Changelog

Full SiteNivo Free release notes, synced from wordpress.org/plugins/sitenivo. Current Free release: 1.3.2. New versions appear here automatically after they publish on WordPress.org.

1.3.2

  • Enhanced: WP Rocket-grade URL directory hierarchy cache storage (cache/sitenivo/{host}/{path}/index.html) for transparent file inspection and direct local serving.
  • Enhanced: Instant Local Cache Serving — immediate X-SiteNivo-Cache: HIT response with early serving bypassing template generation and database queries.
  • Fix: Permission and Nonce Protection — comprehensive auth cookie scanning (wordpress_logged_in_*, wp-postpass_*, WooCommerce session/cart) to prevent stale nonces, permission denied errors, and user state leaks.
  • Fix: Pagination Caching & Multi-Level Invalidation — full support for /page/{n}/ and ?paged={n} caching with automatic purging of homepage, categories, tags, and archives upon content changes.
  • Fix: Asset Minification & Combining — overhaul url_to_local_path with path normalization for root-relative, protocol-relative, IP-based, and subdirectory WordPress installations.
  • New: Admin Bar Quick Purge Dropdown — 1-click purge for the currently viewed page or entire site cache directly from the WordPress frontend.

1.3.1

  • New: Speed & Cache Asset Optimization Suite — CSS and JS minification, Combine CSS with relative path resolution, Combine JS, Async CSS, and Delay JavaScript execution until first user interaction.
  • New: Smart Query String Normalization — strip marketing tracking parameters (utm_*, fbclid, gclid, _ga, mc_cid, mc_eid) during cache computation for instant paid traffic delivery.
  • New: Media Acceleration Suite — native image lazy loading with LCP leading image protection, YouTube video preview placeholder saving ~1 MB upfront payload, auto image dimensions, and featured image preloading.
  • New: WordPress Bloat Cleaner Tweaks — disable XML-RPC, remove RSD/WLW links, remove shortlink, hide WordPress version, disable self pingbacks, and disable header feed links.
  • New: Database Table Health — orphaned term relationships cleaner and MySQL table optimization & defragmentation.
  • Enhanced: Settings page master switch for Speed & Cache module with direct navigation links and status notices.
  • Enhanced: Multi-Module Import & Export — complete roundtrip backup and restoration for all 21 modules and standalone options.

1.3.0

  • New: Multi-Module Import & Export — full JSON backup, export, and migration support for all 21 SiteNivo modules and settings.
  • Export and import configurations for SEO, Speed & Cache Optimizer, Security & BOT Shield, SMTP Mailer, Header & Footer Scripts, Coming Soon, Maintenance Mode, Social Share Buttons, Hide Login, Disable Comments, Duplicate Post, Broken Link Scanner, Permalink Manager, Visitor Tracking, and General Tweaks.
  • Granular module selection: export entire site setups or specific feature configs with one click.
  • Enhanced import validation: safe restoration with duplicate protection and sanitize safeguards.

1.2.8

  • New: SEO Toolkit module — complete on-page and technical SEO toolkit.
  • Live SERP snippet preview with desktop and mobile toggle views for posts and pages.
  • On-page content analysis: focus keyphrase checklist and dynamic character gauge bars.
  • Automated meta tags: smart title templates, meta description, canonical URL, and robots index/follow controls.
  • Social Graph: Facebook Open Graph and Twitter Cards with custom images and titles.
  • Dynamic XML Sitemap at /sitemap.xml with index and sub-sitemaps for posts, pages, and CPTs.
  • HTML Sitemap generator via [sitenivo_html_sitemap] shortcode with multi-column layout support.
  • Missing Image ALT Text Scanner with 1-click inline editing and auto-fill from image file titles.
  • Breadcrumbs generator via [sitenivo_breadcrumbs] with Google BreadcrumbList JSON-LD Schema.
  • FAQ Accordion generator via [sitenivo_faq] with Google FAQPage rich snippet Schema.
  • Site SEO Health & Audit checklist with dynamic scoring gauge.
  • JSON-LD Schema markup for Organization, Person, WebSite search, Breadcrumbs, and Article.
  • Webmaster Tools: verification codes for Google Search Console, Bing, Pinterest, Yandex, and Baidu.
  • Virtual robots.txt editor with automatic sitemap directive injection.
  • Added Broken Links and SEO Toolkit to the main SiteNivo Dashboard module list.

