

= 2.4.8 =
* Fix: Prevent throwing an error when table prefix of table usermeta can not be changed
* Fix: WP Staging does not run with old WordPress version 3.2
* Fix: Do not show rating box on posts and pages editor
* New: Support WordPress 5.0.3
* New: Add FAQ to footer

= 2.4.7 =
* New: Support WordPress 5.0.2

= 2.4.6 =
* Fix: Can not login to staging site . Changed minimum user capability to ‘manage_options’ instead ‘administrator’

= 2.4.5 =
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.0.1 Gutenberg
* New: Show WP version of staging site in the sysinfo log
* Fix: Make sure optimizer must-use plugin is updated as well after updating the main plugin
* Fix: Plugin can not be uninstalled if WP Staging Pro is activated
* Fix: Prevent error $this not in object context in install.php

= 2.4.4 =
* Fix: Security, prevent downloading wp staging log files by third party users from uploads folder
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg

= 2.4.3 =
* Fix: Updating staging site does not exclude Windows IIS configuration file web.config and can lead to server error
* Fix: Redirect to the correct url after log in to staging site
* Fix: Supports HTML entities in links created by WP Backery Page Builder Plugin
* New: Support for custom and non-default wp-content and uploads folder
* New: Option to show again the rating notice in a week

= 2.4.2 =
* Fix: Error 500 on some systems when files are collected and plugin iterates through the directories

= 2.4.1 =
* Fix: Error notice if user tries to update staging site located in another database
* Fix: Search & Replace adds staging site subfolder multiple times to replaced string when staging site is updated
* Fix: Missing ajax delay setting

= 2.4.0 =
* New: Compatible to WP 5.0.0 Gutenberg
* New: Increase file scanning process performance
* New: Preview for external database cloning
* New: Add delay between requests setting to prevent timeouts on rate limited servers
* New: Try again automatically cloning process if ajax request has been killed due to server ressource limit error

* Fix: Error when removing heartbeat api
* Fix: remove ? parameter from staging site
* Fix: Do not load theme while WP Staging is running. Prevents processing interruption if there are fatal errors in the theme
* Fix: When cloning has been canceled page needs to be reloaded before beeing able to clone again
* Fix: Under rare circumstances plugins are disabled when wp staging runs.
* Fix: Prevent error 503 (firewall/performance timeout) by adding post parameter to the ajax url
* Fix: Adding automatic resume function to the ajax processing to prevent cloning and pushing interruptions due to hitting server ressource or network glitches.
* Fix: Selected folders are not excluded under Windows IIS server
* Fix: Windows IIS server compatibilility issues resolved

= 2.3.9 =

Release Date October 16th 2018

* New: Support for wp-config.php located in one level up of the root folder for multisites
* New: Allow exclusion of custom options from wp_options from beeing pushed
* New: Make sure Optimizer is installed and activated
* New: Show date of site creation/update in list of staging sites
* Tweak: Better looking UI elements
* Fix: Requirements Check not working as intended

= 2.3.8 =
* Tweak: Lowering default performance settings for more reliability during cloning
* New: Set WP_CACHE to false in wp-config.php after cloning to prevent log in issues to staging site
* New: Compatibility mode to skip certain tables from third party plugins from beeing searched & replaced
* Fix: Do not clone db.php, object-cache.php and advanced-cache.php
* Fix: Show error message if ajax requests fail for any reason

= 2.3.7 =
* New: Increase cloning performance
* New: Show admin notice if php version and wordpress version do not meet requirements.
* New: Show error if there is not enough free diskspace
* New: Add resume function in case the cloning process interrupts
* New: Add italian translation
* New: Better looking admin notices
* Fix: Different scheme of siteurl and home leads to non available staging site. Show admin notice to ask user to fix that first before creating a staging site
* Fix: WP Staging welcome screen shown when any plugin is activated
* Fix: Lower default settings to 10000, cpu load low. File copy limit to 50

= 2.3.6 =
* Fix: Add version number to css and js files to prevent caching issues
* Fix: Wrong text domain in a few language strings
* Fix: Optimizer mu-plugin not installed all the time
* Fix: Language files not loaded correctly
* Fix: Remove heartbeat check only on wp staging admin pages
* Fix: WordPress custom upload path variable upload_path could be wrong after cloning
* Fix: Increase maximum memory consumption

= 2.3.5 =

Release Date: August 21st, 2018

* New: Enable Optimizer as default option
* New: Add filter to exclude strings from search & replace, docs: https://wp-staging.com/docs/actions-and-filters/
* New: Add filter to change search & replace parameters
* New: Add language files and change text domain to slug of the plugin
* New: Disable heartbeat api and user login check for wp staging processing
* New: Add issue reporting form
* New: Check if clone subfolder already exists before creating clone
* Fix: Changing file copy limit not working

