Added: API stats recording and widget. Use option "Logging / Record API stats" to activate it
Added: Client-side request limit handling to reduce "TooManyRequests" API error
Added: Repo function "ASIN usage" now supports collections (#121)
Added: Option to enter a custom price for Repo items
Added: Option to enter a custom rating for Repo items (#120)
Added: Option for price disclaimer default timestamp format
Added: Cronjob metabox in section "Service" which contains helpful information about cronjob setup
Changed: Updated managed templates to support custom price and rating
Changed: Increased the default Repo item lifetime from one to six hours to prevent unnecessary API requests for average use cases. Reduce it again if necessary.
Fixed: Placeholder {$CustomerReviewsURL} is working again
Fixed: Repo ASIN search did not work in some cases
1.13.6 (2020-08-16)
Fixed: An error that occurred when using ASA2's notifications, WP 5.5 and the plugin WPMailSMTP
Fixed: Line break issue with PA API requests on Windows servers (#118)
1.13.5 (2020-08-07)
Fixed: The unavailability of products was incorrectly calculated in the context of price variations (#125)
Fixed: The Repo status of products was set to invalid if the API request returned an error, even if it had nothing to do with the product. Pending a better solution, this behaviour is suspended for the time being.
Fixed: The price range for products with variations could not be calculated in all cases (#124)
Fixed: Keyword search did still not support {{ Brand }} placeholder 😉
Fixed: Avoiding an infinite loop when using the internationalization feature in combination with demo user
1.13.4 (2020-06-05)
Added: Shortcode option "id" which can be used to place a custom CSS id attribute on the outer container of managed templates (#111)
Fixed: The separation of the individual caches did not work correctly
Fixed: The display of images did not work in section "TestSuite / Placeholders".
Fixed: Keyword search did not support {{ Brand }} placeholder
1.13.3 (2020-05-14)
Fixed: Code changes to ensure compatibility with PHP 5.6 which is no longer officially supported. Please use at least PHP 7.1!
Changed: Moved option "Hide managed in picker" from options section "Templates" to new section "Product Picker"
Changed: Improved managed template "Sortable_table_2" for mobile display
Fixed: Optimization of the log entry cleanup process that could lead to database deadlocks
Fixed: Logging option "Log API request URL" did not work with PA API 5
Fixed: Cache optimization for associate ID sets and template translations
Fixed: Placeholder {{ SalesRank }} contained an empty array with PA API 5 if no sales rank data was present. Now it contains null in that case.
1.12.5 (2019-11-26)
Fixed: Issue with Single Image feature. The first product image was not displayed with API 5. (#67)
Fixed: Issue with scale effect of managed template Flat_box_horizontal
Fixed: Proxy list was not sortable by date of addition
1.12.4 (2019-11-12)
Fixed: Improved compatibility with other plugins
1.12.3 (2019-11-11)
Changed: Setup form improved. The API connection test is now executed only once per hour
Fixed: Support for book placeholders {{ Author }}, {{ AuthorArray }}, {{ AuthorHtmlList }}, {{ NumberOfPages }}, {{ ISBN }}, {{ Edition }}
Fixed: PHP warning that could occur when encrypting the API secret key and license key
1.12.2 (2019-10-30)
Fixed: Improvements to avoid class conflicts with other plugins that also use PA API 5.0
1.12.1 (2019-10-23)
Fixed: Minor improvements regarding PA API 5.0
1.12.0 (2019-10-22)
Important Change!: In the course of the changes to support the PA API 5.0 a lot of code was changed and added. If you encounter problems or conflicts with other plugins during installation, please contact support (https://www.wp-amazon-plugin.com/support/).
New: Support for PA API 5.0 which is mandatory from November 2019 on. Check the PA API 5.0 Blog Post
Changed: Requires PHP 5.5. Please note that this version is already "End of life" (see supported PHP versions). Please upgrade to a current PHP version (currently at least 7.1)
Changed: Managed templates were checked and revised with regard to PA API 5.0 compatibility.
Fixed: When using the shortcode [asa2_img], the first image was not loaded if the "img" option was missing. (#52)
Fixed: Placeholders {{ LastItemUpdate }} and {{ LastItemUpdateBlogFormat }} were empty if item was loaded via API.
Fixed: An AMP CSS issue.
Fixed: Option "country_code" of the item refresh cronjob did not handle multiple country codes properly (separated by comma).
