Plugin / Simple Giveaways

Changelog

2.26.3 – 2019-11-12

• New: Shortcode sharing links will now redirect people back to the page where the shortcode is.

2.26.2 – 2019-10-23

• Fix (Premium): Twitter Tweet Action on Entries table was not working
• Fix (Premium): Active Campaign was not sending new contacts to lists.

2.26.1 – 2019-10-20

• Fix: Email Title encoded entities such as the apostrophe.
• New: Form Fields have the Winner Field checkbox so you can define which data of the winner will be shown.

2.26.0 – 2019-10-18

• New: Winner CSV Export
• New: Image Extra Action – Allow subscribers to upload an image.
• New: Entries Page – View entries by Giveaways or Subscribers for extra entries with details.
• New: Facebook Field – map Facebook fields with Form Fields.
• New: Logged-in Users will have their email auto-filled and disabled.
• New: Sortable Extra Actions – define the orders of actions.
• New: Leaderboard shortcode cache will be reset when a Giveaway is saved.
• Redesign: Form Fields were redesigned for a better user experience and allowing more fields.
• Fix: Instagram Action was misspelled.
• Fix: Saving required fields of closed actions forms (in the admin area) produced errors which stopped giveaways from being saved/published.
• Update (Premium): All newsletter services form fields were updated to the new redesign layout.
• Update: Language .pot file with new strings.

2.25.2 – 2019-09-25

• Fix: Email template was not looking good when sent through Mailgun
• Fix: Extra Actions sometimes had empty alerts on errors.

2.25.1 – 2019-09-17

• New: Added 2 other shortcodes on the giveaway list
• Fix: Added CSS for leaderboard shortcode on giveaways.
• Fix: (Premium) Aweber Custom Fields were not saved as custom fields.

2.25.0 – 2019-09-14

• Removed: Google+ Share removed completely from the plugin as it was shutdown.
• New: Report to see Subscribed by date and giveaways.
• New: Redirect URL option on each Giveaway. You can set a different page to redirect the user. Be sure to use the Giveaway shortcode there.
• New: If the user is logged in, the form fields are using the field keys to get information from the user.
• New: Shortcode [giveaway_leaderboard] to show the leaderboards.
• New: (Premium) MailChimp users are now updated if they already exist with new group interests and other data.
• Update: Masking emails when displaying winners or leaderboards to protect the privacy and security of both the site owner and the subscribers.
• Update: Translations have been updated.
• Update: Documentation page with shortcode attributes.
• Fix: (Premium) ConvertKit – selected list under each Giveaway was not chosen always.
• Fix: (Premium) Aweber – selected list under each Giveaway was not chosen always.
• Fix: (Premium) Active Campaign – selected list under each Giveaway was not chosen always.

2.24.1 – 2019-08-15

• Fix: iOS devices did not open the extra actions form.

2.24.0 – 2019-08-13

• New: Unblock option. Subscribers that are blocked can now be unblocked.
• New: Giveaway Type: No Subscriber Page. Giveaway will always show the signup form.
• New: Permalink Option to change ‘giveaway’ endpoint in URL.
• New: Page Layout option now also puts sharing images in meta for social media to fetch.
• New: Twitter Account handle added alongside the Twitter Sharing image.
• New: (Premium) Daily actions are now available as an Integration. Each action can be set as a daily one.
• Redesign: Reports page redesigned and refactored to prepare it for new reports.
• Fix: There was an issue with Divi and Extra actions not opening up.
• Fix: (Premium) Non Winner email was not sent due to a recent database update.
• Fix: (Premium) Mailpoet fix. Main class was not loaded when needed.
• Fix: (Premium) Aweber throwed errors if a subscriber already existed.
• Fix: (Premium) Mailster was making existing subscribers pending again if double-optin was selected.
• Removed: Google+ Share Image option on each giveaway as Google+ shutdown.

2.23.1 – 2019-07-18

• Fix: Edit Form requested terms to be accepted. Not anymore as they were accepted when subscribing.
• Fix: Conflict with Facebook integration and OneSignal plugin.

2.23.0 – 2019-07-18

• New: Edit Form – Subscribers can now edit their data once subscribed (except email). New option, false by default.
• New: Facebook Social Login – Subscribers can enter using Facebook.
• New: Reports – Subscribers per day
• New: (Premium) MailChimp Group options
• Fix: Actions could not be used in the site layout option.
• Fix: (Premium) Aweber Name was sent incorrectly. Aweber changed its API.
• Fix: (Premium) Aweber reset was not resetting the connection correctly.
• Fix: (Premium) MailChimp Metabox list was not returning the correct list always.

