Changelog
This changelog documents all notable changes to Promptless WP, including new features, improvements, bug fixes, and breaking changes. We follow Semantic Versioning for version numbering.
Version 1.0.5 - 2024-12-29
🔧 Bug Fixes
AI Section Mapping
- Fixed regression where bold headings in Word documents weren't creating feature cards
- Improved handling of concatenated text from Word document formatting
- Enhanced Word document text extraction to better identify section boundaries
- Relaxed H3-only constraint to allow bold headings with descriptions for card creation
Display Improvements
- Fixed pricing features field to display with proper line breaks using nl2br()
- Corrected line break handling in pricing tables for better readability
🎯 Improvements
Content Processing
- Added specific instructions for handling Word document formatting patterns
- Improved AI prompt accuracy for marketing and business documents
- Enhanced test coverage for Word document processing
Version 1.0.4 - 2024-12-27
✨ New Features
Dynamic Menu Shortcode
- Added support for dynamic restaurant menus with live pricing
- Introduced [promptless_menu] shortcode for easy menu integration
- Automatic menu updates when content changes
🔧 Bug Fixes
Section Display
- Fixed Steps section supporting text display using correct content field
- Removed HTML bullet lists from pricing features for better center alignment
- Fixed Checklist and Steps grid layout inconsistencies
🎯 Improvements
Smart Accessibility Colors
- Enhanced color contrast calculations for better accessibility
- Improved automatic color adjustments for dark/light themes
- Better handling of custom background colors
Compatibility
- Fixed reusable elements in card content areas
- Enhanced CSS specificity for better theme compatibility
🔒 Security
Update System
- Migrated to Freemius SDK for secure updates
- Removed hardcoded GitHub tokens
- Improved license verification system
Version 1.0.3 - 2024-12-23
✨ New Features
Freemius Integration
- Professional licensing system via Freemius SDK
- Free tier with 2-page limit
- Premium tier with unlimited pages
- Automatic updates through Freemius
🔧 Bug Fixes
Layout Issues
- Fixed grid layout inconsistencies in Checklist and Steps sections
- Corrected outro content positioning
- Improved button placement in grid layouts
🎯 Improvements
Documentation
- Added comprehensive section documentation
- Improved consistency across all section types
- Enhanced grid layout patterns
Version 2.1.0 - 2024-01-20
✨ New Features
Post Grid Sections
- Added new Post Grid section type for displaying blog posts and articles
- Configurable grid layouts (2, 3, or 4 columns)
- Advanced filtering by category, tags, and date ranges
- Customizable post display options (excerpt length, meta information)
- Responsive design with mobile optimization
Enhanced AI Features
- Improved document upload and analysis capabilities
- Support for additional file formats (DOCX, TXT, RTF)
- Better content extraction and analysis accuracy
- Enhanced AI prompt templates for different industries
- Improved error handling and user feedback
Bulk Operations
- Bulk image upload with automatic optimization
- Content find and replace across multiple sections
- Section duplication across multiple pages
- Global content updates and management tools
- Enhanced export/import functionality with selective options
🔧 Improvements
Performance Optimizations
- Reduced JavaScript bundle size by 25%
- Improved section rendering performance
- Enhanced database query optimization
- Better caching integration with popular caching plugins
- Optimized image loading and processing
User Experience
- Improved section editor interface with better visual feedback
- Enhanced drag-and-drop functionality for section reordering
- Better mobile editing experience
- Improved accessibility with ARIA labels and keyboard navigation
- Streamlined global settings interface
Design System
- Added new color schemes and presets
- Enhanced typography options with Google Fonts integration
- Improved Smart Accessibility Colors accuracy
- Better theme variant switching and preview
- Consistent spacing system across all sections
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue with sections not saving in certain browser configurations
- Resolved conflict with specific caching plugins
- Fixed image upload issues on sites with custom upload directories
- Corrected responsive display issues on some mobile devices
- Fixed accessibility issues with form labels and navigation
📚 Documentation
- Complete user documentation with 31 comprehensive guides
- Added troubleshooting section with common solutions
- Enhanced developer documentation with hook examples
- New video tutorials for key features
- Improved inline help and tooltips throughout the interface
Version 2.0.0 - 2023-12-15
🎉 Major Release
Complete Plugin Rewrite
- Modern React-based editor interface
- Improved performance and reliability
- Better WordPress integration and standards compliance
- Enhanced security with improved data validation
New Section Types
- Pricing sections with billing toggle functionality
