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Easy Digital Downloads Changelog

View releases and changelogs for EDD and addons.
Software Licensing
Version 3.8.6 — June 17, 2022
  • Fix: Improved performance related to license retrieval and activation counts.
  • Dev: Remote Version and License Check methods can now return an array instead of only outputting JSON.
  • Dev: The arguments used to create a license can now be filtered.
  • EDD 3.0: License upgrades were not supporting the partially refunded status.
  • Samples
    • Sample Plugin
      • ‘Tested Up To’ value for WordPress Plugins now mirrors WordPress Core behavior.
      • EDD_SL_Plugin_Updater class is now 1.9.2.
All Access
Version 1.2 — June 13, 2022
  • New: The edd_aa_download_limit shortcode has been registered to allow store owners to easily show customers how many downloads they have remaining, when downloads are limited.
  • Improvement: The logic for checking whether a pass can access a download has been extracted into a class for improved logic and readability.
  • Improvement: A new function, edd_all_access_valid_order_statuses, has been registered.
  • Improvement: The All Access customer details header has been updated to match EDD core.
  • Fix: If the site’s list of All Access products was deleted, the list is automatically regenerated.
  • Fix: Passes now grant access to downloads in child categories when the parent category is enabled.
  • Fix: If a pass’ status was invalid, it could throw a fatal error when viewing the customer details in the admin.
  • Fix: Commissions styles/scripts are conditionally enqueued.
  • Fix: Accessing a single price All Access product via ajax could throw a PHP notice.
  • Fix: A PHP notice could occur if a payment object could not be retrieved for a pass.
  • Fix: Only show upcoming access periods if the dates can be calculated.
  • Refactor: The AllAccessProduct class has been introduced to consistently retrieve product data.
  • Dev: Refactor how the plugin is loaded and checks system requirements.
  • Dev: Minimum PHP version is 5.6.
  • Dev: A new function has been registered for retrieving the customer metadata for All Access passes.
  • Dev: EDD 3.0 – Partially refunded orders are included in valid order statuses.
  • Dev: EDD 3.0 – Unit tests have been updated for EDD 3.0 compatibility.
  • Dev: EDD 3.0 – Order dates have been updated to be consistent with EDD 3.0.
Dropbox
Version 2.0.4 — June 6, 2022
  • Change: The extension has been renamed to “EDD – Dropbox”.
  • Fix: The Dropbox connection now requires an optional refresh token to maintain the application’s authorization with short-lived access tokens. Existing users will need to re-authorize their Dropbox connection.
  • Fix: The extension could cause an undefined index error.
  • Dev: Improved compatibility with PHP 8.
  • Dev: Refactor how the plugin is loaded and checks system requirements.
  • Dev: Update how licensing is instantiated.
  • Dev: Minimum EDD version is 2.9.
Recurring Payments
Version 2.11.7 — May 31, 2022
  • Improvement: The payment method update form now uses the Stripe action hook to load the credit card form instead of calling it directly.
  • Change: The EDD Subscriber role will not be registered for new installs.
  • Change: Renewal orders will now be assigned a unique payment key.
  • Fix: The EDD Subscriber role capability was not correctly registered.
  • Fix: Manually creating a subscription for a single price product could throw a PHP notice.
  • Fix: If a renewal transaction failed in PayPal Commerce, it was not marked as failed in EDD.
  • Fix: Manually creating a subscription did not set the correct payment mode when test mode was enabled.
  • Dev: The subscriptions count method used an ambiguous column reference for the primary key.
  • Improvement: EDD 3.0 – subscription information will be moved to the order details tabs.
  • Fix: EDD 3.0 – the Stripe gateway now checks for the `complete` order status when checking if a subscription can be reactivated.
  • Fix: EDD 3.0 – Renewal orders were setting an incorrect price ID for single price products.
  • Fix: EDD 3.0 – Renewal orders no longer run ledger functions to update download/customer statistics.
  • Fix: EDD 3.0 – The edd_subscription order status has been added to the arrays of complete, refundable, net, and gross order statuses.
  • Fix: EDD 3.0 – Manually added subscription orders did not set the correct order item status.
  • Dev: EDD 3.0 – Order items in will be migrated to have the correct status. This affects existing 3.0 installs only.
  • Dev: EDD 3.0 – Unit tests have been updated for EDD 3.0 compatibility.
Wallet
Version 1.1.6 — April 19, 2022
  • Improvement: Move email settings into Emails tab.
  • Improvement: Performance is significantly improved when items are in a user’s cart.
  • Fix: Guests could make wallet deposits.
