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Changelog

Plugin’s changelog.

0.8.6

Improvements(2)
  • New util for triggering scheduled actions immediately. Useful when bypassing scheduler.
  • Reworked how the goals get updated on the frontend, ensuring its not cached by static html output
Bugfixes(4)
  • Make “Sincerely” and “Below is a copy of your letter:” translatable via the labels system instead of hardcoded strings.
  • Fix malformed HTML in the default thank-you email greeting (“Dear {{user_name}},”).
  • Regenerate and update translation files (.pot, .po, .mo) to match corrected email strings and new label keys.
  • Fixed select dropdowns showing the first option instead of the “Select” placeholder on load

0.8.5

Improvements(3)
  • Additional spacing and font size controls in the styles customizer
  • A new visual preview in the customizer
  • Improved the petitioner_submission_finalized hook: it now hydrates the submission data that it sends. Good for working with the custom fields.

0.8.4

Improvements(2)
  • Submissions Gutenberg block now has a proper preview in the admin UI (instead of a grey placeholder box)
  • Preserve active tab state on save on petition edit screen and settings
Bugfixes(3)
  • Security: fixed a potential XSS vulnerability by removing unsanitized use of ptr_active_tab param in the URL
  • Security: Updated composer and NPM dependencies, resolving multiple critical/high Dependabot vulnerabilities
  • Compatibility: Fixed a composer installation crash on PHP 8.0-8.3 by strictly enforcing the platform PHP requirement

0.8.3

Improvements(3)
  • Added ActionScheduler as a dev dependency and a wrapper util class to work with it
  • Exported reusable components as a global window object
  • Added a programmatic CSV importer utility for submissions
Bugfixes(1)
  • Security fix: form submission method changed from GET to POST to prevent potential PII exposure in URLs if JS is disabled

0.8.2

Improvements(6)
  • Added a filter letting you adjust the anonymous display name
  • Submission UI: improved pagination (prev/next buttons and hiding inner page numbers)
  • Submission GB block and a shortcode: allow pagination buttons to be hidden
  • Added an option to feature submission entries so they are pinned on the frontend
  • Submitted at dates are now properly formatted vs showing a raw timestamp
  • Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Bugfixes(3)
  • Fixed typo on the submission shortcode clipboard button (replaced form_id=”” with id=””)
  • Fixed an issue where representative emails were not sent if the submission was manually approved
  • Fixed a bug where form labels would show up under label overrides but dont do anything (removed them)
Architecture(2)
  • Reworked settings & editing fields registration to make it a lot more extendable
  • Increased the test coverage (frontend)

0.8.1

Improvements(6)
  • Add an option for custom redirects on form submit, email confirmation, and email error
  • Simplify custom field creation with AV_Petitioner_Field_Registry
  • Adding a new goal milestones feature letting you have several incremental goals
  • New hooks & filters: petitioner_allow_external_redirects, av_petitioner_form_attributes, petitioner_email_confirmation_success, petitioner_email_confirmation_error
  • Improved test coverage
  • Additional architectural and performance improvements
Bugfixes(2)
  • Allow overriding the confirmation email messages in the settings
  • Fix tinymce editor not letting you pass absolute urls (and breaking images in the process)

0.8.0

Changes(3)
  • Massive architecture overhaul
  • Country field improvements: you can now modify the country list (reorder and remove countries from the dropdown)
  • Additional export filter options (contains | does not contain)
Performance enhancements, admin(1)
  • Significantly reduced the bundle size of the admin pages
CSV export: add an option to modify column headers & show preview of the CSV(2)
  • Show/hide/rename columns before exporting
  • Specify custom mappings for things like updating values (e.g. “1” -> “Yes”, “0” -> “No”). You can also dynamically pull values from other fields (e.g. putting fname and lname together into a single “Full Name” column).

0.7.0

Changes(2)
  • Improved export for submissions
  • Bug fixes and UI improvements
New fields(3)
  • Keep me anonymous field + allow editing “Anonymous” under Settings -> Labels
  • Newsletter opt-in field
  • BCC me field

0.6.1

Changes(3)
  • Allowed adding images in the WYSIWYG fields (some of them)
  • Fixed a bug on confirmation statuses breaking due to translation
  • Added a new field: Date of Birth

0.6.0

Changes(2)
  • Tabs now remember the state on refresh
  • Improved the code structure & security overall, fixed a bunch of bugs
Improved submissions(2)
  • Added sorting of submissions in admin
  • Added the ability to edit and delete submissions. Learn more here.

