1.3.0

• Enhancement - Update disallowed domains for Plugin URI check.
• Enhancement - Added new checks for Plugin Header fields: missing plugin description, missing plugin version and invalid plugin version.
• Enhancement - New check for validation of donate link in the readme file.
• Enhancement - Increased severity for wrong Plugin Requires.
• Enhancement - Added check Restrict parse_str() without second argument.
• Enhancement - New check for Disallow usage of HEREDOC and NOWDOC.
• Enhancement - Added acronyms allowed in Trademark checks.
• Enhancement - Added option in CLI to add low severity errors and warnings.
• Enhancement - Change error type for License check error codes.
• Enhancement - Always use prefixed tables during runtime check requests.
• Enhancement - Created a new class for checking licenses.
• Enhancement - Added support for MPL-2.0 license.
• Enhancement - Implement gherkin linter in GH action.
• Enhancement - Update check for Contributors in markdown readme files.
• Enhancement - CLI: Fix confusing runtime environment setup order.
• Enhancement - Allow custom checks to provide installed_paths.
• Enhancement - Improved the use of localhost URLs in the Plugin.
• Enhancement - Documented checks in the plugin.
• Enhancement - Increased severity for Code obfuscation checks.
• Enhancement - Diffentiate between no existent readme and default readme file.
• Enhancement - Encourage developers to use native functions for loading images in templates.
• Enhancement - Added a check for not allowing include libraries already in WordPress core.
• Enhancement - Warning for usage of query_posts() in favor of WP_Query.
• Fix - Fix for the local environment is set up before testing.
• Fix - Fix addon checks not being executed when running runtime checks.
• Fix - Allow default as a text domain in the text domain check.
• Fix - Allow GitHub URLs in the Plugin URI field.
• Fix - Don't flag Apache license. It's allowed in the WordPress.org plugin repository.
• Fix - Removes the path before the plugin, so it won't affect to badly named files.

1.2.0

• Enhancement - Added a check for badly used names in files.
• Enhancement - Increased severity for BacktickOperator, DisallowShortOpenTag, DisallowAlternativePHPTags, RestrictedClasses, and RestrictedFunctions.
• Enhancement - Added security checks to the Plugin repository category.
• Enhancement - Allowed runtime-set in code sniffer checks.
• Enhancement - Changed warnings to errors in plugin header checks.
• Enhancement - Detect forbidden plugin headers such as repository URIs in the Directory.
• Enhancement - Added a new check for development functions that are not allowed in final plugins.
• Enhancement - Created new images and icons for the plugin.
• Enhancement - Introduced a slug argument in the CLI.
• Enhancement - Added a check for discouraged PHP functions.
• Enhancement - Added validation for Contributors in the readme file.
• Enhancement - Added a warning for mismatched plugin names in the plugin header and readme file.
• Enhancement - Checked for validation of Plugin Header fields: Name, Plugin URI, Description, Author URI, Requires at least, Requires PHP, and Requires Plugins.
• Enhancement - Added a warning if the "Tested up to" value in the readme file exceeds the released version of WordPress.
• Fix - Display a success message if no errors or warnings are found.
• Fix - Made table results responsive.
• Fix - Prevent proceeding to the next check if the Stable Tag value is set to trunk.
• Fix - Allow runtime initialization even when only add-on checks are requested.
• Fix - Fixed an SPDX warning for the GPL version 3 license.
• Fix - Prevent runtime checks in the CLI context when they cannot be used.

1.1.0

• Feature - New Non_Blocking_Scripts_Check (non_blocking_scripts) runtime check to warn about enqueued scripts that use neither defer nor async.
• Enhancement - Changed the namespace of included checks.
• Enhancement - Introduced severity levels for all errors and warnings.
• Enhancement - CLI: Support checking a plugin from a path or URL.
• Enhancement - Added short descriptions and URLs for each check.
• Enhancement - Improved messaging in check results.
• Enhancement - Updated code obfuscation check with more accurate results.
• Enhancement - Updated plugin review check to flag missing input sanitization (WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput).
• Fix - Improve readme checks to exclude invalid files.
• Fix - Only show edit link if files are actually editable.

