# AAWP — Changelog

`meteorgpl-plugin/aawp` · 194 releases, newest first, as published by the vendor.

## 5.1.0 — 2026-09-03

- Tweak: Update creators API PHP SDK to 1.3.0
- Tweak: Add Minn Admin compatibility
- Tweak: Run AAWP API scheduled test connection conditionally
- Fix: Availability status incorrectly set to "out_of_stock" when Amazon API places availability on a non-first offer listing
- Fix: Automatic cache renewal not refreshing bestseller/new-releases lists products position
- Fix: Invalid products are never marked "invalid" when using Creators API
- Info: WordPress 7.1 compatibility
- Info: Bump minimum required PHP version to 8.1
- Info: Update Freemius WP SDK to version 2.13.4

## 5.0.10 — 2026-08-11

- Tweak: Include books pages count and publication date as product data attributes
- Tweak: Add error message for 'not_found' API error code
- Fix: PHP warnings when the legacy PA-API settings is stored as empty string
- Fix: Creators API products silently fail to save when ASIN has multiple EAN/ISBN codes
- Info: WordPress 7.0.3 compatibility

## 5.0.9 — 2026-07-09

- Tweak: Retrieve additional data such as line info and external ids from Creators API
- Fix: Unaunthenticated SQL Injection via Click Tracking
- Fix: Duplicate db queries on Click Tracking admin page
- Fix: Client IP issues on proxies and laod balancers

## 5.0.8 — 2026-06-03

- Tweak: Update block editor apiVersion to 3 to fix TypeError while selecting block
- Fix: 503 error when sorting products by clicks in case of large number of products
- Fix: Star rating/reviews no longer working
- Fix: Missing information from creators API like product group and binding
- Fix: Total clicks number in the Products Overview page was broken
- Fix: Incorrect asin value in click tracking data export
- Info: Bump minimum required WP version to 6.3

## 5.0.7 — 2026-04-23

- Fix: Click Tracking not updating clicks on some stores
- Fix: Action Scheduler action still running when deactivated
- Fix: Alignment issues on WordPress 7
- Fix: Too many requests error update on quota refresh
- Info: Update Action Scheduler library to v3.9.3

## 5.0.6 — 2026-04-08

- New: Lasso Migration
- New: Filterby asin option in lists
- Tweak: Advanced Ads v2 compatibility
- Tweak: Add custom template information as telemetry data
- Tweak: Optimize AAWP API upgrade link
- Fix: Clicks entries issue due to db garbage collection
- Fix: Product availability status in AAWP API
- Fix: Fatal error when notifications feed provided unexpected result
- Info: Update Freemius WP SDK to version 2.13.1
- Info: WordPress 7.0 compatibility

## 5.0.5 — 2026-02-27

- Tweak: Support for the Amazon creators API v3 credentials
- Fix: Product availability status in AAWP API

## 5.0.4 — 2026-02-27

- Fix: PSR package compatibility issue due to prefixing
- Fix: Incorrectly mapped in_stock_scarce availability status to out_of_stock
- Fix: Placeholder tracking id if none of the Amazon API is connected

## 5.0.3 — 2026-02-17

- New: Filter products by "out of stock" status in Products Overview table
- New: Display AAWP plugin version in header
- Tweak: Prefix GuzzleHttp to prevent plugin conflicts
- Tweak: Improve invalid product handling
- Tweak: Remove redundant api error log entry
- Fix: Missing additional optional arguments to Creators API
- Fix: Database errors in logs when the table wasn't created yet
- Fix: Product image additional variants were missing
- Fix: Prime eligibility status not showing for some stores

## 5.0.2 — 2026-02-10

- Tweak: Remove AAWP API key error notice if API is successfully connected
- Tweak: Optimize truncating string to avoid special character as last character
- Fix: Creators API resulting in "no product found" when product's availability status is too long
- Fix: Custom tracking id not working with Creators API
- Fix: Uncaught Error: count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, string given
- Fix: Missing product_group field in the database with Creators API
- Fix: Country flag doesn't change immediately until save in Creators API

## 5.0.1 — 2026-01-29

- Fix: Prime settings, description, price format issue when Creators API is used

## 5.0.0 — 2026-01-29

- New: Amazon creators API support
- Tweak: Improve AAWP API key handling
- Fix: Custom tracking IDs not tracked in click tracking

## 4.4.0 — 2026-01-15

- Info: Using the AAWP API now requires a valid API key

## 4.3.4 — 2026-01-12

- Fix: Secondary image shown instead of main image while using AAWP API
- Tweak: Text adjustment in AAWP API settings

## 4.3.3 — 2025-12-23

- New: Amalinks Pro Migration

## 4.3.2 — 2025-12-09

- Tweak: Display API products quota reset year
- Fix: Prevent API disconnection in case of temporary errors
- Info: Update Freemius WP SDK to version 2.13.0

## 4.3.1 — 2025-12-04

- Tweak: Add a reconnect button to refresh AAWP API connection
- Tweak: Prevent attempting product fetch if API connection status is not active
- Fix: Scheduled background AAWP API connection check not working properly
- Fix: Fatal error during upgrade process when using old version of the plugin
- Fix: Deprecated notice on data fields on php 8.1+
- Fix: Conflict with Site Origin Widgets Bundle plugin on tinyMCE editor
- Info: WordPress 6.9 compatibility
- Info: Bump minimum required PHP version to 7.2.24

## 4.3.0 — 2025-11-04

- Tweak: Optimize information about AAWP API Usage
- Fix: Delete/renew action causing "headers already sent" issue in products table
- Fix: The field for highlighting products disappears after save in comparison table
- Fix: Failed to load AAWP TinyMCE plugin
- Fix: Currency format for Ireland store

## 4.2.9 — 2025-10-17

- Tweak: Make .htaccess compatible with Apache 2.4 as well
- Tweak: Validate ASIN before sending to API
- Tweak: Schedule a test connection to AAWP API
- Tweak: Fetch notifications from API every 7 days instead of daily
- Tweak: Filter to make text adjustments in the price line of product box
- Tweak: Filter to allow image crop
- Tweak: Improve data deletion on uninstall
- Tweak: Optimize API usage quota information
- Fix: Make english language default for notifications from API
- Info: Update Freemius WP SDK to version 2.12.2
- Info: Update translations

## 4.2.8 — 2025-06-02

- Fix: Gutenberg block crashes when highlighting the text within it
- Info: Update Freemius WP SDK to version 2.12.0
- Info: Bump minimum required WP version to 5.6

## 4.2.7 — 2025-04-29

- Fix: Translation loading was triggered too early

## 4.2.6 — 2025-04-25

- New: Amazon Ireland is available as selectable store now
- Tweak: Add "Extend API Quota" link to notification
- Fix: Warnings due to incorrectly used unserialize() function
- Fix: Geo-targeting for users from Luxembourg not redirecting to amazon.de
- Fix: PHP Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property in PHP 8.2+
- Fix: Tools & Clicks pages tab icons incorrectly aligned
- Info: Update Chartjs library to 4.4.9
- Info: WordPress 6.8 compatibility

## 4.2.5 — 2025-04-02

- Fix: HTML issue in inline info & disclaimer fields output
- Fix: Amazon API status not syncing properly
- Info: Bump minimum PHP version to 7.1
- Info: Update Action Scheduler library to v3.9.2

## 4.2.4 — 2025-02-10

- Tweak: Add more specific message on AAWP API error
- Tweak: Open 'Extend API access' link on new tab
- Tweak: Update toggle label for Geotargeting
- Tweak: Enhnace security measures for better data handling
- Fix: Advanced Ads integration broken layout
- Fix: Alignment issue on products listtable

## 4.2.3 — 2025-01-27

- Info: Updated Freemius SDK to v2.11.0

## 4.2.2 — 2025-01-14

- Tweak: Improve quota check route in AAWP API
- Fix: Block layout issue on themes with small container width
- Fix: Language detection issue with latest WP version
- Fix: Broken stylings on Elementor preview editor
- Fix: Load AAWP TinyMCE on content editor only
- Fix: Prime settings, description, price format issue when only AAWP API is used

## 4.2.1 — 2024-11-26

- Tweak: Custom icon path for update screen and activation window
- Fix: Currency and URL issue in the product schema markup
- Info: Updated translations

## 4.2.0 — 2024-11-18

- New: Admin pages redesign
- New: Product Schema Markup
- New: Shortcode attribute "price_type"
- Tweak: Filters to disable products renew & Action Scheduler
- Fix: AAWP API error message displayed to visitors
- Fix: Unexpected tracking IDs values in Filter by tracking ID
- Info: WordPress 6.7 compatibility
- Info: Updated Freemius SDK to v2.9.0
- Info: Updated translations

