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Changelog

2.4.8 2024-04-11

• Fix: Member Content: Display Content when using a frontend Page Builder, such as Beaver Builder
• Fix: Forms: Sticky Bar: Set z-index CSS property to ensure Sticky Bar Forms correctly display over some WordPress Theme headers and menus

2.4.7 2024-04-08

• Fix: WP-Rocket: Display Forms when WP-Rocket’s Delay JavaScript Execution option is enabled
• Fix: Perfmatters: Display Forms when Perfmatters’ Delay JavaScript option is enabled
• Fix: Broadcasts (Beta): Improve parsing of Broadcasts when removing unsubscribe and hidden sections

2.4.6 2024-03-08

• Fix: Debug Log: Change log file location to log subfolder, with .htaccess and index.html protection
• Fix: Debug Log: Mask email addresses, first names and signed subscriber IDs

2.4.5 2024-02-28

• Added: Products: Block and Shortcode: Option to immediately load checkout step when button clicked, instead of Product image and description
• Fix: Siteground Speed Optimizer: Display Forms when Siteground’s Combine JavaScript Files option is enabled
• Fix: LiteSpeed Cache: Don’t output duplicate non-inline Forms when LiteSpeed Cache’s Load JS Deferred option is enabled
• Fix: Member Content: Improved UI on mobile devices

2.4.4 2024-02-19

• Added: Remove jQuery as a dependency from Setup Wizard, Modals and Refresh buttons
• Added: Forms: Automatically center inline forms on non-block Themes
• Fix: Forms: Remove bottom margin on non-inline forms
• Fix: Setup Wizard: Preview Form link for Pages would incorrectly display a Post
• Fix: Landing Pages: Prevent WP Rocket caching and lazy loading images on Landing Pages, which would result in missing background images
• Fix: Classic Editor: Modal window: Don’t display vertical scrollbar on Safari
• Fix: Member Content: Refresh button: Populate Tags and Products in applicable option groups
• Fix: Member Content: Refresh button: Define correct option values on refresh, ensuring settings save successfully.
• Fix: Member Content: Corrected grammar for member-only

2.4.3 2024-01-31

• Added: Settings: Option to specify Default Form on public Custom Post Types
• Added: Custom Posts: Option to specify Form and Tag on individual public Custom Post Types
• Added: Member Content: Support for Member Content functionality on public Custom Post Types
• Added: Removed jQuery as a dependency from Bulk Edit, Quick Edit and TinyMCE JS
• Fix: Divi: Allow scrolling when editing using the Divi Builder in tablet or mobile view
• Fix: Jetpack Boost: Prevent inline Forms from displaying in footer when added to a Page or Widget area when Jetpack Boost Plugin active
• Fix: Settings: Remove whitespaces from API Key and Secret when saving
• Fix: Broadcasts (Beta): Improve descriptions to make clear that only public Broadcasts are imported to WordPress

2.4.2 2024-01-22

• Added: Member Content: Option to permit search engines to crawl Member Content at ConvertKit > Member Content > Permit Search Engine Crawlers
• Added: Removed jQuery from frontend JS and as a dependency
• Fix: Site Editor: Use enqueue_block_assets hook instead of enqueue_block_editor_assets hook
• Updated: WordPress Libraries to 1.4.1

2.4.1 2024-01-08

• Added: Broadcasts (Beta): Option to store ConvertKit Broadcast thumbnails as WordPress Post’s Featured Image
• Added: Products: Block and Shortcode: Option to include a discount code
• Added: Products: Block and Shortcode: Option to disable modal on mobile. Recommended if the ConvertKit Product is a digital download (PDF) being purchased on mobile, to ensure the subscriber can immediately download the PDF once purchased.

2.4.0 2023-12-06

• Fix: ConvertKit Error: Could not load Plugin class output when editing, quick or bulk editing a Post.

