Version: 3.6 – Leto / march 30 2019

• new all items operations now check for entity/name validity
• new all metaboxes handling now check for entity/name validity
• new database: adding items now check for entity/name validity
• new database: prevent outside code from adding new rating items
• new internal: filters for the admin side JavaScript data
• new translation to German (de_DE)
• edit database: method for adding new item set changed to private
• edit database: additional sanitation of the input numeric arrays
• edit database: additional absint() conversion for ID based queries
• edit tooltop addon: improved JS organization and included minification
• edit improved JavaScript and CSS minification
• edit client detection: device detector updated to 3.11.6
• edit datetime picker library Flatpickr 4.5.7
• edit tooltip jBox 0.6.2
• edit d4pLib 2.6.1
• fix potential vector for injecting bogus rating items in database
• fix missing sanitation for some input data expected as arrays
• fix wrong method used to get votes count for the item voters
• fix database object internal calls not use $this in every case
• fix few minor issues with the tooltip lists CSS styling
• fix getting size of the hidden elements had broken call in some cases
• fix display of method/series in the drop down list was broken

Version: 3.5.5 / march 21 2019

• fix rules panel: major problem with handling of some rule types
• fix bayesian addon: problem with preparation of data
• fix few issues with the translation file including invalid entries

Version: 3.5.4 / march 19 2019

• edit custom stars function with extra options for responsivenes
• edit d4pLib 2.6
• fix stars rendered with custom stars function not responsive
• fix few issues with the stars responsive calculation
• fix few minor structure problems in the JavaScript
• fix updated POT file with few missing strings

Version: 3.5.3 / feburary 15 2019

• edit d4pLib 2.5.5
• fix slider review method calls to slider rating method
• fix disabling slider rating method can crash the settings pages
• fix wrong filter name for the slider rating method user object

Version: 3.5.2 / feburary 5 2019

• edit get element dimesions even if hidden to help with resizing
• edit d4pLib 2.5.4
• fix rich snippets addon: wrong parameter displayed for Product snippet
• fix rich snippets addon: missing attributes for Product snippet
• fix minor issues in the process of saving plugin settings
• fix wrong names for some of the grid column classes

Version: 3.5.1 / january 29 2019

• edit d4pLib 2.5.3
• fix template path debug information not using debug on/off check

Version: 3.5.0.1 / january 11 2019

• edit tooltip addon: jBox Library 0.5.3
• fix tooltip addon: problem with loading order in some cases

Version: 3.5 – Eos / january 10 2019

• new option to disable rating for all rating methods
• new addon: buddypress notifications – integration
• new addon: buddypress activity – integration
• new shortcodes: option to disable rating for all rating methods
• new shortcake addon: option to disable rating for all rating methods
• new completely rewritten JS and CSS files enqueue process
• new each method now loads own JS and CSS if active
• new main CSS stylesheet rewritten using SCSS
• new main JS split into smaller parts
• new main JS execution call moved to the website footer
• new option to load full CSS stylesheet instead partials
• new option to load full JS script file instead partials

• edit thumbs rating: various styling improvements
• edit few updates to the plugin initialization order
• edit various improvements to the core settings handling
• edit client detection: device detector updated to 3.11.4
• edit datetime picker library Flatpickr 4.5.2
• edit d4pLib 2.5.2
• edit thumbs rating: some styling issues with positioning
• fix rules: problem with some rules display in the list
• fix settings: problems with saving some global settings
• fix editor addon: mismatched calls for the edit methods
• fix several smaller issues with the main rating CSS

Version: 3.4.3 / november 12 2018

• new geo location: using GeoJS.io service
• edit geo location: updated method to get geo location information
• edit d4pLib 2.5
• fix rich snippets addon: problem with the preview
• fix geo location: missing sanitation for the AJAX call IP

Version: 3.4.2/ october 12 2018

• new rich snippets addon: limit headline to 110 characters
• new rich snippets addon: show headline length notice
• new rich snippets addon: validation method before rendering
• edit improvements to the plural translation strings
• edit d4pLib 2.4.2
• fix rich snippets addon: wrong format for image objects

Version: 3.4.1 / august 24 2018

• fix buddypress: fatal error with the incomplete item object
• fix slider review: missing argument for the widget

Version: 3.4 – Selene / august 21 2018

• new all rating methods: quick revote option
• new rich snippets addon: preview tab for generated snippet
• new rich snippets addon: options to control post types metabox
• new buddypress addon: support for the AJAX activity loading
• new rating item objects: method to generate or get excerpt
• new period query: included few more predefined periods
• new administration: options to control post types metabox
• new auto rescan for new templates on various settings panels
• new default templates storages now include ‘wp_content/uploads/gdrts’
• edit votes log: expanded information in the Help section
• edit all rating methods: moved please_wait call in templates
• edit rich snippets addon: article uses excerpt for headline
• edit rich snippets addon: improved some of the filters
• edit rich snippets addon: include aggregate rating only if has votes
• edit rich snippets addon: include review rating only if has rating
• edit buddypress addon: disable dynamic load for activity ratings
• edit rating javascript: preventing double initialization attempts
• edit rating javascript: replaced jQuery .bind with .on
• edit period query: support for rating_min argument
• edit period query: support for votes_min argument
• edit d4pLib 2.3.6
• fix stars rating: problem with the labels translations
• fix rich snippets addon: saving settings for Review snippet type
• fix period query: some arguments have no effect
• fix bayensian addon: problem with the calculation initialization
• fix votes log: bulk votes deletion is not working as expected
• fix responsive resizing problem is some rare cases
• fix template scan can fail if storage is not found

