- Introduced review status controls: Publish, Unpublish, and Spam.
- Added advanced review moderation with manual approval and intelligent auto-publishing rules based on rating, content length, and keywords.
- Added spam marking and unmarking for reviews, including bulk actions.
- Added advanced style options for review and feed templates, including box shadow, border radius, hover effects, and padding and spacing controls. (Pro)
- Added device-based responsive control for ‘Load More’ behavior.
- Added advanced Product Review Schema and optimized review structured data for improved SEO.
- Added the ability to clear cache by individual feed template for better control.
- Introduced Facebook Event sorting options to display events in the preferred order. (Pro)
- Optimized SQL queries for review counts, rating breakdowns, and business information.
- Preserved manual review approval status during sync to prevent unintentionally re-approving disabled reviews.
- Improved WooCommerce template handling and business information processing. (Pro)
- Fixed and improved Airbnb business information handling via the GraphQL API. (Pro)
- Improved facebook event feed handling and account filtering logic. (Pro)
- Fixed an issue where woocommerce product reviews were incorrectly inserted into non-review comments and processed as reviews. (Pro)
- Fixed an issue where WP Social Ninja custom cron events could be automatically removed on certain server environments.
- Resolved a masonry layout rendering issue. (Pro)
- Fixed review count update issues when enabling or disabling reviews.
- Fixed incorrect post ID usage in asset loading logic for WooCommerce products.
- Fixed chat widget Viber configuration issue. (Pro)
- Fixed time picker, date range type design issue.
- Filter out Instagram trial reels from account feed
- Fixed review show/hide reviews based on keyword issue (Pro)
- Fixed: HTML tags incorrectly printed in review content.
- Fixed: Unpublished reviews were being displayed on the frontend.
- Fixed: Reviewer name mapping issue in Fluent Forms integration. (Pro)
- Fixed: Duplicate reviews appearing from Booking.com sources. (Pro)
- Fixed: Custom image upload conflict caused by certain plugins. (Pro)
- Fixed: Incorrect pro feature toggle behavior inside feed and review editors.
- Improved: added Loader animation when switching layouts inside the Template Editor panel
- Revamped UI and improved UX for modern and streamlined experience
- Added smooth onboarding to simplify first-time setup
- Introduced Custom Sources to add and display reviews from any platform (Pro)
- Added Import & Export feature for Custom Sources (Pro)
- Added Screen Options to easily hide or show platforms
- Added Bulk Actions for templates, reviews, chat widgets, and notifications
- Improved overall performance
- Introduced Dark Mode for the plugin dashboard
- Rebuilt WP Social Ninja Admin area using Vue 3 and Element Plus
- Enhance HTML sanitization for user-generated content
- Fixed Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get_ID() on null in actions.php when the woocommerce_comments called.
- Fixed facebook event feed order issue
- Improved sanitization and escaping for imported reviews and feed content
- Fixed compatibility issue with the Facebook Event API.
- Improved Judge.me review import process and fixed review display issues inside the product reviews tab.
- Added fancy text support to faceebook feed filters.
- Displayed place id for Airbnb business names to help distinguish between businesses with the same name.
- Displayed Airbnb business place id in the business selection dropdown to avoid confusion when multiple businesses share the same name.
- Added missing translator strings and translator comments.
- Fixed Trustpilot review update issue and improved review field selection logic.
- Added additional permission checks for REST API requests to improve overall data handling security.
- Fixed PHP 8.1 compatibility issue caused by automatic conversion of false to array.
- Added Judge.me reviews migration import option (Pro)
- Added the fresh and modern "Polaris" Reviews Template. (Pro)
- Added WooCommerce product reviews synchronization with WP Social Ninja, allowing you to manage and display all your reviews directly from Social Ninja. (Pro)
- Added Advanced WooCommerce reviews customization — choose layouts, templates, form styles, and control visibility options directly in WP Social Ninja, without configuring each product’s settings individually. (Pro)
- Added a Social Ninja Reviews Template placement option in WooCommerce product settings. (Pro)
- Added a Reviews Form option in WooCommerce product settings to collect WooCommerce reviews using Fluent Forms, or you can use the WooCommerce default reviews form. (Pro)
- Added a new header template for WooCommerce, fluent forms and custom reviews. (Pro)
- Added option to collect custom reviews using Fluent Forms. (Pro)
- Added Review photo support — collect images along with review text via Fluent Forms. (Pro)
- Added Fluent Forms review collection with approval support for custom and WooCommerce reviews. (Pro)
- Added Fluent Forms Rating Field: You can now add rating fields in Fluent Forms without needing Fluent Forms Pro, if you have Social Ninja Pro.
- Added Responsive Post Count Filter: Use the new "wpsocialreviews/responsive_post_count" filter to customize the number of posts displayed based on the device (desktop, tablet, or mobile).
- Added Fetch More Facebook Feed Attachments: Enable the "wpsocialreviews/facebook_feed_should_fetch_more_attachments" filter to include additional child attachment photos in your Facebook feeds.
- Updated Swiper Library: Upgraded to version 8.4.7 to resolve conflicts with Power Pack ticker.
- Improved Error Handling: Added encryption error detection for Facebook Reviews, Facebook Feed, and Instagram, with clear, user-friendly error messages (includes error code 999 for access token issues).
