Plugin / Patreon WordPress

Changelog

1.3.9

• Plugin will now try preventing caching of gated content. This will help users to access the content they unlocked instead of still seeing the cached locked version. Has option to turn on/off
• Added admin pointers to help users navigate plugin related info
• Added admin pointer for new cache option
• Formatted gated content feed items to have proper html
• Fixed WP 5.3 causing add_submenu_page parameter notice

1.3.8

• Added a health check page that shows the health of Patreon integration
• Added compatibility checks for permalink settings and WP Super Cache settings
• Critical issues with the integration are shown in dismissable notice that shows up on a 7 day basis when dismissed
• Removed the transitional image locking option check code now that it is not needed

1.3.7

• Readme updated, screenshots added, Faq added
• Made __get_json function and token var in API class public so 3rd party addons and class extenders can access and use them

1.3.6

• Allowed existing sites using v1 to upgrade to v2 by using reconnect/disconnect/setup functions. This also fixes the PHP error these sites may have encountered if they attempted that upgrade.

1.3.5

• Addressed various PHP warnings and notices which may have appeared in websites that have warnings and notices turned on
• Fixed missing default app icon

1.3.4

• Gated post interface now shows refresh link to non logged in visitors. This allows existing patrons to easily refresh the content or login as opposed to being sent to plegdge flow
• Updated interface message that is shown to non-qualifying patrons. These patrons will now be shown a message asking them to ugprade their tier as opposed to just showing them the default message.
• Added 2 links to setup wizard to allow creators to easily log in or register at Patreon as a creator before starting setup
• Added utm params to existing links

1.3.3

• Added Reconnection feature to allow reconnection of site to Patreon to refresh API connection
• Updated creator access token refresh logic to start trying token refresh a week before expiration to prevent service disruptions
• Fixed an issue where creator profile url would go to 404 if vanity url was not being used
• Added an admin page to show messages/errors to admins during flows or other backend procedures

1.3.2

• Corrected the valid patron footer to use proper Patreon page name or custom Patreon page name
• Added utm parameters to Patreon page link in text over interface and valid patron footer

1.3.1

• Added error messages and setup re-initiation for 3 cases in which the site may not have been able to connect to Patreon
• Made disconnect button hide itself if any of credentials is missing or empty string

1.3.0

• Fixed an issue with some PHP versions crashing with error when tier descriptions are considerably formatted

1.2.9

• Easy setup wizard which allows new installations to easily connect to Patreon added.
• Setup wizard kicks in after activation.
• Informative links to answer questions about integration added to first screen of setup wizard.
• Quickstart, addons info added to setup wizard success screen
• All new installs will be using API v2 from now on
• Existing installations should work with API v2 normally without disruption
• Revamped API connection settings section in options.
• Connection settings in options now hidden in a toggle.
• Disconnect feature added to connection settings to allow disconnecting creator account from a site. This will allow disconnecting a site from a creator account and connecting it to another.
• A bug with saving creator tiers with largely formatted description was fixed. Tiers should now be pulled properly for such creators.
• Mailing list notice removed.

1.2.8

• Removed unused input parameters from a function – this should fix PHP warnings and other issues at some sites

1.2.7

• Locked posts now show your Patreon page name instead of full name. Added an option in settings to override the page/creator name. The order for deciding what name to show is as follows: Custom name if set in settings -> Patreon page name if exists -> First name -> ‘this creator’ default text if all fails.

1.2.6

• Minor bugfix for tier selection box not loading on some installations – this version will force refreshing of admin js to force tier box to load

1.2.5

• PW now allows you to lock your posts by your Patreon tiers
• $ based lock input field moved to advanced toggle
• Relevant Patreon tier now shows in locked posts instead of $ amount
• There is now a link to creator’s Patreon profile in locked posts
• Notices revamped. Repeating update notice removed for compatibility with upcoming WP org rule. All notices permanently dismissable.
• One time addon info notice added to inform about Patron Pro addon
• Some undefined index notices fixed
• Beta string added to user string in API calls to be used for betas

1.2.4

• Plugin now automatically acquires Patreon avatar of Patreon users and uses it if they dont already have an avatar
• Addressed reports of client credentials being deleted and forcibly refreshed
• A rare issue which could cause spammy but harmless accounts being created when Patreon API was returning HTML was addressed
• Unused remove_fetch_creator_id was removed

1.2.3

• Hotfix – addressed a potential issue which could occur during Patreon maintenance, causing some sites to show Patreon maintenance page in admin or to logged in users. This would happen when the plugin attempted to refresh expired creator tokens or update a user’s Patreon details or update any info via Patreon_OAuth class.

1.2.2

• Fixed a potential object injection vulnerability which could lead to vulnerable 3rd party plugins getting compromised

1.2.1

• A bug causing posts to display earlier posts’ locking info in locked excerpts was fixed
• oAuth process now returns errors in case Patreon API can’t be contacted due to maintenance or any other reason
• 3rd party code and plugins can now override custom banner even if no custom banner was saved in plugin options

