MailArchiver
Changelog

All notable changes to MailArchiver are documented in this changelog.

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

[4.0.0] - 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.

[3.0.2] - 2024-05-08

Fixed

• There's some issues while pushing on wp.org repository.

[3.0.1] - 2024-05-08

Fixed

• There's some typos in the admin UI.
• All translations are not available.

[3.0.0] - 2024-05-08

Added

• Full compatibility with Elasticsearch 8.

Changed

• [BC] Updated DecaLog SDK from version 3.0.0 to version 4.2.0.
• Upgraded Monolog library from version 2.9.1 to version 2.9.3.
• Upgraded GuzzleHttp library from version 7.2.0 to version 7.8.1.
• Upgraded Elasticsearch library from version 7.6.1 to version 8.13.0.
• Minimal required WordPress version is now 6.2.

[2.14.0] - 2024-03-26

Added

• New archiver to store archives in Hosterra Email.

Fixed

• There's some typos in the admin UI.

[2.13.0] - 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.

[2.12.0] - 2023-10-25

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.4.

[2.11.0] - 2023-07-12

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.3.
• New option in archivers for proactive protection against XSS vulnerabilities.

Changed

• Improved view for plain text email bodies.
• Improved compatibility with Contact Forms plugin.
• The color for shmop test in Site Health is now gray to not worry to much about it (was previously orange).

Fixed

• [SEC004] XSS vulnerability / CVE-2023-3136 (thanks to Alex Thomas from Wordfence).

[2.10.1] - 2023-03-02

Fixed

• [SEC003] CSRF vulnerability / CVE-2023-27444 (thanks to Mika from Patchstack).

[2.10.0] - 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

• Upgraded Monolog library from version 2.8.0 to version 2.9.1.
• 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).

[2.9.0] - 2022-10-06

Added

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

Changed

• Upgraded Monolog library from version 2.5.0 to version 2.8.0.
• [WPCLI] The results of wp m-archive commands are now prefixed by the product name.

[2.8.0] - 2022-04-21

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.0.
• New icons in archivers list to show activated privacy options.

Changed

• Site Health page now presents a much more realistic test about object caching.
• Improved favicon handling for new Google API specifications.
• Updated DecaLog SDK from version 2.0.2 to version 3.0.0.
• Upgraded Monolog library from version 2.3.4 to version 2.5.0.

[2.7.1] - 2022-01-17

Fixed

• The Site Health page may launch deprecated tests.

[2.7.0] - 2022-01-17

Added

• Compatibility with PHP 8.1.

Changed

• 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).

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.

[2.6.0] - 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.
• Updated the README.md file.

Fixed

• Content type parsing may produce PHP errors in some cases.
• There's some typos in the admin UI.
• [SEC002] The password for some services are in plain text in "Site Health Info" page.
• Country translation with i18n module may be wrong.
• There's typos in CHANGELOG.md.

[2.5.0] - 2021-09-29

Added

• A new "operation mode" allows to not send emails but archive them as if they had been sent - see settings (thanks to Loïc Antignac and Xuan Nguyen for the suggestion).
• New archiver to store individually each email as json or eml file, on server filesystem (local hard-drive or mounted storage).
• New archiver to forward each mail to a specified email address.
• New archiver to store archives in GMail.
• New archiver to store archives in Gandi Mail.
• New archiver to store archives in OVH (thanks to Frank Bergère).
• New archiver to store archives in Outlook.Com.
• New archiver to store archives in an Imap server.
• New archiver to store archives in an Elasticsearch instance.
• New archiver to store archives in Elastic Cloud.
• New archiver to store archives in a Loki instance.
• New archiver to store archives in Grafana Cloud service.
• New archiver to test and preview mails with Litmus service.
• New archiver to test and preview mails with Email on Acid service.
• New archiver to test mails with MailerCheck service.
• Privacy option for loggers allows now to encrypt the mail body.
• [WP-CLI] The new command decrypt allows to decrypt a mail body previously encrypted by MailArchiver.

Changed

• MailArchiver now propagates traceID and sessionID for all archiver supporting it.
• The traceID field is now the trace ID generated by DecaLog if it's installed - it allows to "join" traces, events and mail archives.
• Improved internal IP detection: support for cloud load balancers.
• Improved compatibility with "Post SMTP Mailer" plugin.
• Improved hash handling and reporting for users and IPs.
• The archived metadata contains now a message "Mail sent." when sending is not in error.
• [WP-CLI] The command status now displays encryption details.
• Upgraded Monolog library from version 2.2.0 to version 2.3.4.

Fixed

• System archivers are visible from the archiver selector.
• The remote IP can be wrongly detected when in AWS or GCP environments.
• Name collisions or PHP errors can occur with plugins using outdated versions of Monolog library (like BackWPup).

