AbilityGuard v1.1 adds persistent logs, advanced filters, and watchlist alerts

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The WordPress plugin AbilityGuard has released version 1.1, significantly expanding its monitoring capabilities for the WordPress Abilities API. The update replaces the previous rolling 100-entry log cap with configurable or unlimited log retention, ensuring audit history is no longer silently lost. Advanced filtering options — covering status, risk level, user ID, date range, and more — now work independently of each other, and users can save filter combinations for reuse. Filtered log views can be exported directly to CSV, making the data easier to use in compliance reports or security reviews. A new sensitive ability watchlist lets users flag specific high-risk abilities for closer attention, shifting the tool from a passive dashboard to an active monitoring system.

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