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WP EXtra · Version history

WP EXtra changelog and version history

Latest version
8.7.1
Aug 28, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
5
since 2023
In the last year
3
about one every 1 day
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 8.0 or later

Releases each year

  • 20231 release
  • 20241 release
  • 20263 releases

20263 releases

  1. WP EXtra 8.7.1Latest

    • [NEW] Chunked Nav Menu Saver: Split large menu saves into small sequential AJAX chunks to bypass PHP max_input_vars server limits, with Collapse/Expand group toggles.
    • [NEW] Global Post Tags: Added 3-mode selector (Default, Disable Tag Links on frontend, or Disable Post Tags completely).
    • [NEW] Disable Default Widgets: Added option to unregister all default WordPress core widgets.
    • [FIX] Resolved early current_user_can() execution during plugin bootstrap causing fatal errors in WP-Cron and CLI environments.
    • [IMPROVE] MCE Clean HTML: Upgraded clean logic to remove AI copy-paste artifacts (Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude), zero-width characters, tracking data attributes, redundant wrapper tags, citation spans, and excessive tags between block elements.
    • [IMPROVE] Classic Editor Integration: Added quick switcher buttons between Block Editor (Gutenberg) and Classic Editor matching Flatsome UX Builder toolbar and tab layouts.
    • [IMPROVE] Remove Slug: Optimized rewrite rules and URL parsing logic for custom post types, taxonomies, and category bases to improve resolution speed and prevent 404 conflicts.

  2. WP EXtra 8.7.0

    • [PERFORMANCE] Removed legacy bottleneck features (quicklink, turbo, minify_html, sslfix) to eliminate server request queueing and output buffer delays.
    • [MODERNIZE] Converted auto nofollow external links to use WP Core WP_HTML_Tag_Processor for 10x faster DOM handling without regex backtracking.
    • [OPTIMIZE] Upgraded image conversion and auto-upload resize to standard wp_get_image_editor() with Imagick priority and restricted auto remote image downloader to publish status only.
    • [FIX] Prevented GitHub comment blacklist remote fetch from blocking frontend requests via admin-only execution and transient locking.
    • [IMPROVE] Centralized Helper utility and decoupled Settings for multi-project compatibility.
    • [IMPROVE] Fully refactored and streamlined all 15 core module groups for enhanced performance.
    • [OPTIMIZE] Optimized Term cloning SQL and batch object assignment (chunks of 200) to prevent memory exhaustion.
    • [OPTIMIZE] Added 2-hour Transient caching for Dashboard RSS feeds.
    • [OPTIMIZE] Added execution limit (20 images max) and safe timeout on auto remote image downloader.
    • [FIX] Fixed post type and taxonomy slug removal namespace issue on Pro edition.
    • [FIX] Fixed blank comments template file path resolution.
    • [FIX] Fixed PHP 8+ compatibility warnings across all modules.
    • [SECURITY] Hardened redirects with wp_safe_redirect and remote requests with wp_safe_remote_post/wp_safe_remote_get.
    • [SECURITY] Added domain validation on traffic spam redirection.

  3. WP EXtra 8.6.8

    • [NEW] Last Modified

20241 release

  1. WP EXtra 8.0

    • [FIX] Signature
    • [FIX] Code CSS

20231 release

  1. WP EXtra 5.9

    • Fix Clear whitespace in JS and CSS
    • Add Defer CSS & JS

Questions about WP EXtra’s releases

What is the latest version of WP EXtra?

8.7.1, released on Aug 28, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 8.0 or later.

How often is WP EXtra updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 1 day. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from September 2023.

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