It’s that time again! All of our free and Pro WordPress plugins are updated and current with latest WordPress, version 6.9. 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 6.9 (released December 2nd, 2025). 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 8.4).

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 3.8.2. Changes include:

  • Restores load_i18n() function
  • Updates plugin Help tab information
  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Improves readme.txt documentation
  • Updates default translation template

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 2.9.5. Changes include:

  • Adds admin check for internal armory requests
  • Improves randomization for secret key and target key
  • Restores load_i18n()
  • Updates GeoIP lookup service
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Improves readme.txt documentation
  • Updates default translation template

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 3.5.3. Changes include:

  • Restores load_i18n()
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Improves readme.txt documentation
  • Updates default translation template

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 2.7.3. Changes include:

  • Restores load_i18n()
  • Updates Help tab information
  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Improves readme.txt documentation
  • Updates default translation template

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 1.2. Changes include:

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

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.

Simple Ajax Chat Pro

SAC Pro is updated to version 1.9. Changes include:

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

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 4.6.1. Changes include:

  • Improves usp_access()
  • Updates plugin settings page
  • Improves readme.txt documentation
  • Updates default translation template

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 6.9). As always, huge thank you to those who contribute with feature suggestions and bug reports! :)