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OpenID Connect Generic Client · Version history

OpenID Connect Generic Client changelog and version history

Latest version
3.11.3
Feb 13, 2026 (9 months ago)
Releases
23
since 2018
In the last year
8
about one every 9 days
Tested up to
WordPress 6.9.0
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20182 releases
  • 20191 release
  • 20204 releases
  • 20215 releases
  • 20222 releases
  • 20241 release
  • 20252 releases
  • 20266 releases

20266 releases

  1. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.11.3Latest

    • Feature/improvement: Added configurable issuer setting for JWT validation.
  2. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.11.2

    • Improvement: Support identity providers that omit algorithm parameter in JWKS (Microsoft Entra ID).
  3. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.11.1

    • Fix bug created in 3.11.0 release when comparing issuer to derived expected value.
  4. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.11.0

    • SECURITY RELEASE
    • Security: Added JWT signature verification using JWKS to prevent token forgery
    • Security: Enhanced token claim validation (exp, aud, iss, iat, nonce)
    • Security: Replaced weak state generation with cryptographically secure random_bytes()
    • Security: Fixed open redirect vulnerability in authentication flow
    • Security: Restricted SSL verification bypass to local development environments only
    • Security: Added nonce protection to debug mode to prevent information disclosure
    • Security: Added SSRF protection by default through use of wp_safe_remote_* functions
    • Feature: Added JWKS endpoint configuration setting
    • Feature: Added OpenID Connect discovery document support
    • Feature: Added customizable login button text setting
    • Improvement: Migrated to Composer-managed dependencies
    • Fix: Corrected issuer validation to properly extract base URL from endpoints
    • Fix: Identity token timestamp tracking
  5. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.10.4

    • Fix issue with finding users on multisite after switch to user options in place of user meta.
    • Improvement: Retry logins for some IDP errors to bypass issue with Safari ITP. Also improves display of error messages that come from the IDP.
  6. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.10.3

    • Fix issue with log corruption causing fatal error.
    • Fix: Fallback to a POST request for userinfo when GET fails.
    • Fix: Improves multisite compatibility by switching to *_user_options() functions.
    • Fix: Fix for WordPress user session length being very short when refresh tokens are enabled.

20252 releases

  1. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.10.2

    • Fix: @socialmedialabs – Regression affecting SSO Auto Login with url handling improvement changes.
  2. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.10.1

    • Chore: @daggerhart – Readme updates and clarifications.
    • Chore: @daggerhart – Release workflow updates.
    • Improved error handling for malformed urls.
    • Fix: @JUVOJustin – Change request for userinfo to GET.
    • Feature: @JUVOJustin – New filter for settings values openid-connect-generic-settings.
    • Feature: @JUVOJustin – New filter for state values openid-connect-generic-new-state-value.

20241 release

  1. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.10.0

    • Chore: @timnolte – Dependency updates.
    • Fix: @drzraf – Prevents running the auth url filter twice.
    • Fix: @timnolte – Updates the log cleanup handling to properly retain the configured number of log entries.
    • Fix: @timnolte – Updates the log display output to reflect the log retention policy.
    • Chore: @timnolte – Adds Unit Testing & New Local Development Environment.
    • Feature: @timnolte – Updates logging to allow for tracking processing time.
    • Feature: @menno-ll – Adds a remember me feature via a new filter.
    • Improvement: @menno-ll – Updates WP Cookie Expiration to Same as Session Length.

20222 releases

  1. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.9.1

    • Improvement: @timnolte – Refactors Composer setup and GitHub Actions.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Bumps WordPress tested version compatibility.
  2. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.9.0

    • Feature: @matchaxnb – Added support for additional configuration constants.
    • Feature: @schanzen – Added support for agregated claims.
    • Fix: @rkcreation – Fixed access token not updating user metadata after login.
    • Fix: @danc1248 – Fixed user creation issue on Multisite Networks.
    • Feature: @RobjS – Added plugin singleton to support for more developer customization.
    • Feature: @jkouris – Added action hook to allow custom handling of session expiration.
    • Fix: @tommcc – Fixed admin CSS loading only on the plugin settings screen.
    • Feature: @rkcreation – Added method to refresh the user claim.
    • Feature: @Glowsome – Added acr_values support & verification checks that it when defined in options is honored.
    • Fix: @timnolte – Fixed regression which caused improper fallback on missing claims.
    • Fix: @slykar – Fixed missing query string handling in redirect URL.
    • Fix: @timnolte – Fixed issue with some user linking and user creation handling.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Fixed plugin settings typos and screen formatting.
    • Security: @timnolte – Updated build tooling security vulnerabilities.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Changed build tooling scripts.

20215 releases

  1. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.8.5

    • Fix: @timnolte – Fixed missing URL request validation before use & ensure proper current page URL is setup for Redirect Back.
    • Fix: @timnolte – Fixed Redirect URL Logic to Handle Sub-directory Installs.
    • Fix: @timnolte – Fixed issue with redirecting user back when the openid_connect_generic_auth_url shortcode is used.
  2. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.8.4

    • Fix: @timnolte – Fixed invalid State object access for redirection handling.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Fixed local wp-env Docker development environment.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Fixed Composer scripts for linting and static analysis.
  3. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.8.3

    • Fix: @timnolte – Fixed problems with proper redirect handling.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Changes redirect handling to use State instead of cookies.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Refactored additional code to meet coding standards.
  4. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.8.2

    • Fix: @timnolte – Fixed reported XSS vulnerability on WordPress login screen.
  5. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.8.1

    • Fix: @timnolte – Prevent SSO redirect on password protected posts.
    • Fix: @timnolte – CI/CD build issues.
    • Fix: @timnolte – Invalid redirect handling on logout for Auto Login setting.

20204 releases

  1. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.8.0

    • Feature: @timnolte – Ability to use 6 new constants for setting client configuration instead of storing in the DB.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Plugin development & contribution updates.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Refactored to meet WordPress coding standards.
    • Improvement: @timnolte – Refactored to provide localization.
    • See the previous changelogs here
  2. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.7.1

  3. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.7.0

  4. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.6.0

20191 release

  1. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.5.0

20182 releases

  1. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.4.1

  2. OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.3.1

Questions about OpenID Connect Generic Client’s releases

What is the latest version of OpenID Connect Generic Client?

3.11.3, released on Feb 13, 2026 (8 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 6.9.0 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is OpenID Connect Generic Client updated?

8 releases in the last year, about one every 9 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from February 2018.

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