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Booter · Version history

Booter changelog and version history

Latest version
1.6.1
Jun 24, 2026 (4 months ago)
Releases
18
since 2019
In the last year
3
about one every 64 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8

Releases each year

  • 20197 releases
  • 20206 releases
  • 20221 release
  • 20251 release
  • 20263 releases

20263 releases

  1. Booter 1.6.1Latest

    • Removed automatic remote list downloads.
    • Added local bot and referrer lists.
    • Added human-readable source files for bundled assets.
    • Updated text domain to match the WordPress.org plugin slug.
    • Updated transient prefixes.
    • Updated WordPress compatibility metadata.

  2. Booter 1.6.0

    • Security: Comprehensive output escaping and sanitization overhaul across all UI and log files.
    • Security: Hardened database queries and table creation processes (dbDelta) to strictly prevent SQL injection.
    • Refactor: Migrated all direct PHP filesystem operations (fopen, rename, unlink) to the secure WP_Filesystem API.
    • Bugfix: Resolved runtime timezone offset issues in HTTP headers and logs by enforcing the GMT/UTC standard.
    • Refactor: Improved WordPress Coding Standards (WPCS) compliance and enhanced translation/localization (i18n) support.

  3. Booter 1.5.8

    • Update tested up to
    • Fix security issues

20251 release

  1. Booter 1.5.7

    • Update tested up to

20221 release

  1. Booter 1.5.6

    • Move additiona bots list to a remote list

20206 releases

  1. Booter 1.5.5

    • Fix rare crash of the UI

  2. Booter 1.5.4

    • Fix rate limited not properly detecting excluded useragents

  3. Booter 1.5.3

    • Fix scheduled task not setting properly

  4. Booter 1.5.2

    • Fix bots list not updating

  5. Booter 1.5.1

    • Fix regression introduced in version 1.5

  6. Booter 1.5

    • Added options for weekly and monthly 404 log report
    • Added option to exclude user agents from rate limiting
    • Updated UI components
    • Updated bad bots list
    • Server IP will be excluded from rate limiting by default

20197 releases

  1. Booter 1.4.3

    • Fix rate limit/block applied to cli requests

  2. Booter 1.4.2

    • Fix error breaking rejected strings input
    • Updated tested WP version

  3. Booter 1.4.1

    • Fix typos
    • Added option to block all users without a useragent
    • Added additional strings to default settings

  4. Booter 1.4

    • New logo and banner
    • Added auto detection for sitemaps from All-in-one-SEO, Jetpack
    • Added a debug option to log which rule cause a block
    • Updated the lists of robots
    • Updated default settings
    • Updated error responses
    • UI improvements

  5. Booter 1.3.3

    • Updated default settings
    • Made the robots block case-sensitive to reduce false-positives

  6. Booter 1.3.2

    • Updated default settings
    • UI improvements

  7. Booter 1.3.1

    • UI fixes

Questions about Booter’s releases

What is the latest version of Booter?

1.6.1, released on Jun 24, 2026 (4 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8.

How often is Booter updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 64 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from May 2019.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Booter’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.