Changelog for Dashboard Widgets Suite
https://wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-widgets-suite/



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**3.4.3 (2024/02/27)**

* Updates plugin settings page
* Updates default translation template
* Improves plugin docs/readme.txt
* Tests on WordPress 6.5 (beta)

**3.4.2 (2023/10/31)**

* Fixes XSS bug w/ error log setting when logged as admin
* Tests on WordPress 6.4 (beta)

**3.4.1 (2023/10/19)**

* Updates default translation template
* Updates custom banner notice
* Tests on WordPress 6.4 (beta)

**3.4 (2023/07/15)**

* Improves font-icon CSS styles
* Improves localization function
* Improves plugin action links
* Improves plugin documentation
* Adds custom notice on settings page
* Updates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 6.3 (beta)

**3.3.1 (2023/03/11)**

* Adds fallback for `current_datetime()`
* Tests on WordPress 6.2 (beta)

**3.3 (2023/02/25)**

* Improves responsive styles
* Improves display of user notes
* Adds database name to System Info widget
* Improves logic when displaying dates/times
* Improves logic when calling `get_current_screen()`
* Sets default to admin role for all widgets
* Removes SES Pro from WP Resources panel
* Generates new translation template
* Tests on WordPress 6.1 + 6.2 (beta)
* Tests on PHP 8.1 and 8.2

**3.2.2 (2023/02/25)**

* Improves sanitization of `widget_notes_message`
* Tests on WordPress 6.1 + 6.2 (beta)

**3.2.1 (2022/09/24)**

* Fixes overflow text in System Info widget (Thanks [@marius84](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marius84/))
* Improves plugin documentation
* Tests on WordPress 6.1

**3.2 (2022/09/23)**

* Improves WP Resources info on settings page
* Adds "Show Support" link to plugin settings
* Adds custom footer text to plugin settings
* Improves plugin documentation
* Updates translation template
* Tests on WordPress 6.1

**3.1 (2022/05/15)**

* Updates plugin documentation
* Tests on WordPress 6.0

**3.0 (2022/01/10)**

* Improves loading of translations
* Updates WP Resources on settings page
* Updates some links to external resources
* Changes minimum required WP version to 4.6
* Generates new default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.9

**2.9 (2021/07/12)**

* Adds option to choose size for note text
* Adds filter hook `dashboard_widgets_suite_note_styles`
* Adds filter hook `dashboard_widgets_suite_notes_format`
* Improves plugin documentation/readme.txt
* Tests on WordPress 5.8

**2.8 (2021/02/08)**

* Removes Google+ from Social Box
* Cleans up Social Box stylesheet
* Adds note to Social Box settings
* Generates new default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.7

**2.7 (2020/11/09)**

* Improves appearance of the plugin settings page
* Updates plugin script to account for changes in jQuery UI
* Improves logic of system info widget "WP Debug Log"
* Updates "WP Remote Post" test URL to example.com
* Fine-tunes appearance of the Notes widget
* Tests on PHP 7.4 and 8.0
* Tests on WordPress 5.6

**2.6.2 (2020/08/15)**

* Fixes bug with user note "Add New" link not displayed
* Tests on WordPress 5.5

**2.6.1 (2020/08/03)**

* Tweaks dashboard widget styles just a bit
* Tests on WordPress 5.5

**2.6 (2020/08/02)**

* Fixes incorrect label for error log
* Fixes bug with deprecated jQuery function
* Refines dashboard widget styles
* Refines readme/documentation
* Tests on WordPress 5.5

**2.5 (2020/03/13)**

* Bug fix, removes `dashboard_widgets_suite_check_magic_quotes()`
* Adds caption to note widget: "Double Click to Edit"
* Fine-tunes dashboard widgets styles
* Generates new default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.4

**2.4 (2019/10/25)**

* Updates styles for plugin settings page
* Fixes incorrect class name on control panel widget
* Adds general CSS class to dashboard widgets
* Tests on WordPress 5.3

**2.3 (2019/09/02)**

* Adds filter hooks to customize the names of widgets
* Sharpens styles for dashboard widgets
* Updates some links to https
* Tests on WordPress 5.3 (alpha)

**2.2 (2019/04/28)**

* 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 (2019/03/06)**

* Refines plugin settings screen UI
* Generates new default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.1 and 5.2 (alpha)

**2.0 (2019/02/02)**

* Just a version bump for compat with WP 5.1
* Full update coming soon :)