Version: 3.3 – Thea / july 12 2018

• new rich snippets addon: completely rewritten
• new rich snippets addon: snippet for CreativeWork
• new rich snippets addon: snippet for WebPage
• new rich snippets addon: snippet for MediaObject
• new rich snippets addon: snippet for Article
• new rich snippets addon: snippet for NewsArticle
• new rich snippets addon: snippet for BlogPosting
• new rich snippets addon: snippet for Product
• new rich snippets addon: snippet for Review
• new rich snippets addon: old snippet type is now legacy
• new rich snippets addon: own metabox for the post panel
• new settings rules: method and series related addon settings
• new bayesian addon: method related settings rules
• new bayesian addon: support for slider ratings
• new shortcodes: rating value for method and any item
• new shortcodes: rating value for method and current item
• new shortcake addon: support for rating value shortcodes
• new feeds addon: skip ratings for the XMLRPC requests
• new rating statistics: support for slider rating and review methods
• new buddypress addon: updated classes for the rating item data objects
• new rating item data objects now have method to get author ID
• new datetime picker library Flatpickr 4.5.1
• new enhanced modded dropdown library SumoSelect 3.0.3
• edit rich snippets addon: optimized legacy builder objects
• edit rating statistics: improved the calculation functions
• edit tooltip addon: few improvements to the loading
• edit various improvements to the methods in the main core object
• edit various improvements to main settings object
• edit core method class with new filter to get data summary for item
• edit client detection: device detector updated to 3.10.2
• edit Rating Slider Library 2.0
• edit d4pLib 2.3.3
• fix sync to meta: minor problems with the JavaScript file
• fix slider methods: initialization issues with the JavaScript file

Version: 3.2.2 / may 14 2018

• edit minor improvements to the single loop initialization
• edit slider review: few improvements to the styling
• fix some methods don’t initialize Call to Action option
• fix slider rating: few problems with the rating rendering
• fix slider review: few problems with the rating rendering

Version: 3.2.1 / may 8 2018

• edit posts addon: updated filters for the integration
• edit few changes to the custom blocks rendering methods
• edit query object connects with valid taxonomies for post types
• fix potential issue with custom templates storage locations

Version: 3.2 – Perses / may 3 2018

• new addon: sync to meta – for posts, terms, users and comments
• new sync to meta: support for custom rules based on the rating type
• new sync to meta: tool to run full sync of all rating items
• new all methods: compact number of votes for display purposes
• new comments addon: option to set the filter priority
• new posts addon: option to set the filter priority for each post type
• new posts addon: option to set the filter priority for each post with meta data
• new posts addon: improved performance of the main integration code
• new list shortcodes: added post_type and status attributes
• new shortcake addon: added post_type and status attributes
• new query / period query: filter with the post_type for comments
• new about addons page: show the changelog for each installed addon
• new emote this: new single block rendering settings
• new rating query: add negative term ID’s to exclude them
• new rating query: add negative author ID’s to exclude them
• new all widgets: special unique Developer ID option
• new all widgets and shortcodes: add negative term ID’s to exclude them
• new all widgets and shortcodes: add negative author ID’s to exclude them
• new function and filter for the list of default post statuses
• edit thumbs rating: improved styling for rating list table
• edit few updates to the plugin core initialization and loading
• edit few updates to all widgets settings organization
• fix posts sorting: problem with negative ratings order
• fix comments sorting: problem with negative ratings order
• fix period query: incomplete list of the default post statuses
• fix emote this: broken display for the feed only text
• fix thumbs rating: some issues with the styling for rating list table
• fix thumbs rating: few render filters had wrong names

Version: 3.1.2 / april 17 2018

• fix slider review: minor issues with the method registration
• fix stars review: few render filters had wrong names

Version: 3.1.1 / march 22 2018

• edit display notices for addons about wrong plugin version used
• edit removed unused attributes for review methods shortcodes
• edit few styling improvements for the list table templates rendering
• edit d4pLib 2.2.7
• fix WP PostRatings data transfer: few issues with ratings only transfer
• fix problem with missing the please wait when the rating is saved
• fix invalid function call in the Stars Rating render list class