2.22.2 – 2019-07-13

• Fix: Notices of undefined indexes on some items on the Subscribers admin page
• Fix: When email was re-sent from the Subscribers admin page, it would redirect the user to the first page. Now returns to the same page.
• Fix: When deleting a subscriber, all meta is deleted as well.

2.22.1 – 2019-07-04

• Fix: Warning notices about undefined variables on integration settings fixed.
• Fix: Showing Favicon on the regular Giveaway page. Favicon is used from Appearances > Customize option.
• Update: Updating the Freemius version to 2.3.0.

2.22.0 – 2019-06-28

• Refactor: Google+ Sharing Method removed from default methods displayed.
• New: Shortcode can display images as well with the attribute image=1.
• New: Shortcode will display winners.
• New: Form Field Types: Radio, Dropdown (select) and Checkbox.
• New: Form Fields included in exported CSV.
• New: Email Notification on each subscribe contains form field values.
• New: Share Link can be copied to clipboard with a click.
• Fix: If extra actions are not available anymore, there won’t be any errors.
• PRO New: Twitter Tweet Extra Entry
• PRO New: MyCred Integration allows you to specify how much 1 mycred point will get you entries.
• PRO New: MailChimp GDPR Consent option so people will have to check the box to sign up.

2.21.0 – 2019-05-23

• New: Subscribers per page option to list more than 5. Default is 10.
• New: Subscribers can be searched by name.
• New: Winner display will now list winner names and not emails (if names are available) to improve privacy.
• New: Shortcode attribute redirect introduced. Default is ‘self’ to redirect on the same page. Options: ‘giveaway’ – giveaway page, or any URL.
• New: Activate Link is now also appended as a button in the email.
• New: Countdown Lang option to insert the link to translation file.
• Redesign: Shortcode and Block small redesign. Adding prize information on the top of the box.
• Improvement: Referrer will get extra points only once the referred subscriber activates the account. Fake emails will not be able to generate entries.
• PRO New: Twitter Follow Integration. Subscribers can now follow accounts for additional entries.

2.20.4 – 2019-05-23

• Fix: Email Activation Link auto-generated in the emails was incorrect.
• PRO Fix: Default Form Copy to Giveaways was not working.

2.20.3 – 2019-05-06

• Fix: Admin Dashboard Widget was not utilizing the styles correctly.
• Fix: Extra Actions could be completed more than once.
• Fix: Complete button from Extra Actions is removed upon first completion without page load.
• Fix: Giveaway Block JavaScript fix.

2.20.2 – 2019-04-26

• Fix: Giveaway Images and Logo could not be removed once added.

2.20.1 – 2019-04-24

• Fix: If Gutenberg not installed or used on lower than 5.0, an error might occur when registering blocks.
• Fix: assets such as CSS or JS were loaded incorrectly on some giveaway types.
• Fix: Version is added on install, so updates are not triggered on fresh install.

2.20.0 – 2019-04-23

• New: title attribute to Shortcode. Default set to 1.
• New: Subscribers can manually be added.
• New: Gutenberg Block for Giveaways.
• New: Extra Entries Actions Feature refactored and added to the free version.
• Redesign: Shortcode, Widget and Form fields.
• Refactor: Scripts and other HTML can now be added to Giveaway head or footer. Added CodeMirror script for better experience.
• Refactor: Added Webpack for handling & optimizing assets. Moved assets under one folder.
• PRO New: Ability to Copy the default form to each specific Giveaway.
• PRO New: Extra Action Twitter, Facebook and Instagram added.

2.19.0

• New: Added Sortable Placeholder in Form Field Manager.
• New: Option to remove links in the emails.
• New: Subscriber Statuses: Pending, Active, Blocked.
• New: Subscriber Block action.
• PRO New: Giveaway Specific Form Field Manager.

2.18.1

• Fix: Renamed the shortcode function to remove a conflict with the SendGrid plugin.

2.18.0

• New: Manual Activation in the Subscriber List
• New: Custom Email for new subscribers. Has entry, share and activation links applied.
• New: Custom Email for request links. Has entry, share and activation links applied.
• PRO New: Mailster integration.
• PRO New: Active Campaign Custom Fields added to Form Manager Fields
• PRO Refactor: Active Campaign integration uses their newest API (v3)
• Security Fix

2.17.3

• Added Class to Math Captcha container.
• Added a filter to programmatically hide the “Show/Hide Content” button.
• Updated the .pot file for translations.

