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WooCommerce Referral plugin – Changelog

by WPGens Team - Updated November 2024

This is the changelog of the Refer a Friend for WooCommerce PREMIUM plugin. Data is updated when the new version is up.

= 4.2.0 =
* Feature: Test your emails from admin screen.
* Security Fix: Added missing nonces.
* Feature: Improve filter for order status change.
* Support: Send referral code to Klaviyo.
* Fix: Nth coupon admin screen issue resolved.
* Fix: Reminder email cron adding only valid orders.
* Improvement: Exclude failed orders from fraud check.

= 4.1.4 =
* Fix: Email notifications missing referral links.
* Fix: Friend coupon after first order email text fixed.

= 4.1.3 =
* Fix: IP address fraud detection bug

= 4.1.2 =
* Email panel saving bug
* Preparation for email templates editing experience

= 4.1.1 =
* Admin panel saving bug

= 4.1.0 =
* Automatically email users with their referral code after their first purchase.
* Delay Modal Popup on Thank you page.

= 4.0.5 =
* Added new analytics section for admins.
* New Referral Popup on the Order Thank You page
* Translation fixed and added Italian language.

= 4.0.4 =
* Apply coupons as soon as product is added to the cart. -> This will fix all of the ajax cart plugins.
* Support for latest WooCommerce Blocks
* Code cleanup

= 4.0.3 =
* New feature: Ban referral link
* New feature: User Special Discount – Specify users to assign unique discount rates to them and their referees.
* Several UI fixes.
* PHP Error notice fixes.
* Security patch for email referrals.

= 4.0.2 =
* UI Fix for new template
* Facebook Messenger Fix
* Updated French translation
* New modern guest template update.

= 4.0.1 =
* Optional two columns layout for my account page.

= 4.0.0 =
* Completely new frontend look for better conversion rate. You can still opt-in to use legacy templates.
* Several new UI elements.
* Messenger Share.
* Preparation for Email template editor.
* Updated translations.

= 3.1.0 =
* Important Security fix: Some users were able to get an advocate coupon even if they did not pass the fraud check.
* New feature: WooCommerce Subscription (Enable partial coupon usage). Allows coupons to be partially used, reducing the coupon value if it exceeds the order amount.
* Improvement: Reward tracking – display friend’s first/last name instead of a display name.
* Improvement: WooCommerce 8.3 support.
* Developer: Added new WordPress filter for coupon type.
* Bug Fix: Fatal error fix when manually adding a coupon code.
* Bug Fix: The plugin would not apply discounts to users who were eligible for it.
* Preparation for a new feature to generate coupons X days after the order was marked as completed.

= 3.0.0 =
* Completely redesigned, modern, and user-friendly administration panel.
* New feature: Detailed Referral Orders Screen.
* New feature: Check referral earnings per advocate for defined period. (Track your monthly earnings from referrals for each advocate.)
* New feature: Reward users upon signup.
* Improved: Events screen.
* Speed optimization. Removed jquery cookie script from loading on frontend, now its a single JS file.
* Added several new filters. Documentation in progress.

= 2.4.3 =
* Fix: Wrong history orders showing on account page for latest version of WooCommerce
* Fix: WooCommerce Subscription bug
= 2.4.2 =
* Twitter rebrand

= 2.4.1 =
* Phone number fraud check
* Refer a friend data screen – showing all orders fix
* Preparations for the next big UI update.

= 2.4.0 =
* Refer a Friend Data screen bug fix

= 2.4.0 =
* Big Change: HPOS Support
* Order screen – optimized for speed/less queries

= 2.3.18 =
* Speeded up/Optimized checkout flow.
* Translation fix

= 2.3.17 =
* Viber share
* Fix for percentage discount on automatic subscription.

= 2.3.16 =
* Added Fraud prevention Settings panel.

= 2.3.14 =
* Subscription bug fix #2.

= 2.3.13 =
* Subscription bug fix.
* Disable guest coupons via coupon field fix.
* raf list table fixed to show all referral orders, not just the ones that created coupons.
* Better notice at the checkout on why coupon was removed.
* IP address check
* Share email disable button when ajax is working
* Prevent removing of the last email share input

= 2.3.12 =
* Free shipping for guest auto coupons
* Fix my account page – coupon listing
* Notify admin of fraud detection
* Fix my account coupon listing on mobiles
* Add coupon option to exclude sale items

= 2.3.11 =
* Better WPML support
* WhatsApp guest share fix
* Buyer email subject fix
* Minor coupon issue fixed
* Fix empty referrals applied on subscription renewals.
* Added button to remove email field
* Fix for number of referrals per screen
* Fix events timezone.

= 2.3.10 =
* Support for Aelia currency switcher for minimum order amount.
* Missing raf link bug fix.

= 2.3.9 =
* Security updates
* Woo Subscription change, ability to disable shipping discounts on automatic renewals.

= 2.3.8 =
* Guests are no longer able to keep using referral code with the same email address by checking out as a guest every time.

