2.4.0 – Linguistic SEO

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Release date: June 2nd, 2020

Feature highlights

  • In this update, we reduced the plugin package size by 30%. Thanks to offloading translation files elsewhere on our servers, this reduction saves you bandwidth and speeds up plugin installation.
  • During Extension Manager plugin update requests, your WordPress website may now download new and updated translation files independently. Which files are requested is based on your site’s supported languages.
  • We upgraded the extension API endpoint, which allows for reverse inflection lookups via the Focus extension, for 7 languages!
  • We removed a filter that directed admin access control. We found that it wasn’t secure enough (by our insane standards); so, use the new constant definition, instead. With that constant, you can now (finally) independently control extension-settings from manager access.

Updated extensions

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Plugin improvements

  • Added: New constant TSF_EXTENSION_MANAGER_EXTENSION_ADMIN_ROLE, that allows you to modify the access level (capability) of the extension settings in wp-config.php or a mu-plugin.
    • Note: Use TSF_EXTENSION_MANAGER_MAIN_ADMIN_ROLE to control the role required for managing the extension activation and API connection options.
  • Changed: The plugin extension API now reaches our new version 2.1 endpoint, from 2.0.
    • Version 2.0 will remain available for the unforeseeable future.
  • Changed: The plugin updater API now reaches our new version 1.1 endpoint, from 1.0.
    • Version 1.0 will remain available for the unforeseeable future.
  • Updated: Plugin translation POT file contains a few adjusted strings.
  • Removed: We no longer ship the pomo translation files with the plugin.
    • However, the /language/ folder still works as before, and manually inserted files therein supersede the update-service provided translations.
  • Removed: Filter tsf_extension_manager_can_manage_options has been removed as it superimposes a security issue due to its nature in discrepancy, incoherency, and inconsistency. Use the constants instead; they can be defined only once, alleviating these issues altoghether.
  • Removed: Method tsf_extension_manager()->can_do_settings(). Use the access control API functions, instead.