Changelog - Ali2Woo

On this page, you can see Ali2Woo`s changelog.

ver 1.24.3 | 09.01.2023

improve performance
refactor plugin code
fix minor bugs

ver 1.24.1 | 12.22.2022

refactor currency converter service
refactor importer class
fix bug: produce override feature doesn’t show variants
fix bug: erase external order data on sync order

ver 1.23.5 | 11.23.2022

fixed product reviews import (you can make up to 400 reviews requests daily)
added price range filter on the built-in search products page
fixed price currency rare bug
fixed order tracking sync feature (you need to get the access token to use it)
fixed minor bugs

ver 1.23.1 | 11.17.2022

fixed product availability sync bug
save package dimension and weight in woocommerce product on import and sync

ver 1.23.0 | 11.15.2022

fixed product sync feature on the product editing page
fixed import of simple products (products without variants)
fixed “select new shipping method” feature in the product editing page (a2w_data tab)
fixed copy/move images feature in the import list
fixed “search products” feature
added new page “search in store”
added new feature “Find All Products of Store” for each item on the import list page

ver 1.22.2 | 11.04.2022

Fixed another product sync bug

ver 1.22.1 | 11.03.2022

Fixed product sync bug

ver 1.22.0 | 11.02.2022

Migrated to new AliExpress API
Fixed product import by ID
Fixed product import by url
Fixed product manual and auto sync features
Fixed a feature allowing to import shipping methods and shipping information from AliExpress
Fixed order fulfillment and order tracking features

ver 1.21.14 | 09.07.2022

Fixed AliExpress error messages
Improved compatibility with Ali2Woo Migration Tool

ver 1.21.4 | 07.05.2022

Added a feature to sync orders using AliExpress API
Fixed order fulfillment bug occurring when order consists of several products or variant of the product owned by the same seller
Added support for WPML Multicurrency
Fixed a shipping import problem occurring in the Import List
Fixed a bug in the Reviews settings occurring while choosing the country

ver. 1.20.2 | 05.14.2022

Added order fulfillment using AlIExpress API

ver. 1.19.16 | 02.06.2022

Fixed manual actions on the product list page

ver. 1.19.15 | 01.31.2022

Fixed issues with manual update feature
Compatibility with WP 5.9
Fixed minor issues

ver. 1.19.13 | 12.28.2021

improved UX of the order (tracking) sync; now its UX similar to order fulfillment
improved UX of the orders list page: colored order fulfillment button; “AliExpress order ID” is a link to the AliExpress Order page
improved UX of the order edit page: added “eye” button that points to the frontend product product
fixed the EPN account settings

ver. 1.19.12 | 12.09.2021

Added: “Restore products from the trash” feature
Fixed: Correct currency is set for products during order fulfillment. (Please note: Chrome extension version should be 1.37 or higher)
Fixed split feature
Fixed loadHTML issue
Fixed: skipped empty description processing
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.19.10 | 11.22.2021

Fixed: product cost that is displayed in the external products
Fixed: external product update logic
Fixed: email available status that is sent when product variant availability is changed
Fixed: during the fulfillment order changes state from “Completed” to “Canceled” or “Pending Payment” when the package is received
Fixed: product sync bug
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.19.4 | 11.05.2021

Fixed: a bug with shipping country list
Fixed: saving product shipping meta
Fixed: divide-by-zero bug in price formulas
Fixed: Admitad account settings info
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.19.3 | 10.18.2021

Added “review thumb width” option
Added Setup Wizard tool allowing to configure plugin quickly
Fixed: now when you change the currency in the plugin settings, woocommerce currency is changed too
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.19.2 | 10.12.2021