## 4.1.0 — 2024-08-28

- Tweak: Specify error message when lists is used with AAWP API
- Tweak: Remove products via db garbage collection if only API can renew them
- Fix: Attempt to assign property on array on click tracking device detection
- Info: WordPress 6.6.1 compatibility
- Info: Updated Freemius SDK to v2.7.4

## 4.0.0 — 2024-06-17

- New: Migration to Freemius license system
- Tweak: Optimized license activation screen
- Fix: Missing dependency link to support page
- Info: WordPress 6.5.4 compatibility

## 3.40.2 — 2024-05-21

- New: PHP Translation files for improved performance
- New: Display "API Access Until" information on AAWP API settings
- Tweak: Block redesign & layout optimizations
- Tweak: Add support for some API args as shortcode params
- Tweak: Allow Amazon Product URL to place product via the block
- Tweak: Update Affiliate Program Settings & Output field to allow URL
- Tweak: Update default product limit before API connection
- Tweak: Include Amazon API status & Freemius SDK version in the usage data
- Fix: Scheduled Action timeout for SiteStripe Migration tasks
- Fix: Incorrect license information in site health for Freemius customers
- Fix: PHP Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property in PHP 8.2+
- Fix: Bulk delete products not working for other than EN language
- Info: WordPress 6.5.3 compatibility
- Info: Updated Freemius SDK to v2.7.2

## 3.40.1 — 2024-03-08

- Fix: Site Stripe Migration converting standard links
- Fix: Site Stripe Migration timeout issue
- Fix: Comparison table doesn't preview on Elementor editor
- Fix: Deactivating AS & Uninstall AAWP options didn't work since support to tools migration

## 3.40.0 — 2024-02-12

- Fix: Search API error message regression
- Fix: Undefined variable error when country is not set
- Fix: Default products API limit until the API call

## 3.33.1 — 2024-02-01

- Fix: Geotargeting cookie not set

## 3.33.0 — 2024-01-31

- New: Notice for AAWP API usage quota expiry

## 3.32.0 — 2024-01-29

- New: SiteStripe Migration
- Tweak: Tools page restructure
- Tweak: AAWP related info moved to Site Health
- Tweak: Use public services instead of AAWP API for geotargeting functionality
- Fix: Fatal error on PHP 8.3: duplicate declaration of static Variables
- Fix: "Invalid license" error on AAWP API test connection
- Fix: Inaccurate AAWP API connection status

## 3.31.0 — 2023-12-12

- New: Click tracking statistics export
- Tweak: Elementor widget rebuild
- Tweak: Specific error message for the search API
- Fix: Image proxy revers to "deny" when other settings are saved
- Fix: Cache renewal checking interval causing high API calls
- Fix: Amazon Prime not available for .com.br
- Fix: Incorrect renewed products count in the logs
- Fix: PHP Error with already deleted products in products listtable
- Fix: Images fetched from AAWP API has incorrect source
- Fix: Deprecated method screen_belongs_to_advanced_ads()

## 3.30.14 — 2023-11-28

- Fix: Renewal inconsistency when settings isn't saved yet
- Info: WordPress 6.4 compatibility

## 3.30.13 — 2023-11-07

- Tweak: Optimized clicks data
- Fix: PHP Warning: Undefined array key 1 on image proxy
- Info: Updated translations

## 3.30.12 — 2023-10-20

- Tweak: Admin pages redesign
- Tweak: Updated license servers

## 3.30.11 — 2023-10-04

- Fix: Images loading slowly when image proxy is enabled

## 3.30.10 — 2023-10-02

- Tweak: Add a hook for "prepare_list_keywords"
- Fix: Headers already sent issue when setting geotargeting cookie
- Fix: Image proxy led to broken images after v3.30.9
- Fix: Click Tracking bot detection consuming high server bandwidth

## 3.30.9 — 2023-09-16

- Fix: v3.30.8 breaking images when image proxy is used

## 3.30.8 — 2023-09-15

- Tweak: Expire proxy image URLs after 48 hours
- Tweak: Improved privacy of geolocation functionality

## 3.30.7 — 2023-09-05

- Fix: Missing required headers when testing AAWP API connection

## 3.30.6 — 2023-09-04

- Tweak: Soap extension is no longer a required dependency
- Tweak: Add image dimensions to prime logo
- Tweak: Confirmation popup box when using AAWP API setting
- Tweak: Send bloginfo as header when requesting AAWP API
- Fix: Incorrect savings percentage for products fetched from AAWP API
- Fix: License validation issue when there's already a license activated
- Fix: Incorrect total products count in products overview page due to cache
- Fix: Trailing comma at the end of ASIN cause issues

## 3.30.5 — 2023-08-18

- Tweak: Add plugin version in every request to AAWP API
- Tweak: Exclude http call for clicks when on admin interface
- Fix: Images & description not fetched for some categories like books with AAWP API
- Fix: Creation of dynamic property is deprecated in PHP 8.2
- Fix: Sorting issue when price contains a thousads separator in EUR currency

## 3.30.4 — 2023-08-01

- Tweak: Update Action Scheduler to v3.6.1
- Tweak: Remove built-in database garbase collection for AAWP API
- Fix: Incorrect link to AAWP API documentation
- Fix: get_bloginfo() might be empty causing null 'wp_lang' error in API
- Fix: Grammatical mistake in credits text
- Fix: Incorrect message when performing renewals via listtable for AAWP API products
- Fix: Invalid ASINS don't generate an error log anymore

## 3.30.3 — 2023-07-04

- New: AAWP API usage in usage tracking
- Fix: Field name conflict between Amazon's API & AAWP API connect

## 3.30.2 — 2023-07-03

- New: Button to check connection with AAWP API
- Tweak: Display technical error while placing products as well
- Fix: Uncaught Error: Cannot use object of type WP_Error when site can't send usage data
- Fix: Send default telemetries values to API to avoid db error in AAWP API

## 3.30.1 — 2023-06-08

- Tweak: Make AAWP Products API usage limit depending on the license limit
- Fix: Renewals via AAWP API even when Amazon is configured correctly
- Fix: Undefined function aawp_empty_database_tables() when removing AAWP API products in background

## 3.30.0 — 2023-06-07

- New: Option to retrieve products from AAWP API
- Fix: PHP error: Cannot access offset of type string on string

## 3.22.1 — 2023-05-18

- Fix: Incorrect comparison table number in usage data
- Fix: Delete, Filter buttons not working on logs table

## 3.22.0 — 2023-05-11

- New: Telemetry usage data tracking
- Tweak: Make Notifications multilingual
- Tweak: Usage tracking - increase API call interval to 3 days, also send one immediately on plugin update
- Tweak: Usage tracking - Only send major PHP versions
- Fix: count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, null given - error on Products Overview page
- Fix: Out of memory error on Products Overview page with large number of products
- Fix: PHP Warning: Attempt to read property "post_content" on null

## 3.21.0 — 2023-04-25

- New: Option to display discarded product, enabled by default
- Tweak: Invalid ASINs handling, all products that are not accessible via API are marked as "invalid"
- Tweak: Migrate default WP Cron Events to Action Scheduler
- Tweak: Scheduled Actions default filtering improvement
- Tweak: Usage callback run in "init" action
- Fix: Location tracking issue with page cache
- Fix: Incorrect prefix for canadian currency
- Fix: Display the clicks/products/logs dates based on site settings
- Fix: Output description on mobile devices option not working properly

## 3.20.1 — 2023-03-27

- Fix: Prime icon loading issue when the image is served from CDN
- Info: Updated translations

## 3.20.0 — 2023-03-16

- New: Built-in click tracking with a "Clicks" submenu
- New: Amazon Egypt is available as selectable store now
- New: Introduce Action Scheduler library to run background tasks
- New: AAWP API for Notifications box and Usage data
- New: Sale ribbon text option in block
- Tweak: Load frontend assets only where AAWP is used, respectively a new setting to load assets globally
- Tweak: Code Editor in Custom CSS box
- Tweak: Open editor general sidebar on AAWP Block click
- Tweak: Image proxy URL improvement
- Tweak: Products overview - filter by statuses
- Tweak: Load prime logo as image and no longer as background image
- Tweak: Introduce Tools page to combine "Support", "Logs" & "Scheduled Actions"
- Tweak: Products overview - when there are no products, the dropdown for search has been removed
- Tweak: Products overview - When image is not available, placeholder image is shown instead
- Tweak: Update AAWP logo on block & product search modal footer
- Tweak: Admin flyout hover color
- Fix: Localized store not working for SA & AE stores
- Fix: Incorrect add to cart link
- Fix: Incorrect sorting of products by date
- Fix: Products overview - when all products are deleted, it shows 0 products deleted
- Fix: Advanced Ads icon for AAWP Ad type
- Fix: Advanced Ads click statistics didn't work properly for AAWP Ad type
- Fix: Block logo size in widgets
- Fix: PHP 8 Deprecated message - required parameter $context follows optional parameter $user_id
- Fix: Use default value in case of no products found when settings isn't saved yet
- Fix: Incorrect print while missing dependencies
- Fix: CSS conflict for Ninja Tables
- Info: Updated translation files