2.3.9 2023-12-04

• Added: Settings: Display ConvertKit Form’s format (inline, slide in, sticky bar, modal) where a select dropdown option is presented
• Fix: Settings: Default Form (Site Wide): If defined, honor non-inline Form specified at Page, Post or Post Category level, to avoid two non-inline forms displaying
• Fix: Settings: Moved Documentation tab to Help link in header, for compat. with smaller screen resolutions

2.3.8 2023-11-20

• Added: Member Content: Display log in and authentication code forms in modal to better match ConvertKit
• Added: Broadcasts (Beta): Define WordPress Post Author when importing ConvertKit Broadcasts
• Fix: Broadcasts (Beta): Don’t show next scheduled date and time immediately after clicking Import Now
• Fix: PHP Warning: Use of deprecated FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING

2.3.7 2023-11-09

• Added: Member Content: Output manual or generated excerpt if no read more tag present in the Post’s content
• Fix: Member Content: Force padding on buttons to prevent Themes overriding button layout
• Fix: Member Content: Add required attribute on form fields

2.3.6 2023-11-02

• Added: Member Content: Updated UI of gated content screens to better match ConvertKit
• Added: Settings: Member Content: Separate text settings can be configured for display when restricting by ConvertKit Tag

2.3.5 2023-10-30

• Added: Member Content: Improve UI of authentication code screen
• Fix: Don’t attempt to append ConvertKit Forms to unsupported Post Types

2.3.4 2023-10-24

• Added: Broadcasts (Beta): Define WordPress Post status (Draft, Pending Review, Private or Published) when importing ConvertKit Broadcasts
• Added: Settings: General: Option to display a site wide non-inline form
• Updated: WordPress Libraries to 1.4.0

2.3.3 2023-10-18

• Added: Broadcasts (Beta): Option to export WordPress Posts to draft ConvertKit Broadcasts
• Added: Member Content: Wizard: Option to restrict content by ConvertKit Tag
• Fix: Member Content: Check Product or Tag exists in ConvertKit before restricting content
• Fix: Form Trigger Block: Add spacing to button on non-block themes
• Fix: Form Trigger Block: Render button in Gutenberg to better match frontend output when changing background color
• Fix: Product Block: Add spacing to button on non-block themes
• Fix: Product Block: Render button in Gutenberg to better match frontend output when changing background color

2.3.2 2023-10-05

• Added: Member Content: Option to restrict content by ConvertKit Tag, displaying a subscription form and subscribing the entered email address to the tag
• Added: Member Content: Posts: Display Filter dropdown in Posts table
• Fix: Member Content: Always enable Member Content options, ensuring imported Paid Broadcasts correctly show / hide content.
• Fix: Prevent blank submenu entries displaying under Dashboard menu when using a third party admin menu editor Plugin
• Updated: ConvertKit WordPress Libraries to 1.3.9

2.3.1 2023-09-14

• Fix: Settings: Member Content: Added missingfor label attributes
• Fix: Settings: Broadcasts: Added missingfor label attributes
• Fix: Posts: Add / Edit Category: for label attribute now matches the field ID
• Fix: Select2: Remove whitespace on tooltip hover
• Fix: Blocks: Include editorScript in block.json

2.3.0 2023-09-12

• Added: Forminator: Option to map Forminator Forms to ConvertKit Forms, to subscribe email addresses at Settings > ConvertKit > Forminator
• Added: Forminator: Option to Enable Creator Network Recommendations modal on individual Forms at Settings > ConvertKit > Forminator
• Added: Blocks: Register blocks using block.json
• Fix: Landing Pages: Use WordPress Site Icon as favicon, if defined

2.2.9 2023-09-06

• Added: Broadcasts (Beta): Automatically publish public ConvertKit Broadcasts as WordPress Posts. Head over to Settings > ConvertKit > Broadcasts to get started.
• Updated: WordPress Coding Standards
• Updated: ConvertKit WordPress Libraries to 1.3.8

2.2.8 2023-08-07

• Fix: Use file_get_contents instead of WP_Filesystem for reading plugin files, to avoid fatal error on activation when file ownership/permission issues occur
• Fix: Block Editor: Prevent block error in WordPress 6.0 and lower by checking if useAnchor is available

