Plugin / Rate my Post – WP Post Rating

Changelog

2.10.2

• The plugin is now compatible with Divi theme

2.10.1

• Improvement: Strings in emails are now internationalized
• Bug fix: Custom results text feature didn’t work unless “ajax load results” was enabled
• Bug fix: Fixed some warnings for older versions of PHP
• Bug fix: Better compatibility with wpautop

2.10.0

• Improvement: Ajax is no longer used on page load unless enabled in the advanced settings. You SHOULD ENABLE Ajax Load if you are using caching plugin OTHER THAN: WP Super Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, WP Fastest Cache, WP Rocket or SG Optimizer
• Improvement: Prevent accidental votes now applies also to non-touch devices (see documentation to apply only to mobile)
• Improvement: Filters for email subjects and texts
• Improvement: Uses custom font for better performance (before FontAwesome was used)
• Improvement: Modernizr is no longer used
• Updated js-cookie library to version 2.2.1
• Added link to the documentation in the about section

2.9.2

• Fix: Included the supported structured data types for rich snippets
• Fix: Some strings were not translatable
• Improvement: Filter for email
• Improvement: Hooks were added to AMP template
• Improvement: Option to also show results on the front page or main blog page

2.9.1

• Bug fix: Migration from KK star ratings did not work with KK star ratings version 3.x.x
• Added LinkedIn social share icon

2.9.0

• Bug fix: Archive pages stars appeared also in widgets and such
• New feature: Option to prevent double votes via IP

2.8.1

• Bug fix: Saving settings did not work on some installations
• Bug fix: Don’t show rating/results widget on AMP pages unless AMP compatibility is enabled
• Bug fix: Escape html for structured data
• Updated POT file

2.8.0

• New feature: Analytics submenu – see details about each vote
• Improvement: Define minimum votes for the top rated posts widget
• Improvement: Stats have been moved into submenu
• Improvement: About plugin section
• Other minor improvements and bug fixes

2.7.0

• Improvement: Redesigned feedback functionality
• New feature: Delete each feedback
• New feature: Migration tools for YASR and WP-PostRatings
• Other minor improvements and bug fixes

2.6.0

• Bug Fix: Feedback widget not working with social share icons enabled
• Developer feature: Hooks in social widget and feedback widget
• Developer feature: Rating icon class filter
• Developer feature: Function to output the stars for any post
• Developer feature: Function to get top rated posts
• Improvement: Queries use less memory
• Improvement: Support for half stars on category pages
• New feature: Option to align the rating widget
• New feature: Trending posts widget

2.5.0

• New feature: Option to show ratings on archive pages
• New feature: Option to allow only logged in users to vote
• New feature: Option to add social share links instead of social follow links
• Bug Fix: Backslashes in texts
• Functions for developers and new hooks
• Improved code

2.4.0

• New feature: Set who can manipulate votes
• New feature: Option to enable reCAPTCHA v3 protection
• New feature: Migration tool for kk StarRatings
• Bug Fix: Do not revert ratings on post update
• Bug fix: Rich snippet was added to AMP
• Other minor bug fixes

2.3.0

• New feature: AMP compatibility (BETA)
• New feature: New types of rating widget (smileys and trophies)
• New feature: Filters for strings in all widgets
• Improvement: Enhanced security
• Improvement: Prevent cache issues on save settings
• Other minor improvements and bug fixes

2.2.1

• Bug fix: Different handling of cookies as current implementation in rare cases (server configurations) caused errors in case that too many cookies were present in user’s browser
• Bug fix: Modernizr library is optional as it conflicts with some themes
• Other minor bug fixes

2.2.0

• New feature: Automatically add rating and/or result widget to custom post types
• New feature: Option to only count negative votes if feedback is left
• New feature: Option to prevent accidental votes on mobile (button to confirm rating)
• New feature: Event tracking via Matomo thanks to smik2002
• Improvement: Feedback can be easily deleted by clicking a button in meta box
• Improvement: Better compatibility with older browsers such as IE
• New feature: Option to delete all plugin data on uninstall
• Improvement: Added non-minified js and css for developers – not used by the plugin
• User request: Add class to rating widget if cookie is present
• Portuguese (Brazil) translations thanks to douglasferraz89

2.1.3

• Bug fix: iOS requires double tap if hover texts are enabled
• Bug fix: Custom hover color does not disappear after the click if custom rated color is not inserted
• User request: Append class to the main div after rating so that the whole widget can be easily hidden after vote
• Improvement: Stars stay highlighted only until the response from server is sent back (if highlight the stars feature is enabled)
• Improvement: Improved stats section – search and sorting
• Minor bug fixes

2.1.2

• Improvement: Vote count and links to posts in emails
• Improvement: Option to not load FontAwesome
• Improvement: Compatibility with FontAwesome autoreplace (icons to SVGs)
• Improvement: Better compatibility with various themes
• Improvement: Event tracking with Google Analytics (tested with GA Google Analytics, MonsterInsights and Google Analytics by ShareThis plugins)
• Bug fix: On mobile hover-color of stars does not disappear after vote until user taps somewhere else
• German translations thanks to Stefan (smik2002)

2.1.1

• Fix: Added missing POT file for translations
• Fix: Support for multilingual websites
• Improvement: Custom thank you text is displayed after vote
• Improvement: Interaction with the rating widget is not possible after vote
• Improvement: Stars stay highlighted after vote (only if “color the stars in rating widget” option is disabled)
• Improvement: Option to disable headings in rating widget
• Improvement: Option to display descriptive rating under the stars on hover (tooltips have been discontinued)

2.1.0

• Improvement: Rewritten frontend ajax
• New feature: Recalculate vote count and average rating after vote (enabled by default, but can be disabled)
• New feature: Set border color, border radius, border width, background color and stars spacing
• New feature: Customizable vote count and average rating text
• New feature: Supports half stars
• Minor improvements

2.0.2

• Minor improvements
• Bug fix: On some websites the rating widget did not show

2.0.1

• Bug fix: Plugin crashed on some server configurations

2.0.0

• Rewritten in OOP for easier scalability
• New feature: In addition to stars, supports thumbs and hearts
• New feature: Change stars, thumbs or hearts size
• New feature: Change stars, thumbs or hearts color
• New feature: Option to not show the results in rating widget
• New feature: Define what is negative and what is positive rating

1.1.6

• Bug fix: Option to color the stars in rating widget works only if results widget is enabled

1.1.5

• Option to color the stars in rating widget according to the post rating

1.1.4

• Structured data for rich snippets
• Results widget (shortcode or automatically before every post’s content)
• Security improvements

1.1.3

• Compatibility with custom post types

1.1.2

• Does not allow to submit empty feedback
• Custom notice if the feedback is empty
• Allows you to reset ratings

1.1.1

• Fixed “division by zero” warning

1.1.0

• Customize section allows you to customize plugin to your liking (strings, font size, margin etc.)
• Exclude from feature allows you to exclude ratings from certain pages and posts
• Disable cookie feature
• Supports Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin
• Other minor improvements

1.0

• Initial release