2.7.5

What's Changed

Added

• Ajax loading animation during process of uploading and deleting local avatars (props @lllopo, @BhargavBhandari90, @faisal-alvi via #204).

Changed

• Avatar removal button text (props @jayedul, @jeffpaul, @dkotter, @faisal-alvi via #208).
• WordPress "tested up to" version 6.2 (props @jayedul, @faisal-alvi via #210).
• Run E2E tests on the zip generated by "Build release zip" action (props @jayedul, @iamdharmesh, @faisal-alvi via #205).

Security

• Bump webpack from 5.75.0 to 5.76.1 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #207).

Full Changelog: 2.7.4...2.7.5

2.7.4

Fixed

• Support passing WP_User to get_avatar() (props @mattheu, @faisal-alvi via #193).
• Remove trailing commas in function calls (props @patrixer, @dkotter, @sekra24, @faisal-alvi via #196).

Security

• Bump simple-git from 3.15.1 to 3.16.0 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #191).
• Bump http-cache-semantics from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #197).

New (PR) Contributors

• @mattwatsoncodes made their first contribution in #183
• @sekra24 made their first contribution in #196
• @mattheu made their first contribution in #193

Full Changelog: 2.7.3...2.7.4

2.7.3

What's Changed

Fixed

• Issue causing fatal errors when avatars used on front end of site (props @Rottinator, @peterwilsoncc, @ravinderk, @faisal-alvi via #187).
• Deprecation error in admin on PHP 8.0 and later (props @Rottinator, @peterwilsoncc, @ravinderk, @faisal-alvi via #187).

Full Changelog: 2.7.2...2.7.3 & Milestone 12

2.7.2

Added

• Filter hook simple_local_avatars_upload_limit to restrict image upload size & image file checking enhanced (props @Shirkit, @jayedul, @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #171).
• GitHub Actions summary on Cypress e2e test runs (props @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul, @iamdharmesh via #174).

Changed

• Cypress integration migrated from 9.5.4 to 11.2.0 (props @iamdharmesh, @jayedul, @faisal-alvi via #172).

Fixed

• PHP8 support for assign_new_user_avatar (props @lllopo, @mattwatsoncodes, @faisal-alvi via #183).
• Fixed the user profile language not respected issue (props @dkotter, @lllopo, @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #175).

Removed

• textdomain from the core strings and the function update_avatar_ratings as it's not required anymore (props @dkotter, @lllopo, @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #175).

Security

• Bump json5 from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #182).

New (PR) Contributors

• @mattwatsoncodes made their first contribution in #183

Full Changelog: 2.7.1...2.7.2 & Milestone 11

2.7.1

Added

• Added missing files from the last release and changed the readme file to fix the bullet points and added full stops.

Full Changelog: 2.7.0...2.7.1

2.7.0

Added

• Added Build release zip GitHub Action (props @peterwilsoncc, @faisal-alvi via #168).

Changed

• Set plugin defaults on wp_initialize_site instead of deprecated action wpmu_new_blog (props @kadamwhite, @faisal-alvi via #156).
• Support Level from Active to Stable (props @jeffpaul, @dkotter via #159).
• Build tools: Allow PHPCS installer plugin to run without prompting user (props @peterwilsoncc, @jeffpaul via #164).
• WP tested up to version bump to 6.1 (props @peterwilsoncc, @faisal-alvi via #165).

Fixed

• Non admin users can not crop avatar (props @jayedul, @faisal-alvi, @zamanq, @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #155).

Security

• Bump @wordpress/env from 4.9.0 to 5.2.0 and got from 10.7.0 to 11.8.5 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #153).
• Bump loader-utils from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #160).
• Bump loader-utils from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4 (props @dependabot, @peterwilsoncc via #162).
• Bump simple-git from 3.9.0 to 3.15.1 (props @dependabot via #176).

New (PR) Contributors

• @t-lock made their first contribution in #149
• @kadamwhite made their first contribution in #156
• @peterwilsoncc made their first contribution in #164
• @jayedul made their first contribution in #155

Full Changelog: 2.6.0...2.7.0 & Milestone 8

2.6.0

Note that this release bumps the minimum required version of WordPress from 4.6 to 5.7 and PHP from 5.6 to 7.4.

Added

• If a default avatar image is used, ensure that outputs alt text. This will either be default text (Avatar photo) or the alt text from the uploaded default image (props @dkotter, @faisal-alvi via #147).
• Two hooks, simple_local_avatar_updated and simple_local_avatar_deleted, to allow theme or plugin developers to react to changes in local avatars in a consistent and precise way (props @t-lock, @faisal-alvi, @dkotter via #149).

