Post Pay Counter

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Post Pay Counter PRO – Changelog

1.9.3.3 (2024-02-14)

  • Fix: Deprecated notices with PHP 8.2.

1.9.3.2 (2023-12-06)

  • Fix: payment thresholds misbehaving in due payments.

1.9.3.1 (2023-11-07)

  • Fix: handle new Plausible pagination requirements for results larger than 100 rows.

1.9.3 (2023-10-03)

  • New: WP-CLI commands for Matomo/Plausible.
  • Tweak: payment tooltips on mobile (not nice, but works).
  • Tweak: shrink payment history modal window to fit on smaller screens.
  • Fix: possible fatal with PHP >= 8.0 and bonus payments.

1.9.2.1 (2023-07-05)

  • Fix: ensure cron jobs for Matomo and Plausible data pulling are activated.
  • New: WP-CLI command to import Analytics visits data into Post Views Counter.

1.9.2 (2023-06-08)

  • New: support for PPC new visits trackers dropdown, for easy visits payment setup.
  • New: WP-CLI commands for visits data import/export, see Migrate visits data away from Google Analytics.
  • Tweak: skip visits update if new visits is 0.

1.9.1.1 (2023-04-19)

  • Fix: Analytics pending not appropriately processed through WP-CLI command wp ppc ga process. Everybody using that to process data since 1.9 update was probably affected and should re-import data.
  • Fix: PHP fatal error in PPC System Info page.

1.9.1 (2023-04-02)

  • Change: Analytics rows processing only happens on PPC pages, not wp-admin wide anymore. This guarantees fewer conflicts, although bit slower processing. Look at WP-CLI commands to programmaticaly process rows out of wp-admin page loads.
  • Fix: potential conflicts with other plugins using Google Analytics libraries.
  • Fix: broken Google Analytics "Clear queue" button.
  • Fix: occasional fatal error during Google Analytics data processing.
  • Fix: some broken Analytics WP-CLI commands.
  • Fix: Plausible and Matomo status boxex logging an error if not set up.
  • Fix: some PHP notices.

1.9 (2023-03-24)

  • Feature: Matomo Analytics integration. Use your Matomo account with Post Pay Counter.
  • Feature: Plausible Analytics integration. Use your Plausible account with Post Pay Counter.
  • Fix: Google Analytics authorization breaking for users that had authorized plugin more than once.
  • Improv: Analytics visits counting is much more performant in displaying stats (requires PPC > 2.770).
  • Improv: csv export: replace N.A. with empty cells; remove currency symbol; replace count+payment with count only.

1.8.9.2 (2022-09-11)

  • Tweak: revoking Google Analytics authentication does not delete visits data anymore, nor temp files or cron event. PRO uninstall will delete them though.
  • Feature: button to delete Analytics data.

1.8.9.1 (2022-08-30)

  • Tweak: upgrading Google Analytics authentication deprecated Out-Of-Band authentication.

1.8.9 (2021-11-09)

  • Tweak: PHP 8 compatible.
  • Tweak: updated Google API to latest version.
  • Tweak: display stats metabox in post edit page for all post statuses.
  • Fix: bail Analytics rows process if no rows are in queue (fixes potential conflict with other plugins as well).
  • Fix: impossible to activate Adsense revenue data pulling for new users.

1.8.8 (2021-04-05)

  • Feature: introducing WP-CLI commands for Analytics tasks (clear data, import data, process data, daily incremental update).
  • Feature: allow to process redirects when processing Analytics rows.
  • Feature: show Analytics last request and stats time range in Options box.
  • Feature: toggle the Analytics debug mode from the Options box.
  • Tweak: improved shortcode styling in "See stats for" section.
  • Tweak: improved Analytics logging.
  • Fix: Analytics lock not released in case of error during processing routine.

1.8.7.4 (2020-10-29)

  • Fix: impossile to execute a payment in some circumstances (moving from WP_Query found_posts to no_found_rows).
  • Fix: author payment history link not working in some cases.

1.8.7.3 (2020-09-18)

  • Fix: manual import reqesting data up to current day instead of yesterday, resulting in duplicated data for some hours of current day.
  • Fix: wrong labels in Analytics logging.
  • Fix: typos in options page.
  • Tweak: updated turkish locale.

1.8.7.2 (2020-01-23)

  • Feature: ability to choose "All time" in shortcode stats as well.
  • Fix: italian localization fo "All time" in shortcode stats not working.

1.8.7.1 (2019-12-07)

  • Fix: Analytics pending rows never going to zero when Adsense was enabled on some sites.

1.8.7 (2019-11-17)

  • Tweak: compatibility with free version feature of showing all users in stats.
  • Fix: localization glitches in totals section of shortcode stats.
  • Tweak: Analytics skipping update of rows with zero visits.

1.8.6 (2019-11-02)

  • Feature: allow flexible tstart and tend arguments in shortcode stats.
  • Fix: localization glitches in shortcode stats.
  • Fix: Analytics non-Countable PHP warning.

1.8.5 (2019-09-21)

  • Feature: show stats content in post edit metabox even when post is still in draft.
  • Tweak: improved Options page layout.
  • Tweak: updated localizations.
  • Fix: shortcode for payment history and PayPal settings always showing below post content.
  • Fix: prevent updating Analytics post records when no change in data has happened.
  • Fix: Request Payment addon not working from shortcode stats.
  • Fix: post stats cache not cleared upon post PPC option update.
  • Fix: PHP Notices in payment page on some circumstances.

