Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code

Changelog

5.4.1

• New: Telemetry opt-in – Anonymized usage data can be shared to help improve the plugin. Opt-in is available from the welcome notice and via Settings → Dashboard; data is sent only when enabled and is cleaned on uninstall.
• Improvement: Copy-by-source analytics and telemetry summary (Pro) – Analytics now includes a breakdown by copy source and a telemetry summary for opted-in usage insights.
• Improvement: Uninstall cleanup – Telemetry and related options are removed when the plugin is uninstalled.
• Fix: Freemius not loading – Resolved an issue where Freemius SDK could fail to load in some environments.

5.4.0

• New: Shortcode analytics + per-shortcode opt-out (Pro) – Shortcode-based copy events are now tracked as source = 'shortcode' with post and page context, alongside Global Injector events. You can disable tracking for specific shortcodes via an analytics attribute (for example, [copy analytics="off"]Code[/copy] still copies but does not record analytics for that instance).
• New: Source breakdown & shortcode-by-page (Pro) – The detailed Analytics endpoint now includes a Global Injector vs Shortcodes source breakdown and a shortcode-by-page view so you can see which pages and shortcodes drive the most copy events.
• Improvement: Volume vs Prior card accuracy – The Volume vs Prior card now shows / N prev whenever previous-period data exists (including 0), reserving -- prev only for truly missing data, and uses clearer trend labels for trending vs lagging periods.
• Improvement: Free vs Pro previews in Analytics UI – Free users see a blurred preview for Pro-only source breakdown data so the UI is no longer misleading; Pro users see real counts, percentages, and growth.
• Improvement: Version consistency & cache-busting – Unified plugin version across the header, CTC_VER constant, core class, composer, and readme. Release tooling (npm run version:check / version:set) now fails on mismatches and keeps all version fields in sync, preventing stale assets and updater drift.
• Fix: Coupon widget copy button label – The Elementor coupon widget now passes the correct config keys to the shared copy button helper, and the helper accepts both legacy (copy_button_text) and new (button_text) keys so the custom button text from widget settings always renders as expected.
• Fix: Preserve zero-valued style settings – Global Injector rule meta now treats saved '0' values (e.g. blur, border width, padding) as valid instead of falling back to defaults, so zero-style configurations are applied consistently after saving.
• Security: Safer external links – All plugin-generated links that open in a new tab (target="_blank") now include rel="noopener noreferrer" to guard against reverse-tabnabbing and improve cross-window isolation.
• Security: Pro analytics limited to admins – Pro analytics REST endpoints now require the manage_options capability, preventing non-admin users from accessing analytics data even if they obtain a valid REST nonce.
• Security: Analytics abuse protections – The public analytics event endpoint (POST /ctc/v1/analytics/events) now enforces per-IP rate limiting and strict payload validation, returning 429 on abusive bursts and 400 for invalid event data to protect the ctc_analytics table.
• Improvement: Analytics timezone normalization – Analytics events and query windows now consistently use UTC for created_at and date ranges, preventing shifted 24h/7d/30d boundaries on non-UTC sites.
• Improvement: Analytics retention & cleanup – Older analytics events beyond roughly 13 months are now pruned in small batches by a daily scheduled cleanup job (retention days and batch size are filterable), keeping the ctc_analytics table fast while still supporting long-range comparisons.
• Fix: Emojis in code blocks now copied correctly – WordPress renders emojis as <img class="emoji"> elements; the copy logic now converts these to their alt text so emojis are included in the copied content. Thanks @jayceezay

5.3.1

• Fix: [copy] shortcode with formatted content – When the shortcode encloses formatted text (e.g. bold), the front end now displays the formatting and copies plain text to the clipboard. Display uses allowed HTML (filterable); copy uses plain text unless copy-as="html". Thanks @jayceezay
• New (developer): Filter ctc/shortcode/display_allowed_html to customize allowed HTML for shortcode display content (e.g. add custom markup support).

