FakerPress

Changelog

0.9.1 — 22 of May 2026

• Fix – Restore date-type meta generation by importing the Chronos class in the WP_Meta provider; calling meta_type_date no longer fatals with Class "FakerPress\Provider\Chronos" not found. [#209]
• Fix – Honour the selected post type(s) on the Posts generator; the admin form’s plural post_types value is no longer silently overwritten by the singular alias’s default of post. [#210]
• Fix – Suppress the Undefined property: stdClass::$terms warning emitted by WP_Post::tax_input under PHP 8.x when the taxonomy config does not include a terms key.
• Tweak – REST endpoint POST /fakerpress/v1/posts/generate now documents post_types (array or comma-separated string) as the canonical parameter; the existing post_type singular alias is preserved for backwards compatibility.
• Tests – Add regression coverage for meta_type_date, sparse tax_input configs, and every shape of post_types payload (CSV, array, singular alias, plural-wins-over-default).

0.9.0 — 9 of March 2026

• Feature – Complete REST API implementation replacing legacy AJAX system
• Feature – Add comprehensive REST API endpoints for all modules (Posts, Users, Terms, Comments, Attachments)
• Feature – Implement attachment generation with support for multiple image providers (Placehold.co, Lorem Picsum)
• Feature – Add batching support for large data generation requests
• Feature – Include OpenAPI documentation at /wp-json/fakerpress/v1/docs
• Feature – Add attachment admin interface with customizable image dimensions and content options
• Feature – Include automatic attribution for all generated images (Lorem Picsum credits Unsplash photographers, Placehold.co credited in captions)
• Enhancement – Modernize JavaScript to ES6 with proper module structure
• Enhancement – Implement proper REST authentication with wp_rest nonce verification
• Enhancement – Add standardized error handling and validation across all endpoints
• Enhancement – Support for generating alt text, captions, and descriptions for attachments
• Fix – Ensure PNG format for placeholder images to avoid SVG compatibility issues
• Fix – Fix JavaScript errors with missing field validation
• Fix – Correct dropdown population for non-multiple select fields
• Fix – Translate REST API parameter names to module format for Posts (post_type), Terms (taxonomy), Users (role), and Comments (comment_status)
• Fix – Allow post_status parameter to be passed through REST API instead of hardcoding to publish
• Fix – Map REST comment_status values (hold, approve, spam, trash) to WordPress comment_approved format
• Fix – Prevent null $metas foreach crash in Term module when no meta is provided via REST API
• Fix – Handle null name_size in Term module to use provider default instead of generating empty term names
• Fix – Write mock image body to temp file in Attachment tests to support download_url() stream mode
• Fix – Pass DI container to Controller constructor in filter test to prevent ArgumentCountError
• Tweak – Improve parse_request methods across all modules with better type safety
• Tweak – Add internationalization support for JavaScript files
• Tweak – Replace font icon with SVG icon for WordPress admin menu

0.8.0 — 20 of May 2025

• Version – Update dependency cakephp/chronos to 3.1.0
• Version – Update PHP min version to 8.1+
• Fix – Resolve PHP 8.4+ problems specially arounnd incompatibility with Chronos and notices.

0.7.2 — 18 of May 2025

• Fix – Resolve all fatals related to compatibility with version of Faker 1.24+.
• Fix – Resolve some incompatibilities with WP Script build tools.

0.7.1 — 18 of May 2025

• Fix – Move the registration of the menus to avoid problems with _load_textdomain_just_in_time() notices
• Fix – Resolve problems with count() applying to a String instead of an Array for PHP 8.1+
• Fix – Resolve fatals for newChronos being a bad string replacement.

0.7.0 — 16 of May 2025

• Version – Update dependency fakerphp/faker to 1.24
• Version – Update dependency lucatume/di52 to 0.4
• Tweak – Modified date handling from using Carbon to use Chronos.
• Fix – Improved password for the randomized Users created, prevents weird scenarios with faked users allowing brute-force login. Props @rinatkhaziev
• Fix – Prevent fatals related to $min param on Meta Value generation for PHP 8.1+. Props @kubiq

0.6.6 — 26 of April 2024

• Fix – Prevent notices related to deprecated usage of Faker methods that were being called as properties.
• Fix – Prevent fatals related to bad typecasting of Faker methods used for meta generation. props @helgatheviking

0.6.5 — 26 of April 2024

• Fix – Ensure meta generation for Users, Terms and Comments work since changes made on version 0.6.2. props @helgatheviking

0.6.4 — 21 of April 2024

• Fix – Ensure that Faker is also included via Strauss, to prevent conflicts with other plugins.
• Fix – Resolve Fatal where trying to create posts, comments or terms would fail because of missing classes.

