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My Private Site · Version history

My Private Site changelog and version history

Latest version
4.2.3
Sep 1, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
51
since 2015
In the last year
7
about one every 46 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 201526 releases
  • 20191 release
  • 20204 releases
  • 20212 releases
  • 20225 releases
  • 20233 releases
  • 20241 release
  • 20253 releases
  • 20266 releases

20266 releases

  1. My Private Site 4.2.3Latest

    • Fixed unauthenticated access to protected post and comment feeds when using classic themes.
    • Protected WordPress XML sitemaps across themes and compatibility modes.
    • Hardened aggregate content routes so page-level exemptions cannot expose protected content or URLs.
    • Hardened direct comment and pingback access, protected REST membership checks, reCAPTCHA verification, license transport, backup restore, cleanup deletion, and uninstall handling.
    • Corrected Public Pages, Tags & Categories, and Guest Access rule composition so forged or unresolved access states cannot become public.
    • Updated the bundled CMB2 library to version 2.12.0 for current WordPress and PHP compatibility.
  2. My Private Site 4.2.1

    • Fixed privacy enforcement for block themes when using Standard compatibility mode.
    • Preserved compatibility with WordPress 5.8 and classic themes while adding block-theme detection for WordPress 5.9 and later.
  3. My Private Site 4.2

    • Added Spam Account Cleanup, a staged dry-run, CSV export, and batch deletion tool for safely removing spam subscriber accounts.
    • Added optional reCAPTCHA protection for the WordPress registration form, sharing the existing reCAPTCHA keys with Login Guard.
    • Added a public user-insert backstop so selected Registration Spam Guard checks can block suspicious unauthenticated user creation outside the default registration form.
    • Strengthened Spam Account Cleanup protections for hidden/custom post types, detected store-order customer records, and EDD/WooCommerce customers.
    • Increased Registration Spam Guard log retention from 20 to 100 entries.
    • Added default-off deterministic spam signals for digit-dominant email addresses, gibberish email addresses, and profile bios containing URLs.
    • Added suspicious Gmail plus-alias detection to Registration Spam Guard.
    • Added reserved administrator username, URL-like username, crypto scam phrase, and disposable email domain detection to Registration Spam Guard.
  4. My Private Site 4.1.1

    • Added the Protection-tab Registration Spam Guard controls for honeypot, gibberish username, excessive email dots, missing MX, and StopForumSpam checks.
    • Added reCAPTCHA Login Guard settings, including Google site key and secret key fields.
    • Added admin notices and settings save handling for the new spam guard and reCAPTCHA controls.
    • Updated AI Crawler Defense wording and related Site Privacy UI labels.
  5. My Private Site 4.1.0

    • Added Registration Spam Guard and reCAPTCHA login protection to the free plugin.
  6. My Private Site 4.0.4

    • Fixed Site Privacy save actions being intercepted by the robots.txt retest control.
    • Improved AI Crawler Defense retest notice when a physical robots.txt file is present.

20253 releases

  1. My Private Site 4.0.3

    • Added AI Crawler Defense subsystem
    • Added built-in video tutorials for all sections
    • Added Manage Settings subtab to Advanced to save, restore, and reset settings
    • Substantially optimized plugin startup operations
    • Added subtabs engine for easier grouping of functions
    • Updated main My Private Site page to make it more readable
    • Fixed bug in mail list sign up experience
    • Refactored some of the source code for more maintainable files
    • Removed direct serialization of settings array for increased security
    • Updated EDD licensing library
    • Upgraded CMB2 library from 2.10.1 to 2.11.0
  2. My Private Site 3.2

    • Added feature to hide the admin bar from the front-end for logged-in users
    • This feature works whether the site is set to private or not
  3. My Private Site 3.1.1

    • Minor UI tweak to provide better clarity for theme option

20241 release

  1. My Private Site 3.1.0

    • Added REST API Guardian protection to core plugin
    • Increased size of heading font in dashboard
    • Replaced tags set (login, pages, private, security, visibility, plugin, page, posts, post) with (registered only, privacy, protected, restricted, password protect)

20233 releases

  1. My Private Site 3.0.14

    • Minor compatibility update for WordPress 6.4.
  2. My Private Site 3.0.13

    • Minor update to better support my_private_site_public_check_access_by_page filter.
  3. My Private Site 3.0.12

    • Slight improvement to HTML support pages

20225 releases

  1. My Private Site 3.0.11

    • Fixed a CMB2 type error that popped up from time to time (Thanks, Michael!)
  2. My Private Site 3.0.10

    • Fixed a bunch of over-eager security checks
  3. My Private Site 3.0.9

    • Fixed compatibility switch bug
  4. My Private Site 3.0.8

    • Fixed some security bugs
  5. My Private Site 3.0.6

    • Moved compatibility mode option to Site Privacy tab and added additional theme compatibility fixes

20212 releases

  1. My Private Site 3.0.5

    • Added a compatibility mode option on the Advanced tab which will hopefully finally fix the Elementor issues
  2. My Private Site 3.0.3

    • Added Advanced feature allowing users to specify custom password reset page

20204 releases

  1. My Private Site 3.0.2

    • Fixed duplicate header bug found on some systems
  2. My Private Site 3.0.1

    • Minor bug fixes
    • Added uninstall telemetry
  3. My Private Site 3.0.0

    • Complete rewrite with an entirely new, streamlined UI
    • Added the selective content subsystem
  4. My Private Site 2.14.2

    • Minor fix for password reset. Thanks to user o2Xav.

20191 release

  1. My Private Site 2.14.1

    • Minor support update

201526 releases

  1. My Private Site 2.14

  2. My Private Site 2.13

  3. My Private Site 2.12

  4. My Private Site 2.11.4

  5. My Private Site 2.11.3

  6. My Private Site 2.11.2

  7. My Private Site 2.11.1

  8. My Private Site 2.11

  9. My Private Site 2.10.1

  10. My Private Site 2.10

  11. My Private Site 2.9

  12. My Private Site 2.8

  13. My Private Site 2.7

  14. My Private Site 2.6.9

  15. My Private Site 2.6.1

  16. My Private Site 2.6

  17. My Private Site 2.5

  18. My Private Site 2.4.2

  19. My Private Site 2.4.1

  20. My Private Site 2.4

  21. My Private Site 2.3

  22. My Private Site 2.2

  23. My Private Site 2.1

  24. My Private Site 2.0

  25. My Private Site 1.1

  26. My Private Site 1.0

Questions about My Private Site’s releases

What is the latest version of My Private Site?

4.2.3, released on Sep 1, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is My Private Site updated?

7 releases in the last year, about one every 46 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2015.

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