2.6.1

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Release date: February 7th, 2023

Feature highlights

  • Transport now supports migration from SEOPress.
  • Local now supports price range indication and scheduled opening hours.
  • We reduced the likelihood of random disconnects for iThemes Security users.
  • We improved overall performance by optimizing option handling and modernizing browser scripts.

Updated extensions

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Plugin improvements

  • Added: When you move WordPress between domains, you can now easily switch the registered domain with us without needing to reactivate extensions. A red button is presented under “Account and Actions” when a transfer is detected.
    • This is especially handy for multisite domain transfers.
    • Unlike before, this won’t work for switching between development, staging, and production environments, unless the file paths are identical.
      • We could’ve used a different test (see next changelog item) entirely, but that’d open our API to abuse.
      • Feel free to forward your concerns to iThemes Security, because they couldn’t explain what makes their feature so secure and ruined it for everybody.
  • Changed: Reduced the likelihood of random disconnects caused by iThemes Security’s nonsensical option to flush security keys every two weeks.
    • New sites no longer rely on these proper authentication keys for hashing, but now use a combination of environmental variables, like the database version and the installation location. Change any of these, and your site could disconnect from our services.
    • The instance can only be invalidated on a downgrade from a new installation. Old installations can safely downgrade from 2.6.1 and beyond to an earlier version. If you must downgrade, it’s safest to disconnect your account via Extension Manager and reconnect to set up a legacy instance key.
    • If you disconnect, your site will be seen as a new installation, and will switch to this new system.
    • Like before, you can reconnect after disconnecting without losing data.
    • This check performs entirely locally.
  • Improved: Increased clarity about how the API connection is validated.
  • Improved: Notification animations are faster now, no longer cause minor text movement, and no longer cause large screen movement due to race conditions.
  • Improved: Refactored option handling for improved performance.
  • Updated: Now uses our v2.2 licensing API, primarily for key naming convenience.
  • Other: The “SEO Trends and Updates” feed now uses the relocated feed link, and sorts through it more quickly.
  • Other: Modernized code.
  • Other: New translations are available.