== Changelog VS Meta Description ==

= Version 7.4 =
* Minor changes in code

= Version 7.3 =
* Minor changes in code

= Version 7.2 =
* Bumped the "requires PHP" version to 7.0
* Bumped the "requires at least" version to 5.0
* Minor changes in code

= Version 7.1 =
* Textual changes
* Minor changes in code

= Version 7.0 =
* Minor changes in code

= Version 6.9 =
* Minor changes in code

= Version 6.8 =
* Removed function load_plugin_textdomain() because redundant
* Plugin uses the WP language packs for its translation
* Kept translation folder for reference

= Version 6.7 =
* Plugin has a new name
* But plugin itself and ownership did not change

= Version 6.6 =
* Fix: character counter
* Minor changes in code

= Version 6.5 =
* Better validating, sanitizing and escaping

= Version 6.4 =
* Minor changes in code

= Version 6.3 =
* Minor changes in code

= Version 6.2 =
* Textual changes

= Version 6.1 =
* New: plugin now also supports tags
* Fix: conditional logic
* Fix: added extra check for WooCommerce

= Version 6.0 =
* Previous version crashes website without WooCommerce
* Fix: added extra check for WooCommerce

= Version 5.9 =
* Fix: meta description of the WooCommerce shop page

= Version 5.8 =
* New: setting to avoid settings being removed upon uninstall
* Updated file uninstall

= Version 5.7 =
* New: use the description of the post or product category as meta description for that category page

= Version 5.6 =
* Added file vsmd-options
* Relocated code of the settings page to this file
* Minor changes in code

= Version 5.5 =
* Fix: character counter

= Version 5.4 =
* Updated the character counter
* Minor changes in code

= Version 5.3 =
* Fix: remove line breaks from manual excerpt
* Updated register_setting() function
* Because of this change plugin now requires at least WP 4.7
* Better validating, sanitizing and escaping

= Version 5.2 =
* Increased maximum character length of the meta description input
* You will be notified if your meta description exceeds the recommended maximum length

= Version 5.1 =
* Settings page: no product section if the WooCommerce plugin isn't installed and active
* File vsmd: removed unnecessary whitespaces

= Version 5.0 =
* Decreased maximum meta description length from 320 to 160 characters
* Because Google decreased this length in may 2018
* For a short period of time the maximum length was 320 characters
* This means you might have to change your meta description

= Version 4.9 =
* Fix: character counter

= Version 4.8 =
* Fix: mistake in plugin description

= Version 4.7 =
* Textual changes
* Removed unnecessary notifications from changelog (such as "updated readme file" and "updated FAQ")

= Version 4.6 =
* Fixed PHP 7.2 warning in case of an empty page excerpt (thanks Nick)
* Using mb_strlen() instead of strlen() for the character counter
* Now character counter supports all UTF-8 characters
* Textual changes

= Version 4.5 =
* Readme file: removed donate link
* Updated theme author info
* Credits in changelog: removed all full names (because of the GDPR)

= Version 4.4 =
* Tagline is not used as meta description anymore
* This was used when meta description field was empty
* Removed this because a tagline is too short to be used as meta description

= Version 4.3 =
* Increased maximum meta description length from 160 to 320 characters (thanks kawaiikawaii)
* Because Google increased this length at the end of 2017
* Updated settings page

= Version 4.2 =
* Several minor changes in file vsmd

= Version 4.1 =
* As mentioned before: removed support for Open Graph and Twitter Cards
* New: activate post and page excerpt or product excerpt separately
* Updated all files

= Version 4.0 =
* In next version I will remove support for Open Graph and Twitter Cards
* Because both features don't have much to do with a meta description
* Best practice: removed closing PHP tag from most files
* Minor changes in code

= Version 3.9 =
* Fixed bug in Open Graph tag (description) on homepage
* It was always printing the tagline, never the meta description

= Version 3.8 =
* Textual changes
* Updated file vsmd

= Version 3.7 =
* Increased meta description length from 150 to 160 characters
* Textual changes
* Updated file vsmd

= Version 3.6 =
* File vsmd: disable direct access to file

= Version 3.5 =
* Added Twitter Cards tags
* Updated text strings on settings page
* Updated file uninstall

= Version 3.4 =
* Added custom excerpt for pages too
* Now you can set a custom excerpt for every post and page

= Version 3.3 =
* Added Open Graph tags
* Updated file uninstall

= Version 3.2 =
* File vsmd: fix in the meta description order

= Version 3.1 =
* SEO: added checkbox to use the custom post excerpt as meta description (thanks Tom)
* Updated file uninstall

= Version 3.0 =
* SEO: added checkbox to use meta description for homepage only (thanks Dan)
* Updated file uninstall

= Version 2.9 =
* Added link to settings page

= Version 2.8 =
* File vsmd: textual changes

= Version 2.7 =
* Added file changelog

= Version 2.6 =
* Added character counter
* Updated text strings

= Version 2.5 =
* Only few minor changes

= Version 2.4 =
* Updated text strings

= Version 2.3 =
* Added a PayPal donate link

= Version 2.2 =
* Only updated readme file

= Version 2.1 =
* Removed translations: plugin now supports WordPress language packs

= Version 2.0 =
* Added file uninstall so settings in database are removed when uninstalling plugin

= Version 1.9 =
* File vsmd: updated data escaping in header

= Version 1.8 =
* Changed text domain for the wordpress.org translation system

= Version 1.7 =
* Updated file vsmd

= Version 1.6 =
* Updated language files

= Version 1.5 =
* Only few minor changes

= Version 1.4 =
* Only few minor changes

= Version 1.3 =
* Removed function vsmd_clean_input and replaced it with WP function sanitize_text_field
* Now all UTF-8 characters are supported
* Added Catalan translation (thanks Miquel)
* Added FAQ in readme file

= Version 1.2 =
* Added Serbian translation (thanks Ogi)
* Added Brazilian Portuguese translation (thanks Gustavo)
* Added Spanish translation (thanks Alvaro)

= Version 1.1 =
* Changed function vsmd_clean_input
* Only allowed: letters (a-z), digits (0-10), space, point, hyphen and comma

= Version 1.0 =
* First stable release