Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress

Changelog

8.9.1

• Fixed max emails per second to be a decimal number less than 1
• Fixed subscribers pagination when the database is empty
• Improved “controls” for post selection
• Added the NEWSLETTER_MULTILANGUAGE constant: when set to false the multilanguage features are disabled
• Added the NEWSLETTER_SEND_DELAY constant (see our documentation)

8.9.0

• Fixed PHP admin warning

8.8.9

• Fixed the primary button alert

8.8.8

• Optimized the mailer addon code to be loaded only when needed
• Added role and aria-level attribute to heading block
• Style fix on admin panels
• Fixed some PHP warnings

8.8.7

• Fixed link to the legacy themes

8.8.6

• Fixed hero block image alt attribute
• Fixed the minimal widget
• Composer code refactoring
• Fixed composer modals on welcome email
• Removed the old presets
• Updated the composer templates
• Added warning if the confirmation email is missing the correct URL
• Added sending time window (see main settings)
• Improved the Help/Delivery page
• Removed HTML filter for users with unfiltered html capability to avoid custom block breaking

8.8.5

• Added more content filters to prevent XSS (write us if you have issues on saving options or editing content)
• Fixed PHP warnings
• Optimized composer code
• Limited access to delivery addon to administrators

8.8.4

• Fixed fatal error on welcome email editing

8.8.3

• Fixed the S. Valentine template
• Changed the main CSS configuration validation
• Fixed button padding lost when saving a newsletter

8.8.2

• Added full editor to the title block
• Added no list filter on subscribers’ page
• WP 6.8.1 check
• Option to get the reason when the email cannot be refreshed (mainly for Automated)
• Added more checks on “unfiltered_html” capability

8.8.1

• Added nfid hidden form field to manage form submission custom data

8.8.0

• Added shortcode attributes support to old HTML forms
• Improved popup code to be compatibile with js minifiers and lazy loading

8.7.9

• Fixed commit

8.7.8

• Added Spotify
• Improved license, addons and news caching
• WP 6.8 check
• Added ajax attribute to the newsletter_form shortcode
• Added filter “subscription date” for targeting
• Moved geo filters on the targeting panel
• Improved the antispam logging

8.7.7

• Fixed conflict with Revolution Slider
• Fixed Automated and Autoresponder menu entries
• Added constant NEWSLETTER_TEST_SUBJECT_POSTFIX to control the test email subject

8.7.6

• Fixed logger group for delivery addons
• Added data on log for unresolved subscribers
• Added referrer to subscriptions from 3rd party integrated forms
• New way to add top menu entries (more efficient and clean)
• Fixed welcome email saving loosing the subject (when a posts block is included)
• Fixed confirmation button on confirmation email (when created with the provided template)
• Improved footer block on mobile devices

8.7.5

• Fixed the template refresh when composing a newsletter
• Fixed subscription settings saving for custom texts on multilanguage blogs

8.7.4

• Fixed the composer for the confirmation and welcome emails

8.7.3

• Fixed not editable blocks on first newsletter creation or template change

8.7.2

• Added custom confirmation email
• Removed old code and reorganized the packaged templates
• Revisited the subscription, confirmation and welcome configuration
• Reorganized some admin pages
• Changed scheduler related messages
• Added preview to the confirmation page
• Added the forms menu to make the configuration clearer
• Fixed unsubscription page preview with multilanguage plugins
• Fixed profile edit page preview with multilanguage plugins
• Added a few new values to the system page

8.7.1

• Cleaned up custom css on main configuration (available only to administrators)
• Fixed error on System page when DB_CHARSET is not defined
• WP 6.7.2 check

8.7.0

• Fixed referrer

8.6.9

• Fixed tracking of action links with the ajax format
• Fixed referrer
• Added support for upcoming custom activation email
• Added support for upcoming email series in/out

8.6.8

• Fixed Ninja Forms link on Forms main page
• Fixed extra characters on image block
• New controls for autoresponders selection
• Fixed System page message about cURL

8.6.7

• Fixed posts block meta text for “big image” layout

8.6.6

• Release to try to fix the file not found from WP.org

8.6.5

• Added logging on table upgrade
• Added global WP variables on posts block loop
• Renamed Twitter to X
• Added custom CSS for newsletters
• Fixed PHP warning on $user->_dummy
• Added author filter on posts block
• Added control for subscriptions of already registered and subscribed emails

8.6.4

• Revamped Help/System page
• Added notes on the delivery speed settings for low values
• Added per list confirm/unconfirm actions
• Added Amazon, Mastodon, Bluesky and Kickstarter social icons
• Fixed the profile form saving when using the profile field shortcode

8.6.3

• Re-introduced the export with the shortcode “newsletter_export_button” (see the Profile Page)
• Fixed bug when multilanguage is turned off but still using per language configurations
• Fixed CSS of the unsubscribe button

8.6.2

• Fixed wrong notice for admin about no lists defined on forms

8.6.1

• Fixed single button list change URL
• Changed the main stats page
• Minor fixes and improvements
• WP 6.7 check
• Fixed underlined header title

8.6.0

• Fix for WPML continued

8.5.9

• Fixed dashboard steps (not updating)
• Added subscriber events generated by external delivery services (bounced, complained, …)
• Fixed public redirections with WPML landing on the wrong language when the URL mode is set to add the lang parameter (seems something new)
• Added fix to the upgrade procedure for invalid values already present on the wp_options table

8.5.8

• Added language column on subscriber list
• Fixed footer block loosing the settings

8.5.7

• Added filter to support TranslatePress public page translation
• Removed the full layout option on the footer block
• Added “mobile” padding to the composer global settings for mobile devices useful for boxed layouts
• NOTE: “mobile” padding works on Outlook and Gmail apps on Android, it could not work on other devices
• NOTE: “mobile” padding does not work on Thunderbird desktop app when resized to simulate a mobile device (known behavior)
• Added role “presentation” to tables for screen readers
• Improved the media cropping when low res images are used

8.5.6

• Changed the simple popup action url

8.5.5

• Fixed on/off date on posts block
• Fixed image link on image block

8.5.4

• Fixed comments for IE appearing on newsletters

8.5.3

• Added styles support to header and footer blocks
• Added accordion on some block for easy configuration
• Added support for block layouts
• Added support for block default config on external file
• Added some new (not completely) email safe font
• Added 2 new set of social icons (white and black pure logos)
• New newsletter footer block layout
• Added full wide block background

8.5.2

• Fixed fatal error triggered by some addons using the internal logger

8.5.1

• Added logging for WP cron
• WP 6.6.2 check
• Added notes to lists panel

8.5.0

• Changed flood check on subscription via thrid party forms
• Improved the check for public page on multilanguage sites
• Extended the number of pages listed on the Newsletter’s main settings

8.4.9

• Changed “save_email” to return a WP_Error (when there are severe DB errors)
• webp converted to png to preserve the transparency
• Fixed labels on list management page

8.4.8

• Added link to license badge
• Added warning if the delivery engine has been paused using WP Crontrol
• Revisited the Help/Delivery
• Added check on XML DOM code (library bug?)
• Fixed admin message about invalid custom field
• Fixed import/export menu entry
• Fixed the welcome email when sent from the admin side
• More control on repeated subscriptions
• Added admin wide message when newsletter have been bklocked by fatal errors
• Changed license top menu button
• Removed license badge

8.4.7

• Fixed redirection to welcome page

8.4.6

• WP 6.6 controle
• 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)
• Kleine oplossingen
• 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)