1.2.0

• Now compatible with Patreon API v2
• Patron info related calls to API made to work using v2 – they currently work without needing to upgrade tokens to v2
• New advanced locking option based on total historical pledge of patrons added
• New advanced locking option based on membership start date of patrons added
• New advanced locking options made work in conjunction with each other to provide a total of 4 locking options
• New advanced locking options added to post locking interface
• Locked content interface now takes into account the new locking options – a proper text is shown to user for each locking case (simple lock, membership start date, total pledge etc)
• Post locking interface now uses a jQuery “Show/Hide Advanced” toggle to keep interface clean
• “Show/Hide Advanced” toggle now remembers user preference
• Existing locking option and new locking options linked to help document from post metabox
• New method for directly locking any part of content or site added – now anything can be locked, not only posts or custom post types. A part of the theme or content can be locked for any given pledge level by using some code (content in sidebars, widgets, header, footer, inside posts etc)
• Compatibility class to hold compatibility related code added
• Do not cache variable added to compatibility class to tell caching plugins to not cache critical Patreon related routing pages (flow, auth)
• Cache control / no cache headers added to headers for Patreon routing pages (flow, auth)
• Added update available notice to tell site owners that a new version is available (dismissable until next update check)
• API v2 accessibility checking functions removed since API v2 is now always being used for patron related calls
• Creator’s token refresh code removed from getPatreonCreatorInfo
• Code added to keep track of expiration of creator’s access token
• Function added to refresh creators token before it expires to prevent any connectivity issues related to expiration – now it will auto refresh when necessary
• Function that checked creator’s url on every page load was removed – this should reduce load
• Function which retrieves patron’s details from Patreon on every page load made to do the check every 24 hours instead of every page load – this should reduce load
• Hooks and filters added to Patreon login action that happens in WordPress site after Patreon oAuth
• All API access error cases covered with error messages
• Security cookie check removed to address issues with sites experiencing problems with cookies
• lock_or_not function to receive a post id and decide whether a content should be locked is added
• lock_or_not function now returns the reason why content was locked (not enough pledge, membership start not old enough, not enough total pledge, declined etc)
• All interface functions in locked content interface are made to use lock_or_not function and are simplified
• All interface generating functions made to receive post id so now they can be used programmatically to generate interface for any content – not only the current post
• Error message added in case Patreon does not return a result or WP site cannot connect to Patreon. This will prevent parse errors when this situation happens
• User agent string added to oAuth calls
• Message added to creators that they are seeing the post because they are the creator – for when they log in with creator account
• Unlock button CSS was updated to prevent themes from overriding its size. This will fix issues in sites where the button was showing up too large or too long
• Fixed patronage checking function not returning a value for catch-all case
• get_user_pledge_relationship_start function added to get membership relationship start from v2 API
• Fixed interface text for declined patrons not being used
• Redundant duplicate text for locked content was removed from custom banner part of the interface in cases when no custom banner was entered in plugin options
• fetch_user call uses API v2 with v1 tokens without needing to upgrade to v2
• fetch_creator_info uses still API v1 with v1 tokens – to be revisited in future
• New routing case added to enable direct unlocks
• Plugin now checks if the saved creator’s access token is valid upon change/save of credentials, informs of success/failure
• lock_or_not caches its results in a static var to prevent redundant running of code and to increase speed
• Label generators for labels over and under universal button now accept post id and are usable outside loop
• Case for valid patron return fixed
• Undefined var/index notices fixed
• MakeUniversalFlowLink now has a filter to allow filtering of links before sending user to Patreon flow
• Lingering security cookie code removed
• Numerous more minor fixes and changes

1.1.2

• Functionality for using Patreon API v2 added
• API class uses v2 if v2 credentials are saved in settings-overview
• Content drip locking options added to post interface when API v2 is being used
• Content drip locking logic added to protectContentFromUsers function for when API v2 is being used
• Now can easily switch in between API v1 and API v2 by just changing API credentials in settings-overview
• Code to handle any connection errors added to API class
• Connection errors are now shown in frontend so users wont get confused
• GDPR privacy policy addendum via using WP 4.9.6’s new privacy policy helper page
• GDPR admin notice and plugin settings page infobox added
• Links to GDPR tutorial at Patreon Zendesk added
• readfile in image protection functions replaced with echo file_get_contents to make protected images load faster
• Undefined var notice fixes for API v2 functions

1.1.1

• Option to turn image locking function on/off
• Image locking function defaults to off
• Nginx compatibility for image locking function
• Protocol fix for locked images – no longer http/https confusion
• Filterable utm parameters for login and flow links
• More reliable way to update htaccess with image locking rules
• Refresh htaccess rules when image feature turned on/offers
• Locked posts are protected in RSS feeds
• Transitional option to disable image feature on update
• Notice about new image locking option and info for image locking feature
• Additional messages after login/unlock flow redirection landing

1.1.0

• Image locking functionality added
• Users are now able to designate a different pledge level for any image and lock them
• Locked images wont be visible when their direct link is used – which also prevents hotlinking of these images
• Clicking on a locked image sends user to the pledge flow at Patreon with appropriate pledge level
• Easy to notice and use image lock icon which appears when an image is clicked in post editor while in visual mode
• Easy to use jQuery modal pledge level interface to lock image while editing a post
• Images can also be locked from media library by setting a pledge level
• Plugin now blurs the original image, and adds an unlock interface to make a locked image placeholder and caches them for performance
• Cached placeholder images are refreshed every time pledge level for an image is updated
• Image unlock links are made cacheable to allow sites using cache to work with locked images without problems
• Front-end jQuery code to only catch clicks on images locked for the current user and send them to pledge flow
• Plugin now imports emails of Patreon users who has their email verified at Patreon
• Login button added to register form
• User agent string added to API contacting function to identify the plugin
• Various information like user’s logged in state at Patreon, pledge level and various pledge parameters of user are now cached for any given page load. This will prevent contacting API more than once during a page load and help speed up operations – especially post listings

1.0.2

• Page protection added
• New logic to make cacheable unlock links
• New logic to make cacheable login links
• Login button shortcode added
• State var urlencoded when going to Patreon and urlencoded when back
• Button width fix
• Login button now appears in login form
• User creation logic now uses Patreon-supplied names for WP display name/
• Support link updated in plugin admin

1.0.1

• API endpoint protocol fix – http to https
• Added !important to button width and height to prevent themes from overriding them

1.0

• Plugin launched.