Code Snippets

(17 Nov 2022) = * Fixed: Plugin lacking a valid header error on activation.

(05 Oct 2022) = * Fixed: Issue making survey reminder notice not dismissible. * Added: Ctrl+/ or Cmd+/ as shortcut for commenting out code in the snippet editor. * Added: Additional hooks to various snippet actions, thanks to contributions made by ancient-spirit. * Added: Fold markers, additional keyboard shortcuts and keymap options to snippet editor, thanks to contributions made by Amaral Krichman. * Improved: Removed duplicate tables exist query. (#). * Improved: Enabled 'add paragraphs and formatting' option by default for newly inserted content snippets. * Added: WP-CLI commands for retrieving, activating, deactivating, deleting, creating, updating, exporting and importing snippets. * Fixed: Path to iron visible when updating the pro plugin.

Fixed download snippets feature.

Comprehensive persistent object caching support.

(14 May 2022) = * Fixed: Incompatibility issue with earlier versions of PHP.

(14 May 2022) =

Added * Added: HTML content snippets for displaying as shortcodes or including in the page head or footer area. * Added: Notice reminding users to upgrade unsupported PHP versions. * Added: Visual settings to add attributes to shortcodes. * Added: Shortcode buttons to the post and page content editors. * Added: Basic REST API endpoints. * Added: Snippet type column to the snippets table. * Added: Snippet type badges to Edit and Add New Snippet pages. * Added: Setting to control whether the current line of the code editor is highlighted. * Added: Display a warning when saving a snippet with missing title or code. * Added: Add suffix to title of cloned snippets.

Changed * Improved: Updated plugin code to use namespaces, preventing name collisions with other plugins. * Improved: Added key for the 'active' and 'scope' database table columns to speed up queries. * Improved: Redirect from edit menu if not editing a valid snippet. * Improved: Moved activation switch into its own table column. * Improved: Updated code documentation according to WordPress standards. * Improved: Added snippet type labels to the tabs on the Snippets page. * Improved: Split settings page into tabs. * Improved: Use the version of CodeMirror included with WordPress where possible to inherit the additional built-in features. * Improved: Added hover effect to priority settings in the snippets table to show that they are editable. * Fixed: Snippets table layout on smaller screens.

Deprecated * Removed: Deprecated functions and compatibility code for unsupported PHP versions. * Removed: Option to disable snippet scopes.

New in Pro * Added: CSS style snippets for the site front-end and admin area. * Added: JavaScript snippets for the site head and body area on the front-end. * Added: Browser cache versioning for CSS and JavaScript snippets. * Added: Support for exporting and downloading CSS and JavaScript snippets. * Added: Support for highlighting code on the front-end. * Added: Editor syntax highlighting for CSS, JavaScript and HTML snippets. * Added: Button to preview full file when editing CSS or JavaScript snippets. * Added: Option to minify CSS and JavaScript snippets. * Added: Gutenberg editor block for displaying content snippets. * Added: Gutenberg editor block for displaying snippet source code. * Added: Elementor widget for displaying content snippets. * Added: Elementor widget for displaying snippet source code.

(10 May 2022) = * Fixed: Incompatibility issue with older versions of PHP.

(13 May 2022) = * Fixed: Issue with processing uploaded import files. * Fixed: Issue with processing tag filters.

(5 May 2022) = * Fixed: Prevent array key errors when loading the snippet table with unknown order values.

(10 Dec 2021) = * Fixed: Potential security issue outputting snippets-safe-mode query variable value as-is. Thanks to Krzysztof Zajc for reporting.

New color picker and code validator improvements.

(10 Mar 2021) = * Added: Czech translation by Luk Tesa. * Fixed: Code validator now supports function_exists and class_exists checks. * Fixed: Code validator now supports anonymous functions. * Fixed: Issue with saving the hidden columns setting. * Fixed: Replaced the outdated tag-it library with tagger for powering the snippet tags editor. * Added: Code direction setting for RTL users. * Updated CodeMirror to version 5.59.4. * Added: Additional action hooks and search API thanks to @Spreeuw.

