Changelog

Stay update to date with new features, fixes and improvements to WP Abstracts Pro.

Release 2.7.0 – 02-20-2024

Feature – Added option to generate Abstract book from bulk actions
Feature – Add ability to toggle user role (author / reviewer) from Manage Users screen
Feature – Added ability to set a page and countdown to redirect users after registration
Feature – Added admin email and template for new user registration
Fix – Resolved hidden author and presenter sections when reviewers are editing their own submission and blind reviews are enabled
Fix – Fix account activation link in new user confirmation email
Fix – Resolved insufficient input sanitization on reset password page
Fix – Resolved incompatible archive error when installing on WordPress >= 6.4.3
Improvement – Separated topics into its own area under Events -> Topics
Improvement – Added improved email validation
Improvement – Updated user exports to use enabled admin columns
Improvement – Add assigned items count to reviewers on Manage Users
Improvement – Show the count of assigned items when assigning a submission to a reviewer
Improvement – Enabled multiple select on user registration form
Compatibility testing up to WP 6.4.3

Release 2.6.1 – 02-10-2023

Fix – Resolved reviews not showing dashboard
Improvement – Added improved filter to user lookup for user sync when using multisite implementation
Compatibility testing up to WP 6.1.1

Release 2.6.0 – 01-17-2023

Feature – Added ability to customize reviews admin columns
Fix – Resolved missing submissions on dashboard when using shortcode without event_id ([wpabstracts])
Improvement – Allow authors to edit submission across multiple statuses
Improvement – Added ability to remove header/footer in PDF exports
Compatibility testing up to WP 6.1.1

Release 2.5.0 – 08-20-2022

Feature – Added auto-reminder email trigger and template for reviewers
Feature – Added email log tab under emails to show all emails sent by the plugin
Fix – Event specific dashboard now correctly filters by specified event identifier
Fix – Remove HTML tags from description column in csv exports
Improvement – Added author and presenter shortcode to email templates
Compatibility testing up to WP 6.0.1

Release 2.4.0 – 05-18-2022

Feature – Added shortcode to display accepted submissions publicly
Feature – Added ability to customize info included in PDF exports
Improvement – Updated missing language translations
Compatibility testing up to WP 5.9.3

Release 2.3.1 – 12-15-2021

Fix – Excluded archived events submissions from assigned abstract on reviewer dashboard
Fix – Updated missing language translations
Fix – Resolved errors when activating plugin on PHP8
Fix – Resolved reviewers not seeing the updated attachments
Fix – Resolved issues where custom titles were not updating
Fix – Added fallback for missing fonts on PDF exports
Compatibility testing up to WP 5.8.2

Release 2.3.0 – 03-12-2020

Feature – Added ability to include submission PDF to email notifications
Feature – Added ability to trigger email when a reviewer submits a review
Feature – Added ability export reports by event
Feature – Added ability to ignore user activation at login (when users are registered outside WP Abstracts)
Feature – Added ability to make attachments required or optional
Fix – Excluded archived events from csv exports
Fix – Corrected bug allowing reviewers to edit reviews by other reviewers
Fix – Corrected sql typo causing email templates not to display
Improvement – Added Portuguese (Portugal) translation (Thanks to Diogo Alves)
Improvement – Added check for GD library before using allowing Captcha
Improvement – Added sorting to reviewer dropdown when assigning reviewers
Improvement – Added event, topic and user info to review exports
Improvement – Added natural sort to ID column on admin Abstracts table
Improvement – Updated PDF generator (mPDF) to v8.0.x (Requires PHP >=5.6)
Compatibility testing up to WP 5.3.2

Release 2.2.2 – 07-15-2019

Fix – Corrected review attachment visibility for authors
Fix – Stripped slashes from abstract titles on dashboard
Improvement – Added new page include filters and custom titles
Compatibility testing up to WP 5.2.2

Release 2.2.1 – 06-27-2019

Fix – Corrected typo that broke redirect on login
Compatibility testing up to WP 5.2.2

Release 2.2.0 – 06-26-2019

Feature – Added the ability to limit the amount of submissions per user
Feature – Added the ability for reviewers to attach a document to a review
Feature – Added the ability to set a default status for new submissions
Feature – Added read-only mode for submissions when not editable
Improvement – Added email validation on author and presenter emails
Improvement – Make user id and user email mandatory when exporting users
Improvement – Added {REVIEW_COMMENTS} to list of email shortcodes
Improvement – Added event and topic to reviews tab
Improvement – Added more customizable titles to settings->titles
Improvement – Now sending status update email on reviews if “Sync Review Status to Abstracts” is enabled
Improvement – Added visibility flag on reviews to determine if review is visible to the author
Improvement – Added modified date to abstracts and reviews
Improvement – Moved Abstract settings to nested tab and added ability to customize abstract admin columns
Improvement – Added ability to combine first and last name as display name when syncing to WordPress profile
Fix – Corrected faulty login redirect when there are multiple event shortcodes
Fix – Stop admin abstracts revisions from updating the original abstract submission date
Fix – Corrected faulty user profile deletions that included deleted profiles in user exports
Compatibility testing up to WP 5.2.2

