Akeeba Admin Tools PRO 7.8.8

• Added [LOW] Delete Inactive Users scheduled task: optional User Group filter
• Fixed [HIGH] .htaccess Maker outputs blocked user agents rules before RewriteEngine On
• Fixed [HIGH] Admin Secret URL Parameter override cookie wouldn't work on Joomla 6 without the backwards compatibility plugin enabled
• Fixed [HIGH] Unblock My IP in the Control Panel would fail with a fatal error

• Fixed [HIGH] "Cannot use object of type stdClass as array" on some sites

New features​

• Override automatic server detection

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] Cannot combine "Restrict access by IP" with "User agents to block"
• [HIGH] Cannot save .htaccess configuration when "Restrict access by IP" is set to Custom
• [LOW] Litespeed was incorrectly treated as Apache 2.0 when it supports Apache 2.4 syntax

• [HIGH] Resetting Joomla Update would fail on Joomla 6 (core b/c break)
• [HIGH] Restrict access by IP range could fail on Joomla 6 (core b/c break)
• [HIGH] Warn About Leaked Passwords would fail on Joomla 6 (core b/c break)
• [MEDIUM] Dropdown labels were swapped in the Delete inactive users scheduled task.

• Changed: PHP 8.5 compatiblity
• Fixed: [LOW] PHP warning in Web.Config Maker coming from a reference to an obsolete feature

• PHP 8.5 compatibility: implicit nullable method parameters are deprecated
• PHP 8.5 compatibility: setAccessible is deprecated for reflection objects
• Support for Joomla 6

• Changed Preliminary support for Joomla 6
• Changed Removed wget and pycurl from the default list of blocked user agent strings
• Changed Improve Unicode support in Bad Words filtering
• Fixed [HIGH] Fatal error on blocked request under Joomla 5 and PostgreSQL due to internal J5 changes
• Fixed [LOW] PHP warning 'Attempt to read property "guest" on null' in some rare admin login failure cases
• Fixed [LOW] Misnamed column in the URL redirects table for PostgreSQL

• Changed Preliminary support for Joomla 6
• Changed No longer report Joomla API application's NotAcceptable exception by email.
• Fixed [MEDIUM] Cannot mark a file safe from the Examine File page
• Fixed [LOW] Limit for disabled obsolete admins check was too low in the interface
• Fixed [LOW] Custom block page should never be triggered in the backend of the site
• Fixed [LOW] "Warn about use of well-known passwords" will throw a PHP error if the user groups for the feature have not been set

New features​

• Server config maker: restrict access to specific IP ranges [gh-324]

Bug fixes​

• [HIGH] A PHP warning in “Block common usernames” occurring under some circumstances may prevent the feature from working reliably
• [HIGH] The HSTS header was not output when using the .htaccess Maker
• [MEDIUM] NginX Conf Maker didn't use the X-Forwarded-Proto HTTP header when redirecting

New features​

• Support for top-level files folder introduced in Joomla! 5.3.0

Bug fixes​

• [LOW] Error, or inconsistent output when deleting the last item of the last page of a list
• [LOW] Features using SuperUsersTrait generate a deprecated notice
• [LOW] Multiple email addresses required comma and space as a separator instead of just a comma
• [MEDIUM] HSTS HTTP header not set on hosts relying on X-Forwarded-Proto to detect HTTPS
• [MEDIUM] Monitor Super User accounts ignores its configured email address
• [MEDIUM] Redirect non-www to www didn't work correctly on hosts relying on X-Forwarded-Proto to detect HTTPS