New: Email Reports: Scheduled email digests with analytics, security, 404 tracking, and site health data. Configurable recipients, schedule, report sections, and preview mode with a dedicated admin page.
New: Duplicate Menu: Duplicate any navigation menu with all items, structure, and hierarchy preserved in one click from Appearance > Menus.
New: Cleanup Removed Plugins (Beta): Find and remove database leftovers from uninstalled plugins and themes — orphaned tables, options, cron jobs, and metadata — with a dedicated scanning interface.
New: Free Version on WordPress.org: Switchboard (free) is now available on the WordPress.org plugin directory with 115+ modules.
Enhanced: Login Page Customizer: Major overhaul with form position selector (center/left/right), light/dark/custom themes, background image and CSS pattern support, overlay opacity controls, external logo URL option, and live preview.
Enhanced: Limit Login Attempts: Complete rewrite protecting all login vectors (wp-login, XML-RPC, REST API, Application Passwords) with escalating lockouts, IP whitelist/blacklist, email notifications, and WooCommerce integration.
Enhanced: Hide Admin Menu Items: Now supports role-based menu hiding — configure different hidden items per user role instead of a single global list.
Enhanced: Custom Post Order: Dedicated order pages per post type accessible to Editors, with explicit ordering tracking so custom order only applies to actively reordered types.
Enhanced: Custom Taxonomy Order: Dedicated term order pages per post type with hierarchical ordering support, taxonomy selector, and auto-detection of custom vs. default order.
Enhanced: Maintenance Mode: Added preview button, social links (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn), custom login URL with Hide My Login integration, and customizable status badge.
Enhanced: Login As User: Now redirects to the frontend after switching with a visible red top bar and floating switch-back button that works even when the admin bar is hidden.
Enhanced: Admin Columns Manager: Auto-fetches taxonomies per post type, improved column width handling with auto-width support.
Enhanced: Media Categories: New upload-to-category feature — media files auto-assigned to selected category during upload via the media modal.
Enhanced: Email SMTP: Fixed sender envelope matching, higher priority hook to override other plugins, improved settings sanitization.
Enhanced: Search Visibility Status: Replaced dismissible notice with a persistent red admin bar warning with pulsing animation — always visible when search engines are blocked.
Enhanced: Hide My Login: Performance improvements with settings caching and reduced database queries per page load.
Improved: Report Registry: New centralized system for email report sections with direct data querying from module tables.
Improved: Activity Log, Lean Analytics, Track 404s: Added report data methods to support the new Email Reports module.
Improved: Security & Code Quality: Comprehensive audit across 60+ modules with improved input sanitization, output escaping, nonce verification, and WordPress coding standards compliance.