Technical Site Auditor

Changelog

3.1.0

A major reliability and quality release. We went through every check, fix and help text in the plugin and tightened the whole codebase.

• Added: Six additional checkers are now active – 404 page, accessibility, external links, fonts, iframes and pagination
• Improved: Checks now verify your site’s actual state instead of settings, which removes a large number of false positives across the security, performance and page-builder checks
• Improved: Word counting now handles Swedish and other non-English languages correctly
• Improved: Recommendations brought up to current best practice, and checks updated for WordPress 6.6+ and current PHP versions
• Improved: All .htaccess fixes are written safely – Apache 2.4 compatible, verified after every change, with automatic backup and rollback
• Improved: Hardened backup system with protected storage on all server types; database restore is now atomic, so an interrupted restore can no longer harm your database
• Improved: More reliable auto-fixes – one setting per fix everywhere, clear “cannot be undone” warnings before database cleanups (which can now be re-run), and heavy operations run in batches on large sites
• Improved: Safer defaults – HSTS starts conservatively, and the REST API restriction keeps contact forms and WooCommerce guest checkout working
• Improved: Admin UI polish – better error handling during scans, working issue filters, accurate counts and consistent free/premium information
• Fixed: The iframe lazy-loading fix could blank post content on some PHP versions
• Fixed: The mixed content fix now safely updates post content only, with per-post backups
• Fixed: Premium updates from pihlfelt.se did not work due to an incorrect update endpoint
• Removed: A few obsolete toggles that no longer provide value on modern WordPress
• Code: General cleanup – removed unused and legacy code, tightened output escaping and export handling

3.0.2

• Added: Server Environment section in Settings showing PHP max_execution_time, memory_limit, and PHP version
• Added: Recommended batch_size and request_timeout based on server configuration
• Added: One-click “Apply” buttons for recommended scanner settings
• Added: New issue “Page HTML is large/too large” for bloated pages (Divi/Elementor detection)
• Added: New issue “Email link missing mailto:” for malformed email links
• Fixed: Undefined variable $failed_count PHP warning in scan view
• Fixed: rtrim() null parameter deprecation warning (PHP 8.1+ compatibility)
• Fixed: Email addresses without mailto: incorrectly reported as broken internal links
• Fixed: Scanner hanging on problematic pages (now auto-skips after 2 failed attempts)
• Improved: Reduced external link checks from 25 to 10 per page for faster scanning
• Improved: Batched database operations for better performance
• Improved: Faster retry delays when processing slow pages
• Improved: Large pages (>3MB) skip DOM parsing but still report size issues
• Improved: Clearer progress messages during scan

3.0.1

• Fixed: Database tables created with incorrect prefix preventing scans from working
• Fixed: Duplicate issues appearing multiple times for the same URL
• Fixed: Scanner analyzing error pages (429/5xx) instead of actual content
• Fixed: Progress bar not updating during scan (polling improvements)
• Fixed: Polling continuing after server errors, causing rate limiting
• Improved: Sequential polling to prevent overwhelming the server
• Improved: Added delay between URL requests to avoid rate limiting
• Improved: Reduced default batch size from 50 to 10 for better compatibility
• Improved: Immediate stop on 429/500 errors with user-friendly message

3.0.0

• Major: Unified Optimizer system for all optimizations
• Added: Auto-marking of issues as fixed when optimizations are activated
• Added: Automatic reopening of issues when optimizations are deactivated
• Added: Full backup system for database, themes, plugins, and full site backups
• Added: Chunked backup processing to handle large sites without timeouts
• Improved: Fix History now syncs correctly with actual optimization state
• Improved: Categories hide properly when requirements are not met
• Improved: WooCommerce category shows “WooCommerce required” notice
• Fixed: Empty category display for premium-only features
• Fixed: Various CSS styling issues
• Removed: Legacy optimization systems

1.0.7

• Added: Comprehensive issue details for 50+ more issue types
• Added: Fix guidance for accessibility issues (form labels, skip links, tabindex)
• Added: Safe .htaccess auto-fix system (Premium) with automatic backup and rollback
• Improved: Redirect chain display shows hop count and source plugin
• Improved: Security header issues show recommended values
• Improved: Database autoload issues show largest offending options

1.0.6

• Changed: “How to fix” now uses expandable button like “Why does this matter?”
• Fixed: Empty issue detail boxes no longer show
• Improved: Issue details now show WHAT was found, not just counts
• Improved: Database issues more human-readable

1.0.5

• Added: Complete fix guidance for all issue types
• Added: Knowledge base explanations with “Why this matters?”, impact, and how to fix
• Fixed: “Manual” badge now always shows step-by-step guidance

1.0.0 – 1.0.4

• Initial releases: core audit engine, issue knowledge base, robots.txt refinements, duplicate detection improvements