Multiple Page Generator Plugin – MPG

Journal

Version 3.4.4 (2024-04-01)

Improvements

• Updated internal dependencies

Version 3.4.3 (2024-03-29)

Fixes

• Updated internal dependencies

Version 3.4.2 (2024-03-28)

Fixes

• Fixed issue with connecting different projects
• Fixed warnings with PHP version >= 8.1
• Fixes for the NPS Survey

Improvements

• Updated Internal dependencies and e2e testing

Version 3.4.1 (2024-02-28)

Bug Fixes

• Updated dependencies
• Sitemap generation compatibility issue with the Polylang plugin
• Fixed overlapping in the logs page
• Fatal error when creating a new project if the Amelia plugin is activated
• Enhanced security

Enhancements

• Added NPS survey

Version 3.4.0 (2024-01-16)

New Features

• Added support to show generated posts in the default WordPress loops (wp_posts)
• Added support for featured images for generated posts/pages

Improvements

• Added Rate Us notice in the plugin pages

Version 3.3.24 (2023-12-19)

Improvements

• Improved get pro label design
• Allow to edit excluded templates in Elementor
• SDK Updates

Bug Fixes

• Fixed sitemap URL compatibility issue with the Polylang plugin
• Fixed new project creating issues when working on several tabs
• Fixed multiple templates import issue with the free version
• Disabled broken template search form action on hitting ENTER

Version 3.3.23 (2023-08-17)

• Updated dependencies
• Upgrade notices updated

Version 3.3.22 (2023-06-13)

• Code improvement

Version 3.3.21 (2023-06-05)

• Added About Us page integration
• Changed the upgrade page URL
• Updated dependencies

Version 3.3.20 (2023-05-22)

• Enhanced security

Version 3.3.19 (2023-05-16)

• Fixed missing nonce verification issue

Version 3.3.18 (2023-05-10)

• Fixed project data-saving issue
• Fixed shortcode limit attribute issue
• PHP versions compatibility
• Enhanced security

Version 3.3.17 (2023-04-20)

• Fixed PHP fatal error related to shortcode usage of the same project
• Fixed shortcode issue with limit 1 used
• Fixed compatibility issue with FSE template parts

Version 3.3.16 (2023-04-01)

• Fixed conflict with permalinks structure
• Fixed shortcode render issue from a different project
• WordPress core tested up to version 6.2

Version 3.3.15 (2023-03-22)

• Fixed the unable read temporary file issue
• Fixed the plugin update issue for the free version
• Fixed website slow loading issue
• Fixed shortcode render issue when using a different project

Version 3.3.14 (2023-02-28)

• Improved compatibility with Yoast and Snip SEO plugins
• Fixed error when the source file is missing in the project
• Avoid unnecessary SQL queries to improve performance
• Removed brackets from rendered shortcodes

Version 3.3.13 (2023-02-06)

• [Multisite support] Create the required database table
• Improved compatibility with the Yoast plugin
• Fixed live periodic sync problem
• Improved index sitemap as per google guidelines
• Fixed 302 redirection issue
• Fixed updating the free version of the plugin

Version 3.3.12 (2023-01-12)

• Fixed incorrect items shown on search pages and generated pages
• Improved live sync caching mechanism

Version 3.3.11 (2022-12-29)

• Fixed security nonce checking error
• Fix Search not working for generated pages
• Fix error with template selection for a project

Version 3.3.10 (2022-12-28)

• Enhanced compatibility with the AIOSEO plugin
• Fixed project cache data issue
• Fixed render shortcode issue with the latest version
• Enhanced security
• Compatibility with SEO framework plugin

Version 3.3.9 (2022-12-13)

• Fixed live data refetch issue [PRO]
• Compatibility Squirrly SEO plugin
• New filter to skip automatically generated canonical URLs
• Fix Spintax issue – remove extra curly brackets

Version 3.3.8 (2022-11-23)

• Able to search within the post content not only title
• Fix load blank pages issue with some edge cases
• Fixed resources loading issue related to incorrect caching
• Delete cache when data is re-fetched
• Make the post excerpt in search results compatible with spintax
• Add remove action on the last condition
• Remove extra curly brackets from spintax shortcode

Version 3.3.7 (2022-10-19)

• Add a new action button in project list page
• Fix cache data reset issue

Version 3.3.6 (2022-09-21)

• Fix conflict with variable names
• Project list table
• Fix typo in project setting
• Remove the backslash from spintax text

Version 3.3.5 (2022-08-03)