Added: Support for WP Cron API for ASA2's product refresh cronjob (Read more) (#14)
Added: New option to debug cronjob execution
Added: New option to limit the feature text length for managed templates ("Feature text max length") (#38)
Changed: Dependencies updated for managed template "Sortable_table_2"
Fixed: The three points for shortening the description text with "Read more" link were no longer displayed (#41)
Fixed: Memory limit problem that rarely occurred when rendering templates (#42)
Fixed: Managed template option "custom_css" did not work as expected (#44)
1.10.8 (2019-07-14)
Fixed: Repo import did not work with search URLs (#33)
Changed: Improvements to the topic "RequestThrottled" (#35)
Changed: The URL format of text links is now adjusted to the format settings under "Options / Templates" (#34)
1.10.7 (2019-05-05)
Added: Function to import text list of proxies (host:port) (#ASA2-24)
Fixed: Issue with plugin AMPforWP (since 0.9.97.50) caused fatal error on AMP pages (#ASA2-52)
1.10.6 (2019-03-20)
Added: Added a new option to set a fixed pause in seconds between two API requests when using the Repo items refresh cronjob in "Options / Advanced" (#ASA2-48)
Added: New option "image size" for templates "Flat_box_vertical" and "Flat_box_horizontal" (#ASA2-33)
Added: New option for template "Flex_1" to show prime logo with price (default is on) (#ASA-28)
Added: New option "Custom CSS" for every every managed template
Changed: All templates now have the same options for price and affiliate link disclaimers and these are enabled by default
Fixed: A bug with "Flat_box_vertical" and "Flat_box_horizontal" alignment (#ASA2-29)
Fixed: The template "Flat_box_vertical" was not displayed 100% width on mobile devices (#ASA2-31)
Fixed: Price disclaimer popup flickered at Flat_box_* in combination with hover effect (#ASA2-44)
Fixed: "Flex_1" had some problems on AMP pages (#ASA2-38)
1.10.4 (2019-02-03)
Added: Product Picker preserves last result and settings (#ASA2-12)
Added: New option to hide managed templates from templates admin section (see Options / Templates) (#ASA2-16)
Added: New option to edit managed templates which can be used together with support to fix issues until they will be delivered with the next update (#ASA2-17)
Added: New option for "Reset queue" button to remove items from rating queue that no longer exists in the Repo (#ASA2-26)
Added: The repo usage option now also supports text links (#ASA2-27)
Changed: If new articles are saved in the repo (via frontend) and the advanced ratings mode is used, the articles are sorted at the beginning of the ratings queue. (#ASA2-1)
Changed: Improved managed template "Carousel": smoother loading and same height of slides.
Changed: New options for managed template "Flex_1" to achieve same height for all items.
Changed: Proxies now get downgraded when the resulting rating is invalid. (#ASA2-23)
Fixed: Managed template "Flat_box_vertical" did not work with custom options (#ASA2-13)
Fixed: Managed template "Flat_box_vertical" had problems in Firefox with the hover effect (#ASA2-6)
Fixed: Optimizations for PHP 7.2 (function "each" replaced by "foreach") (#ASA2-7)
Fixed: PHP 7.3 improvements
Fixed: Conflict between the template "Carousel" and the picture slideshow in the other templates, if these were used together on one page.
Fixed: Templates bulk export did not work (#ASA2-15)
Fixed: Manged templates "Sortable_list_2" had problems displaying images on AMP pages.
Fixed: In rare cases and when using proxies it could happen that ratings greater than 5 were displayed. (#ASA2-23)
1.10.3 (2018-12-08)
Fixed: Issue with object cache (Serialization of 'SimpleXMLElement' is not allowed)
1.10.2 (2018-12-07)
Fixed: Added database patch executor for new table asa2_proxies
1.10.1 (2018-12-06)
Fixed: Added database selftest for new table asa2_proxies
Added: New search pattern algorithms to analyse the product ratings
Added: Support for proxy servers when analysing the ratings via cronjob
Added: ASIN usage report function for Repo items. Checks where an ASIN is used in posts and comments when used with [asa2] shortcodes.
Added: Country filter on the Repo overview page
Added: New Asa2_Cron_Ratings cronjob options "quantity" (To process more than one product per operation) and "pause" (to set a pause in seconds between the operations).
