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=== Content Control - The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More === |
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Contributors: codeatlantic, danieliser |
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Author URI: https://code-atlantic.com/?utm_campaign=upgrade-to-pro&utm_source=plugins-page&utm_medium=plugin-ui&utm_content=action-links-upgrade-text |
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Plugin URI: https://contentcontrolplugin.com/?utm_campaign=plugin-info&utm_source=readme-header&utm_medium=plugin-ui&utm_content=author-uri |
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Donate link: https://code-atlantic.com/donate/?utm_campaign=donations&utm_source=readme-header&utm_medium=plugin-ui&utm_content=donate-link |
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Tags: access control, content, content restriction, permission, private, restrict, restrict access, restriction, user, visibility, widget, block visibility, user access, coming soon, maintenance mode, access manager, paywall |
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Requires at least: 5.6 |
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Tested up to: 6.4 |
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Stable tag: 2.0.12 |
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Requires PHP: 5.6 |
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License: GPLv3 (or later) |
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Restrict content based on login status, user roles, device type & more. Monetize your content with a paywall or members-only content. |
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== Description == |
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Content Control is a transformative plugin, allowing you to fine-tune every aspect of your WordPress website's content. Decide who gets to see what, where, and when - be it pages, posts, widgets, or individual block visibility using our handy shortcode. Your content, your rules, executed perfectly! |
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Content Control is intuitive and powerful, designed for all users—whether logged in, holding specific roles, or even guests. Need top-tier content restriction or a dependable access manager for your site? Look no further. We've expanded our controls to include Gutenberg and Full Site Editor, giving you unmatched command. |
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= Key Features = |
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Discover what Content Control brings to your table: |
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- Full control over your site's content, restrict user access with ease!. |
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- Set up a seamless paywall for your content, providing teasers for users and prompting them to purchase access. |
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- Per block controls for Gutenberg and Full Site Editor, including user roles, device type, and more. |
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- Responsive block controls with customizable breakpoints. |
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- Control block visibility by user status, roles, device type & more. |
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- Restrict access to pages, posts, widgets, and individual blocks based on user status, roles, device type & more. |
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- Offer membership tools for crafting membership access and members-only content. |
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- Provide responsive block designs that adapt to varying device sizes. |
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- Lockdown content selectively for improved user experiences. |
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- Implement role-based redirections to guide users effectively. |
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- Unlock the power of subscription content and monetization strategies. |
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- Safeguard specific categories, tags, custom post types, and custom taxonomies. |
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- Manage access to [media attachment pages](https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wordpress-attachment-pages/) for logged in/out users or specific user roles. |
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- Display a custom message to users who do not have permission to view the content. |
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- Display specific content on a page or post to logged in users only, specific user roles, or logged out users. |
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- Redirect users without access permission to a login page, website homepage, or a custom URL. |
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- Highlight subscriber-only content for premium users. |
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- Use the `[content_control]` shortcode to protect content inline and cater to subscriber preferences. |
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- Control widget visibility by selecting the user type that can view each widget. |
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- Conditionally show coming soon or maintenance mode pages based on various rules. |
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[Content Control Documentation](https://contentcontrolplugin.com/docs/?utm_campaign=plugin-info&utm_source=readme-description&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=documentation-link) |
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= Pro Features = |
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Coming soon: Content Control Pro, with advanced features like: |
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- Content Teasers for Paywalls, giving your users a sneak peek, leaving them wanting more. |
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- Optimize your WooCommerce & Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) experiences with advanced rules. |
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- Schedule blocks, controlling content visibility timings using customizable scheduling rules. |
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- Dive deeper with advanced block rules and a boolean editor. |
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- Customize login, registration & recovery page urls. Custom login urls give a more personalized user experience. |
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**Note**: Content Control handles media access via content on media attachment pages but won't restrict direct server-level access to media files. |
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= Passionately Crafted by Code Atlantic = |
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At [Code Atlantic][codeatlantic], we're passionate about crafting tools that empower your digital journey. Content Control is a testament to our commitment to quality. |
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Dive into some of our renowned plugins: |
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- **[Popup Maker][popupmaker]** - The #1 Popup & Marketing Plugin for WordPress |
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- **[User Menus][usermenus]** - Innovatively Show, Hide & Customize Menu Items |
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[codeatlantic]: https://code-atlantic.com "Code Atlantic - High Quality WordPress Plugins" |
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[popupmaker]: https://wppopupmaker.com "#1 Popup & Marketing Plugin for WordPress" |
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[usermenus]: https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-menus/ "Show, Hide & Customize Menu Items For Different Users" |
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== Installation == |
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- Install Content Control either via the WordPress.org plugin repository or by uploading the files to your server. |
