Plugin / Avatar Privacy

Changelog

2.3.2 (2019-11-09)

• Bugfix: Some error messages were not getting translated because of a WP.org infrastructure change.

2.3.1 (2019-09-29)

• Bugfix: Will not crash on WordPress 4.9 anymore when the Gutenberg plugin is not activated.
• Bugfix: The label for the block settings panel of the Avatar block was incorrect.

2.3.0 (2019-09-28)

• Feature: New shortcode [avatar-privacy-form] (optional parameter: avatar-size) to allow changing Avatar Privacy’s user settings on the frontend of the site.
• Feature: Two blocks have been added to the Block Editor to allow displaying a user’s avatar and to change the settings related Avatar Privacy on the frontend.
• Feature: Three new generated default avatars:
  • Bird Avatars,
  • Cat Avatars (both designed by David Revoy), and
  • RoboHash (designed by Zikri Kader).
• Feature: Integration for the following plugins had been added:
  • BuddyPress
  • Theme My Login
  • Ultimate Member
• Feature: New template function \Avatar_Privacy\gravatar_checkbox() for legacy themes added.
• Feature: There is a CLI interface to some parts of Avatar Privacy:
  • wp avatar-privacy db show: Show information about the custom database table(s).
  • wp avatar-privacy db list: List entries in the custom database table(s).
  • wp avatar-privacy db create: Create the custom database table.
  • wp avatar-privacy db upgrade: Upgrade the structure of the custom database table.
  • wp avatar-privacy uninstall: Remove data added by Avatar Privacy.
  • wp avatar-privacy cron list: List active cron jobs created by the plugin.
  • wp avatar-privacy cron delete: Delete cron jobs created by the plugin.
• Change: avapr_get_avatar_checkbox() has been deprecated in favor of \Avatar_Privacy\get_gravatar_checkbox().
• Change: The ID and name of the use_gravatar comment form checkbox has been changed to avatar-privacy-use-gravatar. Please update custom CSS rules accordingly.
• Change: Additional inline styling is added to the avatar-privacy-use-gravatar comment form checkbox to work around common theme limitations. Styling can be disabled using the avatar_privacy_comment_checkbox_disable_inline_style filter hook.
• Change: All external PHP dependencies have been moved to the namespace Avatar_Privacy\Vendor to reduce the chance of conflicts with other plugins.
• Bugfix: Gravatars are only cached if they are actually images to prevent issues with temporary Varnish errors on Gravatar.com.

2.2.2 (2019-06-23)

• Bugfix: Re-allow installation on 4.9.x for increased compatibility with possible future WordPress Core changes. The 2.2.x branch of Avatar Privacy is the last that will support WordPress < 5.2.

2.2.1 (2019-06-08)

• Bugfix: Compatibility with Windows servers.

2.2.0 (2019-05-12)

• Feature: Integration for the following plugins had been added:
  • wpDiscuz
  • WP User Manager

2.1.0 (2019-04-14)

• Feature: Improved compatibility with multisite installations. Plugin data will be properly deleted on uninstallation or when a site is removed. (“Large Networks” will still have to take manual action to prevent timeouts.)
• Feature: Network settings for enabling/disabling global table use on multisite. Existing global data will be migrated to the site-specific tables when global table use is disabled (but not in the other direction).
• Change: usermeta keys are now prefixed (avatar_privacy_use_gravatar instead of use_gravatar).
• Change: Generally improved code quality through unit tests.
• Bugfix: New multisite installations were incorrectly detected as “legacy”, making them use the global table (instead of per-site tables). Affected installations can be switched via the new network settings page.

2.0.5 (2019-02-23)

• Bugfix: Fixed a previously undiscovered compatibility issue with recent versions of EWWW Image Optimizer.

2.0.4 (2019-02-22)

• Bugfix: Updated included libraries for improved compatibility with other plugins.

2.0.3 (2018-11-30)

• Bugfix: Prevent warnings when trying to retrieve the avatar for an invalid user ID.

2.0.2 (2018-09-09)

• Bugfix: Updated included libraries for improved compatibility with other plugins.

2.0.1 (2018-08-16)

• Bugfix: The plugin no longer fails with a fatal error on PHP 5.6 (accidentally introduced in 2.0.0).

2.0.0 (2018-08-11)

• Feature: Administrators can now upload site-specific default avatar images.
• Feature: The default policy previously only accessible via the avatar_privacy_gravatar_use_default hook can now be set from the Discussion settings page.
• Feature: New filter hooks avatar_privacy_gravatar_link_rel and avatar_privacy_gravatar_link_target to filter the rel and target attributes of all links to Gravatar.com.
• Bugfix: The REST API returned incorrect avatar URLs for registered users (workaround for trac ticket #40030).
• Bugfix: The gravatar use cookie is only set when the comment author has given consent.
• Change: Internal restructuring to make maintenance easier.

1.1.1 (2018-06-11)

• Bugfix: Changing the default gravatar policy via avatar_privacy_gravatar_use_default works again for registered users.

1.1.0 (2018-06-10)

• Feature: Supports the new privacy tools on WordPress >= 4.9.6 (export and deletion of personal data, suggested privacy notice text).
• Feature: Registered users can opt into allowing logged-out comments with the same mail address to user their profile pictures.
• Feature: The plugin is now compatible with bbPress.
• Feature: The position of the use_gravatar checkbox can be adjusted via the new filter hook avatar_privacy_use_gravatar_position.
• Change: Trashed comments and comments marked as spam do not trigger a validation request to Gravatar.com if the admin has set the default gravatar use policy to “enabled” via the filter hook avatar_privacy_gravatar_use_default.

1.0.7 (2018-06-06)

• Bugfix: The use_gravatar is actually checked when the cookie has been set.
• Bugfix: A (harmless) PHP warning has been fixed.

1.0.6 (2018-05-29)

• Bugfix: Only valid response codes from Gravatar.com are cached (200 and 404).
• Bugfix: Plugin transients are cleared on plugin upgrades.
• Bugfix: The workaround for trac ticket #42663 introduced in 1.0.5 is expanded to all uses of wp_get_image_editor().

1.0.5 (2018-05-22)

• Bugfix: Prefer GD-based implementations of WP_Image_Editor to work around trac ticket #42663.
• Bugfix: The rel and target attributes are allowed in use_gravatar checkbox labels and by the default, the noopener and nofollow values for the rel attribute are added to the Gravatar.com link.
• Bugfix: Invalid 0-byte image files are not saved anymore.

1.0.4 (2018-05-20)

• Bugfix: When the plugin is uninstalled, the default avatar image is really reset to mystery if necessary.
• Bugfix: The use_gravatar checkbox is compatible with more themes now.

1.0.3 (2018-05-17)

• Bugfix: The plugin no longer fails with a fatal error on PHP 5.6.

1.0.2 (2018-05-16)

• Bugfix: PNG avatars were not created correctly when EWWW Image Optimizer was enabled.

1.0.1 (2018-05-14)

• Bugfix: Non-multisite installations triggered an SQL error in some situations.

1.0 (2018-05-13)

• Feature: All default avatars are generated on your server.
• Feature: Gravatar.com avatars are cached locally. (The cache is cleaned regularly via a cron job to prevent unlimited growth.)
• Feature: Registered users can upload their own avatar images to your server.
• Change: Refactored according to modern development principles.
• Change: Removed settings in favor of sensible default values and filter hooks:
  • Gravatar.com usage is opt-in and gravatars are only displayed if the exist.
  • The default behavior for legacy comments can be customized via the avatar_privacy_gravatar_use_default filter hook.
• Change: All static default icons are now SVG images.