XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon

Changelog

5.1.1

• Change: Two logic changes to try and make status update sending more consistent.
• Testing: Add unit tests to test status update cases.

5.1.0

• Bug fix: 400 error returned by BlueSky if no URL resolved in external URI.
• Bug fix: Return notices for each service in AJAX post rather than just the last one.
• Bug fix: Don’t prevent re-saving keys if credentials are masked.
• Change: Make $post_this status non-persistent, so the “Don’t Post/Post” value is not retained permanently.
• Change: Update post status classification to account for previous post object values.
• Change: Implement post locking as primary duplicate prevention mechanism.
• Update GuzzleHTTP.
• Add debugging routes to catch connection data.
• Verify post types are an array before evaluating.
• Don’t overwrite mentions when parsing handles in Bluesky mentions.
• Fix an untranslatable string.
• Updates to function docs.
• Define some variables that could potentially be undefined.
• Remove code on dead paths.

5.0.9

• Update CSS for WordPress 7.0
• Change tested to.
• Update hook docs format.
• Clean up a few potentially undefined $vars.

5.0.8

• Bug fix: Ensure wpt_post_types is an array before accessing.
• Change: Adaptations to handle new admin theme in WordPress 7.0.
• Change: Add notice about X.com removing the free tier for their API.

5.0.7

• Add: One-time clean up action to wipe excess transient status messages in logs.
• Bug fix: Fix missing transient expiration in status messages logging.
• Bug fix: Update rate limit keys in headers from X.com.
• Bug fix: Remove ‘@’ sign in Bluesky account link.
• Feature: Add setting to enable staging mode for debugging and testing.

5.0.6

• Bug fix: Connection admin notice could not be dismissed. Props @ipstenu.
• Bug fix: code tags were being escaped in Mastodon instructions. Props @ipstenu.
• Change: Replace stripcslashes with wp_unslash.

5.0.5

• Docs: Apparently, you can’t use the letter “X” in your app name on Twitter. Who knows whether that’s temporary or not.
• Style fixes: Misaligned styles in support links.
• Bug fix: Missing echo in rate limiting. Props @DAnn2012.
• Update compatibility for WordPress 6.9.

5.0.4

• Support change for Bluesky images (XPoster Pro).
• Remove obsolete custom plugin update notice.
• Highlight premium features in metabox.

5.0.3

• Bug fix: Remove some unused CSS.
• Bug fix: CSS issue conflicting with other plugins. Props @reiniggen.
• Bug fix: Ensure that exact template passed is used in cases where testing a template is needed.
• Bug fix: Missing service length limits in character counter options.
• Bug fix: Wrap text in displayed log after AJAX post.
• Change: Display characters used rather than characters left in character counter.

5.0.2

• Bug fix: X user connection include an extra nonce, breaking user settings.
• Bug fix: User styles not enqueued on user edit profile screen.
• Bug fix: Simplify HTML and fix mis-nested div.
• Bug fix: Fix duplicate IDs on disconnect checkboxes.

5.0.1

• Bug fix: Remove whitespace from status update template shown for non-admins.
• Bug fix: Improve layout of settings message for non-admins.
• Bug fix: Incorrectly nested closing div broke classic metabox layout for non-admins.

5.0.0

• Feature: Ability to disable connected services without disconnecting.
• Feature: Select which services you wish to send a given update to.
• Feature: Pass custom update text for each connected service.
• Feature: Define an excerpt length unique to each service.
• Change: Extend default excerpt length.
• Change: Always defer template execution until status update is sent.
• Change: Make character counting messages indicate which service limit is reached.
• Change: simplify #account# and #@# handlers.
• Bug fix: Make AJAX submissions aware of more metabox settings.
• Improved error handling.
• Design updates.
• Move XPoster Pro specific code into XPoster Pro package.
• More code documentation.
• Update references to Tweets to be service independent.
• Significant structural reorganization.
• Change output of #account# and #@# template tags for increased predictability.
• Code restructure to group service-specific code.

4.3.2

• Bug fix: Failed to update one version number.
• Bug fix: Github icon should be white.
• Accessibility: toggle buttons were not buttons.
• Compat: Move Pro-only JS & Styles into pro.
• Docs: Document UTM filters.
• Docs: Update language to match documentation & expectation.

