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Version 1.3

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By Robin Cornett
  • New: GitHub repositories now support releases in addition to tags.
  • New: An action hook, edd_git_zip_extracted, has been added to allow developers to manipulate the downloaded archive before final packaging.
  • New: More detailed error messages if something goes wrong during a fetch.
  • Changed: The transient to store the list of repositories is now stored indefinitely, but can be manually refreshed.
  • Changed: The warning modal has been updated for improved accessibility.
  • Changed: The new/edit download interface has been further updated to be consistent with the WordPress admin.
  • Dev: The minimum PHP version is now 5.6.
  • Dev: Improved compatibility with PHP 8.
  • Dev: The class to process a downloaded file now uses its own properties.

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