Bulk Delete – Changelog

2019-04-09 – V6.0.1

New Features

  • Added the ability to choose post status in addition to post type while deleting meta fields.

Enhancements

  • Enhanced warning and error messages.
  • Enhanced the taxonomy dropdown by grouping built-in and custom taxonomies.
  • Enhanced UI for scheduling deletion

2019-02-22 – V6.0.0 (10th Anniversary Release)

New Features:

  • Added the ability to delete taxonomy terms based on name.
  • Added the ability to delete taxonomy terms based on post count.
  • Added the ability to delete posts based on comment count.
  • Added the ability to delete users who don’t belong to any role (no role).
  • Added the ability to reassign posts of a user who is going to be deleted to another user before deletion.
  • Added the ability to unstick sticky posts.
  • Added support for custom post status.
  • Added the ability to delete comment meta based on both meta key and value.
  • Complete rewrite of the way deletion is handled to improve performance.

Enhancements:

  • Load all 3rd party library js and css locally and not from CDN. The plugin can work fully in offline mode.
  • Introduced a filter to exclude certain posts or users from getting deleted.
  • Display schedule label instead of slug in scheduled jobs list table.
  • Lot of UI/UX improvements.
  • Fully compatible with from PHP 5.3 to 7.3.
  • Fully compatible with Gutenberg.

2018-01-29 – v5.6.1

New Features

  • Added the ability to delete users based on partial user meta values.

Enhancements:

  • Fixed a typo in filter text.

2017-12-28 – v5.6.0

  • New Features
    • Added the ability to delete posts based on custom post status.
    • Added the ability to filter delete users based on post count.
    • Added the ability to filter the deletion of Jetpack contact messages using various filters.
  • Enhancements
    • Now works in PHP version from 5.2 to 7.2

2017-11-07 – v5.5.7

  • Enhancements
    • Improved the UI by removing all unnecessary sidebars.

2017-07-06 – v5.5.6 – (Dev time: 1 hour)

  • New Features
    • Ability to delete users who have empty value in a user meta field.
  • Enhancements
    • Added custom taxonomies in System Info.

2017-01-28 – v5.5.5 – (Dev time: 1 hour)

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed a bug that caused Jetpack messages to be not deleted properly.

2016-02-13 – v5.5.4 – (Dev time: 5 hours)

  • Bug Fixes
    • Security fix that prevents non-privileged users from deleting posts.
  • Enhancements
    • Lot of code refactoring to improve quality.

2015-11-02 – v5.5.3 – (Dev time: 3 hours)

  • New Features
    • Added the ability to delete users based on their registered date. (Issue #115)
  • Enhancements
    • Sanitize action post field before using it.
    • Updated Screenshots that are linked in the readme.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed a bug that caused a warning while updating addons. (Issue #113)
    • Fixed typos and enhanced labels.

2015-10-05 – v5.5.2 (Dev time: 2 hours)

  • New Features
    • Added the ability to delete users who have never logged in.
  • Enhancements
    • Added compatibility with “Advanced Custom Fields Pro” plugin.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed issue in deleting posts by category

2015-08-15 – v5.5.1 (Dev time: 2.5 hours)

  • New Features
    • Added actions that are executed before and after a query is executed.
    • Added actions that are executed before and after scripts and styles are enqueued.
  • Enhancements
    • Added compatibility with “The Events Calendar” plugin.
    • Added compatibility with “WooCommerce” plugin. (Issue #111)
    • Display warning in the System Info page if certain required options are disabled. (Issue #106)
    • Added information about “WPCRONLOCK_TIMEOUT” to System Info

2015-07-21 – v5.5 (Dev time: 50 hours)

  • New Features
    • Added the ability to delete users based on user meta. (Issue #79)
    • Improved the UI of dropdowns. (Issue #101)
    • (Addon) Added the ability to delete attachments. (Issue #98)
  • Enhancements
    • Tweaked the code that generates the UI and lot of hidden improvements.
    • Tweaked the code that retrieves Mysql version. (Issue #102)
    • Tweaked the license handling code. (Issue #92)
    • Tweaked the build process
    • Use compressed JS and CSS files for better performance. (Issue #62)

2015-03-03 – v5.4.2 (Dev time: 5.0 hours)

  • Tweak: Improve performance of DB queries to prevent timeouts. (Issue #93)
  • Tweak: Add details about different post types in system info. (Issue #100)
  • Tweak: Add details about timezone settings in system info. (Issue #100)

2015-02-14 – v5.4.1 – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Tweak: Use Google CDN for jQuery UI CSS, instead of ASP.NET

