v5.5.8

What's Changed

Bug Fixes

• fix(settings): resolved multiple PHP 8.x "Undefined array key" warnings for type and module in settings registration and rendering (#394)
• fix(settings): added centralized Settings::is_valid_setting() validation method to enforce required-key contract on zerospam_settings filter — invalid settings are logged in debug mode
• fix(settings): settings_field() now applies wp_parse_args() defaults, preventing undefined key warnings for optional field attributes
• fix(settings): settings missing the section key now default to general instead of triggering warnings
• fix(api): corrected app_type case mismatch and app_details/email_details encoding
• fix(caching): prevented caching of 403 forbidden pages to resolve compatibility with LiteSpeed Cache (closes #383)
• fix(david walsh): improved JS reliability for comment forms to prevent false positives (closes #378)
• fix(david walsh): resolved conflict where WPForms submissions were blocked when David Walsh protection was enabled (closes #364)
• fix(ipinfo): corrected issue where location data was reported as "unknown" in the dashboard widget (closes #360)
• fix(install): resolved database errors on fresh installations due to strict dbDelta requirements (closes #332)

Performance

• perf(core): optimized disallowed words option to prevent autoloading large data
• perf(core): optimized disposable email domains storage to prevent autoloading large data
• perf(api): implemented async detection reporting to reduce server load
• perf(api): implemented persistent response caching (transients)
• perf(api): implemented circuit breaker pattern for API fault tolerance

Maintenance

• chore(requirements): updated PHP and WP version requirements
• chore(standards): fixed issues with strict types
• docs(project): updated project documentation files
• ci(github): updated GitHub workflows and templates

v5.5.6

What's Changed

• Fix: #377 Missing Tables by @bmarshall511 in #384

Full Changelog: v5.5.5...v5.5.6

v5.5.5

What's Changed

• Fix jQuery not found error when jquery is loaded with defer by @nextgenthemes in #379

New Contributors

• @nextgenthemes made their first contribution in #379

Full Changelog: v5.5.4...v5.5.5

v5.5.4

Full Changelog: v5.5.3...v5.5.4

v5.5.3

What's Changed

• Fix typos by @szepeviktor in #372
• Fix/366 Cloudflare Caching by @bmarshall511 in #373
• Fix/Coding Standards by @bmarshall511 in #374

New Contributors

• @szepeviktor made their first contribution in #372

Full Changelog: v5.5.2...v5.5.3

v5.5.2

What's Changed

• Update class-ipbase.php by @AmibeWebsites in #363
• Fix/367 Bypass Vulnerability Fix by @bmarshall511 in #368
• Prepping v5.5.2 release by @bmarshall511 in #369
• Releasing v5.5.2 by @bmarshall511 in #370

New Contributors

• @AmibeWebsites made their first contribution in #363

Full Changelog: v5.5.0...v5.5.2

v5.5.0

• feat(profilepress): added support for profilepress registrations

v5.4.7

• fix(david walsh): fix for missing david walsh dependency, resolves #345

v5.4.6

• fix(admin): fix for php notice about missing database_query_arguments
• fix(whitelist): fix for whitelisted ips not getting triggered on comments, resolves #350

v5.4.5

• fix(security): fixed sql injection vulnerability in the zero spam admin log table query