Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where enabling the option to stop update notifications (WordPress core, plugins, or themes) would cause PHP warnings on the Updates screen.
3.8.1
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the option to stop translation update notifications was not working.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the emoji disable option was not working on WordPress 6.4 and later.
3.8.0
Feature: Added an option to the Admin Bar tab to display only the WordPress logo as an icon on the frontend, allowing the admin bar to toggle on click.
Feature: Added ‘Published Date’ and ‘Days Since Published’ columns to the post and page list screens, and made them sortable.
3.7.3
Update: Updated the pot file.
3.7.2
Verified compatibility with WordPress 6.9.
Bug Fix: Fixed a version number mismatch in the source code.
Improvement: Enhanced security for the settings link on the plugins page.
3.7.1
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the option to select tags using checkboxes was not working properly.
3.7.0
Feature: Added the ability to change the size of media thumbnails.
Feature: Added the ability to adjust the spacing of media thumbnails.
3.6.0
Feature: Added option to redirect 404 error pages to a specified static page.
Feature: Added an option to disable redirects to pages with similar slugs.
3.5.1
Bug Fix: Fixed a shortcode bug.
3.5.0
Improvement: The base language has been changed from Japanese to English.
3.4.4
Feature: Added the ability to hide update notifications in the left menu.
3.4.3
Bug Fix: Fixed a translation error
3.4.2
Bug Fix: Fixed the broken tab display of hidden blocks
3.4.1
Feature: Added options to hide the “Add New” button on the list screens (Posts, Pages), Media screen, and Users screen.
Feature: Added an option to hide the search box on the Users screen.
Feature: Added “Move to Trash” button to the “Hide Post Info” section in the editor screen settings.
Feature: Added an option to widen the permalink input field in the editor screen.
Feature: Added an option to enlarge the “Add Block” button (the black plus icon) in the editor screen.
Feature: Added Added the ability to exclude post types from search results in the Frontend tab.
Feature: Added Added the ability to hide blocks from the inserter for each post type on the edit screen.
Improvement: Now possible to add custom submenus to the “Plugins” and “Users” main menus in the left menu.
Improvement: The date format on list screens can now be selected from a list similar to WordPress’s general settings, and the selected format is now also applied to the “Last Modified” column.
Improvement: Column labels on the List, Image, and User screens can now be customized.
Improvement: To prevent users from accidentally losing the logout functionality, the “Howdy, [user]” menu can now only be hidden when the “Show logout as a button” option is enabled.
Improvement: Removed the “Enable shortcodes in Custom HTML widget” option from the Widgets tab, as this is now a WordPress core feature.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the “Site Health” item would sometimes not appear in the hide menu settings for administrators.
3.2.2
Feature: Added a feature to hide the title, revisions, word count, reading time, last edited date, and author from the post information panel in the editor screen.
Feature: Added an option to allow executing shortcodes in the title tag for major SEO plugins.
3.1.2
Improvement: Prevented menus added by this plugin from appearing in the “Environment-specific Menus” section for hiding left menu items.
3.1.1
Improvement: Changed the timing for opening advanced settings from only the first time to every time.
Bug Fix: The feature to remove the text under the alternative text now also removes it within the Media Library popup.
3.1.0
Feature: Added a feature to allow SVG uploads.
Feature: Added a feature to keep the advanced settings in the block editor open.
Feature: Added a feature to hide supplementary explanation texts in the block editor.
3.0.0
Feature: Added the ability to apply settings individually for each user role.
Feature: Added a UI to the settings screen to switch the target user role for editing.
Feature: Added a feature to the Dashboard tab to automatically detect and hide widgets added by plugins and themes.
Feature: Added a feature to the Quick Settings tab to copy settings from one role to another (one-to-one and one-to-many).
Feature: Added an option to the Admin Bar tab to change the “Logged in as” display format to use either the “Display Name” or “Username”.
Feature: Added an option to replace the default site name icon in the admin bar with the site’s favicon.
