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Changelog

2.12.0 (26 June 2026)

• New: Doc Tags – Added option switcher to toggle display of associated tags at the bottom of each document page.
• New: Docs Assistant AI Upgrade – Added a guided panel in the Docs Assistant settings to connect the free Antimanual plugin and turn the assistant into an AI chatbot trained on your documentation.
• New: Document Restricted Badges – Added visual status indicators and custom CSS classes for private and password-protected documents across layout skins.
• New: Google Login Test – Added a “Test Connection” button in the admin settings to verify credentials and redirect URIs with Google.
• New: Hide Empty Docs – Added a switcher option to hide top-level documents that do not contain any child articles.
• New: Last Updated Date – Added option switcher to display the last modified date on single document pages.
• New: Markdown & CSV Import-Export – Export your documentation as Markdown or CSV and import Markdown or CSV files back into your doc tree, making content migration and backups simple.
• New: Multilingual Documentation – Added WPML and Polylang support so docs, categories, and tags can be translated and managed in multiple languages.
• New: One-Page Content Width – Added a content width option to configure boxed (centered) or full-width layouts.
• New: One-Page Page Banner – Added a fully customizable hero banner at the top of One-Page documents displaying the document title, description, and at-a-glance stat metrics.
• New: One-Page Style Options – Added color and background customization settings for the sidebar, content area, right sidebar, and section numbers.
• New: Redirect URI Clipboard Copy – Added a quick-copy button next to the Google Redirect URI field in the admin settings.
• New: Restricted Docs Card Design – Added a global Card Design panel to style private and password-protected doc cards — choose a filled or outline style and set custom badge and background colors that apply everywhere docs appear: the shortcode, Gutenberg blocks, and Elementor widgets.
• New: Restricted Docs Visibility Controls – Added per-widget, block, and shortcode options to show or hide private and password-protected documents, status badges, and lock icons across Elementor widgets, Gutenberg blocks, and the shortcode.
• New: Dashboard Getting Started – Added a first-run welcome banner on the dashboard with quick links to create your first document, run the setup wizard, and read the documentation.
• New: Setup Wizard Live Preview – Added a live layout preview that instantly reflects your brand color, light/dark mode, layout, and content width choices as you configure them.
• New: Auto-Create Documentation Page – The setup wizard can now create a ready-to-use Documentation page with the docs shortcode in a single click.
• Updated: Settings Architecture – Nested all visual settings under a unified Appearance parent tab for a cleaner dashboard navigation.
• Updated: Authentication Settings – Grouped the Login & Sign-up Popup and Google Sign-In settings under a single “Authentication” tab for easier navigation.
• Updated: Google Login Configuration – Refreshed instructions and settings for the new Google Auth Platform.
• Updated: Restricted Docs Access – Replaced the old login page with the new login/sign up popup for better user experience. The old login form page will not work from this version.
• Updated: Dashboard Overview – Redesigned the dashboard with at-a-glance stat cards (Total Docs, Total Views, Helpful Rate, Failed Searches), each showing a week-over-week trend, alongside a cleaner overall layout.
• Updated: Performance Chart – Rebuilt the dashboard Performance Overview chart to show accurate day-by-day Views, Searches, and Failed Searches for the last 7 or 30 days.
• Improved: AJAX Doc Loading – Enhanced the AJAX document loading experience with race-condition prevention (aborts older requests), an accessible loading spinner, auto-scrolling to the top of the content, and clean error notices.
• Improved: Article Printing – Upgraded the print button with accessibility enhancements, a loading state indicator, a cleaner print/PDF layout, and resolved issues with the browser print dialog not opening on iOS Safari.
• Improved: Breadcrumbs Navigation – Ensured breadcrumbs display clean, plain-text titles by stripping HTML tags and icons from page links.
• Improved: Inline Child Navigation – Added support to dynamically load child documents inline when clicking parent links in search results.
• Improved: In-Page Navigation – Added offset scroll positioning to prevent sticky headers from overlapping target sections when clicking navigation sidebar links.
• Improved: Multilingual Support – Loaded the plugin textdomain and added pre-translated language files for Arabic, Bengali, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Chinese Simplified.
• Improved: One-Page Mobile UX – Redesigned the classic one-page sidebar with an accessible floating trigger, dedicated close button, smooth backdrop, and escape key closing.
• Improved: One-Page Docs – Large one-page documents now load and print to PDF reliably without timing out, and the sidebar navigation is cleaner and stays scrollable on smaller screens.
• Improved: Reading Time Estimation – Allowed customizing the words-per-minute (WPM) rate in settings for more accurate estimations.
• Improved: Restricted Doc Presentation – Aligned status badges and lock icons neatly beside document titles and refined card styling for a cleaner restricted-document layout.
• Improved: Search Accessibility – Added polite screen reader announcements (aria-live) for search status/results count, enqueued standard ARIA attributes/labels, and added keyboard navigation support (arrow keys and Escape).
• Improved: Search Banner – Added settings to configure a custom banner title and subtitle above the search field.
• Improved: Search Form – Changed live-search form submission method from POST to GET to improve native SEO compatibility.
• Improved: Tabbed Docs – The tabbed documentation blocks and the Elementor docs widget now remember the last opened tab when the page is reloaded.
• Improved: Admin Session Persistence – Restored the state of the Create One-Page modal window when the dashboard page is refreshed.
• Improved: Article Tree Navigation – Re-designed the sidebar article lists with compact indentation, vertical guide lines, active page highlights, and custom brand color support.
• Improved: Setup Wizard – Added step-by-step validation, clear inline notices in place of browser pop-ups, keyboard-accessible navigation between completed steps, automatic saving of your progress, and a dark mode toggle option.
• Improved: Docs Builder Search – Searching and filtering documents now shows a friendly “no results” message with a one-click way to clear filters, and automatically expands matching branches so results are never hidden.
• Improved: Add Doc Experience – The Add Doc button now shows a loading state, prevents accidental double submissions, and continues to work even when the pop-up library is unavailable.
• Improved: Dashboard Readability – Large numbers now display in a compact form (e.g. 1.2k, 3.4M), recent activity entries wrap neatly, and long lists scroll within their cards.
• Optimized: Analytics Queries – Improved database query performance on the dashboard by selecting only necessary columns from the search log table.
• Optimized: Asset Performance – Simplified inline scripts and optimized shortcode assets loading.
• Optimized: Color Contrast Detection – Integrated perceived-brightness (YIQ) calculation to automatically apply the dark theme contrast classes based on custom background colors.
• Optimized: Document List Performance – Improved database loading efficiency by counting child documents in a single query when selecting parent articles.
• Optimized: One-Page Banner Queries – Aggregated stats for the One-Page hero banner in a single database query, caching results in transient records that are automatically updated when documents are changed.
• Optimized: Performance – Streamlined database queries and added caching across the dashboard, doc pages, and admin area for faster loading on large documentation libraries.
• Optimized: Search Performance – Implemented input debouncing (400ms) and automatic request aborting for in-flight queries to reduce server load.
• Optimized: Security and Credential Storage – Added secure encryption for the Google Client Secret at rest and masked the value in the settings page for enhanced privacy.
• Optimized: Unified AJAX Search – Consolidated duplicate inline scripts into a single, enqueued JavaScript asset (search-banner.js) serving Gutenberg blocks, Elementor widgets, and built-in templates.
• Optimized: Dashboard Loading – Dashboard statistics and charts are now calculated once and cached for five minutes, refreshing automatically whenever documents change, for faster page loads.
• Optimized: Admin Styling – Moved dashboard and AI panel styles into compiled stylesheets for cleaner, faster admin pages.
• Fixed: HTML link footnotes.
• Fixed: One-Page Sidebar Scrolling – Prevented sticky sidebar scripts from overriding one-page layouts to keep sidebar menus scrolling smoothly.
• Fixed: Print Dialog Redundancy – Removed duplicate print triggers in one-page scripts to prevent double-firing the browser print dialog.
• Fixed: Search banner CSS styling.
• Fixed: Search Keywords show/hide switcher visibility control.
• Fixed: Setup Wizard Typing – Arrow keys now move the cursor within the URL slug and brand color fields instead of unexpectedly jumping between wizard steps.