= 2.3.4 =
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 4.9.8
* New: Support for Windows Azure cloud servers
* Fix: Missing http(s) scheme after cloning multisites results in not working clones

= 2.3.3 =
* New: Compatible up to WordPress 4.9.8
* New: Better error reporting
* New: Detect if wp-config.php has been moved one folder level up
* New: Login options not needed any more – removed
* Fix: Remove term ‘Error’ from login page

= 2.3.2 =
* Fix: Do not search & replace mail addresses

= 2.3.1 =
* Fix: Creating a new clone resets the custom wp staging user settings. E.g. ignores authentication setting
* Fix: Search & replace path not correct if scheme http/https is not identical in wp-config and db wp_options
* New: Setting to specify the maximum allowed file size to copy

= 2.3.0 =
* Security: Do not allow to create a new staging site into a subfolder which already exists
* New: Option to allow adjustment of the allowed maximum size of files that are going to be copied while cloning.
* New: Add multisite informations in system info log
* New: Option to allow adjustment of the allowed maximum size of files that are going to be copied while cloning.
* New: Use the new progress bar for clone updating process
* Fix: Progress bar for step ‘database’ is not filling up to 100%
* Fix: If cloning update process is interupted it may happen that staging site is not available any longer. (Updating the clone does not copy index.php to staging site again)
* Fix: Progress bar not shown as intented for clone updating process
* Fix: Can not open upload folder in file selection menu
* Fix: Undefined object $this->tables
* Fix: wp-config.php not copied when previous clone updating process has been failed
* Fix: Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Callable
* Fix: Skip search & replace for objects where key is null
* Fix: Search & Replace not working if serialized object contains __PHP_Incomplete_Class_Name
* Tweaks: remove term “error” from several log entries
* Tweak: Remove certain debugging notices from the default log window

= 2.2.9 =
* Fix: Missing trailingslash results to wrong absolute paths in database after Search & Replace operation

= 2.2.8 =
* New: Add filter ‘wpstg_filter_options_replace’ to exclude certain tables from updating while cloning
* New: Exclude tables for plugin wp_mail_smtp
* New: Support for custom upload folder. For instance, if upload folder has been renamed and removed outsite wp-content folder
* New: Add datetime timestamp internally to clone. (Used in WP Staging pro)
* New: Add filter ‘wpstg_fiter_search_replace_rows’ to exclude certain tables from search & replace
* New: Supports search & replace for revslider image slider and several visual editors which are using non default serialized data
* New: Add new setting which allow to specify the search & replace processing query limit
* New: Compatible to WordPress 4.9.6

= 2.2.7 =
* Fix: Serialize replace is not working properly for serialized strings
* Fix: WP_SITEURL & WP_HOME not replaced if constant contains php generated string

= 2.2.6 =
* Fix: If WPML is used the live site is not reachable
* Fix: Can not disable optimizer
* Fix: Stop cloning if wp_usermeta or wp_options can not be adapted
* Fix: All methods should be private in class SearchReplace
* Fix: PHP 7.2 is not countable warning
* Fix: PHP 7.2 can not replace data in objects when object is incomplete (__PHP_Incomplete_Class_Name)
* New: Use fully custom login form to prevent access denied issues on sites where access to wp-login.php is denied or redirection plugins are used
* New: Link to support section

= 2.2.5 =
* New: Compatible to WP 4.9.5
* New: Allow to select and copy extra folders that are on the root level
* New: Use fully custom login form to prevent access denied issues on sites where access to wp-login.php is denied or redirection plugins are used
* Fix: Incorrect login path to staging site if WordPress is installed in subdirectory
* Fix: Login url is wrong if WP is installed in subfolder
* Fix: If PHP 5.6.34 is used, the cloning process could be unfinished due to use of private member in protected class
* Tweak: Only wp root folders are pre selected before cloning is starting
* Tweak: Change WP_HOME or WP_SITEURL constants of staging site if they are defined in wp-config.php

= 2.2.4 =
* New: Replace even hardcoded links and server path by using search & replace through all staging site database tables
* New: New and improved progress bar with elapsed time
* Fix: Cancel cloning does not clean up unused tables and leads to duplicate tables
* Tweak: Wordings in rating admin notice
* Tweak: Better error messages
* Tweak: Open staging site in same window from login request
* Fix: Set meta noindex for staging site to make it non indexable for search engines

= 2.2.3 =
* Fix: Change default login link to wp-admin
* Fix: Unneccessary duplicates of wpstg tables in db