Feature: Added a feature to add custom menus to the admin bar, with separate settings for the front-end and the admin area.
Feature: Added an option to the Widgets tab to enable shortcodes in the Custom HTML widget.
Feature: Added an option to the Editor Screen tab to enable shortcodes in the title tag (compatible with both standard WordPress and SEO SIMPLE PACK).
Feature: Added a setting to hide the “Add New Category” and “Add New Tag” links in the editor sidebar.
Feature: Added a feature to the Admin Screen Settings tab to disable update notifications for WordPress core, themes, plugins, and translations individually.
Feature: Added a feature to the Admin Screen Settings tab to remove the “— WordPress” suffix from the tag of admin pages.
Improvement: Improved the “Hide Left Menu” feature to automatically detect custom sub-menus added by plugins or themes under standard menus (e.g., Tools).
Improvement: Custom menu items and dashboard widgets that have been hidden will now remain visible on the settings page, allowing them to be re-enabled at any time.
Improvement: Fixed the reset function to also clear cached data for detected custom menus and dashboard widgets.
Improvement: Enhanced the feature for removing items from the admin bar by changing it from a manual ID lookup to a checkbox-based system that automatically detects items.
Improvement: Refactored the “Previous/Next Post” link feature in the admin bar on the edit screen to use standard WordPress functions for better stability.
Improvement: The Quick Settings feature can now load role-specific preset files (e.g., recommend-editor.json).
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue in the Left Menu tab where items added with the ‘+’ button could not be deleted.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the “Customize” link in the admin bar would not appear in the list of items to hide in certain environments.
UI Tweak: Added an option to the Editor Screen tab to increase the height of the category and tag selection boxes to reduce scrolling.
UI Tweak: Removed the obsolete “Hide by URL” feature from the Left Menu tab.
2.5.0
Improvement: Improved the “Hide Left Menu” feature so that “Appearance” > “Customize” is correctly hidden even when parameters are added to its URL.
Feature: Added an option to the “Hide Left Menu” feature to hide the “Design (Editor)” menu item that appears with block themes.
Improvement: Removed the restriction that prevented hiding the “Settings” and “Privacy” menu items.
Feature: Added a fallback feature that automatically adds a top-level menu link to this plugin’s settings page if the main “Settings” menu is hidden.
Feature: Added a feature to hide admin bar items by specifying their IDs. This allows for the flexible removal of items added by other plugins and themes.
Improvement: Removed the now-redundant checkboxes for hiding Arkhe/SWELL-specific admin bar items, as this can now be done with the new ID-based removal feature.
Feature: Added a helper feature that lists all custom top-level admin bar node IDs, making it easy to find and copy the correct ID to hide.
2.4.0
Feature: Added a “Quick Settings” tab. You can now apply settings in bulk by choosing from presets like “Recommended,” “Add Features,” “Hide Items,” and “Minimal.”
Feature: Added the ability to add up to five custom sub-menus to the existing “Appearance,” “Tools,” and “Settings” menus.
Feature: Added top-level menu pages (e.g., Post List, User List) to the “Hide Left Menu” settings.
Feature: Added “Logout” to the list of items that can be hidden in the admin bar.
Feature: Added a function to display a “Logout” button at the far right of the admin bar.
Feature: Added “Appearance,” “Plugins,” “Users,” “Tools,” and “Settings” to the menu renaming feature.
Improvement: Added a unique “ID” column to the post and page list screens that does not conflict with other plugins, with sorting and width specification capabilities.
UI Tweak: Shortened the tab name in the settings screen from “Post & Page List Screen” to “List Screen.”
UI Tweak: Removed the “Recent Posts” hide option from the widget settings screen as it was not functioning correctly in some environments.
2.3.0
Feature: Added a function to display “Logout” as a button on the right end of the admin bar.
Feature: Added “Logout” to the admin bar hide settings.
