eRecht24 Legal Texts changelog and version history

20269 releases

1. eRecht24 Legal Texts 4.1.2Latest

   Oct 12, 2026
   • Fixed: Updating directly from a 3.3.x version of the previous eRecht24 plugin could end with a fatal error (“Class eRecht24\LegalTexts\App\Cron\TrimErrorLog not found”).
   • Fixed: Push updates could be rejected as unauthorized if the push secret issued by eRecht24 contained special characters.
   • Improved: Rejected push requests are now logged in the Status tab, including the reason. The secrets themselves are never logged.

2. eRecht24 Legal Texts 4.1.1

   Sep 23, 2026
   • Fixed: A fatal error could occur on non-contiguous admin pages if another plugin rendered an admin dialog in a way that left the WordPress admin hook suffix empty.

3. eRecht24 Legal Texts 4.1.0

   Aug 18, 2026
   • Changed: The Gutenberg block is now registered via block.json metadata files (Block API v3), including full support for the iframed block editor introduced in WordPress 7.1. If the metadata files are missing, the plugin falls back to the previous array-based registration.
   • Improved: The block inspector controls are now grouped in a standard settings panel with correct padding and spacing, and use the current WordPress component styles (no more deprecation warnings in the editor console).
   • Backwards compatible: saved content, block attributes, the legacy block name erecht24/erecht24, shortcodes, and all script handles are unchanged. Existing pages continue to work without any migration.
   • Fixed: The Elementor widget kept by the pre-4.0 plugin’s legacy name showed up as a duplicate entry in the “Add Widget” panel. It is now hidden from the panel; existing pages using it keep rendering and remain editable.
   • Fixed: A few labels in the Status tab’s system information table (e.g. “API-Key-Status”) were hardcoded and not translatable. All labels are now translatable, without changing the machine-readable field names in the copyable debug export.

4. eRecht24 Legal Texts 4.0.5

   Aug 13, 2026
   • Fixed: A push client left over from a previous eRecht24 plugin version is now deleted at eRecht24 once a fresh client has been registered, instead of remaining as an orphaned registration.
   • Fixed: The push client re-registration could report success even when eRecht24 did not return a push secret, leaving push updates non-functional despite the success message.
   • Security: API error messages are no longer logged if they contain sensitive data — in case such data is returned in the error body.

5. eRecht24 Legal Texts 4.0.4

   Aug 10, 2026
   • Fixed: Migrating from the previous eRecht24 plugin no longer carries over its push client registration. A fresh, current push client is now registered automatically instead, avoiding issues from a registration created by the previous plugin’s different push mechanism.
   • Added: Push-Client register button and its related notice now also appear when a Remote Push Test fails, not only when no push client is registered at all — covering sites that migrated before this fix and may have an outdated client.
   • Removed: A redundant “View details” link in the Plugins list, now shown automatically by WordPress since this plugin is listed on WordPress.org.

6. eRecht24 Legal Texts 4.0.3

   Jul 17, 2026
   • Fixed: Sites migrated from the previous eRecht24 plugin could end up with a stored API key but no registered push client.
   • Added: A persistent admin notice now warns when an API key is stored but no push client is registered, so this can be resolved by re-saving the API key.

7. eRecht24 Legal Texts 4.0.2

   Jul 15, 2026
   • Fixed: The Elementor widget now also registers under the legacy widget name used by plugin versions prior to 4.0; display issues resolved.
   • Removed subscription to the deprecated elementor/widgets/widgets_registered Elementor hook.

8. eRecht24 Legal Texts 4.0.1

   Jul 8, 2026
   • Fixed Contributors list and installation path in the readme.

9. eRecht24 Legal Texts 4.0.0

   Jul 8, 2026
   • Complete rewrite with a modernised, accessible admin interface.
   • All legal texts (imprint, privacy policy, social media privacy policy) are now stored in a single encrypted WordPress option instead of several separate options.
   • API key is encrypted at rest using a site-specific key.
   • Automatic migration of API key, push client credentials, Google Analytics settings, and all local and remote legal text content from the previous plugin on first activation.
   • New Gutenberg block for inserting legal texts directly in the block editor.
   • Elementor widget added as an optional integration.
   • Push updates from the eRecht24 server are received via a dedicated REST API endpoint (erecht24/v1/push) with secret-based authorisation.
   • Manual synchronisation of individual or all legal texts directly from the admin page.
   • Google Analytics output is disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled by an administrator.
   • Status tab with system requirements check, push test, and exportable debug log.
   • Requires WordPress 6.3 and PHP 7.4 or higher.
   • Legacy sites still relying on the unprefixed shortcodes [impressum] and [datenschutz] are no longer supported, to avoid naming conflicts with other plugins and themes. Use [erecht24 type="imprint"] or [erecht24 type="privacy_policy"] instead.