Change Log

• New major features:
  
  • Two new per-usergroup and per-forum settings to have posts moderated when a link is (1) edited in or (2) present on initial posting. These are accessible from the usual places in the ACP for settings of this type, rather than from the plugin's settings.
    
  • Anti-link spam features, namely:
    
    • New plugin settings to stipulate actions to take (purge spammer, reject post, or moderate post; how to classify other links in the member's post(s)) when a link classified as spam is posted or edited into a post and other criteria are met (usergroup, post count, account age).
      
    • A link listing via which the spam classification of links can be set (as "Unclassified", "Potential spam", "Not spam", or "Spam"). Links can also be filtered by both spam classification and partial match.
      
    • Support via the link listing for importing multiple links and bulk classifying them, with the expectation that "Spam" will be the commonest import classification.
      
    • Support via a checkbox when purging a spammer manually, and when deleting threads/posts in the moderation queue, for auto-classifying links in the spammer's post(s) as spam.
      
    • A new creation date associated with links so as to sort the link listing by most recent links.
      
    • An auto-population of the creation date for preexisting links based on the earliest post in which they occur where they do occur in any post, accessible via the plugin's entry on the ACP's plugin page: if any links meeting this criteria exist, a message and link are provided to run the auto-population; otherwise, no message and link are provided and the plugin's silence indicates that creation dates have been set for all links for which it is possible.
      
    • A red header messages is shown to admins when any "Potential spam" links exist, which links to the link listing via which these links can be definitively classified as "Spam" or "Not spam". This is intended for the scenario in which according to the plugin's settings links are auto-classified as "Potential spam" when taking action based on those same settings.
      
• New minor features:
  
  • Adds missing support for link searches in in-thread searches.
    
  • Admin logging added: for when updating link previewers and when updating link limits.
    
• Greatly improved PHP 8 support: many fixes for uninitialised variables and missing array entries.
  
• Improved handling of settings, especially removing settings on uninstall.
  
• Improved cURL testing script: it now checks for the presence of all relevant cURL functions rather than just one.
  
• Minor templating improvement: moved the <br /> prior to $disablelinkpreviews into the linktools_cbxdisablelinkpreview template itself.
  
• Minor language file improvement: moved the constant out of it.
  
• Various minor improvements and fixes.