Easy Testimonials Changelog

3.1

• Fix issue with View More Testimonials link in various displays.
• Add ability to show / hide review markup on a per-shortcode and per-widget basis.
• Add ability to show stars with aggregate rating via testimonial_count shortcode.
• Move “View More Testimonials” link outside of the Testimonial content to a more logical place, below it.

3.0.5

• Compatible with WordPress 4.8.1
• Update content filter for better compatibility with WooCommerce and Themes that integrate WooCommerce.

3.0.4

• Address remaining issues with upgrade notice for legacy users.
• Compatibility update for Widgets and certain WordPress themes.

3.0.3

• Bug fix to improve performance after v3 update.

3.0.2

• Bug fix to improve performance after v3 update.

3.0.1

• Bug fix to improve performance after v3 update.

3.0

• MAJOR UPDATE: Please Backup Before Updating!
• Changes Upgrade messaging and process.
• Updates Single Testimonial template for more powerful customization control.
• Fixes issue with JSON-LD encoding breaking with various characters in testimonial content.
• Various under the hood improvements.

2.3.1

• Update Testimonial Slide Controls to support HTML values.
• Compatibility fix for SG Optimizer.

2.3

• Compatibility Update for 4.7.5
• Admin UI Update
• Adds Custom CSS Boxes for Phones and Tablets
• Updates Cache to flush on options change

2.2.5

• Update widget saving logic to handle checkboxes correctly.

2.2.4

• Update the_content filter logic to work better with recent Pagebuilder updates.
• Update custom columns logic to function better with recent WooCommerce updates.
• Update widget logic to better function with various visual editors, including Pagebuilder.
• Update base CSS to better address reports of large doublequotes inserted over Testimonials.
• Update CSS for Carousel transition to prevent slides becoming too small on mobile screens.
• Update Rating Input (backend) to use HTML5 number input.

2.2.3

• Update Admin UI to function much better on RTL layouts.
• Update Shortcode Generators to properly set show_date=”0″ when Show Date is un-checked.
• Update maintenance tasks to no longer throw warnings when $version is unset.
• Fix to layout of meta data in Bubble Theme.

2.2.2

• Reverse default sort order to show most recent Testimonials first.
• Update shortcode and widget defaults to show all meta data and otherwise match the examples shown.

2.2

• Avatar Update: Adds new style of user avatars, Smart Text Avatars.
• Better handling of Gravatars.
• New unique fallback mystery people in each theme.
• Support for user supplied templates.
• Minor appearance updates.

2.1.2

• WP Engine Compatibility Update
• Adds Getting Started Screen

2.1.1

• Carousel updates
• Grid updates for mobile compatibility
• Cycle2 fallback script update

2.1

• Compatibility updates.
• Makes review markup (schema.org) optional.
• Updates schema markup to use JSON-LD.
• Address occasional errors on Edit Testimonial screens with broken Featured Images.
• Hide Dashboard widget from non-Admin and non-Editor users.
• Bust front-end cache on options update.
• Fix Tile Slide transition.
• Address issue causing certain Pro transitions not to work if scripts were loaded asynchronously.

• Hide Cycle2 console logging unless WP_DEBUG is set to true.

2.0.14

• Minor compatibility updates.
• Importer / Exporter updates.

2.0.13

• Update for compatibility with PageBuilder by Site Origin.
• Allow all image sizes to work in Free version.

2.0.12

• Update Admin UI to work when other plugins or themes have enqueued jQueryUI on every admin screen.
• Update content filtering to have better compatibility with other shortcodes inside testimonials.

2.0.11

• Fix default object warning on PHP 5.4+ installations.

2.0.10

• Fix issue with recaptcha.
• Fix issue with using Easy Testimonials and other Gold Plugins software that have the new admin interface.
• Fix issue with publication date showing the same, incorrect date for all testimonials in a list.
• Fix admin notices for WooThemes Testimonials and Avada compatibility.

2.0.9

• Update includes to use dynamic paths.
• Fix issue with recaptcha.

2.0.8

• Fix issue causing random_testimonial output to always be limited to one testimonial.
• Fix issue with Cycle2 output causing minor issues on some sites.

2.0.7

• Fix issue with content filter being run repeated, when Apply the Content Filter was checked and certain other plugins were being used, preventing white screens in liue of content.

2.0.6

• Fix issue with manually crafted excerpts causing errors when being displayed.

2.0.5

• Fix issue where bad ID’s passed to Single Shortcode would cause an error.
• Fix issue where width parameter was being handled incorrectly before rendering testimonials.
• Fix issue where Cycle Fix was causing a JS error when Disable Cycle2 include was also toggled.

