Plugin / Simply Schedule Appointments

Changelog

1.3.5.3

• Improved: Automatic translation for default date format in email and SMS notifications

1.3.5.2

• Improved: Better automatic translation for default date formats in non-English languages

1.3.5.1

• Improved: Decreased load time for booking form

1.3.5.0

• Added: Additional CSS class for styling

1.3.4.0

• Added: Integration with Formidable Forms // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Checkbox field type throwing Twig error in Notifications // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Custom style not applied for appointment type focus in Firefox
• Fixed: Form labels not translatable for default fields // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Conflict with Mesmerize theme
• Improved: Contrast between available and unavailable days in monthly booking view

1.3.3.1

• Fixed: Incorrect timezone showing in notifications for some users

1.3.3.0

• Added: Easily download and install language packs, even if they aren’t complete
• Fixed: Catch fatal Twilio error // SSA_PRO
• Fixed: Layout for loading settings
• Improved: Submitting support ticket through the plugin

1.3.2.3

• Improved: Layout of booking form

1.3.2.2

• Improved: Update list of Google fonts in style settings
• Improved: Better UX for admin and booking apps on slow servers
• Fixed: SMS appearing disabled after saving Twilio credentials // SSA_PRO
• Fixed: Issues with embedding multiple booking forms on the same page

1.3.2.1

• Improved: Better handling for description of notifications on appointment types // SSA_PRO
• Improved: Show a warning if an offset is selected instead of a timezone
• Improved: Hide the reorder button for appointment types if there’s only one
• Fixed: Disabled dates in weekly view not inheriting the custom font selection in styles
• Fixed: Improper validation applied to text fields named ‘Phone’ // SSA_PLUS

1.3.1.0

• Added: Event tracking – SSA can post events to your analytics or advertising tools as your customers go through the booking process // SSA_PRO
• Added: Elementor integration – new SSA widgets so you can easily drag booking forms (or a summary of the logged in user’s upcoming appointments) right onto your page
• Added: Logged in users’ information is automatically filled in the booking form (except for administrators since you are likely booking an appointment for your customer)
• Added: [ssa_upcoming_appointments] shortcode to display the logged in user’s upcoming appointments
• Improved: Deleting appointment types API call works now on servers that restrict use of the DELETE method
• Improved: Assign customer’s user id based on email address even when user is logged out
• Improved: Display of timezone in customer email notifications
• Fixed: Google Calendar validation error when credentials are empty // SSA_PRO

1.3.0.2

• Improved: Timezone detection and display
• Improved: Stripe: customize the description that shows on your customers’ credit card statement // SSA_PRO
• Fixed: Extra check for appointment availability before processing Stripe payment // SSA_PRO
• Fixed: Stripe payment confirmation not redirecting to thank you // SSA_PRO

1.3.0.1

• Fixed: Unable to add an appointment type if the wizard is skipped
• Fixed: Unable to enable Google Calendar in the wizard // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Unable to manage and add customer information fields in the wizard
• Fixed: Custom styles apply to date selection buttons when booking an appointment

1.3.0.0

• Added: Send custom SMS reminders and notifications // SSA_PRO
• Added: Preview for notifications – see what your notifications will look like
• Improved: Enable notifications to be disabled – all or individually
• Improved: Easier keyboard focus for selecting a date in the booking form
• Improved: Mailchimp authorization UX // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Bug when cloning notifications

1.2.9.1

• Improved: More robust availability checking for people with lots of booked appointments
• Fixed: Bug that prevented being able to delete appointment types

1.2.9.0

• Added: Custom reminder notifications (send X days before/after appointment is booked or appointment start time) // SSA_PRO
• Added: Ability to reorder appointment types

1.2.8.0 ### // SSA_PRO

• Added: Paypal payments // SSA_PRO

1.2.7.4

• Improved: Added pagination for appointments for admins
• Improved: Added shortcode instructions to final wizard screen
• Improved: Accessibility fixes for the booking form
• Improved: Swapped out user Gravatars for Unavatars
• Improved: Subtle transitions to booking form
• Fixed: Mobile view of availability for admins not fully visible