Feature: Added “Appearance,” “Plugins,” “Users,” “Tools,” and “Settings” to the left menu renaming feature.
Feature: Added top-level menu pages (e.g., “Post List” and “User List”) to the left menu hide settings.
Improvement: Added a unique “ID” column to the post and page list screens with sorting and width specification, resolving display issues with ID columns added by themes or other plugins.
UI Tweak: Removed the “Recent Posts” hide option from the widget settings screen as it was not functioning correctly in some environments.
UI Tweak: Clarified the wording for settings related to the admin bar logout button.
2.1.7
Bug Fix: Fixed a Nonce verification vulnerability in the post list filtering function to improve security.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where some custom CSS in the editor screen was not saved or applied correctly.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the “Forgot your password?” and “Privacy Policy” links on the login screen were not being hidden.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the “Hide Screen Options” feature was not working by removing CSS dependency for a more robust solution.
Improvement: Optimized the link retrieval process for “Previous/Next Post” in the editor screen admin bar to improve performance.
UI Tweak: Removed some unnecessary descriptive text from the settings screen.
2.1.5
Feature: Added a function to hide any plugin menu from the left menu by specifying its URL.
Feature: Added a function to add custom menus with arbitrary links to the left menu.
Feature: Added a function to add links for navigating to the previous and next posts in the admin bar on the post edit screen.
Feature: Added a function to change the “Howdy, [user]” greeting in the admin bar to “Logged in as [user]”.
Feature: Added a function to change the admin bar colors (background and text).
Feature: Added a function to hide the admin bar only on the front-end (public view).
Feature: Added a function to hide the “Screen Options” at the top of the admin screen.
Feature: Added a function to add custom CSS that applies only to the Block Editor screen.
Improvement: Corrected the wording for “New Post” type items in the left menu to match the actual menu names (e.g., “Add New Post”).
Improvement: Reorganized the left menu hide settings UI and removed theme/plugin-specific items.
UI Tweak: Adjusted various texts, headings, and layouts on the settings screens for better clarity.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the ID column was displayed twice on the post list when using the SWELL theme, or the Arkhe theme with the Arkhe Toolkit plugin.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue in the Editor Screen tab’s revision settings where the input field’s show/hide function was not working correctly.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where saving an empty autosave interval would cause an error.
Bug Fix: Removed the custom color scheme feature from the Users tab.
2.0.0
Major Refactoring: Changed function and CSS prefixes from cap_ to comage_.
Code Cleanup: Fixed numerous issues to comply with WordPress Coding Standards, including security (escaping, Nonce verification) and internationalization.
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the settings reset function would result in a “Link has expired” error.
Improvement: Added SWELL theme items to the left menu hide/move function.
Improvement: Added “Dashboard” to the list of menus whose icons can be changed.
UI Tweak: Removed unnecessary descriptive text from the left menu settings tab.
1.7.5
Adjustment: Refactored code, externalized JavaScript files, added missing translations, and matched the slug name with the file name.
1.7.0
Feature: Added a new “Users” tab to the settings screen, with features for customizing the user list screen and custom color schemes.
Feature: Added columns for “ID,” “Display Name,” and “Color Scheme” to the user list screen.
Feature: Added the ability to individually hide bulk actions (Delete, Send Password Reset) and hover menus (Edit, Delete, etc.) on the user list screen.
Feature: Added a function to specify column widths on the user list screen.
Feature: Added a function to hide the “Change role to…” dropdown on the user list screen.
Feature: Added a function to add a 10th custom color scheme pattern selectable on the profile screen.
Improvement: Modified the Dashboard memo to be editable by logged-in users other than administrators.
Feature: Added a function to add an “ID” column to the post and page list screens, with sorting and width specification.
Feature: Added settings to the “Exclusion Settings” tab to disable various WordPress features (e.g., remove wlwmanifest link).
Improvement: Changed the section name for “Arkhe-related plugins” menu move settings to “Add within Settings” and reorganized the UI.
