Changelog
What we shipped.
Every release of the Guardian Gaze WordPress plugin, with notes on what was added, improved, and fixed. We ship roughly every two weeks.
v2.2.8latest
29 April 2026
Added
- Database scanner now flags suspicious
wp_optionsrows that look like encoded loaders - Plain-English reasoning text now includes a suggested remediation step per finding
Improved
- Reduced scan memory footprint on shared-hosting environments by ~30%
- Faster initial scan on sites with large media libraries (skip non-PHP file types earlier)
Fixed
- False positive on certain SEO plugins that legitimately use
create_functionin older versions - Admin notice could appear twice if the plugin was activated network-wide on multisite
v2.2.7
12 April 2026
Added
mu-pluginsdirectory coverage now explicit in the scan summary- Email scan reports now group findings by severity
Improved
- Threat pattern library expanded with three new families of trojanized plugin updates seen in the wild this month
v2.2.6
28 March 2026
Added
- Global IP block list integration for paid plans
- Scheduled scan frequency now configurable (daily or weekly)
Fixed
- Compatibility issue with WordPress 6.9 beta when scanning custom drop-ins
v2.2.5
14 March 2026
Added
- Email alerts on critical findings, opt-in per scan profile
- Manual quarantine flow for any flagged file
v2.2.0major
22 February 2026
Major release
- LLM-assisted reasoning layer goes generally available
- Plain-English explanations for every finding
- New admin UI with severity grouping