Added: Test to check for correctly installed template translations
Change: Repo listtable filter improvements
Change: New option for bash script: --php=... can be used to pass the local PHP executable to be used to run the script
Change: New option for bash script: --wp-load-path=... can be used to pass the path to wp-load.php in WP root in case WP core files are seperated from plugin directory
Change: Removed comments from mobile detect class which "Wordfence" mistakenly consideres a threat
Change: Improved placeholder {{ EditorialReviewsContent }} to prioritize content provided by Amazon
Change: Item names (like templates, collections, feeds...) are now allowed to contain a minus sign (-)
Fixed: Improved advanced ratings queue handling which in rare cases could lead to aborts in processing
Fixed: Minor CSS fixed in managed template Sortable_table_2
Fixed: Feed items have been transferred to the Repo although the option to disable this was set
Fixed: Default feed category was not set when feed items got stored in the Repo
Fixed: When filling the table asa2_ratings, a lock is set to prevent a job started in parallel from starting a second filling.
Fixed: Navigation elements of managed templates "Sortable_table" are translated now
1.9.2 (2018-07-25)
Fixed: Issue with database table patch for adding a new column for australian template translation (this could only in rare cases lead to errors)
1.9.1 (2018-07-22)
Added: API support for Australia
Added: Knowlegde Base search form on dashboard
Fixed: List table search did not work on admin pages
Fixed: Editor button did not appear for author role
Fixed: A problem where URLs on AMP pages were removed if the product title contained an umlaut
Fixed: In AMP mode, multiple tags had been created what was not AMP compliant. Now it's only one.
Fixed: Several managed templates got improved in terms of AMP compliance
Added: Support for AMP pages. The managed templates are already prepared for AMP. (Read more)
Added: Local images feature. The images used in templates can now be downloaded to the local Media Library before delivering the page output to the visitor. (Read more)
Added: Log type filter. Gives the possibility to display certain log types only.
Added: Option "button max width" for managed template "Flat_box_horizontal"
Added: Smart collection option "cf" to be able to filter by custom fields (Read more)
Change: Redesigned options page. Improved usability through sidebar navigation.
Change: Logging refactoring
Change: Improved CSS of managed template "Flex_1"
Fixed: Improvements and fixes in managed templates "Image_Layout_1" and "Image_Layout_Polaroid"
Fixed: PHP warning: Missing argument 2 for asa2_default_error()
Fixed: Advanced ratings items to be skipped are filtered out before execution
Fixed: An error in template "Sortable_table" occured when the title column was disabled
Change: PHP function asa2_i18n_get_store_safe_user_country_iso_code should not be used anymore. Use asa2_i18n_get_user_country_iso_code instead. (Read more)
Change: PHP function asa2_default_error should not be used anymore. Use asa2_log_default_error instead. (Read more)
Change: PHP function asa2_save_repo_item should not be used anymore. Use asa2_repo_save_item instead. (Read more)
Fixed: Managed Template "Image_Layout_1": Custom background color did not work, shortcode options did not work
Fixed: Managed Template "Image_Layout_Polaroid": Custom background color did not work, shortcode options did not work, custom title CSS did not work
Fixed: PHP function asa2_item_batch_lookup only worked with one country code
Fixed: PHP error: Call to a member function setCountryCode() on null in lib/Asa2/Service/Amazon/Response.php:134
Added: New feature to display a single image selected from all available ones (accompanied by the new short code [asa2_img]) (Read more)
Added: New managed template for image feature: Image_Layout_1 (Demo page)
Added: New managed template for image feature: Image_Layout_Polaroid (Demo page)
Added: Option "lifetime" for feed refresh cronjob (Read more)
Added: Option "limit" for feed refresh cronjob (Read more)
Added: Option "verbose" for feed refresh cronjob to show new items (Read more)
Added: Information about cronjob execution in server environment output in section "Service"
Added: URL Replace. New feature to parse comments, posts and widgets for Amazon links set by visitors and replace other Tracking IDs with your own. Check "Options / URL Replace". (Read more)
Added: ASIN filter that removes all non-alphanumeric characters from ASINs and checks whether it consist of only 10 characters and an option to disable it (in options section "Advanced")
Added: Dynamic placeholder "post" which contains all the properties of the WP Post object which is present when an ASA2 template gets loaded, like {{ post.post_title }}
Added: Template cache option to consider Post ID when working with the new {{ post.* }} placeholder
Added: Placeholder {{ repo_url }} for Repo items keeping the full permalink of Repo items including the custom page slug
Added: New shortcode option "translation" to force the template translation
Added: New formats supported by URL Importer: Single ASIN, Search Page Result (Read more)
Changed: Improved cronjob execution script.sh
Changed: When a feed gets refreshed, its items will be transfered to the Repo what did not happen before
Changed: Updated managed template "Flat_box_horizontal" (new options to change links targets, handle products without image, layout fixes and more)
Changed: Updated managed template "Flat_box_vertical" (new options to change links targets, handle products without image, layout fixes and more)
Changed: Updated managed template "Carousel" (added option "img_min_height" to achieve same height for all slides)
Changed: Updated CKEditor (used for template editing) to version 4.7.3
Changed: Image tag created by ImageSetsArray|get now includes the product title as "alt" value (Read more)
Fixed: Default Associate ID set was not used on internationalized products if no associate_id_set option was set. The default set is now used even for single products that do not belong to the configured default store.