1.2.7

  • New: Broken Link Scanner module — scan posts, pages, and custom post types for dead links (404, 500), broken redirects (3xx), and timeouts.
  • Live batch scanner with smooth chunked background AJAX execution and progress bar.
  • Inline Quick Fix: update broken URLs directly across post content without opening the WordPress editor.
  • 1-Click Unlink: remove dead links from post content while preserving anchor text.
  • Single re-check and dismiss controls for false-positive management.
  • Export full broken link audit reports to CSV.

1.2.6

  • Security: BOT Protection — rate-limit public requests per IP (60s window); timed Visitor Tracking block; optional email alert; event log.
  • Visitor Tracking: block list supports timed / sourced entries (bot auto-expiry) with UI labels.

1.2.5

  • Visitor Tracking: First / Last pagination alongside Prev / Next.
  • Visitor Tracking: clearer referrer source labels (Direct vs host); capture still uses HTTP_REFERER.
  • Visitor Tracking: device / OS / browser parsed from user agent in the list and detail panel.
  • Visitor Tracking: block / unblock IPs (public site 403); remove from the block list to whitelist again.
  • Tags: added visitor tracking (replaced scf).

1.2.4

  • New: Hide Login module — custom login slug; wp-login.php probes get a theme 404; guest wp-admin redirects to a configured path (not the secret login URL).
  • Tags: added hide login (replaced no cookie tracking).

1.2.3

  • New: Disable Comments module — close comments/trackbacks on Posts, Pages, Products, and CPTs; optional admin menu cleanup and comments REST API disable.
  • Extra hardening: hide existing frontend comments, block comment feeds/XML-RPC comment methods, reject new submissions, block edit-comments.php direct access when menu removed.
  • Docs: removed Disable Comments from Coming Soon in Free.

1.2.2

  • New: Security module — block sensitive files, disable XML-RPC, disable file editor, hide WP identity, login lockout (5 / 15 min), optional app-password restriction for non-admins.
  • Hide WP identity also removes RSD and WLW manifest links and blanks feed generator signatures.
  • Visitor Tracking: ignore known scanner / probe paths (Security toggle).
  • Moved hardening toggles from Settings → Security into SiteNivo → Security; Settings keeps uninstall cleanup + link.
  • Docs: removed Hide Identity from Coming Soon in Free.

1.2.1

  • New: Social Buttons — floating WhatsApp, Phone, Email, Messenger, Telegram, and Custom Link (enable any subset).
  • Style controls: shape, size, gap, offsets, colors, border, shadow, hover; optional Media Library icons.
  • Pro-ready: admin live preview hooks (preview UI is Pro); removed Social Buttons from Coming Soon in Free.

1.2.0

  • New: Disable Core / Theme / Plugin Updates — three independent toggles under Settings → General (full block: notices, auto-updates, and manual Update actions).
  • Docs: removed Disable Theme & Plugin Updates from Coming Soon in Free.

1.1.9

  • Docs: full Visitor Tracking section in the readme (cookie-free tracking, Settings toggle, admin log/detail panel).
  • Docs: removed Header & Footer and Visitor Tracking from Coming Soon in Free (both already shipped).
  • FAQ: Does Visitor Tracking use cookies?
  • Tags: restored no cookie tracking (replaced search and replace).

1.1.8

  • Admin: WordPress flyout under SiteNivo shows only Dashboard (other pages stay in the SiteNivo sidebar).
  • Tags: added redirections (replaced no cookie tracking).