## 3.19.2 — 2022-11-14

- Fix: Plugin update issue with v3.19
- Fix: Database errors on activity logs when logs isn't enabled
- Fix: Typo on 'Database Garbase Collection'
- Info: New (RU & UK) & updated translations

## 3.19.1 — 2022-11-09

- Fix: Syntax error on PHP 7.2 or lower due to trailing comma in function call

## 3.19.0 — 2022-11-07

- New: Amazon Belgium is available as selectable store now
- New: "Welcome Page" in admin area
- New: "Products Overview" in admin area
- New: "Activity Logs" in admin area
- New: Advanced Ads Integration
- New: Added "Link Overwrite" field for fields variant in Gutenberg block settings
- Tweak: Use Textrea instead of text field for custom description in block settings
- Tweak: Verify SSL when connecting to Bitly's API
- Fix: Non-printable characters in ASIN lead to incorrect DB results
- Fix: `PHP 8 Deprecated: required parameter $table_row_id follows optional parameter $default_class`
- Fix: Tracking ID per block wasn't working for comparison tables
- Fix: Syntax error on PHP 7.2 or lower with Elementor
- Info: Updated & Improved translations
- Info: WordPress 6.1 compatibility

## 3.18.3 — 2022-08-21

- New: Elementor widget
- New: Gutenberg block now allows you to define grid layout options
- Fix: Using the Gutenberg block, disclaimer wasn't displayed as expected
- Fix: Optimized several incorrect translations
- Fix: Assets didn't load properly when using the Full Site Editor
- Info: Updated translation files

## 3.18.2 — 2022-07-14

- Fix: TinyMCE issue when using page builders like Elementor and Thrive Architect
- Fix: PHP notice `WP_Block_Type_Registry::register was called incorrectly`
- Fix: Updated translations
- Info: WordPress v6.0.1 compatibility

## 3.18.1 — 2022-07-11

- Fix: Performance issues when using multiple ASINs in a single shortcode
- Fix: Comparison table's confirm selection no longer worked

## 3.18.0 — 2022-07-06

- New: Introducing Gutenberg Block incl. product search
- New: Classic editor now comes along with a button for generating shortcodes
- New: Affiliate links can be shortened to `amzn.to`
- New: Comparison tables can now be duplicated with one click
- New: Tracking ID can now be replaced by post/page
- Tweak: Decimal places in the price information can now be hidden via settings
- Tweak: Shortcodes for comparison tables can now be copied to the clipboard faster
- Tweak: The plugin is now 100% translated into the following languages: Spanish, French, Italian
- Fix: The hiding of the price information in the case of missing price information, did not work properly
- Fix: Filter type `exclude` didn't work when showing offers only
- Info: Updated translation files
- Info: Updated plugin updater to version 1.9.2
- Info: WordPress v6.0 compatibility

## 3.17.3 — 2022-01-27

- Info: WordPress v5.9 compatibility

## 3.17.2 — 2022-01-18

- Fix: `Uncaught TypeError: method_exists` which sometimes occurred in the context of the `list-helper-functions.php` file
- Info: Updated plugin updater to version 1.9.1

## 3.17.1 — 2022-01-07

- Fix: Improved escaping on settings page to address XSS concerns
- Info: WordPress v5.8.3 compatibility

## 3.17 — 2021-11-17

- New: Included "max_input_vars" in debug information
- Tweak: Using new endpoint for license & update server requests
- Info: Updated plugin updater to version 1.8
- Info: Updated translation files
- Info: WordPress v5.8.2 compatibility

## 3.16 — 2021-08-10

- New: Added `rel="sponsored"` to all outgoing Amazon affiliate links
- New: Added `rel="noopener"` to all outgoing links with `target="_blank"`
- Fix: Currency symbol/format for Amazon.se was incorrect
- Info: Updated all template files
- Info: WordPress v5.8 compatibility

## 3.15.2 — 2021-04-22

- Tweak: Moved away from "spacer images" in templates
- Info: Updated template files `vertical.php`, `list.php`, `widget-small.php`
- Info: WordPress v5.7.1 compatibility

## 3.15.1 — 2021-03-18

- New: Added support for Amazon Poland
- Tweak: Optimized bestseller results returned by the Amazon API
- Tweak: Removed no longer needed `simplexml` dependency checks
- Tweak: Optimized output of admin notice for AMP compatibility
- Tweak: Minor text adjustments on the settings page
- Fix: Geotargeting for Amazon Sweden didn't work as expected
- Info: Updated translation files
- Info: WordPress v5.7 compatibility

## 3.15 — 2021-02-09

- Tweak: Optimized assets building and moved files to /assets/dist/ instead of /public/assets/
- Tweak: Optimized license data handling for better performance
- Fix: Click tracking incorrectly used product title when ASIN was selected
- Fix: Product images available as PNG file could not be displayed correctly
- Fix: Browser console JavaScript "sameSite" warning
- PHP v8.0.0 compatibility
- WordPress v5.6.1 compatibility

## 3.14.3 — 2020-11-11

- New: Added support for Amazon Sweden
- Fix: The placeholder `%post_title%` didn't work as expected with special chars
- Fix: License check slowed down a site in case there was a response issue
- Fix: License check failed in case the plugin has stored a deprecated license server URL
- Updated translation files
- Plugin Updater v1.8
- WordPress v5.5.3 compatibility

## 3.14.2 — 2020-10-16

- New: Added filter "aawp_admin_menu_cap" for overwriting the admin menu capability
- Fix: Geotargeting didn't work as expected when a site's default store was set to Canada
- Fix: In a specific case, the plugin settings page tab "Amazon API" showed broken HTML output when informing about a connection issue

## 3.14.1 — 2020-09-22

- Tweak: Minor adjustments related to the license handling

## 3.14 — 2020-09-22

- New: Added Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) support for all templates incl. comparison tables [(view documentation)](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/google-accelerated-mobile-pages-amp/)
- Tweak: Optimized license handling
- Updated translation files
- WordPress v5.5.1 compatibility

## 3.13 — 2020-08-17

- New: Introducing our "Database Garbage Collection" which regularly cleans up your products and lists database tables [(view documentation)](https://getaawp.com/docs/article/database-garbage-collection/)
- New: As an affiliate, you can now enter your affiliate id on the settings page (tab "general") which will be taken for the credits link
- Tweak: Removed deprecated and no longer internal functions
- Updated translation files
- WordPress v5.5 compatibility

## 3.12.4 — 2020-07-20

- New: You can now place products from Amazon.se
- New: Added geo targeting rule for New Zealand
- New: Added price currency formatting for Amazon.ae and Amazon.sg
- Tweak: Optimized debug logging in order to reduce amount of data stored
- Tweak: Debug logging is no longer activated by default
- Fix: Updated "Add to cart" documentation link on the settings page
- Updated translation files
- PHP v7.4.1 compatibility
- WordPress v5.4.2 compatibility

## 3.12.3 — 2020-05-14

- Fix: Image proxy didn't work properly for medium or small sized images

## 3.12.2 — 2020-05-13

- Tweak: Optimized image proxy

## 3.12.1 — 2020-05-11

- Tweak: Optimized image proxy
- Fix: New releases lists didn't return the expected results from API
- Plugin Updater v1.7
- WordPress v5.4.1 compatibility

## 3.12 — 2020-04-08

- New: Switched over to our Amazon API library to avoid third-party dependencies
- New: Added support for Amazon Netherlands
- New: Added support for Amazon Singapore
- Tweak: Shortcode attribute `items` limit increased to 20 products now
- Tweak: Shortcode attributes `filter_items` and `order_items` now accepts values up to 20 again
- Tweak: Field shortcode value `list_price` now returns nothing instead of a text string, in case there is no list price available
- Tweak: Instead of API status `undefined`, the plugin now returns the real API error code/message
- Tweak: Updated admin flag icons
- Fix: Shortcode attribute `filter="available"` didn't work properly
- WordPress v5.4 compatibility