**1.9 (2018/11/12)**

* Adds 3 format options to each User Note: Text (default), HTML, and Code
* Replaces global variable variables with regular variables (for PHP 7 compat.)
* Resolves conflict with Ultimate Member plugin
* Changes default number of notes to 3
* Adds homepage link to Plugins screen
* Updates default translation template
* Tests on WordPress 5.0 (beta)

**1.8 (2018/08/14)**

* Adds option to always use the logged-in username for notes
* Adds "reload page" link to debug and error log widgets
* Adds `rel="noopener noreferrer"` to all [blank-target links](https://perishablepress.com/wordpress-blank-target-vulnerability/)
* Escapes special characters in error log and debug log display
* Improves logic of check-role function
* Regenerates default translation template
* Updates GDPR blurb and donate link
* Further tests on WP versions 4.9 and 5.0 (alpha)

**1.7 (2018/05/06)**

* Adds WP Resources info on settings page
* Adds `noopener` and `noreferrer` to blank target link in social box widget
* Fixes bug when no path is specified for Error Log widget
* Adds shortcut links to plugin settings for all widgets
* Removes unused font file, `FontAwesome.otf`
* Adds support for Windows 10 detection
* Adds support for 64-bit detection
* Generates new translation template
* Updates plugin documentation
* Updates plugin image files
* Tests on WordPress 5.0

**1.6 (2017/10/20)**

* Changes required user role settings to minimum user role
* Hides settings shortcut link on Control Panel for non-admins
* Updates some settings labels for accuracy
* Fixes custom multiple dashboard columns
* Adds Link option to the Social Box
* Adds label to Email option in Social Box
* Improves markup for Email option in Social Box
* Cleans up some unused code/comments
* Tests on WordPress 4.9

**1.5 (2017/07/31)**

* Adds fallback for `array_column()` for PHP less than 5.5
* Removes redundant function for SQL version info
* Adds GPL license file
* Tests on WordPress 4.9 (alpha)

**1.4 (2017/03/24)**

* Fixes PHP Notice for undefined constant, `COM`
* Adds [Italian translation](https://bit.ly/2nQrVXJ) (thanks to [Aldo Latino](https://www.aldolat.it/))
* Fixed some missing/incorrect translation domains
* Improves logic of IP-detection script
* Replaces global `$wp_version` with `get_bloginfo('version')`
* Fixed PHP warning with feed box excerpts
* Tests on WordPress version 4.8

**1.3 (2016/11/16)**

* Simplifies `dashboard_widgets_suite_get_lines()`
* Adds `class_exists` to `get_server_load_average()`
* Changes stable tag from trunk to latest version
* Fine-tunes styles for dialog box on settings page
* Fine-tunes styles for abbr element on settings page
* Adds `»` to rate plugin link on Plugins screen
* Adds strong tags to admin notices on settings page
* Updates URL for rate this plugin links
* Tests on WordPress version 4.7 (beta)

**1.2 (2016/08/10)**

* Updates [WP Admin Notices](https://digwp.com/2016/05/wordpress-admin-notices/)
* Replaces `_e()` with `esc_html_e()` or `esc_attr_e()`
* Replaces `__()` with `esc_html__()` or `esc_attr__()`
* Renames text-domain from "dws" to "dashboard-widgets-suite"
* Renames `/lang/` directory to `/languages/`
* Generates new languages template
* Changes default role to Admin for Control Panel widget
* Changes default role to Admin for User Notes
* Fixes PHP Warning when restoring options
* Fixes incorrect error count for Log Widgets
* Adds a rate this plugin link
* Tests on WordPress version 4.6

**1.1 (2016/03/30)**

* Adds option to delete/reset all user notes
* Fixes incorrect localization parameter
* Changes default required role to administrator for debug and error logs
* Fixes two "Undefined variable" PHP Notices in debug and error logs
* Fixes PHP Warning with array_sum() function in System Info widget
* Adds setting to display any widget area in the Widget Box ([thanks Joan Boluda](https://boluda.com/))
* Adds setting to display any menu/list in the List Box Widget ([thanks Joan Boluda](https://boluda.com/))
* Improves handling of debug and error logs
* Improves functionality of System Info Widget
* Added more security checks to System Info Widget
* Tests on WordPress version 4.5 beta

**1.0 (2016/03/17)**

* Initial release