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2.8.17 – Mar 19, 2026

• Improved loading of the plugin’s hooks.
• Fixes a bug related to clearing the debug logs.

2.8.16 – Mar 4, 2026

Critical bug fix for category hierarchy and WordPress 7.0 compatibility.
* Fixed: Auto-categories now correctly respect parent category settings when multiple campaigns use similar category names. Previously, categories with identical names from different feeds could be incorrectly assigned or merged.
* Improved: Enhanced category detection logic to properly verify parent-child relationships before assignment or creation.
* Improved: Better handling of slug conflicts when WordPress automatically generates unique slugs for categories with duplicate names.
* Improved: Layout in Categories Metabox with parents and childrens categories inside campaign editing screen.
* Fixed: Layout compatibility issues with WordPress 7.0 styling changes in campaign edit screens. Ensures proper display and functionality of campaign interfaces with the upcoming WordPress release.

2.8.15 – Feb 2, 2026

General maintenance and stability improvements.
* New image processing filter for developers and advanced customizations.
* Fixed a styling issue in admin notices when saving settings.
* Minor UI and style improvements across the plugin.
* Improved image processing reliability when using the Facebook Fetcher Addon (bug fix).

2.8.14 – Dec 1, 2025

Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.9.

2.8.13 – Nov 13, 2025

• Fixes vulnerability reported by WPScan in the campaign edit screen.
• Other minor fixes.

2.8.12 – Oct 23, 2025

• Fixes Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery (reported by Wordfence).
• Added a Namespace to the blank-simplepie class to allow enclosure images in contents outside feeds.

2.8.11 – Sep 24, 2025

• Fixes Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability in download debug log (reported by Patchstack).
• Fixes typos.

2.8.10 – Aug 6, 2025

• Improvement of the filters used to load the list of campaigns.
• Fixes an issue incorporated in the latest release that slowed down the connection on campaign edit.
• Fixes typos.

2.8.9 – Aug 4, 2025

• Fixes an issue with improperly sanitized action buttons in the campaign list.
• Fixes wrong sanitized html “Next Run” column in the campaign list.
• Improves errors handling function on campaigns fetching process and logs.

2.8.8 – Jul 24, 2025

• Fixes CSRF vulnerability in plugin deactivation feedback system (reported by Wordfence).
• Only applies to users with the “activate plugins” capability.
• Added nonce verification for all feedback AJAX requests.
• Implemented strict input validation for deactivation reasons.
• Adds pre-deactivation plugin state verification.
• Fixes minor HTML formatting in feedback modal.

2.8.7 – Jul 3, 2025

• Refactored few missed internal function names with a prefix to avoid naming conflicts with other plugins.

2.8.6 – Jun 21, 2025

• New Debug Logs Tool! Easily track what’s happening under the hood of WPeMatico with a dedicated log viewer in the Tools menu. Perfect for developers and advanced users. Learn how to use it.
• Implemented WP_Filesystem for safer and more WordPress-compliant file operations.

2.8.5 May 19, 2025

• Applied multiple input sanitization and overall security enhancements.
• Fixes an image URL in Settings screen.

2.8.4 May 9, 2025

• Fixed broken HTML formatting in campaign log messages.
• Fixed issue where Bulk Edit actions were not saving data correctly.
• Resolved CSRF vulnerability when saving campaigns.
• Improved consistency of JSON responses in various AJAX methods.
• Applied multiple input sanitization and overall security enhancements.

2.8.3 May 2, 2025

• Fixes Broken Access Control vulnerability on campaign save action. Thanks to domiee13 and Patchstack!
• Fixes in strings returned by the campaign edit screen.
• Fixes few texts on Notices.

2.8.2 Abr 2, 2025

• Enhanced image upload handling and processing for improved reliability.
• Refined feedback email content when the plugin is deactivated.
• Replaced custom function with WordPress native attachment_url_to_postid for better compatibility and performance.
• NOTE: Enlarges the version required for the WPeMatico Professional addon to 3.2

2.8.1 Mar 25, 2025

• Fixed few bugs incorporated in the last version.
• Fixes images fetched from the enclosure being skipped during processing on Professional Extension.
• Fixes featured image assignment issue where the last image was being assigned instead of the first one.
• Fixes visibility issue with the “Save Image attributes on WP Media” option, which was hidden unintentionally.
• Improves feedback popup notifications for better user experience.

2.8 Mar 1, 2025

Major Version 2.8 focuses on highly requested features and new functionalities designed for future (but near) general improvements.
Recommended to test it in a staging environment before updating production websites.

Enhancements:

• New feature to retrieve image attributes and store them in WP Media.
  Now, image attributes such as alt text, captions, and metadata will be fetched and saved along with the images in WordPress Media Library.

• New feature to limit the number of automatically created categories.
  Allows better control over taxonomy creation, preventing excessive automatic category generation.

• New direct link to WPeMatico extensions from the plugins page.
  Easily discover and manage premium add-ons for enhanced functionality.

• New feedback form when deactivating the plugin.
  Users can now provide insights and reasons for deactivation, helping improve WPeMatico.

• New functionality to integrate features from discontinued addons into the free core.
  Some features previously exclusive to Pro addons will now be gradually included in the free version.

• Quick Edit improvements: Added taxonomy support for custom post types in campaigns.
  Now, users can assign taxonomies directly in the Quick Edit feature for better campaign organization.

• Improved campaign execution notifications from the campaign list.
  Enhances visibility and user experience when running campaigns manually.

• Various UI/UX cosmetic improvements.

• Tested with WordPress 6.7.2 to ensure full compatibility.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly.
• Fixes several security issues to enhance plugin stability and safety.

