From 456cf4727d413b5c06d7645b8232da6646c10137 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Egidio CORICA <ecorica@beapi.fr>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:56:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add release note 2.1.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md               | 8 +++++++-
 beapi-maintenance-mode.php | 4 ++--
 readme.txt                 | 6 +++++-
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 843d322..61d3e95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog ##
 
+## 2.1.1 - 17 Feb 2026
+
+* Fix authentication check for REST API requests by adding `is_user_authenticated()` method
+* Authenticated users can now access the site via REST API even when maintenance mode is active
+
+
 ## 2.1.0 - 20 Sept 2024
 
 * New HTML template by default with conditional lang JS
@@ -37,4 +43,4 @@
 * Add [#4](https://github.com/BeAPI/beapi-maintenance-mode/issues/4) : implement maintenance mode to not disturb the wp-activate process.
 
 ## 1.0.0 - 02 Nov 2018
-* First release
\ No newline at end of file
+* First release
diff --git a/beapi-maintenance-mode.php b/beapi-maintenance-mode.php
index bad9b5d..6db6a91 100644
--- a/beapi-maintenance-mode.php
+++ b/beapi-maintenance-mode.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 /*
 Plugin Name: BEAPI - Maintenance Mode
-Version: 2.1.0
+Version: 2.1.1
 Plugin URI: https://github.com/BeAPI/beapi-maintenance-mode
 Description: Puts your WordPress site into maintenance mode.
 Author: Be API
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 }
 
 // Plugin constants
-define( 'BEAPI_MAINTENANCE_MODE_VERSION', '2.1.0' );
+define( 'BEAPI_MAINTENANCE_MODE_VERSION', '2.1.1' );
 define( 'BEAPI_MAINTENANCE_MODE_MIN_PHP_VERSION', '7.0' );
 
 // Plugin URL and PATH
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 81d722f..91c5809 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Just follow the referring note into the plugin documentation.
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 2.1.1 - 17 Feb 2026 =
+- Fix authentication check for REST API requests by adding `is_user_authenticated()` method
+- Authenticated users can now access the site via REST API even when maintenance mode is active
+
 = 2.0.0 - 18 Oct 2023 =
 - Breaking change : Everything is blocked by design on plugin creation, you should open IPs on code with beapi.maintenance_mode.whitelist_ips filter
 
@@ -107,4 +111,4 @@ Just follow the referring note into the plugin documentation.
 - Add [#4](https://github.com/BeAPI/beapi-maintenance-mode/issues/4) : implement maintenance mode to not disturb the wp-activate process.
 
 = 1.0.0 - 02 Nov 2018 =
-- First release
\ No newline at end of file
+- First release