BetterLinks Changelog

BetterLinks

v1.8.0

  • Added: Manage Tags Feature
  • Fixed: Undefined variable issue in Analytics
  • Fixed: Fatal Error - Uncaught TypeError issue
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
February 7, 2024

v1.7.3

  • Fixed: Uncaught Error issue with Settings API
  • Improved: Manage Links UI Responsiveness
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
January 17, 2024

v1.7.2

  • Fixed: Style issue inside the Gutenberg Editor
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
January 1, 2024

v1.7.1

  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
December 31, 2023

v1.7.0

  • Improved: Revamped Analytics for performance improvement
  • Added: Individual Analytics for all links
  • Fixed: Link Uncloaking not working properly when a link is added directly
  • Fixed: Analytics not showing when BetterLinks is translated
  • Fixed: Redirection not working properly in different languages
  • Fixed: Triggering an infinite loop on the network while updating a page from Gutenberg
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
December 31, 2023

v1.6.3

  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
November 20, 2023

v1.6.2

  • Fixed: Feature Images update issue for Author / Editor roles
  • Improved: Added Support for Longer Target URL
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
November 9, 2023

v1.6.1

  • Improved: Security Enhancements
  • Improved: Added Support for Tags And Description for Link Searching
  • Improved: Included the target URL for Exporting Analytics
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
October 15, 2023

v1.6.0

  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
October 8, 2023

v1.5.18

  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
September 21, 2023

v1.5.17

  • Fixed: PHP Deprecation Warnings
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
September 13, 2023

v1.5.16

  • Fixed: PHP Warning generated for 'Undefined array key' in "REQUEST_METHOD"
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
September 11, 2023

v1.5.15

  • Fixed: Manage Links not working when REST API is disabled
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
July 27, 2023

v1.5.14

  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
July 26, 2023

v1.5.13

  • Improved: Added option to filter Favorite Links
  • Improved: Added indicator icon to show broken links in 'manage links'
  • Fixed: Visiting Expired Links throws PHP errors
  • Fixed: Unique Counts not working properly
  • Fixed: Changing Link category by using 'edit link' option making the stats & favorite link data disappear
  • Fixed: Total clicks not being added when Disable IP from Analytics option is enabled
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
June 13, 2023

v1.5.12

  • Improved: Optimization of analytics data fetching
  • Fixed: Misleading ip count data in analytics
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
April 30, 2023

v1.5.11

  • Added: Option to search link by 'shortened url' or 'target url' in 'List view'
  • Added: Option to Reset Clicks data
  • Added: Option to disable 'logging of IP addresses data' from analytics
  • Fixed: Page scrolling to bottom when using BetterLinks format in Gutenberg
  • Fixed: Gutenberg instant redirect sidebar not appearing sometimes
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
April 16, 2023

v1.5.10

  • Fixed: Added empty target url check to prevent breaking site’s frontEnd
  • Fixed: Admin menu infinite loading on sites that has rest API disabled
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
March 06, 2023

v1.5.9

  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
February 28, 2023

v1.5.8

  • Fixed: Not able to add Featured Images in Gutenberg Editor for non-admin users
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
February 07, 2023

v1.5.7

  • Fixed: BetterLinks sidebar not rendering inside Gutenberg Editor
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
January 29, 2023

v1.5.6

  • Fixed: Throwing fatal error while importing links from CSV file
  • Fixed: Not able to select or schedule any date from Expire option when creating new links
  • Fixed: Too many redirects when shortened url and target url are same
  • Removed: Click data after exporting BetterLinks Analytics
  • Fixed: Gutenberg instant redirect option not showing sometimes
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
January 25, 2023

v1.5.5

  • Added: Link QR Code Scanner inside List View
  • Improved: Date Format in BetterLinks Analytics
  • Improved: Added Link prefix option when importing from Thirsty Affiliates
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
December 22, 2022

v1.5.4

  • Fixed: ThirstyAffiliates links not migrating properly
  • Fixed: Link Expiration Date Schedule not working
  • Improved: Optimized requests when opening Link Editor modal
  • Fixed: Duplicate category being created when creating through link editor modal
  • Fixed: Some links being missing in the Manage links screen
  • Fixed: Conflict with Presto Player
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
November 30, 2022

v1.5.3

  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
November 23, 2022

v1.5.2

  • Fixed: Instant Gutenberg Redirect | Options not working properly
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
November 20, 2022

v1.5.1

  • Revamped: Improved background process during migration from third party plugins for better performance
  • Fixed: Database Error – Table doesn’t exist
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
November 06, 2022

v1.5.0

September 20, 2022

v1.4.1

  • Added: Option to enable/disable links being case sensitive
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
August 3, 2022