Version: 3.1 / march 12 2018

• new dynamic load: visitor and user loading settings
• new dynamic load: filter to exclude rating methods from dynamic loading
• new tools: convert all votes log IP’s into MD5 hashed strings
• new all methods: filter inside the calculation methods before save
• new all methods: args/calc filters for each item in the list loop
• new all methods: completely rewritten single default templates
• new all methods: new list loop default templates – list and table
• new all methods: new render classes methods and filters
• new stars rating: more settings for the rendering methods
• new stars review: more settings for the rendering methods
• new stars review: render method to display rating badge element
• new centralized method for setting user agent for votes
• new store IP’s in votes log as MD5 hashed strings
• new dedicated function to get user agent if it is set
• new all widgets are logging currently used widget
• new all shortcodes are logging currently used shortcodes
• new render process is logging currently used template
• new completely rewritten template loading process
• new render process is logging currently used template
• new function to get current rendering template
• new function to get current plugin widget
• new function to get current plugin shortcode
• edit emote this: updates to the rating object and templates
• edit few improvements to the rating item objects
• edit old Default templates are now Classic templates
• edit changed the names for the widget with shorter prefix
• edit YASR data transfer: support for YASR 1.5 or newer only
• edit metabox support for the Gutenberg editor 2.3 or newer
• edit client detection: device detector updated to 3.9.2
• edit tooltip: jBox 0.4.9
• edit d4pLib 2.2.5
• fix YASR data transfer: invalid conversion of the max rating data
• fix YASR data transfer: missing max value for the stars review transfer
• fix YASR data transfer: detection of the database tables
• fix GD Star Rating data transfer: missing max value for the stars review transfer
• fix check for loaded methods and addon not working correctly
• fix loading from library for icons on the Entity editor page
• fix stars rating: fixes to the rating badge element rendering
• fix several typos in various templates

Version: 3.0.5 / february 13 2018

• new static method to get default template for each method and type
• edit few minor styling improvements on the admin side
• fix slider rating: problem with the list values calculations
• fix slider rating widget list: warning when saving settings
• fix slider rating shortcodes: missing some style attributes
• fix slider review shortcodes: missing some style attributes
• fix slider review shortcodes: wrong attributes for list
• fix about page: panel for addons not working
• fix shortcake ui: default templates value wrong in some cases

Version: 3.0.4 / february 8 2018

• edit slider rating: updated to use period query results
• edit slider review: updated to use period query results
• edit stars rating: updated to use period query results
• edit stars review: updated to use period query results
• edit thumbs rating: updated to use period query results
• edit emote this: updated to use period query results
• edit default post statuses list includes ‘inherit’ status
• fix slider rating: wrong argument for the period query

Version: 3.0.3 / january 30 2018

• edit all rating methods: changes to some default settings
• edit additional filters for single and list engines arguments
• edit renamed default arguments filters for single and list engines
• edit Rating Slider Library 1.4
• fix dynamic load: option to disable it not working

Version: 3.0.2 / january 14 2018

• edit d4pLib 2.2.4
• fix xss vulnerability: query string panel was not sanitized
• fix xss vulnerability: panel variable for some pages was not verified
• fix missing proper sanitation for some grid filters variables

Version: 3.0.1 / january 5 2018

• new ajax handler actions for various processing errors
• new ajax handler uses improved validation for request data
• fix one deprecated function missing replacment function

Version: 3.0 – Atlas / december 25 2017

• new completely redesigned and expanded dashboard page
• new completely redesigned and expanded about page
• new about page: major and minor versions highlights
• new about page: list and controls for plugin addons
• new about page: detailed list of Dev4Press plugins
• new dashbord: list of the recent logged votes
• new dashbord: basic methods and types information
• new rating method: slider rating
• new rating method: slider review
• new addon: instant vote notifications
• new dummy data: support for slider rating
• new dummy data: filters for dummy data values
• new stars rating: support for RTL text direction
• new stars review: support for RTL text direction
• new rich snippets: support for slider rating
• new rich snippets: support for slider review
• new wp rest api: support for slider rating
• new wp rest api: support for slider review
• new shortcodes: for slider rating method
• new shortcodes: for slider review method
• new shortcake: support for slider rating
• new shortcake: support for slider review
• new widgets: for slider rating method
• new widgets: for slider review method
• new dynamic load: argument to prevent dynamic loading
• new slider rating: function to render custom static slider
• new core object: expanded method for addons registration
• new core object: expanded method for methods registration
• new templates: for widgets with thumbnails
• new recalculate: for slider ratings
• new settings rules stored in the internal cache
• new settings rules notices displayed with global settings
• new all item objects now have thumbnails functions
• new all item objects use filters to modify returned data
• new function to get post index for the WP Query loop
• new GD Range Slider jQuery library 1.3
• new several deprecated functions
• edit main JavaScript file: new object for custom rendering
• edit dummy data: removed votes field for Thumbs Rating
• edit post metabox: improved tabs layout on small displays
• edit various changes in the CSS and JS files organization
• edit plugin is now using a internal cache objects
• edit client detection: device detector updated to 3.9.1
• edit d4pLib 2.2.2
• fix several minor issues with the default styling
• fix several minor typos in the various parts of the code
• fix dummy data: missing dummy value for the Like This method
• fix rating items grid: broken filter for some periods
• fix rating votes grid: broken filter for some periods

