# Changelog

All notable changes to Aurora Admin are documented here, one entry per
version bump. Starts at 2.1.0 — earlier history (the theming rebuild,
window chrome/taskbar, Site Editor support, etc.) lives in `git log` and
`PROJECT_STATUS.md`, not reconstructed here.

## [2.1.0] - 2026-07-04

### Added
- Free/paid feature gating: Role Editor, Activity Log, Database Explorer,
  Analytics, White Label, and the remote site switcher are now Pro
  features. Menu Creator, Admin Notices, Comments, Plugins, and the core
  shell/theming stay free. Locked pages show an upgrade prompt instead of
  the real feature; the sidebar shows a lock badge on locked items.
- Real license validation against the `auroraplugins.com` license server
  (validate/activate/deactivate), replacing the earlier placeholder that
  treated any non-empty key as active. Status is cached for 12 hours and
  re-checked immediately on a license-key change. The Settings page shows
  a live status line (active/invalid/unreachable) under the License key
  field.
- File-integrity tamper protection: if the code implementing the license
  gate has been modified, every paid feature re-locks regardless of an
  otherwise-valid license — makes stripping the check out of a
  redistributed copy not actually unlock anything.

### Fixed
- Role Editor's REST endpoint 500'd when hit via the REST API — it called
  `get_editable_roles()`, which WordPress only auto-loads for normal
  wp-admin page requests, not REST requests.