{"id":366,"date":"2017-06-27T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T20:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/?p=366"},"modified":"2021-12-15T15:30:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T21:30:58","slug":"reviews-2-1-beta-1-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/2017\/06\/27\/reviews-2-1-beta-1-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews 2.1 Beta 1 Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/downloads\/product-reviews\/\">Reviews<\/a> for Easy Digital Downloads makes it quick and easy for your visitors and customers to review the products offered on your website. We&#8217;re thrilled to\u00a0release\u00a0beta 1 of version 2.1. This is a significant update for Reviews that we&#8217;ve been working on for a few months now.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>New reports<\/h3>\n<p>Reporting has been added to Reviews to get a better sense of\u00a0how downloads are rated and which download is most reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>Three\u00a0reports have been introduced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Highest Average Rating of Products<\/li>\n<li>Lowest Average Rating of Products<\/li>\n<li>Most Reviewed Products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-372\" src=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-25-at-21.36.39-1024x677.png\" alt=\"Highest Average Rating Report\" width=\"722\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-25-at-21.36.39-1024x677.png 1024w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-25-at-21.36.39-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-25-at-21.36.39-768x508.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Request a review<\/h3>\n<p>A hugely requested feature that is coming to Reviews 2.1 is\u00a0store\u00a0owners being able to request reviews from customers after they&#8217;ve made a purchase.<\/p>\n<p>This feature can be enabled and configured\u00a0from the Reviews Emails settings (Downloads &gt; Settings &gt; Emails &gt; Reviews).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-373\" src=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/request-review-1024x730.png\" alt=\"Request a Review Settings\" width=\"722\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/request-review-1024x730.png 1024w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/request-review-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/request-review-768x548.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If the email is scheduled to send\u00a0at a later time,\u00a0a\u00a0CRON\u00a0job will be scheduled to send the email at\u00a0the set time. \u00a0The setting can\u00a0also have a <code>Start Date<\/code>\u00a0set to ensure only customers who have made purchases since the set date will get\u00a0emails.<\/p>\n<h3>Shortcode enhancements<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve made some significant enhancements to the shortcodes and\u00a0the\u00a0processing that\u00a0occurs in the background to render out the\u00a0contents of\u00a0shortcodes.<\/p>\n<p>A new shortcode has been\u00a0introduced to display the average rating of a\u00a0download. \u00a0It will display the name\u00a0of the download along with the calculated average rating.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0bug with the use of output\u00a0buffering has been fixed to ensure multiple reviews are displayed when using the <code>reviews<\/code>\u00a0shortcode.<\/p>\n<h3>Emails<\/h3>\n<p>All emails sent by Reviews are now fully customisable and can all\u00a0make use of distinct email template tags. Further to that, we&#8217;ve\u00a0introduced an optional Review Notification email that sends an email to site administrators when a new review is posted. The contents of the email sent is similar to that of WordPress&#8217; moderation email.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-376\" src=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/review-notification-email-1024x814.png\" alt=\"Review Notification Email\" width=\"722\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/review-notification-email-1024x814.png 1024w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/review-notification-email-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/review-notification-email-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/review-notification-email.png 1338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The emails\u00a0that can be customized are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reviewer Discount email<\/li>\n<li>Request review email<\/li>\n<li>FES Vendor Feedback email<\/li>\n<li>Admin notification email<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Metabox UI refresh<\/h3>\n<p>The metabox on the\u00a0Download edit page which displayed the most recent reviews has been revamped\u00a0to be cleaner, intuitive and easier to use. \u00a0It now uses AJAX to update the\u00a0status of reviews so changes can be made without having to leave the edit. \u00a0Replies can also be made inline and from the\u00a0metabox and again submitted via AJAX.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-379\" src=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-25-at-22.20.13-1024x592.png\" alt=\"New Metabox UI\" width=\"722\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-25-at-22.20.13-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-25-at-22.20.13-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/development\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-25-at-22.20.13-768x444.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Guest reviews<\/h3>\n<p>Reviews can now be posted without having a user account registered on the site beforehand. \u00a0This again can be enabled\u00a0from the\u00a0Settings page.<\/p>\n<h3>Other improvements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>New feature added to allow the posting of a review to be delayed by a certain amount of days after purchasing<\/li>\n<li><code>[[downloads]]<\/code> shortcode can now be sorted by average rating<\/li>\n<li>Only load CSS on single downloads and remove fixed width of labels<\/li>\n<li>Introduced an option to prevent authors from leaving reviews on their own products<\/li>\n<li>Use <code>edd_get_option()<\/code> instead of <code>$edd_options<\/code> global to ensure the correct filters are applied.<\/li>\n<li>All the review counter bars are now responsive<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Insert Review&#8221; media button wasn&#8217;t displaying anything when modal was opened<\/li>\n<li>Rating stars now display correct on the &#8220;Vendor Feedback page&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Dashboard widget now links to the correct URLs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Beta testing<\/h3>\n<p>The first beta of Reviews\u00a0version 2.1 is available to all valid license holders now, allowing store owners to try it out on their <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/blog\/staging-site-e-commerce\/\">staging environments<\/a> before going live with it. We\u2019ve been testing\u00a0it extensively\u00a0prior to releasing this beta and are confident with this version, but we encourage testing first to be sure. To learn how to opt-in to beta versions of our extensions, you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.easydigitaldownloads.com\/article\/1807-how-do-i-get-beta-versions-of-extensions\">this guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviews for Easy Digital Downloads makes it quick and easy for your visitors and customers to review the products offered on your website. We&#8217;re thrilled to\u00a0release\u00a0beta 1 of version 2.1. 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