Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat – Grow Your MailChimp List
Changelog
2.6.2
Add support for WordPress 7.0 admin UI updates
Fix HTML link buttons
2.6.1
Fix potential XSS vector reported.
2.6.0
Fix placeholder text not showing up
Fix redirection after optin
2.5.9
Fix editor accordion closing when clicking inside fields
Fix editor accordion icons
Fix/change untitled posts/pages to display (no title) instead of blank
2.5.8
Fix editor accordion not working
Fix translation warning
Fix checkbox CSS on powerups page
Fix potential XSS vectors reported.
Fix HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE error logged in some configurations
Removed support for Mad Mimi ( Service is shutdown )
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.
2.5.7
Fix Local optin option generating error
2.5.6
Fix reported security vulnerability with admin dismissal notice
2.5.5
Fixed/added PHP 8.2 Compatibility
Updated Icon
Fixed Gutenberg block
Fixed HTML escaping in admin (potential XSS vulnerability)
Tested up to WordPress 6.3
2.5.4
Fixed error message in Publication metabox
Fixed some other issues in Optin Cat Premium
Tested up to WordPress 5.8
2.5.3
Updated feedback form
Tested up to WordPress 5.6.2
2.5.2
Updated display name
Tested up to WordPress 5.6
2.5.1
Tested up to WordPress 5.5.0
2.5.0
Add color pickers for “Thank you” message
Add color picker for bottom half of forms for relevant layouts
Add Gutenberg block for two-step optins (Premium only)
Allow form navigation with Tab key
Allow ActiveCampaign existing users to be updated
Allow optin forms to work without email provider (store locally) (Premium only)
Replace 3rd party Codemirror for builtin one
Replace TinyMCE for simple text editor
Fix preview form live updates
Fix missing color picker labels
Fix alignment issue with TwentyTwenty theme
Fix optin bar display issue in IE
Tested up to WordPress 5.4.2
2.4.1
Fix/optimize table creation
Tested up to WordPress 5.2.2
2.4.0
Fix MailChimp single optin setting not working
Remove unused onboarding code
Tested up to WordPress 5.1.0
2.3.0
Add WordPress 5.0 block (Gutenberg) support
Allow resubscribing to MailChimp (e.g. add interest groups to existing customer)
2.2.2
Fix potential error on activation
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.8
2.2.1
Fix name field not being sent if GDPR checkbox enabled
Fix GDPR checkbox not showing if description field is disabled
2.2.0
Added Subscribers table
Added GDPR compliance checkbox
Integrated with WordPress’ GDPR data export and erasure features
2.1.0
Added 2 new layout options
Added MailChimp single/double optin toggle to free plugin
Added descriptive names for each layout
Improved HTML formatting & bullets
Improved editor screenshots and styling
Improved default color palette for color pickers
Improved error messages
Changed menu position from 105 to 106 to fix conflict
Updated featherlight library to 1.7.9
Misc bug fixes
2.0.5
Update software licensing library
2.0.4
Add uninstall survey
Tested up to WordPress 4.8
2.0.3
Check if user is already subscribed to MailChimp before optin
2.0.2
Fix optin form JavaScript sometimes not being enqueued on post boxes
2.0.0
Added Success Cookie feature – stop showing optins to users that have already opted in
Rewrote targetting feature for improved compatibility
Fixed name and email field responsive scaling
Minified all CSS and JS files to improve performance
1.8.1
Fix popup rule backward compatibility issue where some settings would not save (Device & Go Live toggle)
Fix some text inputs having escape slashes around quotation marks
Changed delete rule button to always show
Changed add rule button to hide when all rules have been added
Removed ‘Never’ as a display frequency option – replaced with Go Live toggle
1.8.0
Added AJAX thank you message
Added setting to target popups based on device (desktop and/or mobile)
Added button hover color picker
Added width picker for Form, Button, Name, and Email fields
Added placeholder colors based on font colors for email and name
Added show/hide toggle to Headline, Description, Privacy Policy sections
Improved visual editor behavior and design
Improved UI of popup targetting rule builder
Changed Privacy Policy area to “After Button Area”
Changed subscribing animation to simple text
Changed various texts in UI
Fix rare case of ‘one a month’ and ‘only once’ display cookie date possibly being invalid
1.7.2
Fix “Class ‘K’ not found” error some users reported on activation
1.7.1
Fix Power Up settings potentially getting reset on activation
1.7.0