2.11.3 (25 May 2026)

• Improved: Enable product name pass in embedding Chatbot
• Fixed: Anchor ID generation in EazyDocs heading blocks

2.11.2 (06 May 2026)

• New: Added “Topic Grid” layout option for the Doc widget.
• Improved: Doc and Single Doc layout skins refreshed for a more polished appearance.
• Improved: Elementor Search widget redesigned with advanced filtering capabilities.
• Improved: Elementor Search widget enhanced for better usability and performance.
• Fixed: Doc Builder design and collapse functionality issue resolved.
• Fixed: Missing Elementor Editor CSS files causing 404 errors in the admin area.

2.11.1 (20 April 2026)

• Added: “Publish” and “Save as Draft” buttons when creating new documents in the builder.
• Improved: System notifications and internal update alerts.
• Improved: Smoothness of license and payment management.
• Fixed: Scrolling issues that caused the list to load repeatedly in the Docs Builder.
• Fixed: Mobile sidebar menu opening and closing is now working correctly.

2.11.0 (25 March 2026)

• New: Docs Builder – Added a “Switch to Docs Builder” button in the dashboard for quicker access.
• Updated: Internal Architecture – Improved behind-the-scenes code to make the plugin run faster.
• Improved: Docs Builder – Made articles and the builder load noticeably faster for a smoother experience.
• Improved: OnePage Docs – Updated the design of notification pop-ups to look better and more consistent.
• Optimized: Cleaned up old and unused files to make the plugin load faster.
• Fixed: Docs Builder – Fixed a visual issue where the drag-and-drop lines were not showing up correctly.

