Simple History 5.0.2 released

This update contains some minor fixes and optimizations.

Changelog for version 5.0.2 (October 2024)

Added

  • Add occasions_id to the context data modal.
  • Include user_display_name in events REST API response.
  • Autoload options simple_history_detective_mode_enabled, simple_history_experimental_features_enabled, and simple_history_db_version to improve performance. Related: Options API: Disabling Autoload for Large Options.

Changed

  • Better output of JSON data in event details view. #464

Fixed

  • Display user “display name”, with fallback to “username”, in the event feed. This restores how it was displayed in version 4 of the plugin. #468
  • Disable autoload of option SimplePluginLogger_plugin_info_before_update, to improve performance. #457
  • Fix PHP warnings when fetching occasions.
  • Only get edit link for a post if get_post() returns a post object. This may fix issues with, for example, old versions of WPML. #469
  • Make more strings in the GUI translatable. #470, #471