Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress

Changelog

8.4.7

• Fixed redirection to welcome page

8.4.6

• WP 6.6 check
• Improved error detection on test email
• Added newsletter id on action urls

8.4.5

• Fixed minor problem with for hidden data
• Added the Threads social

8.4.4

• Added support for autoresponders in form builder integrations

8.4.3

• Removed the cookie check on antibot since some site has a cookie filter making it to fail (!)
• Code review
• Added evidence of newsletters with errors on Help/Delivery page
• Improved code
• Improved some help texts

8.4.2

• WP 6.5.5 check
• Fixed check on forms panel
• Changed the unsubscription antibot to prevent problem caused by JS lazy loading
• Review the widget code to be compiant with phpcs WordPress rules
• Code review
• Added alternative action links and tracking links format (on Newsletter’s main settings) to solve problems with caches
• Improved the relinking code performances

8.4.1

• Added class for addons’ admin pages
• Added shortcode for build custom profile page (to be documented)
• Fixed the activation email on multilanguage installations
• Added topbar sending stats
• Added more information on the delivery panel*
• Added “wire” preset to the button block

8.4.0

• Fix saving error for mysql configured to not treat as null the 0 valued primary key

8.3.9

• Important review of the subscription process with trusted and untrusted subscriptions
• Improved notes on WP page list about the pages used as public page and for which language
• Fixed redirect of the “activation required” message on multilanguage blogs
• Added note on page list for custom profile page
• Added note on page list for custom welcome page
• Added check on get_news() to manager firewall response body corruption
• Refresh the newsletter total subscriber count to take in account of new subscription and cancellation during a long sending process
• Fixed license badge color
• Refactoring of the subscription/subscriber internal status
• Added check on WP HTML Email plugin
• Filter “newsletter_message_headers” is now deprecated and will be removed shortly (use “newsletter_message” instead)
• Filter “newsletter_message_html” is now deprecated and will be removed shortly (use “newsletter_message” instead)
• Filter “newsletter_message_text” is now deprecated and will be removed shortly (use “newsletter_message” instead)
• Filter “newsletter_message_subject” is now deprecated and will be removed shortly (use “newsletter_message” instead)
• Distinct replacement of tags for email and web

8.3.8

• Fixed problem on table creation on first install

8.3.7

• Fixed error on the dashboard (PHP variable conflict with some themes)
• Added notice for public pages for all languages
• Fixed problem with multilanguage plugins
• Edit link for administrator on subscription form now adds the current language on link
• Added online profile page edit link for administrators
• Fixed “date” tag when sending a test
• Added note on custom CSS field
• Fixed dashboard error
• Fixed redirect to welcome page for multilanguage blogs

8.3.6

• Improved security
• Removed obsolete code
• Two steps unsubscription now mandatory (old links continue to work)
• Fixed the page or url selector for the welcome page
• Fixed internal delivery engine stats (not the subscriber or newsletter stats!)
• Export feature moved to the Import/Export addon for improvements

8.3.5

• Avoid the first batch immediate sending if there are other newsletters already sending
• XSS security fix (thanks to Wordfence)
• Internal management of untrusted subscribers (for privacy reasons, could cause different subscription behaviors)

8.3.4

• New button on lists page to add every subscriber to a list
• New help texts
• Prefixed Spectrum library CSS to avoid problem with other plugins injeting their code on our admin pages!
• New check on cURL and openssl versions
• Fixed date tag for online view
• Changes to support ElasticEmail special unsubscribe link
• Fixed use of the NEWSLETTER_ACTION_TYPE constant

8.3.3

• Changed link validation for custom activation and welcome pages
• WP 6.5.3 check
• Added reverse option to the posts block

8.3.2

• Fixed title alignment for the posts block (when used with Automated)
• Fixed debug notices on composer and posts block
• Added max emails per second
• Fixed missing SVG referenced by CSS

8.3.1

• Added email series view on subscriber’s edit page
• Fixed couple of debug notices
• Fixed layout of the main stats page
• Fixed time on user list (timezone)
• Added main title for posts block when used with Automated

8.3.0

• Reviewed dashboard
• WP 6.5.2 check
• Added border to newsletter buttons
• Added 1/3 layout to “Hero” block (we should rename it…)
• Added date and optimized the subscribers’ list

8.2.8

• Fixed problem on custom fields panel
• WP 6.5.0 check

8.2.7

• Fixed warning in the statistics module

8.2.6

• Fixed PHP 8.2 notice

8.2.5

• Fixed error on subscription of existings subscriber when configured to now be allowed
• Added filters on posts block to try to be compatible with multiauthors plugin

8.2.4

• Fixed warning on profile page
• Added avif image conversion
• Improved check on opcache PHP module
• Removed the microdata on email for the confirmation link
• Added author filter on “posts” block
• Fixed the custom welcome email on multilanguage installations
• Added last activity time on the subscriber export

8.2.3

• Fixed wrong 8.2.2 package

8.2.2

• [BREAKING CHANGE] Per language selector of the public page
• [FIX] Fixed the antispam log
• [NEW] Improved logging
• [FIX] Fixed welcome page redirection for custom welcome URLs and Polylang
• [NEW] Added a page selector for the welcome page (the direct URL is still an option)
• [NEW] Added a page selector for the profile page (the direct URL is still an option)
• [NEW] Improved profile page on multilanguage installations
• [NEW] Check for the Newsletter’s public page on multilanguage installations
• [NEW] Added WP User matching by email

