OPcache Manager
Changelog

All notable changes to OPcache Manager are documented in this changelog.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and OPcache Manager adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[3.1.0] - 2024-11-22

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.6 & 6.7.

Changed

• Ability to self-update from Github.
• The plugin user agent is now more consistent and "standard".

Fixed

• There's a WordPress core "feature" which causes some PII to leak (to wp.org) during plugin and theme updates. This is no more the case for this plugin.
• In some cases, a WordPress notice can be triggered concerning the loading sequence of translations.

Removed

• Test site launching from wordpress.org plugin page.
• All Databeam hooks and libraries, as the Databeam project is abandoned.
• Dependency on wp.org for updates.

[3.0.0] - 2024-05-28

Added

• [BC] To enable installation on more heterogeneous platforms, the plugin now adapts its internal logging mode to already loaded libraries.

Changed

• Updated DecaLog SDK from version 4.1.0 to version 5.0.0.

Fixed

• PHP error with some plugins like Woocommerce Paypal Payments.

[2.14.0] - 2024-05-07

Changed

• The plugin now adapts its requirements to the PSR-3 loaded version.

[2.13.1] - 2024-05-04

Fixed

• PHP error when DecaLog is not installed.

[2.13.0] - 2024-05-04

Added

• There's now a filter to add more frequencies to warmup - see hooks reference (thanks to Étienne Pigeyre).

Changed

• Updated DecaLog SDK from version 3.0.0 to version 4.1.0.
• Minimal required WordPress version is now 6.2.

Fixed

• If warmup fails to complete, it produces a fatal error (thanks to Ivan Milyukov).

[2.12.0] - 2024-03-02

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.5.

Changed

• Minimal required WordPress version is now 6.1.
• Minimal required PHP version is now 8.1.

[2.11.0] - 2023-10-25

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.4.

Fixed

• With PHP 8.2, in some edge cases, deprecation warnings may be triggered when viewing analytics.

[2.10.0] - 2023-07-12

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.3.

Changed

• The color for shmop test in Site Health is now gray to not worry to much about it (was previously orange).

[2.9.1] - 2023-03-02

Fixed

• [SEC004] CSRF vulnerability / CVE-2023-27444 (thanks to Mika from Patchstack).

[2.9.0] - 2023-02-24

The developments of PerfOps One suite, of which this plugin is a part, is now sponsored by Hosterra.

Hosterra is a web hosting company I founded in late 2022 whose purpose is to propose web services operating in a European data center that is water and energy efficient and ensures a first step towards GDPR compliance.

This sponsoring is a way to keep PerfOps One plugins suite free, open source and independent.

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.2.

Changed

• Improved loading by removing unneeded jQuery references in public rendering (thanks to Kishorchand).

Fixed

• In some edge-cases, detecting IP may produce PHP deprecation warnings (thanks to YR Chen).

[2.8.0] - 2022-10-06

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.1.
• [WPCLI] The results of wp opcache commands are now logged in DecaLog.

Changed

• Improved ephemeral cache in analytics.
• [WPCLI] The results of wp opcache commands are now prefixed by the product name.

Fixed

• [SEC003] Moment.js library updated to 2.29.4 / Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).

[2.7.0] - 2022-04-20

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.0.

Changed

• Site Health page now presents a much more realistic test about object caching.
• Updated DecaLog SDK from version 2.0.2 to version 3.0.0.

Fixed

• [SEC002] Moment.js library updated to 2.29.2 / CVE-2022-24785.

[2.6.1] - 2022-01-17

Fixed

• The Site Health page may launch deprecated tests.

[2.6.0] - 2022-01-17

Added

• Compatibility with PHP 8.1.

Changed

• Charts allow now to display more than 2 months of data.
• Improved timescale computation and date display for all charts.
• Bar charts have now a resizable width.
• Tooltips indicate now the current value in bar charts.
• Updated DecaLog SDK from version 2.0.0 to version 2.0.2.
• Updated PerfOps One library from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2.
• Refactored cache mechanisms to fully support Redis and Memcached.
• Improved bubbles display when width is less than 500px (thanks to Pat Ol).
• The tables headers have now a better contrast (thanks to Paul Bonaldi).