2.0.4

• Fix issue present when using Captchas in form.

2.0.3

• Fix issue breaking output when using the Testimonial Form Widget.

2.0.2

• Fix issue breaking output when using the Grid shortcode.

2.0.1

• Fix issue with scheduling Hello Testimonials cron job.

2.0

• Refactor underlying code to be better classified and more efficient.
• Updates Options system to be more efficient and easier to use.
• New Options UI.
• Front End and Object Caching significantly decrease load times.

1.37.3

• Address encoding issue causing “headers already sent” message on some sites.

1.37.2

• Adds optional control to filter HTML from testimonials, addressing several issues where users had unexpected HTML appearing on their websites.

1.37.1

• Encoding fix.

1.37

• Security Release

1.36.1

• Update CSS include to prevent validation errors and issues with some optimization methods.
• Fix aggregate rating count to not include testimonials with no rating.
• Validation fixes.

1.36

• Updates javascript for compatibility.
• Adds option to control author that Testimonials are submitted under.
• Adds aggregate rating.
• Fix issue with pagination on some sites.
• Update CSS includes to load only the needed CSS on site.
• Update CSS to work with various CSS minifiers not following @imports correctly.

1.35.6

• Bug fix with manually crafted excerpts not appearing correctly.

1.35.5

• Updates Excerpt customization to properly target testimonials in all scenarios.
• Updates Excerpt output to no longer include additional data, such date and title, in some situations.
• Updates Excerpt output to always link to the correct testimonial.

1.35.4

• Address notice on some settings panels.
• Update Typography to have better Reset to Default options.
• Better alignment of text in Modern Theme.

1.35.3

• Address issues with unset font attributes in some themes causing crazy appearances.
• Address issue causing rating input on submission form to error when more than one submission form is on a given page.
• Minor submission form cleanup.
• Adds option to set Global ItemReviewed value
• Compatibile with WP 4.5

1.35.2

• Adds ability to pass category for submission form via shortcode.
• Updates GP Media Button to prevent conflicts with multiple plugins using it.
• Various admin interface updates.
• Minor Cycled Testimonial updates and fixes.

1.35.1

• Fix improper image attribute in shortcodes generated by Cycle and Random testimonial widgets.
• Update admin UI.
• Update Cycle2 for compatibility with Avada, preventing slides from disappearing after first transition.
• Add messaging for compatibility options when using Avada theme.

1.35

• Add options panel to allow customization of Submission Form Error Messages, better organizes submission options, uses better field descriptions.
• Updates archive template compatibility with Avada.
• Defaults Testimonials List to hide the View More Testimonials link, by default.
• Updates Shortcode Generator to be more intuitive.
• Minor fixes.

1.34.4

• Fix issue with wall of text generated during CSV import.

1.34.3

• Fixes double-encoded HTML appearing in Testimonial Category dropdown of submission form.
• Fixes issue causing testimonial content to be cut off when using the slider on some themes.
• Updates pagination to be formatted better and to have page number links.
• Adds Pagination controls to List and Grid widgets.

1.34.2

• Fixes slideshow height issue when using auto height settings.

1.34.1

• Address double content display bug.

1.34

• Adds new Filter, easy_t_get_single_testimonial_html, allowing for further customization of testimonial output by developers.
• Fixes bug where some content was duplicated when using widgets on single views.
• Updates output filtering to show testimonials using proper theme and style settings on Category, Tag, and Archive index pages.

1.33

• Adds Testimonial Excerpt controls, allowing control of the length, text, and linkage of Testimonial Excerpts.
• Fixes issues with certain Pro themes not allowing their font styles to be overridden by the Display Options.
• Fixes issues with Pager Icons and Previous/Next buttons expanded past the set width of Testimonials on the Options panel.
• Fixes issue with Pager Icons and Previous/Next buttons controlling every Cycle2 slideshow on the same page.
• Adds option to display Pagers Icons and Previous/Next buttons Above or Below the slideshow.
• Fix validation issues with missing alt text on Gravatars.
• Minor Widget Updates, including defaulting Theme drop down to globally set option.
• Updates Ratings display to allow control of Star Color.
• Adds Typography settings for Location / Item Reviewed.
• Update Random Testimonial function to run much faster.
• Update Metadata display to not output blank fields.
• Update Single Testimonial view to have properly constructed and styled testimonials, for people using Continue Reading links.

