Announcing:
LSCache for WordPress v7.0
In this release: AVIF support, bug fixes, and more!
RELEASE LOG:
- [NEW] Image Optimization: Added AVIF format.
- Core: Changed plugin classes auto load to preload all to prevent upgrade problems.
- Core: Refactored configuration data initialization method to realtime update instead of delayed update in plugin upgrade phase.
- Core: Used `const.default.json` instead of `const.default.ini` for better compatibility in case `parse_ini_file()` is disabled.
- Core: Minimum required PHP version escalated to PHP v7.2.0.
- Core: Minimum required WP version escalated to WP v5.3.
- Cloud: Dropped `Domain Key`. Now using sodium encryption for authentication and validation.
- Cloud: Added support for `list_preferred` in online service node detection.
- Cloud: Fixed a domain expiry removal PHP warning. (cheekymate06)
- Cloud: Auto dropped Cloud error message banner when successfully reconnected.
- Cloud: Simplified the configure sync parameters to only compare and post the necessary settings.
- Config: Simplified QUIC.cloud CDN Setup. CDN service is now automatically detected when activated in the QUIC.cloud Dashboard.
- Config: Dropped the initial version check when comparing md5 to decide if whether to sync the configuration when upgrading the plugin.
- Config: `LITESPEED_DISABLE_ALL` will now check the value to determine whether it's been applied.
- Database Optimize: Fixed Autoload summary for WP6.6+. (Mukesh Panchal/Viktor Szépe)
- CLI: Added QUIC.cloud CDN CLI command: `wp litespeed-online cdn_init --ssl-cert=xxx.pem --ssl-key=xxx -method=cname|ns|cfi`.
- CLI: Added QUIC.cloud CDN CLI command: `wp litespeed-online link --email=xxx@example.com --api-key=xxxx`.
- CLI: Added QUIC.cloud CDN CLI command: `wp litespeed-online cdn_status`.
- CLI: Added `--force` argument for QUIC.cloud CLI command `wp litespeed-online ping`.
- Image Optimization: Dropped `Auto Pull Cron` setting. Added PHP const `LITESPEED_IMG_OPTM_PULL_CRON` support.
- Image Optimization: Added Soft Reset Counter button to allow restarting image optimization without destroying previously optimized images.
- Image Optimization: Added support for `LITESPEED_IMG_OPTM_PULL_THREADS` to adjust the threads to avoid PHP max connection limits.
- Image Optimization: Added support for the latest firefox WebP Accept header change for serving WebP.
- Image Optimization: Allowed PHP Constant `LITESPEED_FORCE_WP_REMOTE_GET` to force using `wp_remote_get()` to pull images.
- Image Optimization: Dropped API filter `litespeed_img_optm_options_per_image`.
- Image Optimization: Auto redirect nodes if the server environment is switched between Preview and Production.
- Purge: Allowed `LSWCP_EMPTYCACHE` to be defined as false to disable the ability to Purge all sites.
- Purge: Each purge action now has a hook.
- Purge: Fixed `PURGESINGLE` and `PURGE` query string purge tag bug.
- Purge: `PURGE` will purge the single URL only like `PURGESINGLE`.
- ESI: Fixed a log logic failure when ESI buffer is empty.
- ESI: Added Elementor nonces (jujube0ajluxl PR#736)
- ESI: Fixed a no-cache issue in no-vary ESI requests that occurred when `Login Cookie` was set.
- ESI: ESI will no longer send cookie update headers.
- Vary: Vary name correction, which used to happen in the `after_setup_theme` hook, now happens later in the `init` hook.
- Crawler: Enhanced hash generation function for cryptographic security.
- Crawler: Added back `Role Simulator` w/ IP limited to `127.0.0.1` only. Use `LITESPEED_CRAWLER_LOCAL_PORT` to use 80 if original server does not support 443.
- Crawler: Enhanced Role Simulator security by disallowing editor or above access in settings.
- Crawler: Defaulted and limited crawler `Run Duration` maximum to 900 seconds and dropped the setting.
- Crawler: Crawler will be stopped when load limit setting is 0.
- Crawler: Dropped `Delay` setting. Added PHP const `LITESPEED_CRAWLER_USLEEP` support.
- Crawler: Dropped `Timeout` setting. Added PHP const `LITESPEED_CRAWLER_TIMEOUT` support.
- Crawler: Dropped `Threads` setting. Added PHP const `LITESPEED_CRAWLER_THREADS` support.
- Crawler: Dropped `Interval Between Runs` setting. Added PHP const `LITESPEED_CRAWLER_RUN_INTERVAL` support.
- Crawler: Dropped `Sitemap Timeout` setting. Added PHP const `LITESPEED_CRAWLER_MAP_TIMEOUT` support.
- Crawler: Dropped `Drop Domain from Sitemap` setting. Added PHP const `LITESPEED_CRAWLER_DROP_DOMAIN` support.
- Crawler: Fixed wrong path of .pid file under wp-admin folder in certain case. (igobybus)
- Crawler: Show an empty map error and disabled crawler when the map is not set yet.
- Page Optimize: Updated request link parser to follow the site permalink. (Mijnheer Eetpraat #766)
- Page Optimize: Updated latest CSS/JS optimization library to fix issues for RGB minification and external imports when combining CSS.
- Page Optimize: Exclude Google Analytics from JavaScript optimization. (James M. Joyce #269 PR#726)
- Page Optimize: Fixed typo in `LITESPEED_NO_OPTM` constant definition. (Roy Orbitson PR#796)
- CDN: Fixed CDN replacement for inline CSS url with round brackets case. (agodbu)
- GUI: Added an Online Service tab under General menu.
- GUI: Added a QUIC.cloud CDN tab.
- GUI: Combined all Crawler settings to a single setting tab.
- GUI: Switch buttons rtl compatibility. (Eliza/Mehrshad Darzi #603)
- GUI: Fixed an issue where an irremovable banner couldn't be echoed directly.
- GUI: Limited page speed chart to cacheable servers only.
- Tag: Fixed a potential warning in tags. (ikiterder)
- Tag: Appended AJAX action to cache tags.
- Tag: Dropped normal HTTP code. Only error codes (403/404/500) will be used for tags.
- Misc: Fixed fatal activation error on Network installation when no other plugins are active. (PR#808 #9496550)
- Misc: Improved README file by adding minimum supported PHP/WordPress versions. (Viktor Szépe)
- Misc: Added reliance on just-in-time translation loading. (Pascal Birchler #738)
- Misc: Will now check whether the filename is valid before saving a file to fix the possible Object Cache log issue. (Mahdi Akrami #761)
- Misc: Fixed PHP 7.2 compatibility in cloud message. (Viktor Szépe #771)
- Misc: Incompatibility warning banner for third party plugins is now dismissible.
- Misc: Generated robots.txt file under litespeed folder to discourage search engine indexing of static resource files. (djwilko12)
- Debug: Escalated debug initialization to as early as possible to allow more configuration information to be logged.
- 3rd: Fixed warning in Buddy Press code integration. (Viktor Szépe/antipole PR#778)
https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/
Cheers!
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