0.6.3 — 21 of April 2024

• Fix – Prevent fatal errors because of malformed composer autoload files.

0.6.2 — 21 of April 2024

• Version – Updated composer dependency fakerphp/faker to version 1.23.
• Feature – Include consistent user generation, to avoid users feeling a disjointed. props @helgatheviking
• Tweak – Include the ability to regenerate module data, allowing us to fetch values from earlier generations.
• Tweak – Include properly use Composer for autoloading and dependencies without conflicting with other plugins.
• Tweak – Include lucatume/di52 and nesbot/carbon Strauss dependencies, which prevents conflicts with other plugins.
• Fix – Switch from using Placeholder.com to Placehold.co, as the first one was not working properly anymore. props @cgarofalo
• Fix – Searching terms nonce had a typo, preventing terms search from working as expected. props @cyrusdavid
• Fix – Prevent namespace problems with nonexistent classes, specially around Exceptions.
• Fix – Resolve a problem with Numbers Meta throwing errors on PHP 8.0+ [#168]

0.6.1 — 04 of April 2023

• Requirement – PHP Version 7.4 required for usage of FakerPress, important step to allow further improvements and tests.
• Version – Updated composer dependency lucatume/di52 to version 3.3.1.
• Version – Updated composer dependency fakerphp/faker to version 1.21.
• Version – Updated composer dependency nesbot/carbon to version 2.66.
• Fix – Resolve some errors happening with Carbon and version 8.2 of PHP.

0.6.0 — 30 of March 2022

• Requirement – PHP Version 7.1 required for usage of FakerPress, important step to allow further improvements and tests.
• Feature – Modifications to the internal Modules of FakerPress to enable future work around WP-CLI.
• Feature – Include a new way to handle Administration Pages, included here to enable future work.
• Enhancement – Modifications to Select2 Styles for better accessibility usage.
• Tweak – Faker version dependency updated from fzaninotto/Faker to fakerphp/Faker/.
• Tweak – Move everything into the FakerPress namespace.
• Tweak – Autoload using Composer properly.

0.5.3 — 04 of March 2022

• Fix – Ensure Select2 usage of AJAX search properly encodes on all usages props @TheMMMdev
• Fix – Ensure Select2 usage of AJAX properly checks for nonces and permissions props @TheMMMdev

0.5.2 — 27 of January 2022

• Feature: Proper changelog page for users trying to figure out what has changed in the latest version of FakerPress.
• Feature: Excerpt size field added to ensure better control over Post generation prop @gtsantos
• Tweak: jQuery 3.5.X compatibility
• Fix: Prevent warning around post_excerpt usage introduced earlier on in the year. props @pattisahusiwa
• Fix: One more PHP 8 compatibility problem related to the generation of passwords props @DumahX
• Fix: Prevent PHP 8 from throwing a warning because of unnecessary unlink() call for attachments props @wpuzman
• Fix: Resolve problems around failed inline images that were unavailable which would cause a PHP Warning.

0.5.1 — 05 of January 2021

• Feature: Completely change folder structure to comply with PSR-4 autoloading with namespaces.
• Feature: Included a Fields API to more easily generate Fields for controlling fields used in the admin pages.
• Feature: Included a Template class to allow better separation of HTML and PHP files.
• Tweak: Include compatibility with PHP 8+
• Tweak: More well structured composer.json and using it’s autoloader.
• Tweak: All PHP files now live inside of src folder.
• Tweak: Moved all files to use the [] array syntax.
• Tweak: GitHub repository no longer tracks the vendor folder.
• Fix: Correctly order the fp_array_get params with it’s usage props @henrikwirth.
• Fix: Make sure WordPress 5.6+ administration proper display fields.
• Fix: Menu icon is properly displayed on version of WordPress 5.5 or higher

