Change Log
Current version: v2.6 released on the 16th Sept 2025
15th Sept 2025 – v2.6
- General: The “Welcome screen” has been renamed to “Getting started” and improved to guide new users
- General: Settings have moved from Settings > General to Administrator Toolkit > Settings
- General: Prevent user enumeration via the lost password feature
- General: Added option to block /users/ REST API endpoints (disabled by default)
- Settings: Added notification frequency setting – choose from every login, daily, or maximum once every 3/7/14 days
- Login Tracker: IP-to-country lookup replaced with MaxMind GeoLite2 database (included in plugin)
- Session Manager (New): View and terminate user sessions via Users > Session Manager or individual user action links
- Import / Export (New): Dedicated screen to import/export settings via JSON files
- Curated Suggestions: Import/export suggestions via CSV (added in previous release but not documented)
- Bug fix: Admin logins were not being saved to database when the pending admin change notice was active
- Bug fix: Delete all / Delete last 60 days login wasn’t working
- Updated: Freemius SDK
Minor releases
- 15th Sept 2025 – v2.6.1
Bug fix: Fixed broken localisation when user email address was enabled - 30th Sept 2025 – v2.6.2
Bug fix: Fixed broken localisation when administrator user is deleted
May 2025 – v2.5
- General: Added a Search Engines Discouraged notice to admin bar when setting is enabled
- Staging Site Settings: Added settings for tracking an active staging site and show a warning notice
March 2025 – v2.4
- Plugin Manager: Renamed from Customize Plugin List
- Plugin Manager: Added Notify and Protect settings per plugin
- Curated Suggestions: New menu item provides a new “Curated Suggestions” tab which appears on the Add Plugins screen for 3rd party plugins.
- Plugin Notifications: Sends Site Administrator an email when a plugin is activated
- Protected Plugins: Protects a plugin from being deactivated, or its auto update settings changed by other admin users
- Bug fix: Monthly emails were not sent
January 2025 – v2.3
- Customize Plugin List: Added new “Tools > Customize Plugin List” screen to hide plugins from the list/updates screen for other admin users
- Plugin Notes: Added ability to attach short notes (up to 1000 characters) to plugins as reminders for admins (Customize Plugin List)
- Block Repository Plugins: Added feature to filter specific plugins from WordPress repository results (one slug per line)
- Set Featured Plugins: Added ability to specify preferred repository plugins as Featured after blocking default Featured plugins
Pre 2025 – v0.1 to v2.2
- Bug fix: 2 email templates had footers repeated.
- User list: Added online / offline status for admin users, updates every 30 seconds.
- User list: Added per user “force logout” option. Sends user an email when used.
- User list: Added bulk action to “Logout selected users”. Sends user an email when used.
- User profile: Added country restriction list (only displayed to the site’s administrator).
- General: Admin users with allowed countries selected will now have their IP checked for a match.
- Emails: Added country restriction update link to monthly administrator account management email.
- Settings > General: Allowed administrator email domains is now a select list for easier management.
V2.1.2
- Renamed plugin to “Administrator Toolkit” to better reflect its growing range of benefits
- Bug fix: Prevents a second notification email from being sent when using two factor auth functionality, or logs in again within 5 minutes
V2.1
- General: Added a welcome screen on plugin activation / updates. Guiding users to key features.
- Settings > General: Admin user log out: Added a 1 hour expiry for admin users. This can be manually extended by clicking the admin menu bar > Extend.
- Welcome Screen: Added one-click assistant to populate allowed domains list for administrator users.
- Emails: Added “Unauthorized Administrator Email”. Each day all administrator level user accounts will be checked against the allowed domains list and a warning email sent if any unapproved accounts exist.
- Bug Fix: The monthly Opt-out email is now only sent to opt-in admins, not all admins.
- Bug Fix: “Admin login from new IP / country” logic improved to check database for existing match before calling IP lookup.
- Misc: Major code revamp and various minor UI improvements
V2.0
- User profiles: Added a ‘Emergency use only’ option for admin accounts. When used it will trigger an alternative notification email.
- User profiles: Added a ‘Confirm Admin User Creation’ checkbox to ensure human interaction.
- User profiles: Site Owner Admin section is shown only when administrator role is selected. Existing values will be kept when the role has been changed (in case of temporary changes).
- User list: Added ‘Reset last login’ link to Users screen. (Shown to Site Owner only)
- Settings > General: Added “Allowed Admin email domains” field to white list newly created admin users. (Shown to Site Owner only)
- Settings > General: Added “Email login only” option. When enabled all logins will require their email address and not user name. (Shown to Site Owner only)
- Activity email: N/A and admins who lasted logged in over 30 days ago are shown in red.
- New login email: When an admin logs in and their IP / country were not previously found a notification email is sent.
- Tools > Admin Login Tracker: All admin user account logins are logged in the database and can be viewed from this screen.
June 2024 – V1.0.7
- Improved the formatting and styles of the notification emails
May 2024 – V1.0.3 to V1.0.6 round up
- Bug fix: Emails were not sending with html content type. Will make them look nicer in a future minor release.
- Added Freemius license activation checks
- Removed the blank value from the admin drop down list if a user has previously been selected
- Added info icon with hover text to highlight why this list is appearing
- Bug fix: Error when sending emails when site owner email doesn’t match a user account
6th April 2024 – V1.0.2
- Stores last login date and time for administrator accounts
- Includes monthly email listing administrators and their last login time
- The “Send Opt-Out Emails” screen now displays when emails were last sent
- Notification email sent on admin login. Setting to disable this added to general settings page
- Bug fix: General settings page couldn’t be saved due to the email address not being set
- Freemius SDK updated to better support PHP 8.x
4th April 2024 – V1.0.1
- Tested with WordPress 6.5
- Opt-out emails are no longer sent on plugin activation
- Admin notice shown on plugin activation prompting user to manually send opt-out emails
1st April 2024 – V1.0
- Drop down list now excludes opted-out administrators. Displays alert if no valid admins are found.
- ‘Send Opt-Out Emails’ added to Tools menu.
29th March 2024 – V0.6
- Opt-out email links sent to all admins when plugin activated.
- Site owner email receives an opt-out link that when used will then email other admins asking for it to be changed.
- Any administrators that log in after the Site owner has opted-out will be redirected to the Settings > General page and a notice shown.
- Added manual confirmation link when administrator email has been changed.
24th March 2024 – v0.5
- Administrator user accounts can opt-in to receive site owner emails
- Added user profile setting to opt-out of receiving system emails.
20th March 2024 – v0.4
- Notice bar displayed for all admin users.
- Adjusted the Setting > General alert() box to appear after the dropdown has been added to the page
18th March 2024 – v0.3
- Administrator email drop down now appears in the place of the original field
17th March 2024 – v0.2
- Added admin user drop down list to Setting > General
- Added additional checks & notices to encourage setting a user
- Prevents currently matching admin role from being downgraded
16th March 2024 – v0.1
- Initial release.
- Added Freemius with FREE coupon to provide easier update process.
- When an admin user is deleted check its email address against the site owner, if there is a match the white screen error is shown preventing the user from being removed.
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