Banner Rotator 4.0 Release Notes

WordPress Banner Rotator plugin version 4.0 release notes.

Added

• Pushdown Adverts with Standard and Expandable modes, including collapsible and closable settings. Only one top and/or bottom pushdown banner(s) can be active per location per page (one top and one bottom on a page are allowed but not two of each). You can have more than one top or bottom pushdown banners active on different pages.
• Alternate Banner feature for Adverts and Pushdown > Standard. Set up an alternate image that appears when you hover or click over the first image.
• Override Text Box Presentation feature. You can now override the default settings for Text Box Presentation per advert, giving each text box its own style.
• Clicks and Click-Through Rate (CTR%) in Save a Banner Ad (Adverts > Add New) page.
• Geotargeting menu and feature to replace Countries field. Includes shortcode. Supports Country, Administrative Division (State/Province, etc.), and City. This lets you set up multiple locations and assign them to Adverts and Zones. Using the shortcode lets you display banners from Adverts or Zones that have that location assigned. Banners from Adverts take priority.
• Geotargeting option for Widgets. It displays banners from Adverts or Zones that have that location assigned. Banners from Adverts take priority.
• Color picker for Text Box Presentation.
• Calendar time selector for Start and End Date conditions.
• Copy shortcode feature for Zones, Sizes, and Adverts.
• Pause Rotate on Hover setting for Zones.
• Allow sort for all columns.
• New & updated columns with revised text and icons.
• Active/Inactive statuses for Ads and Zones when displayed in certain edit pages.
• Number of Ads and Zones used in certain edit pages.
• “Delete Exported Stat Files” link in Settings. This option allows you to remove all CSV-exported statistics files directly from the dashboard, instead of leaving them there indefinitely. Previously, these files had to be deleted manually via FTP.
• Serial key link now also appears on the Plugins page when the key isn’t entered.

Improved

• PHP 8.4 compatibility.
• Settings > WordPress Related > Change Permissions (for user roles) now works in multisites.
• Settings > WordPress Related > Change Permissions (for user roles) > Administrator now cannot be unticked to prevent locking him out.
• Updated the calendar design throughout the plugin.
• Adverts > Ad Type > Code: HTML Code editor has been updated to support more functions.
• Removed Countries field in Zones and added Geotargeting (Locations).
• View pages for Adverts, Zones, Sizes.
• Serial key modal background color.
• Updated the date picker to a modern version.
• Copying an ad now appends -copy to the newly copied ad.
• Columns text no longer overlap. E.g.: In Adverts, in Screen Options, enabling all columns now displays Link and other columns correctly.
• Use WordPress dialog modal for media upload.
• Improved Adverts image upload: Selected images now display immediately, without needing to save first.
• Adverts can now use external image URLs.
• Organized the Save a Banner Ad (Adverts > Add New) and Save a Zone (Zones > Add New) pages.
• Banner images resizing and height optimization to make them better fit different resolutions. Better desktop and mobile responsiveness.
• Bulk actions.
• Copy function.
• Dropdown fields now display a bit better.
• Continue editing is now checked by default.
• Various widget settings display and block-based widgets improvements.
• Quick Links in Settings.
• Preview of every supported ad type.
• Added a note that Flash has been deprecated. It still works in our plugin but most browsers may not support it.
• Layout and design updates.
• Updated language files (.mo and .po).
• Text improvements.

Fixed

• Serial key modal.
• Banner Size: Responsive.
• Adverts not displaying via shortcode due to caching.
• Adverts, View pages, and Order Ads preview not working.
• Ads preview on zone order.
• Other preview fixes.
• Settings page compatibility with Avada theme.
• Saving issue on Ads with type Code on PHP 8.1.
• Other saving issues.
• Start and End Date condition issue.
• Missing notice for bulk actions.
• Viewing the debug log file in Settings.
• Shortcode/Banners icon/button in the Classic Editor and Block Editor (Gutenberg) on pages/posts.
• TinyMCE overflow issue on resizing.
• Column sorting issues on ads, geolocations, sizes, and zones.
• Saving when all banners are deselected on the zone edit page.
• Security fixes.
• Other fixes & changes.