Added: Support for new PA API 5 values "CustomerReviews.Count" and "CustomerReviews.StarRating" to receive the ratings via API if your account is eligible for it
Added: Field "Manufacturer" for custom products
Added: Placeholder "repo_content" which stands for the product description text now supports shortcodes
Changed: Shortcode asa2_textlink now supports links of custom products and if no text is provided, the product title will be used automatically (Read more)
Fixed: Sort products by API status did not work (#165)
Fixed: Search index values for the PA API search function were not up to date in some cases
Fixed: Text links always used an short format for URLs. Now the official URL from the API is used if no short URL format is selected in the options
1.15.1 (2021-06-28)
Added: Option image_max_height for template "Robust" that applies in vertical mode on narrow screen widths
Added: New option for template "Robust" to decide whether to show the product ratings and number of total reviews or not
Added: Product list bulk action to convert Amazon PA API connected products to a custom products
Added: Option to define the calculation method for last update time of custom products (#157)
Added: Options "queue_id" and "proxy_id" for ratings cronjob (Read more)
Changed: Proxy server feature for ratings now uses a custom cURL approach if cURL is available which works more reliably
Changed: Reduced file size of icon sprite for rating stars to improve LCP. If the graphic is only needed for the rating stars, now only 9KB instead of 55KB need to be loaded.
Fixed: Minor issues with template "Robust"
Fixed: PHP error that could occur when emptying the products trash
Fixed: Storing the results of shortcode [asa2_keywords] did not set the default shop for the products
Fixed: Compatibility fix with plugin "Easy Table of Contents" (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-asa-2-plugin/#post-14451214)
Fixed: If shop logo was not set, Amazon logo was used
Fixed: The cronjob output did not work as expected on some systems
Fixed: Keywords preload cronjob did not write logging details for the dashboard cronjob metabox
Fixed: The warning "Probably invalid ASIN detected" was logged even though the ASIN was not used
Fixed: Image fixes for the AMP mode of some templates (#161)
Fixed: Improved AMP layout for several managed templates
Fixed: Improved handling of incorrect shortcodes. No API request if no ASIN is present. (#162)
Fixed: Username and password for proxy server were not set correctly
Added: Create Amazon products without PA API connection (Read more)
Added: Managed Template "Robust" that is set as default for new installations (Read more)
Added: Support for Amazon Poland
Added: Support for Amazon Sweden
Added: Products usage function supports search for "id" (#137)
Added: Keywords preloading function to avoid API requests on visitor access (Read more)
Added: New placeholders to distinguish the type of a product: {{ IsCustomProduct }}, {{ IsAmazonProduct }}
Added: New shop related placeholders: {{ BuyButtonText }}
Added: New placeholder {{ LoopIndex }} for list shortcodes (like [asa2_smart_collection] and [asa2_keywords]) that can show the position of a product within the list
Added: Misc new placeholder: {{ DisclaimerText }}, {{ AffiliateURL }}
Added: Option "id" for product refresh cronjob (Read more)
Added: Cronjob Wrapper class which can be used to run every ASA2 cronjob with WP Cron API (Read more)
Added: Cronjob REST API: Allows to use the cronjobs via URL (Read more)
Added: New product property "More Info URL" (text field) which can be used to link to another page with further product infos, e.g. a subpage with a dedicated product review. (Read more)
Added: New placeholder {{ MoreInfoURL }} which contains the "More Info URL" if set. The resulting button will not be shown on the target URL and can be disabled on other pages with the shortcode option more_info_button="false". (Read more)
Added: Product usage function supports shortcode [asa2_img]
Added: "Copy to Clipboard" links in section "TestSuite / Placeholders"
Added: A confirmation message when a product title is changed by swapping the ASIN
Added: Option "Default template language" with which you can define the language to be used for all templates, regardless of which country the products originate from or link to.
Fixed: Display problem with template "Carousel" if Flat_box_vertical align is set to "center" (#139)
Fixed: Compatibility of Product Picker CSS improved
Fixed: Managed templates "Image_Layout_1" and "Image_Layout_Polaroid" did not perform very well with narrow images. New option "min_width" was introduced.
Fixed: Managed templates AMP fixes, especially for the Flat_box_* templates
Fixed: Number of items per page did not work in some list tables
Fixed: Consistent margin thickness for template "Flex_1"
Fixed: Code issue in ISBN function which could lead to a PHP warning (T#1688)
Fixed: Database error when creating the proxy table (#149)
Fixed: Rare error when the LastItemUpdate placeholder contained the timestamp twice
Fixed: WP Multisite installation. Now also works when new sites are created after ASA2 has been activated.
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
