Remember Me Controls

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Installation

Release Log

2.0.1 (2023-06-19)

• Fix: Fix info banner reporting the wrong remembered duration (of “2 days”) when the default WordPress remembered duration applies (which is “14 days”)
• New: Add get_default_remembered_login_duration()
• Change: Add optional argument to get_login_session_duration() to indicate if the default duration should be the default remembered duration or not
• Change: Updated screenshot

2.0 (2023-06-14)

• New: Add a notice banner to settings page to provide human-friendly summary of current login session duration
• New: Add getters for the acceptable maximum, minimum, and default non-remembered login duration values
• Change: Enforce a minimum of one hour for login session duration
• Change: Return default login session duration (2 days) if for some reason a 0 duration is encountered
• Change: Improve plugin’s settings page
  • Change: Dynamically disable settings input fields if their functionality is disabled by another setting’s value
  • Change: Display notable helptext for settings as inline notices
  • Change: Clarify that disabling the “Remember Me” feature will causes sessions to last 2 days, not 1
  • Change: Use a number field as the duration input field
  • Change: Reword labels and help text for clarity and brevity
  • Change: Add additional help text to clarify how settings are related
  • Change: Improve style and layout of help text
  • Change: Output newlines after block-level tags in settings page
• Change: Omit type attribute to script and style tags
• Change: Improve formatting of text in Help panel
• Change: Add FAQ item to address how to make login session duration changes take effect immediately
• Change: Update plugin framework to 065
  • 065:
  • New: Add support for ‘inline_help’ setting configuration option
  • New: Add support for ‘raw_help’ setting configuration option
  • New: Add support for use of lists within settings descriptions
  • Change: Add an ‘id’ attribute to settings form
  • Change: Add styles for disabled input text fields and inline setting help notices
  • Change: Support ‘number’ input by assigning ‘small-text’ class
  • Change: Tweak styling for settings page footer
  • Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.2+
  • Change: Update copyright date (2023)
  • 064:
  • New: For checkbox settings, support a ‘more_help’ config option for defining help text to appear below checkbox and its label
  • Fix: Fix URL for plugin listing donate link
  • Change: Store donation URL as object variable
  • Change: Update strings used for settings page donation link
  • 063:
  • Fix: Simplify settings initialization to prevent conflicts with other plugins
  • Change: Remove ability to detect plugin settings page before current screen is set, as it is no longer needed
  • Change: Enqueue thickbox during 'admin_enqueue_scripts' action instead of during 'init'
  • Change: Use is_plugin_admin_page() in help_tabs() instead of reproducing its functionality
  • Change: Trigger a debugging warning if is_plugin_admin_page() is used before 'admin_init' action is fired
  • 062:
  • Change: Update is_plugin_admin_page() to use get_current_screen() when available
  • Change: Actually prevent object cloning and unserialization by throwing an error
  • Change: Check that there is a current screen before attempting to access its property
  • Change: Remove ‘type’ attribute from style tag
  • Change: Incorporate commonly defined styling for inline_textarea
  • 061:
  • Fix bug preventing settings from getting saved
  • 060:
  • Rename class from c2c_{PluginName}_Plugin_051 to c2c_Plugin_060
  • Move string translation handling into inheriting class making the plugin framework code plugin-agnostic
    • Add abstract function get_c2c_string() as a getter for translated strings
    • Replace all existing string usage with calls to get_c2c_string()
  • Handle WordPress’s deprecation of the use of the term “whitelist”
    • Change: Rename whitelist_options() to allowed_options()
    • Change: Use add_allowed_options() instead of deprecated add_option_whitelist() for WP 5.5+
    • Change: Hook allowed_options filter instead of deprecated whitelist_options for WP 5.5+
  • New: Add initial unit tests (currently just covering is_wp_version_cmp() and get_c2c_string())
  • Add is_wp_version_cmp() as a utility to compare current WP version against a given WP version
  • Refactor contextual_help() to be easier to read, and correct function docblocks
  • Don’t translate urlencoded donation email body text
  • Add inline comments for translators to clarify purpose of placeholders
  • Change PHP package name (make it singular)
  • Tweak inline function description
  • Note compatibility through WP 5.7+
  • Update copyright date (2021)
• Change: Move translation of all parent class strings into main plugin file
• Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.2+
• Change: Update copyright date (2023)
• Change: Tweak installation instruction
• Unit tests:
  • New: Add unit tests specific to plugin framework
  • Change: Restructure unit test directories
    • Change: Move bin/ into tests/
    • Change: Move tests/bootstrap.php into tests/phpunit/
    • Change: Move tests/test-*.php into tests/phpunit/tests/
  • Change: Remove ‘test-‘ prefix from unit test file
  • Change: Rename phpunit.xml to phpunit.xml.dist per best practices
  • Change: In bootstrap, store path to plugin file constant
  • Change: In bootstrap, add backcompat for PHPUnit pre-v6.0

1.9.1 (2021-02-13)

• Fix: Add missing textdomain. Props @kittmedia.
• Change: Enhance a FAQ answer to make clear that an existing login session will not be affected by an update to the remember me duration (must log in again)
• Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.6+
• Change: Update copyright date (2021)

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