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Protect Admin · Version history

Protect Admin changelog and version history

Latest version
2.1.7
Oct 23, 2026 (17 days ago)
Releases
28
since 2020
In the last year
2
about one every 234 days
Tested up to
WordPress 6.9.11
PHP 5.3 or later

Releases each year

  • 20201 release
  • 20215 releases
  • 20228 releases
  • 20236 releases
  • 20243 releases
  • 20253 releases
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. Protect Admin 2.1.7Latest

    • Updated Freemius SDK to the latest version
    • Compatibility check
    • Fixed compatibility issue with newer WordPress versions
  2. Protect Admin 2.1.6

    • Updated Freemius SDK
    • Compatibility check

20253 releases

  1. Protect Admin 2.1.5

    • Updated Freemius SDK
    • Compatibility check
  2. Protect Admin 2.1.4

    • Compatibility check
  3. Protect Admin 2.1.3

    • Updated Freemius SDK
    • Compatibility check

20243 releases

  1. Protect Admin 2.1.2

    • Updated Freemius SDK
    • Compatibility check
  2. Protect Admin 2.1.1

    • Updated Freemius SDK
    • Compatibility check
  3. Protect Admin 2.1.0

    • Integrated Freemius affiliates system
    • Compatibility check

20236 releases

  1. Protect Admin 2.0.5

    • Fix: PHP Warning for strpos and str_replace functions
    • Updated Freemius SDK
    • Compatibility check
  2. Protect Admin 2.0.4

    • Added new option to protect BuddyPress contents.
    • Compatibility check
  3. Protect Admin 2.0.3

  4. Protect Admin 2.0.2

    • Removed Activation section and “enable protection” checkbox.
    • Removed Notification message
    • Updated Freemius SDK
    • Compatibility check
  5. Protect Admin 2.0.1

    • Fix: Problem in Users admin page when no configured protected users yet
  6. Protect Admin 2.0.0

    • Platform functionality integration

20228 releases

  1. Protect Admin 1.1.2

  2. Protect Admin 1.1.1

    • Fix: Remove “delete” link on users table
  3. Protect Admin 1.1.0

    • Fix: Translation warning messages
    • Fix: Fails on saving empty checkbox
  4. Protect Admin 1.0.1

    • Fix: Better new features admin notices
  5. Protect Admin 1.0.0

    • New dashboard menu.
    • Submenu admin pages for Settings and Logs.
    • Option to protect posts created by protected admins from being edited or deleted.
    • Updated translation file.
  6. Protect Admin 0.4.3

    • Ownership updates.
    • Updated translation file.
  7. Protect Admin 0.4.2

    • Ownership change.
  8. Protect Admin 0.4.1

    • Bug fixed: Existing log data not saving on options page.
    • Updated translation file.

20215 releases

  1. Protect Admin 0.4.0

    • Added ability to log to the database when someone attempts to edit the protected accounts.
    • Added a section on the plugin option page where admin (plugin activator) can view the last 3 attempted actions.
    • Updated translation file.
  2. Protect Admin 0.3.1

    • Added new option for notification email.
    • Updated translation (.pot) file.
  3. Protect Admin 0.3.0

    • Added new action hook before wp_die instances.
    • Assigned 3 useful arguments for new action hook thp_paa_before_termination_wpdie.
    • Updated translation (.pot) file.
  4. Protect Admin 0.2.1

    • Added an additional security check before updating options.
    • Added function name check to avoid function name conflict.
  5. Protect Admin 0.2.0

    • Added new option and ability to protect more than one admin account.
    • Changed dropdown selection to tickboxes for list of admins on plugin setting page, now uses new array to store ID of protected users.
    • Added additional sanitization on update options line code.
    • Added .pot file for translation/i18n.

20201 release

  1. Protect Admin 0.1.0

Questions about Protect Admin’s releases

What is the latest version of Protect Admin?

2.1.7, released on Oct 23, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 6.9.11 and needs PHP 5.3 or later.

How often is Protect Admin updated?

2 releases in the last year, about one every 234 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from January 2020.

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