• Compatibility with SmartCrawl SEO plugin
• Fix problem with showing data from incorrect row after a row in a source file is deleted
• Fix shortcodes rendering issue with translated string
• Fix PHP errors

Version 3.3.4 (2022-07-20)

• Fix search issue with multiple project
• Fix download source file issue
• Fix inconsistency with periodic updates (Delete project source file when execute cron event)
• Fix disk cache issue
• Fix render multiple shortcodes

Version 3.3.3 (2022-07-04)

• Fix undefined project ID warning (importing world cities shows a warning in the frontend)
• Fix pages load times issue
• Fix PHP warning about constant not defined
• Add error log event support
• Register priority attribute setting field
• Add Rank Math title compatibility support
• Use a relative source file path instead of an absolute path
• Improve in live data update

Version 3.3.2 (2022-05-31)

• Fix data showing from incorrect row since version 3.3.0

Version 3.3.1 (2022-05-17)

• Fix regression caused by performance optimizations tweaks that were preventing the project template saving to occur.

Version 3.3.0 (2022-05-12)

• Improve compatibility with WPML
• Fix update template when worksheet id empty
• Currency sign on the left of the amount doesn’t show together with the first digit when the value is rendered
• Fix inconsistency with MPG tags usage in Spintax shortcode (related to Elementor)
• Fix import default template issue inconsistency
• Fix sitemap generated on multisite contains an incorrect link
• Fix files with a big number of rows (100K +) makes the generated pages load very slow
• Fix typo in search setting page
• Fix dropdown to choose a template that doesn’t get populated with values when there are thousands of pages
• Fix typo in template MPG config
• Update dependencies
• Improve upgrade notice text

Version 3.2.0 (2022-03-16)

Features

• Adds Nested spintax support

Fixes

• Harden usage of WordPress site URL when building MPG generated links and on the generated sitemap.
• Fix typo in view sitemap template

Version 3.1.0 (2022-02-09)

Fixes:

• Add WPML plugin support
• Fix when using shortcode, limit is mistakenly applied before sort
• Cannot update template – something went wrong while saving project data.
• Heavy/big files cannot be used as a source, increasing the CPU usage.

Version 3.0.2 (2021-10-05)

• Improve plugin build process

Version 3.0.1 (2021-10-04)

• Updated links across plugin with new website

Version 3.0.0 (2021-10-04)

• Change ownership to Themeisle

2.8.15

• Fixed pagination in Logs table
• Excluded template page\post from WordPress seaerch \ loops \ widget when appropriate checbox it ticked
• Fixed problems with escaping quotes in a search template html code
• Fixed uncompleted styles in MPG for Spanish language
• Added html support for Spintax expressions in builder (sandbox)
• Added switcher for setting up branding position for Free users

2.8.14

• Implemented featured image in searching
• Implemented case-sensitive search

2.8.13

• Fixed UX issue wuth WorksheetId
• Implemented search interface through generated pages

2.8.12

• Checked compatibility with WordPress 5.8
• Removed quote to 50 pages in Free version, but added « Generated by MPG » to virtual pages instead
• Fixed bug with X-Robots-Tag: noindex on generated pages

2.8.11

• Code review fixes

2.8.10

• Fixed source-file uploading

2.8.8

• Improved search mechanism
• Fixed limit in MPG shordcodes
• Fixed removing conditions in Shortcode tab
• Added ability to generate sitemap with non-standard location of wp-content folder
• Fixed typos and improved Swedish Translation (special thanks to Lennart Johansson)
• Many other small fixes

2.8.7

• Added shortcode [mpg_search] for rendering search results
• Fixed bug, when pages markup broke after preview request in social networks
• Added « X-Robots-Tag: noindex » header to prevent indexing template page \ posts

2.8.6

• Implemented search by generated pages by calling MPG_ProjectController::mpg_search();

2.8.5

• Fixed bug, when sitemap was not updated on schedule execution
• Added searching functionality by generated pages (alpha)

2.8.4

• Fixed freezing intefrace bug in Firefox
• Added hook for overriding OpenGraph image by shortcode from source-file

2.8.3

• Added advanced settings page
• Added base-url= » » attribute for [mpg] and [mpg_match] shortcodes to resolve the ploblems with wrong path in relative links
• Added support of WP_HOME constant

2.8.2

• Fixed problem with mess in a generated pages when enabled Memcached or Redis
• Fixed code, that made sitemaps is not valid
• Improved speed of uploading source-files

