Advanced Excerpt 4.1 released

This is a quick informative post about the recent update for the Advanced Excerpt plugin. The previous version caused quite a bit of trouble, so I promised to release another version soon. Well, here it is: 4.1

Most of the changes are concerned with making the code easier to manage. This is important because it allows me to find bugs faster or avoid them altogether. I’ve also written a bundle of automated tests that will check every change I make from now on. They are probably not complete yet, but it certainly makes me more confident that there will be no major bugs in future updates.

There were also some bugs that needed to be fixed. Most importantly the template function that ignored custom options. Obviously, I’ve also paid extra attention to avoid making my previous mistake again.

Furthermore, I decided to drop backward compatibility for PHP 4. This means that, officially speaking, the plugin only works on WP 3.2 and up (older versions allow the use of PHP 4). However, if you are using PHP 5 but (for some reason) still an older version of WordPress, the plugin might work just fine. Generally speaking, you should keep up with the latest version if possible.

Any questions can be posted here in the comments, or on the support forum. If you encounter bugs or errors, please post them to the support forum (not here).

Thanks everyone, for taking an interest in this plugin and giving feedback! Let’s hope this update goes off without a hitch.