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Releases: WebberZone/contextual-related-posts

Version 2.9.0

18 Apr 10:42
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Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/contextual-related-posts-v2-9-0/

  • Features:

    • New section under Settings > Related Posts > Tools to export and import settings. Best option if you'd like the same configuration across multiple WordPress sites
    • New shortcode setting include_cat_ids to limit top posts to selected categories/taxonomies. Use a comma separated list of term_taxonomy_id
    • New setting in widget to only include certain categories. Doesn't work with custom taxonomies
  • Enhancements:

    • New function: crp_get_thumb_size() to get the correct size of the thumbnail
    • Only run a get_post query if only the post ID is passed to crp_get_the_post_thumbnail()
    • $match_fields parameter added to crp_posts_match filter
    • Updated WPML functions to use latest filters
    • Admin scripts are no longer loaded into the head - but using a separate JavaScript file
    • Implemented CodeMirror to format custom styles box
    • New filters get_crp_short_circuit and get_crp_posts_id_short_circuit to bypass outputs and queries
    • CRP_MAX_WORDS has been reduced from 500 to 250 to avoid "Too many words" mySQL error
    • The link to the Contextual Related Posts link is no longer a list item but a smaller text paragraph below the items. You can turn this on by enabling Show Credit.
  • Bug fixes:

    • Fixed errors created when trying to fetch a featured image or scanned images with remote links
    • Saving categories fields in the settings page uses str_getcsv and a custom function crp_str_putcsv

Version 2.8.0

30 Dec 15:03
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Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/contextual-related-posts-v2-8-0/

  • Features:

    • New block for Gutenberg aka the block editor. The block is called Related Posts [CRP] and you can find it under the widgets category
    • Two new settings in the widget: Order posts and Randomize order that allows the global setting to be overridden
    • New setting called Keyword in the Meta box where you can enter a word or a phrase to find related posts. If entered, the plugin will continue to search the post_title and post_content fields but will use this keyword instead of the values of the title and content of the source post
  • Enhancements:

    • Show author, Show date, Show post excerpt and Post thumbnail settings will show a message that they cannnot be modified in case the Rounded thumbnails or No text styles are selected
  • Bug fixes:

    • Selecting date order now orders the related posts by newest first
    • Fixed PHP warning in the widget
    • Stop using current_time( 'timestamp' )
    • Fixes incorrect thumbnail image displayed for attachments in the related posts list

Version 2.7.0

16 Jun 20:01
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Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/contextual-related-posts-v2-7-0/

  • Features:

    • Caching improvements: "Enable cache" has been renamed to "Cache HTML output". New option "Cache posts only" has been introduced to cache the output of the database query (array of posts)
    • New option to order posts by relevance, dates or randomly
    • New option to limit posts by the same author
    • Thumbnail HTML markup includes srcset and sizes attributes when available. Read Responsive Images in WordPress 4.4
  • Enhancements:

    • No longer use get_the_title. You can use crp_title and/or crp_thumb_title filters to edit the post title and the alt/title attributes of the thumbnail respectively
    • Selecting Rounded thumbnails under Styles tab will allow your thumbnail setting to either be "inline before text" or "only thumbnails, no text"

Version 2.6.3

27 Apr 11:40
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Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/contextual-related-posts-v2-6-3/

  • Enhancements:

    • Optimized versions of default.png and default2.png
  • Bug fixes:

    • Fixed PHP error when viewing feed
    • "Exclude categories" setting wouldn't save properly
    • Delete any deprecated settings on save should work properly
  • Clearer messages when saving options and a style is activated

Version 2.6.2

04 Apr 07:48
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Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/contextual-related-posts-v2-6-1/

  • Bug fixes:
    • Fixed PHP fatal error "Can’t use function return value in write context"
    • Changed default setting for thumbnail width and height to 150

Version 2.6.1

03 Apr 08:04
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Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/contextual-related-posts-v2-6-1/

  • Features:

    • New options to delete options and/or data on uninstall. This will only work if you visit the Settings page and save the pages.
  • Bug fixes:

    • Custom CSS code should now be properly added to the header
    • Upgrading settings when "Automatically add related posts to" had no options checked should work properly

Version 2.6.0

02 Apr 17:29
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Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/contextual-related-posts-v2-6-0/

  • Features:

    • Implemented the Settings API for handling plugin settings
    • New Tools page: Recreate the indices, delete the cache and delete old settings
  • Enhancements:

    • widget_title filter includes $instance and id_base variables
  • Bug fixes:

    • Checked for non-zero thumbnail width and height in the widget
    • More checks for PHP errors and notices

Version 2.5.1

26 Jan 11:07
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  • Features:

    • New option to disable creation of thumbnails
  • Enhancements:

    • Do not delete index on activation
    • crp_thumbnail image size will set the default crop option to true if not already set
  • Bug fixes:

    • Missing/Unknown PHP errors/warnings in the widget
  • Minor CSS fixes

Version 2.5.0

18 Nov 14:06
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  • Features:

    • New option to disable related posts on mobile devices
    • New option to disable related posts on AMP pages
  • Enhancements:

    • New filters crp_thumb_alt and crp_thumb_title to edit the post thumbnail alt and title tags. Use this to remove/replace the tags
    • New function and filter crp_permalink
    • Saving a post will delete its cache
  • Bug fixes:

    • Fixed CSS validation errors
    • Removed conversion of table schema from/to InnoDB. If you are using a version of mySQL above v5.6, you can alter the table engine to use InnoDB with a FULLTEXT index
    • Prevent errors from non-existent post id (virtual post). Contributed by @jnorell

Version 2.4.1

12 Jun 21:06
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= 2.4.1 =

  • Bug fixes:
    • Reverted the "Automatically add related posts to" setting introduced in 2.4.0
    • Metaboxes will now save when editting attachments

= 2.4.0 =

  • Features:

    • New option to randomize the related posts
    • New option to limit related posts to the same post type
    • "Automatically add related posts to" option applies to widgets
  • Enhancements:

    • post_types argument now takes a comma-separated list of post types. Default format when resaving options is also comma-separated
  • Bug fixes:

    • Trimming titles should now work with multibyte / non-English characters
  • Deprecated:

    • crp_max_formatted_content has been deprecated. Use crp_trim_char instead