All Plugin Planet Pro Plugins and addons have been updated and tested with the latest version (5.4) of WordPress. This round of updates brings new features, new functionality, bug fixes, and lots of fine-tuning to make our plugins better than ever. If your pro license is active, the plugins can be upgraded via one-click updates in the WordPress Admin Area. Or if you own the plugin but do not have it activated, you can log in to the Members Area to download and upgrade to the latest version.

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Pro Plugin Updates

Here is a rundown of changes made to each of our pro plugins:

BBQ Pro

BBQ Pro is updated to version 2.7. Changes include:

  • Adds numerous default advanced firewall patterns
  • Tests on WordPress 5.4

BBQ Pro documentation and tutorials also are updated with any important information pertaining to this update. See the plugin’s readme.txt file for complete Changelog and infos.

Banhammer Pro

Banhammer Pro is updated to version 2.0. Very minor changes include:

  • Improves appearance of Armory UI
  • Fixes bug with count() in banhammer-functions.php line 313
  • Tests on WordPress 5.4

Banhammer Pro documentation and tutorials also are updated with any important information pertaining to this update. See the plugin’s readme.txt file for complete Changelog.

Blackhole Pro

Blackhole Pro is updated to version 2.5. Changes include:

  • Updates contextual help tab information
  • Improves markup/meta of blackhole warning page
  • Adds note about cache plugins on settings page
  • Improves appearance of Bad Bot page
  • Generates new default translation template
  • Tests on WordPress 5.4

Blackhole Pro documentation and tutorials also are updated with any important information pertaining to this update. See the plugin’s readme.txt file for complete Changelog.

GA Google Analytics Pro

GA Pro is updated to version 1.7. Changes include:

  • Adds option to display tracking after opening body tag
  • Adds filter hook ga_google_analytics_options_array
  • Adds filter hook ga_google_analytics_enable_auto
  • Improves security of opt-out cookies
  • Generates new default translation template
  • Tests on WordPress 5.4

GA Pro documentation and tutorials also are updated with any important information pertaining to this update. See the plugin’s readme.txt file for complete Changelog.

SES Pro

SES Pro is updated to version 2.7. No changes were made to the plugin core, only compatibility and performance testing on latest WordPress.

  • Tests on WordPress 5.4

SES Pro documentation and tutorials also are updated with any important information pertaining to this update. See the plugin’s readme.txt file for complete Changelog.

USP Pro

USP Pro is updated to version 3.6. Changes include:

  • Adds Google reCaptcha v3 (hidden/invisible reCaptcha)
  • Updates reCaptcha library to version 1.2.4
  • Adds filter hook hook usp_recaptcha_score
  • Adds filter hook usp_display_posts_noposts
  • Adds filter hook usp_post_tags_use_id
  • Adds form-id parameter to usp_form_custom_output
  • Adds selectize.js fancy script to tag select field
  • Enables default option for “External Stylesheet”
  • Enables default option for “Include Parsley.js”
  • Generates new default translation template
  • Improves accuracy on plugin settings page
  • Improves styles on plugin settings page
  • Improves styles of USP filter buttons
  • Improves security of form cookies
  • Improves Quicktag button infos
  • Tests on WordPress 5.4

USP Pro documentation and tutorials also are updated with any important information pertaining to this update. See the plugin’s readme.txt file for complete Changelog.

Pro Addon Updates

In addition to our collection of pro plugins, we also updated all of our pro addons (extensions):

More addons in the works, stay tuned :)

Until next time..

In addition to the improvements mentioned above, some further changes were made as part of my usual plugin update routine. Other changes include updating documentation as needed, regenerating default translation templates, and further testing on the latest version of WordPress (currently 5.5 alpha). As always, huge thank you to those who contribute with feature suggestions and bug reports!