Changelog - Add-on - Beautiful Cookie Banner

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3.8.5

FIX: iframe for blocked services sometimes did not load correctly.

3.8.4

FIX: potential XSS Vulnerability

3.8.3

FIX: Fatal Error in older PHP Versions (< PHP 7.3) with Banner 2

3.8.2

FIX: Fatal Error in older PHP Versions in combination with old WP Versions (WP < 5.9 & PHP < 8)

3.8.1

Compatibility with 6.8
IMPROVEMENT: Minor performance tweak for admin: only calling state api, when needed.
FIX: Translated Banner Settings can now be imported with the API.

3.8.0

NEW: WordPress Consent API Support for Banner 2.
NEW: Pixel Manager for WooCommerce Support for Banner 2.

3.7.1

REFACTOR: Improved error messages in admin when WordPress API is unavailable.

3.7.0

NEW: Blocklist support for Banner 2: It now works with same blocklist as banner 1.
NEW: Versioning of blocking rules, for more info see changelog.
FIX: sometimes Banner 2 config UI in admin was not loaded.

3.6.0

NEW: support for Microsoft Clarity consent

3.5.2

IMPROVEMENT: Removed exception for officially not supported WP version < 5.2 for Banner 2
FIX: NoticeFunction _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly in WP 6.7
REFACTOR: Import API improvements
REFACTOR: When saving: translatable check is now default false, and throws no exception anymore.

3.5.1

support for WordPress 6.7

3.5.0

NEW: support for Microsoft UET consent mode
IMPROVEMENT: with consent mode retrieval “inline” a consent_mode_update event is pushed to dataLayer

3.4.2

IMPROVEMENT: Improved compatibility with WordPress 6.6
IMPROVEMENT: Minor performance improvements

3.4.1

FIX: Banner 2 did not show up on some PHP versions in combination with WP versions < 6.5

3.4.0

FIX: for Banner 2 there was sometimes an invalid state, which made it impossible to configure it.
IMPROVEMENT: Multilanguage: WPML is only default selected, if it is installed.
REFACTOR: Google Consent Mode: improved check, if consent was updated
REFACTOR: improved JSON validation

3.3.0

FIX: Via the API you can now update new banner fields
REFACTOR: consent mode update now more robust when it comes to caching plugins
REFACTOR: renaming global JS variable in admin to more unique name
REFACTOR: removed wp_localize_script
REFACTOR: Using now wp_enqueue_script_module to enqueue new banner script for WP >= 6.5

3.2.0

NEW: Second banner available with different features. Please make sure you have installed version >= 4.1 of the main plugin.
FIX: PHP notice if WPML detection was enabled, in some cases.
FIX: Removed error if main plugin is deleted before deactivation of addon.

3.1.0

NEW: Added Hubspot Chat and Hubspot Forms to default blocking rules.
NEW: Added settings to change method to retrieve consent mode updates, to mitigate aggressive caching issues.
IMPROVEMENT: consent update gets own script to avoid possible caching issues.
REFACTOR: API Endpoints are registered always. Active check is done in callback.
REFACTOR: Improved error handling for Block Services Script (nscBlockScript.js).
REFACTOR: Added null checks to nsc_bara_after_update

3.0.0

Compatibility with WordPress 6.5
IMPROVEMENT: Blocking rule: Google Analytics blocking rule includes now GA4 as well.
IMPROVEMENT: License Key is now masked and not provided in export anymore.
REFACTOR: Preparations for multiple banner support

2.9.0

NEW: Support for new compliance type: Differentiated Consent – deny
IMPROVEMENT: Works better now with cache plugins, like liteSpeed.

2.8.1

FIX: In some installation settings page was not available after installation of premium plugin.
FIX: JS errors in admin due to missing null checks.
FIX: dataLayer renaming was not working for default consent mode push.

2.8.0

Minimum version of parent plugin needed: 3.2.0

IMPROVEMENT: Google Consent Mode – update command now additionally triggered after every page view, if user interacted with banner before.
IMPROVEMENT: dataLayer name can now be customized for Consent Mode as well
FIX: no error in Google Tagmanager section anymore, if URL is empty.

2.7.0

NEW: Google Consent Mode v2 support. Added support for ad_user_data and ad_personalization
NEW: Added “All Settings” field to Im & Export section

2.6.0

Minimum version of parent plugin needed: 3.0.0

NEW: Google Consent Mode Support.
NEW: You can now reset your custom services in block services section.
IMPROVEMENT: API is now available, if banner is deactivated in admin settings. To disable the API the addon needs to be deactivated in plugin section.

