Plugin / Ultimate Reviews

Changelog

2.1.25

• Fixes an issue where products with variations wouldn’t have their reviews displayed

2.1.24

• Correcting issue with WooCommerce minimum days option value not displaying on the options page.

2.1.23

• Correcting conditional that was causing the review category dropdown to display when that option was enabled.

2.1.22

• Removing some placeholder text from the admin

2.1.21

• Fixed UPCP Integration option not saving

2.1.20

• Corrected notices.

2.1.19

• Corrected issue that was causing categories to not be assigned when reviews were imported.

2.1.18

• Updating widgets file to remove deprecated create_function

2.1.17

• Adding microdata for reviews summary

2.1.16

• Making the review categories show on the Gutenberg edit review screen

2.1.15

• Fixed issue in which the FEUP login functionality wasn’t working correctly with the submit review form

2.1.14

• Corrected an issue that was causing the “Skip All” button to not work in the tutorial that displays on plugin activation.

2.1.13

• Adding in a check for when to run the new guided setup

2.1.12

• Adding in missing files for guided setup

2.1.11

• Added in a new guided setup on plugin activation
• Updated the review ask pop-up

2.1.10

• Corrected issue in which the “Show All Reviews” link (for the clickable summary statistic bars) was not working when using the product_name attribute

2.1.9

• Corrected an issue that was causing the redirect_page attribute to not actually redirect in certain circumstances.
• Corrected an issue in which an empty clickable summary bar would sometimes remove all the bars.

2.1.8

• Corrected an issue that was causing there to be no link text for the “See the review” link in the notification email

2.1.7

• Corrected an issue that was causing there to be no link text for the confirmation link in the email that is sent when the Require Email Confirmation option is enabled.

2.1.6

• Corrected issue that was causing the clickable summary statistic bars to not filter the displayed reviews

2.1.5

• Added a skip button to the tutorial that shows when the plugin is first activated
• Corrected issue that was causing the review request to pop back up even after a review had been left or feedback sent

2.1.4

• Corrected PHPExcel-related warnings for importing/exporting
• Corrected issue that was causing the Score to not import

2.1.3

• Corrected issue with Gutenberg blocks not displaying in new WordPress 5.0

2.1.2

• Corrected array warning relating to the login options. (If you were experiencing this issue, then, after installing this update, please make sure to go to the plugin options and re-save them.)
• Added in average ratings for Ultimate WooCommerce Filters

2.1.1

• Correcting CSS and JS files that weren’t enqueued properly

2.1.0

• This is a big update with many new features, corrections, revised admin styling, etc., so please take caution and test before updating on a live site (or wait a few days before updating in case some minor corrective updates need to be put out)
• Added in easy-to-use Gutenberg blocks for ultimate-reviews and submit-review shortcodes
• Added in Gutenberg compatibily for the review post create/edit screen
• The Options pages have a brand new and easy-to-use design!
• Added in new labelling options
• Enhance the security of your submissions with a new review blacklist feature (block specific IP addresses, names, email addresses, keywords, etc.)
• Added in a restriction option to make it so that people can’t leave more than one review for a product
• Added in export functionality
• Updated design of Import tab
• Added in an option to specify the admin email address (that notifications get sent to)
• Changed the date type field to use the jQuery UI datepicker
• Switched from using PHPExcel to the new PHPSpreadsheet for importing and exporting
• Updated certain options to be conditional, to help cleanup and streamline admin (e.g. for WooCommerce options)
• Updated description and order of certain options
• Corrected required functionality not working for review title
• Corrected issue with checkbox custom fields that made it so that all options had to be checked if field was required
• Corrected issue with “Submission Thank You E-mail” and “Email to Send” options not saving your choice
• Generated new .pot file

2.0.42

• Fixed an error where no email could be send out on submission if the post ID of the email was outside of a certain range

2.0.41

• Fixed an error where UWPM submission emails weren’t sending correctly

2.0.40

• Added in an option to show the “Submit Review” form ahead of the reviews for WooCommerce

2.0.39

• “Required” now applies to checkboxes, radio buttons, etc. Be careful about using it for non-text fields, as each element will be required

2.0.38

• Added in a Czech translation
• Removed a few notices

2.0.37

• Fixed an error where the review date was displaying the wrong date
• Fixed an eror where pagination wasn’t working as expected after the update that allowed mulitple review shortcodes on the same page

2.0.36

• Fixes a versioning error that was stopping from some people from upgrading

2.0.35

• Fixed an error where some users were getting duplicate fields

2.0.34

• Added an option to let reviewers select the category for their reviews
• Fixed an error where having multiple reviews shortcodes on a page could lead to filtering errors

2.0.33

• The date-time that a review was submitted will now be displayed based on the WordPress date-time settings for posts (“Settings” -> “General”)
• Added in an option to toggle whether the time a review was submitted is displayed or not

2.0.32

• Updated the free trial button

2.0.31

• Removed a piece of debugging code

2.0.30

• We’re doing a big Reviews admin area styling update, first up is the dashboard!

