Traffic
Changelog

All notable changes to Traffic are documented in this changelog.

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

[3.1.1] - 2024-11-23

Fixed

• There's an 'undefined constant' error while trying to update.

[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.

[2.13.2] - 2024-05-04

Fixed

• PHP error when DecaLog is not installed.

[2.13.1] - 2024-05-04

Changed

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

[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.

Fixed

• Mismatch in plugin versions

[2.12.0] - withdrawn

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.

[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 api commands are now logged in DecaLog.

Changed

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

Fixed

• Live console with PHP 8 may be broken (thanks to stuffeh).
• [SEC003] Moment.js library updated to 2.29.4 / Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).

[2.7.1] - 2022-04-20

Fixed

• 2.7.0 tag is not displayed as new release on wp.org.

[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.
• Improved favicon handling for new Google API specifications.
• 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

• 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.
• An innocuous Mysql error may be triggered at plugin activation.

[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.
• Adherence to the Mailarchiver-No-Log directive implemented since MailArchiver 2.5.0.
• Adherence to the new Traffic-No-Log internal directive.

Changed

• Improved update process on high-traffic sites to avoid concurrent resources accesses.
• Better publishing frequency for metrics.
• HTTP error codes 208 and 226 are now supported.
• X axis for graphs have been redesigned and are more accurate.
• Added beacon endpoints to the smart-filtered list.
• Updated labels and links in plugins page.
• Updated the README.md file.

Fixed

• Internal API version is not consistent with plugin version.
• Some noisy calls, linked to live logging, escape the smart filter.
• Country translation with i18n module may be wrong.
• There's typos in CHANGELOG.md.

Removed

• Display of beacon inbound calls in live console.

[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.

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).

[2.3.2] - 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] - 2021-06-22

Fixed

• wp.org distributes a wrong version.

[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.

Changed

• [BC] Inbound latency is far more precise - warning, you may see gaps in values/graphs after updating plugin.
• Upgraded Lock library from version 2.1 to version 2.2.
• [WP-CLI] Changing the color scheme for the tail command is now done via the --theme=<theme> parameter.
• [WP-CLI] api status command now displays DecaLog SDK version too.
• [WP-CLI] Updated documentation.
• Self cron jobs spawning are now excluded from analytics only if smart filter is activated.

Fixed

• Messages may be wrongly truncated in live console.

[2.2.0] - 2021-02-24

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.7.
• Adherence to the new Decalog-No-Log directive implemented by DecaLog 2.4.0.

Changed

• Smart filter now filters /server-status and /server-info calls.
• Consistent reset for settings.
• Improved translation loading.
• [WP_CLI] api command have now a definition and all synopsis are up to date.
• More precise statistics about outbound calls made in shutdown handler(s).

Fixed

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

[2.1.0] - 2020-11-23

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.6.

Changed

• Improvement in the way roles are detected.
• Anonymous proxies, satellite providers and private networks are now fully detected when IP Locator is installed.
• Better web console layout.

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.

[2.0.3] - 2020-10-13

Changed

• [WP-CLI] Improved documentation.
• Hardening (once again) IPs detection.
• The analytics dashboard now displays a warning if analytics features are not activated.
• 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.

[2.0.2] - 2020-10-05

Fixed

• [WP-CLI] With some PHP configurations, there may be a (big) delay in the display of lines.

[2.0.1] - 2020-10-05

Fixed

• Some minimized js files are missing.

[2.0.0] - 2020-10-05

Added

• New live console-in-browser to see API calls as soon as they occur.
• [WP-CLI] New command to display (past or current) API calls in console: see wp help api tail for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to display Traffic status: see wp help api status for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to toggle on/off main settings: see wp help api settings for details.
• Traffic now sends inbound and outbound events to DecaLog with settable level.
• New "smart filter" options to exclude noisy internal calls.
• 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).
• Improved layout for language indicator.
• If GeoIP support is not done via IP Locator, the flags are now correctly downgraded to emojis.
• 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.

Fixed

• With Firefox, some links are unclickable in the Control Center (thanks to Emil1).

Removed

• Parsedown as integrated markdown parser.

[1.7.0] - 2020-07-20

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.5.

Changed

• Improved compatibility with plugins using long treatments in pre_http_request hook.

[1.6.4] - 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.

[1.6.3] - 2020-06-18

Changed

• Improved detection of HTTP 200 code for inbound requests.

Fixed

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

[1.6.2] - 2020-05-05

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.

