XFtoWP Changelog

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XFtoWP 1.3.1

Released: December 1, 2021

  1. Now loads plugin integrations to more reliable plugins_loaded action hook
  2. Fixes potential warning message if no WP user ID found on WooCommerce purchase

Note: XFtoWP 1.4 is coming soon! Check the XFtoWP forums (logged-in customers only) for a sneak peak of the new features.

XFtoWP 1.3 stable

Released: November 8, 2021

XFtoWP 1.3 is now marked stable and officially ready for all licensed customers to update! Read the first changelog entry here for a rundown of the new features and changes.

This stable release adds two minor changes found since the Release Candidate phase, so if you are using this version you should update to fully stable by downloading and updating the plugin files to your site.

The plugin auto updater is available if you are upgrading from 1.2 or lower.

Changelog:

  • Fix: Ensures user first sync date is always saved to postmeta
  • Style: Minor admin settings page markup changes

XFtoWP 1.3 (Release Candidate 1)

Released: October 24, 2021

  • New: Sync Custom User Fields from WordPress users back to XenForo profiles
  • New: Enable or disable plugin integrations from the XFtoWP dashboard
  • New: Auto-refreshes forum data with set refresh time (defaults to 30 minutes)
  • New: Show forum stats and members online with the XF Content widget
  • New: Re-order widget positions with simple text sorting
  • Admin settings & design updates
    • Adds “last synced” date to top of settings panel
    •  Blurs sensitive connection info until editing text input
    • Shows easier to read sync dates for users in Edit User profile settings
    • Adds link back to XF profile from Edit user settings
  • Bug fix: Ensures “XF actions” meta box only appears on supported post types
  • Bug fix: Now fully handles syncing complex passwords with better decoding (thanks @keenants)
  • Adds 6 new translation strings to WP admin > XFtoWP > Edit Strings
  • Code + file reorganization for easier plugin readability
    • Added new /integrations/ folder to root
    • Moved filters.php, strings.php to root
    • Renamed /assets/ folder to /lib/
    • Send your own logic to custom user fields with the xfwp_custom_fields and xfwp_custom_user_fields_data hooks
    • Deprecated xfwp_user_sync_post_type filter, use xfwp_integrations_data instead

XFtoWP 1.1.3

Released: April 14, 2021

  • Hard filters out common excerpt strings ..., [...] from automatically showing in WordPress excerpts. To ensure you have consistent excerpts, edit the “default thread” settings in XFtoWP > Thread comments > Create thread
  • Removes unusable {content} variable from create thread controls

XFtoWP 1.2 Beta 1

Released: February 27, 2021

Read beta guide and take features tour

Discuss XFtoWP 1.2 beta on the forums.

  • NEW: Sync users from XenForo to WordPress in a very easy way
  • NEW: Capture user actions to create automated workflows like group promotion, send conversations, and more.
  • NEW: The redesigned Connected data page show you which threads and users are syncing across sites.
  • Access the “Edit strings” and “Connected data” settings pages from the XenForo admin menu
    Xenforo admin links
  • Fixes a bug where the Thread comments meta box stopped working when moved out of the right hand sidebar in the WordPress Blocks Editor
  • A massive rewrite of the XFtoWP Requests API was done for better code organization and far easier access to request methods

XFtoWP 1.1.2

Released: February 8, 2021

  1. Hides “create thread” button until post is published to prevent early thread creation
  2. Fixes warning message if new thread message content is invalid
  3. Adds clearfix to forum call to action to prevent rare layout shifts

XFtoWP 1.1.1

Released: January 24, 2021

  1. Ensures all existing thread IDs show in post meta fields after upgrade to version 1.1.

XFtoWP 1.1

Released: January 23, 2021

  1. NEW: New “schedule” button allows you to create threads when post is published manually or scheduled for later.
  2. NEW: Set canonical URL on forum (see setup guide)
  3. Call to action now consistently shows at end of comments thread
  4. Smarter comment load and refresh process
  5. Improved user settings and post meta save protocol
  6. Ensures all special characters and HTML entities are rendered in thread content
  7. Fixes “remove quote” setting, now applies when selected
  8. Adds max height to blockquote style for long quote replies
  9. Adds protection from possible outside AJAX interference
  10. Adds correct font icon name to Forum Listing widget
  11. URL trailing slash and API short URL consistency
  12. Cleans up a potential browser log error notice and server notices
  13. New template functions: get_xf_url(), get_xf_site_title()
  14. Hides XFWP post meta key in post editor