1.2.7.3

• Improved: Buffers won’t availability of booking at business start time
• Improved: Upgrade to latest version of Select2
• Improved: Validating booking notice and advance so that booking notice can’t be greater than advance
• Improved: Validate URLs for web hooks // SSA_PRO
• Improved: Styles updated for radio buttons and checkboxes on booking form // SSA_PLUS
• Improved: Show customer and author of appointments if applicable (if they have a WP user account)
• Improved: Added ability to delete appointments from the appointment detail view with warning message
• Fixed: Add to Calendar button on booking form using SSA business name instead of site name

1.2.7.1

• Fixed: Bug introduced by WooCommerce v3.6

1.2.7.0

• Added: UI for customizing both customer and admin notification emails, plus ability to send different notification messages per appointment type
• Added: Ability to add custom instructions to custom customer information fields // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: When using advanced scheduling options, an availability window less than 24 hours resulted in no appointment times being available to book

1.2.6.12

• Fixed: Issue showing homepage instead of booking form on some sites

1.2.6.11

• Improved: Google Calendar authorization // SSA_PLUS
• Improved: WPML compatibility with ?lang= permalink structure // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: 404 error (or showing homepage) instead of booking app when using certain themes/plugins
• Fixed: Google Calendar bug when excluding a deleted calendar from availability // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Bug with availability in booking form
• Fixed: Potential conflict with 2 booking forms embedded in the same page

1.2.6.8

• Improved: Handling of errors preventing appointment booking
• Fixed: Conflict with plugins that incorrectly modify admin body class

1.2.6.7 ### // SSA_PRO

• Improved: Webhook payloads now include date “parts” for more advanced use cases // SSA_PRO

1.2.6.6

• Improved: Booking form resizing
• Improved: Show helpful message if JavaScript is disabled or browser doesn’t have the capability to run SSA
• Improved: Rescheduling of appointments
• Improved: When rescheduling, link to (now) canceled old appointment
• Improved: When rescheduling appointment, link payment made on original appointment for tracking // SSA_PRO

1.2.6.5

• Improved: Remove restricted width of admin scrollbar
• Fixed: Conflict with other MailChimp plugins // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Unable to go back to the first week when booking an appointment
• Fixed: Cancel link in confirmation email not working
• Fixed: Able to remove required email and name customer information fields

1.2.6.4

• Improved: Better messaging when there aren’t any appointment types
• Improved: Set timezone to local even if wizard is skipped
• Improved: Better feedback about saving in bulk edit mode for appointment types
• Improved: Clearer choices for Google Calendar syncing // SSA_PLUS
• Improved: Better handling of email validation when booking appointment
• Fixed: Mailchimp opt-in text required when editing appointment type // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Google Calendar not displaying connection in wizard // SSA_PLUS

1.2.6.3

• Fixed: Issue with monthly booking display

1.2.6.2

• Added: Developer filter for advanced customization needs
• Fixed: Issue with monthly booking display

1.2.6.0

• Added: Accept payments with Stripe when appointments are booked // SSA_PRO
• Added: New timing interval so appointments can be booked every 20 minutes
• Added: New monthly view option for booking appointments
• Improved: Bulk editing
• Improved: Better messaging when deleting an appointment type
• Improved: Make more reasonable PHP recommendations on the support tab
• Improved: Require customer email address to be properly formatted as an email address
• Improved: Better explanation of appointment time taken when two customers try to book the same appointment time at the same time
• Fixed: Possibility of negative buffer times and booking notices. It turns out that time travel is dangerous.
• Fixed: Number inputs in Firefox now display at correct width
• Fixed: Handle clash between availability, blackout dates, and booking notices more gracefully
• Fixed: MailChimp opt-in box now reliably appears for customers booking appointments // SSA_PLUS