1.32

• Adds Insert Testimonial buttons to the Visual and Text Editors, including all available methods such as Cycled Testimonials, Grid, List, Random, and Single.
• Updates Modern Theme to allow different background colors.
• Updates Widgets to allow collapsable fieldsets, preventing super long widgets interfaces.

1.31.12

• Various theme fixes.

1.31.11

• Updates Theme Selection interface
• Fixes issue with custom fields not displaying in some themes.
• Fixes issue with Product Reviewed field not displaying in Widget.

1.31.10

• Update: adds new Testimonials Grid widget

1.31.9

• Update: adds text-domain, sets up plugin to be translatable.

1.31.8

• Fix: Properly reset post data to prevent double testimonials.

1.31.7

• CSS fixes for testimonial grid.
• Fix: unclosed row divs in some cases using grid shortcode.

1.31.6

• Fix: address issue with endless loop on some Divi theme based sites.
• Update: add ability to pass a list of IDs to [testimonials_grid] shortcode.

1.31.5

• Adds [testimonials_grid] shortcode for outputting testimonials in a horizontal grid.

1.31.4

• Adds reCAPTCHA as an option for the submission form

1.31.3

• Updates Widgets to be compatible with WordPress 4.3

1.31.2

• Compatible with WordPress 4.2.4
• Fix issue with Featured Image setting in Widgets.

1.31.1

• Compatibility update for older versions of WP. Minor updates.

1.31

• New and Improved Testimonial List Widget, Testimonial Cycle Widget, Single Testimonial Widget, and Random Testimonial Widget

1.30.3

• Fix: output correct labels for theme groups

1.30.2

• Add Theme Selection to Testimonials List Widget.

1.30.1

• Quick Fix for CSS positioning issue with Client Name and Client Position.

1.30

• Shortcode Generator Updates, Fixes
• Adds Gravatar Support
• Adds Widgets: List Testimonials, Single Testimonial, Submit Testimonial

1.29.1

• Update default text for third custom field.
• Update schema.org markup to properly identify the itemReviewed, if set.
• Update star ratings to output schema.org rating markup.
• Update admin script includes to be compatible with Sonec themes.
• Shortcode Generator Updates.

1.29

• Adds new slideshow options, including previous and next buttons and option to disable auto transition.
• Updates many Pro themes to be responsive.
• Adds shortcode option to control width of output.

1.28.2

• Reorder Cycle Fix includes.
• Avada compatibility update.

1.28.1

• Bugfix for advanced transitions on sites with Cycle Fix enabled.

1.28

• Add Option to Exclude Testimonials from Site Search.
• Adds Testimonials Search Form shortcode.

1.27

• Reduces database calls around options to improve performance

1.26

• Adds Recently Submitted Testimonials Dashboard Widget
• Replace ` tags around shortcode examples with easier to use inputs
• Updates Help Docs for clarity, ease of use
• Swaps out pushpin menu icon for testimonial menu icon

1.25.4

• Supports Pause on Hover for Cycled Testimonials
• Compatibility check for Testimonials by WooThemes

1.25.3

• JS Compatibility Update

1.25.2

• Cycle2 Update – fixes issues with additional Cycle2 plugins

1.25.1

• CSS Update, Cycle Fix Update, Compatibilty Update

1.25

• Adds CSV Import and Export
• Updates Cycle2 to 2.1.6
• Compatibility updates, fixes

1.24

• Make shortcodes easier to copy, and other misc admin UI updates

1.23

• Adds Many New Color Schemes To Our Pro Themes
• Updates Free Themes to support Star Ratings
• Several bug fixes to themes to prevent layout from breaking
• Font Color, Size, and Style options added

1.22

• Minor admin UI updates
• User Reported Bug Fixes

1.21

• Feature: adds support for Categories to front end submission form.
• Feature: adds new shortcode, [testimonials_count], that allows display of number of testimonials in the system.

1.20.7

• Update: addresses issue that was preventing users from listing a Category full of Testimonials via /category-slug/ lists.

1.20.6

• Addresses issue with PHP short tags inside shortcode generator.

1.20.5

• Addresses issue with Hello Testimonials importing.

1.20.4

• Adds general class to testimonial wrapping div, for better CSS targeting.
• Adds schema.org itemReviewed markup to third custom field, Product Reviewed.
• Adds shortcode attribute, show_other, that defaults to false, to control whether or not the third custom field is displayed.
• Updates Pro Theme styles to support more features.
• Admin Style cleanup.
• Adds attribute based classes to wrapping HTML, to allow better user control of styling.

1.20.3

• Fix: addresses issue with empty custom fields being displayed, causing issues with certain themes.
• Fix: addresses box-sizing compatibility issue.