2.10.2 (07 March 2026)

• Improved: Completely rebuilt the Docs Builder page to provide a much smoother, faster, and more responsive experience.
• Improved: Refreshed the Docs Builder design with a cleaner layout and easier-to-read section lists.
• Improved: Reordering documents using drag-and-drop is now greatly enhanced and more reliable.
• Improved: Redesigned the Pro upgrade popup for a more pleasant user experience.
• Fixed: The “Expand All” and “Collapse All” buttons on the Docs Builder page are now working perfectly.
• Fixed: Resolved an issue where breadcrumb navigation wasn’t displaying correctly alongside the Docy theme.
• Optimized: Under-the-hood performance improvements to make the Docs Builder load faster.

2.10.1 (27 February 2026)

• Improved: Feedback modal design refreshed with cleaner UI and better usability.
• Optimized: Implemented transient caching for EazyDocs search results to reduce database load.
• Optimized: Added 60-second transient cache for AJAX search results with user-aware cache keys.
• Optimized: Improved docs sidebar existence check for faster rendering.
• Optimized: Search performance improved using ID caching and query limits.
• Refactored: Enforced strict comparisons and better type safety in core functions.
• Fixed: Import conflict with WoodMart theme resolved.
• Fixed: Stored XSS vulnerability in OnePage Docs module.
• Fixed: Strengthened nonce security for document creation and deletion actions.
• Fixed: Memory leak issue in search banner event listeners resolved.
• Added: Admin notification for negative user feedback submissions.
• Added: Docblocks across core files with WPCS standard documentation.
• Updated: HTML Notice SDK upgraded to latest version.

2.10.0 (08 February 2026)

• New: Pro badge indicator in admin menu when EazyDocs Pro is active for better visibility.
• New: informational notice clarifying that EazyDocs works with Gutenberg blocks and doesn’t require Elementor.
• New: “Tabbed Docs” block for organizing documentation content in a tab-based layout.
• New: EazyDocs Shortcode block option to display featured images as 50×50 thumbnails or full size.
• New: Ddoc theme to the integrated themes list.
• Improved: Setup Wizard page redesigned and optimized to be fully responsive on all desktop screen sizes.
• Improved: Docs Builder now remembers the last active documentation item in the sidebar on page reload.
• Improved: Email settings reorganized under a new “Email Settings” parent section for better clarity.
• Improved: Dashboard page UI and overall user experience refined.
• Improved: Private docs are now visible in the frontend sidebar navigation.
• Improved: Pro and ProMax badges and notices fixed in both Admin Settings and Customizer.
• Improved: Accessibility enhanced across admin actions, bulk options, doc builder filters, analytics filters, and sidebar tabs with proper ARIA roles, keyboard navigation, and focus indicators.
• Improved: Doc Builder UI now fully support keyboard interaction (Enter/Space).
• Improved: Asset loading optimized to load scripts only where needed, reducing unnecessary overhead.
• Improved: Doc IDs processing optimized using map/join logic, reducing memory usage and improving speed.
• Improved: Core files standardized with strict comparisons, Yoda conditions, and improved type safety.
• Improved: Updated documentation to clarify that no third-party page builder is required.
• Fixed: Review reminder now properly hides after user clicks “Ok, you deserve” and rates the plugin.
• Fixed: Search form spinner alignment issue.
• Fixed: IDOR vulnerability in nestable callback functions by enforcing proper permission checks.
• Fixed: Information disclosure issue by restricting private docs visibility based on user capabilities.
• Fixed: Prevented unauthorized user creation via Google Login when registration is disabled.
• Fixed: Accessibility issue with duplicate IDs and missing ARIA labels in child docs list.
• Fixed: Undefined function errors related to update_post_meta_cache.
• Fixed: Dark mode compatibility issue with Docly theme.
• Performance: Optimized AJAX tag search by replacing get_terms with direct database lookup.
• Performance: Optimized doc builder queries for faster load times.
• Updated: Added admin-settings.css and limited settings styling to the Settings page only.
• Updated: Twitter logo replaced with the X logo in admin UI.
• Read the full v2.10.0 release article.

2.9.0 (03 January 2026)

• New: Redesigned Setup Wizard with a compact, modern UI and improved progress tracking.
• New: Added floating Quick Tips panel in the Setup Wizard for contextual guidance (visible on desktop).
• New: Added “Import Sample Data” feature to quickly populate documentation with demo content.
• New: Added “Close All/Collapse All” button in the EazyDocs > Docs Builder page to expand/collapse the docs at a single click.
• Fixed: UI alignment and progress indicator issues in the Setup Wizard.
• Improved: Setup Wizard navigation now supports clicking on completed steps to go back.
• Improved: Replaced Forumax with Antimanual in the plugin recommendation step.
• Improved: Redesigned “Create Doc with AI” popup with a modern, feature-rich UI and video preview.
• Improved: Enhanced Antimanual AI integration card on the dashboard with a cleaner layout.
• Improved: Streamlined Setup Wizard steps by removing redundant text and improving layout consistency.
• Added: Sample data import from demo.xml using WordPress Importer with fallback manual import support.

See changelog for all versions.