Version: 2.5 – Aura / november 25 2017

• edit improvements to the rating method load classes
• edit improvements to various filters and actions
• edit improvements to support new d4pLib library
• edit improvements to functions used to cleanup arguments
• edit d4pLib 2.2
• fix lists rendering: missing default query elements
• fix lists rendering: shows ratings for deleted posts
• fix user rating object: init problem for non-logged visitors
• fix query object: problem with limit and offset arguments
• fix query object: problem with filtering the taxonomy entities

Version: 2.4.1 / october 11 2017

• edit changed order of the plugin initialization on admin side
• edit no longer displaying external addon registration list
• edit d4pLib 2.1.2
• fix minor issues with function to list active methods

Version: 2.4 / october 3 2017

• new transfer: GD Star Rating – multi stars rating
• new transfer: GD Star Rating – multi stars review
• new transfer: option to control records to process per call
• new transfer: various improvements to the transfer script
• new transfer: improvements to GD Star Rating data only methods
• new recalculate: option to control records to process per call
• new objects and functions to get and check users ratings for items
• new base widget class with improved code sharing
• new extensions settings panel shows list of active external addons
• new function to check if the external addon is loaded
• edit few updates to thumbs rating support for custom fonts
• edit render classes private methods are now protected
• edit various improvements to classes for all the widgets
• edit all widgets updated to use new base widget class
• edit client detection: device detector updated to 3.8.2
• edit d4pLib 2.1.1

Version: 2.3.1 / august 2 2017

• new query object: additional return types for the query
• new query object: method argument to control use of cache
• new cache object: argument to override cache expiration
• edit query object: uses date as the last fallback orderby
• edit period query object: applied changes from query object
• edit changes for some default plugin cache settings
• edit d4pLib 2.0.5
• fix query object: problem with some of the settings
• fix query object: minor issue with the query select
• fix query object: few issues with the caching of results
• fix query object: problem with return switch block
• fix period query object: cache settings not displayed
• fix stars using fonts: styling issue with some themes

Version: 2.3 – Phoebe / july 27 2017

• new core loop object for easier templates control
• new stars rating: accessibility for the rating block
• new thumbs rating: accessibility for the rating block
• new like this: accessibility for the rating block
• new emote this: accessibility for the rating block
• new emote this: three new templates using tooltips
• new all rating methods: option and method for ‘Call to Action’ text
• new thumbs rating: solid and solid inline themes
• new thumbs rating: customized template example
• new thumbs rating: settings to hide thumb values
• new rich snippets: settings for additional settings data
• new rich snippets: settings for organization name and logo
• new rich snippets: more settings in the metabox for override
• new dynamic load addon: performance optimizations
• new dynamic load addon: render multiple blocks at once
• new tooltip addon: several new styles for tooltip
• new templates: templates organized into method based folders
• new templates: centralized filtering for default templates paths
• new additional abstract classes for some plugin objects
• new all templates modified to use new loop object
• edit javascript: various performance improvements
• edit tooltip addon: improved loading and voting handling
• edit all rating methods: various rendering improvements
• edit all rating methods: various JavaScript improvements
• edit thumbs rating: various styling improvements
• edit rich snippets: many updates to the Micordata generator
• edit rich snippets: many updates to the JSON-LD generator
• edit rich snippets: improvements to plugin settings information
• edit various improvements to the metabox tabbed controls
• edit d4pLib 2.0.4
• edit jBox 0.4.8
• fix dynamic load addon: problems with addon initialization
• fix tooltip addon: few issues with initialization of the tooltip
• fix posts sorting: problem with the ASC sort order
• fix shortcodes: minor issue processing terms attributes
• fix minor issue with the user processing for display

Version: 2.2.3 / may 22 2017

• edit d4pLib 2.0

Version: 2.2.2 / may 12 2017

• new widgets tabbed interface using ARIA markup
• edit widgets interface using proper HTML input types
• edit improvements with the font handling widget settings
• edit d4pLib 1.9.6
• fix widgets font settings problems with some rating methods
• fix widgets fields for comma separated terms not working
• fix widgets fields for comma separated authors not working
• fix widgets date range field problem with handling ranges

Version: 2.2.1 / may 10 2017

• edit several updates to responsive support code
• edit d4pLib 1.9.5
• fix problem with custom settings rule loading
• fix small issue with the global post set to null

Version: 2.2 – Tethys / april 3 2017

• new ratings date period query object
• new ratings aggregation object
• new aggregate: items by type
• new aggregate: posts by author
• new aggregate: posts by term
• new aggregate: comments by post
• new admin interface is now fully accessible
• new all list widgets: set date period for queries
• new all list shortcodes: set date period for queries
• new shortcake addon: set date period for list shortcodes
• new custom render object: thumbs rating method
• new custom render object: like this method
• new custom render object: emote this method
• new dynamic load: filter to control loading
• new database table: for storing cached data
• new database cache handling object
• new main rating query object supports caching
• edit main rating query object perfromance improvements
• edit various updates to the custom render object
• edit various improvements to the plugin core
• edit d4pLib 1.9.2
• fix rating log: error when method is not available
• fix thumbs rating: invalid check for the style name
• fix thumbs rating: text display style not working
• fix like this: invalid class name for the single block

