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Featherweight · Version history

Featherweight changelog and version history

Latest version
2.2.3
Jun 13, 2026 (4 months ago)
Releases
15
since 2017
In the last year
7
about one every 2 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20172 releases
  • 20183 releases
  • 20203 releases
  • 20267 releases

20267 releases

  1. Featherweight 2.2.3Latest

    • Visual refresh: the Featherweight dashboard now uses the same hero-card treatment as Cache by Folium.
    • Folium suite overview now includes the live Cache by Folium plugin with its WordPress.org link.

  2. Featherweight 2.2.2

    • Fixed: “headers already sent” warning on REST, AJAX and feed requests when the DNS-prefetch option was enabled — the prefetch tags now print in the page head instead of at plugin load.
    • WordPress.org compliance pass: tightened escaping, i18n domains, file deletion, feed query handling, uninstall naming, script versioning, and Plugin Check warnings.
    • Spam-comment cleanup now uses WordPress core comment APIs instead of direct database deletion.
    • Removed the placeholder “Folium Images” card from the Folium suite overview.

  3. Featherweight 2.2.1

    • Tested up to WordPress 7.0.
    • The Folium suite menu now uses a leaf icon (fitting — “Folium” is Latin for leaf).
    • Sitewise now shows as “Coming soon” in the Folium overview until it’s publicly released, rather than linking out.

  4. Featherweight 2.2.0

    • WP Disable is now Featherweight — a new name and look as part of the Folium Studio suite. Nothing else changes: same plugin, same slug, same settings (everything you’ve configured carries over automatically on update).
    • New plugin icon and banner.
    • Refreshed the readme and FAQ.
    • Coming soon: Rank Math support, alongside the existing Yoast SEO helpers.
    • Housekeeping: removed the unused pre-Folium dashboard, the old cross-plugin add-on installer, and their assets — a smaller, lighter download. No change to any optimisation feature or setting.

  5. Featherweight 2.0.2

    • Hardening: block direct access to all plugin PHP files.
    • The SEO tab now only appears when a supported SEO plugin (Yoast SEO) is active, and fixed a settings message typo. Props @JeroenSormani.
    • Refreshed the plugin description.

  6. Featherweight 2.0.1

    • Housekeeping: corrected the Contributors field to a valid WordPress.org username and shortened the short description to meet the 150-character directory limit.

  7. Featherweight 2.0.0

    • Major modernization for current WordPress (6.x) and PHP 7.4+ / 8.x.
    • Removed the obsolete “local Google Analytics” offload (Universal Analytics was sunset by Google in July 2023). Existing GA settings, cron and cache are cleaned up automatically on upgrade.
    • Fixed: spam-comment cleaner now deletes correctly; “remove links from comments” no longer blanks comment text; Google Fonts / Font Awesome saved-request counters corrected.
    • Fixed: jQuery Migrate removal no longer downgrades core jQuery on modern WordPress.
    • Security: output escaping, input sanitization, safe redirects, and sanitized server variables throughout.
    • Compliance: unified text domain to “wp-disable”, added Requires PHP / Requires at least headers, refreshed branding.
    • Removed legacy duplicate/dead code and updated the plugin name per WordPress.org guidelines.

20203 releases

  1. Featherweight 1.6.1

  2. Featherweight 1.6.0

  3. Featherweight 1.5.22

20183 releases

  1. Featherweight 1.5.21

  2. Featherweight 1.5.20

  3. Featherweight 1.5.19

20172 releases

  1. Featherweight 1.5.0

    • Finished redesign of plugin
    • All stats now in one central dashboard
    • Removed sidebar navigation completely
    • Remobed Freemius
    • Added check for WooCommerce, so Woo related stuff only shows if Woo is installed
    • Much tighter integration between the 3 optimisation plugins
    • Removed old/excess files

  2. Featherweight 1.4.5

    • More visual fixes/general tidy up
    • Added exception to Google Maps so can be enabled per page
    • Minor code fixes
    • Moved Google Analytics to sidebar/addons

Questions about Featherweight’s releases

What is the latest version of Featherweight?

2.2.3, released on Jun 13, 2026 (4 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Featherweight updated?

7 releases in the last year, about one every 2 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from September 2017.

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