2.2.7 2023-07-24

• Added: Contact Form 7: Option to Enable Creator Network Recommendations modal on individual Forms at Settings > ConvertKit > Contact Form 7

2.2.6 2023-07-18

• Added: Form Trigger: Block: When no API Key specified, link to Setup Wizard in a popup window to complete setup
• Added: Form: Block: When no API Key specified, link to Setup Wizard in a popup window to complete setup
• Added: Product: Block: When no API Key specified, link to Setup Wizard in a popup window to complete setup
• Updated: Member Content: Removed beta label

2.2.5 2023-06-21

• Added: Broadcasts: Shortcode: Tabbed UI when adding broadcasts through the Classic or Text Editor
• Added: Broadcasts: Block: Moved pagination settings to own sidebar panel
• Fix: Classic Editor: Insert button would stop working when switching from Text Editor to Classic Editor
• Fix: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method ConvertKit_Resource_Forms::get_by()

2.2.4 2023-06-15

• Added: Form Trigger: Block: Display message with link when no API Key specified, or no non-inline Forms exist in ConvertKit
• Added: Form Trigger: Shortcode: Display message with link when no API Key specified, or no non-inline Forms exist in ConvertKit
• Added: Forms: Shortcode: Display message with link when no API Key specified, or no inline Forms exist in ConvertKit
• Added: Products: Shortcode: Display message with link when no API Key specified, or no Products exist in ConvertKit
• Fix: Bulk & Quick Edit: Show contextual icons for Form, Tag and Member Content settings, instead of the default Form icon
• Fix: Settings: Conditionally load CSS and JS depending on the section (General, Tools, Member Content)
• Fix: Settings: Link to ConvertKit form creator when no Forms exist in ConvertKit
• Fix: Use higher quality SVG icons for blocks, shortcodes and formatters
• Updated: ConvertKit WordPress Libraries to 1.3.6

2.2.3 2023-06-06

• Added: Broadcasts: Options to display grid, images, descriptions and/or read more link
• Added: Broadcasts: Output as single column on smaller screen resolutions
• Added: Forms: Block: Display message with link when no API Key specified, or no Forms exist in ConvertKit
• Added: Products: Block: Display message with link when no API Key specified, or no Products exist in ConvertKit
• Fix: Settings: Disable CSS: Improve description of Disable CSS functionality, making it clearer what this setting does
• Fix: Use esc_url instead of esc_attr for link href properties

2.2.2 2023-05-24

• Added: Elementor: ConvertKit Form Trigger Block
• Added: Member Content: Automatically configure WP Fastest Cache and WP-Optimize Plugins to not cache when the ck_subscriber_id cookie is present, to ensure Member Content correctly displays
• Added: Member Content: Display a notice if Litespeed Cache, W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache Plugins are active and have not been configured to exclude caching when the ck_subscriber_id cookie is present
• Fix: Elementor: ConvertKit Product: Button icon was missing
• Fix: Block Editor: Don’t display options to link text to display a non-inline form if no forms exist in ConvertKit
• Fix: Block Editor: Don’t display options to link text to display a Product or Tip Jar if no Product / Tip Jar exists in ConvertKit

2.2.1 2023-05-10

• Fix: Settings: Escape tab links on output

2.2.0 2023-05-04

• Added: ConvertKit Form Trigger Block, outputting a button which displays a non-inline form (modal, slide in, sticky bar) when pressed
• Added: ConvertKit Form Trigger Shortcode, outputting a button which displays a non-inline form (modal, slide in, sticky bar) when pressed
• Added: Block Editor: Link text to display a non-inline form (modal, slide in, sticky bar) when pressed
• Added: Block Editor: Link text to display a ConvertKit Product or Tip Jar when pressed
• Fix: Forms: Output non-inline scripts once per form, to avoid the same form displaying twice when embedded two or more times in a page
• Fix: Forms: Output non-inline scripts using the wp_footer hook, ensuring modal overlays fill the screen
• Fix: Member Content: Append ck-cache-bust query parameter after entering code, to prevent plugin / host caching showing stale data
• Fix: Settings: Tools: Import / Export: Include Member Content settings in import and export configuration
• Fix: Settings: Member Content: Display warning notice that web host caching / caching plugins must be configured to disable caching when the ck_subscriber_id cookie is present

