If you're using a page caching plugin it's highly recommended to clear its cache after upgrading to this version. If you're using a JS minifying plugin you may need to add recently.min.js to its exclusion list (see FAQ).
- Min. required WordPress version is now 5.7.
- Improves PHP 8 support.
- Improves compatibility with XHTML WordPress themes.
- Query data caching feature has been removed as it's now built-in into WordPress.
- Other minor enhancements.
- Fixes an issue where the excerpt would not be truncated at the expected length (props to dimalifragis!)
- Fixes a PHP warning related to the excerpt generator function (props to dimalifragis!)
- Updates dependencies.
- Fixes an issue where the excerpt may output broken HTML under some circumstances.
- Updated dependencies.
This release includes a couple of major changes so please review before updating.
- Minimum required PHP version is now 7.2.
- Minimum required WordPress version is now 5.3.
- Introduces Recently's own block!
- Admin: only users with
edit_others_posts
capability (usually Editors and Administrators) will be able to access certain areas of Recently's dashboard. - Widgets: Users will no longer be able to add the "classic" widget to the block-based Widgets screen, only the Recently block.
- Fixes an issue where widget themes stored in child theme's folder would not be recognized by the plugin.
- Security enhancements.
- Minor improvements and fixes.
- Fixes a potential XSS vulnerability (props to Yu Iwama of Secure Sky Technology Inc. and the JPCERT/CC Vulnerability Coordination Group).
- Fixes a potential code injection vulnerability (props to Jerome & NinTechNet).
- Fixes a fatal error that can occur when using stock thumbnail sizes (props to @rianovost).
- Fixes a srcset bug that affects specific PHP locales (props to @fredel).
- Fixes a srcset not loading images due to improper SSL/HTTPS configuration (props to @aj4h).
- Fixes a views/comments translation issue that affects some languages.
If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing/upgrading to this version is highly recommended.
- Fixes an issue where when using multiple widgets on the same page posts would be duplicated (thanks rianovost!)
- Enables the Ajaxify Widget option by default (affects new installs only) for better out-of-the-box compat with caching plugins.
- Fixes a fatal PHP error when using an image source other than Featured Image (thanks rianovost!)
- Fixes thumbnails not displaying under certain conditions.
- Fixes an issue where the Tiny theme would change the widget title to "Trending."
- Updates plugin screenshots to showcase the new themes.
- Fixes a bug where the user couldn't disable the display of thumbnails.
- Improves compatibility with WordPress Popular Posts and Polylang.
- Minor code enhancements.
If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing/upgrading to this version is highly recommended.
- Code has been refactored to make maintenance easier in the future.
- Widget Themes support!
- Retina displays support!
- New Content Tags added: total_items, item_position, and title_attr.
- Minor usability improvements.
- Improves compatibility with Polylang/WPML.
- Improved CSP compatibility. Note that this may cause issues on some set-ups, please check the Release Notes for more details.
See the Release Notes for more details. Full Changelog.
If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after installing/upgrading to this version is highly recommended.
- Recently will fetch its ajaxified widgets via the REST API now for faster performance.
- Adds filter hook to customize query args per widget instance:
recently_pre_get_posts
(documentation) - Adds filter hook to parse custom Content Tags:
recently_parse_custom_content_tags
(documentation). - Improves compatibility with Cloudflare's Rocket Loader.
- Drops included language files in favor for language packs downloaded automatically by WordPress.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
See the Release Notes for more details.
If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.
- Fixes Content Tag
{author}
returning a bad URL. - Data Caching enabled by default (new installs only).
- Minor copy adjustments.
- Fixes missing helper method messing up the Customizer.
- Updates default widget stylesheet.
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
If you're using a caching plugin, flushing its cache after upgrading to this version is highly recommended.
- Plugin code refactored!
- Improves PHP7+ compatibility.
- Improves compatibility with WordPress' Customizer.
- Drops jQuery dependency: your site will load a tab bit faster now.
- Adds Relative Date Format.
- Adds ability to select first attached image as thumbnail source.
- New filters:
recently_post_class
&recently_post_exclude_terms
. - Improves compatibility with WP-SpamShield, Polylang and WPML.
- Tons of minor bug fixes and improvements.
See: Release Notes.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
- Adds the recently_no_data filter hook
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
- Public release