2014-09-14 – v5.4 – (Dev time: 20 hours)

  • New: Added the ability to delete post meta fields (Issue #43)
  • New: Added the ability to delete comment meta fields (Issue #70)
  • New: Added the ability to delete user meta fields (Issue #87)
  • New: (Addon) Added the ability to delete posts based on attachment
  • New: Added the ability to hook into JavaScript message, date picker and validation (Issue 82, 83, 84)
  • New: Prevent PHP from timing out while performing bulk operations(Issue #81)
  • Tweak: Group memory related info together in system info output
  • Tweak: Tweak the warning and error messages that are shown to the users
  • Tweak: Remove hard dependency on “Bulk Delete From Trash” addon in code
  • Tweak: Tweak the admin UI for WordPress 4.0 and added custom plugin icons
  • Tweak: Tweak the code that handles automatic update of addons

2014-08-17 – v5.3 – (Dev time: 17 hours)

  • New: Ability to delete Jetpack Contact Form Messages (Issue #72)
  • New: New Addon to send email whenever a Bulk WP Scheduler runs
  • New: Settings screen for addons (Issue #78)
  • New: Add setting helper functions for addons
  • Tweak: Tweak the names of the menu items (Issue #73)
  • Tweak: Add information about DISABLE_WP_CRON in system info
  • Tweak: Tweak labels in Scheduled Jobs page (Issue #71)
  • Tweak: Removed unused variable
  • Tweak: Removed old compatibility code for The Events Calendar plugin
  • Tweak: Add filters to extend menu items (Issue #74)
  • Tweak: Add filters to extend meta boxes in each page (Issue #75)
  • Tweak: Remove upgraded from from system info (Issue #77)
  • Bug: Fixed a warning that happened because of duplicate call to add_meta_boxes

2014-07-03 – v5.2 – (Dev time: 8 hours)

  • New: Ability to delete users in batches (Issue #47)
  • New: A new addon to delete posts based on users (Issue #6)

2014-06-14 – v5.1 – (Dev time: 8 hours)

  • New: Added the “Delete posts from trash” addon (Issue #65)
  • Tweak: Added EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS to system info page (Issue #67)
  • Tweak: Change the contextual help content for admin screens (Issue #68)
  • Bug: Added compatibility for PHP version 5.2.4 (Issue #66)
  • Bug: Fixed a bug in JavaScript validation in “Delete by URL” module (Issue #69)

2014-06-12 – v5.0.2 – (Dev time: 1 hours)

  • Bug: Added compatibility for PHP version 5.2.4 (Issue #64)

2014-06-10 – v5.0.1 – (Dev time: 1 hours)

  • Fix: Deleting users had as issue that was introduced in v5.0

2014-06-10 – v5.0 – (Dev time: 60 hours)

  • New: Add the ability to delete posts by duplicate title (#56)
  • New: Add a new page that displays system information for debugging
  • New: Add the ability to handle addon license
  • New: Use add_settings_error method to display information to users
  • Tweak: Make Bulk_Delete class singleton
  • Tweak: Move all deprecated functions and code to a separate file
  • Tweak: Add the ability to filter text displayed in admin footer
  • Tweak: Change the menu text for Schedule page
  • Tweak: Move delete page modules to a separate page
  • Tweak: Refactored the way request was handled
  • Tweak: Update screenshots
  • Tweak: Handle expired license properly

2014-01-26 – v4.4.3 – (Dev time: 1.5 hours)

  • Tweak: Ability to delete posts from non-public post types as well
  • Fix: Fix the height of the sidebar

2014-01-05 – v4.4.2 – (Dev time: 1.5 hours)

  • Tweak: Move request processing code for deleting by custom field to addon
  • Fix: Deleting first x posts deletes all posts while deleting by category (#44)
  • Fix: Posts are moved to trash even if “Delete permanently” option is selected (#45)

2013-12-18 – v4.4.1 – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Fix: Bulk Delete menu overrides other menus at the same position

2013-12-14 – v4.4 – (Dev time: 10 hours)

  • New: Ability to delete all published posts from “Post Status” module
  • New: Ability to delete all sticky posts from “Post Status” module
  • New: Ability to delete posts by title
  • Tweak: Moved all option page to a separate top menu
  • Tweak: Tweak UI for WordPress 3.8
  • Fix: Fix undefined notices and strict warnings

2013-12-08 – v4.3 – (Dev time: 2 hours)

  • New: Ability to delete custom post type posts by categories
  • New: Ability to delete custom post type posts by custom taxonomy
  • Fix: Fix link to “Custom Field” Addon