Fixed one more critical JavaScript bug

ver. 1.19.1 | 10.11.2021

Fixed the JavaScript bug of 1.19.0

ver. 1.19.0 | 10.10.2021

Added: “Select country” option. You can import reviews left by customers from all countries or from particular countries only.
Added: “Skip empty review” option
Added: “Skip reviews with keywords” option
Improved: “Reviews per product” option allows you to set MIN and MAX number of reviews per product you import.
Added: “Remove ‘Ship From’ attribute” option allows you to remove the ‘Ship From’ attribute automatically during the product import.
Added: “Sync product with AliExpress” button to the product editing page
Added: “Allow duplication” option allows to import product duplicates, it’s very helpful when you try to override the same product.
Updated: translation template file.
Fixed: shipping calculation in the Import List
Fixed a bug occurring when an order is created manually in Woocommerce backend
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.18.15

Added new feature “Automatic synchronization of tracking data via Chrome extension”. Now you don’t even click on the “SYNC ALL with AliExpress” button. Our chrome extension (v. 1.31) monitors your orders and checks them every 15 minutes. You can enable the feature on the chrome extension options page for the active store.
Added “AliExpress Saver Shipping” shipping option to the plugin settings;
Optimize plugin code and decrease using the server resources.
Fixed bug with the tracking number update method.
Fixed bug with displaying of tracking numbers on the order editing page
Fixed the compatibility issue with WPML
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.18.12

Added new AliExpress Order ID column to the orders list page
Updated Tracking Numbers column on the order lists page. Now each tracking number is a link to the Cainiao portal.
Added new shipping option to the plugin settings: AliExpress Direct and AliExpress Direct (BR)
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.18.10

Added compatibility with the tracking plugin (v. 1.1.8)
Fixed the AliExpress Order ID save method, now the value is converted to numeric (to prevent spaces in the value)
Fixed Shipping label translate

ver. 1.18.9

Improved: order fulfillment feature. Now AliExpress Order ID is saved in the appropriate order item.
Improved: order synchronization feature. Now it’s possible to get and update tracking data using the chrome extension. The extension checks when the tracking number is added by the seller on AliExpress, also it checks whether the tracking number has shipped or delivered state. The tracking numbers are saved in the appropriate order item.
Added new option “Delivered Order Status”. It sets the order status that should be used when all order’s tracking numbers get Delivered state on AliExpress
Changed option name “Tracking Code Order Status” to “Shipped Order Status”. It sets the order status that should be used when all order’s tracking numbers get Shipped state on AliExpress.
Added: shipping cache
Improved: system message refactoring
Fixed: shipping price rules

ver. 1.18.6

Fixed: Import list page styles
Updated: plugin language file (.pot)
Fixed: hide the a2w_customer_chosen_shipping order meta
Fixed: single-variable product sku meta

ver. 1.18.3

Fixed: update shipping info is not refreshed if selected product variant is changed on the product page
Fixed: hide shipping info element if the product is out-of-stock on the product page

ver. 1.18.2

Code refactoring
Fixed: do not show the AliExpress shipping data in customer emails
Fixed: show formatted shipping meta in the AliExpress info popup (on order list page)
Fixed: order fulfillment should use a user selected shipping method or default shipping option from the plugin settings

ver. 1.18.1

Improved: shipping popup styles in frontend
Added: shipping info refresh on product quantity change
Fixed: shipping info data for the UK
Fixed: shipping module minor bugs

ver. 1.18.0

Enhanced shipping module:
– show shipping method selection on product, cart, and checkout
– two shipping selection types: popup dialog, drop-down selection
– ability to customize shipping messages from the backend panel
– different modes for shipping calculation
Added information about chosen shipping to the order editing page (admin)
Added: Compatibility with WP 5.8 and WC 5.5
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.17.2

