Release Notes

1.8.5.1

• Fix: REST API authentication that interferes with WooCommerce REST API.

1.8.5

• Add: Added support for mapping UTM parameters query string to different query string.

• Update: Show groups in alphabetical order while selecting group for the short link.

• Fix: Fatal error function json_basic_auth_handler not found while using WooCommerce REST API.

1.8.4

• Add: Added support for WordPress 6.4.3.

• Add: Added REST API to create, update, and delete short links.

1.8.3

• Add: Added QR Code link [PRO].

• Update: Calculate clicks on the fly for the accurate click count.

1.8.2

• Update: Minor enhancements. Code optimization.

1.8.1

• Add: Trim clicks older than 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, and all clicks at once.

• Update: Improved Performance.

• Update: Improved security.

• Update: Compatibility check with WordPress 6.4.2.

1.8.0

• Update: Compatibility check with WordPress 6.4.2.

1.7.9.1

• Fix: XSS Vulnerability reported in the plugin.

1.7.9

• Update: Security update.

• Update: Compatibility check with WordPress 6.4.1.

1.7.8

• Fix: PHP Notice.

• Update: Security update.

1.7.7

• New: Added meta info along with link display.

• Fix: Fixed typo while showing IP address.

• Update: .POT file.

1.7.6

• Fix: Fixed UTM Parameters are not populated in the URL Shortify PRO version. [PRO]

• Fix: Typo in the settings panel. Thanks to Andy for reporting this.

• Update: Security update.

• Update: Added cURL icon in browser listing.

• Update: Compatibility check with WordPress 6.3.

• Update: .POT file.

1.7.5

• New: Now, create short link automatically if not created while showing link on frontend.

• New: Added REST API to create short link.

• New: Use default domain while creating a short link from dashboard widget, using bookmarklet, while creating a posts, pages or using frontend form. [PRO]

• Update: .POT file.

1.7.4

• New: Send visitors to specific landing pages or direct them to your mobile app based on their location, device, operating system or Browser. [PRO]

• Update: Now, able to anonymize IP data using lite version also. It's beneficial to EU users as it's GDPR compliant.

• Fix: Fixed Address is not a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address issue.

• Fix: Fixed enable/ disable auto-generate short link issue for Posts & Pages.

1.7.3

• Update: Security fixes.

1.7.2

• Update: Now, enable/disable auto-generate short links for Posts & Pages using the lite version and Custom Post Types using PRO version.

• Fix: Fixed PHP warning & notice.

1.7.1

• New: Now, able to display Short URL with Posts, Pages & Excerpt.

• New: Now, one can use wp_get_shortlink WordPress function to get the short link generated by URL Shortify.

• Update: .POT file.

1.7.0

• New: Added shortcode shorturl to generate short URL for the post, pages & custom post types.

• Update: Added more fields to import urls using CSV.

• Fix: Vulnerability reported in the plugin.

• Fix: Fixed slug generation issue with the lite version.

1.6.5

• New: Export links. [PRO]

• New: Export click history of links from a same group. [PRO]

• New: Export all links from a same group. [PRO]

• Fix: Incompatibility with PHP 8 issue.

• Update: WordPress 6.2.2 compatibility.

• Update; .POT file.

1.6.4

• Fix: Not able to edit link issue.

• Fix: Fixed duplicate short URL creation issue from the Dashboard widget.

• New: Added option to enable/ disable case-sensitive Short URL. [PRO]

• Update: UI/ UX Improvement.

• Update: .POT file.

1.6.3

• Fix: Duplicate slug issue.

• New: Now, able to enable/ disable uppercase letters to generate short URLs. [PRO]

• New: Exclude characters from being used in slug. [PRO]

• New: Export click history. [PRO]

• Update: Update .POT file with new translation strings.

1.6.2

• New: Filter links by groups.

• Update: UI improvements.

• Update: .POT file.

1.6.1.1

• Fix: Admin notice doesn't close even after clicking on the close (X) icon.