0.5.0 — 09 of November, 2019

• Feature: Removed 500px as a image provider as that source was deprecated a while ago.
• Fix: Properly handle downloading of images into WordPress, which makes this a lot safer and faster.
• Fix: Resolved the problem where images from the Meta Attachment were been generated with 0x0 size and breaking the attachment.
• Fix: Removed 500px as a image provider as that source was deprecated a while ago.
• Fix: Moved from Unplash.it to their new name as Lorem Picsum.
• Tweak: Started adding proper docblocks to the new methods. Note it will take a couple versions to have all methods with proper docblocks.
• Tweak: Control timeout of image download with filter fakerpress.module.attachment.download_url_timeout defaulting to 10 seconds per attachment.
• Tweak: Update required version of PHP to 5.6 to be more along the requirements of WordPress.
• Tweak: Test and update the version of WordPress FakerPress was tested up to, now on 5.3.
• Tweak: Updated the version of fzaninotto/faker (v1.6.0 => v1.8.0)
• Tweak: Updated the version of nesbot/carbon (1.21.0 => 1.39.1)

0.4.11 — 25 of February, 2018

• Fix: Prevent fatals from oversight with Namespace and Classnames for User and Post generation — Thanks @radgh & @johny-dotpad
• Fix: Rollback change to file_get_contents it was making peoples servers hang to long — Thanks @bilimokur

0.4.10 — 11 of February, 2018

• Feature: Added size control to Post Content, Comment Content and User Description
• Fix: On image and attachment download we try one more time using file_get_contents — Thanks @lazlo-toth
• Fix: Resolve Quantity Min and Max fields weird interaction — Thanks @rahmantanvir

0.4.9 — 07 of August, 2017

• Feature: Allow Attachments to be generated with a given Width and Height range — Thanks @COLABORATI
• Feature: Generate post_excerpt for Posts (how I forgot that is beyond me) — Thanks @njbarrett
• Fix: Meta field rules were not respecting Configurations due to a JavaScript bug on indexing the fields — Thanks @ckpicker
• Fix: Resolve problems where attachments wouldn’t get setup correctly and throw an Empty Message — Thanks @r083r7 and @oyvind_skjelstad
• Fix: Allow Term Meta to generate the fields correctly again — Thanks @stratboy
• Tweak: Prevent _encloseme and _pingme for FakerPress generated Posts

0.4.8 — 18 of July, 2017

• Feature: Now Comments can be generated with different types, allowing for WooCommerce Notes for example – Thanks @dibbyo456
• Feature: Comments for Custom Post Types – Thanks @jasondevine
• Tweak: Added two new filters to Filter Meta Value fakerpress.module.meta.value and fakerpress.module.meta.{$key}.value – Thanks @Mte90
• Fix: Resolve problems on failed Meta generation – Thanks @Mte90
• Fix: Typo on Provider text for Attachment Meta – Thanks @codiceovvio

0.4.7 — 2 of October, 2016

• Feature: Image Attachment Meta Field to allow more Flexibility all around the plugin

0.4.6 — 14 of June, 2016

• Fix: Post Meta and taxonomy is finally working again — Thanks @peachey_a and @zoeitsolutions
• Fix: Allow Meta Number generation using any type of range, doesn’t limit from 0 to 9

0.4.5 — 11 of June, 2016

• Fix: Users Module was using Post Meta methods on flag related methods, preventing the users to be deleted when “Let it Go!” — Thanks @derpixler
• Fix: Taxonomy and Meta Modules had a compatibility problem with Faker, preveting users to use Meta and Taxonomy Properly — Thanks @rayrutjes
• Tweak: Add a better description for a few fields
• Tweak: Include latest code from Faker version > 1.6.0

0.4.4 — 1 of April, 2016

• Feature: Address Meta templating now allows you to fetch Country ABBR and Code — Thanks @kirilisa
• Tweak: Include latest code from Faker version > 1.5.0
• Tweak: WP_Query Meta for attachments is a little bit easier now, prediction of forgotten post_status
• Tweak: Make the Post Parent selection easier to know which posts by showing more information on the items — Thanks @fxbernard
• Fix: Get some missing Text Domains working — Thanks @ginsterbusch