## 3.11 — 2020-03-20

- Tweak: Converted the plugin's database tables to utf8mb4
- Fix: Product titles and descriptions weren't able to display special characters properly after the last update

## 3.10.4 — 2020-03-12

- Tweak: API response errors will now show up in the plugin log (which can be found in the admin menu "Support")
- Fix: Products couldn't be placed if their descriptions included emojis or so-called "fancy letters"

## 3.10.3 — 2020-03-10

- Tweak: Rebuilt review crawler to no longer be dependant on the third-party PHP library "simple_html_dom"
- Tweak: Optimized "outdated PHP cURL notice" on the settings pages

## 3.10.2 — 2020-03-05

- Tweak: Geotargeting API "geoip-db.com" changed URL to "geolocation-db.com"
- Tweak: Removed admin menu "dasboard" item
- Fix: Crawling reviews with the "simple_html_dom" library lead to issues when using certain PHP versions

## 3.10.1 — 2020-01-14

- Tweak: Plugin now displays product data even when the API is temporary disconnected (Note: this data comes from the database directly and may be outdated)
- Fix: Geotargeting was applied to links which weren't placed by our plugin
- Fix: Shortcodes couldn't be hidden via settings when the API was disconnected
- Fix: Product price didn't show up when price data was stored with a comma instead of a dot as decimal point

## 3.10 — 2020-01-07

- New: Added settings for description in list template
- New: Filtering and sorting of products with API v5 (Note: "filter_items" and "order_items" is limited to a maximum of 10)
- WordPress v5.3.2 compatibility

## 3.9.7 — 2019-12-11

- Tweak: Optimized product data before storing in the database in order to avoid the missing output of product prices
- Tweak: Settings tab "Amazon API" now shows some additional technical information for troubleshooting
- Tweak: Optimized settings tab "Licensing" CSS styles for WordPress v5.3+

## 3.9.6 — 2019-11-27

- Tweak: Optimized list template teaser text generation and length
- Fix: Shortcode attribute "link_type" and its values "cart" and "reviews" didn't work properly after API v5 migration
- Fix: Setting "add to cart links" didn't work properly
- Fix: Setting star-/rating link target "reviews" didn't work properly
- WordPress v5.3 compatibility

## 3.9.5 — 2019-11-08

- Tweak: Optimized settings "licensing" tab for better usability and troubleshooting
- Tweak: Shortcode notice for used Browse Node IDs (after Amazon API v5 migration) will now only show up for logged in editors/administrators

## 3.9.4 — 2019-11-06

- Tweak: Optimized loading of dependencies in order to avoid conflicts with third party plugins
- Tweak: Creating and emptying of the plugin's database tables can now be initiated via the plugin's support page

## 3.9.3 — 2019-11-03

- Tweak: Optimized loading of dependencies in order to avoid conflicts with third party plugins
- Tweak: Updated bestseller and new releases widget labels
- Tweak: Extended error messages shown on the plugin settings "Amazon API" tab
- Tweak: Extended documentation links on plugin settings "Amazon API" tab
- Fix: Product search on the comparison tables admin page did not work anymore
- Fix: "Cannot redeclare GuzzleHttp\Promise\coroutine()"
- Fix: "Cannot redeclare GuzzleHttp\Promise\queue()"

## 3.9.2 — 2019-10-30

- Fix: "Error message: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function GuzzleHttp\Psr7\build_query()"
- Fix: "Error message: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function Promise\promise_for()"

## 3.9.1 — 2019-10-30

- Tweak: Comparison tables saved as "draft" won't show up on the frontend anymore
- Fix: "Error message: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function GuzzleHttp\choose_handler()"
- Fix: "Undefined index: highlight_text in /includes/functions/components/table-builder.php on line 1654"

## 3.9.0 — 2019-10-29

- IMPORTANT: AWS API keys no longer work! Please migrate your keys as shown here: https://getaawp.com/docs/article/amazon-product-advertising-api-credentials/
- New: Amazon Product Advertising API v5 (More details can be found here: https://getaawp.com/docs/article/amazon-product-advertising-api-v5/)
- WordPress v5.2.4 compatibility

## 3.8.14 — 2019-10-07

- Tweak: Further enhancements related to the previously experienced 'simple_html_dom' issue

## 3.8.13 — 2019-10-01

- Tweak: Optimized loading of third party libraries in order to prevent issues with other plugins
- Fix: "Uncaught Error: Class 'simple_html_dom' not found in class.aawp-api.php"

## 3.8.12 — 2019-09-30

- Fix: Table builder product search didn't work properly after the last plugin updates

## 3.8.11 — 2019-09-28

- Fix: "PHP Warning: Use of undefined constant AAWP_DEBUG in /includes/scripts.php"

## 3.8.10 — 2019-09-27

- New: Added support for Amazon United Arab States
- Tweak: Use minus sign instead of dash for price reduction
- Tweak: The plugin's shortcode cleanup function now fires later in order to avoid conflicts with third party plugins
- Tweak: Added description for error code "RequestThrottled" to the API settings page
- Fix: PHP warnings related to "simple_html_dom.php" library
- Minor improvements and fixes
- PHP v7.3.8 compatibility
- WordPress v5.2.3 compatibility

## 3.8.9 — 2018-12-14

- New: Added geotargeting support for Amazon Turkey
- New: Added geotargeting service provider "db-ip.com" as new option
- Tweak: Accidentally entered white spaces at the beginning and end of main shortcode attributes will be removed automatically
- Tweak: License key will now be hidden to all users on by default
- Fix: Field value "old_price" didn't work as expected
- Fix: Removed geotargeting service provider "ipdata.co" due to API key requirement
- Fix: Geotargeting for Amazon Australia didn't work as expected
- WordPress v5.0.1 compatibility

## 3.8.8 — 2018-12-01

- New: Added support for Amazon Turkey
- New: Added support for "tagDiv AMP" plugin
- New: Added field value "old_price" which displays the old (list) price if a product is on sale, otherwise it outputs nothing
- Tweak: Accidentally entered HTML will now be stripped out automatically from the main shortcode attributes (box, bestseller, new, link & fields)
- Tweak: From now on you can enter HTML into the "products not found" notice input field
- Fix: Geotargeting service "geoip-db.com" API url was missing a slash which may lead into redirecting the API call
- Fix: "TypeError: Argument 1 passed to AAWP_API::is_associative_array() must be of the type array, null given, called in /includes/aawp/class.aawp-api.php on line 948"

## 3.8.7 — 2018-08-31

- Tweak: Shortcode attribute numbering="none" allows you to hide the numbering column of the table template
- Fix: Links to product review pages were broken, due to latest changes of Amazon. Added a temporary fix.

## 3.8.6 — 2018-08-21

- Tweak: Optimized product variation handling
- Fix: WP Rocket's "Combine Javascript Files" setting striped out AAWP's geotargeting inline javascript code
- Fix: "Column 'title' cannot be null for query INSERT INTO `aawp_products`
- WordPress v4.9.8 compatibility

## 3.8.5 — 2018-06-14

- Fix: Since the last update, geotargeting didn't work properly for every site visitor

## 3.8.4 — 2018-06-11

- New: Added new geotargeting setting which allows you to choose from multiple API services
- Tweak: From now on "geoip-db.com" is the new default geotargeting API service
- Fix: Using the recently added geotargeting API may lead into the issue "No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource"

## 3.8.3 — 2018-06-04

- Tweak: Optimized error handling of image proxy
- Tweak: Added .htaccess file in order to prevent "Permission Denied" when accessing the image proxy file

## 3.8.2 — 2018-05-24

- New: Added shortcode attribute "button_style", which allows adjusting the button style on a shortcode basis
- Tweak: Image proxy requires PHP "allow_url_fopen"; added note to settings and as well as a dependency checks to the output itself
- Tweak: Image proxy will now be applied even when passing custom Amazon images via shortcode
- Tweak: Optimized CSS for templates with spacer images (comparison table and grid)

## 3.8.1 — 2018-05-16

- Fix: Image proxy (introduced with v3.8) didn't work properly

## 3.8.0 — 2018-05-15

- New: Added support for Amazon Australia
- New: Added new setting which allows delivering product images via a privacy proxy (GDPR)
- Tweak: Geo-targeting now makes use of the faster and more reliable API "ipdata.co"
- Tweak: Removed output of cron events which may occur in cron logs
- Fix: "PHP Notice: Undefined index: filter in /aawp/includes/functions/components/items.php on line 352"

