Ajax Search Pro 4.26

All release logs for version 4.26

4.26.16 - 2024-10-23

New Features

Improvements

  • Greatly improved Index Table transliteration (#140)

  • The preview window is now resizable and responsive (#173)

  • Cloudflare Rocket Loader is now fully supported (#148)

  • Improved archive page live loaders (#157)

Fixes

  • Fixed some warnings when certain grouping options were enabled (#152)

  • Fixed an issue with ACF repeater indexing (#154)

  • Fixed an issue with with archive page live loaders (#155)

  • Fixed an issue where Cloudflare would block the save request for a false positive match (#156)

  • Fixed an issue with the Elementor widget infinite loading (#158)

  • Fixed an issue with an override attribute (#159)

  • Fixed an issue with Bricks builder, where the plugin was not rendering in live view (#166)

  • Fixed a conflict with Yoast SEO sitemap generator (#169)

  • Fixed a multisite search issue (#149)

  • Added support for GTranslate plugin so results are definitely translated (#170)

  • Fixed an issue with BuddyPress search (#167)

4.26.15 - 2024-08-12

Improvements

  • Fixed an issue with WP Rocket integration (#150) - Special thanks to alfonso100 and joejoe04 from WP Rocket team for help

4.26.14 - 2024-08-05

Improvements

  • Fixed an issue where multiple search bars using isotopic results layout in a custom position would cause the second bar not to work correctly (#147)

  • Image lazy loading is now utilized from the browser loading="lazy" attribute instead of using a custom script (#146)

  • Fixed an issue where some cache plugin minifiers would not correctly recognize the output and minify incorrectly (#143)

  • Fixed a chmod mask and recursive directory creation issue during activation (#142)

4.26.13 - 2024-07-31

New Features

  • Added an OpenAPI compatible swagger.yaml file in the plugin root directory for REST endpoint (#123)

  • The plugin script output had been greatly optimized by exchanging the current build engine to esbuild. The overall package build script had been rebuilt to node.js and npm. (#133)

Improvements

  • Greatly improved Media File Search and fixed an issue where the context and images would not show up on PDF results (#136)

  • Fixed an issue where incorrectly set post limits would cause an issue on the back-end (#137)

  • Fixed an issue where post tag filters threw an error (#138)

  • Fixed an issue where the back-end options post type search was not working correctly (#135)

  • Fixed an issue with exact matches (#141)

4.26.12 - 2024-06-25

New Features

  • User search avatar images source size can be adjusted now (#128)

  • Predicted search results can be enabled for the search results page now (#129)

Improvements

  • The search query arguments is converted to a type safe object with array access for better type hinting for developers (#124)

  • Fixed an issue where incorrect column width would cause a crash (#127)

  • Added backticks to avoid possible conflicts with reserved keywords within the query (#126)

  • Fixed a dependency for the block editor scripts (#119)

  • Fixed an issue with custom templating path for multisites (#122)

  • Fixed an issue with the index table and the "EXACT AND" keyword logic (issue 121)

  • Fixed minor issue with the input form for some themes (issue 77)

  • Fixed an issue where the asp_option_checked CSS class was not added to the checked checkboxes for the post type filters (#130)

  • Fixed a notice which triggers when the search bar was previewed before saving the first time (#131)

Build 5069

4.26.11 - 2024-05-28

Improvements

  • Fixed an issue with the newest IOS Safari and the custom field labels (issue 114)

  • Fixed an issue with the secondary custom field ordering, when used in combination with the primary custom field ordering (issue 115)

  • Fixed an issue with the wp-cache directory mask and creation (issue 116)

  • Updated the API endpoints and methods for the automatic update script (issue 118)

4.26.10 - 2024.05.06

Improvements

  • Fixed an issue with the index table negative and stop-words (issue 111)

  • Added asp_option_selected CSS Class to parent label elements on Checkbox and Radio filters for better style targeting for developers (issue 108)

4.26.9 - 2024.04.22

Improvements

  • WPML String Translation compatibility fixes (issue 103)

  • Index table negative keywords now exclude even partial matches to the keyword (issue 107)

  • Advanced Title and Content fields HTML tag improvement updated (issue 104)

  • Fixed an issue with the secondary ordering interface (issue 105)

  • Fixed an issue with the tag filters when using the radio button layout (issue 106)

  • Fixed an issue with the random ordering parameter (issue 109)

All fixes and issues for 4.26.9 can be found here.