1.0.2

• Feature - New Enqueued_Scripts_Scope_Check (enqueued_scripts_scope), Enqueued_Styles_Size_Check (enqueued_styles_size) and Enqueued_Resources_Check (enqueued_resources) performance checks.
• Enhancement - Improved readme check and added a new wp_plugin_check_ignored_readme_warnings filter.
• Enhancement - New wp_plugin_check_default_categories filter to change the categories which are selected by default.
• Enhancement - New wp_plugin_check_ignore_files filter to allow ignoring specific files.
• Fix - Correct detection of readme files in Windows by normalizing file paths.

1.0.1

• Fix - Add missing test-content folder needed for runtime checks.
• Fix - Do not send emails when setting up test environment.
• Fix - Prevent PHP warning when the argv variable isn't set.

1.0.0

• Feature - Complete overhaul of the plugin, its architecture, and all checks.
• Feature - Added new WP-CLI commands for running checks and listing available options.
• Enhancement - Added option to only run checks for a specific category.

0.2.3

• Tweak - Use version 3.8.0 of the PHP_CodeSniffer library, moving away from squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer to use PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer.
• Fix - Ensure the plugin works as expected on the WP playground environment to enable reviewers to use PCP. Props @tellyworth.
• Fix - Undefined array key "argv" when running the plugin check in certain environments. Props @afragen. #340

0.2.2

• Enhancement - Include support for Windows Servers.
• Enhancement - Avoid using PHP CLI directly, which enables plugin developers to use PCP in a variety of new environments.
• Fix - Remove dependency on shell_exec and exec functions, which enables plugin developers to use PCP in a variety of new environments.
• Fix - Prevent problems with Readme parser warning related to contributor_ignored for when running the check outside WP.org. Props @dev4press. #276
• Fix - Remove extra period on the end of the sentence for Phar warning. Props @pixolin. #275

0.2.1

• Added - 'View in code editor' link beneath each PHPCS error or warning. Props @EvanHerman, @westonruter, @felixarntz, @mukeshpanchal27 #262
• Fix - Ensure readme.txt has priority over readme.md when both are present. Props @bordoni, @afragen #258
• Fix - Ensure that the PHPCS check runs even when the PHPCS binary is not executable. Props @bordoni, @shawn-digitalpoint, @mrfoxtalbot #254
• Fix - Readme changes and typos. Props @aaronjorbin. #261
• Fix - Long lines of code with PHPCS check no longer expand over the size of the notice. Props @bordoni, @felixarntz. #263
• Fix - Ensure that we have PHP 7.2 compatibility remove trailing comma. Props @bordoni, @leoloso. #265
• Fix - Include all strings that were missed in the previous release. Props @bordoni, @pixolin. #270

0.2.0

• Feature - Enable modification of the PHP Binary path used by the plugin with PLUGIN_CHECK_PHP_BIN constant.
• Feature - Include a check for the usage of ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS on any PHP files - Props EvanHerman at #45
• Feature - Include a check for the presence of the application files (.a, .bin, .bpk, .deploy, .dist, .distz, .dmg, .dms, .DS_Store, .dump, .elc, .exe, .iso, .lha, .lrf, .lzh, .o, .obj, .phar, .pkg, .sh, '.so`) - Props EvanHerman at #43
• Feature - Include a check for the presence of the readme.txt or readme.md file - Props EvanHerman at #42
• Fix - Ensure that Readme parsing is included properly when a readme.md or readme.txt file is present. Props Bordoni #52
• Tweak - Disallow functions move_uploaded_file, passthru, proc_open - Props alexsanford at #50
• Tweak - Change the message type for using functions WordPress already includes from Warning to Error. Props davidperezgar at #18
• Tweak - Change the message type for incorrect usage of Stable tag from Notice/Warning to Error. Props davidperezgar at #3