## 3.7.1 — 2018-04-13

- Tweak: For security reasons, the previously introduced "local images" functionality must be enabled by using the filter "aawp_product_local_images_enabled" first
- Tweak: Added routine in order to remove local images on a daily basis

## 3.7.0 — 2018-04-12

- New: Added new setting in order to download and serve product images locally instead of using Amazon's server
- Tweak: Optimized Plugin Update Checker

## 3.6.12 — 2018-04-10

- New: Added filter value "prime", in order to show only products which are available via Amazon Prime
- New: Field thumbnails can now be centered, by adding image_align="center" to the shortcode
- Tweak: Optimize product description for downloadable music tracks
- Tweak: Added dependency check for "PHP XML" extension
- Fix: Google AMP validator criticized markup issues when using "Better AMP" plugin
- Fix: Using a combination of "filter" and "order" didn't return the expected results
- Fix: Custom bestseller ribbon text was not used properly in combination with the "table" template
- Fix: "PHP Warning: sizeof(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in ../includes/aawp/class.aawp-api.php on line 744"
- PHP v7.2 compatibility
- WordPress v4.9.5 compatibility

## 3.6.11 — 2018-03-06

- New: Added new setting which allows customizing the "Reviews" label
- New: Added field value "used_price" in order to display the used price of a product
- New: Added support for "Better AMP" plugin
- Tweak: Optimized Click Tracking for Google Analytics
- Tweak: Optimized performance of link shortcode
- Tweak: Optimized formatting of reviews number
- Tweak: Added HTML wrapper to "No rating yet" notice inside the table template
- Fix: "Cannot redeclare class simple_html_dom_node"
- Fix: "PHP Warning: sizeof(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in ../includes/aawp/class.aawp-api.php on line 328"
- Fix: "PHP Warning: sizeof(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in product-helper-functions.php on line 56"
- Minor CSS improvements
- Updated translations
- Updated the following templates: /table.php
- WordPress v4.9.4 compatibility

## 3.6.10 — 2018-01-23

- Tweak: Amazon France and Spain now use "Prime" instead of "Premium" logo
- Fix: Manually renewing cache via settings was broken after last plugin update
- Fix: Undo programmatically setting of image width/height
- Minor improvements and fixes
- Updated translations
- WordPress v4.9.2 compatibility

## 3.6.9 — 2018-01-15

- New: Added placeholder %yoast_focus_keyword% which can be used as keyword for bestseller lists
- New: Added shortcode attribute "button_class", which allows using your own button classes
- Tweak: Advertised price can be shown/hidden by using the shortcode attribute price="show" respectively price="hide"
- Tweak: Optimized geotargeting in order to provide better results, especially for North and South America
- Tweak: Optimized handling of HTML attributes "title" and "alt"
- Tweak: Better escaping of polysyllabic super url keyword parameters
- Tweak: Added fallback for loading AMP styles
- Tweak: Table builder field type "Custom HTML" now executes shortcodes
- Fix: Products with emojis in their description couldn't be stored in the database
- Fix: Settings paged used non-unique html ids
- Fix: Table builder edit screen showed an invalid settings link

## 3.6.8 — 2017-12-05

- New: Added sale price info to "table" template
- Tweak: Optimized comparison table settings in order to hide labels (first column)
- Tweak: Setting "show description on mobile devices" will now be applied to "AMP" template too
- Tweak: Shortcode attribute "title_length" now works with link shortcode too
- Tweak: Optimized button html
- Fix: When using the "table" template, shortcode attribute price="none" didn't hide the price column correctly
- Fix: Due to latest WordPress core updates, our color picker in admin area was displayed incorrect
- Fix: In case of a long browse node id and a 32-bit web hosting server, the API didn't return the desired results
- Fix: In some cases Amazon's API returned "png" images which led into broken product images
- Fix: Adding super-url parameter lead into broken "add to cart" links
- Fix: PHP version required notice showed 5.3 instead of 5.6
- WordPress v4.9.1 compatibility

## 3.6.7 — 2017-11-05

- Fix: Cache renewal didn't not working properly after the latest update
- Fix: Added missing "jquery-ui-sortable" for admin scripts
- Increased requirements to PHP v5.6 or newer (v7.0+ recommended)

## 3.6.6 — 2017-10-31

- New: Shortcode attribute "tracking_id" now works for comparison tables as well
- New: Added shortcode attribute "keywords", which allows passing the "Super-URL" parameter
- New: Super-URL parameter will be applied to keyword-based bestseller lists automatically
- Tweak: Optimized and reduced AMP styles
- Tweak: Optimized product images when using the following templates: vertical, widget-small
- Tweak: Optimized cache handler in order to dynamically renew more products/lists during our routine
- Fix: In some cases Amazon's API returned "png" images which led into broken product images
- Fix: Filtering didn't return items correctly
- Fix: Filter "offer" may include items which are not on sale
- Fix: Ordering didn't return items correctly
- Fix: "filter_items" and "order_items" didn't provide the correct amount of products
- WordPress v4.8.3 compatibility
- Updated plugin updater class to v1.6.15
- Updated the following templates: /products/vertical.php

## 3.6.5 — 2017-10-09

- New: Added shortcode attribute "image_align" to field shortcode, in order to float images (values "left" & "right")
- New: Added setting to comparison table, which allows hiding the first column
- New: Added button text placeholder %price%
- New: Added setting in order to hide buttons globally
- Tweak: The first column on a comparison table will automatically be hidden, when no labels were entered
- Tweak: "ribbon.php" was removed from template parts and will now be handled inside the plugin functions again
- Tweak: Optimized handling of user input when using the widgets
- Tweak: Optimized handling of user input when entering Amazon API credentials
- Tweak: Optimized handling of passing a custom tracking id via shortcode
- Tweak: From now on it's possible to use html along with the button text
- Fix: Price difference for a specific product
- Fix: Geotargeting and click tracking was not applied correctly to thumbnails and custom text (table builder)
- Fix: "Fatal error: Cannot unset string offsets in /includes/aawp/class.aawp-db-products.php on line 593"

## 3.6.4 — 2017-09-25

- Tweak: Optimize output of thumbnails inside comparison tables
- Fix: Setting "image size" didn't work
- Fix: Support page showed older version than actually installed
- Removed affiliate link type "shortened" in order to be safe regarding Amazon's upcoming changes (see https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/promotion/whatschanging, October 1, 2017)

## 3.6.3 — 2017-09-21

- Tweak: Optimized product description generation
- Tweak: Optimized image id collection
- WordPress v4.8.2 compatibility

## 3.6.2 — 2017-09-19

- Tweak: When changing the default Amazon store, the database tables get flushed now
- Fix: Product boxes showed current price instead of list price
- Fix: Button title wasn't set correctly
- Fix: Hiding products didn't work (table builder)
- Fix: Product links were broken in particular cases
- Fix: Buy now button was missing inside product boxes in particular cases
- Fix: Description items were missing inside product boxes in particular cases
- Fix: Thumbnails didn't show up correctly for Amazon.co.jp
- Fix: Pricing data was incorrect for Amazon.co.jp
- Fix: Division by zero in class.aawp-product.php on line 263

## 3.6.1 — 2017-09-14

- Tweak: Optimized plugin upgrade handling
- Tweak: Reset database tables and remove products/lists via admin page "support"
- Fix: Table data showing "reviews" label two times (table builder)
- Fix: Field values "percentage_saved" and "amount_saved" accidentally returned the current price
- Fix: "Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'AAWP_DB_Lists' not found in install.php"

## 3.6.0 — 2017-09-13

- New: Introducing keyword placeholders %post_title%, %page_title%, %post_category% for bestseller lists
- Tweak: Optimized performance
- Fix: Resolved performance issues which which were related to the database storage
- Fix: Overwriting custom_text with custom_html field didn't save inputs (table builder)
- Fix: Custom CSS removed backslashes
- Rebuild database storage of products and lists
- Minor improvements and fixes

## 3.5.5 — 2017-08-31

- Tweak: Disclaimer text now executes shortcodes
- Preparations for upcoming v3.6 update

## 3.5.4 — 2017-08-23

- Tweak: Optimized click tracking Google Analytics code detection
- Tweak: Optimize CSS in order to prevent description items from out-sizing the html container
- Minor improvements and fixes

