1.9.6
Bugfix update: prevented PHP warnings when running under PHP 8.
1.9.5
Trivial update: noted compatibility through WP 5.7+, tweaked some documentation formatting, and updated copyright date (2021)
1.9.4
Trivial update: Restructured unit test file structure, expanded unit test coverage, and noted compatibility through WP 5.5+.
1.9.3
Trivial update: Added
TODO.md file, updated a few URLs to be HTTPS, expanded unit testing, and noted compatibility through WP 5.4+
1.9.2
Trivial update: modernized unit tests, noted compatibility through WP 5.3+, and updated copyright date (2020)
1.9.1
Trivial update: tweaked plugin initialization, noted compatibility through WP 5.1+, created
CHANGELOG.md to store historical changelog outside of readme.txt, and updated copyright date (2019).
1.9
Recommended update: fixed compatibility conflicts with Akismet; fixed incorrect counts for pingbacks/trackbacks; verified compatibility through WP 4.9; updated copyright date (2018).
1.8
Recommended update: adopted WP comments bubble red circle superscript to display pending comments count, shown comments bubble in users listing, noted compatibility through WP 4.7+, dropped compatibility with WP older than 4.6, more
1.7
Recommended update: bugfix for causing blank custom user columns, adjustments to utilize language packs, minor unit test tweaks, noted compatibility through WP 4.4+, and updated copyright date
1.6
Recommended update: fixed to display comment count background in WP 4.3; noted compatibility through WP 4.3+.
1.5
Minor update: added and improved unit tests, added new screenshot, noted compatibility through WP 4.1+, and updated copyright date.
1.4
Recommended update: fixed appearance through WP 4.0+; added "Comments" column to admin Users page; dropped pre-WP 3.9 compatibility; added plugin icon.
1.3
Recommended update: enqueue custom CSS file instead of adding to page head; added unit tests; modified initialization; noted compatibility through WP 3.8+; dropped pre-WP 3.8 compatibility
1.2.1
Trivial update: noted compatibility through WP 3.5+
1.2
Recommended update: minor interface changes related to comment bubble coloring; noted compatibility through WP 3.4+; explicitly stated license.
1.1.4
Minor bugfix update: prevent PHP notices when non-standard comment types are present; noted compatibility through WP 3.3+.
1.1.3
Minor bugfix update: properly encode emails in links to commenter's comments listing; noted compatibility through WP 3.2+.
1.1.2
Trivial update: noted compatibility with WP 3.1+ and updated copyright date.
1.1.1
Minor bug fix.
1.1
Recommended update. Highlights: search for other comments by commenter name if no email is provided, fixed clipping of comment bubble on admin dashboard, miscellaneous tweaks, verified WP 3.0 compatibility.