Fixed

• Object caching method may be wrongly detected in Site Health status (thanks to freshuk).
• The console menu may display an empty screen (thanks to Renaud Pacouil).
• There may be name collisions with internal APCu cache.

[2.5.0] - 2021-12-07

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.9.
• New button in settings to install recommended plugins.
• The available hooks (filters and actions) are now described in HOOKS.md file.

Changed

• Improved update process on high-traffic sites to avoid concurrent resources accesses.
• Better publishing frequency for metrics.
• Updated labels and links in plugins page.
• X axis for graphs have been redesigned and are more accurate.
• Updated the README.md file.

Fixed

• Country translation with i18n module may be wrong.
• There's typos in CHANGELOG.md.

[2.4.0] - 2021-09-07

Added

• New menu in the admin bar for "clear all caches" and "delete all caches" quick actions.
• It's now possible to hide the main PerfOps One menu via the poo_hide_main_menu filter or each submenu via the poo_hide_analytics_menu, poo_hide_consoles_menu, poo_hide_insights_menu, poo_hide_tools_menu, poo_hide_records_menu and poo_hide_settings_menu filters (thanks to Jan Thiel).

Changed

• OPcache Manager is now compatible with WordPress installation on non-standard directories.
• Redesigned and improved warmup process: it's more fast and more reliable.
• Updated DecaLog SDK from version 1.2.0 to version 2.0.0.

Fixed

• There may be name collisions for some functions if version of WordPress is lower than 5.6.
• The main PerfOps One menu is not hidden when it doesn't contain any items (thanks to Jan Thiel).
• In some very special conditions, the plugin may be in the default site language rather than the user's language.
• The PerfOps One menu builder is not compatible with Admin Menu Editor plugin (thanks to dvokoun).
• In some conditions, invalidation or warmup may produce many warnings.
• Some labels are not consistent on WordPress multisite.
• [SEC001] Warmup now ignores wp-content directory.

[2.3.2] - 2021-08-11

Changed

• New redesigned UI for PerfOps One plugins management and menus (thanks to Loïc Antignac, Paul Bonaldi, Axel Ducoron, Laurent Millet, Samy Rabih and Raphaël Riehl for their invaluable help).

Fixed

• In some conditions, the plugin may be in the default site language rather than the user's language.

[2.3.1] - 2021-06-30

Fixed

• The statistics table may not be created at install/update (thanks to Rookie).

[2.3.0] - 2021-06-22

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.8.
• Integration with DecaLog SDK.
• Traces and metrics collation and publication.
• New option, available via settings page and wp-cli, to disable/enable metrics collation.
• [WPCLI] New command to invalidate site / network files: see wp help opcache invalidate for details.
• [WPCLI] New command to warm-up site / network files: see wp help opcache warmup for details.

Changed

• [WP-CLI] opcache status command now displays DecaLog SDK version too.
• [WPCLI] Documentation updated.

[2.2.0] - 2021-02-24

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.7.
• New warning box in plugin settings page when OPcache is disabled or OPcache API usage is restricted.

Changed

• Consistent reset for settings.
• Improved translation loading.
• [WP_CLI] opcache command have now a definition and all synopsis are up to date.
• Controls in settings page are now disabled when OPcache is disabled or OPcache API usage is restricted.

Fixed

• In Site Health section, Opcache status may be wrong (or generates PHP warnings) if OPcache API usage is restricted.

Removed

• Analytics data collection when OPcache API usage is restricted.
• Tools and Analytics menus when OPcache is disabled or OPcache API usage is restricted.

[2.1.0] - 2020-11-23

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.6.

Changed

• Improvement in the way roles are detected.

Fixed

• [SEC001] User may be wrongly detected in XML-RPC or Rest API calls.

