BuddyPress Module Development Under Way
Many of you have been looking forward to the integration of WordPoints with BuddyPress for some time. Well, I’m happy to report that development of the module is officially under way. I had actually hoped that I would be further along than I am, but there were some other things that I had to tend
Read moreVote for your favorite feature requests!
Over time I’ve received many feature requests for WordPoints, and I’ve kept track of them in a list on my computer. But I’ve always wanted to make this list public so that people could vote for the requests that they wanted to see implemented. Well, I’ve just converted this list into a Trello board, so
Read more2.1.0 Released!
After almost a year in development, I’m very happy to announce the release of WordPoints 2.1. This release introduces a new administration screen to WordPoints: the Points Types screen. This screen is where you can create points types and update the settings for existing points types. It also introduces a new feature: event reactions. These
Read moreTranslations now hosted on WordPress.org
I have been using a platform called Weblate as a place for people to collaborate on translating WordPoints into other languages. This has worked well, but recently WordPress.org has added a new feature: plugins can be translated directly on translate.wordpress.org! In order to keep all of the translation work in one place, I’ve moved the
Read moreVersion 2.1 enters beta
I am happy to announce that the beta version of WordPoints version 2.1.0 is now available. To test it out for yourself, you can install the Beta Tester module. This version of WordPoints has been in development for many months, and I’ve been working on some of the underlying code for over a year. This
Read moreUpdate on Version 2.1
WordPoints 2.1 has been under development for many months, and is still not quite finished. But do not fear—WordPoints is not abandoned, and work on the next version continues daily. I do not have an exact release date yet, but I hope it will be within the next 1-2 months. I am very impatient to
Read moreHow Should WordPoints Handle Spam?
TL;DR—Go to the bottom for a list of questions I’d like some user feedback on. Thanks! WordPoints 2.1 is currently under development (and is getting close to being done). The release date might come a little later than planned, but I think we can use that extra time to our advantage. As I was working
Read more2.1 Release Date Change
WordPoints version 2.1.0 contains some major changes to the points hooks, and I’ve been working on these changes for several months. Unfortunately they still aren’t done, and I’m going to have to push the release date from August 31 back to September 30. Release deadlines aren’t arbitrary, and I always try my best to meet
Read more2.0.1 Security Hardening Release
I’ve just released WordPoints 2.0.1. This update contains some very minor security hardening, so all users are encouraged to update as soon as possible. The details of the security-related changes in this release are complex, so I won’t try to explain them fully here. In essence, the code was using the MD5 hashing algorithm in
Read more2.0.0 Released
This morning I’ve released WordPoints version 2.0.0. As I’ve explained previously, this is a breaking update, and you should test before updating if you are using any custom code that integrates with the plugin. (Modules downloaded from WordPoints.org should work fine; I’ve tested them over the past week to be sure.) This isn’t a very
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