2.1.3 2023-04-06

• Fix: Improve UI compatibility for buttons in WordPress 5.x, using button-hero CSS class instead of custom padding
• Updated: ConvertKit WordPress Libraries to 1.3.4

2.1.2 2023-03-30

• Added: Link to Setup Wizard on Plugins screen
• Added: Improved ConvertKit Icons in Classic Editor and block editor for Broadcasts, Forms, Products and Custom Content

2.1.1 2023-02-23

• Fix: Post: Settings: PHP notices when settings are not an array
• Fix: Landing Pages and Legacy Forms: Deprecated mb_convert_encoding() message in PHP 8.2

2.1.0 2023-02-15

• Added: Member Content (Beta): Require subscribers to purchase a ConvertKit Product to access specific Pages on your WordPress site. Head over to Settings > ConvertKit > Member Content to get started.
• Fix: Product: Block and Shortcode: Set stylesheet ID to convertkit-product-css, to match other blocks
• Fix: Blocks: Use wp.serverSideRender instead of soon to be deprecated wp.components.ServerSideRender
• Fix: Forms: Preview: Support for previewing and editing Legacy Forms
• Fix: Improved performance in WordPress Admin when invalid API credentials specified on new installation
• Fix: Display notice in WordPress Admin with link to settings screen when invalid API credentials specified

2.0.8 2023-02-02

• Added: Settings: ConvertKit: Documentation tab
• Added: Forms: Link to edit form in ConvertKit when previewing a Page, Post or Custom Post containing a ConvertKit form
• Fix: Display Forms, Landing Pages, Products and Tags in alphabetical order when listed in a <select> dropdown
• Fix: Form: Block and Shortcode: Check Forms exist in ConvertKit before outputting Block / Shortcode options
• Fix: Form: Shortcode: Remove unused API Key output
• Fix: Product: Block: Preview: Improved performance when previewing the Product block to determine if a ConvertKit Product was specified in the Block’s settings
• Fix: Product: Shortcode: Remove unused API Key and data-attributes output

2.0.7 2023-01-16

• Fix: Elementor 3.9.0+ compatibility
• Updated: ConvertKit WordPress Libraries to 1.3.0

2.0.6 2023-01-05

• Fix: Honor “Add a tag” setting when enabled on a Page/Post
• Fix: PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent, when ?ck_subscriber_id included in request URI in some Page Builders (e.g. Elementor)
• Fix: PHP Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null

2.0.5 2022-12-15

• Fix: Broadcasts: Strip slashes on output when pagination clicked and Broadcasts are reloaded
• Fix: Broadcasts: Sanitize and escape HTML attributes on output
• Fix: Forms: Escape HTML attributes on output
• Fix: Products: Sanitize and escape HTML attributes on output

2.0.4 2022-12-13

• Fix: Products: PHP warning when attempting to parse an invalid Product URL
• Fix: Landing Pages: Catch and log when an error occurs fetching a Landing Page
• Fix: Remove double forwardslash on product.css

2.0.3 2022-12-08

• Added: Categories: Option to specify ConvertKit Form to display when adding a new Post Category
• Fix: Bulk & Quick Edit: Improve layout of ConvertKit settings on desktop and mobile
• Fix: Post: Improve layout of ConvertKit settings on desktop and mobile
• Fix: Categories: Improve layout of ConvertKit settings on desktop and mobile
• Fix: Products: Block: Display preview when adding new block

2.0.2 2022-11-21

• Fixed: Removed argument count on in_admin_footer action calls

2.0.1 2022-11-01

• Added: Broadcasts: Block: Display message in editor when no Broadcasts exist in ConvertKit
• Fixed: Settings: Contact Form 7: Render screen correctly when no Forms in ConvertKit
• Fixed: Settings: WishList Member: Render screen correctly when no Forms in ConvertKit

