Newsletter plugin v3.8.7 “Curatio” release notes

WordPress Newsletter plugin v3.8.7

Code name: Curatio

ADDED:

• Can now use [wpmlsubject]to display the Newsletter title/subject in the email
• There is now a “Slug/Nicename” field for custom fields for identification purposes
• Now a section with all the pending autoresponder emails where they can be managed
• Autoresponders can now send to existing subscribers as well
• The ability to insert shortcodes/variables/fields when creating an autoresponder
• Highly imporved Subscription Management section for subscribers [wpmlmanagement]
  • Additional settings in the configuration to control this section
• A simple “Refresh” button in the Newsletters > Email Queue section
• Custom CSS box in the Newsletter > Configuration to control the front-end styling
• The Ability to add multiple attachments to an email
• The ability to sort/order the email address field with the other fields.

FIXED:

• Newsletters > Groups section had no error if no groups were created
• Newsletters > Configuration “Acknowledgement” setting was broken
• Tabindex in the widget and post/page embedded subscribe form was broken
• Ampersand issue when exporting sent emails of an individual history email is fixed
• Editing Custom Fields to change checkbox/radio button/drop-down was an issue
• Plugin was rendering the front-end head.php file in the RSS Feed which broke it
• The bounce receival email was not set as the Return-Path when using WP Mail
• There is a UTF8 content header in the init() function which has been removed
• All PHP configurations now have the mb_strlen() function installed/configured
• The “Newsletter Functions” Post Category slection has been fixed
• The shortcodes/variables are now work in the TEXT part of multipart emails
• Viewing a mailing list now shows subscribers again
• Bit.ly and broken images has been fixed

IMPROVED:

• Can now set Auto-Responders on Privtate Mailing Lists as well
• Setting the Newsletter Image Post is now done with a field as opposed to drop-down
• Changed the MySQL columns/fields for “message” from TEXT to LONGTEXT
• The [wpmlhistory] shortcode has more parameters (list_id and index)
• The custom fields are now preloaded on an Ajax powered forms for single lists
• Displays the_post_thumbnail in Newsletters and Latest Post Subscription
• Changed from MySQL NOW() to PHP date() with current date/time
• Changed from Radio button custom field value incorrect to Radio button/Select drop down custom field value incorrect
• Serial Key pop-up and settings dialog now use ColorBox
• Further qTranslate integration