Plugin update time :) I hope your summer (or winter depending on location) is going wonderfully. This post is to let you know that all of our free and Pro WordPress plugins are updated and current with latest WordPress, version 7.1. Before getting to the update details, I want to say Thank you to all of our customers, users, and everyone leaving great reviews, sharing on social media, reporting bugs, and sharing ideas. Your support and feedback help to keep our WordPress plugins going strong.

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Overview

This round of updates focuses on testing, compatibility, and eliminating bugs. The latest plugin versions bring no breaking changes, and are running well on WordPress 7.1 (released Aug 19, 2026). All plugins (free and pro) are tested for maximum performance and compatibility with WordPress running on the latest versions of PHP (currently testing on PHP versions 7.4 through 8.5).

How to Upgrade

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. Any questions or feedback can be posted in the help forum or sent via our contact form.

Pro Plugin Updates

Here is a rundown of changes made to each of our pro plugins. For a summary of changes made to any of our free WordPress plugins, check out the changelog in the plugin readme.txt/docs. So without further ado, here are the latest changes for our pro plugins..

BBQ Pro

BBQ Pro is updated to version 3.9.1. Changes include:

  • Improves security of License screen
  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Improves readme.txt documentation

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 3.1. Changes include:

  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Improves readme.txt documentation

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 3.6.1. Changes include:

  • Special thanks to Averon Averenkov for helping to improve the security and usability of this plugin
  • Improves nonce security
  • Removes chrome and other strings from default whitelist
  • Mitigates cache incompatibility with checks for WP_CACHE
  • Improves UA whitelist information in plugin Help tab
  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Improves readme.txt documentation

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 2.8.2. Changes include:

  • Improves opt-out form accessibility
  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Improves readme.txt documentation

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.

Head Meta Pro

Head Meta Pro is updated to version 1.4. Changes include:

  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Improves readme.txt documentation

Head Meta 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.

REST Pro Tools

REST Pro Tools is updated to version 1.2. Changes include:

  • Fixes display of radio button
  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Improves readme.txt documentation

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

Simple Ajax Chat Pro

SAC Pro is updated to version 2.1. Changes include:

  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Improves readme.txt documentation

SAC 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 4.6.3. Changes include:

  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Improves readme.txt documentation

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.

Did you know? You can browse through all readme.txt files to get changelog and other information for any plugin version.
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Until next time..

In addition to the improvements listed above, some further changes were made as part of our usual plugin-update routine. Additional changes include updating documentation as needed, regenerating default translation templates, and further testing on the latest version of WordPress (currently 7.1). As always, huge thank you to those who contribute with feature suggestions and bug reports! :)