RepoMan

Install public repos to WordPress

Changelog

1.8.9

• added littlebizzy/anti-spam

1.8.8

• tested up to WordPress 6.8
• removed load_textdomain block (we are not bundling translation files for now)
• added littlebizzy/secure-file-access

1.8.7

• removed the repoman- slug prefix which caused installation errors
• now hiding star ratings and active installs using modern :has CSS pseudo-class
• now linking author names to author homepage with fallback to GitHub repos
• uncommented and sanitized active_installs lines after confirming no conflicts
• scan_plugin_main_file_for_ now returns immediately if the file is missing or unreadable
• various minor code optimization formatting improvements

1.8.6

• prefixed plugin slugs with repoman- to enable targeted CSS
• scoped CSS better to hide star ratings and active install counts on RepoMan tiles only

1.8.5

• experimented with commenting some active_installs lines in plugin data
• added basic CSS to hide the install count .column-downloaded in plugin tiles
• linked author names to GitHub repos in repoman_prepare_plugin_for_display()

1.8.4

• added littlebizzy/contact-form

1.8.3

• added littlebizzy/disable-search
• removed littlebizzy/disable-gutenberg (not ready yet)
• added Tested up to plugin header
• added Update URI plugin header

1.8.2

• added codersaiful/woo-product-table

1.8.1

• added littlebizzy/random-post-ids

1.8.0

• now blocks plugins with Update URI string from WP.org (same as GitHub Plugin URI)
• plugin-update-checker also hardcode protected from WP.org overwrites

1.7.6

• added littlebizzy/metadata

1.7.5

• added littlebizzy/disable-cart-fragments

1.7.4

• added robertdevore/benchpress
• added robertdevore/email-validator-for-wordpress
• added robertdevore/frontend-post-order
• added robertdevore/gift-cards-for-woocommerce

1.7.3

• added robertdevore/custom-update-request-modifier (first plugin without Git Updater support)
• Note: plugins without Git Updater headers can't be protected from WP.org overwrites

1.7.2

• added wp-privacy/wp-api-privacy

1.7.1

• added repoman to skipped plugin namespace array
• added git-updater to skipped plugin namespace array
• added wpe-secure-updater to skipped plugin namespace array

1.7.0

• new functionality to block wordpress.org updates from specified array of plugin slugs
• advanced-custom-fields is the first plugin added to this array
• does not conflict with wpe-secure-updater plugin

1.6.6

• added littlebizzy/disable-emojis

1.6.5

• added littlebizzy/404-to-homepage

1.6.4

• fixed broken php tag

1.6.3

• added rhubarbgroup/redis-cache

1.6.2

• added discourse/wp-discourse

1.6.1

• added Requires PHP: 7.0 header
• added wp-graphql/wp-graphql
• added reduxframework/redux-framework

1.6.0

• changed name from "Repo Man" to "RepoMan" for better branding
• all repo-man and repo_man instances in the code changed to simply repoman
• textdomain is also now simply repoman for translation support

1.5.0

• automatically blocks all updates/notices from wordpress.org to any plugin with GitHub Plugin URI in the main file
• both activated and deactivated plugins that support Git Updater will be "blocked" from wordpress.org
• optimized loading order of all functions and filters

1.4.4

• added boogah/biscotti
• added zouloux/bowl

1.4.3

• added MisoAI/miso-wordpress-plugin
• added pods-framework/pods
• added thecodezone/dt-home

1.4.2

• changed from 2-space to 4-space json indentation
• added pressbooks/pressbooks
• added mihdan/recrawler
• added WPCloudDeploy/wp-cloud-deploy
• added wp-sms/wp-sms

1.4.1

• added littlebizzy/multisite-billing-manager
• tweaked dummy data in the json file for consistency

1.4.0

• installing plugins from GitHub now supported based on the repo field in the plugin-repos.json file
• GitHub repos will be automatically scanned for default, master and main fallback branches
• url field in json data changed to repo field with owner/repo syntax
• refined error handling if json file has parsing issues
• plugin folders will be force renamed during installation to match repo field (if folder not exists)
• various other code refactoring and cleanup

1.3.0

• simplified approach focused on plugin search results only (removed Public Repos tab)
• greatly improved search query matching rules with new scoring function
• tweaked logic for plugin data normalization and sanitizing
• added textdomain repo-man for translation support

1.2.4

• added error handling in case of empty plugin-repos.json file
• added/changed to wp_kses_post() from esc_html() for admin notices

1.2.3

• added urldecode() inside the repo_man_extend_search_results function

1.2.2

• Public Repos tab position is now dynamic depending on Search Results tab being active or not
• various minor security enhancements
• minor translation enhancements
• transitional release to prepare for 1.3.0 changes

1.2.1

• changed 3 actions/filters to use priority 12

1.2.0

• added LittleBizzy icon from GitHub to appropriate plugins in plugin-repos.json
• integrated json list into the native plugin search results (json list plugins should appear first)

1.1.1

• added littlebizzy/disable-feeds
• sorted plugin-repos.json in alphabetical order

1.1.0

• enhanced json file location security using realpath()
• added error handing for json file and admin notices for clear user feedback
• more efficient rendering of top/bottom pagination
• display 36 plugins instead of 10 per page
• added fallback values for missing keys in the plugin data (e.g., slug, name, icon_url, author) to ensure that all plugins display properly even if some data is missing
• improved structure and display of plugin cards, including star ratings, action buttons, and compatibility information
• removed forced redirect to "Repos" tab as it was unnecessary and caused redirect loop on Multisite

1.0.0

• adds new tab under Add Plugins page for "Public Repos" (default tab)
• displays a few hand-picked plugins from GitHub
• hardcoded list of plugins using local plugin-repos.json
• public repo suggestions are more than welcome!
• supports PHP 7.0 to PHP 8.3
• supports Git Updater
• supports Multisite