  • Fix: Wallet dates now use the site’s timezone.
  • Fix: Conditionally load extension assets.
  • Fix: Some translatable strings were incorrect.
  • Fix: Customer tabs were rendered incorrectly in EDD 3.0.
  • Dev: Update licensing to use EDD’s extension registry.
  • Dev: Refactor how the plugin is loaded and checks system requirements.
All Access
Version 1.1.11 — March 23, 2022
  • Dev: Software Licensing integration is compatible with EDD 3.0.
  • Improvement: Performance has been improved when validating passes.
  • Improvement: The Commissions integration has been improved.
  • Improvement: The edd_all_access_get_customer_pass_objects helper function has been introduced to return the most up to date pass objects for a customer.
  • Improvement: When instantiating the EDD_All_Access_Pass class, the expiration date is now checked automatically.
  • Fix: Passes which should sync with Recurring Payments now use the subscription expiration instead of replicating calculations.
  • Fix: Post meta tooltip text now displays correctly.
Software Licensing
Version 3.8.5 — March 17, 2022
  • Change: Renewal notices settings are now under the main email settings tab.
  • Update: The bundled German translation files have been updated.
  • Improvement: Placeholder URL schemes are now https.
  • Improvement: The renewal discount can now be filtered more precisely.
  • Fix: Changing the price option of the main bundle product is now properly reflected on child licenses.
Frontend Submissions
Version 2.7.1 — March 9, 2022
  • Fix: Corrected a mismatched legend element in the form builder.
  • Fix: Fixed PHP compatibility issue with versions lower than 7.3.
  • Fix: Fixed multiple undefined variable references in the field classes.
  • Dev: Removed the .github folder from the build assets.
Frontend Submissions
Version 2.7.0 — March 8, 2022
  • New: FES emails have an entirely new editor experience–look under Downloads > Settings > Emails > FES.
  • Improvement: The FES form builder UI has been simplified and modernized.
  • Improvement: The FES form builder fields are more accessible.
  • Improvement: The FES admin menu has been merged under the Easy Digital Downloads menu.
  • Improvement: The FES multiple pricing field now uses the same default variable pricing IDs as EDD core.
  • Improvement: Button styles on the vendor dashboard have been made more consistent.
  • Improvement: The description for the meta key field in the form builder has been improved.
  • Improvement: Vendors who have WordPress roles which should grant them access to the Dashboard can now do so.
  • Improvement: The username field has been removed from the vendor profile in the admin, since it cannot be changed.
  • Change: The FES vendor dashboard icons now use an icon font (Dashicons).
  • Change: FES tools are now under Downloads > Tools.
  • Change: The vendor current year sales/earnings report has been updated to use more efficient database queries and a more modern graphing tool.
  • Fix: The section break field no longer outputs empty HTML elements.
  • Fix: Fields marked as required now use HTML5 markup.
  • Fix: When viewing vendor reports, an undefined variable was referenced.
  • Fix: The vendor products in the admin are now paginated, instead of all showing.
  • Fix: Vendor commission pagination in the admin now works correctly.
  • Fix: Updating a vendor without automatic approval enabled threw a PHP notice.
  • Dev: The fes_get_sales_by_date and fes_get_earnings_by_date functions have been updated for EDD 3.0 compatibility.
  • Dev: Helper functions for getting the current user ID and checking whether a field is readonly have been created.
  • Dev: The FES integrations property is now declared explicitly.
  • Dev: Update how licensing is instantiated.
  • Dev: Refactor how the plugin is loaded and checks for requirements.
Invoices
Version 1.3.4 — March 1, 2022
  • New: The invoice update form is now a template file.
  • Change: After updating an invoice, the updated invoice opens in a new tab.
  • Change: After updating an invoice, the “Back” button is now a “Home” button.
  • Fix: The email tag was not rendering correctly in emails.
  • Fix: An out of date translation file was removed.
Software Licensing
Version 3.8.4 — February 15, 2022
  • Fix: The license keys shortcode was not showing “Unlimited” for unlimited licenses.
  • Fix: In certain scenarios, users who opted into upgrading to betas could not upgrade to a newer stable version of a download.
  • Fix: Variable prices could not set the activation limit to be empty.
  • Fix: The Software Licensing upgrade notice was showing on new EDD 3.0 installations.
Recurring Payments
Version 2.11.6 — February 8, 2022
  • Fix: The transaction list in the edd_subscriptions shortcode now shows the correct date.
  • Fix: Content Restriction — The active subscription check for a specific product in the shortcode attributes has been fixed.