Feature: Added a fix to hide the duplicate “Add ID column” setting when SWELL or Arkhe Toolkit is active.
1.6.0
Feature: Added “Patterns” and “Reusable Blocks” to the left menu hide function.
Feature: Added menu items for the “SEO SIMPLE PACK” plugin to the left menu hide function.
Feature: Added a setting to specify the height of separators in the left menu.
Feature: Added “Change to Draft,” “Publish,” and “Set to Private” to the bulk actions dropdown on the post and page list screens.
Feature: Added a function to remove “Edit” and “Move to Trash” from the bulk actions dropdown on the post and page list screens.
Feature: Added a function to hide the bulk actions dropdown itself on the post and page list screens.
Improvement: Changed the timing of the left menu hiding process to avoid conflicts with other plugins.
Improvement: Added a setting on the Dashboard tab to allow non-administrator users to edit the memo widget.
1.5.0
Feature: Added a user filtering function to the Media Library.
Feature: Added “ID” and “Slug” columns to the Media Library.
Feature: Enabled sorting for various columns in the Media Library (ID, Slug, Alt Text, File Size).
Feature: Added a function to freely change the display order of columns in the Media Library.
Improvement: Standardized the “Dimensions” display in the Media Library to “Width x Height”.
Improvement: Improved the UI for specifying column widths in the Media Library.
1.4.5
Feature: Added a function to move the admin bar to the bottom of the screen.
Feature: Added multiple columns (File Size, URL, etc.) to the Media Library (list view) and a function to specify their widths.
Feature: Added a function to hide “View Mode” from the “Screen Options” on the post and page list.
Improvement: Improved the ability to individually hide hover menu items in the Media Library.
Improvement: Improved the editor screen’s autosave interval to be configurable in minutes.
Improvement: Added a function to change the icons of the left menu items.
Internal Improvement: Improved the data storage mechanism so that all data is deleted upon plugin uninstallation.
Internal Improvement: Enhanced the security of the settings import function.
1.4.0
Feature: Added a function to freely change the names of “Posts,” “Media,” and “Pages” in the left menu.
Feature: Greatly expanded the list of items that can be hidden in the left menu, allowing almost all standard menus to be hidden.
Feature: Expanded the list of items that can be hidden in the admin bar.
Feature: Added a function to remove the version number from the footer in the “Exclusion Settings” tab.
Feature: Added a function to disable updates (WordPress core, plugins, themes).
Improvement: Improved the Dashboard memo feature to allow rich text editing and saving directly within the widget.
Improvement: Changed the left menu hide settings UI to a tree format for a clearer parent-child relationship.
Improvement: Changed the display condition for Arkhe-related features from theme-dependent to being based on the activation state of the related plugin.
Improvement: Revised the wording for the admin bar site name change to be more specific and understandable.
1.3.2
Fix: Fixed an issue where the Dashboard memo editor font was not displaying as a sans-serif font.
Fix: Corrected the display logic for Arkhe-related settings to properly reflect the activation state of the theme and plugins.
Tweak: Removed the non-functional “Change Profile” checkbox from the admin bar settings.
Tweak: Adjusted labels and descriptions in various places on the settings screen for better clarity.
1.3.1
Updated the plugin’s official website URL.
1.3.0
Feature: Added an “Admin Screen Settings Overview” widget to the dashboard, displaying a summary of active customizations.
Feature: Added an option to hide the “Memo” and “Admin Screen Settings Overview” widgets.
Feature: Added a function to import and export plugin settings.
Feature: Added full internationalization (multilingual) support to the plugin.
Internal Improvement: Completely reorganized the internal file structure to improve maintainability and future scalability.
Fix: Fixed an issue where character count was not being calculated correctly on the post list screen.
Tweak: Reorganized labels and descriptions throughout the settings screens for better clarity.
Tweak: Changed image size options and theme-dependent settings to a fixed list to avoid environment-specific issues.