Changelog for Blackhole Pro
https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/



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**3.5 (2024/07/10)**

* Fixes bug with `dismiss_notice_link`
* Adds bulk "Blacklist IPs" setting
* Updates Help tab information
* Updates plugin settings page
* Updates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 6.6 (beta)

**3.4.1 (2024/03/25)**

* Replaces `gwhois.org` with `whois.com` for whois lookups
* Removes duplicate option from `uninstall.php`
* Updates plugin settings page and help tab
* Updates default translation template
* Improves plugin docs/readme.txt
* Tests on WordPress 6.5 (beta)

**3.4 (2023/11/03)**

* Improves font-icon CSS styles
* Improves localization function
* Improves action links function
* Improves JavaScript on settings page
* Improves `blackhole_license_status()`
* Adds message to Whitelist Bots setting
* Changes display of IP addresses in settings
* Replaces `DOING_CRON` with `wp_doing_cron()`
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_whois_port`
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_whois_server`
* Adds custom notice on settings page
* Improves plugin documentation in Help tab
* Improves plugin documentation/readme.txt
* Updates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 6.4 (beta)

**3.3.1 (2023/07/16)**

* Fixes "Uncaught TypeError: property_exists()"
* Tests on WordPress 6.3 (beta)

**3.3 (2023/03/19)**

* Improves settings page UI/styles
* Improves content of email alerts
* Adds support for multiple email addresses
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_email_address`
* Adds `[login]` shortcut for custom email alerts
* Adds `$login` variable to hook `blackhole_alert_message`
* Adds `$login` variable to hook `blackhole_alert_custom`
* Adds `$login` variable to hook `blackhole_alert_default`
* Adds `$login` variable to hook `blackhole_alert_simple`
* Fixes incorrect function name, `blackhole_default_message`
* Moves Reset Reports link to Email Alerts settings
* Removes `require_once` from `blackhole_send_email()`
* Improves logic when calling `get_current_screen()`
* Adds license status message to plugin screens
* Improves handling of license activation
* Improves handling of license constants
* Updates Help tab inline documentation
* Improves logic for dates and times
* Generates new translation template
* Tests on WordPress 6.1 + 6.2 (beta)
* Tests on PHP 8.1 and 8.2

**3.2.1 (2022/11/14)**

* Fixes bug with non-Admins unable to log in
* Tests on WordPress 6.1

**3.2 (2022/10/24)**

* Fixes bug with incorrect hook names
* Fixes bug with Geo shortcodes in custom alerts
* Adds options for daily or weekly email reports
* Adds `[ip_lookup]` to custom email alerts
* Refines logic and content of email alerts
* Adds new filters for email alert functions
* Adds more variables to email alert filters
* Adds action hook `blackhole_reset_options`
* Adds action hook `blackhole_reset_badbots`
* Adds action hook `blackhole_delete_bot`
* Adds action hook `blackhole_add_bot`
* Adds action hook `blackhole_log_bot`
* Adds support for `BLACKHOLE_LICENSE` via `wp-config.php`
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_alert_ip_lookup`
* Updates `EDD_SL_Plugin_Updater` script
* Improves sanitization of email settings
* Adds custom footer text to plugin settings
* Improves plugin settings UI and details
* Improves contextual help information
* Improves plugin documentation
* Updates translation template
* Tests on WordPress 6.1

**3.1.1 (2022/09/16)**

* Fixes bug with WP Photo Album Plus ([Thanks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-4243/) [@opajaap](http://www.opajaap.nl/))
* Tests on WordPress 6.1 (alpha)

**3.1 (2022/05/18)**

* Improves plugin License screen
* Plugin settings now available without license
* Adds show support link on plugin settings page
* Improves UI for plugin settings page
* Changes dashboard icon to shield
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_dash_icon`
* Generates new translation template
* Tests on WordPress 6.0

**3.0 (2022/01/26)**

* Fixes issue with IP headers
* Updates license updater script
* Improves help tab documentation
* Improves loading of translations
* Improves performance of plugin settings
* Adds option to choose the trigger location
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_trigger_location`
* Updates some links to external resources
* Changes minimum required WP version to 4.6
* Updates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.9

