SMS Notifications & Improved Activity Log Coverage

Release notes: Announcing SMS Notifications for the WordPress audit logs

• New Features

  • SMS notifications (integration with Twilio) for the WordPress audit logs.
  • Integration with Bit.ly to shorten URL in SMSs.
  • Added buttons to test email and SMS notifications.
  • Support for User Switching plugin.

• New Activity Log Event IDs

  • Event ID 1008: user logged in as another user.
  • Event ID 9083: user changed the billing address (WooCommerce).
  • Event ID 9084: user changed the shipping address (WooCommerce).

• Plugin Improvements

  • Added more pre-configured SMS & email notifications.
  • Improved all sensors to also detect changes that are not done via the dashboard.
  • Optimized some metadata database queries (reduced qeuries by 75%).
  • Improved the content sensor (better detection of content changes).
  • Optimized the database query that fetches list of logged in users.
  • Removed email notifications wizard.
  • Standardized all tabs and titles in the Emails & SMS Notifications feature.
  • Improved the help text in the Emails & SMS Notifications feature.
  • Removed the limit of 5 criteria in the notifications trigger builder.
  • Removed declaration of emails' Mime-type - this is automatically set so there is no need for it.

• Bug Fixes

  • WooCommerce order name was not reported in event ID 9040 (changed order detail) in some edge cases.
  • Maximum execution time configured in the WordPress activity log reports engine now is only used when generating a report.
  • CSV reports were not being generated.
  • Audit trail auto refresh was not working when using infinite scroll viewer option.
  • Plugin reporting event 9032 (disabled use of WooCommerce coupons) by mistake.
  • Event IDs 2046 and 2051 were not being reported when files were modified via the editors.
  • Plugin reporting event 2002 when there were changes in a post's Yoast SEO metabox.
  • Removed all reference to obsolete plugin setting: wsal-archiving-date-e.
  • Admins on multisite child sites could see the activity logs of other sites.
  • Event ID 2073 (post submitted for review) was not being reported in Gutenberg.
  • Event 2074 (scheduled post) was not being reported in Gutenberg.