8.2.1

• Removed the antispam IP blacklist since it is not really effective considering the wide use of VPNs, IP forgering, and so on
• We recommend to use a security plugin or a firewall to block unwanted traffic from specific IPs

8.2.0

• New unsubscribe button shortcode (see the unsubscription panel)
• New resubscribe button shortcode (see the unsubscription panel)
• New default unsubscribe confirm message
• Autoset of the alternative text for medias on image block
• Added messages and link on online tests
• Added the dummy subscriber to test the functionalities
• Immediate trigger of the first batch when sending a newsletter
• Added preview of the profile page with dummy subscriber
• Added preview of the unsubscription process with dummy subscriber
• Fixed date formatting on newsletters
• Reactivated the convert to HTML button
• Added logging support to the antispam filter
• Improved the spam filter error reporting
• New submit button attributes for all form shortcodes (see our documentation)
• New “fields” attribute for the newsletter_form shortcode (see our documentation)

8.1.9

• Fixed welcome email lost on saving the subscription options

8.1.8

• Fixed welcome email lost on saving the subscription options

8.1.7

• Revert back the antibot method for unsubscription
• Added recommendations for the two step sunsubscribe

8.1.6

• Reorganized Delivery and Scheduler panels to be more readable
• Fixed error on old default theme
• Clean up of old backups
• Fixed translations tags on subscribers’ statistics panel
• Updated min WP version to 5.1

8.1.5

• Fixed wrong menu labels

8.1.4

• Added translations to antispam messages
• Removed the token change on unsubscription
• Fixed the captcha submit button
• The error message for duplicated subscriptions is now shown on the public page

8.1.3

• Fixed subscription form extra DIV

8.1.2

• Added better tracking of unsubscription via One-Click Unsubscribe RFC 8058
• Fixed wrong helper text on profile page
• Added font size and face to the editor for specific settings
• Fixed one-click unsubscribe for Yahoo
• Added form field placeholders
• Added option to hide the field labels to the form shortcode
• Improved the bot blocking step
• Refactored addon class code
• Added hid labels option on widget
• Improved the System panel
• Fixed unsubscription email in multilanguage setups

8.1.1

• Fixed user saving

8.1.0

• Improved logging
• Removed shortcode option (default on)
• Simplified the newsletter editing panel
• Change the one click unsubscribe header to improve bot blocking
• Changed the delivery engine locks since the WP transients seem not enough reliable
• Changed the Hero Block to be compatible with Outlook on Mac
• Added “in posts” forms
• Added popup form
• Added forms overview panel

8.0.9

• Added third-party templates support
• Fixed the opt-in on multilanguage installations
• Fixed subject saving on standard welcome email
• Fixes for multilanguage installations
• Fixed single opt-in on repeated subscription

8.0.8

• New configuration of the unsubscribe process
• New configuration of the welcome email

8.0.7

• On “Footer” block the unsubscribe mode can be selected (single or double step)
• Minor fixes
• Removed the PHPMailer signature to reduce the spam rate
• Security fix on wizard

8.0.6

• Fixed error on antibot filter

8.0.5

• New welcome email that can be designed with the composer
• New control for lists selection
• Fixed Event preset name
• Fixed dashboard links
• Added dashboard sources
• Added target “blank” for social icons
• Subscriber custom fields in edit panel shown as select when they are a list of values
• Added constant NEWSLETTER_TRACKING_TYPE to change the tracking URL
• Added constant NEWSLETTER_ACTION_TYPE to change the action URL
• Added private posts filter

8.0.4

• Fix paragraph margins
• Added injection hooks on the composer for AI Assistant
• Fixed PHP warning
• Compatibility check with WP 6.4.1
• Fixed border around image block with no padding

8.0.3

• Possible BREAKING CHANGE – Featured image for Posts block does not search the post gallery anymore
• Constant NEWSLETTER_USE_POST_GALLERY can be set to true to search the featured image on post gallery
• Fixed a couple of warning with the “minimal” form
• Added support for “button” attribute on “newsletter_form” shortcode
• Added align attribute to the newsletter form shortcode minimal version
• Clean up of the subscriber meta data table on deletion
• Added flow representation of the subscription process in the dashboard
• Added paragraph bottom margin on text block (in a different way)

8.0.2

• Fixed missing icons for WhatsApp
• Added the “show_name” option to the form type “minimal”
• Added styles for the minimal form mobile view
• Forced 0 margins for P tag to make uniform the rendering on Outlook and other clients
• Removed default font on text bock

8.0.1

• Improvements to the posts block (links and code refactoring)
• Removed TD attribute for padding problem with Outlook
• Added WhatsApp icon

8.0.0

• Removed caching on custom fields: it seems incompatible with multilanguage plugins
• Fixed the custom welcome email for repeated subscriptions
• Added check for WP Assets Clean Up Pro (please do not deactivate Newsletter on frontend!)
• notice for the removal of the “unstyled” page
• Reviewed how the [newsletter] shortcode works
• Fixed multilanguage bug when using shortcodes and placeholder to inject forms (subscription and profile editing)