What’s New (June 2026)

A big round of updates across all my WordPress.org plugins — plus a brand-new one. Everything was modernized for WordPress 7.0 / PHP 8.x, hardened for security and performance, and refreshed on both WordPress.org and GitHub.

  • 🆕 Upgrade Readiness Monitor — a new plugin (by D9 Labs) that tells you what will break before you upgrade PHP or WordPress.
  • 🔒 WP User Role Switcher 0.2.3 — security hardening.
  • 👁️ Readministrator 1.0.0 — now a true, enforced read-only administrator.
  • 🔳 QR Code Creator 1.0.0 — QR codes now generated locally (no third-party API), with logo support and SVG/PNG export.
  • 🔁 Term Taxonomy Converter 1.4.0 — WP-CLI, background batch processing, and a dry-run preview.
  • ✅ All plugins tested up to WordPress 7.0.

🆕 Upgrade Readiness Monitor

Know what will break before you upgrade PHP or WordPress. My newest plugin (released under D9 Labs) is an upgrade-planning tool for developers and agencies. Pick the WordPress and PHP versions you’re moving to, and it tells you exactly what needs attention first.

  • Real-time deprecation capture — records deprecation notices as your site runs, even with WP_DEBUG off, attributed to the plugin or theme that caused them.
  • Plugin & theme audit — flags abandoned code, “tested up to” lag, available updates, and PHP requirements against your chosen target.
  • Static code scan — parses your plugins’ and theme’s PHP (including custom & premium code) and grades findings as Error (will break) or Warning (deprecation).
  • WP-CLI — wp readiness check for CI/staging gates.

WordPress.org . GitHub

Readministrator (Read Only Administrator) — v1.0.0

A “look but don’t touch” administrator role. Read Only Administrators can see the entire wp-admin like an admin but can’t change anything — settings, content, users, plugins, themes, menus, and comments are all read-only.

What’s new in 1.0.0: Read-only is now genuinely enforced across the whole admin (at the capability layer, plus the REST API and classic write actions) instead of a few settings pages. The role also degrades safely to a plain Editor if the plugin is ever deactivated.

WordPress.org · GitHub

QR Code Creator — v1.0.0

Create customizable QR codes right inside your WordPress admin.

What’s new in 1.0.0: QR codes are now generated locally in your browser — the third-party goqr.me API dependency is gone (better privacy, no external reliance). Added a center-logo option from your Media Library and PNG + SVG downloads.

WordPress.org · GitHub

Term Taxonomy Converter — v1.4.0

Copy or convert terms between taxonomies (categories, tags, and custom taxonomies) while keeping their post associations.

What’s new in 1.4.0: A WP-CLI command (wp term-tax-converter convert …) for scripted/large migrations, AJAX batch processing so big term sets no longer time out, and a “Preview (dry run)” that shows exactly what will change before you commit.

WordPress.org · GitHub

WP User Role Switcher — v0.2.3

Instantly switch between user roles from the admin bar — handy for testing how a site behaves for different roles.

What’s new in 0.2.3: Security hardening — a capability check on the switch handler, nonce verification on “switch back,” escaped output, a safer redirect, and PHP 8.1+ compatibility (removed the deprecated FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING).

WordPress.org · GitHub