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Catch Web Tools · Version history

Catch Web Tools changelog and version history

Latest version
3.4
Nov 3, 2026 (6 days ago)
Releases
58
since 2013
In the last year
7
about one every 48 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20131 release
  • 20143 releases
  • 20158 releases
  • 20167 releases
  • 20174 releases
  • 20186 releases
  • 20197 releases
  • 20205 releases
  • 20214 releases
  • 20223 releases
  • 20231 release
  • 20241 release
  • 20251 release
  • 20267 releases

20267 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 3.4Latest

    • Bug Fixed: Open Graph could trigger “headers already sent” warnings and drop the HTML lang attribute by printing its namespace too early; it is now added the correct way
    • Bug Fixed: SEO author meta tag could cause an error when the chosen author account had been deleted
    • Bug Fixed: Category pages could show PHP warnings when no SEO description or keywords were saved for that category
    • Bug Fixed: Page titles no longer appear blank on themes that rely on the older title system when no custom SEO title is set
    • Bug Fixed: On multisite networks, the plugin’s saved settings are now fully removed when the plugin is deleted
    • Improved: Social icon styles now load only when social icons are enabled, and admin and To Top scripts are versioned for reliable cache-busting
    • Improved: Added the minimum PHP version to the plugin details and hardened input handling on admin screens
    • Improved: Removed leftover unused code and general cleanup for better WordPress coding standards compliance
    • Compatibility check up to WordPress 7.1
    • Compatibility: Verified against PHP 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5, and fixed a deprecated dynamic property warning in the theme and plugin updater

  2. Catch Web Tools 3.3

    • Security: Improved input sanitization across AJAX handlers, taxonomy fields, and social icon URLs
    • Bug Fixed: Social icons not displaying correctly due to transient cache key mismatch
    • Bug Fixed: Open Graph title output unescaped in meta tags on single posts and pages
    • Bug Fixed: Incorrect escaping function used for footer textarea in Webmaster settings
    • Bug Fixed: Catch IDs admin page permission level corrected
    • Improved: All admin buttons and labels are now translation-ready
    • Improved: Scripts now load in the footer and are versioned for proper cache-busting
    • Improved: General code quality improvements for WordPress coding standards compliance
    • Compatibility check up to version 7.0

  3. Catch Web Tools 3.2.1

    • Bug Fixed: Attributes not added in script tags and conditionally rendering Comments

  4. Catch Web Tools 3.2

    • Bug Fixed: Added esc_attr__ for escapes it for a safe use
    • Bug Fixed: Removed unwanted CSS enqueue
    • Compatibility check up to version 7.0

  5. Catch Web Tools 3.1

    • Bug Fixed: WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect
    • Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags
    • Bug Fixed: WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped
    • Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment
    • Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

  6. Catch Web Tools 3.0.1

    • Bug Fixed: Email, Google Plus and cart icon not rendering on frontend and remove extra http text from a email value.
    • Bug Fixed: Color correction and enqueue font awesome in frontend

  7. Catch Web Tools 3.0

    • Added: Replace genericons to font-awesome in CWT social icons
    • Added: Twitter X, Bluesky, Twitter, Threads, Discord, Phone, Line, Vk, Xing and Telegram icons
    • Added: Replace genericons to font-awesome in CWT social icons
    • Updated: Update font awesome file to latest in CWT to top
    • Compatibility check up to version 6.9

20251 release

  1. Catch Web Tools 2.7.6

    • Compatibility check up to version 6.8

20241 release

  1. Catch Web Tools 2.7.5

    • Bug Fixed: Deprecation notice in PHP 8.2
    • Compatibility check up to version 6.5

20231 release

  1. Catch Web Tools 2.7.4

    • Compatibility check up to version 6.4

20223 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 2.7.3

    • Compatibility check up to version 6.1

  2. Catch Web Tools 2.7.2

    • Bug Fixed: Open graph custom tags/keywords not displayed correctly
    • Sanitize catchwebtools_opengraph_custom tags

  3. Catch Web Tools 2.7.1

    • Compatibility check up to version 5.9
    • Bug Fixed: Nonce and User capabilities check in ajax calls (Reported by wpscan)

20214 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 2.7

    • Bug Fixed: Security issue on ajax calls

  2. Catch Web Tools 2.6.6

    • Bug Fixed: Undefined variable issue $get_image in frontend/inc/opengraph-tools.php on line 25

  3. Catch Web Tools 2.6.5

    • Compatibility check up to version 5.8

  4. Catch Web Tools 2.6.4

    • Compatibility check up to version 5.7

20205 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 2.6.3

    • Added: Catch Updater module – Link added in info message

  2. Catch Web Tools 2.6.2

    • Bug Fixed: Social Icons shortcode issue.

  3. Catch Web Tools 2.6.1

    • Bug Fixed: Issue in add new theme page

  4. Catch Web Tools 2.6

    • Added: Disable by default if WordPress version 5.5 or above is installed and show notice
    • Compatibility check up to version 5.5

  5. Catch Web Tools 2.5

    • Compatibility check up to version 5.4

20197 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 2.4

    • Added: Big image size threshold toggle option

  2. Catch Web Tools 2.3

    • Compatibility check up to version 5.3

  3. Catch Web Tools 2.2

    • Added: Option to turn off Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs
    • Compatibility check up to version 5.2
    • Updated: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs displaying code

  4. Catch Web Tools 2.1.5

  5. Catch Web Tools 2.1.4

  6. Catch Web Tools 2.1.3

  7. Catch Web Tools 2.1.2

20186 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 2.1.1

  2. Catch Web Tools 2.1

  3. Catch Web Tools 2.0

  4. Catch Web Tools 1.9.8

  5. Catch Web Tools 1.9.7

  6. Catch Web Tools 1.9.6

20174 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 1.9.5

  2. Catch Web Tools 1.9.4

  3. Catch Web Tools 1.9.3

  4. Catch Web Tools 1.9.2

20167 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 1.9.1

  2. Catch Web Tools 1.9

  3. Catch Web Tools 1.8.1

  4. Catch Web Tools 1.8

  5. Catch Web Tools 1.7

  6. Catch Web Tools 1.6

  7. Catch Web Tools 1.5.2

20158 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 1.5.1

  2. Catch Web Tools 1.5

  3. Catch Web Tools 1.4.1

  4. Catch Web Tools 1.4

  5. Catch Web Tools 1.3

  6. Catch Web Tools 1.2

  7. Catch Web Tools 1.1

  8. Catch Web Tools 1.0

20143 releases

  1. Catch Web Tools 0.4

  2. Catch Web Tools 0.3

  3. Catch Web Tools 0.2

20131 release

  1. Catch Web Tools 0.1

Questions about Catch Web Tools’s releases

What is the latest version of Catch Web Tools?

3.4, released on Nov 3, 2026 (6 days ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Catch Web Tools updated?

7 releases in the last year, about one every 48 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2013.

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