Changed

• Bump minimum required version of WordPress from 4.6 to 5.7 (props @vikrampm1, @faisal-alvi, @cadic via #143).
• Bump minimum required version of PHP from 5.6 to 7.4 (props @vikrampm1, @faisal-alvi, @cadic via #143).
• The plugin is now available via Composer without any additional steps required (props @faisal-alvi, @kovshenin, @jeffpaul via #145).

Security

• Bump terser from 5.14.1 to 5.14.2 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #142).

New (PR) Contributors

• @t-lock made their first contribution in #149

Full Changelog: 2.5.0...2.6.0 & Milestone 7

2.5.0

Added

• Skip cropping button (props @dkotter, @faisal-alvi, @cadic, @jeffpaul, @dinhtungdu via #130)!
• Updated the button name from "Skip Crop" to "Default Crop" only on the edit profile page (props @faisal-alvi, @peterwilsoncc via #136).
• If an image used for a local avatar has alt text assigned, ensure that alt text is used when rendering the image (props @dkotter, @pixelloop, @faisal-alvi via #127).
• Support for bbPress by loading the JS at FE on the profile edit page (props @foliovision, @faisal-alvi, @iamdharmesh via #134).
• Cypress E2E tests (props @faisal-alvi, @vikrampm1, @Sidsector9 via #115).

Fixed

• Broken avatar URLs for network-configured shared avatars with non-standard thumbnail sizes (props @vladolaru, @faisal-alvi via #125).
• HTTP_REFERER is null and causing PHP warning (props @alireza-salehi, @faisal-alvi, @peterwilsoncc via #129).

New (PR) Contributors

• @vladolaru made their first contribution in #125

Full Changelog: 2.4.0...2.5.0

2.4.0

Added

• Ability to set a default avatar. (props @mehulkaklotar, @jeffpaul, @dinhtungdu, @faisal-alvi via #96).

Fixed

• Correct plugin name in changelog. (props @grappler, @jeffpaul via #117).
• Avatar cache not being cleared. (props @thefrosty, @jeffpaul, @faisal-alvi, @peterwilsoncc via #118 & #120).

Security

• Dev dependency @wordpress/scripts upgraded to resolve deeper level dependency security issues. (props @jeffpaul, @faisal-alvi, @cadic via #119).

New (PR) Contributors

• @mehulkaklotar made their first contribution in #96
• @grappler made their first contribution in #117

Full Changelog: 2.3.0...2.4.0

2.3.0

Added

• Crop screen (props @jeffpaul, @helen, @ajmaurya99, @Antonio-Lagun, @faisal-alvi via #83).
• Avatar preview for Subscribers (props @ankitguptaindia, @dinhtungdu, @dkotter via #74).
• More robust multisite support and shared avatar setting (props @adamsilverstein, @helen, @jeffpaul, @dkotter, @faisal-alvi, @holle75 via #72).
• Settings link to plugin action links (props @rahulsprajapati, @jeffpaul, @iamdharmesh via #92).
• Dashboard setting and WP-CLI command to migrate avatars from WP User Avatars (props @jeffpaul, @claytoncollie, @helen, @faisal-alvi via #85).
• Option to clear cache of user meta to remove image sizes that do not exist (props @jeffpaul, @ituk, @dinhtungdu, @sparkbold, @thrijith via #90).
• Package file (props @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul, @claytoncollie, @cadic via #94).
• PHP Unit Tests (props @faisal-alvi, @iamdharmesh via #101).
• "No Response" GitHub Action (props @jeffpaul via #84).

Changed

• Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 5.9 (props @jeffpaul, @ankitguptaindia, @dinhtungdu, @phpbits via #67, #75, #81, #97).
• Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 6.0 (props @ajmaurya99 via #110)
• Format admin script (props @thrijith, @dinhtungdu via #91).

Fixed

• Media ID as string in REST API (props @diodoe, @dinhtungdu, @dkotter via #71).
• Avatar rating text is not translated properly if a user has a custom language Set (props @ActuallyConnor, @faisal-alvi via #89).

Security

• PHP 8 compatibility (props @faisal-alvi, @dkotter, @Sidsector9 via #103).
• Bump rmccue/requests from 1.7.0 to 1.8.0 (props dependabot@ via #77).
• Bump nanoid from 3.1.28 to 3.2.0 (props dependabot@ via #98).
• Bump minimist from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6 (props dependabot@ via #105).

New (PR) Contributors

• @ActuallyConnor made their first contribution in #89
• @thrijith made their first contribution in #90
• @faisal-alvi made their first contribution in #94
• @ajmaurya99 made their first contribution in #83
• @rahulsprajapati made their first contribution in #92
• @claytoncollie made their first contribution in #85
• @dkotter made their first contribution in #72

Full Changelog: 2.2.0...2.3.0