Recent (may break) changes:

• NOTE: Enlarges the version required for the WPeMatico Professional addon to 3.1
• NOTE2: Enlarges the version required for the WPeMatico GPT Spinner addon to 2.0

2.7.11 Nov 27, 2024

• Tested with WordPress 6.7.1
• Fixes minor security issues.
• More improvements for translators strings.

2.7.10 Oct 31, 2024

• Tested with WordPress 6.7
• Introducing new Add-on: WPeMatico GPT Spinner
• More improvements for translators strings.

2.7.9 Oct 18, 2024

• Tweaks on links and few styles in Settings screen.
• Tweaks a really lot for translators strings on almost all files to meet WordPress Standards.
• Fixes few minor security issues.
• Fixes few issues on System Status Page.
• Fixes some texts and typos.

2.7.8 Oct 8, 2024

• Improves compatibilities with WPeMatico Synchronizer
• Tweaks on WPeMatico Info Metabox inside created posts to allow edit fields in Synchronizer extension.
• Fixes minor security issues.
• Fixes few PHP Deprecated notices.

2.7.7.1 Sep 26, 2024

This “almost” major Version 2.7.7 focuses on code and performance improvements together with the Full and Pro major versions.
Recommended update it on testing environments before update on production websites.

Recent (may break) changes if you use some of our extensions

• New major versions on Addons. Do not update if does not meet the requirements below.
• Completed removal of obsolete NonStatic class in favor of WP filters and actions.
• Added new filter “wpematico_tags” on processing post tags on fetching.
• Added version controls to avoid errors by incompatibilities.
• Added filter to allow add tabs on Tools page.
• Fixes filter name to wpematico_tools_tabs added in last version.
• Many tweaks and improvements in function comments.
• Updated addons library updater and license handlers.
• Fixes and tweaks some returned parameters on few functions.
• NOTE: Enlarges the version required for the WPeMatico Professional addon to 3.0
• NOTE2: Enlarges the version required for the WPeMatico Full Content addon to 2.8

2.7.6 Aug 1, 2024

• Improves XML importer process.
• Improves the functions of feed hash for duplicated posts control.
• Improves filter on creation of custom simplepie objects.
• Added filter to allow skip batchsize for fetch feed items.

2.7.5 Jul 2, 2024

• Improves all skipped posts due to different conditions in the fetching process.
• Fixes the campaign preview feature to work well with Professional keyword feature.
• Fixes array type variable treated as integer.
• Removed MDM banner from campaigns list.
• NOTE: Enlarges the version required for the Professional addon to 2.21

2.7.4 Jun 26, 2024

• Fixes Extensions page by hidding it on WordPress Multisite.
• Improves compatibilities con Professional AddOn to use feeds from sites with Cloudflare.
• Removed deprecated texts of External Crons URls from Settings screen.

2.7.3 Jun 18, 2024

• Improves RDF feeds compatibility.
• Fixes an issue getting the source permalink.
• Fixes an issue with $sMessage variable on campaign logs.
• Fixes issues with “/” character on some fields when duplicate campaigns.
• Added some warning texts for LiteSpeed servers on System Status Page.

2.7.2 Jun 12, 2024

• Fixes call PHP ini_restore when the function is disabled in PHP.
• Tweaks on the new Settings banner to show just the summary of the new release instead the entire content.
• Fixes a wrong variable name.
• Improves styles and fixes responsive on System Status page.
• Makes the texts translatable on the screen and the help on the tools page.
• Improves language files.

2.7.1 Jun 7, 2024

• Bump to WP 6.6
• Tweaks on responsive style on System Status page.
• Fixes Help tab on Tools page showing bad contents.
• Fixes bad links to System Status in the new Tools page on notices or errors
• Fixes title banner for old version and MDM Giveaway.

2.7 Jun 3, 2024

Major Version 2.7 focuses on code improvements and documentations follow the standards of WordPress coding developments.
Recommended update it on testing environments before update on production websites.

Enhancements:

• New WPeMatico Canonicals feature on Settings Page. Activated by default
• New improved batch method to optimize performance on fetching processes.
• New improved method to check and show broken campaigns on the campaigns List.
• New Page Tools to group features useful for WPeMatico.
• New feature to avoid or include Shorts on YouTube Campaign types.
• New feature to export / import all the WPeMatico Settings.
• New popup to see the last log after run the campaign.
• New improvements in duplicate posts control by refining the hash codes.
• A new improved Changelog on About page.
• A new dismissable banner to show the last changelog on Settings page.
• Some minor cosmetic improvements.
• Updated javascript vSort library to 1.2.2
• Changed all ini_set to custom function to allow log all the values.
• Added SimplePie version to System Status Page.
• Many code improvements and commented functions.

Bugfixes:

• Fixes on getting bad source permalink on some cases by empty feed tags.
• Fixes some malformed values saved on Copy Campaign Quick Action.
• Fixes some issues and warnings on Campaigns List page.
• Fixes some warnings and minor bugs on Preview campaign.
• Fixes set_time_limit() ERROR on websites with function disabled.
• Fixes many deprecated messages on jQuery functions calls.

Recent (may break) changes:

• Removed the custom Simplepie library of the Settings and the plugin (finally).
• New improved method to manage hashes of campaigns and permalinks on duplicated posts control.
• New ‘wpematico_custom_simplepie’ filter to correct an old incorrect behavior on ‘Wpematico_process_fetching’.
• The titles feature was improved to use a new added filter.
• On plugin update will be queued a process to upgrade each campaign to the newly way on hash creation to control post duplicates.
• NOTE: Enlarges the version required for the Professional addon to 2.20

Earlier versions

For the changelog of earlier versions, please refer to changelog.md file or the changelog on wpematico.com.

0.1 Nov 17, 2010

• initial release in WordPress Repository