1.2.5.0

• Added: Gutenberg block for Appointment Booking Form

1.2.4.0

• Added: Show “instructions” field to customer on the appointment confirmation screen
• Added: Easy button to copy shortcode to clipboard on single-appointment edit screen
• Improved: Proactively prevent double-booking by notifying customer right after they select a time that’s no longer available
• Improved: Faster cancelation process
• Improved: Bulk editing mode instructions

1.2.3.0

• Added: View individual appointment details in the admin interface
• Improved: Show warnings on modules that are enabled but not actively configured
• Fixed: Bug affecting blackout dates in some timezones
• Fixed: Email notifications containing escaped formatting when customers filled in fields with special characters

1.2.2.0

• Added: In-plugin support tools to help with troubleshooting server issues and sending debug information to the SSA team
• Improved: Performance of Availability Window
• Improved: Handle unusual timezone settings with some servers/plugins
• Improved: Prevention of double-booking on sites
• Improved: Google Calendar support for all-day events // SSA_PLUS
• Updated: Google Calendar setup documentation // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Sometimes days without any availability showed up as clickable in the week view
• Fixed: Google Calendar authentication during the setup process // SSA_PLUS

1.2.1.8 ### // SSA_PLUS

• Improved: Google Calendar error checking // SSA_PLUS

1.2.1.7

• Improved: Added error handling for PHP 5.3.x (SSA requires 5.5.9+, 7.x recommended)

1.2.1.6

• Improved: Error messages
• Improved: Prevention of double-booking on sites with heavy traffic

1.2.1.5

• Improved: Availability start date

1.2.1.4

• Fixed: Bug with availability (only affecting dates more than 7 weeks away)

1.2.1.3

• Improved: Added Custom CSS field to the “Styles” settings for the booking app
• Improved: Newly created appointment types now show up without having to refresh the page
• Fixed: Bug with availability windows for far-off future events

1.2.1.2

• Fixed: Incompatibility with older PHP versions (introduced in 1.2.1.1)

1.2.1.1

• Added: Ability to define the timezone as locked or localized (on your appointment types) which makes it easy to differentiate between phone calls/virtual meetings vs. physical/in-person events
• Added: Support for custom CSS files for admin-app and booking-app (which can be overridden in your theme)
• Improved: Spacing in booking form
• Improved: Interationalized email notifications

1.2.0.3

• Improved: Compatibility with servers that have aggressive caching
• Fixed: Broken “Back to WordPress” button on sites installed in a subdirectory
• Fixed: Another incompatibility with some themes/hosts that have custom handling for 404 pages

1.2.0.2

• Fixed: Incompatibility with some themes/hosts that have custom handling for 404 pages

1.2.0.1

• Added: Webhooks module to enable better integration & automation with other platforms // SSA_PRO
• Improved: Added Appt Type Instructions field to email notifications

1.1.9.5

• Added: WP Filter so developers can modify the email notification template
• Improved: Added Appt Type Instructions field to email notifications

1.1.9.4

• Improved: Layout of appointment type selection in the booking interface
• Improved: Setup Wizard process
• Improved: More readable appointment type slugs when cloning an existing type
• Improved: Moved Availability Window settings into the Availability section
• Improved: Availability & Booking windows default to midnight instead of current time
• Fixed: Bug enforcing booking window restrictions, even when Advanced Scheduling Options is disabled

1.1.9.3

• Fixed: Bug preventing some Elementor installations from showing the booking form properly

1.1.9.2

• Fixed: Bug affecting Blackout Dates functionality

1.1.9.1

• Added: Filter to allow separate availability for each appointment type (to allow custom implementations via code)

1.1.9.0

• Added: Advanced scheduling options for appointment types – set a booking window, set an availability window, and limit how far into the future customers can book appointments
• Improved: Layout of appointment type selection in the booking form
• Improved: Appointment types get better slugs
• Improved: Booking form will now fast-forward to the first available appointment slot if it’s after the current week
• Fixed: If there is only one appointment type, skip appointment type selection in the booking form