1.6.1

• New: Add & Move links to the group in bulk.

• Update: Improve Access Control Feature. [PRO]

• Update: Now, short links are generated for scheduled posts.

• Fix: Import CSV functionality is not visible in a few cases.

1.6.0

• New: Added functionality to import links from CSV files.

• Update: .POT file.

• Update: Compatibility check with WordPress 6.2.

1.5.16.1

• Fixed memory limit issue.

1.5.16

• Removed limit of showing only 100 clicks data.

• Update the .pot file.

1.5.15.3

• Fix: issue in the generated short URL.

1.5.15.2

• Fix: ThirstyAffiliates import process not visible.

• New: Added default custom domain settings for link creation [PRO]

1.5.15.1

• Fix: Short URL creation issue while using Shortcode [PRO]

• Update: .POT file.

1.5.15

• Update: CSS improvements.

• Update: Removed screen options setting from the statistics page.

1.5.14

• Update: WordPress 6.0 compatibility check.

• Update: UI updates.

1.5.13

• Update: Now, search short links using slug, target URL, description & title.

• Fix: Uncaught TypeError: in_array(): Argument #2 ($haystack) must be of type array, string given.

1.5.12.2

• Update: Code Improvement.

• Update: Generate .POT file.

1.5.12.1

• Fix: Shows incorrect generated links.

• Fix: Target URL redirect issue with the short links.

1.5.12

• New: Added Link Prefix support.

• New: Import all short links from ThirstyAffiliates Affiliate Link Manager WordPress plugin and track link activities.
• New: Added UTM Presets support. [PRO]

• Compatibility: WordPress 5.9.3 compatibility check.

• Fix: Link clocking CSS issue. [PRO]

1.5.11

• Fix: Security fix.

• Update: Stop checking in .json file for link exists. Directly checking in database.

1.5.10

• Update: WordPress 5.9 compatibility test.

1.5.9

• New: Added support for bookmarklet [PRO]

• Update: Improved UI.

1.5.8

• Fix: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string

1.5.7

• Fix: Unable to create short links for posts/ pages from Posts/ Pages dashboard

1.5.6

• New: Import links from Short URL WordPress plugin
• Fix: Automatically create short link when post is published.

1.5.5

• New: Added support to select custom domains while creating short links from WordPress dashboard and posts, pages and custom post types. [PRO]

• Update: Improved UI.

• Fix: Generated short links of Posts, Pages & Custom Post Types replaces permalink on Website.

• Fix: Undefined constant issue.

1.5.4

• Fix: UI improvements

• Fix: Removed BFCM banner from Admin dashboard

1.5.3

• Fix: Short link issue creation for the visitors

1.5.2

• Update: Improved logic to find short link.

• Fix: Redirection issue with custom domains [PRO].

• Fix: TypeError: implode(): Argument #2 ($array) must be of type array issue.

1.5.1

• Fix: Arbitrary Link/Group/Domains deletion via CSRF

• Fix: Unauthorised Short Link Creation

• Update: Improve performance of redirection

1.5.0

• Update: Added option to set how URL Shortify get IPs.

• Update: Generate .POT file

1.4.12

• New: Added option to show "Number of links per page"

• Update: WordPress 5.8 compatibility check

• Update: Generate .POT file

1.4.11

• Fix: Fixed short link creation issue from frontend short code with Vimeo URL. (Thanks Rechard for pointing this out) [PRO]

• Fix: Typo on settings page.

• Update: Disable short links on webpage for every post type.