2.0.29

• Added in an action, ‘ewd_urp_review_published_end’, that gets called after a new review is saved with the post_id as a possible argument
• Fixed an issue where reviews that were submitted twice would trigger die() if WooCommerce integration was enabled

2.0.28

• Fixed an error when there were apostrophes in product names
• Fixed a number of 404 errors in a stylesheet

2.0.27

• Added in options to use Ultimate WP Mail plugin for sending out emails, instead of building text based emails
• Added in 2 new masonry-type review styles
• Fixed a couple of minor issues

2.0.26

• Minor styling updates

2.0.25

• Fixed a pagination issue with special characters
• Fixed an issue where in-depth review scores weren’t working correctly for some users

2.0.24

• Fixed a conflict with WooCommerce’s new price slider widget

2.0.23

• WooCommerce product names will now appear in alphabetical order
• Email and order ID (if applicable) will be included when someone clicks on a email link to review a product from WC
• Fixed an error where email addresses weren’t being saved correctly
• Fixed a post count error some users were having
• Minor styling updates

2.0.22

• Fixed a problem where in-depth fields weren’t being imported correctly
• Fixed an issue with reordering in-depth fields in Firefox
• Fixed an error where filterable custom fields wouldn’t be shown unless a default field was also set to filterable

2.0.21

• Minor styling update

2.0.20

• Fixed an error in the most recent update, where reminders, emails and products couldn’t be added to lists

2.0.19

• Maintenance release to elimindate a tonne of notices, CSS imperfections, etc. Careful upgrading on production sites as many files were updated

2.0.18

• Minor admin update

2.0.17

• Added an option to restrict reviewable product names to only WooCommerce products
• Fixed an error where in-depth reviews could be submitted without scores for some elements, if stars were the input device
• Fixed an error where some required custom fields weren’t being required

2.0.16

• Added in the option to include links to review each individual product from a WooCommerce order
• Added in ‘Read Less’ text for the thumbnail layout

2.0.15

• Added in product name selectors to the review widgets
• Fixed the WooCommerce review click action

2.0.14

• Minor update to one of the submit review labels

2.0.13

• Fixed an issue with product name always being required even if it not required was selected

2.0.12

• Fixed an error that was occuring on review import

2.0.11

• Updated the text domain of the plugin, to use the improved WordPress standard

2.0.10

• Versioning update to fix an issue where updating doesn’t remove the update message

2.0.9

• Added in a review slider widget (requires “Ultimate Slider” plugin)

2.0.8

• Option to display which category a review is in on the front-end
• Fixed an error where “Review Video” was always required when that option was selected
• Fixed an error where the product_name attribute wouldn’t work in the “reviews-summary” shortcode
• Fixed an error where the all_products attribute of the “reviews-summary” shortcode was always treated as if it was set to “Yes”

2.0.7

• Added product_name, include_category & exclude_category attribute for reviews-summary shortcode
• Added attribute to display summary statistics for all products combined
• Option to display reviews as slides in Ultimate Slider, by setting review_format=”slider” in the “ultimate-reviews” shortcode

2.0.6

• Added in an option to show multiple reviews in WooCommerce
• Added in a new template feature for review reminder emails, that makes them responsive, and makes them look much, much better

2.0.5

• Small CSS updates to styling of new circle graph skin styles

2.0.4

• Added in 2 new ratings styles, one is a small circle graph, the other is a circle graph with the review score inside of it

2.0.3

• Fixed a couple of minor pagination and filtering issues

2.0.2

• Filters should now be sorted when they’re displayed

2.0.1

• Changed the layout of the options page to make the options easier to find
• Fixed two small errors in the newest version of the plugin

2.0.0

• Huge update, so please wait to update if you’re using the plugin on a production site
• Premium option to only allow verified buyers to leave reviews
• Added in review categories, to help with organization
• New, more fields table, with the ability to arrange custom fields and the default ones in whatever order you’d like
• Review video option, which displays a video submitted by the reviewer with the review
• Ability to filter reviews by the review author
• Premium option to allow visitors to filter reviews based on a custom field (ex. which store did you shop at? what size did you buy? etc.)
• Options to let users flag reviews as inappropriate, to make the summary score bars clickable, display reviews from the same categories, etc.

