- Removed the duplicate
vael-profile-buttons.phpinclude. - Moved repeated form helpers into
vael-helpers.php. - Kept shared shortcode CSS from printing more than once per request.
- Removed the obsolete profile-only handshake notification and its unused CSS.
- Replaced the destructive homepage redirect workaround with a targeted safe redirect.
- Added
[vael_board]to the admin shortcode list. - Normalized expected filenames and folder structure.
- Back up the current
wp-content/plugins/vael-me/folder and database. - Replace the existing plugin folder with this
vael-mefolder. - Activate/check the plugin in WordPress Admin.
- Test registration,
/vael-in/,/vael-out/,/buyer-dashboard/,/match-dashboard/,/board/, BuddyBoss messages, handshakes, availability, and global notifications.
The plugin version is 1.1.0, so the existing database updater will run dbDelta() once.