Version: 2.1.3 / march 7 2017

• fix stars rating: division by zero error when removing votes

Version: 2.1.2 / march 4 2017

• edit d4pLib 1.9.0.1
• fix custom settings rules get deleted on plugin update
• fix minor issue in the function to load templates

Version: 2.1.1 / february 23 2017

• edit posts: improved inserting of the rating block
• edit all main form files preventing direct loading
• edit improved rating item data validation
• edit d4pLib 1.9
• fix XSS security issue with the log.php form file
• fix log display issue when emote this series is removed
• fix issues with the fontawesome font registration
• fix few problems with badge/symbol rendering
• fix php warning in the rich snippet addon

Version: 2.1.0.1 / february 10 2017

• fix admin side issue with Stars Review method disabled

Version: 2.1 – Rhea / february 9 2017

• new stars rating: hidden input field and passive mode
• new thumbs rating: hidden input field and passive mode
• new emote this: hidden input field and passive mode
• new emote this: added theme ‘Button’
• new stars review: hide rating block if no review value is set
• new rating item: method to get all data for a method
• new custom stars object: rendering object and handling
• new custom stars object: methods to render stars and badge
• new query object: filter for custom orderby key
• new full support for the external addons integration
• new filter to register additional widgets
• new filter to provide extra templates storage locations
• new filters for getting external methods templates
• new font base class updated to support new rating methods
• new more actions and filters in the main JavaScript file
• edit emote this: improvements to the rendering process
• edit client detection: device detector updated to 3.7.5
• edit shortcake: changes to allow expanding the addon
• edit rich snippets: support for series based rating methods
• edit reviewed item moved from method to global admin block
• edit changed default templates values for all block widgets
• edit improved validation for the post rating rendering function
• edit minor improvements to data validation for all methods
• edit additional optimization for main JavaScript file
• edit code optimization for several core classes
• edit many improvements to the main CSS stylesheet
• edit various small improvements to admin side panels
• fix stars review: can’t change review value back to 0
• fix posts addon: triggered by home page queries in some cases
• fix emote series: deletion of the series is not working
• fix thumbs rating: styling issues with image thumbs and thumbs themes
• fix minor issue with the YASR plugin data transfer process
• fix main log item meta database method missing unserialization

Version: 2.0.6 / january 27 2017

• edit d4pLib 1.8.9
• fix multisite issue with the blog switching functions
• fix multisite issue with deletion of the blog tables

Version: 2.0.5 / january 11 2017

• edit shortcake: registration only for loaded rating methods
• fix shortcake: fatal error with emote this method disabled

Version: 2.0.4 / january 3 2017

• edit display error messages in the rating block
• edit improvements in the way AJAX response handles errors
• edit improvements to main AJAX error response handling
• fix rich snippets meta: displaying unsupported rating methods
• fix rich snippets: problem with adding snippets in some cases

Version: 2.0.3 / december 28 2016

• edit transfer: better optimization for transfer SQL queries
• edit transfer: updated information displayed during transfer
• edit d4pLib 1.8.7
• edit updated plugin system requirements
• fix transfer: some of the log records missing from transfer
• fix transfer: few problems with YASR plugin data transfer
• fix translation missing for the word ‘ago’ for rating text

Version: 2.0.2 / december 23 2016

• new debug: option to force loading of source JS and CSS files
• edit some minor core code changes and cleanup
• fix emote this: rating not working with dynamic load
• fix some css files not properly minified
• fix one javascript file not properly minified

Version: 2.0.1 / december 22 2016

• fix emote this: showing like this method templates
• fix php init fatal error with PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4