Fixed a javascript bug occurring in the image editor on the Import List page
Refactoring several classes in the plugin code

ver. 1.17.0

Fixed address filling issue for Brazil. Now the street number field is concatenated with the address_line_1 if the Brazilian Market on WooCommerce plugin is installed

ver. 1.16.9

Fixed a rare bug with the tracking codes synchronization

ver. 1.16.8

Refactoring source code of the product loader;
Added an additional mobile styles to fix a problem with shipping methods drop-down occurring on the cart & checkout page
Fixed a table prefix in a couple of SQL requests;

ver. 1.16.5

Fixed: Ali2Woo changes the order status if ALL related tracking codes are received;
Fixed: Tracking Sync All starts ONLY if a user is logged in the AliExpress account;
Changed some texts in alerts appearing while the tracking synchronization script works.
Fixed a small synchronization bug

ver. 1.16.3

Fixed regular price discount bug

ver. 1.16.2

Fix country select dialog
Fix long variation attributes names bug
Fix background loader script bug

ver. 1.16.0

Optimized the product background loader and plugin code
Fix a discount calculation bug

ver. 1.15.6

Fixed shipping selector bug on the checkout page; it occurred in the latest Woocommerce
Fixed the currency symbol placement bug, now the placement can be managed via appropriate settings in Woocommerce.
Improved the product background loader; I should work more stable now.
Optimized plugin cron jobs, deleted rudiment cron events.
Now the “Load External images” button load all images from a product description (see plugin settings)
Fix a lot of minor bugs

ver. 1.15.2

Added an ability to set shipping method through product editing page (see the A2W Data tab). That shipping method cost is used in pricing calculation if the “add shipping to product price” option is enabled in the plugin settings.
Added Tools page in the plugin main menu, use this section to convert your Shopmaster products to Ali2Woo products
Added a new feature to the Import List that allows to rename product attributes in bulk
Added the “Convert case of attributes and their values ” option to the plugin settings. It allows to convert these data to the same case. For example: Red, red, RED attribute values will be converted to red.
Improved code that loads new shipping methods to the Shipping List.
Fixed styles of the AliExpress Info popup *Fixed a compatibility bug between Ali2Woo Lite and Full plugin version
Fixed error warnings that have appeared when Ali2Woo run with php8
Fixed an attributes order bug. Now the order doesn’t break during synchronization with AliExpress
Fixed cents calculation bug
Fixed a bug with attribute synchronization that caused problems with the order fulfillment
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.14.3

Added an ability to add to the shipping cost to pricing formulas
Enhanced the interface of the Pricing Rules page
Fixed a bug in checking for deleted variations
Fixed a bug causing unused images loading
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.14.1

Fixed a bug causing disappearing of product variations in some cases

ver. 1.14.0

Added a new feature that sends email alerts to a chosen email address every 30 mins (product price, stock, or availability change, also be alerted if new product variations appear on AliExpress.). The email template can be overridden in the active theme.
Added notification of the purchase key is not set in the plugin settings
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.12.8

Added a feature that puts imported product reviews on moderation
Added a feature allowing to delete selected attributes at once in the Import List
Added a feature: Enlarge Variation image On Hover in the Import List
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.12.6

Updated product override feature; now unfulfilled orders will be override as well
Fixed product override bugs.
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.12.0

Added product overriding feature. It’s available on the Import List page.
Added the manual mode for variation split feature. It’s available on the Import List page.
Added EPN support as affiliate network. It’s available in the Ali2Woo’s account settings
Added a new shipping method “Special Line-YW” in Ali2Woo settings
Added a link to the plugin knowledge base (Help menu item)
Fixed AliExpress affiliate link generator *Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.11.8

Fixed the product reviews count bug
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.11.7

Fixed shipping calculation bug
Improved product synchronization module

ver. 1.11.6

Fixed load product description method
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.11.4

Added ALL AliExpress currencies to the plugin settings
Refactoring of the built-in product search module
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.11.2

Load product description (function) refactoring
Add RESET ALL variations button

ver. 1.11.1

Upgrade of the Ali2Woo core. Now it can import and synchronize the products without the chrome extension. You can continue to use the chrome extension if you prefer to import products using it.
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.11.0

Fixed the product importing process. Now it works without the Chrome extension again.
Fixed the synchronization process. Now it works without the Chrome extension again.
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.10.1

(Temporary change) the product data and product reviews are imported using the Chrome extension
(Temporary change) the synchronization is done using the chrome extension
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.8.10

