Development

Here is a list of the latest plugins to receive updates since the release of Geeklog v2.2.1sr1. Some of these plugins will require this version.

Please note, we will continue to add to this list as plugins are released.

• Autotags Plugin v1.1.3 (Released 2020-04-18)
• Nettools Plugin v2.1.3 (Released 2020-04-19)
• Open Graph Protocol [OGP] Plugin v1.2.1 (Released 2020-04-21)
• Downloads Plugin v1.2.3 (Released 2020-04-21)
• Media Gallery v1.7.2.3 (Released 2020-06-08)
• vThemes Plugin v1.6.1 (Released 2020-04-23)
• FAQ Plugin v1.2.0.1 (Released 2020-04-26)
• Geeklog Usage Stats [GUS] Plugin v1.7.6.1 (Released 2020-04-28)
• Messenger Plugin v1.9.5 (Released 2020-06-08)
• Forum Plugin v2.9.4 (Released 2020-05-12)

Here is a list of updated plugins expected to be release in the next few months:

• Ban Plugin v2.0.3

These updated plugins support PHP 7.0+ and also contain new features and bug fixes as well. Please visit the download page of the specific plugin to find out more information. The plugins above can also be found on Github in our Geeklog Plugins Repository.

Updated: 2020-04-22 - Please note, that the new reCaptcha Plugin included with Geeklog v2.2.1 is not compatible with how the old reCaptcha plugin determines whether to display the reCaptcha or not on a page. This means older versions of plugins like the Forum that uses reCaptcha will either have to be updated to version 2.9.4 or the older plugin's code will have to have a small manual update (only if you want the reCaptcha to be used). See this Forum post for more information on the code you need to add to your older plugins if you want it to continue to use reCaptcha with it.

Geeklog v2.2.1sr1 is now available for download and is the recommended version for all production sites.

This is a security update for Geeklog v2.2.1 with a few fixes and improvements as well. This is a complete tarball, to be used for fresh installs and upgrades from all previous releases.

There was 14 closed issues for this version of Geeklog which resulted in 68 code commits and 214 changed files. The important new features, improvements and fixes in this version include:

• [Security] [NA] XSS issue with the Plugin Admin interface (reported by Netsparker.com)
• [Security] [NA] Issue with the comment library (reported by Netsparker.com)
• [Feature] [#1016] Staticpages can now be set individually if they will appear in the search results or not
• [Bug] [#1043] Fixed hardcoded table names in upgrade for Geeklog v2.2.1
• [Bug] [#1043] Fixed issue where the install would fail in some cases because it did not know where the system directory was
• [Bug] [#1046] Fixed Users can only be set to certain statuses by Admins
• [Bug] [#1048] Fixed related Articles are Missing From the Article Page
• [Bug] [#1049] Fixed Print Pages for Articles and Staticpages javascript crashing issue
• [Bug] [#1058] Fixed URL Routing for Articles that could cause errors in some cases. Also disabled multiview by default for Apache servers in the htaccess file

... as well as a few other improvements and bug fixes. The complete list can be found on Github and in the history text file located in the docs directory of this release.

To expand on the functionality of your Geeklog website, check out the list of plugins that support this version.

Geeklog v2.2.1 is now available for download and is the recommended version for all production sites.

This version of Geeklog now fully supports PHP v7.3. The minimum PHP requirements have changed, they have gone from v5.3.3 to v5.6.4. In part for security reasons, we decided to update the minimum requirements of PHP to v5.6 since this is the only version of PHP v5 that has received any security updates in the last year. The system requirements for installing Geeklog v2.2.1 is now:

• PHP 5.6.4 or higher
• MySQL 4.1.2 or higher (MySQL 5 recommended)
• Postgresql 9.1.7 or later

There was 141 closed issues for this version of Geeklog which resulted in 714 code commits (with over 4,000 changed files). The major new features, improvements and fixes in this version include:

• [Feature] Geeklog now uses PHP built in support for sessions.
• [Feature] Structured Data directly integrated into Geeklog along with plugin support. Includes initial support for Breadcrumbs, Articles, and Static Pages.
• [Feature] For users without a photo you can now automatically generate user image/icon/avatar from Username.
• [Feature] A configurable Likes and Dislikes system that also supports plugins.
• [Feature] A switch to RichFileManager since the original Filemanager is depreciated (and has been removed).
• [Feature] Can create a News specific XML Sitemap for Google News Publishers
• [Feature] Convert any remote account to local account.
• [Feature] EU Cookie Consent added to all themes.
• [Feature] Staticpages Plugin template and PHP pages now support Geeklog Search.
• [Improvement] Themes now have version numbers to enable better support detection
• [Improvement] Multiple Geeklog Install Package improvements.
• [Improvement] The Denim, and Denim_Three themes now display user photos with comments.
• [Bug] Fixed saving of permissions for users when you have security groups within security groups.
• [Bug] Fix for Duplicate Usernames & Usernames with Trailing Spaces.
• [Bug] Fixed Geeklog User Group Assignments which were not correct on new installs.

... as well as a lot of other improvements and bug fixes. The complete list can be found on Github and in the history text file located in the docs directory of this release.