Security update, last modified dates, and other improvements

(13 Mar 2019) = * Added: Hover effect to activation switches. * Added: Additional save buttons above snippet editor. * Added: List save keyboard shortcuts to the help tooltip. * Added: Change "no items found" message when search filters match nothing. * Fixed: Calling deprecated code in database upgrade process. * Fixed: Include snippet priority in export files. * Fixed: Use Unix newlines in code export file. * Updated CodeMirror to version 5.44.0. * Fixed: Correctly register snippet tables with WordPress to prevent database repair errors [#] * Fixed: CodeMirror indentation settings being applied incorrectly

(25 Jan 2019) = * Removed potentially problematic cursor position saving feature

Fixes for single-use snippets and French translation

(17 Dec 2018) = * Added: Search/replace functionality to the snippet editor. See here for a list of keyboard shortcuts. [#] * Updated CodeMirror to version 5.42.0 * Added: Option to make admin menu more compact * Fixed: Problem clearing recently active snippet list * Improved: Integration between plugin and the CodeMirror library, to prevent collisions * Improved: Added additional styles to editor settings preview * Added: PHP linter to code editor * Improved: Use external scripts instead of inline scripts * Fixed: Missing functionality for 'Auto Close Brackets' and 'Highlight Selection Matches' settings

(15 Nov 2018) = * Improved: CodeMirror updated to version 5.41.0 * Improved: Attempt to create database columns that might be missing after a table upgrade * Improved: Streamlined upgrade process * Fixed: Interface layout on sites using right-to-left languages * Improved: Made search box appear at top of page on mobile [#] * Updated screenshots

(23 Sep 2018) = * Fixed: Prevented hidden columns setting from reverting to default * Improved: Updated import page to improve usability * Improved: Added Import button next to page title on manage page * Improved: Added coloured banner indicating whether a snippet is active when editing * Update CodeMirror to 5.40.0

(10 Feb 2018) = * Fixed: Prevent errors when trying to export no snippets * Fixed: Use wp_json_encode() to encode export data * Fixed: Check both the file extension and MIME type of uploaded import files

Improvements for multisite and new single-use snippet scope

(14 Jan 2018) = * Added Brazilian Portuguese translation by Bruno Borges * Fixed: Use standard WordPress capabilities instead of custom capabilities to prevent lockouts * Fixed: Multisite issue with retrieving active shared snippets from the wrong table causing duplicate snippet execution * Moved scope and other settings on single snippet page to below code area

Fixed issue with saving snippets on multisite

(19 Sep 2017) = * Fixed: Prevented PHP error from occurring when saving a snippet * Minor improvements to database creation function

(11 Sep 2017) = * Fixed: Prevent snippets from being executed twice when saving due to invalid ID being passed to allow_execute_snippet filter * Fixed: Re-enabled output suppression when executing snippets

(8 Sep 2017) = * Fixed: Do not attempt to combine queries for fetching local and multisite snippets

(7 Sep 2017) = * Fixed: Prevent illegal mix of collations errors when fetching snippets from database tables with different collations [#]

(6 Sep 2017) = * Fixed: Prevented invalid properties from being set when saving a snippet * Fixed: Use the correct protocol when saving a snippet * Improved: Moved code to disable snippet execution into a filter hook * Fixed: Active shared snippets not being updated correctly * Improved: execute_active_snippets() function updated with improved efficiency * Improved: Renamed Snippet class to avoid name collisions with other plugins * Improved: Don't hide output when executing a snippet * Updated CodeMirror to version 5.28.0

Prevents snippets from displaying twice in snippets table on multisite

Fixes error with previous version on non-multisite

Fixes potential security exploit; please update immediately

Fixed fatal error preventing activated snippets from saving

(25 Feb 2017) = * Updated German translation * Fixed admin menu items not translating * Removed possible conflict between Debug Bar Console plugin (#) * Corrected editor alignment on RTL sites (#) * Fixed bulk actions running when Filter button is clicked (#) * Updated CodeMirror to version 5.24.0

Interface tweaks

• Fixed plugin translations being loaded
• Increase default snippets per page so that all are usually shown
• Fixed description field not being imported
• Updated German translation by Mario Siegmann
• Fixed issue with CodeMirror rubyblue theme [#]
• Added query var to disable snippet execution. To use, add ?snippets-safe-mode=true to the URL
• Fixed snippet fields not importing
• Updated CodeMirror to version 5.17.0
• Fixed a minor XSS vulnerability discovered by Burak Kelebek [#]

• Updated German translation by Mario Siegmann
• Fixed error catching not working correctly
• Updated error catching to work with snippets including functions and classes
• Updated CodeMirror to version 5.11
• Fixed editor autoresizing

• Added: Detect parse and fatal errors in code when saving a snippet, and display a user-friendly message
• Fixed: Updated access of some methods in Code_Snippets_List_Table class to match updated WP_List_Table class