= 2.3.7 =
* Exclude sales item for coupon codes
* Japanese translation

= 2.3.6 =
* Fixed issue with referrals not showing even if checkbox to hide the ones with zero-order is not checked.
* Notice error removed.

= 2.3.5 =
* Added option to disable referral codes for users without orders.
* Prevent the use of false emails to get guest discounts.

= 2.3.4 =
* Fixed minimum amount required when applying coupon manually.

= 2.3.3 =
* WhatsApp share link fix.

= 2.3.2 =
* Disable sending of emails via option under emails tab.
* Urgent fix for manually added referral codes.

= 2.3.1=
* Manually add referral code for past orders
* Updated pot file with new translatable strings
* Few bugs fixed regarding the new event system

= 2.3.0 =
* New Events System for tracking all referral events across the site.
* New Share networks, Pinterest, WhatsApp desktop,  LinkedIn. Removed google+.

= 2.2.5 =
* Fix guest email links not working in some cases.

= 2.2.3 =
* Fix notice for Contact Form 7 shortcode

= 2.2.1 – 2.2.2 =
* Couple of small errors fixed after 2.2 update.

= 2.2.0 =
* FEATURE: Guests referral. A user does not need to be registered user to refer anymore, guests can refer now as well.
* FEATURE: Make sure email is valid when inviting via email.
* FEATURE: Export all referrals as CSV under Woocommerce -> Refer a friend data screen.
* FEATURE: WooCommerce Points & Rewards plugin is now fully supported, you can choose how many points user will earn when he is referring a friend.
* Critical fix: User could use both referral link and referral code in some cases.
* Support for latest Contact form 7 version.
* Optimization for checkout email field
* Templates have been updated to 2.2.0., please update them

= 2.1.1 =
* Fix for referral codes, exclude bug fix
* Added tab title filter.
* Added new classes for custom styling for referral codes vs referral links.
* Fix for referral codes applied on cart/checkout.
* Fix header notice on checkout,
* Fix issue of guest coupons when using referral codes instead of links, he was able to use code multiple times even tho he was registered user.

= 2.1.0 =
* Option to hide share via email.
* Better UX on share via email, inputs are reappearing after sending emails.
* Added a free shipping option for a coupon
* Added a new filter to enable coupon types created by other plugins
* Translation updates.
* Fall back to “Your Friend”, when user does not have first and last name and invites friends.
* Filter to easily change coupon generation to other order status than completed.
* Added action that runs after sending referral email.
* Subscription – option to spend all coupons at once.
* Added support for popup maker
* Contact Form 7 – bug fix.
* Small bug fixes
* Update to templates.

= 2.0.9 =
* Subscription renewal, fix a renewal bug.
* Click to copy is now available. Update your templates. Clear site cache.

= 2.0.8 =
* Minimum order bug fixed
* Added filter for order status
* Fixed the issue with woocommerce email look taking over headings from custom email template.

= 2.0.0 =
IMPORTANT: THIS IS BIG UPDATE.
(If you have been using custom filters/actions, please check updated version of them on docs)

* Plugin completely rewritten from scratch for better code organizing.
* New Email Templates
* New Templates System for the whole plugin. Copy everything from templates folder to theme/wpgens-raf folder and change HTML and styling.
* Support for WooCommerce Subscription auto-renewals.
* Ability to generate coupon codes for every nth referral.
* New referral codes as coupon codes besides referral links.
* Plenty of new filters & actions added
* Added names for email invites
* Plenty of other small changes.

IF you have translated plugin to your language, you will need to translate it again after this update as files have been changed.

= 1.2.7 =
* Fixed plugin folder name, back to old one – this was a mistake.
* Updated Refer a friend Data page to speed up loading time.
* Added currency on my account page and better date format which is using WordPress options date format.
* BIG UPDATE: Added brand new statistics under Woocommerce -> Reports -> Refer a Friend.

= 1.2.6 =
* IMPORTANT NEW: Order Box that shows all referral info. Its located in sidebar of order screen: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dgf58iofqonqidw/Screenshot%202017-11-10%2021.49.18.png?dl=0
* Add {{name}} tag in share emails body and subject.
* Add order ID to coupon description.
* Coupon value as percentage of order
* Exclude products by ID
* Added multiple security checks to prevent abuse.
* Change in a way referral is generated. Now all referals are generated but coupons are automatically generated only if it passes security features.
* Translation updated.
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V 1.2 –
A huge change to the “My Account” and “Product Tab” design.
Moved my account refer a friend data to separate tab.
More information for a user on their account page.
Check new design on this link: https://wpgens.com/downloads/refer-a-friend-for-woocommerce-premium/ before updating.

= 1.2.0 =
* Complete change of the front end look. Added email share and rewrote part of the code.

= 1.1.2 =
* Support for older version of Woocommerce. In woocommerce -> system added new button to reset data, to be used in dev environment.

= 1.1.1 =
* Woocommerce 3.0 support. Removed coupon % product discount that woocommerce removed.

= 1.1.0 =
* Upgrade notices describe the reason a user should upgrade. No more than 300 characters.

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial version

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