Version 4.0.28 has been posted to github. This version accomplishes two actions. 1) will bypass the use of mb_internal_encoding if it is not activated. A message (although not large) will be present on the EP4 admin tools window.. The effects of not having this functionality implemented (site/server/php.ini related) does not appear to be heavily documented; however, routine functionality remains. 2) The code has been modified to open (extend) functionality to all versions of ZC at or above 1.5.3. Again, this is an extension of functionality, no functionality has been removed from previous versions of ZC... There are 2 new files that will need to be installed if not previously installed by other plugins. They are based/named from what was published by lat9. There were a few minor corrections made to the commented text, but no change to functionality. EP4 will send tracking requests for all insertion and update actions made to the database.

Anyways, 4.0.28 may be obtained from: https://github.com/mc12345678/EasyPopulate-4.0 currently, but hopefully from: https://github.com/chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0. General directions are provided in the first post of this thread.

There are no configuration window changes made from 4.0.27; however, if the option to Export URI with Prod and or Cat is not in your list of configuration options, then upon copy of the files to your server, it would be recommended to select the uninstall followed by install links when at the tools->Easy Populate 4 window.

Otherwise, file replacement/upload is all that is necessary to upgrade from 4.0.27 to 4.0.28. Again, the updated code will still work on older versions of ZC, but now will also work on ZC 1.5.4.