5.3.0

• New: Analytics (Pro) – See what gets copied. Copy tracking for Global Injector rules: track copy events per rule (rule ID, timestamp, success; no content stored). Analytics dashboard at Settings → Analytics: summary cards (total copies, active rules, top rule, % change), date range filter (24h, 7d, 30d, custom), activity chart, top rules table. Export CSV (Pro).
• New: Activity column in Main Rule List – Copy count and 24h % change per rule. Free: count + blurred trend + Pro CTA; Pro: real trend. Link from Activity to Analytics filtered by rule.
• New: REST API for analytics – POST /ctc/v1/analytics/events (public, for frontend tracking); GET endpoints and export for authenticated Pro users.
• Improvement: Global Injector – Analytics option/link in rule editor and dashboard to open Analytics page (filtered by rule when applicable).

5.2.0

• New: Copy As (Clipboard Type) – Choose what gets copied per rule: Text only, HTML, Text + HTML (default), Image (Pro), JSON (Pro), SVG (Pro). Global Injector Rule Editor includes “Copy as” section; shortcode and Gutenberg blocks support copy-as attribute. Uses CTC CopyEngine with Clipboard API; fallbacks for image (HTTPS/CORS) and legacy browsers.
• New: Image format for Copy As Image (Pro) – Choose PNG, JPEG, or WebP when copying as image. Pro adds Image format selector in Copy As section; free plugin provides ctc.globalInjector.copyAs.after hook for extensibility.
• Improvement: Copy As extensibility – Free plugin now uses ctc.globalInjector.copyAs.after hook; Pro plugin renders Image format UI (PNG/JPEG/WebP) when Copy As is Image Blob. Follows Rank Math free/Pro pattern.
• Improvement: Pro extension points – Added ctc/global_injector/rule_enum_fields, ctc/global_injector/rest_rule_data filters; ctc.globalInjector.fieldsToCompare for unsaved-changes detection. Pro adds image_format via extend_meta_mapping, extend_admin_rule_data, extend_frontend_rule_data.
• New: ImageFormatSection (Pro) – Pro component for Image format selection with ButtonGroup and docs link.
• Fix: Image format persistence – Image format selection now persists after save and page refresh (load_rules and REST get_rule_data include image_format when Pro is active).

