Universally changelog and version history

202610 releases

1. Universally 1.0.11Latest

   Oct 21, 2026
   • Fix: A damaged saved API key no longer crashes the whole site. The plugin now shows as disconnected so you can reconnect.

2. Universally 1.0.10

   Oct 7, 2026
   • New: A redesigned General tab that guides new sites through setup.
   • Improvement: A smoother connection flow, with a translated preview of your homepage during setup and clear steps to reconnect when the API key stops working.
   • Improvement: An easier way to add your first languages.
   • Fix: Several connection fixes, including the setup flow’s close button returning you to the settings page and the Languages list updating right after you disconnect.
   • Fix: Welcome screen buttons no longer turn blue when clicked.

3. Universally 1.0.9

   Sep 16, 2026
   • New: An SEO setting under Preferences to choose your hreflang format — region codes (fr-FR, pt-BR) or language only (fr, pt). Pick language only if you keep one translation per language rather than one per country, so it reaches every speaker of that language. Region codes remain the default, so ex…
   • New: A “Remember visitor’s language” toggle under Preferences. It is on by default and keeps the current behavior: opening a translated page stores that language for 30 days and sends the visitor back to it on later visits. Turn it off if your pages don’t show a language switcher, since visitors wo…
   • New: Filters throughout the plugin’s helper functions so developers can extend it without unhooking anything. For hreflang: universally_hreflang_links (add, remove or retarget alternates as a code => URL array), universally_hreflang_code, universally_hreflang_format and universally_hreflang_tags. F…
   • New: The settings panel now warns you when your site uses Plain permalinks, which Universally does not support, with a shortcut to the permalink settings.
   • New: Support for automatic redirect to the visitor’s browser language. The plugin now loads the Universally browser script on every page; turn the redirect on from your Universally dashboard and first-time visitors land on the translation that matches their browser. Allow up to 15 minutes for the c…
   • Improvement: Background colors in the Styling tab now offer a Transparent swatch, as the border colors already did.
   • Fix: feeds, sitemaps, and other non-HTML URLs under a language prefix (for example /es/feed/ or /es/sitemap.xml) now redirect to the original URL instead of serving untranslated content at a translated address.
   • Fix: The Styling tab now shows the switcher’s real default colors instead of empty swatches. The front end keeps the same look; only the panel and the stylesheet fallbacks were brought into line.
   • Fix: choosing the original language in the switcher now records that choice instead of forgetting the visitor’s language preference entirely.

4. Universally 1.0.8

   Jul 6, 2026
   • Improvement: A cleaner, full-screen experience when connecting your site to Universally.
   • Change: Browser auto-translation prevention is now off by default. You can turn it on anytime under Preferences, including a new option to also cover your original language.

5. Universally 1.0.7

   Jul 6, 2026

6. Universally 1.0.6

   Jun 11, 2026
   • New: Connect your site to Universally in one click. A guided setup saves your API key automatically — no manual copy-paste.
   • New: A connection panel in Settings shows your connection status and lets you manage it.
   • New: Settings are organized into tabs — General, Language Switcher, Styling, and Preferences — each reachable directly from the WordPress admin sidebar.
   • New: A Preferences tab with an optional anonymous usage-data setting to help improve Universally. You can opt out at any time.
   • New: Add popular languages to your site in one click, right from the WordPress admin — no need to open the dashboard.
   • New: Prevent browsers (Chrome, Edge, and more) from auto-translating your pages, so visitors see your Universally translations instead. On by default; toggle under Preferences.
   • Improvement: After activation you land on a connect screen inside WordPress — instead of being sent straight to the app — so you choose when to continue.
   • Improvement: A clearer languages list — each language shows its full, clickable URL with a copy button and an at-a-glance status.
   • Fix: the language switcher’s border radius now applies correctly after saving your styling options.
   • Fix: activating Universally from another plugin’s setup wizard or a bulk/CLI install no longer interrupts that flow with the onboarding redirect.

7. Universally 1.0.5

   Jun 5, 2026
   • Fix: selecting the source language in the switcher now reliably restores the original language. The stored preference is cleared server-side, so switching back works in new tabs, on subdirectory and multisite installs, and with WordPress 6.8+ speculative loading.

8. Universally 1.0.4

   May 21, 2026
   • Fix: posting a comment from a translated page no longer drops the visitor back into the source language — the post-submit redirect stays on the translated URL.
   • Fix: excluded pages now redirect to their canonical (unprefixed) URL so the address bar matches the rendered content.
   • New: the visitor’s language preference is remembered across navigations. Only the source-language option in the switcher restores the original language for good.

9. Universally 1.0.3

   May 18, 2026
   • New: one-click activation from the Universally dashboard. Confirm the workspace you’re connecting to and the plugin saves your API key automatically — no manual paste.

10. Universally 1.0.1

    May 14, 2026
    • Polishing and minor improvements.