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(Release Notes^[link1] | by topic^[link2])

6.1.28

(27.07.2025) edbca06^[link3]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• set 'Send me a copy' checkbox by default for personal messages
• rename lang files for theme
  • theme/lang/theme.<lang>.php
  • theme/lang/theme.all.php
• set HTTP status 410 for deleted pages
• fix uploading is rejected when upload_max_size is 0
• disables double-click editing for pages with actions that have a <input> and <textarea> form tag 
• disable Topics API in permissions_policy.conf
  • browsing-topics=()
• allow Admins to change passwords for other users
• add copy to clipboard button for page tag and file syntax
• add option comments_offset to display either the first or last comments page by default
• update Indonesian translation
• PHPMailer 6.10.0
• freeCap 1.4.6
  • add AVIF and WebP support to freeCap
  • set WebP as default image type for freeCap

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.27...6.1.28^[link4]

6.1.27

(29.03.2025) 107bd4d^[link5]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• installer: set more strict create ACLs for default pages
• installer: add option to set default ACL settings (public or private wiki)
• add to-top button for smaller screens to default theme
• remove max values from form field for logo height and width
• set min to 8 for user password form fields in admin panel
• use short year alias y instead of yyyy for ICU date formats
• translations
  • add Arabic, Czech, Finnish, Norwegian, Romanian, Portuguese-Brasilian, Swedish and Ukrainian translation
  • update Danish, Greek, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish and Portuguese translation
  • add initial Indonesian language files
• make date format depended on localization and user preferences
  • add date_preference VARCHAR(20) to user_setting table
  • add american_date to secondary config
  • formatter: add option american_date to set the default date format for English to 
    • [mdy] MM/dd/y (true)
    • [dmy] dd-MM-y (false)
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• svg sanitizer 0.20
• PHPMailer 6.9.2
• SimplePie 1.8.1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.26...6.1.27^[link6]

6.1.26

(05.10.2024) a401705^[link7]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds file_meta for file_cache
• uses :focus-within pseudo selector for dropdown
• adds CSS class btn-sm and btn-md
• English message sets fixes
• initial language files for Tamil
• re-check for anonymous user before storing cache
  • soft_login() may set sess->user_profile
• removes redundant setlocale() call
• adds db_vendor to primary config
• installer auto-detects db_vendor
  • either mariadb or mysql
  • uses server SQL mode for installer by default
  • in debug mode the db_vendor can be selected in the db config page along with the SQL mode
  • mainly to solve SQL mode incompatibilities between MariaDB and MySQL
• renames sql_mode_strict to sql_mode
  • 0 – server (default)
  • 1 – session lax 
  • 2 – session strict
• fixes not showing read ACL $ pages in the default menu for logged in users with no own bookmarks defined
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• svg sanitizer 0.19
• PhpThumb 2.3.1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.25...6.1.26^[link8]

6.1.25

(11.04.2024) c55334f^[link9]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• removed deprecated Pragma: no-cache and Expires: header
• fixes If-Modified-Since conditional requests issues
• fixes invalid ETag
• fixes various Cache-Control header issues
• fixes missing height width value for external img links
• adds option to transliterate filenames to lowercase
• adds navigation action
• adds option to set the SameSite attribute, see constants.php
• adds option login_notice to hide recurring 'Welcome back' notice
• adds full words highlight mode
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• PHPMailer 6.9.1
• svg sanitizer 0.18

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.24...6.1.25^[link10]

6.1.24

(11.11.2023) aa1f504^[link11]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• sets direct link to diff handler in feed and change notice
• sets abuse_email as the Sender email (return-path) of the message
• updates Português translation
• random action redirects logged-in users now also to pages with registered users as read permission
• enables section edit by default
• adds syndication module to Admin panel
• miscellaneous minor fixes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.23...6.1.24^[link12]

6.1.23

(05.07.2023) 1069fc1^[link13]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• fixes error creating cache table
• fixes missing byte factor
• minor installer fixes
• adds option email_confirmation to enforce email confirmation
• adds option forbidden_email_domains to blacklist email domains
• adds regex pattern for action and formatter
• adds backup note option