**2.9 (2021/07/24)**

* Adds `chrome` agent to whitelist
* Adds `google page speed` agent to whitelist
* Increases priority for adding robots rules
* Improves plugin readme/documentation
* Updates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.8

**2.8 (2021/02/15)**

* Adds option to block specific user agents
* Adds custom trigger shortcode `[title]`
* Adds `$title` parameter to hook `blackhole_trigger`
* Adds `$title` parameter to hook `blackhole_trigger_default`
* Adds `$title` parameter to hook `blackhole_trigger_image`
* Improves detection of WordPress Login Page URL
* Improves output of Blackhole trigger link
* Improves performance of IP functionality
* Improves readme.txt/documentation
* Improves Help tab contextual infos
* Updates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.7

**2.7 (2020/11/21)**

* Adds option to disable the trigger link
* Adds referrer information to Bad Bots Log
* Improves one-click whitelist functionality
* Improves appearance of plugin settings screen
* Updates plugin script to account for changes in jQuery UI
* Fixes bug with error log entries, disable via filter
* Moves `add_shortcode()` to `Blackhole_Pro` instance
* Updates Help tab infos on plugin screen
* Updates default translation template
* Updates and refines readme.txt
* Updates license updater script
* Tests on PHP 7.4 and 8.0
* Tests on WordPress 5.6

**2.6 (2020/08/18)**

* Updates the Blackhole robots.txt rules (see above note)
* Adds rules dynamically to WP robots.txt (Thanks @blackcapdesign)
* Adds support for custom warning template in `/wp-content/`
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_custom_dir`
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_robots_rules`
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_domain`
* Adds shortcode `[blackhole_nonce]` (advanced use)
* Adds Blackhole trigger to Login Page (Thanks @wp-henne)
* Adds `wp rocket` to the default user-agent whitelist
* Removes `wprocketbot` from default user-agent whitelist
* Removes Securi and WP Rocket from default IP whitelist
* Appends version number to CSS and JS on settings page
* Bugfix: escapes special characters in whitelist setting
* Bugfix: now loads JavaScript vars only on settings page
* Improves whitelist import functionality
* Updates contextual Help tab information
* Updates default translation template
* Updates license updater script
* Refines the plugin setting page
* Refines readme/documentation
* Tests on WordPress 5.5

**2.5 (2020/03/26)**

* 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

**2.4 (2019/11/16)**

* Improves hostname lookup functionality
* Adds "uptimerobot" to default whitelist
* Updates styles for plugin settings pages
* Generates new default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.3

**2.3 (2019/09/08)**

* Optimizes plugin performance
* Optimizes internal code structure
* Increases timeout for GeoIP lookups
* Removes all transients functionality
* Adds "Host Name" info to email alerts
* Adds code to remove transients on uninstall
* Adds "Refresh Geo" link to update bot infos
* Adds "GeoIP Lookup" link to email alerts
* Replaces "User Agent" with "Host Name" on warning page
* Improves display of Bad Bots Log UI
* Adds filters for error log output
* Improves error log handling
* Updates contextual help tab
* Updates some links to https
* Generates new default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.3 (alpha)

**2.2 (2019/05/02)**

* Bumps [minimum PHP version](https://codex.wordpress.org/Template:Server_requirements) to 5.6.20
* Tweaks plugin settings screen content
* Updates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.2

**2.1 (2019/04/13)**

* Improves GeoIP lookup functionality
* Adds error handling for `file_get_contents()`
* Generates new default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.2 (beta)

**2.0 (2019/04/10)**

* Adds caching for get_vars and lookup data
* Adds `a6-indexer` and `ahrefsbot` to default user-agent whitelist
* Tests on WordPress 5.2 (beta)

**1.9 (2019/04/08)**

* Works on improving GeoIP lookup timeouts and issues
* Generates new default translation template

**1.8 (2019/04/02)**

* Fixes bug with GeoIP lookups timing out
* Tests on WordPress 5.1 and 5.2 (alpha)

