Changelog

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.