2.17.2

• Fix: Giveaway Clone Tool did not allow to edit posts. Now it works.
• Fix: Giveaway did not show winners and end template if the statuses were Ended, Winners Chosen & Winners Notified (and the end time was still in the future). Now it does.

2.17.1

• Fix: Giveaway content was displayed above the title. Now it displays correctly.

2.17.0

• New: Giveaway Clone Feature.
• New: Shortcode giveaway_winners to show the Winners of the Giveaway.
• New: Setting to show the entries of each winner.
• New: Re-Send Email feature for each subscriber
• New: Email Logo and Email Colors
• Fix: Hiding the Show/Hide Content button if there is no content.
• PRO New: Custom Actions for Extra entries can have different colors now.
• PRO New: MailChimp Merge Tags added to Form Manager Fields.
• PRO New: ConvertKit Custom Fields added to Form Manager Fields.
• PRO Fix: Name field was not sent into the MailChimp List.
• PRO Fix: Name field was not sent into the Aweber List.
• PRO Fix: Name field was not sent into the ConvertKit List.
• PRO Fix: Name field was not sent into the Active Campaign List.

2.16.1

• PRO Fix: If MailPoet is deactivated, we won’t receive an issue.
• Fix: Form Manager email field was not used to send emails.

2.16.0

• New: Form Field Manager.
• New: Subscriber Page.
• Fix: Sharing Methods can be completely removed.
• Fix: Users can’t enter a giveaway before it’s start date.
• PRO Fix: Subscribed users don’t see their own in Notifications.
• Removed: Name Field Option since Form Field Manager has been introduced.

2.15.0

• Fix: Error when trying to delete a single subscriber.
• New: Tab “Emails” under Settings.
• New: Sender Email and Name for Giveaways.
• Refactor: Checking Theme Overrides for the global giveaway template (/giveaway/ folder in theme).
• Refactor: New email class for sending emails to enable future email templates.
• PRO New: Adding Custom Colors to Custom Sharing Methods.
• PRO New: myCRED Integration.

2.14.2

• Updated POT.

2.14.1

• Added updated POT file for translations.

2.14.0

• Updated Freemius SDK to 2.1.3.
• Fix: Added hour offsets for UTC timezone.
• Fix: CSS – layout of sharing methods.
• PRO: Added popup option for custom sharing methods
• PRO: Added Extra Actions which you can create.

2.13.1

• Fix: single giveaway page did not have the giveaway content.
• Fix: CSS specificity – Giveaway CSS applied to other elements on the site.
• Fix: Pro Notifications showing full emails. Now they’re masked.
• Fix: Google Captcha was not showing when using site header and footer.
• Added: Facebook, Twitter and G+ sharing methods now open in new window.

2.13.0

• Showing winners in users column.
• Hiding Giveaway content on subscribers page.
• Math Captcha.
• Site’s Header and Footer enabled.
• PRO: Added Notifications (FOMO).

2.12.0

• Fix: If winner(s) info is empty then the giveaway won’t show that information on the page.
• Added Reselect winner(s) option
• Added customized messages when changing giveaway statuses.
• Added new Giveaway type: Logged-in (only for logged-in users).
• PRO: Added custom entry points per sharing method

2.11.2

• Fix: Yoast Shortcode Check Conflict causing fatal errors.
• Freemius Updated to 2.1.1 (Software licensing).

2.11.1

• Fix: Not centering images on Giveaway pages inside the content.

2.11.0

• Integrated with WordPress core GDPR Features.
• Added GDPR consent for entering the giveaway (if active).
• Giveaway UI Change when entering Giveaways.
• Added Activation. You can request subscribers to activate their subscription.
• Added new Giveaway Type: Limited.
• PRO: Added the ability to define Custom Sharing Methods

2.10.0

• Bug Fixed: Request for Subscibed Link was being sent only to non existing user. Now only to existing users.
• Bug Fixed: Checkboxes in Settings were reset if saving settings on different tabs. Properly saved now.
• Added Subscribers Page
• Added Email search in Subscribers Page (You can easily find all records for one email and delete them – GDPR Feature)
• Added Type under Prize box. New Complete Random Winner algorithm added.
• Added Username in the winner list if available
• Added Sharing Methods Settings. You can choose which sharing methods to use.