- Team member sections with rich bio support
- Steps sections for process explanation
- Enhanced testimonials with star ratings
- Expanded FAQ sections with rich text answers
AI Integration
- OpenAI GPT-4o integration for content generation
- Document upload and analysis capabilities
- Industry-specific content templates
- Brand voice customization
- Intelligent content suggestions
⚠️ Breaking Changes
- Minimum WordPress version increased to 5.8
- PHP 7.4 now required (previous minimum was 7.2)
- Custom CSS may need updates due to new class structure
- Section data format changed (automatic migration included)
📋 Migration Notes
- All existing sections automatically migrate to new format
- Global settings require reconfiguration after update
- Custom themes may need minor adjustments
- Backup recommended before upgrading from v1.x
Version 1.5.2 - 2023-11-30
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed compatibility issue with WordPress 6.4
- Resolved section display issues in some themes
- Fixed image optimization problems on specific hosting configurations
- Corrected responsive layout issues on tablet devices
🔧 Improvements
- Better error handling and user feedback
- Improved section loading performance
- Enhanced compatibility with popular SEO plugins
- Updated security measures and data validation
Version 1.5.1 - 2023-11-15
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed critical issue with section saving on multisite installations
- Resolved conflict with certain security plugins
- Fixed image upload issues when using CDN
- Corrected layout problems in specific theme configurations
🔧 Improvements
- Enhanced multisite support and compatibility
- Improved error logging and diagnostic information
- Better handling of large image files
- Optimized database queries for better performance
Version 1.5.0 - 2023-11-01
✨ New Features
Enhanced Statistics Sections
- New animation options for number counting
- Improved visual design with better typography
- Enhanced responsive behavior
- Support for different number formats (percentages, currency)
Improved Form Integration
- Better Contact Form 7 integration
- Support for Gravity Forms
- Enhanced form styling options
- Improved form validation and error handling
Advanced Customization
- New CSS custom properties for easier theme integration
- Enhanced color picker with palette suggestions
- Improved typography controls with font preview
- Better spacing controls with visual feedback
🔧 Improvements
Performance Enhancements
- Reduced CSS file size by 30%
- Improved JavaScript loading strategy
- Better image optimization algorithms
- Enhanced caching compatibility
User Experience
- Improved section preview functionality
- Better visual feedback during saving
- Enhanced accessibility features
- Simplified onboarding process
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue with sections not displaying in certain page builders
- Resolved image aspect ratio problems in specific configurations
- Fixed responsive layout issues on older mobile devices
- Corrected color inheritance problems in dark themes
Version 1.4.3 - 2023-10-20
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed compatibility with PHP 8.1
- Resolved section ordering issues in specific configurations
- Fixed image upload problems on sites with custom media handling
- Corrected CSS conflicts with certain themes
🔧 Improvements
- Enhanced error reporting and debugging information
- Better compatibility with popular caching plugins
- Improved section loading performance
- Enhanced security measures
Version 1.4.2 - 2023-10-10
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed critical security vulnerability in file upload handling
- Resolved compatibility issues with WordPress 6.3.2
- Fixed section display problems in specific theme configurations
- Corrected responsive layout issues on certain devices
🔒 Security
- Enhanced file upload validation and security
- Improved data sanitization throughout the plugin
- Better protection against XSS and SQL injection attacks
- Enhanced user capability checking
Version 1.4.1 - 2023-09-25
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed section content not saving in certain browser configurations
- Resolved image optimization issues on specific hosting providers
- Fixed responsive display problems on iOS devices
- Corrected color picker functionality in Safari
🔧 Improvements
- Better browser compatibility across different versions
- Improved error handling and user feedback
- Enhanced mobile editing experience
- Better integration with popular backup plugins
Version 1.4.0 - 2023-09-15
✨ New Features
Dark Mode Support
- Global dark mode toggle for entire site
- Section-level dark theme options
- Automatic color adjustments for better contrast
- Enhanced accessibility in dark mode
Enhanced Image Management
- Bulk image upload functionality
- Automatic image optimization and compression
- Support for WebP format
- Enhanced image editing tools
Improved Typography
- Google Fonts integration with 800+ fonts
- Enhanced typography controls
- Better font loading performance
