Checkout 1.7 Release Notes

WordPress Shopping Cart plugin 1.7 release notes.

Added

• WordPress Dashboard widget with chart and overview.
• Export only ticked/checked orders.
• PayPal Payments Advanced (extension).
• reCAPTCHA for “New Customer” registration during checkout.
• Regional shipping by country/state combinations.
• Chart/graph date range and Years/Months/Days report.
• Auto approve setting per supplier.
• Virtual Merchant setting to capture card details on the site directly.
• PayPal Pro Auth and Capture settings.
• “Delete Product” link on the Save a Product page.
• Sortable columns in all admin sections.
• Add a handling/surcharge fee setting.
• US Military addresses.
• Currency or percentage setting per regional shipping rate.
• Negative (-) prices for product variations and options.
• New user notification for supplier login account.

Improved

• Speed and performance improvements all round.
• Improvements to the product copy/duplicate feature.
• New WordPress 3.5+ metabox structure.
• Transparent graph/chart while loading data instead of white.
• TinyMCE editor on product additional content/descriptions.
• Support for spaces in image filenames while importing products.
• Overwrite product images when importing.
• Change “Tax & Shipping” to “Calculations” tab.
• PayPal HTTP 1.1 Update for IPN.
• Replace msDropDown with ddSlick for drop down menu variations.
• Remove Checkout > Product Content section from menu.
• Remove Checkout > Product Images section from menu.
• New links under Checkout > Support & Help section.
• Changed all deprecated admin-functions.php includes.
• Child themes support for the “checkout” child theme folder.

Fixed

• “Paid in Full” field on invoice was faulty.
• Calculating… issue on products in the loop.
• Category shortcode not showing products in some cases.
• Discount coupon dropped upon checkout.
• Products lose order when a category is saved.
• Checkout > Configuration section right-hand sidebar doesn’t show in Firefox.
• Currency symbol after the price setting not working.
• Product page additional content tabs not working in Firefox.
• Ajax empty cart from widget doesn’t add more products afterwards.
• “Remove this option” on Save a Product screen not working.
• Custom CSS ineffective due to a PHP warning at the top.
• Delete coupon “No active order can be found” error message.
• Export orders CSV shipped, paid, completed, etc columns incorrect.
• Price tiers showing zero (0.00) in shopping cart.
• Virtual Merchant ssl_country error due to country length of string.
• Space below TinyMCE editor and other metaboxes disappeared.
• Keywords remain on product after emptying the keywords field and saving.
• Product variations bulk action results in out of stock on the product.
• Realex Payments REDIRECT return URL change.