## 3.5.3 — 2017-08-14

- Tweak: Optimized embedding "custom css"
- Tweak: Geo-targeting is now disabled for logged in administrators
- Tweak: Optimized comparison table CSS for mobile devices
- Tweak: Added star-/ratings info link to settings page
- Fix: After the last update, geo-targeting in some cases didn't work as it should
- Fix: Javascript "media" related errors blocked comparison table builder

## 3.5.2 — 2017-08-10

- New: Added a new setting in order to force disclaimer to show up after widgets
- Fix: After the last update, saving a comparison table in some cases lead into removing the last product(s)
- Fix: Disclaimer notice placeholder %last_update% was not replaced when in combination with comparison tables

## 3.5.1 — 2017-08-09

- New: Table builder product search results now show prime status
- New: Added Amazon Prime support for India & Mexico
- Tweak: Increased comparison table row limit from 20 up to 30
- Tweak: Optimized comparison table styles
- Tweak: Optimized comparison table product highlighting configuration
- Tweak: Optimized grid size limitation handling
- Tweak: Optimized CSS/JS loading
- Tweak: Optimized geotargeting country detection handling
- Fix: When showing multiple comparison tables on the same post/page, styles weren't applied correctly
- Fix: Disclaimer didn't show up after comparison tables
- Minor improvements and fixes
- Updated translations

## 3.5.0 — 2017-07-31

- New: Comparison Tables (Builder)
- New: Template Variables
- Minor improvements and fixes
- Updated translations

## 3.4.9 — 2017-07-10

- Tweak: Optimized product titles used for geotargeting search mode
- Fix: Geotargeting was not being applied correctly to buttons when using field shortcodes
- Fix: In some cases the product detail page links were broken due to special chars

## 3.4.8 — 2017-06-25

- Tweak: Debug logging is now enabled by default in order to ensure better support
- Fix: In some cases the wrong product image was taken from API
- Fix: Fixed an issue which occasionally lead into API disconnects

## 3.4.7 — 2017-06-22

- New: Added template function "get_product_numbering()" in order to get the number/index of the current product
- Tweak: Optimized "no products found" notice conditions in order to make it easier for new plugin users
- Tweak: Optimized CSS styles for product images
- Tweak: Adding a debug log entry when plugin disconnects rom API due to a bad response
- Tweak: From now on the plugin tries reconnecting to the API after being disconnected due to a bad API response
- Fix: Placing shortcodes in text widgets might lead into an unattractive output

## 3.4.6 — 2017-06-13

- Tweak: Setting shortcode "disabled" now returns nothing instead of showing the shortcode itself
- Fix: Removed debugging and optimized debugging functions

## 3.4.5 — 2017-06-12

- Tweak: When renewing a product manually, the plugin tries to update the ratings as well
- Tweak: Optimized storage of lists
- Tweak: Optimized general product rating renewals
- Fix: Renewing lists might not work correctly regarding when using browsenode="none"
- WordPress 4.8 compatibility checks

## 3.4.4 — 2017-05-23

- New: Added shortcode attribute "button_detail_rel" in order to pass values as "nofollow"
- Tweak: In case the server does not support "allow_url_fopen", a notice will be shown on "licensing" tab
- Tweak: API status will automatically turn to disconnected in case there's something wrong with your API keys after some time
- Fix: Geo targeting mode "product search" did not work correctly outside of standard product containers
- Fix: Shortcode parameter browsenode="none" didn't work correctly
- Fix: When using "order_items", in some cases the lists might not contain the desired amount of items
- Fix: "PHP Notice: Array to string conversion in /aawp/templates/products/list.php on line 25"

## 3.4.3 — 2017-05-09

- New: Float product boxes by using shortcode attribute float="left" (or right); Recommended templates: vertical (standard), list, widget-vertical, widget-small
- New: Hide price column when using "table" template via shortcode attribute price="none"
- New: When using fields "thumb" shortcode, you can define the width/height as follows: e.g. image_width="150", image_height="150"
- New: Hide bestseller/new/sale ribbon via shortcode as follows: ribbon="none" / sale_ribbon="none"
- Tweak: Rebuild price reduction settings
- Tweak: Optimized geotargeting and use search links instead of direct links as default link target
- Tweak: Added new shortcode setting option in order to deactivate shortcode activation
- Tweak: Optimized empty p/br fix when executing shortcodes
- Tweak: Optimized thumbnail CSS "background-size" for templates "vertical" and "widget-small"
- Fix: Grid template was overwritten when selecting a non-standard template via settings
- Fix: Amount saved calculation was wrong for products with very small discounts
- Updated the following templates: amp.php, /products/horizontal.php, /products/list.php, /products/vertical.php, /products/widget-vertical.php

## 3.4.2 — 2017-04-24

- New: Added latest plugin version check and dashboard info
- Tweak: When using "list" template, the teaser can now be hidden with description="none" too (by default it's teaser="none")
- Tweak: Added extra styles for Thrive Content Builder
- Tweak: Minor global and template related style optimizations
- Tweak: Removed and disabled "editorial review" again in order to unload database
- Fix: Product and list posts were accidentally accessible on frontend and listed in sitemaps
- Fix: Ratings were not available in floating point numbers and lead to incorrect star ratings
- Fix: In some cases available plugin updates were not shown correctly
- Fix: Prime logo was not returned correctly when using the fields PHP function
- Fix: Shortcode usage was not detected correctly when using setting "disclaimer bottom"
- Fix: PHP Notice "Use of undefined constant in ... sysinfo.php on line 71"
- Updated plugin updater class to v1.6.12

## 3.4.1 — 2017-03-27

- Fix: First product image was not taken correctly from the API result
- Fix: Button icons didn't show up
- Fix: Settings link on plugins overview page was wrong
- Fix: Using shortcode attribute "image" with a numeric value lead into a broken image
- Fix: Reviews link target "reviews" pointed to wishlist by mistake
- Fix: Using fields PHP function with description was not able to return an array

## 3.4 — 2017-03-21

- New: Introducing our new admin pages setup
- New: Introducing our new product and list handling setup
- New: The default product image can now be selected very comfortable via its product edit page (more of this coming soon!)
- New: The "products not found" notice can now be edited via plugin settings (tab "functions")
- New: Bestseller ribbon text can now be edited via plugin settings (tab "functions") and overwritten via shortcode attribute "ribbon_text"
- New: New releases ribbon text can now be edited via plugin settings (tab "functions") and overwritten via shortcode attribute "ribbon_text"
- New: Added new value "reviews" for ordering of items
- New: Added fields "timestamp" parameter which returns the timestamp of the last update for a product (only makes sense when using the php functions)
- New: Re-added fields "editorial_review" parameter
- Tweak: Optimized shortcode cleanup and added an extra plugin setting
- Tweak: From now on the plugin itself frequently checks that all service events are running properly
- Tweak: Tracking ids are not longer stored in the database and can be changed immediately
- Tweak: Optimized fetching products from API (regarding no more available and not accessible products)
- Tweak: Optimized cache handling and renewing workflows
- Tweak: Optimized uninstall.php in order to remove data and settings only when activated via settings
- Fix: In some cases the shortcode cleanup prevented the content to be displayed properly
- Minor enhancements and fixes

## 3.3.8 — 2017-01-31

- New: Added black and white Amazon icons for buttons
- Tweak: Optimized AMP style handling
- Tweak: Optimized cache handler
- Fix: In some cases lists showed an incorrect order of products
- Fix: The currency label setting (EUR vs. €) was not applied correctly for products with pricing variations
- Fix: "PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in ... cache-handler.php on line 252"
- Minor CSS enhancements and fixes
- Updated plugin updater class to v1.6.10

## 3.3.7 — 2017-01-26

- Tweak: Filter attributes "offer" and "available" can now be used in combination: e.g. filter="price" filterby="offer,available"
- Tweak: Optimized HTML & CSS for empty pricing inside boxes
- Fix: The last update 3.3.6 produced a fatal PHP error on web servers running PHP lower than 5.5. Sorry for this! :-(
- Fix: "Can't use method return value in write context in ... class.aawp-functions.php on line 1555"
- Fix: Pricing col in table template was missing

## 3.3.6 — 2017-01-25

- New: Select default product thumbnail image size via plugin settings
- Tweak: Optimized styles when using image_size="large" shortcode attribute with horizontal template
- Tweak: Added shortcut for products available filter by using the attributes: filter="price" filterby="available"
- Tweak: In case a product is not available via API there will be a proper info instead of the previous "product not found" message
- Tweak: Support tab from now on shows feedback if cron events are running properly
- Fix: New releases lists with only 1 result didn't show up correctly
- Fix: Cached lists showed incorrect order of products
- Fix: In some cases product boxes showing an discount which was not visible on the Amazon product page
- Fix: Click-tracking didn't work when using Yoast's Google Analytics plugins
- Fix: Optimized url rewriting for geotargeting
- Fix: "PHP Warning: file_get_contents(): http:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_fopen=0"
- Minor enhancements and fixes
- Updated plugin updater class to v1.6.9