Release 2.1.0 – 02-08-2019

Feature – Added captcha on registration form
Fix – Corrected Internet Explorer issues with registration, submission and editing user profiles
Fix – Corrected misleading error message when signing in with invalid captcha code
Fix – Corrected possible server 500 error when bulk downloading attachments
Improvement – Added Dutch (Netherlands) translation (Thanks to Bas van den Oever)
Compatibility testing up to WP 5.0.3

Release 2.0.1 – 01-03-2019

Fix – Corrected permissions error when reviewers attempt to edit or delete a review
Compatibility testing up to WP 5.0.2

Release 2.0.0 – 12-27-2018

Feature – Added the ability to sync form builder fields to wordpress user profile
Feature – Added the ability to customize login, dashboard and submission headers, titles, labels and messages
Feature – Added the ability to allow edits on a particular status
Feature – Added ability to auto activate user on registration
Feature – Added the ability select events while submitting abstracts (also backward compatible)
Feature – Added the ability to archive events
Feature – Added customizable emails to admins, authors and assigned reviewers when submissions are revised
Fix – Removed buggy checkbox and radio group from form builder (use select instead)
Fix – Corrected validation error when saving abstracts with show description disabled
Fix – Automatically remove columns from user table when form field is deleted
Improvement – Deleting events now deletes submissions, reviews and attachment linked to that event
Improvement – Added {ABSTRACT_KEYWORDS}, {ABSTRACT_TOPIC}, {SUBMITTER_NAME} and {SUBMITTER_EMAIL} shortcodes to email templates
Improvement – Added ability to reset attachment input file (not replace) while submitting abstracts
Improvement – Disable accesiblity to /?task=register is user can register is not enabled
Improvement – Added subject line with shortcodes to registration email
Improvement – Added stronger permissions checks to frontend dashboard when managing items
Improvement – Added keywords to exports
Compatibility testing up to WP 5.0.2

Release 1.9.0 – 09-15-2018

Feature – Added multisite compatibility
Feature – Added advanced interaction controls (type-ahead and all column search, filters, quicker pagination and more) to all tables
Feature – Added ability to bulk assign reviewers to selected abstracts
Feature – Added ability to bulk download selected attachments
Feature – Added ability to select which admin account(s) receives admin notifications
Improvement – Added ability to include email shortcodes in email subject
Improvement – Added search, sorting and pagination to frontend author / reviewer dashboards
Improvement – Added event and topic columns and filters to attachments tab
Improvement – Included type requested and topic in frontend reviewer dashboard
Improvement – Updated form validation to avoid theme conflicts
Improvement – Disabled WordPress edit page link from WP Abstracts Dashboard
Improvement – Updated and improved the word counter
Improvement – Added reviewer names and emails to csv exports
Compatibility testing with WP 4.9.8

Release 1.8.2 – 07-26-2018

Fix – Corrected bug where Event showed “Error: This event was removed” when editing Abstracts
Fix – Removed parameter missing warning message when users are activating accounts
Compatibility testing with WP 4.9.7

Release 1.8.1 – 07-24-2018

Feature – Added ability for admins to manually activate users.
Fix – Corrected error when exporting users
Fix – Woocommerce users with an added subscriber role can now see the “New Abstract” button
Fix – Corrected warning message and bug in user exports
Improvement – Added ability to restore user registration form-builder default inputs
Improvement – Added date field to user registration form-builder input group
Improvement – Added better UX for word counter
Improvement – Insisted User Id column and desc order in user exports
Compatibility testing with WP 4.9.7

Release 1.8.0 – 07-04-2018

Feature – Added the ability to create unlimited statuses for Abstracts and Reviews
Feature – Create unlimited email templates to map to submission triggers, status changes and reviewer related events
Feature – Implemented shortcode for registration form. Use [wpabstracts_register] show the registration form
Feature – Implemented shortcode for login form. Use [wpabstracts_login] show the login form
Feature – Added the ability to add multiple presenters
Fix – Corrected issue where users intermittently displays under user tab
Fix – Corrected user form builder display issue when special characters are present in the form
Fix – Corrected forms validation issues (events, abstracts and reviews) when other inputs are present on the page
Fix – Corrected typo in Shortcode copy to clipboard
Improvement – Removed special jQuery dependency from formbuilder
Improvement – Migrated Email related settings to Email Tab
Improvement – Added and improved help text on multiple screen
Compatibility testing with WP 4.9.6