2.0.0 2022-10-24

• Added: ConvertKit Products Block, to output a button linking to a ConvertKit Product or Tip Jar
• Added: ConvertKit Products Shortcode, to output a button linking to a ConvertKit Product or Tip Jar
• Added: Gutenberg: Option to link text or button to a ConvertKit Product or Tip Jar
• Added: Classic Editor: Option to link text or button to a ConvertKit Product or Tip Jar
• Added: Settings: Improved UI

1.9.8.5 2022-10-03

• Added: Broadcasts: Shortcode: Options to specify background, text and link colors
• Added: Broadcasts: Elementor: Options to specify background, text and link colors
• Added: Settings: General: Links added to preview Default Form for each Post Type

1.9.8.4 2022-09-08

• Added: Setup Wizard for new installations
• Fix: Text Editor: Quicktag Buttons: Position and size modal window correctly to avoid scrollbars and whitespace
• Fix: Widgets: Legacy Forms Widget: “The convertkit_form block was affected by errors and may not function properly” when attempting to add legacy form widget
• Development: Moved /lib folder to managed repository

1.9.8.3 2022-08-19

• Added: Settings: Tools: Use WordPress’ Site Info to populate System Info section
• Added: Refresh button: Show error notification when refreshing fails
• Fix: Widgets: Broadcasts Block: JSON response error when attempting to save Broadcasts Block in a Widget area
• Fix: Classic (Visual) and Text Editor: Insert shortcode into correct editor when multiple editor instances exist (e.g. WooCommerce Products)

1.9.8.2 2022-08-04

• Fix: API: Show error notification when API returns HTTP 500 and 502 errors, instead of showing PHP warnings
• Fix: Bulk and Quick Edit: for label attribute now matches the field ID

1.9.8.1 2022-07-18

• Added: Refresh button for Form, Landing Page and Tag fields to fetch latest data from ConvertKit account
• Fix: Bulk Edit: Don’t display fields when no Pages / Posts exist

1.9.8.0 2022-07-14

• Added: Bulk and Quick Edit Form and Tag when viewing list of Pages/Posts
• Fix: Performance: Don’t perform API requests on every WordPress Administration screen when no Forms, Tags or Landing Pages exist

1.9.7.9 2022-06-24

• Fix: API: Prevent fatal error when API returns null instead of expected array

1.9.7.8 2022-06-23

• Added: Elementor Page Builder: ConvertKit Broadcasts Widget
• Fix: Integration: WishList Member: Unsubscribe email address from ConvertKit if ‘unsubscribe’ configured and member level removed
• Fix: Remove double forwardslash on some enqueued scripts and styles

1.9.7.7 2022-06-09

• Added: Broadcasts: Option to enable pagination on block/shortcode

1.9.7.6 2022-06-01

• Added: ConvertKit Broadcasts Block when editing Widgets using the block editor in WordPress 5.8+
• Added: ConvertKit Form Block when editing Widgets using the block editor in WordPress 5.8+
• Fix: ConvertKit Broadcasts Block/Shortcode: Fetch all Broadcasts from ConvertKit, not just the first 50
• Fix: Settings: Added label element for setting field names

1.9.7.5 2022-05-12

• Fix: PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information, caused by QuickTags modal template output
• Fix: Text Editor: Quicktag Buttons: Block could not be found error when using a Quicktag

1.9.7.4 2022-05-04

• Added: ConvertKit Broadcasts Block, to output a list of ConvertKit broadcasts
• Added: ConvertKit Broadcasts Shortcode [convertkit_broadcasts], to output a list of ConvertKit broadcasts
• Added: Settings: Tools: Import and Export configuration
• Fix: Page/Post: If a specific Form is selected that no longer exists in ConvertKit, fallback to the Default Form setting

