WP Custom Status Manager

2.0.0

• Gutenberg / Block Editor support: custom statuses now appear in the block editor sidebar via a dedicated panel
• Custom statuses are registered on the ‘init’ hook instead of ‘admin_init’, enabling frontend and REST API compatibility
• REST API support: custom statuses can be saved through the WordPress REST API (required by Gutenberg)
• Dashboard UI overhaul: “Hide core status” column now uses a modern toggle switch instead of Yes/No text links
• Dashboard UI overhaul: “Registered Custom Statuses” column now displays a clean sub-table with status name and edit icon
• Improved edit status popup with better layout, field grouping, grid-based options, and styled action buttons
• Post type filter: collapsible panel to show/hide specific post types from the main table (all visible by default)
• Post types now show their human-readable label alongside the slug
• Security fix: all SQL queries now use $wpdb->prepare() to prevent SQL injection
• Security fix: replaced raw unserialize() with maybe_unserialize()
• Security fix: output escaping with esc_html(), esc_attr(), esc_js() to prevent XSS
• Bug fix: operator precedence error in hide_core_statuses toggle (sanitize was applied to comparison result, not to value)
• Bug fix: removed debug print_r() during plugin activation
• Bug fix: removed usage of deprecated FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING (PHP 8.1+)
• Bug fix: fixed undefined $debug_data variable in error responses
• Bug fix: version constant now matches plugin header version
• Bug fix: fixed missing closing bracket in jQuery selector for publish button
• Code quality: uses $wpdb->update() and $wpdb->insert() with format arrays instead of raw query interpolation
• Code quality: proper WP_DEBUG constant check
• UI/UX totally reviewed
• Ask for Sync post status when change status name/slug
• Totally compatible with your previous data/configuration

1.0.5

• Fix deprecated notice with PHP 8

1.0.4

• Fixed some warnings
• Conversion of db values from JSON to Serialized strings
• New admin menu dash-icon (Flag)

1.0.3

• Fixed table creation error on plugin activation

1.0.2

• Fixed warning error in hw_wp_status_manager_get_custom_statuses() function while it return a not-array value
• Changed Plugin’s name to help users to find it easier, in wp repository

1.0.1

• Fixed static boolean values in Register status
• Translation fix

1.0.0

• First stable release