Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

1.9.0

Release Date: March 17, 2024

Optimize WP Options Auto Loading.
Updated Composer Libraries.
Tested with WordPress v6.5.

1.8.9

Release Date: February 9, 2024

Added: Lock Modified Date Block Editor Support for Custom Post type which has show_in_rest set to true. This behavior can be changed by wplmi/post_type_args filter.
Updated: @wordpress/scripts to the latest version.
Updated: Background Process PHP Library.
Tweak: Replaced deprecated __experimentalGetSettings() with getSettings().
Tweak: Use of wp_kses_allowed_html filter to allow custom HTML tag instead of using placeholders.
Added support for PHP v8.3.
Minimum required PHP Version is now 7.0.
Tested with WordPress v6.4.

1.8.8

Release Date: June 26, 2023

Added: Integration with AIOSEO Plugin last modified update checkbox.
Updated: @wordpress/scripts to the latest version.
Updated: Selectize JS Library.
Updated: Background Process PHP Library.
Tweak: Changed Toogle to Checkbox Control.
Fixed: Deprecated Button Component parameter.
Fixed: PHP Errors on Plugins page.
Fixed: Properly support the id attribute in the shortcode. Props to @yoren.
Tested with WordPress v6.2.

1.8.7

Release Date: January 25, 2023

Fixed: Modified date is not showing on some cases.
Fixed: Bulk Edit save delay.
Fixed: Some Dashboard CSS.
Added: Wiki Link to Dynamic Tags Section.

1.8.6

Release Date: January 24, 2023

Fixed: Modified date is not showing if "Post Date Time Change or Removal" is set to "Convert to Modified Date" after last update.

1.8.5

Release Date: January 5, 2023

Fixed: PHP Error if the the global post object is undefined.
Fixed: WooCommerce product modified date updated even if the option is disabled.
Fixed: Update Locked posts was showing all posts in post list page.
Fixed: Lock the Modified Date option was not working properly.
Fixed: Bulk Editing was not working.
Tweak: Allow Toogle Disable Update Option for all post types and posts with future date.
Imporved: Optimize codebase.
Tested with WordPress v6.1.

1.8.4

Release Date: July 29, 2022

Added: User Column Sorting.
Fixed: Quick Edit HTML issue.
Fixed: Default Post Type ordering was not working.
Fixed: JS issue if Syntax Highlighting is disabled from User Profile.
Fixed: PHP Warning: Undefined property.

1.8.3

Release Date: May 30, 2022

Fixed: Bulk Editing is not working.
Fixed: Dashbaord Widget Posts List Order was wrong on some cases.

1.8.2

Release Date: May 24, 2022

Fixed: Block Editor JS Errors on some cases.
Fixed: Dashboard Widget showing wrong timestamp.
Fixed: Widget Editor is not loading some cases if this plugin is active.
Fixed: Block Rendering issue if custom colors are specified in theme.json.
Added: Nonce checking on Dashbaord Widget.

1.8.1

Release Date: May 22, 2022

Fixed: Notice can't be dismissed and causing a error.

1.8.0

Release Date: May 21, 2022

NEW: New Plugin UI.
NEW: Block Editor Controls.
NEW: Added 3 New Blocks for WordPress 5.8 and beyond.
Improvement: Enhanced Escaping.
Improvement: Plugin Rating is now calcualted out of 5.
Improvement: Use of Vanilla JS instead of jQuery to Replace Post Date.
Improvement: Remove Plugin Update data on Deactivation.
Improvement: Uses Post ID instead on WP Post Object to reduce memory usage.
Fixed: Dashboard Widget Issue.
Fixed: Elementor Deprecated issue.
Fixed: The issue where plugin returns true even if there is no value in settings.
Fixed: Rest API Output error if get_userdata() function returns false.
Removed: Astra and GeneratePress Theme support.
Removed: jQuery Cookie Library.
Added filter wplmi/plugin_links for plugin links output.
Tested with WPML.
Development is now done in GitHub.
Compatibility with WordPress v6.0 and PHP v8.0.

1.7.7

Release Date: June 13, 2021

Removed: WP Backgroud Processing Library. You can use Migrate WP Cron to Action Scheduler Plugin to overcome the limitation of WP Cron.
Improved: Added a hook to fetch plugin data just after plugin upgradation.
Corrected Template Tags wrong Tab name.
Compatibility with WordPress v5.7.

