2.0 and Compatibility
The release of WordPoints 2.0 is just a few weeks away. Before 2.0 is released though, I’d like to give both users and developers a clear understanding of what that number means. Software version numbers are sometimes rather arbitrary. At other times, they follow clear rules. But because there are so many different conventions, it
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WordPoints version 2.0 has been under development for a longer time than usual. The last update, 1.10.0, was released at the end of February. I chose to schedule the release of 2.0.0 at the end of June, because I wanted to have plenty of time to develop some of the features. That’s four months, and
Read more1.10.3 Released
I’ve just released version 1.10.3, which provides some security hardening for several issues: Fixed: Closes 2 potential SQL injection vulnerabilities in the points logs query code. These are not exploitable within WordPoints itself, however, it is possible that they could be exploited through custom code if it passes untrusted data to the points__compare or text__compare
Read more1.10.2 Released
Version 1.10.2 has just been released, and addresses several bugs: Fixed: There was a bug on multisite causing users from all sites to be displayed in the top users table, instead of just users from the current site. Your users will now stay out of each others leader boards. Fixed: There was a bug in
Read moreImport from CubePoints
CubePoints is a great plugin. In fact, it is the plugin that inspired me to create WordPoints. However, it hasn’t received any updates in over two years. The lack of development and support is what prompted me to create WordPoints, in addition to a desire to be able to create more than one type of
Read moreIntroducing the Module Directory
I have been working on creating a module directory for a while, and now it is finally here. I first talked about how I wanted to do this back when 1.1.0 was released. So what is the module directory? It is a lot like the plugin directory on WordPress.org. It is the place you can
Read more1.10.0 Released
I’ve just released version 1.10.0, which includes a few minor updates and bug fixes. This is a smaller than usual release, and you probably won’t notice much difference. More spectacular features are being planned for version 2.0, and some modules which will be released soon. The main reason for this update at this time was
Read moreWordPoints 1.10 will drop support for WordPress 3.8
WordPoints 1.10.0 is currently in development, with plans to release it around the end of February. WordPoints has required at least WordPress version 3.8 since version 1.7.0. I’ve made the decision to update the requirement to at least WordPress 3.9. The reason for this it twofold: first, WordPress 3.8 is 4 versions old and people
Read more1.9.2 Released
I’ve just released version 1.9.2, which fixes a bug when updating a user’s points from their admin profile. If the user currently had zero points, you couldn’t change the value. Thanks to genkiorian a for reporting the bug.
Read more1.9.1 Released
I’ve just released version 1.9.1, which fixes a nasty bug that was making the Ranks admin screen dysfunctional. Props go to Revhast for the report.
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