3.0.0-alpha1 - 2025-10-22

• Composer: All PHPCompatibility dependencies have been updated to the recently released PHPCompatibility 10.0.0-alpha1 based versions.
  Note: in select cases, this means that custom <exclude> rules in a project's [.]phpcs.xml[.dist] configuration file may needs to be updated.
  Along the same lines, selective // phpcs:ignore comments used inline may need to be updated with the new sniff code(s).
  For full information on these kind of changes, please refer to the Upgrade guide for PHPCompatibility 10.0.0.
• The Composer PHPCS plugin will now be installed automatically to register PHPCompatibility and other external standards with PHP_CodeSniffer.
  If you have a require-dev in place for this plugin in your own composer.json, it is strongly recommended to remove this to prevent conflicting version constraints.
  If you previously used another Composer plugin, manually set the installed_paths configuration, or set the installed_paths in your [.]phpcs.xml[.dist] configuration file, it is recommended you remove this in favour of letting the Composer PHPCS plugin handle this.
• Support for PHP 5.3 has been dropped. The new minimum supported PHP version is 5.4.
• Support for PHP_CodeSniffer 4.0 has been added.
• Support for PHP_CodeSniffer < 3.13.3 has been dropped.

2.1.8 - 2025-10-18

This is a maintenance release.

• The ruleset now includes schema tags.
• General housekeeping and maintenance.

2.1.7 - 2025-05-12

• Composer: The minimum supported version of PHP_CodeSniffer has been raised to 3.3.0.
• Ruleset: Prevent deprecation notice on PHP_CodeSniffer 3.13.0+.

2.1.6 - 2025-01-16

This is a maintenance release.

• README: Fixed some broken badges.
• General housekeeping and documentation updates. Including a contribution by @johnbillion.

2.1.5 - 2024-04-25

• Ruleset: Updated for compatibility with WordPress 6.5. Thanks @swissspidy.
• The recommended version of the Composer PHPCS plugin is now ^1.0.
• Other housekeeping and documentation updates. Includes contributions from @fredden and @johnbillion.

2.1.4 - 2022-10-24

• Composer: The package will now identify itself as a static analysis tool. Thanks @GaryJones!
• Other housekeeping and minor documentation updates.

2.1.3 - 2021-12-31

• Ruleset: Updated for compatibility with WordPress 5.9.
• README: Updated the installation instructions for compatibility with Composer >= 2.2.
• Minor housekeeping.

2.1.2 - 2021-07-21

• Ruleset: Updated for compatibility with WordPress 5.8.
• Documentation: improved installation instructions. Props @afragen.

2.1.1 - 2021-02-15

• The recommended version of the Composer PHPCS plugin is now ^0.7.0, which offers compatibility with Composer 2.0.
• The ruleset is now also tested against PHP 7.4 and 8.0.
  Note: full PHP 7.4 support is only available in combination with PHP_CodeSniffer >= 3.5.6.
  Note: runtime PHP 8.0 support is only available in combination with PHP_CodeSniffer >= 3.5.7, full support is expected in PHP_CodeSniffer 3.6.0.

2.1.0 - 2019-08-29

• Ruleset: Updated for the Sodium_Compat polyfill which is included in WordPress 5.2.
• Composer: The recommended version of the Composer PHPCS plugin has been upped to ^0.5.0.
• Documentation: Updated the ruleset inline documentation and the Readme to reflect the change in minimum PHP requirements for WordPress as of WP 5.2.
• Documentation: Updated the ruleset inline documentation to include information on when each polyfill was added to/removed from WordPress.
• CI: The rulesets are now also tested against PHP 7.3.
  Note: full PHP 7.3 support is only available in combination with PHP_CodeSniffer 2.9.2 or 3.3.1+ due to an incompatibility within PHP_CodeSniffer itself.