2.8.1

• Added « nofollow » and « noindex » attributes for template page
• Fixed bug with where= »mpg_column=^M » that return « mpg_column » as a first row in [mpg] shortcode

2.8

• Fixed creation of « mpg_logs » table in database
• Added new locales translations: Ar, Es, Fi, Fr, It, Ja, Pt, Sv, Tr

2.7.9

• Fixed wrong names of column in database

2.7.8

• Added support of condition. If requested URL wouldn’t have specified string, it return 404
  It’s helpfull for multilanguage: for example, you can apply some template if URL contain ?lang=en only

2.7.7

• Added support of AMP pages: compatible with AMPforWP plugin

2.7.6

• Added ability to create URLs with trailing slash or not. Also, you can set selector in « Both » mode, to get working URLs of both types
• Added support of ^ and $ in where condition with shortcodes. Example [mpg project-id= »1″ where= »mpg-city=^{{mpg_city}} »]

2.7.5

• Added unique-rows attribute for [mpg] and [mpg_match] shortcodes.
  Expample [mpg project-id= »1″ unique-rows= »yes »] … [/mpg]

2.7.4

• Fixed overriding and in All in One SEO plugin
• Changed hook for footer from « wp_footer » to « wp_print_footer_scripts » due to scripts problem with enabled cache

2.7.3

• Added = as space replacer
• Changed mechanism for overriding in Yoast SEO

2.7.1

• Added « order-by », « direction » and « limit » to Shortcodes tab
• Fixed bug in ordering
• Fixed bug with « limit » attribute

2.7

• Added support of regular expressions to where= » » attribute in [mpg] shortcode
• Fixed bug for Pro+SEO plan
• Added « order-by » and « direction » attributes to [mpg] and [mpg_match] shortcodes

2.6

• Journaux ajoutés

2.5

• Added shortcode [mpg_match] for iterating rows in other project
• Fixed bug in URL Format Template with choosing fields from dropdown that non listed in preview table

2.4.1

• Mise à jour du SDK de Freemius
• Added support a shortcodes in a [mpg where], like a where= »mpg_state={{mpg_state}}
• Ajouté au plan du site

2.4

• Augmentation des performances (optimisations)
• Spintax: added attribute « block_id » to [mpg_spintax] shortcode.
  If you are using a few Spintax shortcodes on the same page – set any unique string or number to each shortcode
• Correction du non-remplacement de {{mpg_shortcodes}} dans [mpg_spintax].

2.3.10

• Les doubles barres obliques fixes dans le plan du site
• Fixed non-replacing shortcodes in header

2.3.9

• Fixed bug with non-replacement shortcodes in <meta= »description »> with Yoast SEO

2.3.8

• Petites réparations

2.3.7

• Performances accrues
• Disabled caching for authorized users to prevent caching generated pages with admin bar
• Fixed non-working dropdown for values in shortcode builder.
• Fixed non-replacing shortcodes in Elementor when enabled caching.
• Fixed bug with deleting sitemaps after creating project from scratch
• Added confirm dialog, when user use non-unique name for sitemap. Now, user can override existings sitemap, or choose another name

2.3.6

• Correction de « main » dans le plan du site en mode multisite
• Rewritten core functionality for Elementor, that can be enabled by adding define(‘MPG_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES’, true); to wp-config.php

2.3.5

• Fixed errorx with wp_sites() fucntion on multisite

2.3.4

• Fixed wrong path to sitemap in multisite installation of WordPress

2.3.3

• Fixed file upload error

2.3.2

• Fixed cache bug

2.3.1

• Fixed applying source file by schedule
• Correction des défauts de fonctionnement dans Elementor

2.3

• Added caching functionality
• Now, generated pages represent public or draft status of template page \ post

2.2.2

• Added affiliation functionality
• Ajout de la prise en charge des symboles de tréma (dans les alphabets allemand, turc et finlandais)

2.2.1

• Correction de la meta= »description » manquante avec RankMath

2.2

• Ajout du modal « Voir toutes les URL ».
• Ajout de la prise en charge des méta « robots » dans RankMath
• Now, URL stucture not regenerating after upload source-file

2.1.10

• URL creation fixes (dash in ceil)

2.1.9

• URL creation fixes

= 2.1.8
* Changed rules of generating URL’s: now, all special charsets is trimming
* Fixed shortcode in page when Yoast SEO in use
* Fixed missing slash in the end of URL for canonical links
* Fixed wrong URL in [mpg] shortcode, when « where » operator in use

2.1.7

2.1.6

• Rewritten an error massage, when user attempt to activate Free and Pro ver. at same time

2.1.5

• Ajout de la langue russe
• Fixed bug with spaces in URL Preview
• Fixed 404 error when using apostrophe in URL

2.1.4

• Fixed compatibility issue with JNews theme
• Fixed compatibility issue with WhatsUp Chat plugin
• Now, in the preview of the URLs, all shortcodes and static parts of the URLs are lowercase.

