Version 2.7.5

Minor changes fixing php deprecation notices for PHP 8 and higher

Version 2.7.4

• Update the block gallery with the HTML changes made in WordPress 5.4 (again!).
• Use post title for aria-label only
• Display cache log in footer (because admin_bar_menu hook changed to wp_body_open)
• Getting ready for WP 5.5 (updating deprecated functions)

Version 2.7.3

• Enhancement
  • Make the no posts found message filterable.
  • Update gallery with the HTML changes made in the WordPress 5.3 gallery.
  • Add accessibility to the gallery item element.
• Deprecated
  • The 'terms' and 'related' arguments are deprecated in favor of the 'include_terms' argument.
    • The 'include_terms' argument now uses the included terms without any restrictions.
    • The default value for the 'related' argument changed from boolean true to null.
    • Set the 'related' argument to boolean true to have the old restrictions back.

version 2.7.1

• Enhancement
  • New format for related galleries similar to the Gutenberg gallery block.
  • Include child or parent terms for the related posts query.
  • Filters for Widget defaults and instance.
• Bug Fixes
  • (minor) Don't default to all public taxonomies if no valid taxonomies are used.

Version 2.6.0

• Enhancement
  • Meta query
    • Allows you to query related posts with post meta
    • Use meta arguments in the shortcode
    • Use a filter for the widget or for complex meta queries
  • ID query
    • Allow queries for post IDs only. (for the related posts in the widget and shortcode templates)
    • Speeds up the related posts query. (not activated by default because of back compatibility)
    • Please read the documentation about query optimization before using this feature
  • Lazy loading (opt in feature).
    • Speeds up perceived page load time for very large sites
    • Does the query for related posts (with Ajax) after the page is loaded
    • Recommended for related posts below the fold.
  • Detect post type Page taxonomies
  • Preparing the plugin for the (Gutenberg) editor block feature

Version 2.5.1

• Enhancement
  • Add ability to show the post date after post titles
  • Allow getting post fields from the cache
  • Add new filter to filter all related post permalinks
  • Add new tests for the post type feature (GitHub)
• Bug fixes
  • (minor) Add post classes after retrieving posts from the cache
  • (minor) Return an error if invalid taxonomies or post types was requested with the WP Rest API

Version 2.5.0

• Enhancement
  • Prepare plugin for gutenberg blocks
  • Add ‘terms’ parameter for shortcode and widget
  • Add GDPR information to readme.txt
  • deprecate functions (with back compatibility)
    • km_rpbt_related_posts_by_taxonomy()
    • km_rpbt_get_default_args()
    • km_rpbt_related_posts_by_taxonomy_validate_ids()
    • km_rpbt_related_posts_by_taxonomy_template()
    • km_rpbt_post_title_link()
    • km_rpbt_get_related_post_title_link()
    • km_rpbt_related_posts_by_taxonomy_widget()
• Bug fixes
  • (minor) Add missing filter pre_related_posts before cache queries
  • (minor) Add missing properties to related posts returned by the cache

Version 2.3.2

Version 2.3.2

• Enhancement
  • Add public_only parameter to not display private related posts from the current author.
  • Add include_self parameter to include the current post in the related posts.
  • Add filter pre_related_posts to override the related posts query.
• Bug fixes
  • Fix duplicate gallery IDs breaking the column layout of WordPress galleries. Props: @sonamel

Version 2.3.1

• Enhancement
  • Add support to disable the shortcode or widget for this plugin
  • Add support to update all plugin settings with one filter.

Version 2.2.1

• Fix PHP7 deprecated notice
  • php 7 adds a deprecated notice for PHP 4 constructors
  • Notice was shown when activating the plugin
• Add selective refresh to the widget