Version: 2.0 – Cronus / december 16 2015

• new addon: BuddyPress
• new addon: Tooltip
• new buddypress: item objects for activity and group
• new buddypress: activity rating auto embed
• new tooltip: display static content as tooltip
• new emote this: add custom emote this series
• new emote this: change the emoticons assigned to elements
• new emote this: new template for list based widget
• new emote this: support for the post/comments sorting
• new emote this: improved support for auto embed features
• new transfer: rewritten to use threaded AJAX based transfer
• new like this: templates showing users who liked the item
• new stars review: meta data for reviewed item information
• new stars review: template methods to display reviewed item data
• new rich snippet: support for JSON-LD snippet format
• new rich snippet: review includes published and modified date
• new rich snippet: review includes reviewed item information
• new dummy data: support for like this rating
• new posts: automatic archive sorting support for emote this series
• new bbpress: filters for location and method for embedding
• new votes log: delete from log for like this rating
• new votes log: delete from log for emote this rating
• new votes log: method filter includes series where available
• new rating items log: filters and query expanding for the log
• new admin enhancer: toolbar menu link to the rating types panel
• new admin enhancer: dashboard widget with latest ratings
• new rating objects: mandatory date published and modified methods
• new metabox: options to override title and URL
• new database: function to get list of users who votes for an item
• new javascript: new actions for blocks initialization
• new javascript: improved method for handling AJAX errors
• new debug: log AJAX error to console, display alert or hide
• new many small updates to improve plugin extensibility
• new all rating methods render text: before and after wrapper
• new theme overridable functions to render various elements
• new several new functions for dealing with rating methods
• edit shortcake addon: improved code organization
• edit shortcake addon: display wrapper and block CSS class options
• edit metabox: updated interface for better usability
• edit dynamic load: check if the rendering is inside the feed
• edit several new templates for various rating methods
• edit many improvements to core methods objects
• edit many improvements to the addon architecture
• edit many updates to the core objects initialization
• edit few improvements to the administration panels
• edit few improvements organization of the plugin code
• edit client detection: device detector updated to 3.7.4
• edit d4pLib 1.8.6
• fix shortcake addon: wrong options for the stars review shortcodes
• fix votes log: display of some rating items titles
• fix votes log: filter user ID set to zero (visitors)
• fix emote this: issue with some elements of rendering process
• fix shortcodes: few issues with preprocessing of attributes
• fix stars rating: problem with formatting rating value
• fix stars rating: few issues with rendering of votes text
• fix stars rating: list widget template missing list item classes
• fix thumbs rating: few issues with rendering of votes text
• fix dynamic load: doesn’t take into account the feed
• fix transfer: many warnings happening during the transfer
• fix transfer: missing item preparation for saving transferred data
• fix issues with scanning for theme override templates
• fix rating query object: wrong sorting by rating

Version: 1.4.4 / october 31 2015

• new multisite: remove tables for deleted blogs
• new widgets: show message if the rating method is not loaded
• edit support for FontAwesome 4.7.0
• edit d4pLib 1.8.4
• fix warnings when loading widgets for disabled rating methods

Version: 1.4.3 / october 23 2015

• new bbpress: check for the main loop to run ratings embed
• new update plugin panel rechecks for broken settings
• fix annonymous verify option can cause broken SQL log queries

Version: 1.4.2 / october 20 2015

• fix stars rating: number of votes not displayed
• fix thumbs rating: number of votes not displayed

Version: 1.4.1 / october 16 2015

• edit d4pLib 1.8.3
• fix emote this: wrong object call used for some settings
• fix emote this: wrong filter name used in the user object

Version: 1.4 – Themis / october 10 2016

• new rating method: emote this rating
• new emote this: widgets for block and list
• new emote this: shortcodes for block and list
• new administration: panel for managing rating entities and types
• new rules panel: buttons for delete and activation of rules
• new rules panel: color coding for list of available rules
• new rules panel: confirmation dialog for deleting the rule
• new like this: added label for Liked state
• new like this: text only display method
• new like this: translation templates for rendering blocks
• new votes log: filters and query expanding for the log
• new votes log: remove from log for all rating types
• new votes log: delete from log for thumbs rating
• new stars rating: translation templates for rendering blocks
• new stars review: translation templates for rendering blocks
• new thumbs rating: translation templates for rendering blocks
• new client detection: filtering of the votes log by client/device
• new feeds: support for like this rating method
• new feeds: support for emote this rating method
• new feeds: support for thumbs rating method
• new database: new column for ‘series’ to the items table
• new database: indexing more columns in the items table
• new wp rest api: filters for formatting rating item data object
• new wp rest api: rating methods cleanup of rating data
• new debug: embed SQL query for the rating lists
• new protect entities and types array from tampering
• edit votes log: refactored SQL query to get log items
• edit plugin now uses d4pLib settings core class
• edit refactored access to entities array to use access functions
• edit refactored main rendering JavaScript file
• edit changes in the way JavaScript files are compressed
• edit improvements to rating method core classes
• edit improvements to generated inline CSS for font icons
• edit improvements to addons loading of own JavaScript files
• edit small improvements to default Like This templates
• edit removed rich snippets filters from Like This templates
• edit various styling improvements all default templates
• edit d4pLib 1.8.3
• edit removed some outdated code from rating methods
• fix removal of rating items not working in some cases
• fix some votes log URL’s were not working in every case
• fix missing sanitation of the settings for some operation
• fix few minor issues with the rendering objects

Version: 1.3.3 / september 5 2016

• edit d4pLib 1.8

Version: 1.3.2 / august 23 2015

• fix client detection: fails when the user agent is not set
• fix few small issues when the user agent is not set
• fix some minor issues with admin side interface loading

Version: 1.3.1 / august 13 2015

• new support for IP detection when behind CloudFlare
• edit d4pLib 1.7.8
• fix wrong attribute name for item ID for some shortcodes

