Software Licensing – Easy Digital Downloads

Version 3.6 (Phased Roll-out) — April 3, 2018

IMPORTANT: This update will ask you to perform database maintenance once installed. Your site should remain functional during this time.
New: Improved stability and performance by moving license data to custom database tables.
New: Added license status CSS class to customers license list view.
New: When a license is renewed or upgraded, the timestamp of the purchase is now stored on the license meta.
New: Added .test to the TLDs to check when determining if it is a local activation or not.
New: Added capabilities for license management (view_licenses, manage_licenses, delete_licenses).
New: Added the ability to swap the price_id of a license.
New: Included helper text to the +/- buttons for license activation increase and decrease.
New: Clarified terminology for ‘activate’ regarding licenses vs sites.
New: Improved the hooks and filters in the Software Licensing API.
New: Improved the flexibility of EDD_SL_Package_Download.
New: Enhanced licenses list table with more helpful data.
New: Tables on the front end now have the .edd-table class.
New: Removed the final keyword from the EDD_SL_License class.
New: Improved searching for license keys by supporting partial key search.
New: Change ‘View’ to ‘Manage’ on the licenses list table.
New: Changelogs can now be filtered.
New: Betas can now be downloaded from the front-end by users.
New: Refunded renewals now rollback the expiration date of any associated licenses (Recurring Payments).
New: Improve stability of package delivery when files are added and removed from downloads.
New: API Responses now include the Item ID.
New: Improved the license export tool to avoid timeouts when exporting a large number of licenses.
Fix: Corrected an issue preventing files from being downloaded when a purchase had 2 license keys for the same product.
Fix: Improved the accuracy and stability of the Retroactive License Processor.
Fix: We now prevent a case where you can ‘upgrade’ to the same price ID that is already owned.
Fix: Increased get_license_keys_of_user() to get 50 keys.
Fix: Deleting initial payment attached to licenses could cause MySQL errors.
Fix: Fixed data inconsistencies between bundle and child license keys.
Fix: Renewal payment IDs are now being added to the license meta (Recurring Payments).
Fix: Renewal notices were sometimes being sent to refunded licenses.
Fix: Prevent an issue with lifetime licenses when upgrading to a bundle.
Fix: License activation is now only logged once.
Fix: Child license expirations could sometimes get out of sync with their bundle license expiration.
Fix: Deleting a payment did not remove it from the license meta.
Fix: HTTP was being forced on the beta file URLs, causing issues.
Fix: Replaced current_time(‘timestamp’) with time() in the sample plugin.
Fix: Generally improved the performance of getting license counts.
Fix: The edd_empty_cart function was not clearing edd_is_renewal data.
Fix: Frontend output of the changelog is now run through stripslashes().
Fix: There was an undefined variable notice in the Sample Theme.
Fix: Upgrading from a single-site Bundle to a multi-site Bundle wasn’t always applying the correct price id assignment.
Fix: Updated the Automattic_Readme parser.
Fix: Updated the Markdown_Parser.
Dev: Added filters to the EDD_SL_Download upgrade file key methods.
Dev: Added filters for hash verification in package links.
Dev: Added edd_ignore_x_accel_redirect filter.
Dev: Improved comments and documentation throughout the plugin and samples.

Version 3.5.23 — December 13, 2017

Fix: Local URL identification during API calls could fail for some domain non-local domain schemas.

Version 3.5.22 — November 20, 2017

New: Add actions to the upgrades metabox.
Fix: Corrected an issue causing inline upgrade links to throw PHP Notices.
Fix: Prevent an issue causing retrieving a renewal discount amount on a non-existant license key.

Version 3.5.21 — October 10, 2017

Fix: Repeatable row wrappers for upgrades incorrectly had the edd_repeatable_upload_wrapper class applied.
Fix: Upgrading from lifetime licenses to time-limited licenses fall back to cost-based proration.
Fix: Upgrades from lifetime licenses to time-limited licenses caused incorrect license expiration dates.
New: Added prefix to Software Licensing API response cache keys
New: Activating/Deactivating licenses from Admin now shows an entry in the license logs.
New: Improved staging detection of EDD_Software_Licensing::is_local_url.`

Version 3.5.20 — September 15, 2017

Fix: Item name check did not account for if a download had been deleted.
Fix: Revoking a license was only limited to ‘completed’ payments, affecting some gateways.
Fix: Activations on licenses did not change after upgrading to a different product.
Fix: Remove use of wp_cache to avoid issues with licenses having incorrect status.