5.1.0

• New: Main Rule List – Custom rules UI at Settings → Global Injector (page=ctc-rules): table with Status toggle, Rule Name/Target, Visual Style, Location; row actions Edit, Duplicate, Delete; search and status filter; empty state.
• New: Dashboard (Home) – Copy to Clipboard dashboard at page=ctc (Settings → Copy to Clipboard).
• New: Shared admin components – AdminHeader, ConfirmModal, Footer, Icons, ProBadge used by Dashboard, Main Rule List, and Rule Editor.
• Improvement: Rule Editor – Header uses shared AdminHeader with back link to Global Rules list.
• Improvement: Legacy CPT redirects – “Add New” and list edit links for copy-to-clipboard redirect to Global Injector.
• Developer: get_admin_rules() API for admin list data; Main Rule List and Dashboard use React + Tailwind under .ctc-admin-root.
• Improvement: Global Injector CSS from PHP – Global Injector styles (Button, Icon, Cover) are now output as minified inline CSS from PHP via the new Inline_CSS class. Only the styles and positions used by active rules are included; the ctc/global_injector/inline_css filter still applies to the final CSS.
• Fix: Cover style fatal error – Added missing get_global_injector_css() method to the Cover style class so inline CSS builds correctly when Cover style is used (fixes “Call to undefined method Cover::get_global_injector_css()”).
• New: Admin bar quick-edit for Global Injector – When viewing a page where Global Injector rules apply, admins see a “CTC” item (with clipboard icon) in the admin bar. Sub-items list “Edit: [Rule name]” for each rule on the page and open the Global Injector settings with that rule selected.
• Improvement: Global Injector URL support – The settings page now supports a ?rule=ID query parameter to open the editor with a specific rule selected (e.g. from the admin bar or bookmarks). Added get_selected_rule_id() helper.
• New: Shortcode redirect attribute – The [copy] shortcode now supports a redirect attribute for copy-then-redirect flows (e.g. [copy redirect="https://store.com"]CODE10[/copy]). After copying, the user is sent to the given URL. The existing link attribute remains supported for backward compatibility and has the same effect as redirect.
• Fix: Shortcode display text with inner content – When both text and inner content are present (e.g. [copy text="Hello World"]Copy this[/copy]), the visible label now uses the inner content (“Copy this”) and text is used only for the copy payload. Previously the label showed the text value.
• Fix: Native preset CSS when using tag=”a” – Using tag="a" for link-style copy buttons now correctly loads the native preset CSS so theme link styling is applied.
• Fix: Shortcode link attribute redirect – The “Copy & Redirect” / “Combining Multiple Attributes” flow now works: when link="https://example.com" is set, the shortcode outputs data-ctc-link and the frontend opens the URL in a new tab after a successful copy (e.g. after “Copied! Redirecting…”).
• Improvement: Shortcode performance – Inline CSS for the shortcode is now output only for presets actually used on the page (inline, native, button, icon, cover), and the CSS is minified to reduce payload size.
• Improvement: Global Injector rules sidebar – When opening the settings page with a specific rule (e.g. ?rule=318), the selected rule is now scrolled to the top of the rules list within the sidebar only, without scrolling the whole page or moving the admin header out of view.
• Fix: Giant copy icons in tables – Added explicit width and height attributes (24×24) to all Global Injector SVG icons (Button, Icon, and Cover styles) so theme CSS cannot scale them unexpectedly inside table cells. Thanks @akashathu

5.0.1

Bug fixes and support issues (post-5.0.0) — Thanks to the users who reported these on the support forum.

• Fix: 404 on ctc.js – Moved script to assets/frontend/js/lib/ctc.js (renamed from vendor/ to avoid .gitignore conflict). Global Injector and shortcode enqueue the copy engine; fallbacks remain when script is unavailable. Thanks @contemplate
• Fix: Giant copy icons in tables – Copy icons inside table cells no longer scale with table font-size. Added CSS constraints for shortcode and block copy icons when inside table elements.
• Fix: Square brackets in shortcode content – Legacy shortcodes using content="... [...] ..." now copy the correct [ and ] characters. The content attribute is decoded from HTML entities before use.
• Fix: Shortcode script loading – Shortcode frontend script no longer depends on the removed vendor script; it loads independently with Clipboard API fallbacks.

5.0.0

🚀 Major Release – Global Injector & Complete Refactor

• New: Global Injector – Advanced copy button injection system with:
  • Display conditions to control where copy buttons appear
  • Multiple style presets (Button, Icon, Cover)
  • Live preview in the editor
  • Performance-optimized asset loading
• New: Refined Shortcode System – Enhanced [copy] and [copy_inline] shortcodes with improved attributes and flexibility.
• New: Style Presets – Pre-built button, icon, and cover styles for quick setup.
• Improvement: WordPress 6.7+ Compatibility – Fixed _load_textdomain_just_in_time notices with proper plugin initialization timing.
• Improvement: Complete Asset Restructure – Reorganized frontend and admin assets for better performance.
• Improvement: Gutenberg Block Enhancements – Fixed block registration and optimized editor asset loading.
• Improvement: Freemius SDK Integration – Improved SDK initialization with proper hook timing.
• Improvement: Code Quality – Major codebase refactoring with improved naming conventions and standards.
• Fix: Block Editor Assets – Resolved “invalid category” warnings for Gutenberg blocks.
• Fix: Frontend Script Loading – Fixed 404 errors for clipboard scripts after asset restructure.
• Fix: Square Brackets in Shortcode – Fixed HTML entities ([ ]) not being decoded properly in content attribute. Thanks @akashathu
• Fix: CSS var() Double Dashes – Fixed WordPress converting -- to en-dash inside CSS var() functions like var(--wp--preset--color--bg). Thanks @mikecargal
• Fix: Legacy Shortcode content Attribute – Restored proper handling where content attribute contains the text to copy and text attribute is the display text.
• New: Native Anchor Support – Added tag="a" parameter to use theme’s anchor styling instead of custom CTC styling.
• New: Icon Toggle – Added show-icon="no" parameter to hide the copy icon when not needed.
• Developer: New Architecture – Modular class-based architecture for better extensibility.