Version: 1.3 – Pallas / august 1 2016

• new addon: Feeds – for RSS, AMP, FIP, ANF integration support
• new addon: Client Detection – detect bots, browers, devices
• new font icons: support for adding custom icon fonts
• new font icons: support for FontAwesome icons font
• new font icons: 10 more icons in default icons font
• new rewriten handling for the font icons
• new terms filtering for list shortcodes
• new authors filtering for list shortcodes
• new terms filtering for list widgets
• new authors filtering for list widgets
• new set item title and url override via the shortcode
• new allow or prevent authors to vote for own rating items
• new filter to modify votes meta data added to the database
• new actions run when voting items data is saved to the database
• new recalculation tool: support for thumbs rating
• new recalculation tool: support for like this rating
• new ratings and votes grids allow for adding of new columns
• edit improved sanitation of plugins settings on save
• edit improved buttons on all dialogs on the admin side
• edit like this rendering uses similar technique as stars rating
• edit thumbs rating rendering uses similar technique as stars rating
• edit rendering changes to work around the WordPress emoji replacments
• edit many improvements in handling shortcodes and widgets
• edit ratings grid proper use of the rating item objects
• edit various small admin side interface improvements
• edit many small improvements to the JavaScript code
• edit d4pLib 1.7.6
• fix shortcake addon: thumbs rating wrong list of templates
• fix few minor problems with the main JavaScript file
• fix few minor styling issues related to rating lists
• fix saving option to disbale custom settings rule not working
• fix warnings generated by the missing style type and/or name
• fix small issue with type option in the shortcodes processing
• fix duplicated classes added for star rating font icons styles
• fix minor problems in applying default styles for widgets
• fix warnings related to query object SQL query in some cases
• fix several small typos

Version: 1.2.4 / june 4 2015

• new posts sorting object moved from addon to core
• new posts sorting auto sort supports filtering of arguments
• new posts sorting with new argument for minimal value
• new comments sorting object moved from addon to core
• new comments sorting with new argument for minimal value
• new rating query supports use of post status (publish and closed by default)
• edit changed function call order for loading translation
• edit posts addon: expanded additional information displayed
• edit d4pLib 1.7.2
• fix bbpress views for like this method show topics with no likes
• fix problem with repeated revoting log entries for like this method (fix provided by Benj Lipchak)
• fix logs display warnings with post types are missing
• fix post meta box settings not saving due to action order problems
• fix plural forms for the text for the like this method

Version: 1.2.3 / may 31 2015

• new templates for showing ratings only, voting disabled
• edit several improvements for bbPress reply post type
• fix bbpress addon: views not registered on the admin side
• fix bbpress addon: views topics ordering not working as expected
• fix few minor issues with some of the default templates

Version: 1.2.2 / may 13 2015

• new transfer data from KK Star Ratings plugin
• edit posts addon: do not embed if inside the rss feed
• edit protect expanded rendering functions
• edit minor imporvements in the transfer data classes
• edit few improvements in the JS/CSS files enqueue
• edit d4pLib 1.7.0
• fix comments addon: rating display when no comment is detected
• fix posts addon: rating display when no comment is detected

Version: 1.2.1 / may 6 2015

• new debug information added for shortcodes and widgets
• new separate security and debug settings panels
• edit d4pLib 1.6.7.1
• fix like this: render method arguments not passed to JSON
• fix some of the plugin settings not displayed
• fix small issue with the d4pLib shortcodes class

Version: 1.2 – Helios / april 19 2016

• new rating method: like this rating
• new like this: widgets for block and list
• new like this: shortcodes for block and list
• new posts addon: sort posts by rating
• new posts addon: automatic archives sorting by rating
• new posts addon: additional control filters
• new comments addon: sort posts by rating
• new comments addon: additional control filters
• new bbpress addon: view with top rated topics
• new bbpress addon: view with current user top rated topics
• new thumbs rating: simple and compact thumbs styling
• new all rating methods: custom CSS class to add to rating block
• new query engine: posts filter by author, meta and terms
• new query engine: comments filter by author and meta
• new query engine: terms filter by meta
• new query engine: users filter meta
• new rich snippets addon: filter to modify snippet nodes
• new javascript hooks based events manager
• new control thumbs rating with javascript
• new control stars rating with javascript
• new control like this rating with javascript
• new option to add basic debug info into rating block
• new mu-plugins based filters override php starter file
• edit bbpress addon: changes to the initialization of the addon
• edit stars rating: improved rendering of rating text
• edit thumbs rating: improved rendering of rating text
• edit thumbs rating: improved rendering of thumb buttons
• edit thumbs rating: improved display of the thumb sign
• edit thumbs rating: rating handler moved to main button
• edit new settings and updates for rendering of rating blocks
• edit minor updates to some of the templates
• edit various small improvements to all rating methods
• edit various small changes to plugin administration interface
• edit various small changes to filters and actions registration
• edit d4pLib 1.6.5
• fix dummy data addon: various problems
• fix thumbs rating: theme option not saving properly
• fix style class option not applied to the rating block
• fix display of help tabs for some of the settings panels
• fix several issues with widgets added through customizer
• fix several warnings when saving widgets settings

Version: 1.1.4 / march 25 2015

• new settings panel now uses dividers for settings groups
• edit some minor improvements on the admin side interface
• edit d4pLib 1.6.2
• fix bbPress: conflict with GD bbPress Toolbox Pro quote

