BUG FIX – Fixed category_name dropdown to use slugs instead of IDs
BUG FIX – Fixed empty channel link in custom feed templates (GPC, Nextdoor, Meta Commerce) caused by Yoast SEO filter conflict
UPDATE – Moved admin interface from Settings menu to Tools menu
UPDATE – AJAX-powered dropdowns with search capability in feed builder
UPDATE – Indexed taxonomy filter support
UPDATE – Major architecture overhaul and code optimization
UPDATE – Upgraded all composer dependencies
UPDATE – Improved excerpt_length test reliability
3.0.16
PREMIUM FEATURE – Fixed bug where if using post_image_size it would duplicate the images in the content.
3.0.15
PREMIUM FEATURE – Added a specific feed for NextDoor News
PREMIUM FEATURE – Added in new filter rss_control_include_media_namespaces which returns true by default, but if there are other plugins like RankMath that include the media namespaces you can disable this.
UPDATE – Added additional fallback logic for posts that did not have a featured image.
3.0.14
UPDATE – Updated all third-party vendor packages
3.0.13
FEATURE – Added in the option to generate a rss feed based on specific posts
3.0.12
FEATURE – Added option to pass category slugs into query string in addition to category IDs.
UPDATE – Updated all third-party libraries.
3.0.11
UPDATE – Updated all third-party libraries.
3.0.10
UPDATE – Updated all third-party libraries.
3.0.9
FEATURE – Added in Google News Showcase support for Premium users.
3.0.8
UPDATE – Updated third-party vendor libraries to latest versions.
3.0.7
FEATURE – Added ability to filter posts just for current month.
FEATURE – Added images as media elements
3.0.6
UPDATE – Removed the source=news.google.com parameter from GPC feeds as Google now no longer allows this.
3.0.5
FEATURE – Added ability to change the order and order by values
FEATURE – Added the ability to remove the excerpt
UPDATE – Updated to latest version of vendor packages
3.0.4
UPDATE – Google Analytics will not track encoded UTM variables, and without encoding the variables the RSS feeds will be invalid, so we are forced to remove the UTM tracking from feed URL and replace with a single ?source=news.google.com instead.
3.0.3
BUG FIX – Updated UTM parameters in feed URLs to not be encoded. Previously urls with UTM variables were being encoded which didn’t allow for them to be picked up properly.
3.0.2
BUG FIX – Fixed issue with image_thumbnail_size on edge case setups.
3.0.1
BUG FIX – Fixed issue when using tag__not_in and category__not_in.
3.0.0
UPDATE – Major Overhaul includes updated how-to section and optimized code.
FEATURE – Implemented RSS Feed URL Generator for Premium Users
UPDATE – Updated all vendor libraries to their latest versions
2.0.12
UPDATE – Automatically append UTM variables to permalinks when using the GPC feed type.
UPDATE – Updated third-party vendor libraries.
2.0.11
UPDATE – Updated admin help docs to include link to urlencoder.org
UPDATE – Added a default 10px margin top to email buttons.
2.0.10
FEATURE – Added the ability to filter feed by custom taxonomies
FEATURE – Added the ability to include a button to rss excerpts
UPDATE – Updated to latest Freemius SDK
2.0.9
FEATURE – Added the ability to specify type of feed for Google Publisher Console.
FEATURE – Added in extra options for GPC feeds, namespaces, media elements, and full content
2.0.8
UPDATE – Updated to the latest Freemius SDK
2.0.7
UPDATE – Updated to the latest Freemius SDK
2.0.6
UPDATE – Updated to the latest Freemius SDK
BUG FIX – Fixed php warnings messages
2.0.5
UPDATE – When displaying title in description include the permalink to link back to post
BUG FIX – Adjusted priority on filter to account for when excerpt length and title in description are both active.
2.0.4
FEATURE – Added in ability to include title in description
FEATURE – Added in ability to change tag wrapping title
FEATURE – Added in ability to apply inline styles to title tag
UPDATE – Updated to latest Freemius SDK
2.0.3
FEATURE – Added in ability to set the excerpt length
FEATURE – Added in ability to set the more text when excerpts get truncated
2.0.2
Implemented Freemius
2.0.1
Initial WP.org version created and pushed to public
