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1.5.6, 26 November 2011

• Removed PluginSponsors.com code following threats that the plugin would be expelled from the plugin repository for using the code to display sponsorship messages

1.5.5, 27 October 2011

• Documentation updates

1.5.4, 3 October 2011

• Minor code cleanups
• Tweak to accommodate automatic placement within Twenty Eleven's pixel-level hard-coded comment form styling. (Remember, the countdown box is available for styling yourself, so please do modify how you would like to appear with your own theme: it is not possible to include universal CSS that works with every theme available.)

1.5.3, 5 Feburary 2011

• Better customisation options for WordPress 3.0+ comment_form filters

1.5.2, 29 January 2011

• Minor code cleanup
• Testing with WP 3.1 Release Candidate 3

1.5.1, 20 January 2011

• Minor code cleanup
• Testing with WP 3.1 Release Candidate 2

1.5, 12 September 2010

• Improved counter box placement options for WordPress 3.0's new comment_form function
• Improved counter removes dependence on an explicit 'name' attribute for the comment form, relying on 'id' instead
• Improved comment length accuracy for multi-byte character sets when using anti-spam comment trimming

1.4.2, 24 June 2010

• Better workaround for WordPress 3.0's problems initialising plugins properly under multisite

1.4.1, 24 June 2010

• Workaround for rare problem where WordPress interferes with a newly activated plugin's ability to add options when using multisite/network mode

1.4, 1 June 2010

• Major reduction in database footprint in preparation for WordPress 3.0

= 1.3, 24 May 2010 * Comment counter JavaScript is now added only to those pages which would normally load a comment form

1.2.9, 20 April 2010

• Minor code cleanups

1.2.8, 6 April 2010

• Enhanced admin pages now support user-configurable section boxes which can be re-ordered or closed

1.2.7, 10 February 2010

• Greatly improved spam handling: we now check the comment length after most other comment processes have had their crack at it, and we send an over-length comment to moderation queue only if no earlier process has marked it as spam

1.2.6, 12 January 2010

• Fully tested with 2.9.1 (no changes)

1.2.5, 10 November 2009

• Minor update to configuration pages
• Fully tested with 2.8.5 (no changes)

1.2.4, 17 August 2009

• Options page bugfix for users on old PHP4 installations

1.2.3, 12 August 2009

• Documentation tweaks
• Added support for Plugin Sponsorship
• Fully tested with 2.8.4 (no changes)

1.2.2, 11 June 2009

• Fully tested with final release of WordPress 2.8

1.2.1, 15 April 2009

• Fixed a minor typo which would have interfered with translations for this plugin -- thanks to Nikolay

1.2, 1 April 2009

• This version brings higher performance, several minor enhancements, and a revamped administrative interface; it is recommended for all users.

1.1.1, 11 February 2009

• Now prevents Spam Karma 2 from overriding our choice to mark over-sized comments for moderation or to treat as spam

1.1, 10 February 2009

• As an anti-spam measure, if a user (or spambot) bypasses the JavaScript length limit, oversized comments can now be forcibly truncated, marked for moderation, marked as spam, or just passed through without modification.

1.0, 4 February 2009

• Initial public release