User Spam Remover changelog and version history

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1. User Spam Remover 1.1Latest

   • Changed default filesystem log location to not be inside the plugin directory. This means the default is no longer www-visible, but new users really should set the Log Directory after installing the plugin because the default may not be webserver-writable.

2. User Spam Remover 1.0

   • Bump to 1.0. No changes to core functionality. For existing users there is no urgent reason to upgrade to this version.
   • Improved error message when mysqli is not enabled.
   • Reformat of readme.txt due to wordpress.org redesign of their plugin directory.

3. User Spam Remover 0.9.9

   • Update to code that suppresses new user registration notification email. WordPress core made a change to the API starting with version 4.3.0 of WordPress, so this update to User Spam Remover fixes the problem where the user gets a bogus registration notification email and is unable to complete site…

4. User Spam Remover 0.9.8

   • Now requires mysqli. If your PHP version is < 5.5 you may need to force WordPress to use mysqli instead of the older mysql extension. Just add this line to wp-config.php, near the top by the other DB settings: define('WP_USE_EXT_MYSQL', FALSE);

5. User Spam Remover 0.9.1

   • Now detects and adds absent MySQL indexes to wp_comments.user_id and wp_links.link_owner columns. Greatly speeds performance and enables use on much larger databases. Big props to Raph Koster for help debugging!
   • Enables MySQL sql_big_selects config var at runtime for use on shared hosts and other installations where this is disabled by default.
   • MySQL SELECT errors now logged/shown to the user as appropriate.
   • Hard limit of 1000 users per deletion to prevent long-running operations. Upped limit to 10000 records per SELECT, thanks to improved SQL and indexes.
   • No longer deletes users with only comments marked as “spam.” This is a small functional regression, but it speeds SQL performance. Once the spam is permanently removed these users will be deleted anyway.
   • Minor bug fix affecting settings page user list display w/ bbPress users.
   • Changes to method visibility. Many previously public methods now protected.
   • Code refactoring.

6. User Spam Remover 0.9

   • Version/compatibility bump so that wordpress.org plugin repository info is accurate.
   • Added check for wp_usermeta ‘last_posted’ record so that users of database-integrated bbPress installations are not deleted if they have ever posted anything.
   • Added hard limit of 5000 records to prevent long-running operations.
   • Added a list of user accounts pending deletion to the settings page.
   • Style fix to inline error messages per r16205 changes to WordPress core file wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.dev.css.
   • Miscellaneous minor style fixes.

7. User Spam Remover 0.3

   • Added standard WordPress Users section icon and printing of status message on options update.
   • Updated deprecated PHP syntax for string access by character in lcfirst().
   • Very minor refactoring and tweak of message text.

8. User Spam Remover 0.2

   • Fixed weird edge case where no usermeta records exist for a given user. Before: this caused user removal to abort and an error message to be logged. Now: any such users are deleted.
   • Added nonce checking to “Remove now” button on admin page.
   • Slight code refactor to remove buried strings.
   • Cosmetic change to log strings so plural “s” not added to singular words.

9. User Spam Remover 0.1

   • Initial public release.
   • Tested using WordPress 3.0.1 and PHP 5.2.6 and 5.2.14.