Fixed: Grabbing and saving the ratings did not work in some cases without the advanced ratings mode
Fixed: Parsing the ratings page now uses a cache to prevent unnecessary multiple requests
1.7.1 (2017-07-31)
Fixed: Improved responsive behavior of managed template "Carousel"
Fixed: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in lib/Asa2/Cache.php on line 38
Fixed: PHP Notice: Undefined variable: decrypted_string in lib/IfwAsa2/Util/Encryption.php on line 57
Fixed: Fixed and issue with template "Sortable_table"
1.7.0 (2017-07-18)
Teaser: See some of the new feature in this teaser video: https://youtu.be/DCifxpnUBIg
Added: Button to reset ratings queue in "Options / Ratings" (Read more)
Added: New managed template "Carousel" (Demo page)
Added: New managed template "Flat_box_horizontal" (Demo page)
Added: New managed template "Flat_box_vertical" (Demo page)
Added: New managed template "Sortable_table_2" (Demo page)
Added: New price placeholders containing integer values (without decimal mark) including the decimal places, e.g. {{ OffersMainPriceInteger }} (Read more)
Added: New logging option to limit the maximum amount of log entries (default 500) (Read more)
Added: New logging option to log API request URLs (Read more)
Added: On success, advanced ratings refresh automatically updates ratings values of repo items
Fixed: Advanced ratings processing could get blocked by not longer existing products
Fixed: Shortcode option "value" supported only one placeholder filter
Fixed: PHP 7 improvements
Fixed: Added support for OpenSSL to encryption methods as mcrypt is deprecated and will be removed in future PHP versions
Fixed: Managed template "Columns_layout" improved for Firefox
Fixed: Improved slideshow rendering in managed templates
1.3.1 (2016-03-10)
Fixed: Custom Fields integration was broken (Read more)
1.3 (2016-03-05)
Added: If no editorial text is delivered by the API, the Repo content text will be used for placeholder {{ EditorialReviewsContent }}
Added: New option to display product features for Managed Tempates "Horizontal_box", "Book", "Movie" and "Music"
Added: New placeholder filter "get" to access single product images via placeholder {{ ImageSetsArray }} (Read more)
Added: New placeholder {{ AssociateIdDefault }} which always contains the default Associate / Tracking ID
Added: New placeholder {{ IsAvailable }} which contains boolean true if the product is available, false otherwise. (Read more)
Added: New option "AutoPrice: Consider LowestUsedPrice only if no other". If set, the lowest used price will only be considered for placeholder {{ OffersAutoPriceFormattedPrice }} if there is no other price at all.
Changed: Placeholder {{ AssociateId }} is now compatible with Associate Id sets used with internationalized products
Changed: Major improvements in loading script and style dependencies for managed templates
Changed: Placeholder option "Custom empty price text" does not apply to placeholder {{ OffersMainPriceAmount }} any more, but still for {{ OffersAutoPriceAmount }}.
Fixed: Placeholder {{ EditorialReviewsContent }} could be empty on products with multiple editorial reviews
1.2.1 (2016-02-21)
Changed: Option "Load images via https" renamed to "Prepare for HTTPS" as it now cares about more than just image URLs.
Changed: Improved managed templates in terms of HTTPS handling.
1.2 (2016-02-14)
Added: Bulk URL importer feature for Repo items (see submenu ASA 2 Repo / Tools).
Added: "Mobile templates". Must be activated in "Options / Templates". Enables shortcode option "mobile_tpl" to define custom templates for mobile devices. (Read more)
Added: "alt" tag added to all img tags in managed templates.
Added: New option "Max slideshow items" to all managed templates with product image slideshows.
Added: New template option "Load jQuery". Use it in case special features of managed template did not work before, like the image slideshow. (Read more)
Added: Translation for product image slider in managed templates.
Changed: Shop page button in managed templates is now a link instead of a form like it was before.
Removed: Dependencies to PHP function set_include_path removed.
Removed: Dependencies to PHP function "parse_ini_file" removed. Config is now using a PHP array.