• Reconfigured plugin to use classloader and converted a lot of functional code into OOP code
• Updated CodeMirror to version 5.10.0
• Added [code_snippets] shortcode for embedding snippet code in a post
• Fixed broken snippet search feature [#]
• Added front-end syntax highlighting for shortcode using PrismJS

• Added query variable to activate safe mode
• Fixed settings not saving
• Fixed snippet descriptions not displaying on manage menu
• Added settings to disable description and tag editors
• Fixed: Load CodeMirror after plugin styles to fix error with Zenburn theme
• Fixed: Hide snippet scope icons when the scope selector is disabled
• Fixed description heading on edt snippet menu being hidden when visual editor disabled
• Updated editor preview updating code to use vanilla JavaScript instead of jQuery
• Fixed: Deactivate a shared network snippet on all subsites when it looses its sharing status

• Fixed CodeMirror themes not being detected on settings page

• Added ability to share network snippets to individual sites on WordPress multisite
• Improved code directory and class structure
• Remove legacy code for pre-3.6 compatibility
• Improved code for printing admin messages
• Updated German translation (Joerg Knoerchen)
• Added code_snippets/after_execute_snippet filter
• Added class for individual snippets
• Updated get_snippets() function to retrieve individual snippets
• Removed scope statuses and added fixed tags to indicate scope
• Changed admin page headers to use <h1> tags instead of <h2> tags
• Updated CodeMirror to version 5.6
• Removed snippet settings page from network admin

• Fixed broken call to export_snippet() function
• Added support for importing and exporting snippet scope
• Fixed duplicate primary key database error
• Improved database table structure

• Removed nested functions
• Added icons for admin and front-end snippets to manage table
• Improved settings retrieval by caching settings
• Updated Russian translation by Alexey Chumakov
• Added filter switch to prevent a snippet from executing (#25)
• Fixed errors in string translation
• Fixed bug in import process (#32)

• Polyfilled array_replace_recursive() function for PHP 5.2
• Updated references to old plugin site
• Resolved JavaScript error on edit snippet pages
• Made minor updates to French translation file
• Added statuses for snippet scopes on manage snippets table

• Fixed the default values of new setting not being applied
• Fixed missing background of tags input

• Introduced CodeSniffer testing on code
• Fixed description heading disappearing when media buttons enabled
• Added snippet scope selector
• Minified all CSS and JS in plugin
• Made CodeMirror theme names more readable
• Fixed bug causing translations to not be loaded

• Added additional setting descriptions
• Added settings for code and description editor height
• Updated CodeMirror to version 5.2
• Fixed not escaping the request URL when using query arg functions
• Improved efficiency of settings component

• Fix table creation code not running on upgrade
• Fix snippets per page option not saving

Highlights:

• Better import/export functionality
• New settings page with code editor settings
• Code rewritten for cleaner and more efficient code

• Lots of new translations

• Removed old admin style support

• Removed backwards-compatible support

• Added braces to single-line conditionals in line with new coding standards

• Split up large classes into separate functions

• Improved plugin file structure

• Replaced uninstall hook with single file method

• Added link to Code Snippets importer under Snippets admin menu

• Added settings component and admin page

• Added support for different CodeMirror themes

• Integrated tags component into main plugin. Current users of the Code Snippets Tags plugin can safely uninstall it.

• Added Auto Close Brackets CodeMirror addon (props to TronicLabs)

• Fixed incompatibility errors with PHP 5.2

• Added Serbo-Croatian translation by Borisa Djuraskovic from Web Hosting Hub

• Fixed empty MO translation files

• Added Highlight Selection Matches CodeMirror addon (props to TronicLabs)

• Added Chinese translation thanks to Jincheng Shan

• Updated CodeMirror library to version 4.6

• Added Russian translation by Alexander Samsonov

• Added Slovak translation by [Jn Fajk] from WordPress Slovakia

• Added setting to always save and activate snippets by default

• Updated CodeMirror library to version 5.0

• Rewritten import/export functionality to use DOMDocument

• Merged Code_Snippets_Export_PHP class into Code_Snippets_Export class

• Removed duplicate MySQL primary key indexing

Add capability check to snippets importer

• Use an icon font for menu icon instead of embedded SVG
• Use Sass (libsass) instead of Compass
• Unminify CodeMirror scripts
• Fixes for the WP 3.8 interface
• Fix 'enable snippets menu for site admins' multisite setting