4.26.8 - 2024.04.09

New Features

  • Ordering results by Post Modified date asc/desc is possible (issue 98)

Improvements

  • The index table custom field object indexing has been improved (issue 99)

  • The meta boxes compatibility option now affects the Classic Editor buttons - they are hidden for non-selected post types (issue 96)

Fixes

  • Fixed a potential compaitibility problem with Breakdance editor

  • Fixed an issue with an option inconsistency

  • Fixed an issue with the Advanced Title & Content fields HTML tag handler - now the tags should be correctly stripped

  • Fixed an issue with the taxonomy term checkboxes - where the checkboxes does not get unchecked when they are hidden - regarless if this is enforced.

All issues regarding 4.26.8 can be found here.

4.26.7 - 2024.03.19

Improvements

  • Advanced Title and Content fields now detect Post Type objects and Post Type object arrays automatically. When objects are detected the title is fetched by the ID field.

  • Improved the asset loader with a common interface to make sure to avoid known issues with certain ajax requests

Fixes

  • Fixed some missing translations

4.26.6 - 2024.03.15

New Features

  • Shortcode support in Advanced Title and Description fields

  • Search integration into the native menu system - now it is possible to use the search as a native menu element

  • Added a new option to to enable/disable parent/child checkboxes to be automatically checked or unchecked in taxonomy term filters

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the search block was not present in the Full Site Editor

4.26.5 - 2024.03.04

New Features

  • Added a new argument for the advanced title and content fields "separator", which is used in joining the values, when the custom field value is an array

  • Added an option for taxonomy term filters: Filtering by parent terms should also include the results from children? If a post from child category is not directly assigned to the parent category as well, this will force the filter to still apply if the parent category is selected.

  • Added support for Advanced Custom Fields Repeater/Theme Builder fields index and search

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the PDF thumbnail generator, where the thumbnail was not generated when the default image was selected.

  • PDF thumbnail generator now also checks for pre-generated thumbnails from WordPress, and use those if available and will also respect the selected image size

  • Fixed a conflict with WooCommerce ajax cart feature

  • Fixed an issue with the number range custom field filter - where redirecting to the results page with the empty filter range would end up with "0" values filled in with potential no results.

4.26.4 - 2024.02.14

Fixes

  • Fixed an bug with index table taxonomy and custom field search

  • Fixed a bug where the random ordering was not applied in some cases

4.26.3 - 2024.02.08

Possibly final preparation/bugfix update before 4.27

New Features

  • Added a new query argument to allow/disallow missing WPML translations when using the site language

  • Post tag filters now allow 10 000 items in the filter box instead of the previous 400

  • vtt (subtitle) files are now supported for the media search

Fixes

  • When using the WooCommerce {_sale_price} in advanced title or content, it will only appear if the item is on sale

  • Fixed an issue with the post type and user meta field search logic

  • Minor fixes is the internal file manager

  • Fixed an issue in the CSS generator, where in a specific configuration some assets were not picked up

  • Fixed an issue where the index table tokenizer looped and took too long to respond

  • Fixed an issue with the archive page live filter

  • Divi live pagination will work correctly for custom shop pages

  • Fixed an issue where some elementor items were duplicated in the container

  • Fixed a sorting issue with the media search

  • Fixed an issue where the variation would not show up on the WooCommerce results page

  • Fixed an accessibility issue with the Isotopic results navigation

  • Fixed various PHP 8.3 deprecation warnings

  • Added shortcode output minification, so when using the plugin shortcode in a Shortcode Block the line breaks added by WordPress autop() should be ommited

  • Many other minor fixes

Changes

  • The advanced content fields now will respect the maximum content length (each field is trimmed to the set length)

  • Slightly improved the media indexing search

4.26.2 - 2023.03.31

Fixes

  • Fixed a directory permission related error

  • Fixed an issue with the ACF relationship filter parser to account for WPML languages

  • Added a few security measures for back-end ajax handlers as well as some page forms (CVE 2023-1420 & wpscan report)

4.26.1 - 2023.02.21

Changes

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the vertical results scrolling

  • Fixed an issue with the title autocomplete

  • Fixed an issue with the WooCommerce results page results count

4.26 - 2023.02.19

Check the version 4.26 blog post for more details about the new features.

New Features

Changes

  • More efficient nag notices removal from the plugin back-end section

  • Vertical and Horizontal scrollbars are now displayed as overlay for a nicer output

  • Changed the results groups output - each group has a separate DIV container with distinctible CSS classes for easier customizations

  • Added a warning message for the index table settings to not close the browser tab when the indexing is active

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the date filters

  • Fixed an issue with some shortcodes for the Index Table

  • Most cache related files are now moved from asp_upload to asp_cache folder

  • PDF results text preview length is now correct

  • asp_perse_filters() memory related issue fixes

  • Changed the magnifier button inner elements from DIV to SPAN (validation error fix)

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