v1.4.0

  • Added: Option to "Add Links as Favorites"
  • Fixed: Shortened URLs being case sensitive
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
July 06, 2022

v1.3.4

  • Fixed Link redirection not working for sub-directory sites
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
June 19, 2022

v1.3.3

  • Fixed Sorted link not staying at the same position after editing the link in the Grid view
  • Fixed 'Select option arrow' of 'Rows per page' in 'list view' not showing correctly
  • Fixed Unable to create links as Manage Links page showing blank screen
  • Added Visit link option in the Grid view
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
May 30, 2022

v1.3.2

  • Compatibility Compatible to WordPress v6.0
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
May 25, 2022

v1.3.1

  • Improved Query optimization for better performance
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
April 19, 2022

v1.3.0

January 19, 2022

v1.2.9

  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
January 11, 2022

v1.2.8

  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
November 30, 2021

v1.2.7

  • Added: Option to generate random strings for shortened links
  • Added: Translations for missing strings
  • Improved: Import functionality to overwrite existing links
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
October 28, 2021

v1.2.6

October 19, 2021

v1.2.5

October 07, 2021

v1.2.4

  • Improved: Query optimization for better performance & security enhancement
  • Added: Default Link Prefix option
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
September 29, 2021

v1.2.3

  • Added: CSV Import/Export option
  • Fixed: CSS conflict with Yoast SEO
  • Fixed: Import/Export Category relation issue
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
September 21, 2021

v1.2.2

  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
August 31, 2021

v1.2.1

  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
August 24, 2021

v1.2.0

  • Fixed: Tags not updating & creating
  • Fixed: Category not updating properly
  • Added: Link title automatically being converted to Shortened URL
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
August 23, 2021

v1.1.9

  • Added: AJAX Fallback when REST API is disabled
  • Fixed: Sanitized REST API data
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
August 12, 2021

v1.1.8

  • Improved: Coding structure to enhance security
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
July 28, 2021

v1.1.7

  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
July 8, 2021

v1.1.6

  • Improved: Updated User Interface
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
July 6, 2021

v1.1.5

  • Removed: PHP session
June 23, 2021

v1.1.4

  • Fixed: Conflict with Gutenberg Editor
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
June 20, 2021

v1.1.3

  • Added: Instant Gutenberg Redirect option
  • Added: Bot Blocker option
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
June 15, 2021

v1.1.2

  • Improved: Optimized background process for better performance
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
June 7, 2021

v1.1.1

  • Fixed: Database migration issue with version update
  • Fixed: BetterLinks Import/Export feature not working properly
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
May 24, 2021

v1.1.0

  • Added: UTM Builder
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
May 20, 2021

v1.0.5

  • Fixed: Redirection not working if shortened URL ends with a ‘/‘
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
April 7, 2021

v1.0.4

  • Fixed: Link categories not updating correctly after deletion
  • Fixed: Parameter forwarding not working
  • Fixed: Link order not showing correctly after migrating from Simple 301 Redirects
  • Improved: URL parsing before redirecting
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
April 1, 2021

v1.0.3

  • Added: Migration for Simple 301 Redirects plugin
  • Tweaked: UI/UX update
  • Added: Wildcard option
  • Removed: Blank link showing in the Grid view
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
March 25, 2021

v1.0.2

  • Fixed: Analytics not showing instantly after regenerating stats
  • Fixed: Clicks count not working
  • Fixed: Most Recent click data not showing at the top in Analytics
  • Improved: Overall UI/UX
  • Improved: Migration from Pretty Links
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
February 24, 2021

v1.0.1

  • Fixed: Migration not working
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
January 15, 2021

v1.0.0

  • Added: ‘List View’ to manage links
  • Added: ‘Analytics’ Feature
  • Added: Migration from PrettyLinks
  • Added: General Settings panel
  • Improved: optimized code for faster response
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
January 14, 2021

v0.0.1

  • Initial beta release
January 11, 2021

BetterLinks Pro

v1.8.2

  • Improved: Security Enhancements
  • Fixed: Undefined variable issue in the license page
  • Fixed: Comma separated Auto Link Keyword issue
  • Fixed: Broken Link status Icon issue
  • Fixed: Meta attributes issue in Customize Link Preview
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
February 7, 2024

v1.8.1

  • Fixed: Fatal error - Trait not found issue
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
January 21, 2024

v1.8.0

  • Added: Customize Link Preview Feature
  • Fixed: Split Test Conversion issue
  • Fixed: Auto-Link Keywords Link Options issue
  • Improved: Split Test Analytics UI
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
January 17, 2024