1.1.8.3 ### // SSA_PLUS

• Fixed: rest_no_route error on some environments // SSA_PLUS

1.1.8.2

• Improved: Handling appointments connected to now-deleted appointment types
• Improved: Display of timezone in admin view
• Improved: Display of appointment types list when there are no appointment types defined

1.1.8.1

• Improved: Appointment Cancelation/Reschedule interface
• Improved: Cancelation synchronization with Google Calendar // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: PHP Notices (non-fatal errors)

1.1.7.1 ### // SSA_PLUS

• Fixed: Bug affecting “checkbox” customer fields // SSA_PLUS

1.1.7.0

• Added: Easily customize the styling and appearance of your booking forms to match your site (in the new Style Settings)

1.1.6.0

• Improved: Better handling of auto-zoom behavior on iPhone
• Improved: Default padding & spacing around booking form
• Fixed: Changes to the date/time format didn’t always save
• Fixed: Google Calendar caching times as unavailable even when module is disabled // SSA_PLUS

1.1.5.2

• Added: submenus for quicker access in wp-admin sidebar
• Improved: Compatibility with plugins that replace wp_mail() function
• Fixed: Email headers for best handling of from name and reply-to, along with support for WP Mail SMTP for custom From addresses

1.1.5.0

• Improved: Added support for custom CSS in booking app
• Improved: Use from contact name, business name, and contact email as From address for email notification to customer
• Improved: Line endings / spacing in email notifications
• Fixed: Canceled events were not always made available for booking again
• Fixed: Potential issue with height of sections when editing appointment types
• Fixed: Partially cut off bulk editing menu

1.1.4.1

• Improved: Layout of booking app for mobile devices
• Fixed: Warnings in javascript console

1.1.4.0

• Added: Two modes of bulk editing for appointment types – quickly edit multiple appointment types
• Improved: Appointment type editing – easier to navigate all available options
• Fixed: Manage License button text now translateable // SSA_PLUS
• Improved: Linked MailChimp API instructions to make it easier to find your API Key // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed: Allow 0 value for pre- and post- appointment buffers and for booking notice

1.1.3.1

• Fixed http/https error on some WordPress server setups

1.1.3.0

• Added “Instructions” field to appointment types so you can tell your customers information about the appointment (like where to meet, if you’ll contact them or they should contact you at the appointment time, etc.) This field also shows up in the notes for the event they add to their calendar.

1.1.2.3 ### // SSA_PLUS

• Fixed: Mailchimp issue with some existing appointment types // SSA_PLUS

1.1.2.1

• Added: MailChimp integration // SSA_PLUS
• Added: Bulk editing
• Improved: Appointment Type Editing

1.1.1.0

• Improved custom field options for collecting information from customers // SSA_PLUS
• Fixed issue with availability when user had blacked out every day in the next 30 days

1.1.0.1

• Improved handling when trying to book an appointment when there is no availability in next 30 days
• Fixed issue where the availability time increment wasn’t reflected on the frontend booking form. (ie. show appointments available every 15/30/60 minutes)

1.1.0.0

• Added: Customize the information you collect from customers

1.0.9.9

• Fixed issue with logged-in non-admin users unable to book some appointment types
• Fixed issue with Google Calendar syncing for newly-booked events // SSA_PLUS

1.0.9.7

• Fixed blackout dates applying even when feature is disabled
• Fixed issue with setup wizard

1.0.9.6

• Fixed issue preventing some appointments from showing up in admin view

1.0.9.4

• Fixed issue when WP is in a subdirectory instead of at the root of the domain

1.0.9.3

• Fixed API conflict with other plugins

1.0.9.1

• Added Google Calendar integration, so you never double-book again. Automatically exclude events from your Google Calendar so nobody can book during that time // SSA_PLUS
• Overhaul to Admin UI and Booking UI
• New wizard for easy setup

1.0.8.0

• Added Blackout Dates feature, so you can block off vacation days that you don’t want to book any appointments