2.9.0

• Error Fixed: Adding HTTP if missing in Logo link.
• Added Translation: Romanian
• Added Referrer info in users list
• Added Winner display when Giveaway ended
• Added Name in CSV Export
• Added Style input in Settings for custom styles
• PRO: Added MailPoet v3 Integration

2.8.1

• Error Fixed: Not calling end timestamp if end date is not defined.
• Added Translation: Romanian
• PRO: Added Double Optin option in MailChimp Integration
• PRO: Fixed Aweber error handling
• PRO: Improved Integration activation.

2.8.0

• Bug Fixed: Added the front class on the admin side if a shortcode is processed.
• Design Fixed: Spaces in templates, shortcode and widget.
• Bug Fixed: Winners translation is now fully translatable. Bug with Poedit tool.
• Added Name field as an option
• PRO: Added Active Campaign Integration

2.7.0

• Enhancement: New Icons in Templates. More responsive templates.
• New Feature: General Setting – Notify on each subscription
• PRO: Added ConvertKit Integration

2.6.2

• Enhancement: Get alerted if a winner announcement date is before the end date.
• Enhancement: When changing the end date, the winner announcement date will be set the same if defined sooner.
• Enhancement: Added Giveaway Dates to the list of all giveaways
• Enhancement: Added Actions to End the Giveaway, Select/Notify Winner(s) and Download the CSV right from the list of all giveaways.
• Added Malaysian Words on Countdown per request.
• Added Winner Email Subject
• PRO: Added Aweber Autoresponder Integration

2.6.1

• Bug Fixed: Admin CSS – Datepicker not showing due to some plugin conflicts
• Bug Fixed: MailChimp Integration Fix

2.6.0

• Added button to list users on the list of all giveaways
• Added Integration page
• Added Integration classes for extensibility
• PRO: Added MailChimp Integration

2.5.0

• Adding Conditional Text on Settings > Conditionals to show the number of subscribed users
• Logged in users can enter the giveaway without entering email
• New list of subscribed users.
• PRO: Extra conditional fields
• PRO: Entries of each subscribed user can be edited

2.4.3

• Fixing notice on undefined index of Google reCaptcha

2.4.2

• Fixed Style & Functionality in Shortcode/Widget
• PRO: Added Placeholders to Non Winner Emails
• PRO: Sending Email to ‘Bcc’ instead of ‘To’

2.4.1

• Added two actions on user registeration & update

2.4.0

• Share is now available through ID instead of hash
• Hash created on registration, not on page load to remove page caching issue
• Added Header & Footer boxes to insert scripts
• Option to change the text on the Rules button

2.3.5

• Removing duplicate entries for currently running giveaways

2.3.4

• Strenghtening the Reference ID

2.3.3

• Improved Reference ID. Disabling same Reference IDs

2.3.2

• Fixed share link in registration email
• Improved Polish translation

2.3.1

• Localized End & Winner Date formats on templates

2.3.0

• Added countdown localization for: Polish, Italian, Croatian, German & French

2.2.8

• Fixed Bug: Shortcode & Widget Countdown throws an error
• Added a simple metabox for Idea information

2.2.7

• Few new fixes for timezone display & calculation

2.2.6

• Added Fix from 2.2.5 to already running Giveaways

2.2.5

• Fixed Templates for Ending & Countdown

2.2.4

• Scheduling Fixed

2.2.3

• Widget CSS fix
• Added input to link the logo

2.2.2

• Compatibility fix for lower PHP version

2.2.1

• Fix on a code to be compatible with lower PHP version

2.2.0

• Subscribed Column
• Input for settings are larger
• PRO: Removed Old Scheduled Automation if the Giveaway changed the date
• PRO: Non Winner Emails

2.1.3

• Added Widget Subscribed Screen

2.1.2

• Shortcode Fix
• Widget Title changed

2.1.1

• Activation Correction

2.1.0

• Shortcode
• Refactored Giveaway user recognition
• Translation update

2.0.0

• 2 Tables for better future scale
• Widget
• Template Changes

1.4.1

• Template Changes

1.4

• Flushing Rewrite Rules on Activation

1.3.1

• Corrected Styles
• Displays Correct Timezone Abbreviation
• Corrected the rendering of the content ( oEmbed, Galleries, … )

1.3

• Added Freemius support for easier upgrade to PRO version

1.2.3

• Fixing Admin Display for the Color Picker

1.2.2

• Editable Subscriber Email

1.2.1

• Better documentation

1.2

• Added documentation
• Fixed JavaScript bug on Images

1.1

• Welcome Email for Subscribers

1.0

• Initial commit