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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