• Update: Generate .POT file

1.4.10

• New: Reset link click stats

• New: Reset click stats of multiple links at once using bulk reset option [PRO]

• Fix: Incorrect short link generated when multiple domains is being used [PRO]

• Update: Generate .POT file

1.4.9

• New: Added option to remove plugin data on plugin delete

• Fix: Generate domain-specific short links if the specific domain is used [PRO]

• Update: Generate .POT file

1.4.8

• New: Import links from 301 Redirect WordPress plugin
• New: Import links from Simple 301 Redirect WordPress plugin

1.4.7.1

• Fix: Short URL doesn't work with URL Shortify PRO 1.4.7

1.4.7

• New: Added UTM Parameters option to track target links [PRO]

• New: Added new filters to filter activity based on time. Now, Last 7 Days, Last 30 Days, Last 60 Days & All Time filters are available. [PRO]

• New: Generate Short Link based on domain

• Update: Update .POT file

1.4.6

• Fix: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function Kaizen_Coders\Url_Shortify\eesc_url()

• Fix: Popular links order issue in Popular Link Widget [PRO]

• Update: Update .POT file

1.4.5.1

• Fix: Group is not saved at link creation issue

• Update: Update .POT file

1.4.5

• Update: Improve Pretty Links & URL Shortener By My Theme Shop Imprter.

• New: Added Visit Short Link Option

• New: Added Telegram Sharing Option [PRO]
• New: Added VKontakte Sharing Option [PRO]
• New: Added Hacker News Sharing Option [PRO]

1.4.4

• Fixed: Warning: PharData::__construct(): open_basedir restriction in effect

• Update: Improve Pretty Links Imprter. Now, importing categories also.

1.4.3

• New: Anonymise clicks data [PRO]

• Fix: Flag URL missing issue

1.4.2

• Update: Compatibility with Newspaper theme

• Update: .POT file

1.4.1

• Update: "Generate Short Link" option for posts, pages & custom post types is disabled by default

• Update: Added share short link widget on edit short link page [PRO]

• Update: UI Improvements

• Update: .POT file

1.4.0

• Update: Improve UI

• Fix: Columns width issue and curruption of column data issue

• New: Added Popular Links Widget on WordPress Dashboard [PRO]

• Update: Update .POT file

1.3.10.1

• Fix: Quick fix

1.3.10

• New: Allow visitors to generate short links [PRO]

• New: Added create links permission. [PRO]

• New: Restrict access to quick add widget who doesn't have permission to access it. [PRO]

• Update: Update .POT file

1.3.9

• New: Added access control to link management, group management, settings, etc. [PRO]

• Update: By default, only the administrator can manage links, groups, settings, etc.

1.3.8

• New: Access short links with custom domains along with your main site [PRO]

• Update: Update .POT file

1.3.7

• New: Added Groups column on links dashboard to show groups of links

• New: Added Redirect Type column to show redirect type of short link

• Update: Update .POT file

1.3.6

• New: Generate short link QR code in SVG format [PRO]

• Update: Improve exisitng QR Code [PRO]

1.3.5

• Fix: Social share links click issue

• Update: WordPress 5.7 compatibility check

1.3.4

• New: Import short links from Pretty Links WordPress plugin
• New: Import short links from URL Shortener by MyThemeShop WordPress plugin

1.3.3

• New: Share short URL on social media platform like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest [PRO]
• New: Share short URL via Email [PRO]

• New: Generate & Share QR Code of Short URL [PRO]

• Update: Removed statistics link if tracking is disabled or there are no stats available for the specific link

• Update: Fix Twitter sharing issue [PRO]

1.3.2

• Fix: Twitter sharing option [PRO]

• Update: Improve social sharing [PRO]

• Update: Improve UI

1.3.1

• Update: Confirm once before deleting of link

• New: Now, share short URLs on social media platforms from the links dashboard with a single click [PRO]

1.3.0

• New: Enable/ Disable QR code generation for shortlinks [PRO]

• New: Stop tracking clicks from known ROBOTS [PRO]

• New: Add IP addresses into exclude list and stop tracking clicks from those IP addresses [PRO]

• Update: UI improvements

• Fix: Edit link settings issue.

