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New Features/Tools/Options |
New Feature: Maintenance Mode – FrontEnd/BackEnd Maintenance Mode Maintenance Mode Guide The previous Maintenance Mode feature in BPS Pro has been completely removed/replaced with the new Maintenance Mode feature in BPS Pro 8.2. This is a completely new BPS Pro feature. The new BPS Maintenance Mode design includes 20 background images, 15 center images (text box image), allows you to embed image files and YouTube videos, FrontEnd Maintenance Mode, BackEnd Maintenance Mode or both FrontEnd & BackEnd Maintenance Modes and most importantly is fast and simple to use so that you can switch in and out of Maintenance mode quickly and easily. Background image files/options and Center images (text box image) are independent of each other so that you can mix and match different background images with different Center images (text box image). |
| AutoRestore New Option: Standard WP Cron or WP Cron with Time Restriction (user feature request) The Standard WP Cron option setting allows the AutoRestore Cron to run a WordPress Cron job normally with all the normal behavior of WordPress Cron jobs. The WP Cron with Time Restriction options setting (user feature request) adds an additional time restriction condition for when the AutoRestore Cron is allowed to run again. For example if you choose the WP Cron with Time Restriction options setting and choose 5 minutes for the Cron frequency then a timestamp condition is created where the AutoRestore Cron will not run until 5 minutes has passed since the last AutoRestore Cron job has run – even if a WordPress Cron is triggered within that 5 minute time restriction window of time. See the Blue Read Me help button on the AutoRestore page for additional information about this new option. |
| Plugin Firewall New Additional Whitelist Tool: “Allow from” Whitelist rules This new option/Tool is for adding additional “Allow from” whitelist rules to whitelist additional domain names or IP addresses in your Plugin Firewall .htaccess file. You can add additional Whitelist rules for additional Payment Providers, domains/websites and IP addresses that you want to whitelist. |
| New Pro-Tool: Plugin Update Check Clicking the Force Plugin Update Check button will delete the _site_transient_update_plugins option value from your database so that WordPress will do another Plugin update check. The AITpro API Server will also do an update check for a newer version of BPS Pro. |
| New Pro-Tool: New Headers check tool added to Website Headers Pro-Tool Check your website Headers or another website’s Headers by making a GET Request. Both GET and HEAD Headers checking is now available in the Website Headers Pro-Tool. |
| New Headers check tool added to the System Info page: Check your website Headers or another website’s Headers by making a GET Request. Both GET and HEAD Headers checking is now available on the System Info page. |
| New System Info checks: Standard/GWIOD Site Type, BuddyPress and bbPress. If GWIOD site type display WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL). |
BPS Pro Core |
| BPS Pro Core Restructure: Several new BPS Pro Core plugin files have been created from existing BPS Pro Core plugin files to reduce overall BPS Pro plugin file sizes and to distribute and improve BPS Pro plugin internal page load times and processing speeds. |
| BPS Pro Core Plugin/Theme Script Dequeue function added: Dequeue any/all other plugin or theme scripts that attempt to load in BPS Pro plugin pages: A new BPS Pro Core function has been added that Dequeues any/all other plugin or theme scripts on/in BPS Pro plugin pages ONLY, which causes a wide variety of problems for BPS Pro, such as broken plugin functionality, broken menus and pages not displaying visually correct. This new BPS Pro Core Dequeue function only runs on/in BPS Pro plugin pages and does not run anywhere else or affect anything else on a website. The BPS Pro Core Dequeue function is only designed to prevent any other plugins or themes from loading their scripts in BPS Pro plugin pages and does not do or affect anything else on a website. |
| Security Log Code Correction/Enhancement: Security Log User Agent/Bot filter auto-updated during BPS upgrade: The BPS Pro 403.php Security Log template file is replaced during BPS Pro plugin updates/upgrades, which is normal WordPress plugin update/upgrade procedure. The BPS Pro 403.php Security Logging template is now auto-updated during BPS Pro plugin upgrades/updates and automatically adds any previously added/saved User Agent/Bot filters to the new 403.php template file if any User Agents/Bots to Ignore/Not Log were previously added/saved. |
| Plugin Firewall Additional Error Checking: Additional check for invalid Plugin Firewall code and displays the section of Plugin Firewall code wrapped in pre tags that is invalid. Other additional error checking for the Plugin Firewall. |
| BPS Pro plugin updates will no longer be displayed on the WordPress Updates page: BPS Pro plugin updates will no longer be displayed on the WordPress Updates page to prevent problems when updating BPS Pro at the same time as other WordPress plugin updates. BPS Pro is installed from the AITpro API Server. Other WordPress plugins are installed from the WordPress API Server. Plugins should not be installed from 2 separate/different Servers on the Internet at the same time. The fallback check/message/Dashboard Alert will remain just in case the BPS Pro plugin is not removed from the Updates page for some reason. |
| W3TC and WPSC Error checking/messages modified to reflect current version error checking: Several things have changed in BPS Pro 8.2 relating to W3TC and WPSC and related error messages. |
| Security Status inpage error checking/messages for Network/Multisite blogs.dir issue: Correcition affects Network/Multisites only. |
| DB Table datatype Issue/problem affects SQL Server (not MySQL) only: CREATE TABLE Query id column datatype has been changed from mediumint(9) to bigint(20). |
| Backup & Restore page/other misc pages: Master File backups and checks are obsolete and have been removed from BPS Pro 8.2. |
| B-Core Security Modes page: Descriptive titles added to Radio buttons for BulletProof Modes: Root Folder BulletProof Mode, wp-admin Folder BulletProof Mode, Plugin Firewall BulletProof Mode, UAEG BulletProof Mode, Master htaccess BulletProof Mode and BPS Backup BulletProof Mode. |
| Plugin Firewall invalid shortcut links correction: # hashtag was pointing to an old ID name from a previous BPS Pro version that no longer exists. Plugin Firewall links now point to the new div id. |
| AutoRestore wp-content Files excessive backup files check: Checks for an excessive amount of files backed up to ARQ wp-content folder backup – check is greater than 1,500 files in backup. An average amount of wp-content files should be between 200 and 1,000 files. Indicates either a problem with files that should not be in ARQ wp-content backup or serves as a heads up that an excessive amount of files are being stored/backed up under the wp-content folder that do not need to be backed up and checked by AutoRestore. ie several Themes that are not being used and that can be deleted from the website. Click Here link is displayed when excessive files message is displayed that points to a Forum Topic with instructions on what to check for to resolved the issue. |
| BPS Pro Manual Upgrade Check link change: The BPS Pro Manual Upgrade Check link on the WordPress Plugins page now points to the new Plugin Update Check Pro-Tool. Use the Plugin Update Check Pro-Tool to check for a new BPS Pro plugin version if one is available. |
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