Changelog

v1.5.2 - 09 May 2026

Pure Comments has moved from GitHub to Codeberg. The update checker now fetches release information from Codeberg, and all relevant links have been updated accordingly.

⚠ Upgrade notice - This release restructures the in-app updater so a manual update is required.

Manual upgrade steps

1. Back up your site — download a copy of your entire Pure Comments directory before proceeding.
2. Download the v1.5.2 release zip from the Codeberg releases page and extract it.
3. Delete everything EXCEPT for the db/ directory and the config.php file.
4. Copy the new files to your existing installation, replacing everything except your db/ directory and config.php file.

v1.5.1 - 04 May 2026

• Updated license to v1.1: commercial self-use is now explicitly permitted.
• Added Italian translation (thanks Elena Brescacin)

1.5.0 - 25 April 2026

New features

• "Remember me" checkbox on the login page; sets a 90-day persistent cookie so the browser session survives a restart.
• Filter by post - each comment row in the dashboard now has a "Filter by this post" link that scopes both pending and published lists to that post.
• Filter by commenter - each comment row has a "Filter by this commenter" link; filters by email if the commenter provided one, otherwise by name.

Note: Translations for new strings were done by an AI, so will likely need a human review.

Improvements

• Enhanced German translation (thanks werschreibt).

1.4.1 - 21 April 2026

• Fixed incorrect email encoding for UTF-8 characters (e.g. umlauts) in SMTP notifications (fixes #2)
• Added SMTP debug logging toggle to settings — displays the full SMTP conversation log in the admin UI when sending a test email (fixes #4)
• Fixed updater not replacing the lang/ directory when upgrading — lang files will now be updated correctly from this version onwards

⚠️ One-off manual step for anyone upgrading to v1.4.1: the updater could not replace your lang files during this upgrade, so you will need to manually copy the lang/ directory from the release zip to your installation.

1.4.0 - 14 April 2026

Added translation support. Currently has English (en.php) and German (de.php). German translations were created by AI, so please submit a PR if updates are required. Read the docs.

⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE AFTER UPDATING: Your site will produce a 500 error after updating. This is expected behaviour. It's because the current updater doesn't expect the /lang directory, so it won't copy the language files over during the update.

To fix this you have to manually copy the /lang directory to the root of your comments install. This is a one off action. Future updates will be fine.

1.3.2 — 21 March 2026

Fixed

• The privacy policy URL field in settings is now optional. If left blank, the privacy link is hidden from the comment form entirely.

1.3.1 — 6 March 2026

Added

• Rate limiting for comment submissions.

Fixed

• Prevented unauthorised database downloads; emails are now encrypted at rest.

1.3.0 — 6 March 2026

Added

• SMTP support for comment notification emails, with a test mail option in settings.

1.2.0 — 28 February 2026

Added

• Support for running PureComments in a subfolder.

Fixed

• Bug where post slugs could not be correctly derived.
• Various CSS fixes.

1.1.1 — 27 February 2026

Fixed

• Bug with ability to derive slugs.

1.1.0 — 26 February 2026

Added

• In-app updater support.

1.0.0 — 25 February 2026

Added

• Initial release.
• Localisation support.

Fixed

• Bug with admin reply notifications not sending correctly.