  • Change: Content Restriction — When the subscription parameter is added to the shortcode, the Content Restriction messages are used if a user does not have access to the content.
Reviews
Version 2.2.2 — February 8, 2022
  • Fix: Voting on a review now shows the updated vote information.
  • Fix: Votes increment as expected.
  • Fix: Votes on a review are now being stored correctly in the database.
  • Fix: Front end input fields no longer set an explicit size attribute.
  • Refactor: Voting, API, asset loading, and settings functions have been moved to individual classes.
  • Dev: Class properties are now explicitly, rather than dynamically, declared.
Invoices
Version 1.3.3 — February 3, 2022
  • New: Invoices can now be disabled for free purchases via the extension settings.
  • Fix: Order items on invoices now show the subtotal amount for each product, rather than the amount after fees.
  • Fix: Invoices now use the correct order date.
  • Fix: Orders with incomplete data could throw notices during the migration to EDD 3.0.
Message
Version 1.2.3 — February 3, 2022
  • Change: Emails to FES vendors are now logged with the vendor ID when logging is enabled.
  • Fix: Emails to FES vendors could have been linked to a customer.
  • Fix: When an email address was selected, the contact name was not visible in the “to” field.
  • Dev: Update how licensing is instantiated.
  • Dev: Refactor how the plugin is booted and checks for requirements.
  • Dev: Improved compatibility with PHP 8.1.
Git Download Updater
Version 1.3 — January 31, 2022
  • New: GitHub repositories now support releases in addition to tags.
  • New: An action hook, edd_git_zip_extracted, has been added to allow developers to manipulate the downloaded archive before final packaging.
  • New: More detailed error messages if something goes wrong during a fetch.
  • Changed: The transient to store the list of repositories is now stored indefinitely, but can be manually refreshed.
  • Changed: The warning modal has been updated for improved accessibility.
  • Changed: The new/edit download interface has been further updated to be consistent with the WordPress admin.
  • Dev: The minimum PHP version is now 5.6.
  • Dev: Improved compatibility with PHP 8.
  • Dev: The class to process a downloaded file now uses its own properties.
Recurring Payments
Version 2.11.5 — January 26, 2022
  • Improvement: The “View Invoice” link on the front-end subscription page has been replaced with a “View Transactions” link. This allows the customer to view all transactions associated with a subscription, instead of just the first one.
  • Improvement: Stripe – Activate EDD subscriptions via webhook. This fixes an edge case scenario where the Stripe payment was taken but the EDD subscription was not activated.
  • Fix: Content Restriction – When using the edd_restrict shortcode, the message parameter was ignored when subscription check is set.
  • Fix: Content Restriction – The edd_restrict shortcode wasn’t working well when using a mixture of recurring and non-recurring products.
  • Fix: PayPal – Subscription status incorrectly changed to “expired” after subscription has completed. (When using the “Times” field.)
  • Fix: Renewal payments don’t show the subscription status on the admin Payment Details page.
  • Fix: Add an additional check to ensure renewal reminders are not sent for cancelled subscriptions.
ConvertKit
Version 1.0.10 — January 20, 2022
  • Dev: The plugin has been refactored to use the EDD Newsletter Tool for more consistent behavior and to reduce conflicts with other extensions.
Purchase Limit
Version 1.2.23 — January 20, 2022
  • Fix: Price option selector not working with Frontend Submissions and variable prices.
Custom Deliverables
Version 1.1 — January 18, 2022
  • Improvement: Admin UI has been reworked for better responsiveness and accessibility.
  • Improvement: Update how scripts are enqueued to ensure they’re loaded in the footer and that versions are set.
  • Improvement: Show an error message if marking a deliverable as fulfilled fails to save.
  • Improvement: Hide the “mark as fulfilled” button when a custom file changes, as a re-save is required before fulfillment can be updated.
  • Fix: Prevent custom files from being added to bundles. (They were never supported, and we’ve now updated the UI to help better reflect that.)
  • Fix: Ajax callbacks missing capability checks.
  • Fix: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get_meta.
  • Fix: Ensure custom deliverables are updated to the protected /edd directory.
  • Fix: Download links not displayed in email when bundles are purchased.
  • Fix: Purchase receipt may include empty/broken custom file links.
  • Dev: Update settings to remove compatibility for EDD versions lower than 2.5.
  • Dev: Ajax callbacks now use wp_send_json() and wp_send_json_error().
  • Dev: Update how licensing is instantiated.
  • Dev: Refactor how the plugin is booted and checks for requirements.
  • Dev: Reduce code duplication between core plugin and FES integration.
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