1.1.7

  • New: Visitor Tracking — cookie-free server-side pageview log (Settings → General to enable).
  • Geo enrichment via ip-api.com; timestamps stored in UTC and displayed in the WordPress timezone.
  • Admin visit table + detail panel (city, region, country, ZIP, ISP, IP, visitor token, UA, and more).
  • Tags: replaced duplicate post with no cookie tracking.

1.1.6

  • New: Header & Footer module — tracking/analytics snippets (wp_head / wp_footer), below SMTP.
  • Uses WordPress core CodeMirror via wp_enqueue_code_editor (no bundled editor).
  • Capability-gated save (manage_options); frontend-only output.

1.1.5

  • Fix: Favicon no longer breaks the frontend (removed full-page HTML buffer that could blank the site).
  • Site Icon still uses WordPress core output via Settings → Media.
  • Redirections polish: Import/Export integration, UI fixes, Plugin Check cleanup.

1.1.4

  • New: Redirections — 301/302 rules, 404 log, bulk enable/disable; backup via Import / Export.
  • Module page below Permalink Manager (sidebar, dashboard, menu).
  • Admin shell: WordPress notices re-homed so they no longer break the layout.

1.1.3

  • New: Favicon — set WordPress Site Icon from Settings → Media (min 512×512).
  • Syncs with Appearance → Customize → Site Identity; size validation on select and save.

1.1.2

  • New: Rollback — install a previous WordPress.org version of plugins, themes, or WordPress core.
  • Settings → General toggle; Plugins row + Themes modal actions; Core rollback card in Settings only.
  • Tags: replaced custom post types with duplicate post.

1.1.1

  • New: SMTP module — Default PHP mail, Other SMTP, and common SMTP providers (Gmail, Outlook, SendGrid, and more), From Email/Name, Force From, Send Test Email.
  • Pro teasers: rarer mailers, Email Log, and advanced testing (Coming Soon In Pro Version).
  • Module page below Permalink Manager in the SiteNivo menu, sidebar, and dashboard.

1.1.0

  • New: Permalink Manager — custom URIs for posts, pages, and public CPTs (edit-screen box).
  • 301 redirect from the native WordPress permalink to the custom URI.
  • Module page below URL Replace: supported post types, custom URI list, flush permalinks.

1.0.9

  • Settings: tabbed layout (General, Media, Performance, Security, Admin UI, Integrations, Maintenance) — layout only; no setting behavior changes.

1.0.8

  • New: Download Theme & Plugin — ZIP download for any installed theme or plugin.
  • Themes: Download button in the theme details modal (Appearance → Themes).
  • Plugins: Download link on plugin list rows (Plugins → All Plugins).
  • Settings: toggle under SiteNivo → Settings → General (below Duplicate Post).

1.0.7

  • New: Duplicate Post — row action + bulk duplicate for posts, pages, and public CPTs (Settings → General).
  • Pro: SiteNivo custom field values are copied when duplicating (Coming Soon In Pro Version / licensed Pro).

1.0.6

  • New: Classic Widgets setting — restore the classic Widgets screen (Settings → General, below Classic Editor).
  • Settings: renamed the Editor settings card to General.

1.0.5

  • Fix: Options page render fatal error — anonymous BasePage now implements get_screen_nonce_action().

1.0.4

  • New: URL Replace module — full-database URL search/replace with serialized-aware handling.
  • History table UI reserved for SiteNivo Pro (Coming Soon In Pro Version) via extension hooks.

1.0.3

  • Readme: Developers sample now shows sn_get_field / sn_the_field with $post_id.

1.0.2

  • Readme updates: tags, Coming Soon / Pro roadmap, developer code sample fix.
  • Removed external site / donate links until the official website launches.

1.0.1

  • Updated readme and branding.
  • Plugin Check compliance improvements.
  • Admin menu and dashboard icon refinements.

1.0.0

  • Initial release: Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, Field Groups, Options Pages, Admin Columns, Code Generator, Import/Export, Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon, WP Reset, and Settings.

Related docs

Security · Disable Comments · Social Buttons

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