1.7.6

Release Date: December 25, 2020

Added: Modified Date Time Bulk Update Capability.
Added: Option to view posts which are included in Disable Update list.
Fixed: Post order displays as Modified by default on some installations.
Fixed: Reverted back to the old method of post meta replace.
Improved: Admin Settings Page UI.
Compatibility with WordPress v5.6.

1.7.5

Release Date: September 30, 2020

Fixed: PHP Fatal error on plugin activation.

1.7.4

Release Date: September 30, 2020

Added: Ability to show plugins last modified info on plugins page.
Fixed: HTML non-spacing issue on post ecit screen.
Fixed: datePublished schema is replaced by dateModified automatically even if schema output is disabled from plugin settings.

1.7.3

Release Date: September 27, 2020

Added: Ability to remove/hide post dates from search engines completely.
Fixed: PHP Fatal error in WordPress version less than v4.9.0.
Fixed: A bug where last modified info was not showing using shortcode if "Change Original Time to Modified Time" option was enabled from Misc Options.
Tweak: Added some CSS adjustments to make it more easy.
Tweak: Properly set HTML element's CSS Class names.
Twaek: The minimun required WordPress version is now v4.7.0.
Tweak: Increased rating notice auto show time interval.
Tweak: Cache will be automatically purged the modified date is changed.
Tweak: Custom modified date which is greater than original published date is only accepted in Products also.
Tweak: Correct modified date was not properly reflected for products if custom modified date is being set from quick edit.
Tweak: Increased priority of the_content hook to 5.
Tweak: <p></p> tag will be removed automatically from shortcode.
Tweak: Added improved replace date mechanism to make it work properly with any caching or minification plugin.
Tweak: From now, itemprop="datePublished" schema will be replaced automatically with itemprop="dateModified". It can be disabled by wplmi/published_schema_replace filter.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

1.7.2

Release Date: August 14, 2020

Added: Ability to use Template Tag as Shortcode.
Tweak: From now custom modified date which is greater than original published date is only accepted.
Tweak: Make Global Site modified info Date translable.
Fixed: Variable not found PHP warning on user list page.
Fixed: A bug where Actual post published date is not translating.
Fixed: A bug where Plugin shows error on dev console if Syntax Highlighting is disabled from Profile settings.
Other minor improvements.

1.7.1

Release Date: August 12, 2020

Added: Some PostView template tags.
Added: An option to Copy and Paste plugin settings to Export and Import respectively.
Fixed: Astra & GeneratePress Schema Output.
Fixed: Elemetor Schema Output.
Other minor improvements.

1.7.0

Release Date: August 11, 2020

Improvement: Rewrite the plugin from scratch.
Added: Templateting system to customize the output as you want.
Added: A method to replace post published date with post modified date. It will only work on Single Post Page.
Added: Some validations to check if the custom modified date is a valid past date.
Added: An option to hide last modified info on various archives from plugin settings.
Added: Dedicated CSS editor to enable syntax highlighting.
Added: Option to show Last Modified Author Avatar using Elementor.
Added: Lots of filters and hooks to make the plugin customizable.
Tweak: Traditional Date Format and Time Format field is merged into one field.
Tweak: Better theme (Astra & GeneratePress) compatibility.
Tweak: Notification Email will only add an only valid email and this field is now not mandatory.
Tweak: Modified Date Update is disabled for Scheduled and Draft Posts.
Tweak: Modified info will be shown only if the Published date is not equal to the modified date.
Tweak: CTRL+S will save the plugin settings automatically.
Fixed: A bug where WooCommerce Product Modified Date is changed automatically even the Disabled option is checked.
Fixed: Some CSS and JS issues.
Various improvements introduced.
Compatibility with WordPress v5.5.
Plugin now strictly requires PHP v5.6 or higher.

1.6.6

Release Date: April 2, 2020

NEW: Added Shortcode [lmt-site-modified-info] to display website modified time. It will trigger when a post is saved.
NEW: Added a method to directly replace the post published date with post modified date. This feature may not work with some themes.
Added: %post_link% variable to PHP Output Buffer replace process.
Added: Ablity to sort posts on frontend by post modified date.
Tweak: Removed the required from Noti Post Types fields as sometime it prevents plugin from save the data.
Tweak: Form now "Text before Last Modified Info" fields do not support and HTML tags. You can use post-last-modified-text CSS class for posts, page-last-modified-text CSS class for pages and tt-last-modified-text CSS class for template tags to apply styles.
Fixed: Properly sanitizes input and escapes the output to prevent a XSS vulnerability. Thanks to @Jeroen Mulder.
Fixed: Some CSS and JS issues.
Compatibilty with WordPress v5.4.