0.4.3 — 1 of March, 2016

• Feature: No more Hot-linking external sites on Content Images — Thanks b0rg + mvaneijgen + okvee
• Tweak: Use wp_remote_get to fetch external images — Thanks revaxarts
• Tweak: Improve how we handle the Deletes to make sure it doesn’t delete all your site — Thanks Paul Mckay
• Fix: Prevent Notices from happening when no Image providers were selected

0.4.2 — 9 of November, 2015

• Feature: Include meta for Terms for WordPress 4.4 and Up
• Tweak: Include a more granular control over Taxonomy selector for Posts
• Fix: CSS changes for WordPress 4.4

0.4.1 — 24 of September, 2015

• Tweak: Improve Modules code in general, if you have custom code based on Modules please check (#71)
• Fix: Generate button was locking after a warning for trying a bad request
• Fix: Improved Modules JavaScript to prevent duplicated arguments on AJAX requests — Thanks Jonathan Brinley

0.4.0 — 21 of September, 2015

• Feature: Now Modules use AJAX to fake, AKA no more timeouts for big dummy creation
• Fix: handle WP_Error on term creation, avoids fatal errors if the term already exists — Thanks Jonathan Brinley

0.3.3 — 10 of June, 2015

• Tweak: Our menus and submenus no longer require JavaScript to work
• Tweak: Featured Images now are linked to the post using the post_parent column — Reported by Bruno DC
• Fix: Dates on Meta fields are fully working again — Thanks Ethan Clevenger

0.3.2 — 25 of May, 2015

• New: Including LoremPixel as a Image Provider — Thanks examinedliving
• Fix: A few JavaScript/jQuery tweaks for better Select2 Handling on Dates
• Fix: Intervals now have a better Handling for non-timed Strings — Thanks alfiemx_
• Fix: Better verification of Carbon inclusion — Thanks Frankie Jarrett
• Fix: Closures now using self variables better, prevents Fatal Error — Thanks fccoelho7

0.3.1 — 02 of May, 2015

• Fix: Date Meta Field is now working as expected
• Fix: Empty meta fields don’t throw Fatal Errors anymore — Thanks Jeffrey Carandang

0.3.0 — 01 of May, 2015

• New: Now you will be able to generate Custom dummy Meta for your Posts, Users and Comments

0.2.2 — 15 of April, 2015

• New: 500px as a Image provider ( You will need a Customer App Key )
• Tweak: New formula for Taxonomy randomization for Posts ( with new filters )

0.2.1 — 02 of April, 2015

• Fix: User generator now working again (sorry about that)

0.2.0 — 01 of April, 2015

• New: Featured Images is now an Option on our Plugin
• New: Handling of Post Meta, still under the hood but preparation for the next versions

0.1.6 — 07 of March, 2015

• Fix: Prevent Carbon to Fatal error if trying to be included twice (#50)
• Tweak: Better checking for the content flag when deleting

0.1.5 — 03 September, 2014

• New: Allow post Parent to be chosen on the Admin Form (#35)
• New: Now allow Image to be used in HTML, with Placehold.it (#38)
• Tweak: Allow users to choose which HTML tags will be used (#37)
• Tweak: User Select2 now uses AJAX to prevent bugs on bigger databases (#43)
• Tweak: Now you can select a range of items to be randomized, instead of always having to input a single number (#44)

0.1.4 — 15 of August, 2014

• New: Delete all content created by Fakerpress (#26)
• New: Allow users to control comment_status on Posts (#26)
• New: Predefined interval set of dates (#21)
• Tweak: Prevent the user from selecting a bad combination of date fields (#20)

0.1.3 — 25 of June, 2014

• Fixing a problem where the UI folder was not included in the final version

0.1.2 — 24 of June, 2014

• New: Admin messages for all pages (#10)
• New: Select Date range for Comments and Posts (#11)
• New: Select Author sampling group for Posts (#11)
• New: Roles sampling group for Users (#13)
• New: Taxonomies sampling group for Terms (#13)
• New: Selection of Post Type for Posts (#13)
• New: Selection of Terms sampling group for Posts (#13)
• Tweak: Select2 usage to improve fields (#13)
• Fix: admin_title been overwritten (#14)

0.1.1 — 17 of June, 2014

• Fatal Error generate by a missing file Carbon related fixed

0.1.0 — 17 of June, 2014

• First initial concept of using Faker to generate data on WordPress