# Changelog ## 3.0.1 _(2025-04-16)_ * Change: Discontinue unnecessary explicit loading of textdomain * Change: Build string via concatenation rather than using HEREDOC syntax * Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.8+ * Change: Note compatibility through PHP 8.3+ * Change: Update copyright date (2025) * Unit tests: * Change: Explicitly define return type for overridden method * Change: Use `assertStringContainsString()` instead of deprecated `assertRegExp()` ## 3.0 _(2024-09-08)_ ### Highlights: This notable update features improvements for accessiblity via ARIA attributes, relocates the various expand/collapse links, notes compatibility through WP 6.6+, updates unit tests and removes them from release packaging, updates copyright date (2024), and other internal improvments. ### Details: * UI: * New: Add ARIA attributes to improve accessibility * Add `aria-controls` and `aria-expanded` attributes to excerpt toggle links * Add `aria-hidden` attributes to comments excerpt and full `div`s as appropriate * Change: Move the "Show more/less" links inline with the excerpt and full comment body rather than being comment row actions * Change: Move the "Collapse/Expand all" links to alongside the comment filter links rather than below * Change: Add 'count' class to the "Expand/Collapse All" links to match styling of WP admin * Change: Add separator before "Expand All" link since the preceeding "Trash" link omits it * Change: Move 'hide-if-no-js' class up into link container classes (added if necessary) so link-adjacent text can be hidden as well * Documentation: * Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.6+ * Change: Update copyright date (2024) * Change: Reduce number of 'Tags' from `readme.txt` * Change: Update screenshots * Change: Tweak text formatting in `README.md` * Internals: * Change: Add ELLIPSIS constant for ellipsis string and use it rather than harcoding string in various places * Change: Prevent translations from containing unintended markup * Change: Explicitly assign an array key to the added comment row action links * Change: Define a version number when registering the styles * Change: Bail earlier in functions when possible * Change: Prevent unnecessary tabbed whitespace output * Packaging/development: * Change: Remove development and testing-related files from release packaging * New: Add `.gitignore` file * Unit tests: * Allow tests to run against current versions of WordPress * New: Add `composer.json` for PHPUnit Polyfill dependency * Hardening: Prevent direct web access to `bootstrap.php` * Change: In bootstrap, store path to plugin directory in a constant * Change: Prevent PHP warnings due to missing core-related generated files * New: Add a potential TODO item ## 2.8.2 _(2021-09-16)_ * Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.8+ * Unit tests: * Change: Restructure unit test directories * Change: Move `phpunit/` into `tests/` * Change: Move `phpunit/bin` into `tests/` * Change: Remove 'test-' prefix from unit test file * Change: In bootstrap, store path to plugin file constant * Change: In bootstrap, add backcompat for PHPUnit pre-v6.0 ## 2.8.1 _(2021-04-10)_ * Change: Escape text used in markup attributes (hardening) * Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.7+ * Change: Update copyright date (2021) ## 2.8 _(2020-08-21)_ ### Highlights: This minor update features a rewrite of the JavaScript to use vanilla JS instead of jQuery, improves handling of some unlikely edgecase situations, restructures the unit test file structure, and notes compatibility through WP 5.5+. ### Details: * Change: Rewrite JavaScript into vanilla JS and away from using jQuery * Change: Prevent edgecase issues with `get_comment_class()` * Verify global comment is an actual comment object before use * Return an empty string if no comment ID is known * Fix: Remove stray double-quote from comment row markup * Change: Restructure unit test file structure * New: Create new subdirectory `phpunit/` to house all files related to unit testing * Change: Move `bin/` to `phpunit/bin/` * Change: Move `tests/bootstrap.php` to `phpunit/` * Change: Move `tests/` to `phpunit/tests/` * Change: Rename `phpunit.xml` to `phpunit.xml.dist` per best practices * Unit tests: * New: Add unit tests for `comment_row_action()`, `enqueue_admin_css()`, `enqueue_admin_js()`, `get_comment_class()`, `register_styles()` * New: Add another unit test for `c2c_expandable_dashboard_recent_comments_start_expanded` filter * Change: Add comment separators to document test groupings * Change: Tweak code spacing * Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.5+ * Change: Change `get_comments_class()` from `private` to `protected` to facilitate unit testing * Change: Supplement FAQ with info regarding behavior when JS is disabled * Change: Fix some typos in readme.txt ## 2.7 _(2020-04-30)_ * New: Add count of comments that could be affected by either "Expand all" or "Collapse all" next to both link, respectively * New: Add TODO.md and move existing TODO list from top of main plugin file into it (and add more items to the list) * Change: Add more space between the expand/collapse down/up icons and their associated text * Unit tests: * Fix: Fix typo in that an `add_action()` should be a `has_action()` * Fix: Fix typo in unit test function name preventing it from being run as a unit test * Change: Remove unnecessary `remove_filter()` * Change: Use HTTPS for link to WP SVN repository in bin script for configuring unit tests * Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.4+ * Change: Update links to coffee2code.com to be HTTPS ## 2.6 _(2019-11-21)_ * New: Handle comments containing multi-byte characters that may not have been excerpted by WordPress * New: Add `reset()` to reset plugin's internal state * Change: Don't memoize value for if comment should appear initially expanded since it may vary based on comment * Change: Switch `is_comment_initially_expanded()` and `is_text_excerpted()` from private to protected to facilitate unit testing * Unit tests: * New: Add tests for admin dashboard comment excerpts * New: Add tests for `is_comment_initially_expanded()` * New: Add tests for `is_text_excerpted()` * New: Add tests for `expandable_comment_excerpts()` * New: Add test for the filter `c2c_expandable_dashboard_recent_comments_start_expanded` * Change: Remove unused test * Change: Invoke plugin's `reset()` after every test * Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.3+ * Change: Update copyright date (2020) ## 2.5.3 _(2019-06-26)_ * New: Add CHANGELOG.md and move all but most recent changelog entries into it * Unit tests: * Change: Update unit test install script and bootstrap to use latest WP unit test repo * New: Test that plugin hooks `plugins_loaded` action to initialize itself * Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.2+ * Change: Split paragraph in README.md's "Support" section into two ## 2.5.2 _(2019-03-03)_ * Fix: Ensure preceding up/down arrow for collapse/expand link does not get orphaned from the associated text * New: Add inline documentation for hooks * Change: Initialize plugin on `plugins_loaded` action instead of on load * Change: Cast return value of filter `c2c_expandable_dashboard_recent_comments_start_expanded` as boolean * Change: Rename readme.txt section from 'Filters' to 'Hooks' * Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.1+ * Change: Update copyright date (2019) * Change: Update License URI to be HTTPS ## 2.5.1 _(2018-04-30)_ * New: Add README.md * Change: Add GitHub link to readme * Change: Unit tests: Minor whitespace tweaks to bootstrap * Change: Note compatibility through WP 4.9+ * Change: Update copyright date (2018) ## 2.5 _(2017-02-02)_ * Change: Gray out global expand and/or collapse link if the action doesn't have a comment to expand/collapse, respecively. * Change: Remove box-shadow highlight from links, which were visible after being clicked. * Change: Vertically center expand/collapse dashicons. * Change: Escape translated strings used in attributes. * Change: Use class rather than inline styles to indicate which controls should be initially hidden. * Change: Use `sprintf()` to format output markup rather than concatenating strings, variables, and function calls. * Change: No need to explicitly enqueue jQuery. * Change: Default `WP_TESTS_DIR` to `/tmp/wordpress-tests-lib` rather than erroring out if not defined via environment variable. * Change: Enable more error output for unit tests. * Change: Note compatibility through WP 4.7+. * Change: Remove support for WordPress older than 4.6 (should still work for earlier versions back to WP 3.8) * Change: Minor inline code documentation reformatting. * Change: Minor readme.txt improvements. * New: Add LICENSE file. * Change: Add inline docs for class variables. * Change: Update copyright date (2017). * Change: Update screenshots. ## 2.4.2 _(2016-01-09)_ * Change: Add support for language packs: * Change textdomain to 'expandable-dashboard-recent-comments' from 'c2c_edrc'. * Don't load textdomain from file. * Remove .pot file and /lang subdirectory. * Change: Note compatibility through WP 4.4+. * Change: Explicitly declare methods in unit tests as public. * Change: Update copyright