Fixed: Managed template "Sidebar" did append the image URL to the shop page URL.
Fixed: Executing the Repo refresh cronjob could produce a PHP Warning: "Cannot modify header information" if WP Super Cache was active.
1.1.1 (2016-02-01)
Added: New logging option to log errors related to the i18n feature
Fixed: Improved error handling in relation with the i18n feature, e.g. on issues with detecting the user's IP address
1.1.0 (2016-01-31)
Added: Single value rendering without template, e.g. [asa2 value="Title"]B0094J2BZ0[/asa2] (Read more)
Added: Migration Wizard. Migrates all ASA 1 contents (templates and collections) to ASA 2. (Read more)
Added: ASA 1 backwards compatibility. ASA 2 can now support [asa] and [asa_collection] shortcodes, the ASA 1 widget and ASA 1 PHP functions.
Added: New movie placeholders: {{ Subtitles }}, {{ SubtitlesArray }}, {{ SubtitlesHtmlList }}
Added: Associate ID Sets now work with every shortcode, not just with i18n products
Added: New Logging option "Time to keep" to protect against overloading the database.
Added: New options to customize title size and color for managed templates
Added: New image effect options for managed templates
0.21.2 (2015-11-13)
Added: Managed template "Music"
Fixed: Improvements in activation process
0.21.1 (2015-11-12)
Changed: Layout improvements for managed templates
Changed: Auto patching on version updates improved
Fixed: Shortcode [smart_collection] did not work with option "tracking_id" to set a custom tracking ID
0.21.0 (2015-11-10)
Added: Customizable templates: Some of the managed templates are now very easy to customize. Just click the "Customize" link and change the settings.
Added: New translations used in managed templates "Movie" and "Book".
Changed: Product Picker's template selection is sensitive for managed and list ready templates now. List ready templates will not show for single items. Managed templates will auto-check option "Use template name".
0.20.1 (2015-10-29)
Added: Taxonomy operator selection added to notification taxonomies (categories and tags)
Changed: Changed icon for product picker button on admin pages
Fixed: Notifications did not work with multiple tags
0.20.0 (2015-10-22)
Added: Product Picker now has the ability to sort results based on the category's sort options
Added: Product Picker search result shows if an item already exists in the Repo
Fixed: Template converter produced some faulty formatted placeholders
Fixed: Adding a Repo item which already existed, resulted in an endless loading animation
0.19.1 (2015-10-16)
Changed: Improved placeholder selection for copy and paste in template editor
Fixed: AJAX mode had issues when using special characters with shortcode option "comment"
Added: Mark HTML templates as snippets which will exclude them from template selection menus
Added: Support for Amazon India
Removed: Placeholders {{ OffersFallbackPriceAmount }}, {{ OffersFallbackPriceCurrencyCode }}, {{ OffersFallbackPriceFormattedPrice }} have been removed
0.16.0 (2015-08-27)
Security: Improvements in options and form handling
0.15.0 (2015-08-23)
Added: Option to remove feed items from Repo if they are not used in feeds any more
Fixed: Repo sorting for last refresh date
0.14.0 (2015-08-10)
Added: Template filter "gallery" for use with {{ ImageSetsArray }} ([Read more]https://docs.getasa2.com/placeholders_images.html#imagesetsarray-gallery)
Changed: Using the first image in image sets, if no main product image is delivered by the API
Added: Sales rank support for smart collections (Read more)
0.3.4 (2015-03-12)
Fixed: PHP 5.2 workaround for DOMNodeList not implementing Traversable interface
Fixed: Fixed a bug in page title support feature
0.3.2 (2015-03-09)
Changed: Refactoring for better support of PHP functions (Read more)
0.3.1 (2015-03-02)
Added: Product picker: "Get similar" link on API search result
Fixed: Product picker search result preview images did not show on hover due to z-index issue
0.3.0 (2015-03-01)
Added: Repo filter "Availability". Repo items now store data about their availability which can be used for filtering
Added: Repo links to shop, availability and reviews page
Added: New smart_collection options: "is_available_main", "is_available_new", "is_available_used". (Read more)
0.2.1 (2015-02-28)
Fixed: Error message during activation
0.2.0 (2015-02-25)
Added: Dashboard clickable invalid Repo items
Added: Repo filter Status Ok / Failed
Changed: Updated menu order
0.1.1 (2015-02-23)
Changed: Minor improvements
Fixed: WelcomePage
0.1.0 (2015-02-21)
Initial beta test release
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