[2.4.0] - 2021-09-07

Added

• 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

• Updated DecaLog SDK from version 1.2.0 to version 2.0.0.
• Designed has been improved for the archiver selector.

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).

[2.3.1] - 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.
• With WordPress 5.8 it is impossible to move and close boxes.

[2.3.0] - 2021-06-22

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.8.
• Integration with DecaLog SDK.
• Traces publication.

Changed

• Redesigned archivers list.
• [WP-CLI] m-archive status command now displays DecaLog SDK version too.

[2.2.0] - 2021-02-24

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.7.
• New setting to override local access privileges when in development or staging environments (thanks to sebastienserre for the suggestion).
• New log message when the archiving of an email fails.

Changed

• Consistent reset for settings.
• Improved translation loading.
• [WP_CLI] m-archive command have now a definition and all synopsis are up to date.
• Improved self monitoring to handle archivers internal errors.
• Code refactoring led to a huge execution speed gain: MailArchiver is now 40% faster.
• Upgraded Monolog library from version 2.0.2 to version 2.2.0.

Fixed

• MailArchiver doesn't correctly honour previous error handler calls (thanks to ajoah).
• MailArchiver jams the plugin/theme editor while editing PHP files (thanks to ajoah).
• In Site Health section, Opcache status may be wrong (or generates PHP warnings) if OPcache API usage is restricted.
• The activation status of DecaLog (as logger) may be wrongly detected.

Removed

• MailArchiver internal watchdog as it is no longer necessary.

[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.
• When site is in english and a user choose another language for herself/himself, menu may be stuck in english.
• Some typos in readme.txt and README.md.

[2.0.0] - 2020-10-15

Added

• [WP-CLI] New command to display MailArchiver status: see wp help m-archive status for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to toggle on/off main settings: see wp help m-archive settings for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to manage archivers (list, start, pause, clean, purge, remove, add and set): see wp help m-archive archiver for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to view available archiver types (list and describe): see wp help m-archive type for details.
• New Site Health "info" section about shared memory.

Changed

• The positions of PerfOps menus are pushed lower to avoid collision with other plugins (thanks to Loïc Antignac).
• The selector for WordPress archivers is now sorted: running first, paused after (thanks to Loïc Antignac).
• 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.
• Some multi-attachments may be wrongly recorded.
• The rotating file archiver wrongly skips mails when sent from external process.
• With Firefox, some links are unclickable in the Control Center (thanks to Emil1).

Removed

• Parsedown as integrated markdown parser.

[1.6.0] - 2020-07-20

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.5.

Changed

• Improved installation/uninstallation and activation/deactivation processes.
• In WordPress archiver, the shown columns are now automatically set.

Fixed

• Uninstalling the plugin may produce a PHP error (thanks to Emil1).
• The WordPress archiver may be not purged when it should be (thanks to Emil1).
• The WordPress archiver may be wrongly purged when '0' is set as a limit (thanks to Emil1).
• In some conditions, some table may not be deleted while uninstalling.

Removed

• The screen options in WordPress archiver (as it is now automatically set).

[1.5.2] - 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.

Fixed

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

[1.5.1] - 2020-05-05

Changed

• The WordPress archives tables are now deleted when plugin is uninstalled.

Fixed

• There's an error while activating the plugin when the server is Microsoft IIS with Windows 10.
• Some tabs may be hidden when site is switched in another language.
• With Microsoft Edge, some layouts may be ugly.

[1.5.0] - 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.
• In site health "info" tab, the boolean are now clearly displayed.

Fixed

• In some cases, the "screen options" tab may be invisible.
• Short links (in other dashboard pages) are wrong.

[1.4.0] - 2020-03-01

Added

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

Changed

• New menus (in the left admin bar) for accessing features: "PerfOps Records" and "PerfOps Settings".

Fixed

• Some raw mails may be wrongly rendered in WordPress archiver when they contains the character ".
• The header extraction of the "from" field may produce an error.

Removed

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

[1.3.0] - 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.
• New Site Health "info" section about archivers settings.

Changed

• Upgraded Monolog library from version 2.0.1 to version 2.0.2.

[1.2.0] - 2019-12-19

Added

• Support for plugged (custom) wp_mail function (mu-plugins or themes).

Changed

• Mail subject can now contains emojis.
• WordPress archivers now report full source of mail (even for plugged wp_mail).
• The "from" field is now detected for Post SMPT plugin.

Fixed

• In some rare cases, recording a mail error may produce a PHP warning.
• Some plugin options may be not saved when needed (thanks to Lucas Bustamante).
• Typo in a string.

[1.1.0] - 2019-12-12

Added

• Full compatibility with WP Mail SMTP.
• Full compatibility with Post SMTP.
• "from" field is now visible in the mail details in WordPress archiver.

Changed

• The detection of the "from" field has been improved.

Fixed

• Some strings are not translatable.
• Some typos in inline help.

[1.0.0] - 2019-12-03

Initial release