- Improved Facebook Feed Cache: Optimized cache handling for relative date ranges, making your feeds faster and more reliable. (Pro)
- Improved Tripadvisor API configuration and cleared downloadReviewsUrl for non-business URL credentials for a seamless experience.
- Improved button links and accessibility for Facebook feeds, making them easier to navigate.
- Fixed Airbnb reviews fetching issue & added support for Airbnb v3 (note: experiences and services business name & average rating not supported)
- Fixed accessibility issue with slider pagination (Pro)
- Fixed PHP deprecation issue (get_class() without arguments) for better compatibility with newer PHP versions
- Fixed error display for Facebook Reviews in the admin panel.
- Fixed missing <br> tags in Instagram post captions on the frontend for better formatting.
- Fixed Issue with Business Hours & Timezone Settings for WhatsApp Widget (Pro)
- Fixed input device activation for total posts/reviews in the editor's responsive mode, with better device key selection logic.
- Fixed issues with uploading custom images. (Pro)
- Fixed Chat Widget close button color change issue.
- Fixed Chat Widget Template Config handling for array values, resolving a PHP 8.3 compatibility issue that caused a fatal error.
- Fixed WooCommerce Template rating icon spacing and color issues.
- Fixed Facebook feed album and single album image optimization and display issues. (Pro)
- Fixed: Facebook feed now only shows public posts (subscriber-only posts are hidden).
- Fixed Facebook feed popup left arrow icon issue in the editor.
- Fixed Instagram Feed posts hashtag links with umlauts being incorrectly generated.
- Fixed Inline Instagram videos now pause other videos, preventing multiple from playing at once.
- Fixed YouTube Feed live stream data update and fetch issues. (Pro)
- Fixed YouTube Feed empty header display issue.
- Fixed search functionality in the admin panel for all reviews.
- Fixed syntax error in Reviews Template "Rigel" within the editor. (Pro)
- Fixed sorting logic for feed and review posts to display them in the correct order.
- Fixed reviews template CSS loading in the footer on the WooCommerce product page.
- Resolved PHP maximum execution time exceeded error in the `feedsByRandom` method logic
- Added Get Reviews via QR Code Module. (Pro)
- Added verified badge support for review platforms. (Pro)
- Fixed Instagram account feeds max 100 feed limit issue
- Fixed Hashtag filter functionality for Facebook album and single album feeds. (Pro)
- Fixed chat widget CSS selectors and added closing animation to chat box
- Fixed chat widget to correctly reflect user’s local timezone. (Pro)
- Refactored rating stars and improved AI platform detection on notification popups. (Pro)
- Fixed TikTok feed disconnection issue by improving token management, adding a safety buffer for expiration checks, and enhancing error handling.
- Updated Babel configuration for ES module support: Removed unused script from production version
- Improve Accessibility for reviews and facebook feed buttons. (Pro)
- Airbnb review integration is temporarily unavailable due to changes in the external API. A notice has been added to the configuration screen.
- Introduced an AI-powered summarizer for Reviews templates with customizable display options. (Pro)
- Reviewer Name Format Option – Added setting to allow users to customize how reviewer names are displayed. (Pro)
- Optimized Image Format Setting – Introduced an option to choose between JPG or WebP image formats for better optimization.
- Star Rating Icon – Improved excessive DOM size for rating icons to enhance performance.
- Edit Button Visibility – Resolved visibility issue with the Edit button on reviews templates.
- Feed Popup Layout – Fixed height adjustment issue to ensure consistent layout in the feed popup.
- "Write a Review" Button – Updated element type to prevent template layout breakage. (Pro)
- Review Business Info & Button URL – Fixed issues related to displaying business info and custom "Write a Review" button URL. (Pro)
- Reviews Popup Styling – Fixed issue with styling not updating in the notifications reviews popup.(Pro)
- Fixed the restriction issue affecting optimized image URLs
- Fixed the no default translation string issue in translation settings.
Added SMS chat widget. (Pro)
- Added Microsoft Teams chat widget. (Pro)
- Added Instagram DM chat widget. (Pro)
- Added support for Facebook Single Photo Album via Album ID. (Pro)
- Added support for Facebook Specific Video Playlist via Playlist URL. (Pro)
- Added option to show Fluent Forms or custom URLs in Reviews business info/badge section. (Pro)
- Added support for YouTube feed – users can now collect feeds using channel handle, username, or channel ID.
- WhatsApp Pro is now available in the Free version (other Pro features remain locked).
- Added prefilled support for SMS and WhatsApp widgets (layout types: box and icons). (Pro)
- Added official 3:4 aspect ratio support for Instagram templates.
- Enhanced WeChat widget. (Pro)
- Improved Facebook Events API integration – users can now collect Facebook event feeds. (Pro)
- Improved: User can display likes, comments count and header bio text, fullname for instagram business basic account.
- Resolved issue with multiple Fluent Forms overlapping in the chat widget. (Pro)
- Updated Twitter/X official logo on twitter template.
- Fixed issues with editing and deleting chat widgets.
- Resolved Oxygen Builder escaping issue.
- Fixed manual Instagram connection issue.
- Fixed issue with reviews media URLs when image optimization is enabled.
- Resolved "Load More" issue in reviews (Pro)
- Fixed Instagram account feed video media URL issue.
- Removed Skype from the chat widget due to Microsoft discontinuing support for Skype integration