Release 1.7.0 – 04-30-2018

Feature – Optional customizable user registration using form builder
Feature – Enable or disable forced redirection to author dashboard after login
Fix – Corrected pagination bug when filtering by presenter preference and performing actions
Improvement – Review reports now exports status description
Improvement – System will authenticate reviewers even if the user has multiple roles including editor
Improvement – Added event shortcode to events screen for copying to clipboard
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.9.5

Release 1.6.1 – 01-24-2018

Feature – Added Spanish (Chile) translation (Thanks to Cristian Nova Castillo)
Fix – Corrected issue that affected listings on plugin page and plugin details modal
Improvement – Login now checks for the presence of the subscriber or editor role
Improvement – Adjusted file extension validation to be more inclusive
Improvement – Added keywords to abstract info on review screens
Improvement – Added filters to email template shortcodes
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.9.2

Release 1.6.0 – 01-04-2018

Feature – Added ability to assign unlimited reviewers to abstracts
Fix – Corrected issue that affected uploading large attachments
Improvement – Validation, error messaging and performance improvements for attachment uploads
Improvement – Added ability for users to remove and add new attachments while editing abstracts
Improvement – Implemented license validation for automatic updates
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.9.1

Release 1.5.1 – 10-27-2017

Feature – Added Spanish (Argentina) translation (Thanks to Veronica Gomez)
Fix – Preserve abstract ownership when “reviewer can edit” is enabled and reviewer edits the submission
Fix – Show correct list of users when managing ownership and “reviewer can submit” is enabled
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.8.2

Release 1.5.0 – 09-30-2017

Feature – Enable / disable admin email notifications when reviews are submitted
Feature – Added new email template for admin notifications when reviews are submitted
Feature – Added a new abstract status and the ability to customize status descriptions
Feature – Added a new email template for ‘Under Review’ status
Feature – Added filter by presenter preference to abstracts list table
Feature – Added presenter preference to abstract / review Sync setting
Feature – Added author and user to abstract search fields
Feature – Added “keywords” and “affiliations” to PDF exports
Feature – Added Brazilian translation (Thanks to Gabriel Vieira)
Feature – Added German translation (Thanks to Wolfgang Saus)
Fix – Remove author and presenter fields when blind review is enabled
Fix – Upgraded PDF exporter for PHP7+ compatibility
Removed – Removed the Summary Tab (Summary can be obtained from Reports tab)
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.8.2

Release 1.4.0 – 06-10-2017

Feature – Added optional security captcha to login
Feature – Added the ability use the ‘add media’ option on the text editor
Feature – Media/images can now be included in exported PDFs
Improvement – Implemented login using AJAX (apart of roadmap for future development)
Improvement – Topics can now accepts commas
Fix – Resolved intermittent error when exporting PDFs on PHP7
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.8

Release 1.3.0 – 03/26/2017

Feature – Added the ability to turn off abstract description field
Improvement – Facelift the login form and added Lost Password link
Fix – Remove back slash from abstract title when apostrophes are used.
Fix – Resolved issue with word count.
Fix – Resolved issue where review submission sometimes failed
Fix – Resolved sorting by topics error
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.7.3

Release 1.2.0 – 04/30/2016

Feature – Added the ability to turn off author fields
Feature – Added user’s name to the csv abstracts exports under reports
Feature – Added status filter and search to Abstracts
Feature – Added user role/type filter and search to Users
Feature – Added ability to create and export a zip of all attachments
Feature – Added search option for attachment tab
Feature – Added abstract and attachment IDs to attachment tab
Feature – Added presenter preference {PRESENTER_PREF} to the list of shortcodes for email templates
Feature – Added optional author email alerts on reviewer comments
Feature – Added optional keywords field to submission page and setting option
Feature – Added optional terms & conditions to submission page and setting option
Feature – Added optional setting to hide reviewer comments
Feature – Added optional setting to sync reviewer status choice to abstracts
Fix – Corrected email templates from being reset when plugin is re-activated
Fix – Corrected email template id when bulk action is used to Accept submissions
Fix – Corrected broken reviewer assignments when assigning additional reviewers to submission
Fix – Corrected broken attachment download issue on author’s dashboard
Fix – Corrected glitch in changing topics while editing abstracts
Fix – Corrected event deadline to correctly compare current date and event deadline irrespective of the current wordpress datetime format
Fix – Corrected unwanted slashes in text editor when apostrophes are used.
Improvement – Included more wordpress filters for admin tabs, header, pages and frontend dashboard, get and edit views.
Improvement – Event is now automatically selected/set based on event ID from shortcode on the dashboard
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.5.1

