Newsletters v3.9.9 Release Notes

WordPress Newsletter plugin v3.9.9 release notes.

Added

• Contact Form 7 integration (extension)
• DKIM signature for outgoing emails
• Universal confirmation email for multiple lists
• Unsubscribe from all link via shortcode [wpmlunsubscribeall]
• Mailing list(s) as special, editable custom field
• Require activation/confirmation for importing subscribers
• From Name/Address per newsletter/email
• URLs list at the bottom of TEXT emails when using multi-part
• Encoding setting to set the encoding of outgoing emails
• Preview iframe under Newsletters > Create Newsletter
• New user notification when registering a subscriber as a user
• Auto conversion of theme CSS to inline styles when saving theme
• Bounce statistics per sent email/newsletter
• Errors in the email queue section for failed emails
• Record/save unsubscribe data globally and per newsletter
• Editable templates for posts and latest posts
• Years/months/days options in the statistics chart of Overview
• Date range (from/to) for the statistics chart of Overview
• WordPress dashboard widget with newsletters overview
• Really Simple Captcha plugin settings/configuration for subscribe forms
• Excerpt length and read more settings/configuration
• Link/click tracking globally, per newsletter and per subscriber

Improved

• Better unsubscribe options
• Choose email to send Preview to under Newsletters > Create Newsletter
• Show private lists on the unsubscribe page
• Autoresponders to send X days from now
• Call Javascript in external file where possible
• Date picker custom field to have dates before 1950
• Activate all subscribers button for each mailing list
• Add parameter to excerpt shortcode to limit the number of words
• Make HR tags in post templates invisible
• Parameters for shortcode and hardcoded subscribe forms
• Load jQuery UI core and widget Javascript
• Remove Javascript dialogs/alerts/notifications and display in page
• Trim left/right spaces from email address before saving
• Change all static instances of “wp-content” to dynamic
• qTranslate support for email templates/snippets
• Change CSS selector for borders
• Prevent blank spaces at the end of the CSV file to break the import
• phpMailer upgrade for PHP 5/6
• Match plugin date/time with the WordPress date/timezone
• Shortcode to display unsubscribe URL only [wpmlunsubscribeurl]
• Secure the subscribers CSV export folder/directory
• Remove custom RAW shortcode definition
• Convert all emails to lowercase before saving
• TinyMCE editor for email templates/snippets
• Remove X-MileOLE email header on all emails
• Subject and message fields for the “Test Email Settings” utility
• Remove Gmail SMTP setting and use the same SMTP for all SMTP
• Improvements to 2CheckOut (2CO) for paid subscriptions
• Add “Configure Email Scheduling” button under email queue section
• TimThumb turn off ALLOW_ALL_EXTERNAL_SITES for security
• Move “Server Type” setting to the “Bounce Configuration” section
• Parse all shortcodes in history and preview emails like regular emails
• “Emails” link for each Autoresponder under Newsletters > Autoresponders
• Improvements to PayPal for paid subscriptions
• Auto authenticate/validate the [wpmlmanage] shortcode link
• Rename “Email Templates” to “Email Snippets” throughout the plugin
• Move “Email Templates” under Create Newsletter to “Insert into Newsletter” box
• Remember the last selected tab under Manage Subscriptions section
• Sortable columns/fields in all sections of the admin panel
• Moved emails sent above the preview when viewing a history email
• Updated “Support & Help” section links
• Improved “Recent Emails” design under Overview
• Improved error messages for ajax sending/queuing of emails
• Remove subscriber, list, etc. requirements when viewing an online email
• New Iris Color picker integration into the plugin
• User-friendly image/icon for certain shortcodes when inserting into newsletter
• IP address column in the CSV export of subscribers
• Improve sending from the queue procedure
• “Select All” checkbox for inserting posts into newsletter
• Changed “History/Draft Emails” to “Sent & Draft Emails”
• Implement the WordPress Widget API for subscribe forms
• Really Simple Captcha plugin cleanup schedule and settings
• Show private lists under auto import WordPress users settings
• Move “Newsletters” menu up to Objects below posts, comments, etc.
• Change “Post Publishing Configuration” to “Posts Configuration”

Fixed

• Shortcodes didn’t work in the text part of multi-part emails
• Register subscribers as users problem
• Change all instances of the Order object to prevent conflicts with other plugins
• Subscription form fields disappear with no list selected
• Configuration right sidebar doesn’t show in Firefox
• Emails from newsletters RSS feed is not viewable online
• Multiple manage subscriptions pages being created due to W3 Total Cache
• Delete all associations when a sent/history email is deleted
• user_id is not saving to subscriber when adding a registered email
• Subscription Orders section bulk actions were faulty
• qTranslate and widgets was breaking the Appearance > Widgets section
• Couldn’t edit groups, could only create new ones
• CGI bounce piping fixed
• Newsletter history/archive “Subscriber cannot be read” error fixed