4.1.2

• Fixed: iOS 26 compatibility issue by migrating from deprecated document.execCommand('copy') to modern Clipboard API (navigator.clipboard.writeText()).
• Improvement: Added fallback support for older browsers that don’t support the Clipboard API.
• Improvement: Enhanced clipboard functionality across all copy methods (CSS selector, shortcode, Elementor widgets, and Gutenberg blocks).

4.1.1

• Fix: Dependency build failed.

4.1.0

• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK library with version 2.13.0.
• Improvement: Updated plugin metadata for compatibility with WordPress 6.8.
• Improvement: Enhanced readme content, tags, and FAQ for better search visibility.

4.0.5

• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK library with version 2.11.0.
• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.7.2.

4.0.4

• Fixed: Disallow to add script for the contributor level user in the shortcode.
• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK library with version 2.9.0.
• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.7.1.

4.0.3

• Hot fix: The dependency not works for post types.

4.0.2

• Fix: The js dependency not works for the shortcode.

4.0.0

• New: Added the Gutenberg block “Term Title”.
• New: Added the Gutenberg block “Social Share”.
• New: Added the Gutenberg block “Copy Button”.
• New: Added the Gutenberg block “Copy Icon”.
• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK library with version 2.7.4.
• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.6.1.

3.8.3

• Improvement: Updated the recurring cron job registration logic.

3.8.2

• Fixed: Elementor copy button not works due to missing dependency.

3.8.1

• Fixed: The copy animation not works for the shortcode.
• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.5.3.

3.8.0

• New: Added display conditions for the copy to clipboard to load the assets only on selected pages.
• Improvement: Fixed the copy icon Gutenberg block title issue.
• Improvement: Loading the Gutenberg block assets only on the block used pages.
• Improvement: Added default copied button text.
• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.5.2.

3.7.0

• New: Added the copy icon Gutenberg block.

3.6.0

• New: Added the target selector support for the copy content in the Elementor widget.
• Improvement: Added to support to copy the markup content from the Copy Icon Elementor widget.

3.5.2

• Improvement: Added the dynamic content support for email, phone, and address Elementor widgets.
• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.4.3.

3.5.1

• Improvement: Added the background image support for all the Elementor widgets.
• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK library with version 2.6.2.

3.5.0

• New: Added the “Contact Information” Elementor widget.
• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.4.2.

3.4.3

• Fix: The shortcode copy the display text instead of the content.

3.4.2

• Improvement: Added the shortcode support for the Elementor widget.
• Improvement: Added the missing table widget in the Elementor category.

3.4.1

• Fix: The button customization is not working in the dashboard screen.

3.4.0

• New: Added table Elementor widget to display content in horizontal, or vertical table and allow to copy the content.

3.3.0

• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Copy Icon.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Copy Button.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Email Sample.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Email Address.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Phone Number.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Blockquote.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Code Snippet.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Message.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Deal.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget Coupon.
• New: Added button styling support for Elementor widget AI Prompt Generator.
• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK version 2.6.0.

3.2.1

• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Coupon Code” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Deal” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Email Address” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Email Sample” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Message” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Phone Number” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Shayari” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “SMS” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Wish” widget controls and structure.