Added a built-in behavior to set the Draft product status while product importing
Added information about Order ID that has been placed on AliExpress in the order fulfillment process when you place multiple orders
Added a built-in behavior that synchronizes product with the same language what was while import
Fix CPF field format (for Brazil orders), now ali2woo deletes all non-numeric symbols automatically
Fix email templates, now system the a2w_shipping_code field is hidden in templates.
Fix a problem with duplicate reviews
Fix the Admitad links
Fix a problem with long UTF8 attribute names

ver. 1.8.4

Fix product attribute name bug
Delete old and unnecessary styles and scripts
Code refactoring
Fix 404-error bug occurring during the order fulfillment process
Fix the bug when a customer shipping method is not applied at the order fulfillment stage
Added the CPF field support for Brazil in the order fulfillment process (require: “woocommerce-extra-checkout-fields-for-brazil” plugin installed)
Fix an error when the AliExpress Order ID is not received because a user doesn’t choose the correct active store in the chrome extension

ver. 1.8.1

Improved product importing process. Now should work much faster and more stable
Fix a product reviews loader bug. It occurred when you load reviews for split products
Fix some bugs with WPML
Fix shipping calculation bug when you show the AliExpress shipping methods on the website frontend
Fix out of stock product update bug
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.7.7

Fixed some issues with the order fulfillment process
Added a compatibility with the Chrome extension 0.81 and higher
Added new phrases to the plugin WPML file
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.7.6

Added two modes for the Chrome extension`s order fulfillment: “Automatic payments” and “Place order to Awaiting payment list”
Fixed the price updating bug
Enhanced the variation split feature
Updated the WPML template file
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.7.4

Fixed a shipping method selector
Fixed an update disable bug

ver. 1.7.3

Fixed compatibility bug caused by the sprintf function
Corrected names for some parameters in the plugin settings
Added a new feature “Automatic payments” in the plugin settings
Added new status messages for the order fulfillment process

ver. 1.7.2

Added a feature to fulfill orders in bulk using the Chrome extension (require the Chrome extension 0.77 or newer)
Added a feature to split product variations
Improved and optimized the product importing process. Now it should work much faster.
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.6.12

Added an ability to override the templates of the shipping methods and country drop-down selections which are displayed on the cart and checkout pages.
Fixed two bugs related with the recent AliExpress changes. Now the product description and attrinutes are imported fine
Fixed the javascript bug related with the shipping methods and country drop-down selections
Fixed the code that gets the item specifics from AliExpress
Fixed issues with some WPML strings
Fixed the bug when Ali2Woo shipping method is not applied to the cart total; The bug was related with the latest woocommerce update
Fixed the issues that occurs when the pricing rules are applied to the products in the shop.

ver. 1.6.1

Improved the integration with the “WooCommerce AliExpress Shipment Tracking” add-on
Added a new “Placed Order Status” option
Moved some options to the new “Order Fulfillment” section
Added a code to change an order status to the “Placed Order Status” automatically when it’s placed with the Chrome extension
Renamed the field “Third name” to “Middle name”
Fixed the Chrome extension bug related with adding of multiple external IDs
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.6.0

Optimized and improved the plugin code
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.5.3

Added a “Default shipping class” option. It’s automatically assigned to all new products imported from AliExpress. It’ll no be connected to ones which are already in thestore.
Fixed a bug related with shipping cost calculation in the Import List
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.5.1

Added: Built-In Image Editor to edit product images on the Import List page, product Edit page and in the WordPress Media library
Added a feature to convert the AliExpress order details characters to latin alphabet (transliteration option in Ali2Woo settings)
Added a new “Third name field” option in the plugin setting that enables this field on WooCommerce checkout page and allows to use it during an order-fulfillment process on AliExpress.
Added a shipping cost calculation to the Import List
Added a feature to add several AliExpress order IDs to the WooCommerce order (because sometime one WooCommerce order match to several AliExpress ones)
Added the Profit column to the Import List (Profit = your calculated price – original price on AliExpress – shipping cost)
Add a “Add all to import list” button on the Search Products page
Added a feature to move/copy images from product description to the gallery, and vice versa.
Fixed a review sync bug related with changes on AliExpress side
Fixed a bug related with reviews cache in WordPress
Fixed a tracking code bug when it had a value containing space char
Fixed a bug in Order fulfillment module, sometime It caused the empty state (region) on AliExpress checkout page
Fixed a the cart-item title bug, the title appeared twice on the cart and mini-cart pages
Fixed minor bugs