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- Activate Content Control. |
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If you need help getting started with Content Control please see [FAQs][faq page] which explains how to use the plugin. |
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[faq page]: https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-control/faq/ "Content Control FAQ" |
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== Frequently Asked Questions == |
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= Where can I get support? = |
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If you get stuck, you can ask for help in the [Content Control Plugin Forum](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/content-control). |
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= Where can I report bugs or contribute to the project? = |
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Bugs can be reported either in our support forum or we are happy to accept PRs on the [Content Control GitHub repo](https://github.com/code-atlantic/content-control/issues). |
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== Screenshots == |
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1. Restrict access to individual blocks. |
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2. Create unlimited restriction sets. |
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3. Choose who can see the restricted content. |
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4. Display a message in place of restricted content. |
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5. Redirect users to log in or to another page if they access restricted content. |
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6. Choose any content you can think of to protect. |
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7. Use shortcodes to protect content inline. |
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8. Restrict widgets as well. |
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== Changelog == |
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= v2.0.12 - 10/26/2023 = |
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- Fix: Prevent extra 301 redirect due to missing trailing slash on some URLs. |
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- Fix: Issue with Custom Message replacement not always working on pages built with Elementor. |
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= v2.0.11 - 10/04/2023 = |
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- Improvement: Query Monitor integration to show which restrictions are active on a page. |
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- Shows global settings that may be affecting the page. |
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- Shows which restrictions are active on the page. |
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- Shows which posts are being filtered out of queries and by which restriction. |
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- Tweak: Ensure upgrade stream doesn't send headers if they were already sent. |
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- Tweak: Make second arg on get_the_excerpt filter optional to prevent errors with some plugins. |
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- Fix: Bug when using `content_control/check_all_restrictions` filter that caused rules to not compare properly. |
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= v2.0.10 - 10/01/2023 = |
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- Improvement: If no v1 global restrictions existed, skip the migration step entirely. |
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- Improvement: Default to late init of post query filtering until after plugins_loaded should be finished. This should prevent help prevent random errors due to restrictions being checked before plugins have had a chance to register their post types, and thus restrictions won't properly match those post type rules. |
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- Improvement: Add check to prevent restriction checks for **WP CLI** requests. |
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- Improvement: Add notice to indicate is when waiting for post/page search results in the restriction editor fields. |
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- Tweak: Fix issue in build that caused autoloader to not fully use optimized classmap, should result in improved performance. |
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- Fix: Ensure `$wp_rewrite` is available before calling `is_rest()` -> `get_rest_url()`. This should prevent errors when using the plugin with **WP CLI** and when plugins make `WP_Query` calls during `plugins_loaded`. |
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- Fix: Don't attempt to initialize side query filtering until after_theme_setup hook. This should prevent errors when plugins make `WP_Query` calls during `plugins_loaded`, and allow further delaying initialization if needed from themes `functions.php` file. |
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- Fix: Backward compatibility issue with WP versions <6.2 that made settings page not render. |
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- Fix: Bug where Block Controls didn't work on WooCommerce pages. This was filtering `pre_render_block` but not returning a value. Now we run our check after theirs to ensure that bug has no effect on our plugin. [Report](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-blocks/issues/11077) |
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= v2.0.9 - 09/24/2023 = |
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- Improvement: Better handling of restriction titles & content. Admins with priv can insert any content into the restriction messages. |
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- Improvement: Added new filter `content_control/query_filter_init_hook` to allow delaying query filtering for compatibility with plugins that make custom queries before `template_redirect` action. |
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add_filter( 'content_control/query_filter_init_hook', function () { |
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return 'init'; // Try setup_theme, after_theme_setup, init or wp_loaded |
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} ); |
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``` |
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- Tweak: Ensure our restriction checks work within a nested post loop. |
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- Tweak: Change how restriction title & descriptions were sent/received over Rest API. |
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- Fix: Bug that caused some shortcodes to not render properly. |
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- Fix: Bug where override message wasn't used. |
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- Fix: Bug where Elementor Post loop would render incorrectly when using ACF fields in the loop template. |
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= v2.0.8 - 09/22/2023 = |
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- Tweak: Ignore many Elementor queries from being restricted. |
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- Fix: Error when required upgrade was marked as complete. |
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- Fix: Bug that caused secondary queries to be handled like main queries. |
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= v2.0.7 - 09/21/2023 = |
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- Tweak: Only log each unique plugin debug notice once to prevent filling log files quickly. |
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- Tweak: Replace usage of `wp_upload_dir` with `wp_get_upload_dir` which is more performant. |
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- Fix: Error in upgrades when no data is found to migrate. |