Release 1.1.3 – 12/20/2015

Feature – Added auto-updater to allow future updates from wordpress plugin’s page
Feature – Added presenter preference and abstract Id shortcode for automated emails
Feature – Added setting to allow reviewers to be authors
Feature – Added the ability to turn off presenter preference
Feature – Added the ability to change abstract status back to pending
Feature – Added filter to reviewer list to exclude already assigned reviewers
Fix – Block reviewers from being assigned their own abstracts
Fix – Disallow direct downloading for abstracts, attachments and reports (security fix)
Fix – Removed passed events from the drop down for new submissions
Fix – Correct date on exported PDFs
Fix – Correct remaining attachments allowed while in editing abstracts
Fix – Correct pagination results on abstracts and attachment tabs
Fix – Show admin bar issue
Tweak – Optimized abstracts and attachments tabs to handle large amounts of submissions
Tweak – Minor revamping of the admin panel
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.4

Release 1.1.2 – 06/07/2015

Feature – Added email templates for status change – accepted and rejected
Feature – Added the ability to turn off attachment completely
Feature – Added the ability to unassign a reviewer
Fix – Exporting file name issue under Reports
Fix – Minor JS bug affecting abstracts submission
Fix – Author affiliations input field limitation issue

Release 1.1.1 – 03/13/2015

Fix – Language and localization bug
Fix – Enabling blind review displayed author’s name on reviewer’s dashboard
Fix – Author instructions not saving
Fix – Auto-update error on WP plugin page
Fix – Reviewer submission setting affected author’s dashboard

Release 1.1 – 3/3/2015

Enhancement – Completely new Responsive front-end dashboard
Feature – Added Attachments Tab for fast and easier access to uploaded attachments
Feature – Added Ability to customize outgoing emails
Feature – Added submission deadline on events / conferences
Feature – Added Automatic Updates. Update to the latest version just like you would with other plugins
Feature – Added support for multiple events or conferences. Include the event ID in the shortcode E.g.[wpabstracts event_id=2]
Feature – Added option (under setting tab) to disable reviewer abstract editing privileges
Feature – Added option (under setting tab) to disable reviewer abstract submission privileges
Feature – Merged Author and Reviewers login area (now one dashboard login but backward compatible)
Tweak – Redesigned the user’s manager area
Tweak – Partial transition to jQuery
Tweak – Minor admin area JS and CSS tweak
Compatibility testing up to WP 4.1

Release 1.0.4 – 08/15/2014

Feature – Added limit for attachment uploads per submission
Feature – Added customizable instruction text for authors
Feature – Authors can now delete abstracts if still in pending mode
Feature – Ability to customize presenter preferences
Fix – Front-end HTML rendering issues on some templates (a work in progress)
Fix – Content sanitization issue while saving abstract description
Fix – Character count now changed to word count and rectified
Fix – Date error/warning while adding reviews
Fix – Only related topics are loaded on event change when editing abstracts
Tweak – Author’s name now accepts commas
Tweak – Added event name on abstracts listing
Tweak – Added submissions count to events listing
Tweak – Proper chart labeling of y-axe under reports
Compatibility testing with WP 3.9.2

Release 1.0.3 – 05/15/2014

Feature – Added language support (Thanks to Stergatou Eleni, CTI, Greece)
Feature – Added Greek translation (Again thanks to Stergatou Eleni)
Feature – Ability for blind reviews
Fix – Topics are now displayed to the reviewers in IE.
Fix – Abstract sorting error on reviews tab
Fix – PHP short tags
Fix – WP debug notices
Tweak – Added get_option(‘date_format’) . ‘ ‘ . get_option(‘time_format’) for abstracts display in admin pages
Tweak – Simplified shortcode to [wpabstracts] (backward compatibility kept)
Tweak – Added flick as jquery ui css theme
Tweak – Added Abstract ID column on Reviews tab
Tweak – Migrated HTML to separate location
Tweak – Partial transition from Javascript to jQuery
Compatibility testing with WP 3.9.1

Release 1.0.2 – 03/15/2014

Feature – Reports tab with graphs and csv exports
Feature – Download Abstracts as PDF
Feature – Ability to add up to 3 reviewers
Feature – Setting to turn off ‘change ownership’ on submissions
Feature – Added Author Affiliation to submissions
Fix – Better HTML formatting abstracts description
Fix – Restrict removal of all authors
Fix – Error when email reviewer on assignment is enabled
Tweak – Added tooltips on settings page
Tweak – Partial transition from Javascript to jQuery

Release 1.0.1 – 02/15/2014

Feature – Option to manage attachments from the edit screen.
Feature – Option to assign abstracts to existing users (change ownership).
Feature – Option for reviewers to submit abstracts
Feature – New column to show attachment count on submissions
Fix – possible “header() already sent” error while downloading attachments
Fix – bug on summary page where abstracts displayed wrong title
Tweak – Minor JS and CSS tweak

Release 1.0 – 01/15/2014

Initial Release