Post Lockdown · Version history
Post Lockdown changelog and version history
- Latest version
- 4.1.1
- Sep 10, 2026 (1 month ago)
- Releases
- 25
- since 2015
- In the last year
- 3
- about one every 121 days
- Tested up to
- WordPress 7.1.4
- PHP 7.4 or later
Releases each year
- 20153 releases
- 20161 release
- 20173 releases
- 20181 release
- 20193 releases
- 20201 release
- 20211 release
- 20222 releases
- 20245 releases
- 20252 releases
- 20263 releases
20263 releases
Post Lockdown 4.1.1Latest
- Fixed a fatal error on activation caused by the BlockEditorNotice class file being omitted from the 4.1.0 release package
Post Lockdown 4.1.0
- New feature: when a non-admin tries to unpublish a protected post in the block editor, the change is reverted and a notice is shown – matching the existing classic editor behaviour
Post Lockdown 4.0.5
- Removed a couple of development files erroneously included in previous release
20252 releases
Post Lockdown 4.0.4
- This is a security release. Please update as soon as possible.
- Added a capability check and nonce to the autocomplete AJAX request to prevent unauthorised access to the post list (Thanks to Krzysztof Zając)
- Added sanitization to autocomplete search term
- Added sanitization to the plugin’s settings
- Added version string to the plugin’s enqueued CSS and JS files to prevent caching issues
- Added missing text domain to the plugin’s settings page footer text
- Added wp_kses to the Post Lockdown status column to only allow certain HTML tags
Post Lockdown 4.0.3
20245 releases
Post Lockdown 4.0.2
- Fixed a warning in WordPress 6.7 related to loading translations too early
Post Lockdown 4.0
- This is a major version release. Please read the following notes carefully before updating.
- Fixed a bug which caused the plugin to not work correctly with the new block editor (Gutenberg). This is fixed by loading the plugin for all requests (including REST requests) rather than just the admin area
- Fixed a bug which caused the uninstall hook to not be called when the plugin was deleted
Post Lockdown 3.0.13
- Updated minimum required WordPress version to 4.6 so translations are loaded from translate.wordpress.org (Thanks to @huubl)
Post Lockdown 3.0.7
- Added internationalization support to post list status column (Thanks to @huubl)
Post Lockdown 3.0.6
- Fixed a bug which allowed non-admins access to Post Lockdown’s bulk actions
20222 releases
Post Lockdown 3.0.5
- New feature: Added bulk actions to post list screens. This is an opt-in feature which must be enabled on the Post Lockdown settings page. (h/t @khaliel for the idea)
Post Lockdown 3.0.4
- Fixed a bug that caused authors to be able to edit and delete other’s posts (Thanks @kumar314)
- Fixed a PHP warning that appeared when creating a new post
20211 release
Post Lockdown 3.0.3
- Improved performance whilst fetching posts (Thanks to joshuadavidnelson)
20201 release
Post Lockdown 3.0.2
20193 releases
Post Lockdown 3.0.1
Post Lockdown 3.0
- This is a major version release. Please read the following notes carefully before updating.
- Added WP-CLI integration. You can now edit locked and protected posts via the WordPress CLI! Run wp postlockdown to see the list of available commands
- Bumped PHP version requirement to 5.6 and refactored codebase to use namespaces and PSR-2 coding standards
- Moved get_posts wrapper method from OptionsPage to PostLockdown so it can be used by the CLI
- Added add_locked_post, add_protected_post, remove_locked_post and remove_protected_post methods to main class
Post Lockdown 2.1
- Added the ability to lock and protect attachments.
20181 release
Post Lockdown 2.0.3
- Added private posts to the list of available posts to protect or lock.
20173 releases
Post Lockdown 2.0.2
- Fixed missing call to get_post_types() when retrieving posts.
- Removed unnecessary files
Post Lockdown 2.0.1
- Added private posts to the list of available posts to protect or lock.
Post Lockdown 2.0
- This is a major version release. Please read the following notes carefully before updating.
- Major refactor of code base for performance and future scalability. If you are a developer using any of the plugin class static methods read the FAQ before updating.
- Added a column to post lists to show the locked or protected status of each post.
- Added new filters: postlockdown_column_hidden_default, postlockdown_column_html and postlockdown_column_label.
- Lots of optimisations and general improvements.
20161 release
Post Lockdown 1.1.1
- Fixed PHP warning about missing admin notices file.
20153 releases
Post Lockdown 1.1
- Added functionality to prevent non-admins changing the post status of a protected published post to something which could remove it from the front end e.g Draft, Private or Scheduled.
- Fixed an issue which caused a PHP warning when a non-admin used the Quick Edit box for a protected post.
- Added new version of multi select plugin.
- Lots of optimisations and general improvements.
Post Lockdown 1.0.1
- Fixed an issue where post IDs could not be filtered if none were set on the options page.
- Added revisions and the WooCommerce product_variation post type to the excluded post types list.
- Added escaping to placeholder attributes for search fields.
- Added a new filter: postlockdown_excluded_post_types.
Post Lockdown 1.0.0
- Initial release
Questions about Post Lockdown’s releases
What is the latest version of Post Lockdown?
4.1.1, released on Sep 10, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.
How often is Post Lockdown updated?
3 releases in the last year, about one every 121 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from May 2015.
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