IP Locator
Changelog

All notable changes to IP Locator are documented in this changelog.

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

[4.1.0] - Not Yet Released

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".
• The source of IP data is now hosted on its own domain (geoip.assets.perfops.one).
• Updated ActionScheduler from version 3.7.4 to version 3.9.0.

Fixed

• IP Locator trigger PHP Fatal error when trying to guess a language with ICU version greater than 74.0 (thanks to Lukas Gächter).
• 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.

[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.

[3.11.0] - 2024-05-07

Changed

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

[3.10.3] - 2024-05-04

Fixed

• PHP error when DecaLog is not installed.

[3.10.2] - 2024-05-04

Changed

• Updated DecaLog SDK from version 3.0.0 to version 4.1.0.
• Updated ActionScheduler from version 3.7.3 to version 3.7.4.
• Minimal required WordPress version is now 6.2.

[3.10.1] - 2024-03-25

Changed

• Updated Action Scheduler from 3.5.2 to 3.7.3.

Fixed

• IP Locator may interfere with WooCommerce table migration (thanks to Mil1).

[3.10.0] - 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.

[3.9.0] - 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.

[3.8.0] - 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).

[3.7.1] - 2023-03-02

Fixed

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

[3.7.0] - 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).
• The source of IP data is now hosted on Hosterra.

Fixed

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

[3.6.0] - 2022-10-06

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 6.1.
• Compatibility with PHP 8.2.
• There's a new warning in admin pages when PHP Intl extension is not installed.
• [WPCLI] The results of wp location commands are now logged in DecaLog.

Changed

• Improved primary language detection.
• Improved ephemeral cache in analytics.
• Updated Action Scheduler from 3.4.0 to 3.5.2.
• [WPCLI] The results of wp location commands are now prefixed by the product name.
• Improved resiliency to partially wrong or corrupted ICU data.

Fixed

• [SEC003] Moment.js library updated to 2.29.4 / Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).
• With some versions of Intl PHP extension, language detection may be wrong.
• ICU data may be partially wrong.

[3.5.0] - 2022-04-21

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.
• Updated Action Scheduler from 3.2.1 to 3.4.0.

Fixed

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

[3.4.1] - 2022-01-17

Fixed

• The Site Health page may launch deprecated tests.

[3.4.0] - 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.

[3.3.0] - 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.

[3.2.0] - 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 1.2.0 to 2.0.0.
• Updated Action Scheduler from 3.1.4 to 3.2.1.

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).

[3.1.2] - 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.
• Purging analytics history may produce a PHP notice.

[3.1.1] - 2021-06-22

Fixed

• wp.org distribute a Release Candidate, not the 3.1.0 version.

[3.1.0] - 2021-06-22

Added

• Traces now include metrics collation span.
• New option, available via settings page and wp-cli, to disable/enable metrics collation.

Changed

• Updated DecaLog SDK.
• Updated developer's documentation.
• [WP-CLI] location status command now displays DecaLog SDK version too.

Fixed

• Analytics and historical data options are not saved, nor applied.

[3.0.0] - 2021-05-25

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.8.
• The settings screen now displays a warning if IP data auto-updates is not supported.
• IP locator now supports Google Cloud-LB country detection.
• Compatibility with future DecaLog SDK.
• [BC] The version of IP Locator API is now v3.

Changed

• As the IP Database provider (WebNet77/Software77) has shutdown, there's a new data provider - more accurate and more durable: me!
• Improved internal IP detection: support for cloud load balancers.
• Improved IP data download process.
• Improved data signature verification.

Fixed

• Erroneous message when it's not possible to download data signature.

[2.2.0] - 2021-02-24

Added

• Compatibility with WordPress 5.7.

Changed

• Consistent reset for settings.
• Improved translation loading.
• [WP_CLI] location command have now a definition and all synopsis are up to date.

Fixed

• In Site Health section, Opcache status may be wrong (or generates PHP warnings) if 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.
• When site is in english and a user choose another language for herself/himself, menu may be stuck in english.
• [WP-CLI] Typos in status command result.

[2.0.0] - 2020-10-15

Added

• Full analytics dashboard with detailed accesses, countries and languages (see "Locations" in PerfOps Analytics menu).
• New tool (in PerfOps Tools menu) to analyze an IP address.
• [WP-CLI] New command to get a location detail: see wp help location describe for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to toggle on/off main settings: see wp help location settings for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to display IP Locator status: see wp help location status for details.
• [WP-CLI] New command to display locations statistics: see wp help location analytics for details.
• New Site Health "info" section about shared memory.
• [API] New /wp-json/ip-locator/v1/describe endpoint to analyze an IP. Available to all authenticated users.
• Compatibility with WordPress 5.5.
• [MultiSite] New menu to get Locations right from "my sites" or network admin page.
• Support for data feeds - reserved for future use.

Changed

• Improvement in the way roles are detected.
• The positions of PerfOps menus are pushed lower to avoid collision with other plugins (thanks to Loïc Antignac).
• [MultiSite] Improved default site detection.
• 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.
• A warning is now displayed in the settings page when no device detection mechanism is found.
• 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.
• When trying to detect local network IPs, an (innocuous) error Cannot load resource element und_xx: U_MISSING_RESOURCE_ERROR may be shown in logs.
• With Firefox, some links are unclickable in the Control Center (thanks to Emil1).
• Some internal logs are wrongly classified as 'INFO' when it should be 'DEBUG'.
• Some typos in CHANGELOG.md.

Removed

• Parsedown as integrated markdown parser.
• The section "Current connexion" of the data tab, as it is now in tools.

[1.0.6] - 2020-06-29

Changed

• Detection of improper PHP intl module installation.
• 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.

[1.0.5] - 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.

[1.0.4] - 2020-04-18

Changed

• [MultiSite] Only main site is now responsible for updating data, to avoid quota overrun.

[1.0.3] - 2020-04-10

Fixed

• Some main settings may be not saved.

Removed

• A link to a non-existent page.

[1.0.2] - 2020-04-07

Changed

• Improved initialization and update of IP data.
• Improves error handling when downloading IP data files.

Fixed

• With some old versions of DB servers, tables can't be created.
• Some typos in the settings screen.

[1.0.1] - 2020-04-02

Initial release