MainWP Regression Testing Extension

Plugin Name: MainWP Regression Testing Extension Plugin URI: https://mainwp.com Description: Easily spot changes in your child site's source code to ensure updates don't introduce unexpected changes. Version: 5.2.1 Author: MainWP Author URI: https://mainwp.com ## Changelog ### 5.2.1 - 7-23-2026 * Updated: Improved internal notification scheduling and email handling infrastructure to enhance maintainability. * Updated: Improved performance by bulk-loading snapshot data for dashboard and result checks. * Updated: Refreshed accessible-sites cache after site add/remove and improved dashboard rendering behavior. ### 5.2 - 5-26-2026 * Fixed: Delayed scan scheduling and email notifications now only run when relevant snapshots and pages are available. * Added: Configurable delay option for post-update HTML regression scans, allowing scans to be enabled or disabled and delayed from 1 to 60 minutes. * Added: Per-page delayed scan scheduling with a new delayed-scan action for more flexible regression testing workflows. * Updated: Email notifications can now include the triggering snapshot or page when that information is available. * Updated: Added delay controls to the settings UI with value clamping to ensure saved delay settings remain within the supported range. * Updated: Strengthened validation for site and page inputs and improved snapshot selection reliability. ### 5.1.5 - 4-16-2026 * Fixed: Improved scheduled iteration logic to prevent sites from being skipped during regression checks. * Fixed: Added client-side validation for AJAX page checks to prevent malformed requests. * Fixed: Improved URL resolution when fetching remote page content so pages load more reliably when site URL data is missing or incomplete. * Fixed: Site-specific settings now save the site URL to prevent missing or empty URL issues during future checks and comparisons. * Updated: Improved HTML difference detection for very large pages to provide more accurate comparison results. * Updated: Improved snapshot cache invalidation and site-wide upgrade version persistence for more reliable regression testing behavior. * Updated: Updated dependency libraries to improve compatibility and maintain stability. ### 5.1.4 - 1-22-2026 * Fixed: Resolved an issue where the process could sporadically skip some sites instead of processing the full site list. * Fixed: Fixed the default widget layout and sizing to display correctly on the regression testing dashboard. * Updated: Updated dependency libraries to improve compatibility and maintain stability. ### 5.1.3 - 1-15-2026 * Added: Automatic initialization for newly connected sites. * Added: Email notification deduplication to prevent duplicate alerts within a 5-minute window. * Updated: Improved error handling for missing or incomplete site data retrieval. * Updated: Enhanced database data validation to prevent potential notices. * Updated: Dependencies to latest versions for improved compatibility. * Updated: Added PHP 8.4 compatibility support. ### 5.1.2 - 12-1-2025 * Fixed: Potential undefined variable issues in HTML regression tracking. * Added: Tracking and visibility for scheduled maintenance tasks with last-run timestamps for improved monitoring. * Updated: Changed element exclusion input format from line-based to comma-separated values. [(#846)](https://github.com/mainwp/mainwp/issues/846) * Updated: Guidance text for clearer element entry instructions. * Updated: Default widget size and position parameters. ### 5.1.1 - 9-17-2025 * Added: Background processing for snapshots to prevent timeouts during update operations. * Updated: Improved retention-days handling to eliminate PHP notices and preserve default configuration values. * Updated: ApexCharts scripts now load only on relevant pages to optimize overall performance and reduce unnecessary resource loading. ### 5.1 - 7-2-2025 * Fixed: Issue where the "Scan" button remained enabled when the website had a connection error. * Fixed: Page reload issue that