v1.7.4

  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
December 31, 2023

v1.7.3

  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
December 31, 2023

v1.7.2

  • Improved: Revamped Analytics with Charts for a few key metrics
  • Fixed: Autolink Keyword is not working properly when the same Keyword exists in other Auto Link Keyword and Shorten Link Title
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
December 31, 2023

v1.7.1

  • Improved: Password Protected Redirect | Password show/hide Icon Added in Password input field
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
November 11, 2023

v1.7.0

October 8, 2023

v1.6.2

  • Fixed: “Uncaught TypeError” in the Affiliate Link Disclosure Feature
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
September 21, 2023

v1.6.1

  • Fixed: PHP Deprecation Warnings
  • Improved: Security Enhancements
  • Few minor bug fixes & improvements
September 13, 2023

v1.6.0

September 11, 2023

v1.5.0

July 26, 2023

v1.4.8

  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
June 14, 2023

v1.4.7

  • Added: Integration with Google Analytics 4
  • Fixed: "Uncloaked" option not getting checked out after adding the categories to the "Uncloaked Category"
  • Improved: Security Enhancement
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
June 13, 2023

v1.4.6

  • Fixed: Heading tags getting autolinked even when disabled
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
April 30, 2023

v1.4.5

  • Added: Option to Uncloak link or entire category for strict Affiliate Marketing programs like Amazon Associates
  • Added: Feature to search Autolink-keywords
  • Fixed: Made role management accessible only to admin
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
April 16, 2023

v1.4.4

  • Improved: Show Status for Broken link Checker
  • Improved: Show Links which are 401 Unauthorised & 403 Forbidden Links
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
February 28, 2023

v1.4.3

  • Fixed: PHP notice 'Undefined index' when creating a post/page
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
January 29, 2023

v1.4.2

  • Added: Option to Disable instant redirect & autolink keywords for custom post types
  • Fixed: Cloaking prevents mobile responsive adjustment & favicon not showing
  • Fixed: Undefined index when trying link redirection
  • Fixed: Set Default value as on Technology based Redirects
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
January 25, 2023

v1.4.1

  • Fixed: Auto-Link Keywords | Heading tags getting autolinked even when not enabled
  • Fixed: Auto-Link Keywords not working when a keyword is used twice inside a phrase/sentence
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
December 22, 2022

v1.4.0

November 20, 2022

v1.3.0

August 3, 2022

v1.2.5

  • Fixed: Auto-Links keywords causing single quotes (’) to convert to smart quotes
  • Fixed: Auto-link keywords not opening in new tabs
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
July 06, 2022

v1.2.4

  • Improved: Added option to enable icon for auto-link Keywords
  • Improved: Added option to enable auto-link keywords inside Heading tags
  • Improved: Added option to include multiple keywords at a time for auto-link keywords
  • Fixed: Auto-link keywords not working when the post is not fully visible
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
June 19, 2022

v1.2.3

  • Added: Display Link status in the Manage Links page
  • Fixed: Auto-Link Keywords conflict with Fluent Forms
  • Fixed: Auto-link Keywords broken UI with long tag name
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
May 30, 2022

v1.2.2

  • Added: Link Expiration options for Instant Link Redirect inside Elementor Page Builder
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
January 19, 2022

v1.2.1

  • Fixed: Auto-Link Keywords not working after changing the Link ID
  • Fixed: Broken Page format when tags & attitrubtes are used as an auto-link keyword
  • Fixed: Protected HTML Tag attributes
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
January 11, 2022

v1.2.0

November 30, 2021

v1.1.3

  • Added: Translation capability for missing strings
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
October 28, 2021

v1.1.2

October 07, 2021

v1.1.1

  • Added: Query optimization for better performance & security enhancement
  • Few minor bug fix & improvements
September 29, 2021

v1.1.0

September 21, 2021

v1.0.6

  • Added: AJAX Fallback when REST API is disabled
  • Fixed: Sanitized REST API data
  • Fixed: Individual analytics not working properly
  • Few minor bug & improvements
August 12, 2021

v1.0.5

  • Added: Dynamic Redirects based on Geography, Time & Device
  • Added: Force HTTPS Redirections feature
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
July 27, 2021

v1.0.4

  • Improved: UI for Dynamic Redirects
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
July 8, 2021

v1.0.3

  • Added: Dynamic Redirects with Split Testing feature
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
July 6, 2021

v1.0.2

  • Added: Link expiration options for Instant Gutenberg Redirect
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
June 14, 2021

v1.0.1

  • Added: Compatibility with PHP 8.0
  • Fixed: Google Analytics Settings migration issue
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements
June 7, 2021

v1.0.0

  • Added: Individual Analytics
  • Added: Link Expiration
  • Added: Google Analytics Integration
  • Added: User Role Management
  • Added: Social Share for UTM
May 20, 2021