## 3.3.5 — 2016-12-25

- Fix: Plugin updates didn't show up correctly

## 3.3.4 — 2016-12-23

- New: Added a shortcode ("amazon_last_update" respectively "aawp_last_update") in order to display the global last update date/time wherever you want to
- New: Added a shortcode ("amazon_disclaimer" respectively "aawp_disclaimer") in order to display the disclaimer wherever you want to
- New: Widget templates ("widget-vertical" and "widget-small") can now be used in main content as well
- Tweak: Linked field values from now on make use the standard class "aawp-field-link"; additionally you can use "link_class" in order to set a custom class
- Tweak: Amazon API from now on delivers secured image urls by default
- Fix: Link shortcode didn't find a product since the last update
- Fix: Geotargeting functionality accidentally added an uneeded tracking id to masked amzn.to links
- Fix: Removed the duplicated licensing settings tab issue
- Updated plugin updater class to v1.6.7

## 3.3.3 — 2016-12-19

- New: Data field values can be linked by adding the shortcode attribute format="linked"
- New: Shortcode attribute button_detail can now be used with lists as well
- New: Added shortcode attribute "order_items" - which can be used in combination with "items" - in order to increase product radius
- New: Added (partial) French and Italian translations
- Tweak: Optimized sale price handling
- Tweak: Allow selecting templates when using certain page builder widgets
- Tweak: Optimized CSS styles when using vertical template and button_detail together
- Tweak: Optimized last update timestamp handling
- Tweak: Optimized cache renewal handling
- Tweak: Optimized AMP CSS styles
- Fix: Removed "adding a trailing slash" for detail_button urls
- Fix: Disclaimer "at bottom of the page" didn't show up when using widgets only
- Fix: In certain cases book descriptions showed "Array"
- Fix: Using orderby="amount_saved" accidentally lead into a fatal PHP error
- Fix: SQL syntax error when list keywords included apostrophes
- Fix: Link shortcode didn't return the product correctly
- Fix: "PHP Notice: Undefined offset:" when using link shortcodes
- Fix: "PHP Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in class.aawp-api.php"

## 3.3.2 — 2016-11-21

- New: Added a separate template and CSS file for Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) only
- New: Amazon Prime logo can be unlinked via plugin settings
- New: The "sale" ribbon can be hidden via plugin settings
- New: Added separate cronjob for updating product ratings
- Tweak: Product ratings will be updated separately and use an alternative new source
- Tweak: From now on the plugin automatically detects when your site is secured by a SSL certificate
- Tweak: From now on "add to cart" links only affect buttons
- Tweak: Optimized custom CSS loading position in order to avoid being overwritten
- Fix: Geo-targeting didn't with Amazon.com didn't work correctly
- Fix: AMP validation showed "The author stylesheet specified in tag 'style amp-custom' is too long"
- Fix: CSS fix when using vertical template with "Thrive Content Builder"
- Fix: Table template might be displayed incorrectly on Chrome
- Fix: A previously entered custom template was used without selecting "custom" on plugin settings
- Fix: Increased prices lead to negative sale discounts
- Fix: Template "widget-small" wasn't loaded correctly due to some changes of the last updates
- Minor improvements and fixes

## 3.3.1 — 2016-11-09

- Minor improvements and fixes
- Fix: Grids by default used a wrong template and lead into incorrect presentation
- Fix: Shortcodes in text widgets selected the wrong template
- Fix: Field values reviews/rating_count didn't return the number correctly

## 3.3.0 — 2016-11-07

- New: From now on filtering can be applied to box shortcodes too
- New: Added fields "salesrank" parameter which returns the current salesrank the product's main category
- New: Smart Caching functionality which can be enabled on the settings page (tab "general")
- Fix: Shortcode attribute "store" didn't overwrite Amazon Prime urls correctly
- Fix: Settings page, tab "functions", listed deprecated templates only
- Fix: "Memory exhausted" issue
- Fix: "Error while sending QUERY packet. PID=XXXXX in /wp-includes/wp-db.php on line XXXX" issue

## 3.2.2 — 2016-10-30

- New: Added fields "format" parameter which allows returning the numeric amount of prices
- New: Added fields "raw" parameter which allows returning the description as array
- Tweak: Optimized sale price calculation
- Tweak: Optimized star rating styles
- Tweak: Updated custom CSS example on settings page
- Tweak: Optimized table template styles
- Fix: Field template functions threw an error when API was not connected
- Fix: AMP styles weren't included correctly

## 3.2.1 — 2016-10-26

- New: Added scripts compatibility mode
- New: Added shortcode attribute "select" for specifying ranges without using start/end
- Tweak: Optimized table template styles
- Tweak: Optimized shortcode value decoding in order use special chars probably
- Tweak: Shortcode attribute star_rating="none" can now be used to hide the rating col of the table template
- Tweak: Field value "reviews" replaces "rating_count"
- Fix: Button didn't show up correctly when using PHP field function
- Fix: Include error when displaying buttons via field shortcode

## 3.2.0 — 2016-10-23

- New: Added Geo-targeting functionality
- New: Added list template
- New: Added grid template
- New: Added widgets for box, bestseller and new releases
- New: Added small widget template
- New: Added Google Tag Manager support for click tracking
- New: Added multiple star rating icon options
- New: Added "class" shortcode attribute in order to set a custom class for product container
- New: Added "star_rating_link" shortcode attribute in order to remove/overwrite the star rating link
- New: Added "image_title" shortcode attribute in order to set image title attribute
- New: Added "rating" shortcode attribute in order to manually set a rating value between 1 and 5
- New: Added settings which allows you to enable shortcodes execution for text widgets and taxonomy descriptions
- New: Added "Add to Cart" links (90-days-cookie)
- Tweak: Rebuild templating
- Tweak: Rebuild caching system
- Tweak: Optimized rating handling
- Tweak: Optimized table templates
- Tweak: Optimized presentation of settings functions tab
- Tweak: Last update placeholder can now be used at the bottom of the page as well
- Tweak: You can shown/hide product descriptions on mobile devices via plugin settings
- Tweak: Optimized scripts handling
- Tweak: Shortcode attribute "tracking_id" now works with long affiliate urls as well
- Fix: Description items showing "0"
- Fix: Box shortcodes including more than 10 asin returned an error
- Plenty of smaller enhancements and fixes
- !!! Thank you very much for all of your feedback !!!

## 3.1.8 — 2016-09-05

- Tweak: Optimized fetching product ratings

## 3.1.7 — 2016-08-15

- Tweak: Short affiliate links using https instead of http from now on
- Fix: Pricing issues for Amazon.co.jp
- Fix: "box_table" template couldn't be selected via plugin settings
- Fix: Admin menu might not show up when using older WP versions

## 3.1.6 — 2016-07-10

- New: Added "price" shortcode attribute in order to set/overwrite the advertised price
- New: By using the "price" shortcode attribute and passing the value "none" you can hide the advertised price
- New: Default item amounts for lists can be predefined via plugin settings (tab "functions")
- New: You can hide the "price unavailable" message via plugin settings
- Tweak: Optimized data handling for products having multiple variations
- Fix: Four-digit rating counts weren't displayed correctly
- Fix: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in .../includes/aawp/admin-actions.php on line 26

## 3.1.5 — 2016-06-05

- Tweak: Optimized advertised price for Amazon (Prime) Videos
- Fix: Prime logo didn't show up

## 3.1.4 — 2016-06-03

- Tweak: Optimized description and pricing for downloadable movies/series
- Fix: Empty cache didn't delete all transients
- Fix: Star rating wasn't displayed correctly in a certain case
- Fix: Cache didn't refresh correctly when updating filter_items value
- Fix: Filtering didn't work as expected in a certain case

## 3.1.3 — 2016-05-29

- New: Added WP filter for replacing the "no products found" message
- Tweak: Added click tracking to fields
- Tweak: Prevent click tracking for detail button
- Tweak: Gallery image (when available) will be the fallback when thumbnail is not available too
- Fix: Filtering returned wrong amount of items if "filter" attribute was missing

## 3.1.2 — 2016-05-26

- New: Added affiliate link click tracking which can be enabled via settings. Currently supporting Google Analytics & Piwik
- New: Added Amazon logo for link shortcode which can be selected via settings and/or shortcode
- New: Added "star_rating" shortcode attribute accepting the value "none" for hiding the star rating
- New: Added "reviews" shortcode attribute accepting the value "none" for hiding the star rating
- New: Added field values "asin", "ean" and "isbn"
- Tweak: Optimized cache handling when using third party caching plugins and object cache
- Tweak: Enhanced filter functionality, added opportunities by filtering prices and checking multiple strings for titles
- Fix: Error message: Could not resolve host: webservices.amazon.de
- Fix: PHP implode warning: class.aawp-api.php
- Fix: eBooks with costs accidentally showed 0.00 EUR as price
- Fix: Remove double quotes from html titel/alt tags which broke up the markup
- Fix: Affiliate links table on settings page broke layout on small window sizes using Chrome browser
- !! IMPORTANT: Please update your custom templates !!