1.6.5

Release Date: December 21, 2019

Fixed: Post Link is showing when post is updated for non-public posts.
Fixed: Incorrect HTML tag output in post edit page.
Fixed: Some Browser JS warnings.
Fixed: Some CSS issues with WordPress v5.3.2.

1.6.4

Release Date: November 27, 2019

Fixed: Compatibility with Rank Math and Yoast SEO for their recent changes.
Fixed: Fixed an error of dateModified showing an incorrect time when timezone was not set to UTC.

1.6.3

Release Date: November 24, 2019

NEW: Added a new filter hook wplmi_post_disable_update_default_check to auto lock modified info in post edit page.
Improved: Check/uncheck "Disable Update" option is separated from now.
Fixed: Check/uncheck "Disable Update" option is not working on draft posts.
Fixed: A minor CSS issue.
Other minor improvemnts and fixes.

1.6.2

Release Date: November 14, 2019

Compatibility with WordPress 5.3.
Improved: Now it is possible to check/uncheck "Disable Update" option globally.
Fixed: Some broken links.
Fixed: Minor CSS issue.
Removed: Some unnessary files.
Other minor improvemnts and fixes.

1.6.1

Release Date: August 26, 2019

Added: An option to set author link target.
Fixed: Unclosed HTML tags.
Fixed: Tooltip display issue.
Removed: Some duplicate codes.

1.6.0

Release Date: August 9, 2019

Added: A filter wplmi_custom_schema_post_date_fotmat to compatible any theme with Compatibility Schema Mode.
Added: A filter wplmi_switch_global_replace_hook to switvh the Global Replace action hook.
Added: Post Shortcode attribute to enable output on search pages.
Improved: Last Modified Posts Dashboard Widget.
Improved: Compatibility between the Newspaper theme and Advanced Schema Mode.
Fixed: An issue which prevents plugin settings from saving.
Fixed: JS error in Browser Console.
Fixed: Unclosed HTML tag.

1.5.9

Release Date: June 8, 2019

Fixed: GeneratePress missing function error.

1.5.8

Release Date: June 8, 2019

Improved: Output Buffering Mechanism.
Fixed: Some Typo.
Removed: Some duplicate codes.

1.5.7

Release Date: June 7, 2019

NEW: Schema Markup Compatibility with other SEO and Schema Plugins. Please resave schema option in plugin settings after upgrading your plugin.
Fixed: ob_start warning.

1.5.6

Release Date: May 8, 2019

Added: A link to hide the notice permanently.

1.5.5

Release Date: May 4, 2019

Added: Option to sort posts by post modified date on edit.php page.
Added: A filter wplmi_post_edit_default_check to auto check Disable Update Option in Post meta box when creating a new post.
Added: A Option in Tools tab to auto check Disable Update Option.

1.5.4

Release Date: May 2, 2019

Fixed: Missing Generatepress Option.

1.5.3

Release Date: April 25, 2019

Added: Post Modified by field in Rest API Output.
Fixed: Elementor Deprecated Hooks.
Fixed: Conflict with Bootstrap CSS Class.
Fixed: Check Box Slider CSS issue.
Fixed: Plugin version number.
Fixed: Unclosed HTML Tags in Admin Notices.

1.5.2

Release Date: March 29, 2019

Added: A filter wplmi_elementor_widget_query_filter to sort Elementor Pro Posts and Portfolio widgets by last modified date.
Added: A filter wplmi_custom_author_list_selection to set the custom author role for plugin settings.

1.5.1

Release Date: March 26, 2019

Fixed: Some Error Notices

1.5.0

Release Date: March 26, 2019

Added: Email Notification feature if someone made any change to any post which supports revision.
Fixed: Wrong Settings Label.
Fixed: Post Updated Message not showing last modified time.
Fixed: Some Typo.
Removed: Some unused CSS files.

