Schema Scalpel — Full Changelog

A WordPress plugin to customize JSON-LD schema per page/post.
GitHub · WordPress.org

1.6.3 – 2025-12-10

Trac #3416601

Update

Added declare(strict_types=1); to the main plugin file for enhanced type safety (PHP 7.4+).
Introduced void return type declarations (: void) on loader methods to improve code clarity and static analysis.
Enhanced inline documentation and PHPDoc blocks throughout the codebase for full WordPress Coding Standards compliance.

1.6.2 – 2025-10-31

Trac #3387353

Security

Fixed stored XSS vulnerability in JSON-LD output via post/page content.

1.6.1 – 2025-08-04

Trac #3339261

Fixed

Made page/post distinction explicit to resolve BlogPosting form conflicts.

1.6 – 2025-08-03

Trac #3338376

Added

"View All" and "Settings" links on the Plugins page for quick admin access.
delete_on_uninstall setting – control whether tables are dropped on uninstall.
Database schema upgrade:
- id → BIGINT UNSIGNED
- custom_schema → MEDIUMBLOB (supports up to 16MB exports)

Fixed

SQL syntax issues in schema export functionality.
Uninstallation bug (now respects delete_on_uninstall).

Changed

Full compliance with WordPress Coding Standards (no short ternaries, proper inline comments).

1.5 – 2025-08-01

Trac #3337528

Changed

Improved BlogPosting schema generator with more robust options for updating existing schema.

1.4.7 – 2025-05-05

Trac #3287351

Fixed

Schema wrapped in square brackets not displaying correctly in admin.

1.4.6 – 2025-04-06

Trac #3267557

Changed

Re-applied corrections from 1.4.5 (missed in prior release).

1.4.5 – 2025-04-06

Fixed

BreadcrumbList schema not saving correctly.
Typo in documentation.

1.4.4 – 2025-01-30

Trac #3231614

Added

Title-based filtering for large sites (1000+ pages/posts).

Changed

General codebase maintenance.

1.4.3 – 2024-11-24

Trac #3196020

Changed

Housekeeping and WordPress 6.7 compatibility.

1.4.2 – 2024-09-01

Trac #3144778

Fixed

Longstanding bug (thanks @dantefff).
Apostrophe handling in schema output.

Changed

WordPress 6.6 compatibility.

1.4.1 – 2024-04-19

Trac #3073521

Fixed

Admin page failing to load.

1.4 – 2024-04-19

Trac #3073507

Added

Custom HTML generator for better performance.
Optimized admin JavaScript for schema editing.

Changed

Full codebase rebuild for structure and maintainability.
100% WordPress Coding Standards compliance.

1.3.2 – 2024-04-15

Trac #3070401

Changed

Enhanced WordPress Coding Standards compliance.

1.3.1 – 2024-02-18

Trac #3037585

Changed

Clarified BlogPosting schema generator instructions.

1.3 – 2023-10-22

Trac #2982328

Added

One-click BlogPosting schema for all blog posts.
Upgraded to Bootstrap v5.3.2.
Improved UI elements.

Fixed

Menu item logo sizing.

Changed

Full PHP codebase update.

1.2.7.1 – 2023-06-19

Trac #2928245

Added

Click-to-edit for global, pages, and posts tabs.

1.2.7 – 2023-06-19

Trac #2928169

Added

Immediate schema editing via popup textbox.

Fixed

Minor bugs.

1.2.6.2 – 2023-03-28

Trac #2888011

Changed

Replaced menu icon, updated menu names.
Prep for major overhaul.

1.2.6.1 – 2023-03-28

Trac #2888006

Added

Menu icon file.

1.2.6 – 2023-03-28

Trac #2888003

Added

Admin menu icon.

Changed

WordPress core compatibility.

1.2.5.5 – 2022-12-11

Fixed

Standardized schema_type for homepage (deactivate/reactivate to apply).

1.2.5.4 – 2022-07-26

Fixed

Default tab set to homepage.
Search query parameter set to s.

1.2.5.3 – 2022-07-23

Fixed

Tab-switching bug when plugin path contains “home”.

1.2.5.2 – 2022-07-23

Fixed

Included missing admin/vars directory.

1.2.5 – 2022-07-23

Added

Google-recommended example schemas (incl. COVID Announcement).
NewsArticle now includes author field.
Example schemas sourced from array (not DB).

Fixed

Comma spacing standardization.

1.2.4.1 – 2022-07-22

Fixed

Schema type generation in create/edit buttons.

1.2.4 – 2022-07-22

Fixed

Removed redundant function declarations (class-schema-scalpel-public.php).

1.2.3 – 2022-07-22

Changed

WordPress 6.0 compatibility.
Updated CSS to Bootstrap 5.x.

Fixed

Page/post title display (sanitization issue).

1.2.2 – 2022-05-21

Changed

Improved JSON-LD format error checking.

1.2.1 – 2022-05-19

Fixed

Version number consistency across files.

1.2 – 2022-05-21

Added

Multisite activation support.

Changed

Removed unnecessary comments.

1.0.1 – 2022-05-11

Fixed

Replaced wp_print_scripts → wp_enqueue_scripts.
Multiple undocumented fixes.

Changed

Plugin init moved to plugins_loaded.
Default search key → s.
Logo uses font paths.

1.0 – 2022-04-30

Added

Initial release: Core schema editing, JSON-LD output, per-page control.