## 3.1.1 — 2016-04-28

- Fix: White page issue on several hosters after the last update
- Fix: Missing button preview text after plugin activation
- Fix: PHP Notice "Undefined index: status"
- Fix: PHP Notice "Undefined property: $items_amount"

## 3.1.0 — 2016-04-28

- New: Add
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## 3.0.06 — 2016-04-16

- Tweak: Optimized API reviews handling
- Fix: "Unsupported operand types" issue

## 3.0.05 — 2016-04-10

- New: Added field value "editorial_review" for displaying an extended description
- Tweak: Optimized responsive box styles
- Tweak: Rebuild and optimized price reduction handling
- Tweak: AMP now includes custom styles as well
- Fix: AMP important declarations removal didn't work
- Fix: PHP Warning include() http:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration
- Fix: FOLLOW_LOCATION issue

## 3.0.04 — 2016-03-28

- New: Added "button" shortcode attribute accepting the value "none" for hiding the default amazon buy button
- New: Added "link_text" shortcode attribute in order to set a custom, or hide (value "none") the default text for link shortcodes
- New: Added "link_overwrite" shortcode attribute for orverwriting the default product url
- Tweak: Optimized button styles in order to prevent text decoration underline
- Fix: eBooks pricing accidently showed a "not available" note. Pricing temporarily hidden. eBook price crawling will be implemented very soon!
- Fix: The recently added AMP important filter didn't work

## 3.0.03

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## 3.0.02 — 2016-03-09

- New: Added field value "prime" for displaying the prime/premium logo if available for the related product
- New: Added "image" attribute for overwriting (custom url) or selecting one of the other product images (max of 5) via shortcode: e.g. image="2"
- New: Added "aawp_button_detail" shortcode which accepting the attributes link, text, target, title, style (similar to the field "button_detail")
- New: Added AAWP settings link to the plugins overview list
- Tweak: Optimized advertised price handling for products with variations
- Added missing and updated existing translations on the plugin settings

## 3.0.01 — 2016-03-07

- Fix: Amazon API couldn't establish a connection
- Fix: "simple_html_dom.php" not found

## 3.0.0 — 2016-03-06

- New: Added "connect", "disconnect" and "reconnect" buttons to the API settings page
- New: Added support for Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) when using official WordPress AMP plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/amp/
- New: Added short affiliate urls
- New: Added settings option which allows you to force long affiliate urls
- New: Added "image_link" attribute for overwriting or removing (use "none") product thumbnail links via shortcode
- New: Added settings option which allows you apply the title adding on thumbnail link titles as well
- New: Added settings option which allows you display an Amazon Prime logo besides the pricing whenever Prime is available for the related product (not available for all countries)
- New: Earn extra commissions with the newly added Amazon Prime logo whenever a user clicks the logo and signs up for the free trial (not available for all countries)
- New: Added "tracking_id" attribute for overwriting the used Amazon affiliate tracking id via shortcode (doesn't work for long affiliate urls)
- New: Added Spanish translations (thanks Hendrik!)
- New: Added PHP 7 support
- Tweak: Better product description building for items of the following categories: Shoes, AudioCDs, Movies and Prime Videos
- Tweak: Products which are out of stock now show a note instead of an empty pricing
- Tweak: Products which are only available for "used" condition now show a note instead of an empty pricing
- Tweak: Enhanced plugin settings "Support" tab in order to give better (and visual) feedback about your current system and possibly missing PHP extensions
- Tweak: Enhanced plugin settings "Amazon API" in order to give visual feedback whenever the API is not connected
- Tweak: Updated plugin settings "tracking id" translations and added description in order to avoid unclarity
- Fix: Occasionally occurred missing product images
- Fix: Connection issues result in "Amazon Product Advertising API is currently not available" notice
- Fix: Removed some error notices coming from the API library
- Fix: Removed API routine checks to prevent connection issues
- Fix: Accidentally the product title adding was shown on image alt tags
- Replaced Amazon API library
- Removed support for PHP versions older than 5.3
- Renamed plugin folder and main file
- PHP templates files were updated and might require your custom templates to be adjusted!

## 2.1.05 — 2016-01-17

- New: Added field value "rating_count" in order to show the total amount of reviews
- New: Bestseller Table template now supports hiding advertised price as well
- Tweak: Hide price reduction when advertised price is hidden
- Tweak: Added paragraph around "no 
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## 2.1.04

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## 2.1.03 — 2015-12-29

- Fix: "Call to a member function find() on null" issue when products don't have reviews
- Tweak: Better image handling for API results
- Tweak: Added a swipe not under bestseller tables on mobile devices

## 2.1.02 — 2015-12-20

- New: Added "title_length" attribute for overwriting the title length via shortcode
- New: Added "description_length" attribute for overwriting the length of each description list item via shortcode
- New: Added "button_detail_title" attribute for overwriting the detail button link title via shortcode
- New: Star ratings can be hidden via plugin settings
- New: Added reset plugin database option on "support" settings tab (this action is not reversible!)
- Tweak: Removed bottom margin for last box when using widgets
- Tweak: Remove line breaks and empty paragraphs from shortcode output
- Tweak: Renamed button classes to prevent conflicts with other plugins/theme styles or icon fonts
- Fow now re-added global style include to avoid issues with caching/minify/autoptimize plugins
- Re-added API support for India and Brazil
- Optimized box styles e.g. buttons margins and info box max-width
- Added missing translations for plugin settings

## 2.1.01 — 2015-12-15

- Fix: Issue with
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## 2.1.0 — 2015-12-13

- New: Added field value "list_price"
- New: Added "link_icon" attribute for overwriting th
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## 2.0.02 — 2015-12-07

- Fix: Bestseller search lead to results from a wrong category

## 2.0.01 — 2015-12-07

- Fix: White page after plugin update/ac
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## 2.0.0 — 2015-12-06

- Complete rebuild, please take a look onto our website for the changelog

## 1.9.4 — 2015-11-29

- Update 2.0 pre-release fixes and improvements

## 1.9.3 — 2015-11-22

- New: Hide description by using desciption_items="none" or description="none" (box only)
- New: Added link_title attribute to set a custom link attribute
- Fix: Link icon now separated from anchor element to avoid whitespace underlines
- Added plugin 2.0 rebuild upgrade handler
- Added infobox on settings page

## 1.9.2 — 2015-11-19

- Tremendous performance optimization
- New: Added inline info textfield to provide additional information within the product box
- New: Added
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## 1.9.1 — 2015-11-15

- Beta fixes

## 1.7.3 — 2015-11-15

- Fixed some notices for empty results

## 1.7.2

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## 1.7.1 — 2015-10-24

- Fix: Prefixed left function to solve "plug
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## 1.7.0 — 2015-10-23

- Fix: Activation issue when installed PHP version is older than 5.3.0
- New: Added French & Italian translations. Thanks for your support!
- Help translating on https://poeditor.com/join/project/z6ncOXjq9i

## 1.6.0 — 2015-10-10

- Optimized styles
- Cleared unneeded and old MySQL handling
- Rebuild license server handling (AAWP only)

## 1.5.2 — 2015-09-26

- Optimized bestseller count handling

## 1.5.1 — 2015-09-13

- Optimized bestseller count handling

## 1.5.0 — 2015-09-13

- Fix: Half-star ratings sometimes were broken
- Reduced default bestseller entry count from 25 to 10. Max limit is still 25.
- Added SOAP check and notice if extension is missing

## 1.4.2 — 2015-09-07

- Cleaned up settings code

## 1.4.1 — 2015-09-07

- Fix: Description - espec
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## 1.4.0 — 2015-08-28

- Updated license server
- Optimized license activation erro
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