1.4.9

Release Date: March 17, 2019

Added: A new tab to Enable JSON-LD Schema Markup seperately.
Improved: Schema Markup Mechanism.
Fixed: Wrong Last Modified User was showing for WooCommerce Products.
Fixed: Quick Edit option was hidden for some users.
Fixed: Some Typo.
Fixed: Code Clenup.

1.4.8

Release Date: February 11, 2019

Added: Option to set gap between post published date and modified date.
Added: WPML Compatibility.
Fixed: Multisite Broken Login.

1.4.7

Release Date: January 30, 2019

Tweak: Using wptexturize to fix the quoted post content in schema markup description. Props to Dirk L.
Fixed: 'Trying to get property of non-object error' notice was showing for some users.
Fixed: Placeholder shows wrong template tags variable i.e. %%pub_date%% instead of %%published_date%%. Now it has been fixed.

1.4.6

Release Date: January 27, 2019

NEW: GeneratePress Theme Support.
NEW: Astra Theme Support.
NEW: Added shortcodes attributes.
NEW: Added an option to replace post published date with post modified date without any theme file editing.
NEW: Added filters to change post published date format if the option "Enter text or HTML to Replace" is in use.
Improved: Genesis Theme Schema Support.
Tweak: Now this plugin uses wordpress date/time format by default.
Fixed: Error Notice in 404 page.
Fixed: Some Typo.

1.4.5

Release Date: January 17, 2019

Tweak: Escape all shortcodes in JSON-LD schema markup Description.
Fixed: Schema markup conditions on archive pages.
Fixed: Language attributes filters.

1.4.4

Release Date: January 16, 2019

Added: Option to set JSON-LD Schema Markup.
Added: An option to show last modified info on all archives if your theme supports it.
Fixed: A problem with unsupported schema themes.
Fixed: Last Modified column displays nothing for some users.
Fixed: Name change of menu item.

1.4.3

Release Date: January 11, 2019

Fixed: A problem with Soliloque and Envira Gallery last modified column.
Fixed: All incorrectly translated strings.

1.4.2

Release Date: December 20, 2018

Tweak: Now all date format show as the date in localized format.
Fixed: A bug where dateModified schema always returns in local time format instead of GMT.

1.4.1

Release Date: December 14, 2018

Tweak: Now it is possible to edit last modified info from gutenburg edit screen.
Fixed: Some minor bug fixed.

1.4.0

Release Date: December 11, 2018

NEW: Elementor Dynamic Tags Support with schema markup.
Added: Option to link author name with their Website.
Fixed: A bug where link to author email always returns original post author's email instead of last modified author's email.
Fixed: Some incorrectly translated strings.

1.3.10

Release Date: December 10, 2018

Added: Option to replace paragraph tag with span tag.
Added: Shortcode parameters to escape paragraph tag if required.
Fixed: A bug where custom author seperator for template tags not working properly.
Fixed: Some minor bugs.
Fixed: Some incorrectly translated strings.
New icon added.

1.3.9

Release Date: December 2, 2018

Added: Option to enable/disable schema output.
Added: Option to link author email.
Improved: Template Tag mechanism.
Improved: Admin UI.
Fixed: Some minor bugs.
Fixed: Some incorrectly translated strings.
Tested upto WordPress Version 5.0.

Note: Please configure schema output from plugin settings after plugin update.

1.3.8

Release Date: October 14, 2018

Fixed: Multiple output of last modified info on frontend if the post is not inside loop.
Tweak: Now this plugin automatically detects modified info change if any change will be done from quick edit.
Tweak: Sometimes modified fields are showing multiple times in quick edit mode. Now it has been fixed.

1.3.7

Release Date: October 4, 2018

Added: A new filter wplmi_disable_schema_output to disable schema output.
Tweak: Meta Box UI.
Fixed: Plugin deactivation permission.

1.3.6

Release Date: September 24, 2018

Added: Admin notice.
Added: new filters wplmi_display_priority_post and wplmi_display_priority_page to set display priority.
Code cleanup.

1.3.5

Release Date: September 1, 2018

Admin UI Improved.
Code cleanup.

1.3.4

Release Date: August 8, 2018

Fixed: Some incorrectly translated strings.
Code cleanup.