1.3.25

• Added in a missing bracket

1.3.24

• Fixed an error “text” and “textarea” fields weren’t being saved correctly in the admin area of reviews
• Small fix for pagination and to remove the “No matching reviews found” some users were getting

1.3.23

• Fixed a small Dashboard error that a number of users were experiencing

1.3.22

• Adds in a file missing from the previous update

1.3.21

• Minor Dashboard improvements

1.3.20

• Added in extra input validations, so that reviews require titles and scores (even with the “star” input type) before they can be submitted
• The review form will display after a successful submission, even if review toggle is set to “Yes”

1.3.19

• Fixed an issue with the “reviews-summary” shortcode

1.3.18

• Theme compatibility fix for a small number of themes

1.3.17

• Fixed an error where the date/author were displaying twice for review posts

1.3.16

• Fixed an error where using the trial in this plugin reset the trials for a number of our other plugins

1.3.15

• Introducing a free new premium 7-day trial feature, which users can choose to test out before buying the premium version

1.3.14

• Added in a number of missing images on the options tab

1.3.13

• Added the “dashicons” stylesheet for themes that don’t include it by default

1.3.12

• One (hopefully) last comment sync tweak

1.3.11

• Added in an additional hook for reviews being synced with WooCommerce

1.3.10

• Reviews created with “Replace WooCommerce Reviews” set to “Yes” will now automatically create comments on products, so that other WooCommerce plugins can access the review data and hooks more easily
• Added in a new French translation

1.3.9

• Moved review categories to their own tab and added options for them including:
• Added the ability to require certain categories
• Added in 2 premium field types, if you want users to be able to include additional information such as where they purchased a product, etc.
• Added the ability to sort reviews by rating (karma score)

1.3.8

• Reviewer’s email will now be displayed on the “Edit Review” if “Require Email” is set to “Yes”

1.3.6

• Fixed a broken link on the “Import” tab

1.3.5

• Added in an option to include review microdata for non-WooCommerce reviews, and to turn it off for WooCommerce
• Added in in-depth review microdata by default
• Added in microdata support for UPCP

1.3.4

• Added in a shortcode builder to help make it easier to get started with the plugin. If you use a page builder and it stops working, please let us know and disable the shortcode builder on the options page.

1.3.3

• Minor update to include a number of missing images

1.3.2

• Added in a set of tutorial pop-ups for new users
• Fixed a potential warning that would come up when “In-Depth” reviews weren’t being set up correctly

1.3.1

• Fixed a settings link error

1.3.0

• Added a premium infinite scroll option
• Added in a new premium review format, image overlay, where review title and score are overlayed on the review image
• Added in support for comments on reviews, so that you can respond and interact with reviewers
• Added in WooCommerce reminders, which automatically sends out customized reminders to review a product a specified amount of time after a status (such as completed) is set for a WooCommerce order
• Added in a new in-depth categories layout display option, to help make in-depth reviews easier to read
• Added in a Dashboard page, and split “Authorized” and “Awaiting Approval” reviews if “Admin Approval” is selected
• Minor CSS changes

1.2.7

• Fixed a minor issue where the “reviews-summary” shortcode was sometimes available to non-premium users

1.2.6

• Fixed a number of small issues with review filtering

1.2.5

• Fixed an error where admin emails wouldn’t send correctly under certain circumstances

1.2.4

• Added in a new premium shortcode

1.2.3

• Added in a bit of extra JS to help with testing

1.2.2

• Fixed an error where pagination would mess up the product_name attribute if it was set

1.2.1

• Added in a filter for the author name on individual post pages

1.2.0

• Added in filtering options so visitors can filter by product name or review score
• Added in a premium shortcode, ultimate-review-search, which lets visitors put in a search term to help find specific reviews which will be helpful to them
• Added in a number of features that will be needed to allow comments on reviews
• Added in an import feature for WooCommerce reviews
• Added in two new styling options to help customize the plugin to your theme
• Made a number of minor styling improvements

1.1.3

• Fixed a problem where reviews entered through the admin panel couldn’t set “Email Confirmed” to “Yes”