3.2.0

• New: Added the Elementor widget category “Copy Anything to Clipboard”.
• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.4.1.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “AI Prompt Generator” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Blockquote” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Code Snippet” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Copy to Clipboard Button” widget controls and structure.
• Improvement: Improved the Elementor “Copy to Clipboard Icon” widget controls and structure.

3.1.0

• New: Added new shortcode [copy_inline] which allow you to copy content from the inline element.
• New: Added Elementor widget Copy Icon.
• New: Added Elementor widget Copy Button.
• New: Added Elementor widget Email Sample.
• New: Added Elementor widget Email Address.
• New: Added Elementor widget Phone Number.
• New: Added Elementor widget Blockquote.
• New: Added Elementor widget Code Snippet.
• New: Added Elementor widget Message.
• New: Added Elementor widget Deal.
• New: Added Elementor widget Coupon.
• New: Added Elementor widget AI Prompt Generator.

3.0.0

• New: Improve the dashboard UI with the new design.
• Improvement: Added the support to edit the existing copy to clipboard post.
• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.3.2.
• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK version 2.5.12.

2.6.5

• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.3.1.
• Improvement: Address a reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability from icon-color shortcode parameter.

2.6.4

• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK version 2.5.10 to address a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via fs_request_get.

2.6.3

• Improvement: Added the shortcode attribute color to set the custom color for the text. E.g. [copy content="Custom Text.." color="#2dcd78"]Copy me![/copy]
• Improvement: Added the shortcode attribute icon-color to set the custom color for the icon. E.g. [copy content="Custom Text.." style="icon" icon-color="#9437f6"][/copy]
• Improvement: Added the shortcode attribute style to show the icon. E.g. [copy content="Custom Text.." style="icon"][/copy]

2.6.2

• Improvement: Compatibility to WordPress 6.1.1.
• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK wit version 2.5.3.
• Improvement: Added the support to copy emojis from the content into the clipboard.

2.6.1

• Improvement: Avoided the button copy to clipboard for Google Docs and Email format.
• Improvement: Avoided the “Copy” text from the clipboard.

2.6.0

• New: Added the Copy Format setting to copy the content for Google Docs or Email.
• Improvement: Added filter copy_the_code_shortcode_atts for shortcode to redirect the user to another page after copying the content to the clipboard.
• Improvement: Added the support to Trim Lines with filter copy_the_code_localize_vars.
• Improvement: Added translation support for pt_BR language.

2.5.0

• New: Added a link to easily upgrade to the premium version which was recently not easily visible.

• Improvement: Improve the default button style.

• Improvement: Improve the welcome message by adding the plugin name. Thanks @Andre

2.4.2

• Fix: The message “You are just one step away..” is not disappearing after clicking on button. Thanks @MingHong

2.4.1

• Improvement: Added the sub-menus page links into the post type screen.
• Improvement: Removed the sub-menus Dashboard, Contact Us, Upgrade, and Support Forum.

2.4.0

• New: Integrated the Freemius library for automatic updates, upgrade and for quick support.
• Improvement: Add new dashboard admin page for Copy Anything to Clipboard.
• Improvement: Deprecated the Shortcode admin page which is no longer used.

2.3.5

• Improvement: UI improvements in the shortcode information admin page.
• Improvement: Added the title tag support for the shortcode. So, Whenever the user hovers on shortcode text then it’ll see the title.
• Improvement: Avoid the remove spaces support by setting false values to the parameter remove_spaces. Use filter from code snippet https://gist.github.com/7c086cdf0837f5864596945086c603c8

2.3.4

• Improvement: Keep the welcome message only for first time user activate.

2.3.3

• Improvement: Added a welcome message to the user for smooth plugin onboarding.

2.3.2

• Improvement: Improve the code with PHPCS fixes.

2.3.1

• Improvement: Keep the tab spaces while copy to clipboard. Thanks @marius84
• Improvement: Users can now share non-personal usage data to help us test and develop better products.