1.3.3

Release Date: August 5, 2018

Added: Filters to set time difference between post published time and modified time.
Fixed: a bug where page builder plugins overwrite the disable state of last modified info.
Fixed: Disable modified info update checkbox shows in Bulk edit mode. Now it has been fixed.
Improved: Last modified info output.

1.3.2

Release Date: July 27, 2018

Added: Disable modified info update from Quick Edit.
Added: A lock icon now indicates last modified info update disble status.
Tweak: Now Dashboard Widget shows only published posts.
Fixed: PHP 5.3 Compatibility issue.
Fixed: Column sorting is not working properly.

1.3.1

Release Date: July 22, 2018

Added: It is now possible to edit modified date and time.
Improved: Made uninstall cleanup optional through a plugin setting and improved uninstall mechanism.
Fixed: Admin bar returns revision link even if that post/page is not a revision.
Fixed: Permission for custom post meta box.
Fixed: Incorrectly translated strings.

1.3.0

Release Date: July 16, 2018

Added: I18n support.
Fix: Shortcode does not output modified info on pages.

1.2.11

Release Date: July 15, 2018

Added: Now it is possible to view last revision by clicking the admin bar item.
Fix: Redirection to edit.php page after login for some users. Thanks to @svayam.

1.2.10

Release Date: July 13, 2018

Added: Option to set custom modified author name.
Added: lmt_custom_field_date_time_format filter to set custom date/time format on custom fields.
Fix: Last Modified post display issue on dashboard widget with user roles except for administrator.
Remove some plugin options to simplify plugin settings.
Improved: Admin UI.

1.2.9

Release Date: June 23, 2018

Added: You can now disable modified info update every time after the post is saved.
Typo Fix.

1.2.8

Release Date: June 20, 2018

Fix: Error notice after plugin update.
Fix: Shortcode does not work properly if 'Using Shortcode' method is enabled.

1.2.7

Release Date: June 20, 2018

Added: Now Last updated info now shows as post updated message.
Improved: Dropdown loading using Select2.
Improved: Custom Post Types Support. Now it is possible to select custom post types individually.
Tweak: Now it is possible to disable auto insert for particular post/page from edit screen.
Tweak: Remove 'Disable auto insert' fields to simplify plugin settings.
Tweak: Active tab is now depends on url parameter also.
Tweak: Last modified value will automatically be added into custom fields if 'Show Last Modified Info on Dashboard' option is on.
Bug Fix.

1.2.6

Release Date: June 9, 2018

Added: Option to enable/disable auto last modified info suport for custom post types.
Added: Support to add last modified info in custom fields after post/page update.
Tweak: Tools is now merged with plugins settings page.
Fixed a typo in plugin description. Thanks to @buzztone.
Bug Fix.

1.2.5

Release Date: May 27, 2018

Added: Ajax loading at the time of form submission.
Bug Fix.

1.2.4

Release Date: May 25, 2018

Added: Tools page - Import/Export/Reset Plugin Settings.
Improvement: Now it indicates which tab is active.
Improvement: Admin UI.
Bug Fix.

1.2.3

Release Date: March 17, 2018

Added: Author name support.
Added: Dashboard column width.
Added: Last modified author name in Admin bar.
Change last modified dashicons.

1.2.2

Release Date: March 15, 2018

Added: Human Readable Time/Date format.
Added: Last modified info on admin bar.
Added: Option to set the number of posts to show on dashboard widget.
Added: Option to customize default 'at' date/time separator.
Tweak: 3 separate option merged into 1 option in dashboard options to simplify plugin settings.
Tweak: If a class is not set in the template tags option, then this plugin does not return any class.
Improved: Admin UI.
Minor bug fixed.

1.2.1

Release Date: March 13, 2018

Improved: Template Tag support.

2.0.0

Release Date: March 12, 2018

Added: Template Tag support.
Bug Fix

1.1.8

Release Date: March 10, 2018

Added: Dashboard widget to show Last Modified posts.
Improved: Schema Markup.

1.1.6

Release Date: March 7, 2018

Improved: Custom Post Type Support.
Bug Fixed.

1.1.5

Release Date: March 6, 2018

Improved: Schama markup. Test with structured data tool.
Removed 'revised' meta tag output as it is no longer required. Learn more.
UI Improvements.
Code Cleanup.

1.1.4

Release Date: March 4, 2018

Added: Schama markup.
Bug Fixed.

1.1.3