= 2.2.2 =
* Fix: Undefined property: stdClass::$loginSlug

= 2.2.1 =
* New: Option to set Custom Login Link if there is one
* New: Set meta noindex for staging site to make it non indexable for search engines
* New: Better multiple folder selection. Allows to unselect a parent folder without collapsing all child folders
* New: Sorted list of folders to copy
* Fix: Can not login to staging site if plugin All In One WP Security & Firewall is used
* Fix: Staging site not reachable because permalinks are not disabled under certain conditions

= 2.2.0 =
* Fix: Old staging site is not listed and pushing is not working properly if plugin is updated from wp staging version 1.6 and lower

= 2.1.9 =
* New: Performance improvement increase db query limit to 5000
* New: Detect automatically if WordPress is installed in sub folder
* Tweak: Tested up to WP 4.9.4
* Fix: Updating from an old version 1.1.6 < to latest version deletes the staging sites listing table
* Fix: Reduce memory size of the logging window to prevent browser timeouts
* Fix: Can not copy db table if table name contains the db prefix multiple times
* Fix: Some excluded folders are not ignored during copy process
* Fix: mod_security is causing script termination
* Fix: Skip directory listings for symlinks

= 2.1.8 =
* Fix: Increase the max memory consumption

= 2.1.7 =
* Tweak: Return more human readable error notices
* Fix: Cloning process stops due to file permission issue
* Fix: Exclude WP Super Cache from copying process because of bug in WP Super Cache, see https://github.com/Automattic/wp-super-cache/issues/505

= 2.1.6 =
* New: increased speed for cloning process by factor 5, using new method of file agregation
* New: Skip files larger than 8MB
* Fix: Additional checks to ensure that the root path is never deleted
* New: Compatible up to WP 4.9.1

= 2.1.5 =
* Fix. Change link to support
* Fix: Missing files in clone site if copy file limit is higher than 1

= 2.1.4 =
* Fix: Link to the staging site is missing a slash if WordPress is installed in subdir
* Tweak: Allow file copy limit 1 to prevent copy timeouts

= 2.1.3 =
* New: Add more details to tools->system info log for better debugging
* New: Add buttons to select all default wp tables with one click
* New: Show used db table in list of staging sites
* Fix: Delete staging site not possible if db prefix is same as one of the live site
* Fix: Edit/Update clone function is duplicating tables.
* Fix: Other staging site can be overwritten when Edit/Update clone function is executed
* Fix: Several improvements to improve reliability and prevent timeouts and fatal errors during cloning

= 2.1.2 =
* Fix: Remove LOCK_EX parameter in file_put_contents(). LOCK_EX is not working on several systems which results in cloning process timeouts
* Fix: Huge Performance improvement in copying process by removing duplicate file entries in the cache file. This also prevents weird timeout issues on some hosted websites
* Fix: Error 500 when debug mode is activated
* Fix: Limit maximum execution time to 30 seconds
* Fix: Sanitize Clone Names and Keys to fix “clone not found” issue in upgrade routine
* Fix: Do not clone the plugin wps-hide-login
* Fix: Staging sites can not be deleted if they are very big
* Fix: Link to staging site is undefined
* Tweak: Better admin message for asking for a review
* Tweak: Remove table wpstg_rmpermalinks_executed when plugin is uninstalled
* New: New setting to specify the maximum amount of files copied within one ajax call to fix godaddy and bluehost ajax 404 errors. Default 10 per batch

= 2.1.1 =
* New: Add link to tutorial explaining the process of pushing modification to the live site

= 2.1.0 =
* New: Exclude unneccessary files from cloning process: .tmp, .log, .htaccess, .git, .gitignore, desktop.ini, .DS_Store, .svn
* New: More details for debugging in Tools->System Info
* Fix: Check if tables in staging site exists before attempting to modify them
* Fix: WordPress in sub directories were not opening
* Fix: Nonce check not working if nonce life time is filtered by another plugin WP Bug: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/41617#comment:1
* Fix: Access to staging site not working, if WP_SITEURL and WP_HOME is defined in wp-config.php
* Tweak: Exclude wp-content/cache folder from copying process

= 2.0.9 =
* Skip Version

= 2.0.8 =
* Fix: After update from wpstg 1.6.x to 2.x previous settings were not imported resulting in cancelation of cloning process. Still not fixed in 2.0.7

= 2.0.7 =
* Fix: After update from wpstg 1.6.x to 2.x previous settings were not imported resulting in cancelation of cloning process

= 2.0.6 =
* Fix: Cancel Cloning button not working
* Fix: Limit max execution time to a maximum of 30sec to prevent high memory consumption and script timeouts

= 2.0.5 =
* New: Major version – Complete rewrite of the code base
* New: Batch processing allows to clone even huge sites without any timeouts
* New: Preparation for WP QUADS PRO with ability to copy file changes back to live site
* New: Bypass (broken) third party plugins during wp staging related ajax requests to prevent processing errors. Use a mu plugin for this.