1.20.2

• Fix: addresses issue where “Location / Product Reviewed / Other” custom label and description weren’t carrying through to the front end submission form.

1.20.1

• Fix: address user reported errors.

1.20

• Feature: Adds option third custom field, Location / Product Reviewed / Other, to allow more information collection and more display customization.
• Feature: Adds option to redirect users to a specific URL after succesfully submitting their Testimonial.
• Fix: Address issue with Cycled Testimonial Widget not displaying dates or remember Ratings as Stars options.
• Update: Alter Cycled Widget to use a random order WP Query when displaying random testimonials – to prevent showing the same 5 testimonials in a random order every page load.
• Update: Updates compatibility to WP 4.1.1

1.19.1

• Fix: address issue with some incorrectly set settings data.

1.19

• Feature: Adds ability to set the View More Text
• Feature: Adds copyable Single Testimonial Shortcode display to Single Testimonial Edit screen.

1.18

• Feature: Updates Testimonial Submission Notification e-mails to send to multiple addresses and optionally include the submitted testimonial.
• Feature: Adds option to display star ratings via the Widgets.
• Feature: Adds option to display the Testimonial Date via the Widgets.
• Fix: Replace “Category Slug” field on Widgets with Category Drop Down selector.
• Fix: Address issue where some options weren’t defaulted correctly.

1.17.5

• Update: Fix incorrect default for custom single_testimonial shortcode.
• Update: Change point that CSS is enqueued to improve compatibility with various caching plugins.

1.17.4

• Update: add option to control registered shortcodes to allow compatibility adjustments for various themes and plugins.
• Update: adds Themes to shortcode generator.

1.17.3

• Fix: address issue where stars weren’t showing appropriately to logged out users.

1.17.2

• Update: CSS tweaks.

1.17.1

• Update: minify new assets.

1.17

• Update: Adds 25 New Themes!
• Update: Adds Show Publication Date and Show Star Ratings options to Shortcode Generator.
• Fix: Addresses issue where Publication Date was output in an incorrect position when meta data was displayed below the Testimonial.

1.16.1

• Fix: Address broken images on Style and Theme Options Settings.

1.16

• Feature: adds ability to display testimonial publication date via shortcode.
• Update: adds new shortcode options to shortcode generator.
• Update: updates compatibility to WP 4.1

1.15.2

• Fix: hide newsletter signup form from Pro activated users.

1.15.1

• Fix: address compatibility issue with Tri.be Events Calendar.

1.15

• Feature: Adds ability to choose a specific theme via the shortcode.
• Feature: Adds integration with Hello Testimonials.
• Feature: Adds output filters for greater developer control over display formatting.
• Fix: Various bug fixes.

1.14

• Feature: adds ability to use pagination with the list all testimonials shortcode.
• Updates Help & Instructions with more details.
• Updates Shortcode Generator to reflect more shortcode options.

1.13

• Supports schema.org review markup.
• Address issue with custom fields being lost during quick edit.

1.12.3

• Address issues with easy-testimonials-admin.js
• Address issue with shortcode generator using the incorrect value for random order.

1.12.2

• Fix: address issue where the same title was being displayed repeatedly when using the Random Testimonial display functionality.

1.12.1

• Fix: address issue where Testimonials Read More Link was being displayed in the full list of testimonial, when it is intended only to be displayed in random, single, or cycled testimonials.

1.12

• Feature: adds shortcode generator to greatly increase ease of implementing plugin.

1.11

• Feature: adds ability to control the number of testimonials that appear in each slide of the testimonial cycle. Defaults to one testimonial per slide.
• Adds Help & Instructions Screen.
• Adds submenu to Easy Testimonials Settings for easier navigation.

1.10

• Feature: adds support for ratings to testimonials and the front-end submission form.
• Cleans up Submission Form Options screen to be more legible.

1.9

• Feature: adds support for front-end testimonial submission to the submission form.

1.8

• Update: compatibile with WordPress 4.0.
• Feature: adds support for pagers to cycled testimonials.

1.7.7.1

• Update: Address 404 error with jquery.cycl2.js.map file in Google Chrome.

1.7.7

• Update: reworks some things on the settings screen.
• Pro Feature: new pro theme options available.

1.7.6

• Feature: adds ability to control the order in which Testimonials are displayed.
• Update: adds new compatibilty option to help some users who have slideshow issues.

1.7.5.3

• Registration update.

1.7.5.2

• Minor update.