- Improved text readability options
🔧 Improvements
Performance Optimizations
- Reduced plugin file size by 40%
- Improved section loading speed
- Better caching integration
- Enhanced mobile performance
User Interface
- Redesigned settings interface
- Improved visual feedback throughout
- Better organization of options and controls
- Enhanced accessibility features
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed issues with section ordering in certain configurations
- Resolved image display problems in specific themes
- Fixed responsive layout issues
- Corrected compatibility problems with certain plugins
Version 1.3.0 - 2023-08-30
✨ New Features
Template System
- Save sections as reusable templates
- Template library with categorization
- Import/export template functionality
- Template sharing between sites
Enhanced Responsive Design
- Improved mobile editing interface
- Better tablet optimization
- Enhanced responsive preview options
- Mobile-first design approach
Advanced Color Management
- Color scheme presets
- Enhanced color picker with accessibility features
- Better color contrast checking
- Brand color management
🔧 Improvements
- Better WordPress 6.3 compatibility
- Enhanced plugin activation and deactivation procedures
- Improved backup and restore functionality
- Better integration with popular themes
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed section duplication issues
- Resolved image upload problems in certain configurations
- Fixed responsive design issues on older devices
- Corrected compatibility problems with specific hosting providers
Version 1.2.0 - 2023-08-15
✨ New Features
FAQ Sections
- Collapsible FAQ items
- Rich text support for answers
- Search functionality within FAQs
- Enhanced accessibility features
Enhanced Team Sections
- Social media integration
- Enhanced bio formatting
- Better image management
- Improved layout options
Statistics Enhancement
- Animated counters
- Multiple number formats
- Enhanced visual design
- Better mobile display
🔧 Improvements
- Better performance on large sites
- Enhanced security measures
- Improved user onboarding
- Better documentation and help system
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed section content saving issues
- Resolved image aspect ratio problems
- Fixed responsive layout bugs
- Corrected CSS conflicts with certain themes
Version 1.1.0 - 2023-08-01
✨ New Features
Testimonials Section
- Star rating display
- Customer photo support
- Multiple layout options
- Social proof enhancement
Enhanced Features Section
- Icon support for feature items
- Multiple column layouts
- Better visual hierarchy
- Improved mobile display
Global Settings Panel
- Centralized color management
- Typography controls
- Layout preferences
- Performance settings
🔧 Improvements
- Better theme compatibility
- Enhanced mobile experience
- Improved accessibility
- Performance optimizations
🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed section preview issues
- Resolved image upload problems
- Fixed responsive layout bugs
- Corrected saving issues in certain browsers
Version 1.0.0 - 2023-07-15
🎉 Initial Release
Core Features
- Hero sections with customizable content
- Features sections with grid layouts
- Statistics display sections
- Responsive design system
- WordPress theme integration
Design System
- Global color management
- Typography controls
- Spacing system
- Theme variants (light/dark)
User Interface
- Intuitive section editor
- Drag-and-drop functionality
- Real-time preview
- Mobile-responsive interface
WordPress Integration
- Custom fields storage
- User role integration
- Theme compatibility
- SEO-friendly output
Upgrade Notes
From Version 1.x to 2.x
Required Actions:
- Backup your site before upgrading
- Check PHP version - Ensure PHP 7.4 or higher
- Update WordPress to version 5.8 or higher
- Reconfigure global settings after upgrade
- Test all sections to ensure proper display
What to Expect:
- All section content automatically migrates
- Improved performance and new features
- Some visual adjustments may be needed
- Enhanced AI capabilities available
General Upgrade Best Practices
- Always backup before major updates
- Test on staging site first when possible
- Check theme compatibility after updates
- Clear caches after upgrading
- Review new features in documentation
Support and Feedback
Reporting Issues
If you encounter any bugs or issues:
- Check the FAQ and troubleshooting guide first
- Search existing support topics
- Provide detailed information when reporting issues
- Include system information (WordPress version, PHP version, etc.)
Feature Requests
We welcome feature suggestions:
- Submit via support channels
- Explain use case and benefits
- Check if similar features already exist
- Consider community benefit
Stay Updated
- Follow release notes for important changes
- Subscribe to updates for security patches
- Join community discussions for tips and tricks
- Provide feedback to help improve the plugin
For more detailed information about any release, please refer to the specific version documentation or contact support.