= 1.1.6 =
* New: Add download link to WP Staging Beta Version 2.0.1

= 1.1.5 =
* Fix: Admin notice is throwing a false positive write permission error
* New: Move log folder to wp-content/uploads/wp-staging/logs
* New: Tested up to WP 4.7.3

= 1.1.4 =
* Fix: Fatal error Unsupported operand types

= 1.1.3 =
* New: Tested up to wp 4.7.2
* Fix: Arrows in drop down for folder selection are distorted
* Tweak: Show working log as default to make debugging easier

= 1.1.2 =
* Fix: Settings are not deleted when plugin is removed
* Fix: Staging site is available for non administrators

= 1.1.1 =
* Fix: Change rating url

= 1.1.0 =
* New: Tested up to WP 4.6
* New: Create a poll and ask what feature is most required

= 1.0.9 =
* Fix: Undefined WPSTG() warning
* Fix: Change compatibility version to wp 4.5.3

= 1.0.8 =
* Tested up to WP 4.5.2

= 1.0.7 =
* Fix: Activation hook is not fired and staging site is not working properly
* Performance: Increase default query copy limit to 1000

= 1.0.6 =
* Fix: Uninstalling plugin throwing error
* Fix: Error permission admin notice although permission issues are correct

= 1.0.5 =
* New: Tested up to WP 4.5
* Fix: Download system log not working
* Fix: Click on Optimizer “Select all | none | invert” links leads to jumping
* Tweak: Make clear that unselecting a checkbox will exlude table or file from copy process
* Tweak: Remove unnecessary text
* Tweak: Change beta notice in dashboard. WP Staging is stable
* Tweak: Change twitter handle to @wpstg

= 1.0.3 =
* Fix: Missing const MASHFS_VERSION
* Fix: Remove error “table XY has been created, BUT inserting rows failed.”
* Fix: Not tested up to 4.4.2 message shown although it’s tested up to WP 4.4.2
* New: Disable either free or pro version and does not allow to have both version enabled at the same time

= 1.0.2 =
* Tweak: Change setting description of uninstall option
* Tweak: Lower tags in readme.txt

= 1.0.1 =
* New: Orange colored admin bar on staging site for better visualization and comparision between production live site and staging site
* Tweak: Remove contact link on multisite notification

= 1.0.0 =
* Fix: Do not follow symlinks during file copy process
* Fix: css error
* Fix: Show “not-compatible” notice only when blog version is higher than plugin tested version.
* Fix: undefined var $size
* Fix: Check if $path is null before writing to remaining_files.json
* Fix: $db_helper undefined message
* Fix: Skip non utf8 encoded files during copying process

= 0.9.9 =
* Fix: Use back ticks for table names to prevent copy errors when table names are containing hyphens or similar special characters
* New: Load option to reduce cpu load and to lower the risk of killed ajax calls because of security flooding mechanism (Prevent 405 errors: not allowed)
* Tweak: Load non minified js file when WPSTG debug mode is enabled

= 0.9.8 =
* New: Tested up to WP 4.4
* New: New debug mode in settings
* Tweak: Check if url’s in staging’s wp-config.php needs a replacement and do so.
* Fix: Prevent fatal error and end of copying process. Make sure files are writable before trying to copy them

= 0.9.7 =
* Fix: Change backend link to https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/ when using an outdated version of the plugin
* New: Tested up to WP 4.3.1

= 0.9.6 =
* New: Show notice when there is not enough disk space for a clone
* Fix: PHP Error on 32bit systems: “disk_free_space(): Value too large for defined data type”
* Fix: Copying process of larges files gets interupted sometimes due undefined variable
* Fix: Define width and height for the system info export formular
* Fix: Cannot redeclare deleteDirectory()

= 0.9.5 =
* Fix: Option for cloning sites which are moved into a subdirectory was not working on several systems
* New: WordPress Migration tested up to WP 4.3

= 0.9.4 =
* Fix: Large files are copied partly
* Fix: js error xhr.statusText not defined
* New: Option for cloning sites which are moved into a subdirectory. Read more: https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
* New: Create an alternative copy method for large files
* New: Add new author WP-Staging to the readme.txt and to the wordpress repository

= 0.9.3 =
* Fix: Rating container is not shown because of wrong wordpress option name
* Tweak: Change color of the rating links

= 0.9.2 =
* Fix: A conflict with the plugin WP Migrate DB (Pro)
* Fix: Limit the staging name to maximum of 16 characters for migration process

= 0.9.1 =
* Fix: Change search and replace function for table wp_options when running migration. This prevented on some sites the moving of serialized theme data

= 0.9 =
* New: Release