2.1.3

• Mise à jour du Readme et des avoirs

2.1.2

• Fixed bug with Create new page

2.1.1

• Fixed bug with links in menu for generated pages
• Fixed bug for RankMath SEO plugin (wrong title)
• Changement de chat pour Tawk
• Extended list of links in URL generator preview to 5 (instead of 1)

2.1

• Ajout du support Spintax

2.0.5

• Fixed link, that contain shortcodes
• Correction du chargement partiel de la page « Dataset Library ».
• Improved UX in shortcodes builder: composed URL in Main tab is mirrored in Shortcodes tab.

2.0.4

• Lien URL canonique fixe.
• Fixed OpenGraph og:url

2.0.3

• Fixed removing source file after plugin update
• Fixed bug with replacing shortcodes in shortcode builder, when shortcode contain spaces
• Amélioration du soutien multisite

2.0.2

• Fixed 404 error, when used mpg_url column in url builder, with slashes in the middle of string

2.0.1

• Support de Elementor réparé
• Fixed « white-screen » in Firefox
• Prise en charge fixe de Yoast SEO et du pack SEO All in One

2.0

• Nouvelle interface utilisateur et nouvelle expérience utilisateur
• Used Spout library as source file reader. That solved problem with special symbols, line breaks and encoding
• Condition multiple dans where= » » et créateur de conditions visuelles
• limit=“” and operator=“” attributes for [mpg] shortcode
• URL builder with preview
• Maintenant, les entités de types personnalisés peuvent être utilisées comme modèle (pages, messages, types personnalisés)
• Une bibliothèque de données actualisée avec des possibilités de déploiement plus puissantes
• Fixed bug with repetitive items in response of where=“”

1.5.2

• Added support slashes in url, like /country/city/street/
• Ajout de la marque autotrim BOM pour améliorer la compatibilité avec les fichiers exportés depuis Excel.

1.5.1

• Added validator for .csv to detecting wrong file encoding and values separator while uploading.
• Bugs mineurs corrigés

1.5

• Added datasets library
• Corrections de bogues mineurs

1.4.2

• Correction de la création du plan du site

1.4.1

• Correction du comportement de la première installation.
• Correction du bouton « Import Demo » désactivé
• Performance accrue

1.4

• Assistant ajouté
• Correction de bogues mineurs

1.3.7

• Fixed bug when clean installation was broke markup

1.3.6

• Fixed bug with inappropriate behaviour of « Import Demo » button
• Ajout de la prise en charge des symboles cyrilliques dans les fichiers .csv
• Maintenant, la pagination dans les résultats de recherche fonctionne correctement
• Mise à jour du SDK de Freemius

1.3.5

• Activation bug fixed

1.3.3

• License activation bug fixed

1.3.1

• Small bug fixed

1.3

• Ajout de la fonction multitabulation

1.2

• Ajout de la page « Welcome walkthrough ».
• Implemented scheduled template applying. One time or with some periodicity from remote server or Google Spreadsheet.
• Bugs fixes

1.1

• Mise en place de données de démonstration, au cas où, si vous ne téléchargez pas encore votre fichier de modèle.
• Fixed bug with an overriding template file in WordPress multisite mode
• Changed view of notifications
• Fixed issue with http / https access
• Correction de petits bogues
• Améliorer la rapidité

1.0.2

Petites réparations. Test sur la dernière version de WP.

1.0.1

Added new functionality that allows you to filter the results as well as group the filtered results. You can use the new shortcode that allows you to do this: [mpg where= » group= »][/mpg]. In the « where » parameter you need to specify the name of the column and the value by which you need to filter. Example: where=’mpg_column_name=value’ or for multi column filter just use comma like where=’mpg_column_name=value, mpg_column_name2=value2,…,mpg_column_name7=value7′. Filtered results can be grouped by the value of any of the columns. Example: group=’mpg_column_name’. For filtered data, you can specify your HTML pattern, just insert HTML code inside shortcode like this: [mpg]

{{column_name}}

[/mpg]. Full example of new shortcode look like: [mpg where=’mpg_state=NY’ group=’mpg_city’]

{{city}}

[/mpg]

1.0

• Réaliser la version.