1.1.2

• Added in two missing font classes

1.1.1

• Fixed an error that was happening when there was no character limit entered
• Fixed an warning that was coming up after an old version of one file was mistakenly included in the update

1.1.0

• Added a bunch of requested and new features! We’ve done quite a bit of testing, but there might be a couple of bugs left, so please check to make sure that everything is working correctly if you’re using the plugin on a production site
• Added a new “Review Karma” preimum option, that lets visitors vote up or down for reviews, to show which ones they found most helpful
• Added a “Review Image” option to let reviewers leave an image with their review
• Added options to use stars instead of text or dropdown for review scores
• Added options to customize the “review submitted” and “requires admin approval” messages, an optional character limit for reviews
• Products in the “Product List” can now be sorted by dragging and dropping instead of needing to delete them to rearrange
• Added weighted ratings (only limited testing of this feature though)
• Added a “requires admin approval” message, if that option is turned on
• Switched to descending order for ratings in the dropdown format
• Made a few minor CSS changes

1.0.8

• Removed decimal reviews from the full summary listing
• Fixed a repeated option

1.0.7

• Minor re-arrangement of the options page

1.0.6

• Fixed a null variable error message

1.0.5

• Added the ability to specify the product_name attribute via an URL parameter

1.0.4

• Added an attribute, redirect_page, which lets you specify the page that users should be sent to after submitting a review
• Added an option to not display the submit-review form on email confirmation

1.0.3

• Small fix for users who didn’t have the “stars” style displaying correctly on their sites

1.0.2

• Added styling options for the color bar display style as well as the summary statistics bars
• Added in a “Email Confirmed” dropdown for reviews, so that admins can mark reviews as confirmed
• Put a maximum width on the dropdown score inputs
• Added in the missing Facebook and Twitter login images
• Fixed an error where the product name dropdown input ended up in the wrong div

1.0.1

• Fixed a fatal error caused by a function being declared twice

1.0.0

• HUGE update with many new features, so please back up before upgrading if you’re using the plugin on a live site!
• Added option to require login before being able to post a review, either through WordPress, FEUP, Facebook or Twitter
• Replace “Reviews” tab on WooCommerce product page with reviews from Ultimate Reviews
• Replace “Ratings” area on WooCommerce product page with ratings from Ultimate Reviews
• Multiple layout options for your reviews, including thumbnail (excerpt with read more link) and expandable layouts, in addition to the standard layout
• Require Admin Approval of reviews before they’re displayed
• Add a captcha to your review submission form to help prevent spam
• Display summary statistics above product groupings
• Added pagination and an option to choose where pagination controls are displayed
• Option to change the maximum review score, or display scores as a percentage
• Added widgets for recent, popular or selected reviews
• Option to switch the review input to a select element instead of a text element
• Added in Google aggregate reviews microdata for WooCommerce
• Added admin notifications of draft reviews
• WPML support
• Added each review’s score in the product table
• Added ability to filter by reviewed product name

0.16

• Added in a closing div tag that could be missing depending on the options selected

0.15

• Minor CSS update

0.14

• Added an option to link to the individual review’s single post page
• The name of the product being reviewed will now be displayed if all reviews are being displayed
• Fixed a bug where it was impossible to delete products from the product list

0.13

• The product_name attribute is no longer necessary. All reviews will be returned if it’s not included

0.12

• Included a missing function to allow editing of the “Overall Score” field when “In-Depth” is set to “No”

0.11

• Added new labelling options
• Added new styling options
• Cleaned up a lot of the ‘submit-review’ page
• Fixed an error where the in-depth portion of reviews couldn’t be saved when being modified in the back-end

0.10

• Fixed an error with the settings link on the plugins page

0.9

• Fixed the error where product names weren’t displaying in the back-end table

0.8

• Fixed a bunch of small display, spacing, missing content, etc. errors

0.7

• Added a bunch of ordering options, so reviews can be shown by order they were submitted, the reviews’ ratings, or their titles

0.6

• Added a bunch of new styling options, to make reviews more visually appealing
• Added restricted product names and autocomplete options, to make it easier to quality control reviews
• Added UPCP product names integration
• Fixed the display for indepth reviews

0.5

• Fixed a missing closing div tag error

0.4

• Updated the readme file to include new features
• Added screenshots of the plugin
• Fixed a whole bunch of small bugs

0.3

• Added a whole bunch of new options

0.2

• Styling update

0.1

• Initial beta version. Please make comments/suggestions in the “Support” forum.