Further scrutiny of the last Role Scoper Release Candidate revealed some compatibility issues with WordPress 2.7. Those are now fixed as detailed below, along with a number of longstanding bugs of minor to moderate severity. The attachment filtering feature for direct file URL requests (introduced in RC2) is tested and stable. Role Scoper 1.0.0 RC3 […]
After over 6 months of beta development and testing, the WordPress permissions plugin Role Scoper nears a stable 1.0 release. The refinements in Role Scoper 1.0.0 RC2 stem primarily from inquiries by two paying clients who are pleased to pass these improvements on to you. If you need expedited, premium Role Scoper support or new […]
Talk about a positive spin. A support forum user (blacklotus) reported a bug with the display and linking of the Roles and Restrictions menus. This problem only affects non-admin users, and only appeared in 1.0.0 Beta 6. Since “Beta 7” sounds too unprofessional, I’m focusing on the positive and calling this Role Scoper 1.0.0 Release […]
Thanks to an observant user (Rob) for flagging me on an important bug whose fix now forces the release of Role Scoper 1.0.0 Beta 6. The bug only pertains to previous 1.0.0 Beta releases. The new bulk administration form for setting Post/Page restrictions did not correctly store the restriction data for the Post/Page Reader or […]
Now that the version 1.0.0 bug reports have stopped trickling in, I’m activating Role Scoper 1.0.0 Beta 5 as the current stable release, with update notification in the Role Scoper Options panel of installed copies. Beta 5 also adds xhtml validation fixes, an updated language file and a revised Usage Guide. The recent 1.0.0 beta […]