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.22...6.1.23^[link14]

6.1.22

(05.06.2023) 7248866^[link15]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• unified link templates
• _t() falls back to English for untranslated message sets
• adds max_image_area, max_image_width and min_thumbnail_distance option to config
• adds help option to actions help=1 (print help and exit)
• adds option to localize action help (see action/lang/help.<lang>.php)
• adds function number_format() and template filter number_format (uses intl NumberFormatter)
• replaces Mozilla specific WikiEdit CSS with var()
• replaces unnecessary double quotes
• adds admin_massregex action (see community/action)
• split HTMLSax3 to one file per class
• PHP Thumb Library 2.3.0
• SafeHTML 1.3.13

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.21...6.1.22^[link16]

6.1.21

(19.04.2023) 3add27e^[link17]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• changes format for backup.log to JSON (see upgrade page for more details)
• adds gallery action to core (except lightbox)
• adds thumbnail support to wiki formatter (activate in upload module)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.20...6.1.21^[link18]

6.1.20

(10.04.2023) 2d47c2f^[link19]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds icon for action to WikiEdit
• adds option to re-hash all attachments
• allows now hyphen-minus in file name and ignores duplicate files
  • e.g. wackowiki-6.0.38.zip
• uses SafeHTML to clean CDATA in svg-sanitizer
• adds option to send a copy of a personal message to the sender
• adds admin_replace actio
  • allows administrators to do a global string find-and-replace on all wiki pages
• Hashids 5.0.2
• PHPMailer 6.8.0
• svg sanitizer 0.16

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.19...6.1.20^[link20]

6.1.19

(10.03.2023) 40a17a7^[link21]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• improves MIME type check and verify file extension check in upload handler
• fixes file tool visualisation for all and linked mode
• moves page tag pattern and file extension sets to constant array (self::PATTERN)
• moves wacko_language into wacko_translation
• adds upload_allowed_exts option to config
• adds file hash to file table (set missing file hash for legacy records via adminupdate action)
• adds duplicate file notices
• skips now is_executable($dir) check for Windows in restore module
• svg-sanitizer 0.15.4
• miscellaneous minor fixes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.18...6.1.19^[link22]

6.1.18

(09.02.2023) 6f7e285^[link23]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds noinclude formatter
• adds icons for dark mode
• 'mark as read' now always uses UTC 
• preloads all page links (body_r) now only for show and print handler
• fixes some ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY issues
• fixes title creation for topic split in moderation handler
• sets 'page' parameter for editsection action now via this->context
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• SimplePie 1.8.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.17...6.1.18^[link24]

6.1.17

(09.01.2023) 4291885^[link25]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds typografica option to page settings
• removes obsolete charset determination
• PHP 8.2 compatibility fixes
• miscellaneous minor fixes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.16...6.1.17^[link26]

6.1.16

(07.12.2022) ff50779^[link27]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• improved section edit implementation
• new alternate formatter syntax ``
• Typografica supports quotes again (fixed old charset conversion error)
• new highlight.js and timeline formatter (see community folder)
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• PHPMailer 6.7

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.15...6.1.16^[link28]

6.1.15

(11.11.2022) 8bbf783^[link29]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds section edit support
  • option section_edit
• fixes list regex for letters and Roman numerals
• fixes rfc3986 encode issue for tag with mode_rewrire off 
• adds version parameter to hashid action
• adds templates for highlight formatters

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.14...6.1.15^[link30]

6.1.14

(14.10.2022) 72da9d8^[link31]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• links breadcrumb for page if method is not 'show'
• XML export requirers now only 'read' access
• adds viewport to installer
• SimplePie 1.7.0
• Bad Behaviour 2.2.25
• PHPMailer 6.6.5

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.13...6.1.14^[link32]