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- Fix: Error when function is called early & global $wp_query is not yet available. |
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- Fix: Conditional check that could always return false. |
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- Developer: Implemented PHP Static Analysis to catch more bugs before they happen. Currently clean on lvl 6. |
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= v2.0.6 - 09/19/2023 = |
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- Improvement: Added data backup step to upgrade process that stores json export in the media library. |
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- Improvement: Better error handling in the data upgrade process. |
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- Fix: Fix bug in data upgrade process that caused it to never finish. |
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- Fix: Possible error when no restriction match found in some custom` queries. |
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= v2.0.5 - 09/18/2023 = |
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- Fix: Fix errors on some sites with custom conditions due to registering all rules too early. |
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= v2.0.4 - 09/18/2023 = |
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- Fix: Error when WP Query vars include anonymous function closures. |
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= v2.0.3 - 09/18/2023 = |
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- Fix: Log errors instead of throwing exceptions to prevent uncaught exceptions turning into fatal errors. |
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= v2.0.2 - 09/18/2023 = |
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- Fix: Fatal error from error logger on systems without write access. |
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= v2.0.1 - 09/17/2023 = |
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- Fix: Fatal error from unregistered or unknown rule types from 3rd party plugins/themes or custom code. Now they are logged in plugin settings page. |
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= v2.0.0 - 09/17/2023 = |
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- Feature: Restrict individual blocks in the Gutenberg editor. |
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- Feature: Restrict individual blocks in the Full Site Editor. |
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- Feature: Use a custom page template for restricted content. |
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- Feature: Restrict blocks by device type with customizable breakpoints. |
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- Feature: Restrict blocks by user status & role. |
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- Feature: Global restrictions now offer more control over how restricted content is handled. |
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- Choose to redirect or replace content with a custom page. |
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- Filter or hide posts in archives or custom loops. |
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- Secondary controls for posts if found in an archive. |
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- Improvement: Match or exclude specific roles. |
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- Improvement: Updated interface with intuitive and responsive controls. |
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- Improvement: Boolean editor improvements. |
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- Improvement: Control who can modify plugin settings. |
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- Improvement: Upgraded tooling & Code quality improvements. |
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= v1.1.10 - 12/28/2022 = |
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- Security: Fix unescaped output for CSS classname in the [contentcontrol] shortcode allowing users with the ability to edit posts to inject code into the page. |
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= v1.1.9 - 09/30/2021 = |
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- Fix: Error when using Gutenberg Preview. |
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= v1.1.8 - 07/17/2021 = |
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- Fix: Error when Elementor instance preview proptery was null. |
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= v1.1.7 - 07/17/2021 = |
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- Fix: Prevent warning if widget settings don't exist in options table. |
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- Fix: Arbitrary limit of 10 on current items listed in Restriction Editor due to WP query default args. |
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- Fix: Prevent restrictions from activating when using the Elementor page builder. |
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= v1.1.6 - 03/21/2021 = |
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- Fix: Nonce validation was preventing 3rd party plugin from saving widget settings when it failed. Thanks @jacobmischka |
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- Fix: Prevent corrupted options from preventing saving of settings. |
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= v1.1.5 - 02/22/2021 = |
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- Fix: Issue where roles with `-` would not save when checked. |
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= v1.1.4 - 03/24/2020 = |
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- Improvement: Added gettext handling for several strings that were not translatable. |
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- Tweak: Process shortcodes in default denial message contents. |
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- Tweak: Various improvements in form reliability & user experience. |
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- Fix: Issues with ajax search fields not retaining their values after save. |
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- Fix: Issue where only would show 10 pages. |
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- Fix: PHP 7.4 compatibility fixes. |
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= v1.1.3 - 12/03/2019 = |
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- Fix: Custom post type conditions were not always registered. |
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= v1.1.2 - 11/10/2019 = |
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- Tweak: Remove erroneous console.log messages in admin. |
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- Fix: Fatal error when empty shortcode used. |
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= v1.1.1 - 10/15/2019 = |
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- Fix: Bugs where variables were not always the expected type. |
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= v1.1.0 = |
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- Improvement: Added default denial message to shortcode. |
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- Improvement: Render nested shortcodes in the [content_control] shortcode. |
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- Fix: Bug where multiple roles checked together in restriction editor. |
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= v1.0.3 = |
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- Fix: Minor notice on activation. |
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= v1.0.2 = |
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- Fix: Call to undefined function. |
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= v1.0.1 = |
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- Fix: Non static method called statically |
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- Fix: Bug when using invalid variable type. |
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= v1.0.0 = |
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- Initial Release |
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