0.5.2

Changes(3)
  • Bug: fixed an issue with making checkboxed checked by default
  • Bug: fixed placeholders not working
  • Allow passing html values in labels safely

0.5.1

Changes(1)
  • Bug: remove double escaping of html attributes on the form

0.5.0

Changes(4)
  • New comment textarea field
  • Allow showing the progress bar via a shortcode even if it’s disabled in the general settings
  • Additional display options on the submission component, you can now show more fields. Improved the block controls and also how it handles empty values.
  • Bug: fixed the issue with form builder not reordering in some cases

0.4.6

Changes(1)
  • Add a tab under the plugin settings for editing the labels. This lets you edit all of the random strings like “View the letter”, “Your name will be here” and more!

0.4.5

Changes(1)
  • Set the default BCC value to false & add a new filter

0.4.4

Changes(1)
  • More code refactoring: made some changes to the structure, especially JS
Frontend submissions(2)
  • New frontend submission functionality, available via a shortcode or a block. Read more here.
  • Added a setting to hide signee’s last name under petition advanced settings.

0.4.3

Changes(1)
  • Code refactoring: made some changes to the structure
Editing labels(2)
  • Added UI for editing the thank you message on the petition (shows up after you submit the form)
  • Added a filter to override other random strings
Minor UI tweaks(2)
  • You can now close the popup with an ESC key
  • Added explicit color to the close button to fix styling for some users

0.4.2

Changes(1)
  • Bugfix: Add the new form fields to the submission export

0.4.1

Changes(1)
  • Bugfix: Ensure plugin version is always set in the database and automatically re-run database migrations if missing or old

0.4.0

Changes(4)
  • Moved admin js to typescript
  • Add basic testing
  • Bug fixes: fixing the bug with the nonce field not validating on some environments
  • Additional filters and hooks
Brand new drag and drop form builder(5)
  • Add/remove/reorder the form fields
  • Automatic migration from the old editing experience
  • Edit individual field settings
  • Add rich text to the form
  • Add new optional fields

0.3.3

Changes(4)
  • Fix a bug with the export button
  • Fix a bug with the wrong number on the submission count when the confirmation behavious is auto-denied by default
  • Fix a minor bug with the textdomain loading too early
  • Add basic translations to French, Ukrainian, Russian, and Dutch
Submissions tab improvements, special thanks to @Shahraz98(3)
  • Add ability to resend confirmation emails
  • Add a button to resend all confirmation emails at once (please use this with caution)
  • Refactored the code & improved the submissions UI

0.3.2

Bugfixes(2)
  • Fix a bug with hCaptcha breaking forms on Firefox, special thanks to @Shahraz98
  • Fix the recaptcha code running when recaptcha is used by another plugin

0.3.0

Changes(2)
  • Add custom javascript event – petitionerFormSubmit
  • Improve readme to highlight the latest features

0.3.0

A pretty hefty release (hence the version jump) focused on spam protection and UI improvements:

Changes(3)
  • Create custom filters (petitioner_send_ty_email, petitioner_send_to_representative, petitioner_after_submission, petitioner_get_styled_message)
  • New shortcodes (petitioner-goal, petitioner-submission-count, petitioner-goal-progress-ui, petitioner-letter-modal-ui)
  • Add a translation template
Spam protection improvements(3)
  • Add a honeypot option for additional spam protection
  • Akismet integration – handle spam seamlessly without adding any js libraries
  • Integrate with Cloudflare Turnstile – a privacy first captcha
Bug fixes and UI improvements(5)
  • Better style emails visually
  • Allow overriding the “from” field
  • A new and improved settings page
  • Add better DB schema handling
  • Fix a bug with confirmed emails not sending letters to the rep

0.2.6

Changes(3)
  • Fix a bug where some users would not see the export button
  • Fix a bug with custom CSS clashing with custom colors
  • Add email confirmations. Read more.

0.2.5

Changes(1)
  • Allow editing confirmation emails

0.2.4

Changes(1)
  • Bug fixes after the previous release

0.2.3

Changes(4)
  • Add Google reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha. Read more.
  • Allow multiple target emails
  • Add optional legal disclaimer & consent checkbox
  • Refactor & organize editor UI

0.2.2

Changes(2)
  • Added the ability to approve/deny petitions
  • Reworked the edit fields & submissions UI

0.2.0

Changes(3)
  • Added the country field
  • Improved checkbox styles
  • Added color customizer to the settings page

0.1.4

Changes(4)
  • Improved readme & docs
  • Improved asset enqueuing
  • Fixed internalization issues
  • Improved plugin escaping and sanitization

0.1.3

Changes(1)
  • New plugin settings page

0.1.2

Changes(1)
  • New Gutenberg block

0.1.1

Changes(1)
  • Added more sanitization and preparing for the wp.org upload

0.1.0

Changes(1)
  • Initial version of the plugin