4.3.1

• Bug fix: Custom update text not displayed after saving, causing re-save to delete.

4.3.0

• Add support for Bluesky.
• Misc. improvements to handling of multiple services.
• Misc. improvements to UI.
• Minor debugging improvements.
• Bug fix: Avoid JS errors if metabox not enqueued.
• Encode backup title in same manner as primary title.
• Improve coverage of documented filters.
• Removed some unused functions.
• Simplified publishing logic.
• Only upload images to service if is one of that service’s supported mime types.

4.2.6

• Remove textdomain loader (obsolete since WP 4.6)
• Bug fix: HTML encode title sent to X API when using backup title value.

4.2.5

• Bug fix: Fatal error thrown on PHP 8+ if removing stray characters from tag boundaries due to obsolete argument usage in mb_strrpos(). Props @toru.
• Bug fix: Update classes to allow dynamic properties following PHP 8.2 dynamic prop deprecation.
• Bug fix: If template tags were re-ordered in the wpt_tags filter, they were not also reordered in values.
• Change: Add fallback call to post title if not in post info array.
• Filter: add wpt_custom_tag filter to manage the value of custom tags added in wpt_tags.

4.2.4

• Bug fix: Debugging timestamps saved as microtime but read as time.
• Bug fix: Add selected shortener to debugging info.
• Bug fix: Verify that last status is an array & return unrecognized error message if not identifiable.
• Change: Add $get_url parameter to wpt_shorten_url to explicitly determine whether existing short URLs are fetched.
• Feature: Status update template tag buttons in editor.

4.2.3

• Bug fix: Update deprecated JS.
• Bug fix: Handle case if connection response is not valid JSON.
• Bug fix: Minor improvements to CSS & JS.
• Update tested to & copyrights.

4.2.2

• Bug fix: Last Tweet notice improperly called array. Props @mattyrob, @pyro-code01.
• Bug fix: Only show upgrade notice if it’s populated in the readme.
• Change: Change scripts to register separately from enqueuing.
• Change: Change Pro filters to a filter instead of a direct function call.
• Tooling: Update to PHPCS 3.

4.2.1

• Bug fix: All notices used error class, regardless of actual status.
• Bug fix: Add a notice when a request exception occurs.
• Bug fix: Misnamed variable in Mastodon authentication process.
• Mention Mastodon in plugin name.

4.2.0

• Add support for posting to Mastodon instances.
• Bug fix: If category and category description not defined, PHP warning thrown.
• Bug fix: Make tabbed navigation use a nav element for improved accessibility.
• Bug fix: Media heading could show in meta box when no media options are enabled.
• Bug fix: Should not show bearer token message on profile page if user settings not enabled.
• Text changes: Change references to “Twitter” and “Tweet”.
• Docs: Improve and add some additional hook documentation.

4.1.2

• Bug fix: Checkbox marked as checked in plugin settings if parent array exists.
• Bug fix: Fix PHP notice when link manager not enabled.
• Change: Use wp_rand to generate random integer instead of mt_rand.

4.1.1

• Debugging improvements.
• Show update to Miscellaneous settings checkboxes immediately. Props @mt8.

4.1.0

• Bug fix: X.com upload endpoint doesn’t support gif; disable upload if gif.
• Bug fix: Fix screen name comparisons so Pro scripts load correctly.
• Bug fix: Save default Tweet length option so character count uses correct value.
• Update: override block editor sidebar padding.
• Update: Combine separate admin script registrations into one function.
• Update: Add versions to registered scripts and styles.
• Update: Remove tab interface in post sidebar.
• Update: Add default template to tweet text box as placeholder.
• Update: Change default excerpt length to 60.
• Update: Add missing sales link & update docs link.
• Update: Remove obsolete FAQ question.

4.0.3

• Remove X.com feed and search widgets.
• Improve error message reporting.

4.0.2

• Bug fix: Need to offer users the option to either disconnect or add a bearer token.

4.0.1

• Prefix vendor classes for better cross compatibility. Props Robert Korulczyk
• Improved catching of Exceptions.
• Remove deprecated CURL arg.
• Only show bearer token admin notice if user already authenticated.

4.0.0

• Rebranding to XPoster.
• Update to use X.com API v2. (https://github.com/noweh/twitter-api-v2-php)
• Those two things encompass a huge amount of change.