date (2016). * Add: Create empty index.php to prevent files from being listed if web server has enabled directory listings. ## 2.4.1 _(2015-08-18)_ * Update: Note compatibility through WP 4.3+ ## 2.4 _(2015-03-06)_ * Use Dashicons icons for all expand/collapse links (removing special character usage from string) * Remove `get_ellipsis()` since it was only needed for WP < 3.6 * Remove JS support for WP < 3.8 * Remove `is_admin()` check preventing loading of class * Added meager unit tests * Reformat plugin header * Space out admin.css content * Change documentation links to wp.org to be https * Minor documentation spacing changes throughout * Change description * Note compatibility through WP 4.1+ * Dropped support for versions of WP older than 3.8 * Update copyright date (2015) * Update screenshots * Add plugin icon * Regenerate .pot ## 2.3 _(2013-12-24)_ * Fix CSS selectors to properly format full comments under WP 3.8 * Fix JS selectors to show Expand/Collapse All links under WP 3.8 * Add Frequently Asked Questions section to readme.txt * Note compatibility through WP 3.8+ * Update copyright date (2014) * Add banner * Minor readme.txt text and formatting tweaks * Change donate link ## 2.2 * Fix support for WP3.6+ due to core's change of '...' to '…' for the excerpt ellipsis * Add `is_text_excerpted()`, `get_ellipsis()` * Note compatibility through WP 3.6+ ## 2.1 * Add 'comment' arg to `is_comment_initially_expanded()` for context * Add 'comment' as additional arg to `c2c_expandable_dashboard_recent_comments_start_expanded` filter * Change description (to shorten) * Add check to prevent execution of code if file is directly accessed * Regenerate .pot * Re-license as GPLv2 or later (from X11) * Add 'License' and 'License URI' header tags to readme.txt and plugin file * Remove ending PHP close tag * Minor improvements to inline and readme docs * Minor code reformatting (spacing) * Note compatibility through WP 3.5+ * Update copyright date (2013) * Move screenshots into repo's assets directory ## 2.0 * Use "Show more"/"Show less" links in comment row actions instead of appending expand/collapse link * Add filter `c2c_expandable_dashboard_recent_comments_start_expanded` to permit initial display of comments in expanded state * Remove class configuration array * Remove filter `c2c_expandable_dashboard_recent_comments_config` * Enqueue CSS * Enqueue JS * Add `register_styles()`, `enqueue_admin_css()`, `enqueue_admin_js()` * Remove `add_css()`, `add_js()` * Add support for localization * Add .pot * No longer hide the ellipsis * Hook 'load-index.php' action to initialize plugin rather than checking pagenow * Add version() to return plugin version * Minor code reformatting (spacing) * Note compatibility through WP 3.3+ * Drop support for versions of WP older than 3.1 * Update screenshots (now based on WP 3.3) * Add link to plugin directory page to readme.txt * Update copyright date (2012) ## 1.3.1 * Note compatibility through WP 3.2+ * Minor code formatting changes (spacing) * Fix plugin homepage and author links in description in readme.txt ## 1.3 * Don't display expand/collapse links for users without JavaScript and jQuery enabled * Add admin unobtrusive javascript to handle expand/collapse of comments when links are clicked * Use `substr()` instead of `preg_match()` to detect presence of '...' * Remove 'onclick' attribute for links (perform via unobtrusive JS) * Fix plugin links in description in readme.txt ## 1.2.1 * Add link to plugin homepage to description in readme.txt ## 1.2 * Switch from object instantiation to direct class function invocation * Explicitly declare all functions public static and class variables public static * Note compatibility with WP 3.1+ * Update copyright date (2011) ## 1.1 * Add filter `c2c_expandable_dashboard_recent_comments_config` to allow filtering of config options * Rename class from `ExpandableDashboardRecentComments` to `c2c_ExpandableDashboardRecentComments` * Store plugin instance in global variable, `$c2c_expandable_dashboard_recent_comments`, to allow for external manipulation * Move `is_admin()` check to before class creation * Add `init()` and move hooking of actions/filters to there * Remove docs from top of plugin file (all that and more are in readme.txt) * Note compatibility with WP 3.0+ * Minor code reformatting (spacing) * Add Filters and Upgrade Notice sections to readme * Remove trailing whitespace in header docs ## 1.0.1 * Add full PHPDoc documentation * Minor formatting tweaks * Note compatibility with WP 2.9+ * Update copyright date * Update readme.txt (including adding Changelog) ## 1.0 * Initial release