1.8.4 (2019-08-25)

  • Feature: added Spanish localization.
  • Tweak: /temp folder being recreated automatically if missing.
  • Tweak: under the hood improvements to Analytics data processing.
  • Tweak: Analytics data processing distinguishes between normal and AMP visits (see new AMP Analytics addon).
  • Fix: PHP Warning for empty object.
  • Fix: Javascript error in Options page when Analytics was not set up.
  • Fix: Localization glitches.

1.8.3.1 (2019-08-07)

  • Fix: Request Payment not working when in frontend.

1.8.3 (2018-12-03)

  • Tweak: added display_timerange_choices option in shortcode.
  • Tweak: updated italian localization.

1.8.2 (2018-10-01)

  • Fix: due payment at bottom of shortcode stats table not hidden even if due payment column was hidden.
  • Fixed: author counting types (Referral visits, Publisher bonus...) not shown in payment notifications emails.
  • Tweak: check if re-creating Analytics cron event is needed at any time.

1.8.1 (2018-06-27)

  • Fix: prevent possible lock-in situations with Analytics updates.
  • Fix: deleting author payment history record link not working if arriving from the header of author stats page.
  • Fix: shortcode stats displaying ugly-formatted text in header.
  • Fix: added/improved hooks for saving Analytics/PayPal settings and processing Analytics rows.

1.8 (2018-05-14)

  • Feature: showing time ranges choices in shortcoded stats.
  • Feature: showing paid total amounts and counts at the top of author payment history.

1.7.9.3 (2018-03-13)

  • Tweak: improved styling of stats shortcode and payment history shortcode.

1.7.9.2 (2018-03-01)

  • Feature: payment notification emails now come from "Your website name" rather than just "WordPress".
  • Feature: make Adsense revenue sharing start after a post has reached some revenue threshold.
  • Tweak: misc under-the-hood improvements.

1.7.9.1 (2018-01-17)

  • Fixed: issue with Facebook addon. Payment confirm summary would always display 0 shares/comments and no payment would be done for them.
  • Fixed: time range issue with shortcode/frontend stats.
  • Tweak: misc sanity checks/under-the-hood improvements.

1.7.9 (2017-12-01)

  • Fixed: issue with Publisher Bonus addon and due payment.
  • Fixed: possible issue with payments when no payments had yet been done (depending on server setup).

1.7.8 (2017-11-09)

  • Tweak: overall stats in shortcode now display payments as well.
  • Fixed: some payments displayed as zero - although payments were correct, it was just a display issue.
  • Fixed: author counting types with auxiliary data not working well with payment history.
  • Fixed: stats and payemnt history in frontend breaking layout if window size was too small.
  • Tweak: improved Analytics flow.
  • Tweak: under the hook improvements.

1.7.7 (2017-09-29)

  • Feature: display blog name in PayPal checkout page instead of Stefano Ottolenghi.
  • Fixed: quotes breaking csv stats.
  • Fixed: due payment for one author could be calculated using previous author settings instead of his own, if available.
  • Tweak: compatibility with latest Publisher Bonus version (allow bonus to editors depending on length/success of reviewed post).
  • Tweak: improved error handling.

1.7.6 (2017-09-09)

  • Feature: shortcode to allow users to enter their PayPal email [ppc_user_paypal_email_settings].
  • Feature: exclude posts from future payments once they are paid.
  • Fixed: custom menu name not correctly escaping quotes.
  • Fixed: due payment not being displayed nicely if tooltips were disabled.
  • Fixed: csv exported stats not displaying currency symbol nicely.
  • Tweak: make sure to clear stats cache on update/install.

1.7.5 (2017-08-15)

  • Fixed: csv export not working anymore.
  • Fixed: minor improvements.

1.7.4 (2017-07-17)

  • Fixed: improved Analytics processing routine.
  • Fixed: fread warning on Analytics file.
  • Fixed: fatal error if PRO was disabled and PPC was already disabled.
  • Fixed: various minor improvements.

1.7.3 (2017-06-08)

  • Fixed: due payment not considering payment history items that only contained bonus payment.
  • Fixed: Analytics cron job running even if Analytics was not set up.
  • Tweak: working with custom rounding introduced in latest PPC version.

1.7.2 (2017-05-16)

  • Tweak: compatibility with new PPC post stats caching system.
  • Tweak: compatibility with new Request Payment addon.
  • Tweak: improved payment history/transaction record delete flow.
  • Fixed: possible PHP notice payment history display.
  • Fixed: possible PHP warning in shortcode stats.
  • Tweak: new hooks and filters.

1.7.1 (2017-05-05)

  • Fixed: PHP warning in posts list page.

1.7 (2017-05-01)

  • Tweak: significant improvement in load time for posts list page (edit.php).
  • Fixed: unlocalized strings in shortcoded stats.
  • Fixed: localization improvements.
  • Fixed: avoids update notice being shown even after addon has been updated.
  • Fixed: Analytics big red warning being shown even in situations in which it should not.
  • Fixed: csv export link being relative.
  • Tweak: bit of improvements in Analytics error handling.
  • Tweak: improved payment history shortcode formatting.
  • Tweak: better hiding of general options boxes in non-general options pages.