2.5.0

NEW: Export and Update all your settings with the new cookie banner settings API. You need at least version 2.14.1 of the main plugin.

2.4.0

NEW: you can now use any SVG icon for the cookie settings tab. You need at least version 2.14.0 of the main plugin for this feature.
IMPROVEMENT: Blocked Services – made blocking services more robust. The old rules got now a legacy flag, but can still be used.
FIX: with some WP configurations blocked services settings window was not loaded.

2.3.2

compatibility with 6.3

2.3.1

FIX: If banner delay is configured, there was a JS error in the console.

2.3.0

FIX: non translatable fields were not stored correctly with wpml enabled
REFACTOR: switched deprecated icl_get_languages with wpml_active_languages. SUPPORTS now only WPML Version >=3.2
REFACTOR: updated update endpoint.
NEW: IM & Export works now for all languages

2.2.0

Minimum version of parent plugin needed: 2.13

NEW: possibility to append banner for real
NEW: change the order of the buttons
FIX: Settings for block scripts now visible, if banner is deactivated

2.1.1

NEW: added option to enqueue the blocking script helper. This might help with caching plugin.
NEW: Blocking Services can now block async. Needed for some caching plugin.
NEW: You can now fully customize the URL from which a tag manager is loaded. Even use a different tag manager then GTM.
FIX: blockingScript does not rely on HTMLScriptElement anymore.
FIX: the last entry of the blocking service can now be removed as well.

2.1.0

skipped.

2.0.0

Minimum version of parent plugin needed: 2.12

FEATURE: Let the Google Tag Manager now be loaded by this plugin: docs and benefits.
REFACTOR: changes at the blockScripts.js
FEATURE: added new endpoint: blockedServices

1.9.0

Minimum version of parent plugin needed: 2.11.1

IMPROVEMENT: improved sanitation rules
FIX: custom services in block services section could not be saved proberly.
REFACTOR: custom services in block services are now saved with wp-json api.

1.8.0

The main plugin and the add-on had a security audit. There were no critical vulnerabilities found in the add-on. In this version recommended improvements to security have been implemented.

FIX: Minor security fix: added defined(‘ABSPATH’)
FIX: Minor security fix: instead of only sanitizing, the IP input for stats module, it is now validated.
FIX: Default capability is manage_options
REFACTOR: remove unused file and method.

1.7.1

IMPROVEMENT: Needed script tags got an id and data attributes to prevent caching of those.
REFACTOR: cookie and script blocking action hook is now as early as possible: lowest integer.

1.7.0

Please update main plugin to version 2.10.0, before updating.

FEATURE: user permissions are now configurable with capability
FEATURE: Consent status is now configurable, for close x and “just info”

1.6.0

IMPROVEMENT: added support for showing banner with delay

1.5.5

FIX: update to 1.5.4 was not recognized

1.5.4

FIX: Google Translate was not blocking all relevant domains.
FIX: With some rare webserver configurations blocked the blocking page in admin panel.
WP 6.1 compatibility

1.5.3

FIX: Undefined constant “NSC_BARA_PLUGIN_VERSION”

1.5.2

IMPROVEMENT: added google fonts blocking support.

1.5.1

FIX: caching problem: after adding a licence the new license was not recognized until the update transient was expired. Which took up to 24h.

1.5.0

FEATURE: added support for translating the custom close text.

1.4.3

FIX: youtube blocking was too greedy, blocked links as well. Please check if after updating the blocking still works as you expect it.

1.4.2

IMPROVEMENT: WP 6.0 compatibility

1.4.1

FIX: in some rare situations you were logged out, if using the language drop down

1.4.0

FEATURE: add a block list
FIX: in some installations there was an error message “Unable to load nsc_bar-cookie-consent” when changing the language

1.3.3

FIX: PHP Warning Undefined variable $success

1.3.2

compatibility to WP 5.9
transients are now cached per version

1.3.1

Improvement: added source to IP calculation for easier debugging.
REFACTOR: made get user ip nicer and added X_REAL_IP
FIX: all fields from api and header are now sanitized in stats module.

1.3.0

FEATURE: statistics

1.2.2

Bugfix: host name calculation for iframe was not solid.
Improvement: added fields for update.
Bugfix: fixed caching bug: result was not cached: so too many server request
Bugfix: removed NOtice from logs: HTTP_HOST in languages was not always defined.
Improvement: global message if license problems.
Improvement: validation is now with filter possible. parent plugin version >2.6.4 Delete update transient when storing license key.

1.2.1

Bugfix: under certain circumstances a 404 was produced.

1.2.0

added block services feature

1.1.0

added support for freely placable links

1.0.0

initial release