6.1.13

(20.09.2022) d9a3b3c^[link33]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• filemeta handler refactoring
• add simple sorting to file search form in files action
  • options=1 show sort & filter options
• unified some input validation
• turns Typografica corrector off by default (only useful for some languages)
• simplified module mode menu translation
• uses now short table prefix alias
• moves colon again into message set (for non-latin colon)
• shows only content in browser print mode
• shows now page version in print view
• allows full stop and hyphen-minus as part of the page tag only between alphanumeric characters as single character
• reloads theme lang files for themes_per_page option
• allows to add custom language files for you own scripts
  • lang/custom.<lang>.php → $custom_translation = ['Eureka' => 'Εύρηκα',];
• hides custom menu options by default
• PHPMailer 6.6.4

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.12...6.1.13^[link34]

6.1.12

(30.06.2020) 8b6146f^[link35]

Bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds PRIMARY KEY to acl and usergroup_member table
• fixes broken news feed
• sets visibility tag colors for access modes
• PHPMailer 6.6.3
• WikiEdit 3.22

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.11...6.1.12^[link36]

6.1.11

(20.06.2022) e3132cd^[link37]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds config option session_notice to indicates the cause of the session termination (default: off)
• adds missing ¶ pilcrow footnote denominator
• shows now captions also in print view handler
• renames folder wacko to src
• replaces var with public to declare a property
• adds purge tab to revisions handler
• returns a 409 Conflict instead of a 200 OK on an edit conflict
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• PHPMailer 6.6.2
• PHPThumb 2.2.1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.1.10...6.1.11^[link38]

6.1.10

(25.05.2022) 528697a^[link39]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• various SQL Strict mode fixes
• [[^ footnote]] new aggregated footnote syntax (including syntax to set individual footnote denominators)
  • you can mix individual denominators and auto-numbering (introductory footnotes & reference footnotes)
  • [[^§ footnote]] allows you to define individual footnote denominators
  • allowed denominators are alphanumeric characters and *, †, ‡, §, ‖, ¶
  • If a already defined footnote denominator is reused, it defaults back to auto-numbering.
  • [[^#10 footnote]] resets start for auto-numbering
  • [[^c]] an empty reference refers to an existing footnote, if there is one 
• adds footnote button to WikiEdit
• new signature icon
• added start parameter for toc numbering
• fixed broken typografica
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• SimplePie 1.6.0
• clipboard.js v2.0.11

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]mpare/6.1.9...6.1.10^[link40]

6.1.9

(17.04.2022) 7af69d1^[link41]

Bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• sets always system language for feeds
• replaces fancyBox3 lightbox support for gallery action with PhotoSwipe (see community folder in repository)
• backported patches for PHPThumb
• miscellaneous minor fixes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]ompare/6.1.8...6.1.9^[link42]

6.1.8

(25.03.2022) 24dab6c^[link43]

Bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• removes obsolete convert module
• sets missing context for comments and news feed
• allows now multi-line actions
• complete Chinese translation
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• PHPMailer 6.6.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]ompare/6.1.7...6.1.8^[link44]

6.1.7

(25.02.2022) 8f739d0^[link45]

Bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• normalizes inserting pages in installer
• fixes broken sub-forum options
• adds additional CSS column styles
• updates message sets
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• PHPMailer 6.5.4
• clipboard.js v2.0.10

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]ompare/6.1.6...6.1.7^[link46]

6.1.6

(30.01.2022) 5ff03f9^[link47]

Bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• fixes broken delete cluster option
• moves table column styles to CSS 
• unifies time field names in file table
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• clipboard.js v2.0.9

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]ompare/6.1.5...6.1.6^[link48]

6.1.5

(25.12.2021) 87eae26^[link49]

Bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds option to set DB error mode (PHP 8.1 changes defaults, see constants.php)
• use exceptions also for MySQLi driver
• adds indexes to menu and watch table
• disables auto-creation of empty help, terms and privacy page
• adds name_desc to order parameter in files action
• fixes some PHP 8.1 deprecated notices
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• SimplePie 1.5.8

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]ompare/6.1.4...6.1.5^[link50]

