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2.5.0 release:

1) eliminate multiple db connections links to execute db tasks: on 2.5.0 the call to the connection function will be one unique.

2) order and fix several things more.
It only will improve at max all the existent.

Please, if you found any bug into 2.4.9 (or any question or suggestion) reply here!

3) fix WP to phpBB users transfer process under several aspects, and as on others main user insert queries, reduce to only required fields, the number of data inserted. Fix phpBB to WP transfer process hints and minor fixes.
On both has been added the server execution time to 5 min instruction (wherever it will affect effectively)
set_time_limit(300)

This function has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode. There is no workaround other than turning off safe mode or changing the time limit in the php.ini.

4) Transfer option and check (and added common tasks page where will be added several utilities along the time) options pages, are now moved into
WP tools menu and links to those utilities, are also directly accessible into plugin admin page.
The not useful and strange old option has been rebuilt to be easy and always active by default into related admin pages.
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This will be very useful, if falling in certain situations, where two users in phpBB share same email.
So, while testing, you'll not have to disable the wp integration plugin, or phpBB integration extension, or go into db making changes.
It will be also useful to resolve on fly, any incompatibility, after the you checked for problems, into Check tasks, or you have to resolve problems coming out while transferring users. Here you can resolve those problems with easy using just these two simple options.

Hi,

Is it possible to add a setting for the WP Widget on "Last posts", to manage how is displayed the date/hour format? Just add several options in a roll menu with the differents forms for date/hour ?

I don't know if I'm very clear and if you see what I mean...

Hello, yes, maybe the same as it is on Wp main setting.
Very right suggestion. Thank you.

I will try to put this on fly into coming very soon 2.5.0.

That also, return to be compatible and cover, ALL frontend plugins about email changes.
So that it will be possible to run the integration leaving users update their email into both cms, and even with mismatching usernames/email pairs or non existent users.

So, looking and looking how could be possible to check for an email updated into wordpress, before that the update happen into database, so to avoid subsequent phpBB email update for the user, if the email has been found duplicated in phpBB, reverting to the old the changed one. The problem affect all frontend user's profile pages plugins, where in this scenario, we are so obliged to let users update email only into one side. And when integration start, we are obliged to transfer all wp users into phpBB.

But now there are not one, but two ways to avoid this. Fast and easy.

This is the part that lack since the logic of integration little changed when swapped to integration by email.
Have been found two different filters, that can be used to workaround to the problem so that when a plugin let change email in frontend, the integration plugin go to update (maybe) an user in phpBB that should not be, because this email already exist and belong to another (but in wordpress this email do not exist, so wordpress update it).

The integration will bring again all features.
It is faster and tested under many aspects fitting all the necessary.
The integration help page will be soon rewritten, because 1001 ways do not fit anymore all what will be so possible to achieve. Only with the plugin on wp side installed, or with the phpBB extension added into phpBB side.
It will be shortened, all the old and obsolete info will be removed.

2.5.0 resolve all the above, and fix several things (main admin page contain hints that are more clear now...i hope!).
It is coming! Stay tuned lovely people, as promised it will be soo cool

ps ... mhh about phpBB extension... would be better to add an hint about it into plugin admin page.