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Machete · Version history

Machete changelog and version history

Latest version
5.3
Aug 5, 2026 (3 months ago)
Releases
9
since 2022
In the last year
3
about one every 91 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20223 releases
  • 20231 release
  • 20242 releases
  • 20263 releases

20263 releases

  1. Machete 5.3Latest

    • Security fix: Sanitize cookie bar accent color to prevent stored XSS in generated JavaScript
    • New: PowerTools is now a built-in module, disabled by default
    • Change: Module storage migrated from machete_disabled_modules to machete_enabled_modules on upgrade
    • New: PowerTools maintenance actions to purge post revisions, orphaned postmeta, expired cron events, and expired transients with live counters
    • New: PowerTools options to show admin list IDs and hide the frontend admin bar for non-administrators
    • Improvement: PowerTools maintenance UI redesign with clearer action labels and descriptions
    • Fix: PowerTools post revision purge SQL and toolbox select-all checkbox
    • Improvement: RSS thumbnails fall back to the first attached image when no featured image is set
    • Fix: Disable search option now only affects the frontend main query
    • New: Modal confirmation before activating modules marked with a warning
    • Improvement: About page warning styling for risky modules and admin notice for the legacy PowerTools activator plugin

  2. Machete 5.2

    • Checked for compatibility with WordPress 7.0
    • Updated minimum WordPress version to 5.9
    • Fix: Admin menu icon color now matches WordPress sidebar icons
    • Social module: Added missing text domain to share button label
    • Improvement: Use random_bytes() for generated filenames and tokens
    • Fix: Refactored module translations with a centralized load_i18n() method
    • Fix: Load translations for inactive modules on the modules admin page

  3. Machete 5.1

    • Checked for compatibility with WordPress 6.9
    • Cleanup module: Relaxed the function to block the rest-api so it works better with the site editor
    • Cleanup module: Added the option to remove the 1536×1536, 2048×2048 thumbnails and big image scaling
    • Social module: Replaced the method of getting the share url for a more robust one
    • Social module: Shortcode can be used in block templates
    • Social module: Accessibility improvements
    • Fix: Refactored the plugin modules to avoid triggering the translation checks introduced in WordPress 6.7
    • Fix: Minor fixes following Plugin Check Plugin report
    • Enhacement: Minor CSS fixes in the plugin backend
    • Fix: Enhanced the remove extra sizes function
    • Minor changes to adhere to WPCS

20242 releases

  1. Machete 5.0.1

    • Update: Updated translation files
    • Update: Social share module: Updated x.com url for sharing
    • Improvement: Manteintenance mode: Added compatibility with custom password recovery URLs

  2. Machete 5.0

    • Checked for compatibility with WordPress 6.5.x
    • Checked for compatibility with WooCommerce 9.0.x
    • New: Cookie bar module: accent color option
    • Improvement: Cookie bar module: modified the stylesheet to make them easier to override
    • New: Maintenance module: added button to copy the magic link
    • Update: Analytics and code module: Removed Universal Analytics tracking
    • New: Clone module: added clone button to block editor
    • Fix: Clone module: fixed loop check for block themes
    • Fix: Clone module: added function to fix cloned post title
    • Update: Social share module: replaced Twitter with X
    • Fix: Social share module: force remove of underline in share buttons
    • Fix: Fixed ‘body_class undefined’ warning
    • Fix: Fixed some escape functions
    • Fix: Added class property declaration to prevent deprecation notice in PHP >8.2
    • Fix: Minor coding standards fixes

20231 release

  1. Machete 4.0.3

    • Checked for compatibility with WordPress 6.3
    • Added SVG icon to the maintenance page, just for the looks
    • Changed the Pinterest share URL to prevent redirects
    • Cleanup: Removed the option to disable the Contact Form 7 refill (no longer used)
    • Cleanup: removed the option to disable the ‘.recentcomments a’ output
    • Fix: declared $machete as global to prevent WP-CLI errors (props Armando Lüscher)

20223 releases

  1. Machete 4.0.2

    • Checked for compatibility with WordPress 6.1
    • Added option to disable WooCommerce SKUs
    • Added option to disable WooCommerce duplicate SKU check
    • Fix: Corrected WooCommerce Settings bug

  2. Machete 4.0.1

    • Fix: Corrected the bug that prevented the obsolete tracking code warning to be dismissed.

  3. Machete 4.0

    • Checked for compatibility with WordPress 6.0
    • Cleanup module: Added option to disable WordPress search functions
    • Cookies module: Complete rework to comply with GDPR. New styles and scripts.
    • Tracking & code: Added Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager support
    • New WooCommerce module!
    • Import/export module removed
    • Powertools: Removed option to save with keyboard
    • Tracking & code: Removed option to track CF7 forms
    • View the complete changelog

Questions about Machete’s releases

What is the latest version of Machete?

5.3, released on Aug 5, 2026 (3 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Machete updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 91 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from May 2022.

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