**1.7 (2019/03/21)**

* Adds site name and domain to email alerts
* Adds `[domain]`, `[site_name]` shortcodes for custom email alerts
* Adds `array_column()` fallback for older versions of PHP
* Replaces `ipapi.co` with `ip-api.com` for GeoIP lookups
* Improves display of plugin License screen
* Improves functionality for one-click plugin updates
* Improves function `check_blackhole()`
* Fixes some incorrect translation parameters
* Fixes bug where custom geo-lookup shortcodes not working
* Adds check for admin user for settings shortcut link
* Refines plugin settings screen UI
* Generates new default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.1 and 5.2 (alpha)

**1.6 (2018/11/18)**

* Adds link to site's `robots.txt` on plugin settings page
* Replaces `geoip.tools` lookup service with `ipapi.co`
* Refines Help tab and documentation
* Updates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.0 (beta)

**1.5 (2018/08/22)**

* Adds intro blurb to email alerts
* Adds filter hook, `blackhole_verify_nonce`
* Adds `rel="noopener noreferrer"` to all [blank-target links](https://perishablepress.com/wordpress-blank-target-vulnerability/)
* Replaces `freegeoip.net` with `geoip.tools` for Geo Lookups
* Fixes PHP Warning for invalid argument in `blackhole_get_hits`
* Fixes PHP Warning for empty array in `blackhole_get_bot_id`
* Updates GDPR blurb and donate link
* Regenerates default translation template
* Further tests on WP 4.9 and 5.0 (alpha)

**1.4 (2018/05/11)**

* Adds support for WP Fastest Cache
* Improves support for caching plugins
* Adds auto-import of whitelist and bad bot data from Blackhole free version
* Adds "Whitelist IP" and "Whitelist User Agent" buttons
* Replaces `ipaddress.com` with `whatismyipaddress.com` as lookup service
* Updates default set of whitelisted user agents
* Updates default set of whitelisted IP addresses
* Adds `rel="noopener noreferrer"` to blank targets
* Updates some text in the plugin Help tabs
* Moves `blackhole_allow_style` to core plugin class
* Fixes obscure `call_user_func` error
* Improves code for plugin License screen
* Adds support plugin link to settings page
* Adds log note if Geo lookup fails
* Renames hook from `blackhole_locale` to `blackhole_i18n_locale`
* Adds new filter hook, `blackhole_import_bots`
* Generates new translation template
* Updates plugin image files
* Tests on WordPress 5.0

**1.3 (2017/11/09)**

* Adds support for `style` attributes in "custom" plugin settings
* Updates `EDD_SL_Plugin_Updater` to [version 1.6.13](https://bit.ly/2yqX3yu)
* Adds support for WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache
* Improves `load_i18n()` for better translation loading
* Updates `esc_url` to `esc_url_raw` for redirects
* Adds filter hook: `blackhole_locale`
* Regenerates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 4.9

**1.2.1 (2017/08/13)**

* Replaces `wp_doing_cron()` with direct check for `DOING_CRON`
* Tests on WordPress 4.9 (alpha)

**1.2 (2017/07/29)**

* Refactors core to call `blackhole_get_geo` only when logging
* Adds support for CIDR notation for whitelisted IPs
* Adds function to ignore command-line requests
* Adds logic to ignore WP-Cron requests
* Updates contextual help (Help tab)
* Updates documentation/readme.txt
* Tests on WordPress 4.9 (alpha)

**1.1 (2017/03/28)**

* Updates default IP keys
* Fixes bug for non-admin users
* Adds fallback for `allow_url_fopen()`
* Adds French translation (thanks to Bouzin)
* Adds some missing translation text strings
* Adds filter hook `blackhole_ip_keys` for IP keys
* Adds action hook `blackhole_scanner` for blackhole scanner
* Adds shortcode `[blackhole_trigger]` for trigger link
* Adds meta noindex/noarchive tags to blackhole templates
* Auto-adds server IP to whitelist settings
* Updates some infos in the contextual help tab
* Improves escaping of certain variables
* Uses site's default character set for `htmlentities`
* Replaces global `$wp_version` with `get_bloginfo('version')`
* Generates new default translation template
* Tests on WordPress version 4.8

**1.0 (2017/03/03)**

* Initial release