Salt Shaker Free & PRO Changelog

Salt Shaker PRO Changelog

Here’s what’s new in Salt Shaker PRO—enhanced performance and exclusive features for premium users.

Version 2.0 – March 9th, 2025

  • Complete rewrite of the plugin architecture—same great functionality, improved performance.
  • Brand-new React-based admin interface with a smoother, more intuitive UX.

Version 1.0

  • Initial Release 🎉

Salt Shaker Changelog

Version 2.0 – March 9th, 2025

  • Complete rewrite of the plugin architecture—same great functionality, improved performance.
  • Brand-new React-based admin interface with a smoother, more intuitive UX.

Version 1.4.8

  • Updated: Freemius SDK.

Version 1.4.7

  • Fixed: Fatal error when a backslash appears at the end of generated keys.

Version 1.4.6

  • WordPress 6.7 compatibility.
  • Generate salts locally if the API call fails.
  • Updated: Freemius SDK.

Version 1.4.5

  • WordPress 6.6 compatibility.
  • Show admin notices only on the plugin page.

Version 1.4.4

  • WordPress 6.5 compatibility.

Version 1.4.3

  • WordPress 6.4 compatibility.

Version 1.4.2

  • Minor bug fixes.
  • Updated: Freemius SDK.

Version 1.4.1

  • Quick fix for the wp-salt file path.

Version 1.4.0

  • WordPress 6.2 compatibility.
  • Support for wp-salt files.
  • Introducing Salt Shaker PRO.

Version 1.3.2

  • WordPress 6.1 compatibility.

Version 1.3.1

  • WordPress 6.0 compatibility.
  • Fixed: Issue where AUTH_KEY and AUTH_SALT keys were not changed.

Version 1.3.0

  • Tested with WordPress 5.9.

Version 1.2.9

  • WordPress 5.8 compatibility.

Version 1.2.8

  • WordPress 5.7 compatibility.

Version 1.2.7

  • WordPress 5.5 compatibility.

Version 1.2.6

  • WordPress 5.4 compatibility.
  • Replaced custom functions with standard WP functions.

Version 1.2.5

  • Enhanced internationalization.
  • WordPress 5.3 compatibility.

Version 1.2.4

  • Preserve original permissions of the config file.
  • Performance improvements.

Version 1.4.1

  • Quick fix for the wp-salt file path.

Version 1.4.0

  • WordPress 6.2 compatibility.
  • Support for wp-salt files.
  • Introducing Salt Shaker PRO.

Version 1.3.2

  • WordPress 6.1 compatibility.

Version 1.3.1

  • WordPress 6.0 compatibility.
  • Fixed: AUTH_KEY and AUTH_SALT keys not changing properly.

Version 1.3.0

  • Tested with WordPress 5.9.

Version 1.2.9

  • WordPress 5.8 compatibility.

Version 1.2.8

  • WordPress 5.7 compatibility.

Version 1.2.7

  • WordPress 5.5 compatibility.

Version 1.2.6

  • WordPress 5.4 compatibility.
  • Replaced some custom functions with standard WP functions.

Version 1.2.5

  • Enhanced internationalization.
  • WordPress 5.3 compatibility.

Version 1.2.4

  • Keep original config file permissions.
  • Performance improvements.

Version 1.2.3

  • Change config permissions to 0640.
  • Added filters for additional salts.

Version 1.2.2

  • Tested with WordPress 5.1.
  • Added settings page link from plugins page.
  • Redirect to login after immediate salt change.
  • Check if wp-config.php is writable.
  • Filter to define custom salts file: salt_shaker_salts_file.

Version 1.2.1

  • Tested with WordPress 5.0.
  • #11: Added quarterly and biannual intervals.
  • Fixed issue when wp-config is outside the root.
  • Fixed cron update bug—old cron now removed properly.

Version 1.2.0

  • Tested with WordPress 4.9.
  • #9: Change salts when wp-config.php is one level above document root.
  • Set correct permissions on wp-config.php per Codex.

Version 1.1.6

  • #8: Changed line endings to LF.

Version 1.1.5

  • Security improvements.

Version 1.1.4

  • Ensure admin privileges before AJAX requests.
  • Escape attributes using esc_attr_e.

Version 1.1.3

  • WordPress 4.8 compatibility.

Version 1.1.2

  • WordPress 4.7 compatibility.

Version 1.1.1

  • Edited Arabic translation file.

Version 1.1.0

  • Few enhancements.
  • Multilingual ready.

Version 1.0.0

  • Initial Release 🎉