Version 3.5.19 — September 5, 2017

Fix: User ID not set properly on some license keys
Tweak: Adjusted plugin name to be consistent with product name
Tweak: Added support for bypassing cache with EDD_SL_SKIP_CACHE constant

Version 3.5.18 — July 27, 2017

Tweak: $license parameter now passed to edd_sl_check_item_name filter
Fix: Duplicate license keys generated when purchasing a bundle with multiple of the same product assigned to different price options
Fix: Empty customer column on license keys table and license details screen when custom record does not have a name set
Fix: Price option of bundled products not properly set on license keys when purchasing a bundle

Version 3.5.17 — July 20, 2017

Fix: Improved cache invalidation of instantiated EDD_SL_License objects.
Fix: EDD_SL_License did not properly update status when it was changed programatically.
Fix: “View Details” link was missing from update notifications in some instances.
Fix: Customer license list did not account for alphanumeric payment numbers.
Fix: Use check_item_name() when comparing names in get_version API calls.
New: Plugin and Theme updaters now default verifying SSLs when calling the Software Licensing API.
New: Added a filter to X-Accel-Redirect file delivery to allow customizations.
New: Added a filter to the license manage overview list.
New: Add two new filters in the check and activate license methods.
Tweak: Use is_callable on license card view instead of function_exists.
Tweak: Cart quantities are now disabled on license renewal items on checkout.
Tweak: @return inline docs for EDD_Software_Licensing::get_license() was incorrect.

Version 3.5.16 — June 21, 2017

Fix: Prevent possible PHP Warnings when attempting to activate a license with an invalid license key.
Fix: License List Table was truncating product names with hyphens at the wrong point.
Fix: License template checks should use licnese User ID, not payment User ID.
Fix: In some scenarios, the stable version was always being overwritten by the beta version when Betas were enabled.
Tweak: Added ‘edd_sl_allow_bundle_activation’ filter to allow extending bundle licensing.

Version 3.5.15 — May 19, 2017

Fix: Incorrect payments showing in Payment History when filtering by upgrades.

Version 3.5.14 — May 11, 2017

Fix: Beta versions overwriting stable versions when products have beta enabled.

Version 3.5.13 — May 8, 2017

Fix: Update notifications not working for products that include a hyphen in their name.

Version 3.5.12 — May 4, 2017

Fix: Check for EDD_BYPASS_NAME_CHECK in remote get version checks.
Fix: Beta version number overwritten by stable new_version when using readme parsing.
Fix: Renewal discount was shown on checkout even when the amount was $0.00.
Fix: Undefined variable “unsubscribed” in license view on lifetime memberships.
Fix: Sanitize message output when displaying renewal error messages on checkout.

Version 3.5.11 — April 21, 2017

New: Added ability for customer to unsubscribe from license expiration emails on a per-license basis.
New: Added German translations.
Fix: Re-Generating licenses for bundles after having licensing enabled caused additional license keys to be generated.
Fix: Custom date ranges in License Upgrades and License Renewals report displayed incorrectly.
Fix: A PHP Notice was possible during license upgrades with PHP 7.1.1.
Fix: get_version API call would fail when no license key was provided.

Version 3.5.10 — March 24, 2017

Fix: License key for different product can return update notification with incorrect version number.
Fix: Better cache invalidation when making changes to licenses.
Fix: PHP7 compatibility – Remove set_magic_quotes_runtime() check and usage.
Fix: Add fallback for edd_get_payment() to use EDD_SL_License class directly.
Fix: Incorrect markup around file upload field in Beta metabox caused problems with Amazon S3 Extension.

Version 3.5.9 — March 14, 2017

New: Added is_expired() method to EDD_SL_License class.
Fix: Renewal URL should not be shown on lifetime license keys.
Fix: Cache not properly updated when adding / removing site URLs.
Fix: Cache not properly updated when changing license key status.

Version 3.5.8 — March 9, 2017

Fix: Lifetime option not working properly for non-variable priced products.

Version 3.5.7 — March 8, 2017

Fix: Licenses not always being renewed when a renewal payment is processed.
Fix: There was a potential for the activation count incremented twice when URL checking is disabled.
Fix: When a bundle license was renewed, child licenses were extending by their own product’s terms, not the bundles terms.
New: You can now sort the payment history by renewal or upgrade purchases.

Version 3.5.6 — February 27, 2017

Fix: Lifetime flag not properly set on child license keys when upgrading a bundle from non-lifetime to lifetime
Fix: Child license keys not showing their expiration date on the licenses list table
Fix: Activation limit cannot be set to Unlimited on child license keys
Fix: edd_sl_post_set_status and edd_sl_pre_set_status actions not firing when license keys marked as expired

Version 3.5.5 — February 23, 2017

Important: Plugin updater class updated to 1.6.11
New: License API responses now include the Price ID when associated.
New: Added a renewal link to the view licenses screen.
New: Added license status to License Keys tab on customer card view.
Fix: License Renewal Notices Logs page failed to load.
Fix: Disabled license keys were not showing on the licenses tab on the customer card.
Fix: Increasing license activation limit within admin was not saving changes.
Fix: Child license expirations were not affected by bundle license expiration changes.
Fix: Inconsistent counts were being returned when activating licenses via API.
Fix: Getting version info failed when passing product name only.
Fix: Nightly check for expired licenses needed a limit on how many license keys it queries.

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