1.7.5.1

• Update: hides output of all but first testimonial when using cycled testimonial output.

1.7.5

• Feature: adds ability to randomize the order of the cycled testimonials.

1.7.4

• Feature: adds Captcha to Front End Testimonial Submission.
• Update: add more classes to output to allow more control with CSS, such as client and position.
• Fix: address undefined index notice in sidebar widget.

1.7.3

• Update: adds option to apply The Content filter to Testimonial output.
• Update: reposition custom CSS output for validation purposes.

1.7.2

• Fix: address issue with Continue Reading links leading to 404 pages.
• Update: respect wordpress content formatting in testimonials.
• Fix: change position of Testimonials menu item, so that it doesn’t dissappear in some situations.

1.7.1

• Update: adds wrapping class to submission success message.
• Update: updates form output to properly use output buffering.

1.7

• Feature: adds ability to control the labels, description, and display of certain fields on the submission form.
• Feature: adds the ability to receive notifications at a specified e-mail address on new submissions.
• Update: restructure queries to load a bit faster.

1.6.1

• Fix: address deprecated function use in widget.
• Fix: fix issue using Fade transition with the Widget.

1.6

• Feature: Adds more javascript transitions to Pro version.
• Fix: Addresses a PHP notice.

1.5.9.1

• Update: Adds ability to use the excerpt with Read More functionality via the cycle shortcode.
• Minor Feature: Adds ability to control output of images in the via the cycle shortcode.

1.5.9

• Feature: Outputs shortcode to list testimonials in a category inside the Category list in the admin area.
• Feature: Adds ability to control image display via the shortcodes.

1.5.8

• Pro Feature: Adds the ability to control the size of images that are displayed.

1.5.7

• Feature: Adds ability to create Categories for Testimonials, and to only display Testimonials by Category.

1.5.6.1

• Fix: Fixes issue with “Fade” transition being locked out.

1.5.6

• Feature: Adds option to output Mystery Man avatar, if no other image is available.
• Minor Fix: Address CSS issue with sliding testimonials.

1.5.5.2

• Pro Feature: Adds Support for more Cycle2 Transitions.

1.5.5.1

• Compatibilty Option Update: Adds option to disable Cycle2 JavaScript that is included with Easy Testimonials.
• Minor Fix: Address bug in single testimonial shortcode output.

1.5.5

• Feature: Adds ability to display either the Excerpt or the Full Content of the Testimonial.
• Update: Addresses compatibility issues with the slider on several different Themes by moving Javascript to Footer.
• Pro Version Fix: Address bug with front-end testimonial submission.

1.5.4.1

• Update: set height of sidebar testimonial cycle container to match height of content inside.

1.5.4

• Feature: Adds Testimonial Cycle Widget to Appearance section.

1.5.3

• Update: Shortcode examples to help embed single testimonials.
• Feature: Support for Cycle 2 via Shortcode.

1.5.1

• Minor Fix: address bug in registration.

1.5

• New Pro Feature: Submit Testimonials from the front end!

1.4.5

• Fix: only output testimonial titles in the widget if the option is checked.

1.4.4

• Fix: output correct title with random testimonials.

1.4.3

• Feature: ability to output title of the testimonial with the shortcode.

1.4.2

• Fix: address mistargeted CSS in new theme.

1.4.1

• New Style Available: Clean Style. With the clean style, you’ll get smooth looking avatars and a clean, clear layout for your testimonial text. Looks great with the TwentyThirteen theme!
• Update: Adds Classes to paragraph tags in the testimonial list, for easier CSS targeting.

1.4

• Fix: Featured Image should no longer break in your themes.
• Feature: Ability to set a number of random testimonials to output, with the shortcode or the widget.
• Feature: Ability to set a number of testimonials to appear via the standard testimonial shortcode.
• Feature: Ability to set Custom CSS via the Settings panel.

1.3.4.1

• Minor Fix: address warning message output when no pre-existing featured image support is found.

1.3.4

• Fix: address issue where Featured Image support was only applied to Testimonials, after activating this plugin.

1.3.3

• Fix: address some code quirks that were causing activation errors in certain web environments.

1.3.2

• Fix: no longer display Read More when looking at full list view.

1.3.1

• Fix: tiny CSS error.

1.3

• New Feature: Adds support for themes, for easy styling. Includes a few themes.

1.2.1

• Minor edits.

1.2

• New Feature: Option to Display the Custom Fields above or below the Testimonials. Defaults to Below.
• Update: Compatible with WordPress 3.6.

1.1

• New Feature: Testimonials Now Support Images!

1.0

• Released!