The Word Widget

0.9

• for use in a WP 5.8 Legacy Widget Block, moved the static method html from includes/admin-form.php into the-word-widget.php
• dropped the empty the-word-widget-admin.php
• tested with PHP 7.4.3 and WordPress 5.8 RC4

0.8

• use anonymous function (available since PHP 5.3.0) instead of create_function (deprecated in PHP 7.2)
• tested with PHP 7.2.15 and WordPress 5.1 RC2

0.7

• use https protocol to access bible2.net
• tested up to WordPress 4.8

0.6

• if the SimpleXML module is missing, the widget configuration form shows a detailed info.

0.5

• if the widget form (for admin) fails to retrieve the list of Bible editions from bible2.net, the form shows a detailed log of its actions, and some environment info (allow_url_fopen, php_version(), $wp_version, $required_php_version).

0.4

• on restricted server configurations,
• the plugin now falls back to a safer method to retrieve data from bible2.net
• (if PHP setting allow_url_fopen=Off, simplexml_load_file fails,
• then the plugin uses the WordPress method wg_remote_get)

0.3

• the widget does not store a .twd file per year but uses the daily online service

0.2

• the widget form (for admin) retrieves the list of Bible editions from bible2.net,
• … lets admin select the Bible edition
• … and retrieves The Word .twd file for the selected Bible edition from bible2.net.
• the widget shows The Word from the Bible edition selected in the widget form.

0.1

• initial version