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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