Merged Power Ups and Licensing page in to one with improved UI
UI updates
Up to 15% improved performance
1.6.3
Update Tooltipster library to latest version for better compatibility
Change API inputs to activate on any input (e.g. paste)
Fix editor not working on Safari
Fix metaboxes potentially being hidden by WordPress
1.6.2
(Only released for GetResponse and premium)
1.6.1
Fix button hover color being white on new forms
Fix potential PHP issue ‘Can’t use function return value’
1.6.0
Performance improvements of up to 50%
UI Updates
Fix inconsistent loading of previous settings (API keys/mailing lists) when creating a new form
Revert sending ‘unnamed user’ as user name if empty
1.5.8
Add auto-focus on popup
Change ‘Name’ placeholders to ‘First Name’
Fix MailChimp 10 lists maximum
Fix custom css box sometimes hidden for personal plan
Fix a FireFox popup display issue
1.5.7
Fix an issue with some icons being removed/hidden
Fix potential MailChimp issue with empty user names
Fix for potential encoding type being changed by theme
1.5.6
Fix an issue with saving forms a small number users reported
1.5.5
Each form can now be connected to a unique account (API key)
Performance improvements: All CSS is pre-compiled, Removed several deprecated .css files
Upgraded to use MailChimp API 3.0
Fixed a form saving issue that affected some PHP/WordPress installations
Fixed PHP warnings related to remove_meta_box()
1.5.4
Performance improvements: optin forms (particularily widgets) now load much faster
1.5.3
Bugfix: Optin Cat now works with multiple MailChimp accounts
1.5.2
Added spinning animation after form submission
Changed ajax error message (inside of button) into something more humanly readable
Numerous bug fixes
1.5.1
Fixed a JS bug introduced with 1.5.0
1.5.0
Improved performance of Optin Cat form editor in the WP backend (it now loads faster)
Impression tracking can now be disabled
Small UI improvements to Optin Cat form editor
Numerous bug fixes
1.4.1
Bugfix: Fixed a conflict with the Beaver Builder plugin
Various other small bugfixes & improvements
1.4.0
Changed: Updated layout selection screen to be responsive and look more like WordPress theme select screen.
Fixed: Hide Optin Cat shortcode insert button and dashboard widget from users with privileges below editor (subscriber and author).
Fixed: Logged in users no longer count towards impressions on forms.
1.3.9
Fixed: A bug in our MailChimp popup targeting engine caused the “display once per month” criteria to not work as expected in some cases, which kinda defeated the purpose of our fancy targeting engine.
Fixed: MailChimp Forms by Optin Cat caused a site’s W3 HTML validation to fail due to the placement of the style tag. This wasn’t a big problem (all browsers always rendered Optin Cat properly), but not ideal.
1.3.8
Fixed an issue related to bots causing fake conversion data.
1.3.7
Tiny fix: Ignore shortcode if the global $post is empty
1.3.6
Fixed a bug in the Popup targeting engine introduced in MailChimp Forms by Optin Cat 1.3.5.
1.3.5
Improved MailChimp Popup targeting engine: changed how a session is counted (a session now expires after 30 minutes of inactivity).
1.3.4
Improved MailChimp Popup targeting engine for better performance.
Improved MailChimp Post Box targeting: only one box can be displayed at the bottom of the post at any given time going forward. The most exactly targeted post box will be given priority (eg. Individual Post > Category > All Posts)
1.3.3
Performance improvements
Minor Bugfixes
1.3.2
Fixed a bug that caused display issues on some sites after unchecking the “New CSS” powerup
1.3.1
Fixed a bug that caused some conversions to be tracked more than once
1.3
Added Analytics feature
Added tinyMCE button to WP Post editor
Improved Optin Editor UI
Various minor bugfixes
Added the ability to customize error text
Fixed a bug that displayed not-mobile friendly popups on some mobile devices
1.2.2
Bugfix: “Quick edit” disappears on pages
Improved performance / loadspeed of popup feature
Improved performance of WP backend
1.2
Renamed plugin to Optin Cat
Added new layout
Added MailChimp Popup Feature
Numerous Bugfixes
Numerous User Interface Improvements
1.1.4
Fixed bugs introduced with 1.1.3
1.1.3
CSS improvements
UI improvements
Fixed API conflicts
Fixed conflict with cherry plugin
1.1.2
Numerous CSS Fixes
Fixed issues with PHP5.2
Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 4.0.1
Added Easy Opt-ins Premium banner
1.1.1
Fixed an issue that was introduced with v1.1
1.1
Added new opt-in type: Post Boxes which can be published using shortcodes.