Version: 1.1.3 / february 11 2015

• edit updated filters for single rating block rendering
• edit improved loading of bayesian calculation rules
• edit minor changes to the bayesian calculation algorithm
• fix several issues with dummy data addon

Version: 1.1.2 / february 4 2015

• edit extra information for transfer data panels
• edit check if method is active for transfer data panels
• edit d4pLib 1.5.9
• fix minor issue with the GD Star Rating transfer process

Version: 1.1.1 / january 23 2015

• new front page knowledge base and support links
• edit few minor updates to the default styling
• fix templates in theme subfolder ‘gdrts’ not loaded

Version: 1.1.0.1 / january 19 2015

• fix problem with single and list rating loops abort check
• fix rich snippet: review snippet is missing review text
• fix stars review: using wrong data for rich snippet rating

Version: 1.1 – Oceanus / january 18 2016

• new addon: Bayesian calculation for Stars Rating method
• new addon: bbPress topics and replies Integration
• new stars rating: choose rating calculation method for display
• new stars rating: set custom colors for font icons based stars
• new stars review: set custom colors for font icons based stars
• new thumbs rating: choose rating calculation method for display
• new thumbs rating: percentage based rating calculation
• new thumbs rating: order ratings by percentage rating
• new thumbs list order by UP or DOWN votes
• new shortcodes support for font icon custom colors
• new widgets support for font icon custom colors
• new daily maintenance background job
• new background job: calculate rating type based statistics
• new background job: recalculate ratings on stars number change
• new blank templates to add only rich snippet markup
• edit dynamic load: skip override if the blank template is used
• edit rich snippets: additional settings to control insertion
• edit font icons: includes spinner icon and some extra classes
• edit font icons: font files included with plugin version parameter
• edit some improvements to main rating JavaScript object
• edit rating query object allows filtering of query elements
• edit main posts metabox improves default filters and actions
• edit posts integration addon shows help for the addon
• edit posts integration addon hides bbPress post types
• edit d4pLib 1.5.8
• fix comment rating type missing title when display in lists
• fix using FontAwesome spinner icon for loading message
• fix method and addon issues with missing custom rule values
• fix stars review metabox not using resolution settings
• fix several smaller issues with the admin interface
• fix problems with rating lists ordering by votes

Version: 1.0.7 / january 4 2016

• edit some addons function moved into plugin core
• edit improvements to some rendering functions
• edit switched to new admin object base class from D4PLib
• fix extensions panel allows for all methods to be disabled
• fix stars review: division by zero when there is no rating set
• fix rich snippet addon: broken if selected method is disabled
• fix rating method dropdown lists show disabled methods
• fix stars review method using stars rating method object

Version: 1.0.6 / january 2 2016

• edit improvements with default grid results styling
• edit d4pLib 1.5.6
• fix rendering errors with disabled rating method

Version: 1.0.5.1 / december 29 2015

• fix abstract method class inheritance problem

Version: 1.0.5 / december 28 2015

• edit improvements to loading of the templates list
• edit prevent update checks from WordPress.org
• edit d4pLib 1.5.5
• fix deleting custom rules not working
• fix showing disabled methods and addons on rules panel
• fix loading conflict with GD bbPress Toolbox Pro
• fix minor metabox initialization issue

Version: 1.0.1 / december 27 2015

• new metabox for posts to override embed settings
• edit plugin initialization priority changed

Version: 1.0 / december 25 2015

• new first official version

Version: 1.0 Stable / december 24 2015

• edit minor tweaks to the admin interface
• fix some CSS files not properly minified

Version: 1.0 RC #1 / december 23 2015

• new addon: dynamic loading
• edit thumbs rating: additional theme styling
• edit many styling improvements and tweaks
• fix wp rest api addon: issue with date conversion
• fix small issues with resizing star rating blocks

Version: 1.0 Beta #2 / december 22 2015

• new addon: editor
• new symbol rating rendering for stars rating and review
• new transfer thumbs rating data from gd star rating
• new admin page for information about templates
• new dummy data addon: support for thumbs rating
• new wp rest api addon: ratings grid shows rest api data url
• edit many changes and improvements for templates
• fix geo location: flags css file not loading
• fix wp rest api addon: several smaller issues
• fix broken ratings grid main data query

Version: 1.0 Beta #1 / december 20 2015

• new rating method: thumbs rating
• new addon: rich snippets
• new shortcodes: thumbs rating for block and list
• new widgets: thumbs rating for block and list
• edit improvements to several base classes

Version: 1.0 Alpha #3 / december 17 2015

• new rating method: stars review
• new shortcodes: stars review for block and list
• new widgets: stars review for block and list
• new geo location features now moved into addon
• new rating and votes grids now filter each column content
• fix missing files for admin side widgets panel
• fix removed some obsolete admin side code

Version: 1.0 Alpha #2 / december 15 2015

• new ratings panel has views for objects rated status
• new ratings panel shows number of votes with rating
• new wp rest api addon: format and cleanup of items output
• edit posts addon: new post types set to hidden by default
• fix wp rest api addon: issue with parameters validation

Version: 1.0 Alpha #1 / december 14 2015

• new first pre-release version