• Add and remove network capabilities as super admins are added and removed
• Updated MP6 icon implementation
• Replaced buggy trim <?php and ?> functionality with a much more reliable regex method (#)
• Added French translation thanks to translator oWEB
• Fixed snippet failing to save when code contains % character, props to nikan06 (#)
• Added 'Save & Deactivate' button to the edit snippet page (#)
• Removed edit and install capabilities (now only uses the manage capability)
• Fixed HTML breaking in export files (#)
• Make the title of each snippet on the manage page a clickable link to edit the snippet (#)
• Added nonce to edit snippet page
• Hide row actions on manage snippet page by default
• Removed screenshots from plugin
• Improved CodeMirror implementation
• Added a fallback MP6 icon
• Use the proper WordPress database APIs all of the time
• Rewritten export functionality
• Fixed incorrect export filename
• Updated CodeMirror to version 3.19
• Removed CodeMirror bundled with plugin
• Updated WordPress.org plugin banner
• Fixed CodeMirror incompatibility with the WP Editor plugin
• Fixed CodeMirror incompatibility with the Debug Bar Console plugin

• Updated MP6 icon implementation

• Compiled all CodeMirror scripts into a single file
• Use Sass + Compass for CSS
• Use Grunt for build automation
• Minify CSS
• Fixed code typo that was breaking export files
• Updated CodeMirror to 3.15

• Allow no snippet name or code to be set
• Prevented an error on fresh multisite installations
• Refactored code to use best practices
• Improved database table creation method: on a single-site install, the snippets table will always be created. On a multisite install, the network snippets table will always be created; the site-specific table will always be created for the main site; for sub-sites the snippets table will only be created on a visit to a snippets admin page.
• Updated to CodeMirror 3.14
• Changes to action and filter hook API
• Added error message handling for import snippets page
• Don't encode HTML entities in database

• Correct path to admin menu icon (#)

• Fix a minor bug with custom capabilities and admin menus

• Fix a bug with snippet being set as deactivated when saved
• Updated PHP Documentation completely. [View online]
• Only load admin functions when viewing dashboard
• Added German translation thanks to David Decker
• Allow or deny site administrators access to snippet admin menus. Set your preference in the Enable Administration Menus setting under the Settings > Network Settings network admin menu.
• Improve database table creation and upgrade process
• Optimized to use less database queries

• Improved plugin API
• Fixed a bug with saving snippets per page option (#)
• Updated CodeMirror to version 3.11
• Allow plugin to be activated on individual sites on multisite (#)
• Slimmed down the description visual editor
• Added icon for the new MP6 admin UI (#)
• Strip PHP tags from the beginning and end of a snippet in case someone forgets
• Changed to MIT license
• Removed HTML, CSS and JavaScript CodeMirror modes that were messing things up
• Made everything leaner, faster, and better

• Fixed a bug with permissions not being applied on install (#)
• Fixed a bug in the uninstall method (#)

• Updated code editor to use CodeMirror 3
• Improved compatibility with Clean Options plugin
• Code improvements and optimization
• Changed namespace from cs to code_snippets
• Move css and js under assets
• Organized CodeMirror scripts
• Improved updating process
• Current line of code editor is now highlighted
• Highlight matches of selected text in code editor
• Only create snippet tables when needed
• Store multisite only options in site options table
• Fixed compatibility bugs with WordPress 3.5

• Updated CodeMirror to version 2.33
• Updated the 'Manage Snippets' page to use the WP_List_Table class
  • Added 'Screen Options' tab to 'Manage Snippets' page
  • Added search capability to 'Manage Snippets' page
  • Added views to easily filter activated, deactivated and recently activated snippets
  • Added ID column to 'Manage Snippets' page
  • Added sortable name and ID column on 'Manage Snippets' page (#)
• Added custom capabilities
• Improved API
• Added 'Export to PHP' feature (#)
• Lengthened snippet name field to 64 characters (#)
• Added i18n

• Fixed a bug with version 1.3.1

• Added interface to Network Dashboard
• Updated uninstall to support multisite
• Replaced EditArea with CodeMirror
• Small improvements

• Added export option to 'Manage Snippets' page
• Added 'Import Snippets' page

• Minor improvements
• Added code highlighting
• Removed 'Uninstall Plugin' page. Data will now be cleaned up when plugin is deleted through WordPress admin.

• Stable version released.

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• Fixed a permissions bug with DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT being set to true
• Fixed a bug with the page title reading 'Add New Snippet' on the 'Edit Snippets' page