2.3.0

• New: Added support to redirect user after copy to clipboard. Thanks @zecke Read more https://wp.me/P4Ams0-aAq

2.2.2

• Improvement: Getting multiple white spaces in Gutenberg editor.
• Fix: The add new link was wrong which navigate to invalid page.

2.2.1

• Improvement: Move the parent menus as submenu in settings menu.

2.2.0

• New – Added shortcode [copy] to copy the content. E.g. [copy]12345[/copy]. Read more at https://clipboard.agency/doc/

2.1.1

• Improvement – Compatibility to WordPress 5.7.

2.1.0

• New: Added filter copy_the_code_localize_vars to allow to copy the content as HTMl instead of text.

2.0.0

• Tweak: Create a new post copy to clipboard post depends on the old user settings.
• Deprecated: Removed the filter copy_the_code_enabled which is no more useful.
• Deprecated: Removed the option Copy the content which is no more useful. Will add the support though filter if required.
• New: Added custom post type support to add multiple copy to clipboard buttons with different selectors and styles.
• New: Improve the UI with live preview.
• New: Added the new SVG Icon button style to show the SVG icon instead of button.
• New: Added inside and outside position support for the new style SVG Icon.
• New: Added the new Cover style to copy the small element in which we could not add the copy button. Such as Emoji and Symbols.

1.8.0

• New: Set the Copy Content As default option with text.
• Improvements: Converted the <br> tags into the new line if the option “Copy Content As” selected as Text.
• Improvements: Converted the <div> tags into the new line if the option “Copy Content As” selected as Text.
• Improvements: Converted the <p> tags into the new line if the option “Copy Content As” selected as Text.
• Improvements: Converted the <li> tags into the new line if the option “Copy Content As” selected as Text.
• Improvements: Remove the white spaces and trim the content if the option “Copy Content As” selected as Text.
• Fix: Copy the content as text works different on Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers.

1.7.5

• Fix: The <br> tag converted into the next line. Select the Text from option Copy Content As. Reported by Konrad.
• Fix: Single level selector copies the selector in the clipboard. Reported by Seb.

1.7.4

• Fix: Nested selectors was not working due to mismatch the copy button position.

1.7.3

• Fix: The <br> tags was not copied as new line. Reported by @psanger.

1.7.2

• Improvement: Removed unwanted code.

1.7.1

• Improvement: Updated Freemius SDK library with version 2.3.2.
• Improvement: Added the latest new section.
• Fix: The submit button is not visible form the settings page. Reported by Nicolas Tizio

1.7.0

• New: Added General & Style tabs.

1.6.1

• Improvement: Added WordPress 5.4 compatibility.

1.6.0

• New: Added filter copy_the_code_default_page_settings to change the default page settings.
• New: Added filter copy_the_code_page_settings to change the page settings.

1.5.0

• New: Added option ‘Button Text’ to set the default button text. Default ‘Copy’.
• New: Added option ‘Button Copy Text’ to set the button text after click on copy. Default ‘Copied!’.
• New: Added option ‘Button Title’ to set the default button title which appear on hover on button. Default ‘Copy to Clipboard’.
• New: Added option ‘Button Position’ to set the button position. Inside or outside the selector. Default ‘inside’.
• Improvement: Added support for Internet Explorer devices. Reported by @rambo3000

1.4.1

• Fix: Added support for IOS devices. Reported by @radiocure1

1.4.0

• New: Added option ‘Copy Content As’ to copy the content as either HTML or Text.

1.3.1

• Improvement: Updated the strings and compatibility for WordPress 5.0.

1.3.0

• New: Added support, contact links.

1.2.0

• New: Added settings page for customizing the plugin. Added option selector to set the JS selector. Default its <pre> html tag.

1.1.0

• Fix: Removed Copy button markup from the copied content from the clipboard.

1.0.0

• Initial release.