2013-11-11 – v4.2.2 – (Dev time: 1 hour)

  • Fix: Bug in deleting custom post types with hypen

2013-11-07 – v4.2.1 – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Explicitly mark static methods as static

2013-10-22 – v4.2 – (Dev time: 3 hours)

  • Add the ability to custom post type posts by post status

2013-10-12 – v4.1 – (Dev time: 6 hours)

  • Add the “delete by custom field” pro addon

2013-10-07 – v4.0.2 – (Dev time: 1 hours)

  • Fix issue in displaying meta boxes
  • Show taxonomy label instead of slug
  • Fix issue in deleting posts by custom taxonomy

2013-09-12 – v4.0.1 – (Dev time: 1 hours)

  • Fix JavaScript bug that prevented deleting posts by days and in batches

2013-09-09 – v4.0 – (Dev time: 25 hours)

  • Add the ability to delete users
  • Move menu items under tools

2013-07-07 – v3.6.0 – (Dev time: 2 hours)

  • Change minimum requirement to WordPress 3.3
  • Fix compatibility issues with “The event calendar” Plugin

2013-06-01 – v3.5 – (Dev time: 10 hours)

  • Added support to delete custom post types
  • Added Gujarati translations
  • Ignore sticky posts when deleting drafts

2013-05-22 – v3.4 – (Dev time: 20 hours)

  • Incorporated Screen API to select/deselect different sections of the page
  • Load only sections that are selected by the user

2013-05-11 – v3.3 – (Dev time: 10 hours)

  • Enhanced the deletion of posts using custom taxonomies
  • Added the ability to schedule auto delete of taxonomies by date
  • Cleaned up all messages that are shown to the user
  • Added on screen help tab

2013-05-04 – v3.2 – (Dev time: 20 hours)

  • Added support for scheduling auto delete of pages
  • Added support for scheduling auto delete of drafts
  • Fixed issue in deleting post revisions
  • Move post revisions to a separate section
  • Better handling of post count to improve performance
  • Moved pages to a separate section
  • Added ability to delete pages in different status
  • Added the option to schedule auto delete of tags by date
  • Fixed a bug which was not allowing categories to be deleted based on date

2013-04-28 – v3.1 – (Dev time: 5 hours)

  • Added separate delete by sections for pages, drafts and urls
  • Added the option to delete by date for drafts, revisions, future posts etc
  • Added the option to delete by date for pages

2013-04-27 – v3.0 – (Dev time: 10 hours)

  • Added support for pro addons
  • Added GUI to see cron jobs

v2.2.2 (2012-12-20) (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Removed unused wpdb->prepare() function calls

v2.2.1 (2012-10-28) (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Added Serbian translations

v2.2 (2012-07-11) (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Added Hindi translations
  • Added checks to see if elements are present in the array before accessing them.

v2.1 (2012-04-07) Dev Time: 1 hour

  • Fixed CSS issues in IE
  • Added Lithuanian translations

v2.0 (2012-04-01) Dev Time: 10 hours

  • Fixed a major issue in how dates were handled.
  • Major UI revamp
  • Added debug information and support urls

v1.9 (2012-03-16)

  • Added support for deleting by permalink. Credit Martin Capodici
  • Fixed issues with translations
  • Added Russian translations

v1.8 (2012-01-31)

  • Added roles and capabilities for menu

v1.7 (2012-01-12)

  • Added Bulgarian translations

v1.6 (2011-11-28)

  • Added Italian translations

v1.5 (2011-11-13)

  • Added Spanish translations

v1.4 (2011-08-25)

  • Added Turkish translations

v1.3 (2011-05-11)

  • Added German translations

v1.2 (2011-02-06)

  • Added some optimization to handle huge number of posts in underpowered servers

v1.1 (2011-01-22)

  • Added support to delete posts by custom taxonomies
  • Added Dutch Translation
  • Added Brazilian Portuguese Translation

v1.0 (2010-06-19)

  • Proper handling of limits.

v0.8 (2010-03-17)

  • Added support for private posts.

v0.7 (2010-02-21)

  • Added an option to delete posts directly or send them to trash.
  • Added support for translation.

v0.6 (2009-07-22)

  • Added option to delete all scheduled posts.

v0.5 (2009-07-21)

  • Added option to delete all pending posts.

v0.4 (2009-07-05)

  • Added option to delete by date.

v0.3 (2009-04-05)

  • Prevented drafts from deleted when only posts are selected

v0.2 (2009-02-03)

  • Fixed issues with paging

v0.1 (2009-02-02)

  • First version