[2.0.0] - 2020-10-19

Added

• [WP-CLI] New command to toggle on/off main settings: see wp help opcache settings for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to display OPcache Manager status: see wp help opcache status for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to display OPcache analytics: see wp help opcache analytics for details.
• New Site Health "info" section about shared memory.
• Compatibility with WordPress 5.5.
• Support for data feeds - reserved for future use.

Changed

• The positions of PerfOps menus are pushed lower to avoid collision with other plugins (thanks to Loïc Antignac).
• The analytics dashboard now displays a warning if analytics features are not activated.
• Improved layout for language indicator.
• Admin notices are now set to "don't display" by default.
• Improved IP detection (thanks to Ludovic Riaudel).
• Improved changelog readability.
• The integrated markdown parser is now Markdown from Carsten Brandt.
• Prepares PerfOps menus to future 5.6 version of WordPress.

Fixed

• The remote IP can be wrongly detected when behind some types of reverse-proxies.
• In admin dashboard, the statistics link is visible even if analytics features are not activated.
• With Firefox, some links are unclickable in the Control Center (thanks to Emil1).
• When site is in english and a user choose another language for herself/himself, menu may be stuck in english.

Removed

• Parsedown as integrated markdown parser.

[1.3.2] - 2020-06-29

Changed

• Full compatibility with PHP 7.4.
• Automatic switching between memory and transient when a cache plugin is installed without a properly configured Redis / Memcached (thanks to mmwbadmin).

Fixed

• When used for the first time, settings checkboxes may remain checked after being unchecked.

[1.3.1] - 2020-05-05

Changed

• The charts take now care of DST in user's browser.
• The daily distribution charts have now a better timeline.

Fixed

• There's an error while activating the plugin when the server is Microsoft IIS with Windows 10.
• With Microsoft Edge, some layouts may be ugly.

[1.3.0] - 2020-04-12

Added

• Compatibility with DecaLog early loading feature.

Changed

• The settings page have now the standard WordPress style.
• Better styling in "PerfOps Settings" page.
• The tool page is now called "OPcache Management".
• In site health "info" tab, the boolean are now clearly displayed.

Removed

• Unneeded tool links in settings page.

[1.2.0] - 2020-03-01

Added

• Full compatibility with APCu Manager.
• Full integration with PerfOps One suite.
• Compatibility with WordPress 5.4.

Changed

• New menus (in the left admin bar) for accessing features: "PerfOps Analytics", "PerfOps Tools" and "PerfOps Settings".
• In lists, it's now possible to navigate by direct page input.
• Analysis delta time has been increased to avoid holes in stats when cron is not fully reliable.

Fixed

• A race condition can lead to "holes" in daily graphs.
• With some plugins, box tooltips may be misplaced (css collision).
• In lists, some navigation buttons are wrongly active.

Removed

• Compatibility with WordPress versions prior to 5.2.
• Old menus entries, due to PerfOps integration.

[1.1.0] - 2020-01-03

Added

• Full compatibility (for internal cache) with Redis and Memcached.
• Using APCu rather than database transients if APCu is available.
• New Site Health "status" sections about OPcache and object cache.
• New Site Health "status" section about i18n extension for non en_US sites.
• New Site Health "info" sections about OPcache and object cache.
• New Site Health "info" section about the plugin itself.

[1.0.3] - 2019-12-19

Changed

• Better cache management for old date ranges.

Fixed

• Some plugin options may be not saved when needed (thanks to Lucas Bustamante).

Removed

• As a result of the Plugin Team's request, the auto-update feature has been removed.

[1.0.2] - 2019-11-22

Changed

• Better OPcache version detection (and reporting).

Fixed

• The timescale for metrics variation graphs is wrong when day starts with missing data.
• The buttons of the date range picker may have a wrong size.
• The link to changelog after update is erroneous.

[1.0.1] - 2019-11-21

Fixed

• The cron for statistics compilation may be blocked on some configurations.
• There's some typos in the readme.txt file.

[1.0.0] - 2019-11-20

Initial release