6.1.4

(15.12.2021) d5a6d61^[link51]

Bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• uses now the IntlDateFormatter for localizing date and time formats
• fixes broken query parameters in news and topics action
• fixes some PHP 8.1 deprecated notices
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• PHPMailer 6.5.3

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]ompare/6.1.3...6.1.4^[link52]

6.1.3

(25.11.2021) e060ce1^[link53]

Bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds Persian language and provisional RTL theme support
• adds theme-color meta tag 
• removes polls and page rating from core
• miscellaneous minor fixes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]ompare/6.1.2...6.1.3^[link54]

6.1.2

(28.10.2021) ddf89c5^[link55]

Bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• mainly cleanup
• adds optional parameter tag to get_page_path() function (see appearance/header.php)
• adds get_favicon() function (see appearance/ folder)
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• php-diff 2.4.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]ompare/6.1.1...6.1.2^[link56]

6.1.1

(03.10.2021) 87d8d0d^[link57]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.1.x series

• adds language filter to search in multilanguage mode
• adds csv formatter (see community folder)
• adds support for JPEG XL 
• disables JavaScript in all SVGs via CSP directive
• removes check and rehash of legacy password formats
• sets numerated links always as absolute URL 
• adds news_structure option to determine news_levels out of the box
• adds option xml_sitemap_gz to compress sitemap.xml
• moves sitemap.xml into xml folder (set the path to sitemap.xml accordingly in robots.txt)
  • e.g. Sitemap: https://wiki.example.com/xml/sitemap.xml.gz
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• PHPMailer 6.5.1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]ompare/6.1.0...6.1.1^[link58]

6.1.0

(05.08.2021) 5dae6e8^[link59]

This release drops support for PHP 7 to implement new PHP 8 functionality such as Match expression and str_*() functions along with other goodies, requires now at least PHP 8.0.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]mpare/6.0.22...6.1.0^[link60]

(Release Notes^[link61] | by topic^[link62])

6.0.38

(02.08.2025) a2b52f6^[link63]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.0.x series

• adds icon for action to WikiEdit toolbar
• _t() falls back to English for untranslated message sets
• allows now hyphen-minus in file name and ignores duplicate files
  • e.g. wackowiki-6.0.38.zip
• re-check for anonymous user before storing cache
  • soft_login() may set sess->user_profile
• adds function number_format() to localize formatting
  • uses intl NumberFormatter
• adds admin_replace action
  • allows administrators to do a global string find-and-replace on all wiki pages
• changes format for backup.log to JSON (see upgrade page for more details)
  • Remove the backups you've created prior to WackoWiki 6.0.38 from the file/backup/ folder or replace the backup.log with a JSON formatted version.
• disables show_permalink by default
• removed deprecated Pragma: no-cache and Expires: header
• fixes If-Modified-Since conditional requests issues
• fixes invalid ETag
• fixes various Cache-Control header issues
• adds option to set the SameSite attribute
• removes redundant setlocale() call
• set HTTP status 410 for deleted pages
• fix uploading is rejected when upload_max_size is 0
• add copy to clipboard button for page tag and file syntax
• allow Admins to change passwords for other users
• uses :focus-within pseudo selector for dropdown
• adds CSS class btn-sm and btn-md
• miscellaneous minor fixes
• SimplePie 1.8.1
• PHPMailer 6.10.0
• freeCap 1.4.6

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.0.37...6.0.38^[link64]

6.0.37

(10.03.2023) fa31bc7^[link65]

Minor feature and bug fix release for 6.0.x series

• adds verify file extension check to upload handler
• adds additional MIME type check to upload handler
• move $wacko_language[] into $wacko_translation[]
• move page tag pattern and file extension sets to constant array
• adds upload_allowed_exts option to config
• adds svg sanitizer
• adds duplicate file notices
• adds file hash to file table
  • file_hash CHAR(40)
• skip is_executable($dir) check for Windows in restore module

Full Changelog: https://github.com/WackoWiki/w[...]pare/6.0.36...6.0.37^[link66]