Better RSS Widget

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2.8.1 – December 1st, 2022

• Removed the unused admin css and js as they were no longer needed.

2.8.0 – November 22nd, 2022

• Updated the code to remove deprecated functions.
• Updated the widget call to use current WordPress functionality.
• Tested int 6.1.1 and it works again!

2.7.1 – January 11th, 2015

• Emergency release to fix missing widgets.

2.7.0 – January 10th, 2016

• Tested and made enhancements to work with the latest version of WordPress (4.4.1)
• Added option to change the HTML tags used for the list.
• Fixed link to support to use the WordPress support area.
• Removed the “Display this widget on” feature. Please use JetPack’s Widget Visibility feature for this.

2.6.1 – December 28th, 2012

• Quick fix to properly display the list of contributors.

2.6 – December 28th, 2012

• Updated links in preparation for new features.
• Fixed errors in language file so all text can be translated.
• Added the ability to include a short description before the list.

2.5 – March 1st, 2011

• Changed the language on the widget form to make the page selection more clear.
• Defaulted all display settings to checked for easier installs.
• Fixed a bug that did not keep all settings set when saving widget settings.

2.4 – February 27th, 2011

• Changed the plugin options to use an object for cleaner code.
• Turned on the RSS Cache by default. Can be turned off in settings.
• Added default options in settings to the shortcode display – now follows your settings.
• Fixed an error where the link target setting was not used in the shortcode.
• Shortcode now uses the cache if it is enable in the plugin settings.
• Added an option on the administration tab to search for instances of shortcode in all post types.
• Added language translations for Spanish, French, German, and Italian.

2.3 – February 24th, 2011

• Changed some code to work with the newly released WordPress 3.1 version.
• Removed some error code during the plugin activation sequence.
• Fixed a couple errors in the langauge settings.
• Fixed the reset and save settings tabs so they do not conflict with other plugins.

2.2 – February 15th, 2011

• Fixed an issue where the link target setting was not working.
• Fixed an issue on the widget form that prevented some settings from being unset.
• Fixed an issue where the feed title was not used with the form title was left blank.

2.1 – February 11th, 2011

• Cleaned up code to remove extra stuff and reduce load.
• Updated the settings screen to use my standard tabs.
• Fixed a bug that would not allow you to set the target of links to none.
• Fixed a bug that would force default settings over widget settings.
• Added an option to link the RSS Icon to either the RSS URL or the URL entered for the title of the widget.
• Added an option to not link the title of the widget.
• Adjusted the widget form to reduce the height.

2.0 – July 22nd, 2010

• Fixed a bug that caused IE8 to display all text after a feed as a link.
• Fixed broken links on the settings page.
• Fixed a few text entries to allow full language translation.

1.9 – June 3rd, 2010

• Added the ability to set the number of words for item descriptions.
• Added option to set the link URL for the feed title.
• Added option in sidebar widget to hide the feed icon.

1.8.1 – May 11th, 2010

• Fixing a bug created by adding the features in 1.8.

1.8 – May 11th, 2010

• Added option for shortcode to use title or tags in the feed URL.

1.7 – May 11th, 2010

• Fixed some code issues that were causing problems in 2.9.2.
• Added fields to make it easier to translate the plugin.

1.6 – December 18th, 2009

• Fixed a bug where the widget defaults were overridding the instance settings.

1.5 – December 18th, 2009

• Added two new global options, excerpt length and exerpt prefix.
• I really SHOULD look at all the suggestions when doing upgrades. 🙂

1.4 – December 17th, 2009

• Added option to add a nofollow tag to all links.
• Converted the options to save in one record instead of multiple records.
• Code cleanup and optimization.

1.3 – December 17th, 2009

• Removed a line of debug code that displayed with the shortcode.

1.2 – December 17th, 2009

• Removed code that caused the plugin to cause fatal errors on PHP4 servers.

1.1 – December 17th, 2009

• Fixed a bug so the plugin works in WordPress MU.
• Added an option to the shortcode to display only the content, or the title if the content is blank.

1.0 – December 11th, 2009

• Added conditionals to the widget to limit display to certain page types.

0.9 – November 21st, 2009

• Added a shortcode to allow embedding RSS feeds into posts and pages.

0.8.5 – October 27th, 2009

• Removed some debugging code left during the 0.8 upgrade.

0.8 – October 26th, 2009

• Added option to disable the feed cache (enabled by default).
• Change the default cache duration from 12 hours, set by WordPress, to 1 hour.
• Added option to set the cache duration globally and per widget.
• Added option to display the time for items.
• Fixed a bug where the default settings were not being used in the widget form.

0.7 – October 24th, 2009

• Fixed an error that prevent the widget form appearing on servers running PHP4.
• Cleaned up the code and fixed a security issue.
• Added a screenshot of the new screen.

0.6 – October 16th, 2009

• Fixed a bug that caused a problem on older versions of RSS feeds.

0.5 – October 14th, 2009

• First release