1.2.16

• Update: Improve settings UI

• Fix: URL redirection issue

1.2.15

• Update: Improve UI

1.2.14

• New: Now, set default link options from settings

• New: Enable/ Disable shortlink generation for custom post types [PRO]

• New: Customize slug character count [PRO]

1.2.13

• New: Full link analysis available for 700 days [PRO]

• Update: Improved UI

• Fix: Link search issue

• Fix: Stats are not visible on the dashboard

1.2.12

• New: Added support for custom post type - kruchprodukte

• Update: Now, able to get links data of 1 year

1.2.11

• Update: UI improvements

1.2.10

• New: Generate QR code for short links [PRO]

• Update: Added title for quick share links

1.2.9

• New: Redirect visitors to target URL using HTML Meta Refresh [PRO]

1.2.8

• Fix: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function Kaizen_Coders\Url_Shortify\Common\Actions::get_short_permalink()

1.2.7

• New: Cloak Links [PRO]

• Update: Compatible with WordPress 5.5

• Fix: Redirection type saving issue

1.2.6

• New: Integrate with Modern Events Calendar Lite plugin
• Update: Added link statistics on custom post types

1.2.5

• New: Added dashboard widget to create a short link

• New: Show linked Post/ Custom Post with Short links

• Fix: Array to string conversion

1.2.4

• New: Performance Improvement

• New: Show Unique & Total Clicks on groups list

• New: Integrate with WordPress Knowledgebase plugin

1.2.3

• New: Share short link via WhatsApp

• New: Added top locations info, referrers info, device info, browser info & platforms info on Dashboard [PRO]

• New: Added top locations info, referrers info, device info, browser info & platforms info on group analysis page [PRO]

1.2.2

• New: Added top locations info [PRO]

• New: Added referrers info [PRO]

1.2.1

• New: Added device info [PRO]

• New: Added browser info [PRO]

• New: Added platform info [PRO]

• Update: Improve link clicks report

1.2.0

• New: Added support to protect short URLs with password [PRO]

• Fix: Sorting of clicks details

• Fix: Show date based on the set timezone

1.1.9

• New: Added option to set an expiration date for a link [PRO]

• Fix: Post id removed on link edit

1.1.8

• New: Add statistics link on group dashboard

• New: Added short links for Betterdocs sharable links

• Fix: Website icon shrink issue

1.1.7

• New: Added daily clicks analysis for a specific link

• New: Added clicks reports for link groups

• New: Integrate with Betterdocs WordPress plugin

1.1.6.1

• Fix: Templates path not found the issue (case sensitive)

• Fix: Controller was not found issue

1.1.6

• New: Added daily clicks analysis on the dashboard

• New: Integrate with WooCommerce Products
• New: Integrate with Super Socializer. Thanks heateor for the help.
• New: Integrate with Sassy Social Share.
• New: Integrate with Easy Digital Downloads Products
• New: Integrate with The Events Calendar WordPress plugin
• New: Integrate with Events Manager WordPress plugin
• Fix: Sort clicks history issue

1.1.5

• New: Dashboard with useful KPIs

1.1.4

• New: Search clicks based on Country, Browser & device in click history

• Fix: Link creation issue

1.1.3

• New: Add/ Edit/ Delete groups

• New: Add links to multiple groups

• Update: Now, able to create a short link from Posts & Pages lists screen

1.1.2

• Fix: Onboarding issue

1.1.1

• Fix: Call to undefined function Kaizen_Coders\Url_Shortify\Common\add_meta_box() fatal error

1.1.0

• New: Create short links for Posts & Pages automatically.

• New: Unlock full click history [PRO]

1.0.4

• New: Link Statistics (Click History last 7 days)

1.0.3

• New: Search links

• New: Sort links by name & created on time

• New: Update Tracking data

1.0.2

• New: Added support for link tracking

• New: Now able to copy short link

• New: Show quick stats (Unique Clicks, Total Clicks)

1.0.1

• New: Create nofollow/ noindex links

• New: Create Sponsored links

• New: Added support for parameters forwarding

1.0.0

• Initial Release