1.9.7.3 2022-04-04

• Added: Elementor Page Builder: ConvertKit Form Widget
• Fix: Default Form would not display on Posts assigned to Categories, where Categories were created prior to 1.9.6.0 and site uses PHP 8.0 or greater
• Fix: Categories: Improved wording of Form setting on per-Category level

1.9.7.2 2022-03-30

• Fix: Default Form would not display on Posts due to regression in 1.9.7.1

1.9.7.1 2022-03-23

• Fix: Default Form would not display on Posts due to regression in 1.9.7.0

1.9.7.0 2022-03-17

• Fix: ConvertKit Form Block: Order Form names alphabetically
• Fix: Prevent Select2 styling from applying to non-Plugin elements

1.9.6.9 2022-03-07

• Added: ConvertKit Form Block: When editing, display the Form Name if a non-inline form has been selected, as non-inline forms cannot be previewed in the editor
• Fix: Include email address in API request when attempting to fetch subscriber ID by email when ConvertKit Form is submitted with no email address

1.9.6.8 2022-02-18

• Fix: Performance: Don’t query API to fetch subscriber ID by email when ConvertKit Form is submitted with no email address

1.9.6.7 2022-02-14

• Fix: Localization: Corrected path to load language files

1.9.6.6 2022-01-27

• Fix: Plugin Activation: Parse error when using PHP 7.2 or below due to trailing comma in sprintf() call

1.9.6.5 2022-01-26

• Added: ConvertKit Form Block for Gutenberg
• Added: Select2 dropdown for Forms, Landing Pages and Tags with search functionality for improved UX.
• Fix: Legacy Forms: Removed erronous , and tags from markup

1.9.6.4 2022-01-11

• Fix: Render Legacy Form when shortcode is copied from app.convertkit.com for a Legacy Form
• Fix: Don’t check for Landing Page when viewing any non-Page public Post Type which doesn’t support Landing Pages
• Fix: PHP Notice: Undefined index landing_page when upgrading from 1.4.6 or earlier
• Fix: PHP Notice: Undefined index tag when upgrading from 1.4.6 or earlier

1.9.6.3 2021-12-23

• Fix: Render Legacy Landing Pages

1.9.6.2 2021-12-22

• Fix: Render Form Shortcode when a new ConvertKit Form ID specified that does not yet exist in Plugin’s cached Form Resources

1.9.6.1 2021-12-16

• Fix: Character encoding issue on Landing Pages
• Fix: Removed unused .scripts directory and .MD files

1.9.6 2021-12-15

• Added: ConvertKit Form Shortcode Button for Classic Editor
• Added: Text Editor: Quicktag Buttons for inserting ConvertKit Forms and Custom Content
• Added: Settings: ConvertKit: Logo and branding header
• Added: Option to specify ConvertKit API Key and Secret as constants CONVERTKIT_API_KEY and CONVERTKIT_API_SECRET in wp-config.php
• Added: Settings: ConvertKit: General: Different Default Forms can be specified for Pages and Posts
• Added: Settings: ConvertKit: General: Enabling Debug option will also output data to browser console and inline HTML comments
• Added: Settings: ConvertKit: Tools: Option to Download Log to text file
• Added: Settings: ConvertKit: Tools: Option to Download System Info to text file
• Added: PHP 8.x compatibility
• Added: Developers: Action and filter hooks. See https://github.com/ConvertKit/convertkit-wordpress/blob/1.9.6/ACTIONS-FILTERS.md
• Fix: PHP warnings on new installations when adding/editing Pages or Posts where the plugin was not yet configured
• Fix: PHP 8.x: PHP Deprecated warnings where required parameters wrongly followed optional parameters
• Fix: gzinflate() data error
• Fix: Deprecated edit_category_form_fields warning
• Fix: Integration: WishList Member: Unsubscribe Action ‘Unsubscribe from all’ now honored when selected and saved
• Fix: Ensure code meets WordPress Coding Standards
• Fix: Use WP_Filesystem instead of PHP functions to read/write log file, per WordPress Coding Standards

See changelog for all versions.