Changelog

What's new in ShieldConsent

Every update, fix, and improvement — documented here.

v1.2.3 September 16, 2026 Latest

Changed

Google Consent Mode signals are now built from a single source of truth shared by the server and the browser, so the values sent to Google always match the visitor's stored consent

Fixed

The functionality_storage signal now follows your Functional consent category in every case

v1.2.2 September 16, 2026

Changed

Google Consent Mode mapping: functionality_storage now follows the Functional consent category instead of being always granted

v1.2.1 September 15, 2026

Fixed

Sites behind a CDN or reverse proxy could reach the public endpoints rate limits site-wide - rate limiting is now proxy-aware

A WordPress 6.7+ notice about translations loading too early

A PHP 8.1+ notice when opening the setup wizard

Changed

License checks no longer run on visitor requests - the last known status is cached and refreshed in the background

The consent-saving rate limit now applies to every request

Minimum PHP version is now 8.0

Updated Chart.js for the admin statistics

Tested up to WordPress 7.1

v1.2.0 July 9, 2026

Added

Page-cache compatible mode — pages stay fully cacheable; banner language, region mode and consent state resolve client-side

"Deep HTML scan" toggle and choice of HTML processing engine (legacy regex or WordPress HTML API on WP 6.5+)

Buffer instrumentation (timing and blocked-script counters in debug mode, Diagnostics panel)

Changed

Performance: translations now load lazily with WordPress 6.5+ PHP translation files; per-request cost of the HTML buffer greatly reduced; consented visitors skip scanning entirely

Performance: known-cookies database externalized to JSON; large admin classes no longer load on frontend requests

Security: general hardening — stronger input validation, output escaping, and TLS verification on outbound requests

Privacy: IP addresses sent to geolocation providers are now anonymized (last octet removed)

Developer: PHPUnit test suite (tests/), new filters shieldconsent_html_buffer_engine, shieldconsent_html_buffer_stats, shieldconsent_trusted_proxy, shieldconsent_geo_api_timeout

Fixed

Payment scripts (Stripe, PayPal…) now follow the functional consent category consistently across both blocking layers

Banner language flash on first visit for multilingual audiences

v1.1.1 April 22, 2026 Initial release

Added

Initial public release lineage: banner customizer, cookie scanner, Consent Mode v2, consent logging, multi-region modes, 36 languages