Title: VERSION 8.9 changes? Last modified: September 14, 2018 --- # VERSION 8.9 changes? * Resolved [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/) * Hi Guido, * I notice this is considered as a major update but I don’t really understand the changelog and how those changes or additions will impact existing installations. * Would it be possible for you to explain a bit more clearly what are the changes to take care of for existing installations please? * Thanks! Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/#post-10687418) * Hi John, * This update doesn’t mean there’s a risk.. I’ve only made changes to the captcha and the settingspage. * Maybe I should remove the label “major” because this might be misleading 😉 Besides this I should have used the 3 digit version number, upon initial release of the plugin but at that time I thought it wasn’t necessary. * Guido * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/#post-10687504) * Hi John, * Have updated the changelog few moments ago and removed the “major update” label. To avoid confusion. * Guido * Thread Starter [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/#post-10687569) * Thanks Guido, * That’s fine but I still don’t know WHAT sort of changes you’ve done there (captcha and settings page) so that I can check my settings accordingly after update. * With my post here I was mainly suggesting, if possible, to provide a more explicit changelog for existing users and WHERE to look for those changes/additions. * Thanks. * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/#post-10689354) * Hi John, * I’ve added an alternative captcha, which doesn’t use a PHP session and doesn’t use the PHP rand() function to generate a random number. Because some users were having conflicts with other plugins and the capcha wasn’t working when the server has disabled the use of PHP sessions. This new captcha is a random number that changes every hour, so less secure. * Besides this I’ve added tabbed navigation on the settingspage. I’ve added one new setting, for the captcha. I did not change any existing settings whatsoever. * And I’ve relocated the validation code and sending & saving code from the 2 shortcode files to separate files, because it makes no sense to have the same code blocks in both shortcode files. I now include the separate files in the shortcode files. * That’s it. * Guido * Thread Starter [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/#post-10690109) * Thanks Guido, that’s much clearer now! * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/#post-10733323) * Hi John, * New plugin update and I’m hoping the changelog is clear for you 🙂 * Guido * Thread Starter [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/#post-10734496) * Ha, ha, that’s fine for me, no problem. I only hope I’m not the only one reading this changelog as it provides important information for those running your plugin already! * Many thanks for your continuous support and improvement of this plugin! * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/#post-10906226) * Hi [@dsl225](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) / John, * FYI, there will be a plugin update soon containing several quite big changes. In short: - The redirect to thank you message (and server error message) is being done by javascript now (no jquery). To avoid resubmitting the form upon page refresh. - There will be a query string parameter in the URL when thank you message is being displayed. This can be useful when having a thank you page defined in your website statistics / analytics program. - Removed the PHP session method from the captcha (random number). The PHP session can conflict with other plugins that also use a session. * More detailed info in the upcoming changlog. * Guido * Thread Starter [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-8-9-changes/#post-10907193) * Great, well noted, many thanks! 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