[1.6.1] - 2020-04-10

Fixed

• Some main settings may be not saved.

[1.6.0] - 2020-04-10

Added

• Compatibility with DecaLog early loading feature.
• Full integration with IP Locator.

Changed

• Analytics now integrate file size in total request size for outbound POST and GET.
• Improved remote IP detection.
• 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.

Removed

• Dependency to "Geolocation IP Detection" plugin. Nevertheless, this plugin can be used as a fallback solution.
• Flagiconcss as library. If there's no other way, flags will be rendered as emoji.
• Unneeded tool links in settings page.

[1.5.0] - 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" and "PerfOps Settings".
• Country flags are now cached.

Fixed

• Some headers may be wrongly analyzed when they are arrays of arrays.
• With some plugins, box tooltips may be misplaced (css collision).
• In analytics reports, the layout for lines with 3 boxes may be ugly at some resolutions.

Removed

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

[1.4.0] - 2020-01-01

Added

• Full compatibility (for internal cache) with Redis and Memcached.
• Using APCu rather than database transients if APCu is available.
• [MultiSite] A new "Sites Breakdown" list in all reports is available to network admins.
• 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.
• Automattic servers detection.

Changed

• Reports have now a specific title for HTTP codes, protocols, methods and countries details.
• [MultiSite] Switching from a single site to all sites now preserves the reference domain.
• Private range IPs have now a specific favicon.

Fixed

• Some headers may be wrongly analyzed when they are arrays.
• A wrong value may be used for the data retention period.

[1.3.1] - 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).

[1.3.0] - 2019-12-05

Added

• A new option (in settings) to set the data retention period.

Changed

• Graph labels are now rightly positioned and aligned.
• Graph names have been changed to mark the difference between 'variation' and 'distribution'.

Fixed

• With non-standard dashboard colors, tooltip shadow may be ugly.
• The buttons of the date range picker may have a wrong size.

Removed

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

[1.2.3] - 2019-11-15

Changed

• Unit symbols and abbreviations are now visually differentiated.
• There's now a non-breaking space between values and units.
• Upgraded Feather library from version 4.22.1 to version 4.24.1.

Fixed

• PHP warning (in some rare cases) when executing "rest_pre_echo_response" hook.
• Counting cookies sizes may produce a PHP notice in some cases.

[1.2.2] - 2019-11-03

Changed

• Normalization of cache IDs to avoid name collisions.

Fixed

• Main graph doesn't show when time range is strictly one month.
• Some cached elements may be autoloaded even if not needed.
• A PHP notice may appear when enqueuing some plugin assets.
• [MultiSite] The "what's new?" screen is only viewable by network admin.

[1.2.1] - 2019-10-17

Changed

• Improvements to endpoint cleaning.
• Self cron jobs spawning are now excluded from analytics.

Fixed

• Some outbounds calls made during 'shutdown' hook are not recorded.
• Some hits are false positive and must not be recorded.

[1.2.0] - 2019-10-10

Added

• [MultiSite] New box in summary displaying all sites to network admins.
• A new option to allow or disallow favicons downloading and displaying.
• [MultiSite] Action link in sites list for network admins.
• [MultiSite] Action link in "my sites" for local admins.
• Zoom-in tooltip for all lists.
• "Metrics Variations" selectors tooltip.

Changed

• [MultiSite] The site ID (currently viewed) is now displayed in the controls bar.
• A default icon is now shown in case there's no favicons for a website.
• Better selector layouts on mobile devices.
• The active "Metrics Variations" selector has now a different color.

Fixed

• PHP warning when computing percentages.
• Clicking on "Metrics Variations" selectors while loading data may lead to an unexpected result.
• In the date-picker, the string "Custom Range" is not internationalized (it's always in English).

[1.1.0] - 2019-10-05

Added

• It's now possible to use public CDN to serve Traffic scripts and stylesheets (see Settings | Traffic | Options).
• The option page shows the logging plugin used.

Changed

• Better computing of KPIs when no data are collected on the current day.
• Cron jobs are now excluded from analytics.
• Traffic database table collation is now utf8_unicode_ci.
• The (nag) update message has now a link to display changelog.

Fixed

• Error while creating Traffic database table with utf8mb4 charset for some version of MySQL.
• KPIs layout may be jammed by site-wide stylesheets.
• PHP notice and warning when trying to count calls when there's no call for current day.
• Some typos in tooltips.

[1.0.0] - 2019-10-04

Initial release