ver. 1.4.1

Added: an ability to get the tracking codes from AliExpress order
Added: a feature to change WooCommerce order status when the appropriate tracking code has been retrieved from AliExpress.
Optimized the plugin code
Fixed a lot of bugs

ver. 1.3.13

Added: an ability to set global pricing rules for shipping methods loaded from AliExpress; also it possible to disable price rules for specific methods if needed
Changed: the “Load Review photos” option behavior. If it is unticked, then review’s photos are not loaded into WordPress gallery at all.
Fixed: the compatibility bug with new Woocommerce Order list page (for new WC 3.3)
Fixed: the integration bug with “WooCommerce Variation Swatches Images” plugin. Now the variation swatches settings will not be reset during AliExpress sync.
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.3.11

Fixed: bug with reviews thumbs, now the thumbs are created
Fixed: bug related with Admitad integration
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.3.8

Fixed: bug with “edit review’s photo” function and “delete review’s photo” function
Fixed: javascript bug happening on Import List page during product description editing
Fixed: minor bugs.

ver. 1.3.7

Added: option “Aliexpress Review Load” allowing to import the reviews for products (when you import some product, several reviews will be loaded too); the option “Aliexpress Review Sync” allows automatically sync of products` reviews (the plugin will check for new reviews periodically)
Added: feature to remove reviews for specific product; it’s available on the product edit page in WooCommerce backend
Added: supporting of Admitad keys; it’s available in the plugin’s settings (account settings tab)
Improved: algorithm of the script which import AliExpress products .
Fixed: price cents bug in the plugin’s settings (Pricing rules tab)
Fixed: bug of showing the shipping methods for non-AliExpress products on Cart and Checkout pages.
Fixed: bug happening when both options: “Language” and “Translated Reviews” have been set in the plugin’s settings.
Fixed: bug occurring when last review page has been parsed and then the parser stoped to work. Now it continues to check
the reviews from the 1st page again, because new reviews can be added by AliExpress seller later
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.3.4

Added: option to remove Shipping Label in Shopping Cart
Added: feature to split attributes values if the ‘,’ symbol used as separator in values.
Added: feature that put special icon under affiliate products on the Import List page.
Added: ability to sort for the products on the Import List page.
Added: feature that records deleted product variations and won’t restore them during auto-update
Added: feature letting to edit or remove the variation attributes for already imported products, it’s possible to change the variations names as well
Added: global option to choose synchronization type for auto-update in the settings.
Fixed: shipping module bug appearing when WP MULTISITE mode enabled
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.3.0

Added: new feature to connect product to category on the Import List page. This feature has two action “Link All products to category” (mass action) and “Link To category” (action for selected products only). Screenshot: http://prntscr.com/gmgvmr
Added: function to check if Woocommerce has been installed. If not, the notification appears.
Added: new option “Don’t import images from the description” in the plugin’s settings. If it’s enabled, then the description images are not imported. You can overwrite this option on the Import List page for specific products if needed.
Added: feature to change status of imported products (“publish” or “draft”) on the Import List page and new option “Default product status” in the plugin’s settings.
Added: new option “Prevent product quantity from auto-updating” in variation tab on the Import List page.
Added: ability to change a quantity on the Import List page.
Added: new option “Use random stock value” in the plugin’s settings. If you set it up, then the product quantity is calculated as random number from the range (set in the plugin’s settings).
Added: ability to search for products in Import List
Added: shipping module has been re-done from scratch. It follows woocommerce the shipping extension standarts now. Country and shipping drop-down selections have been removed from the product page and added to the cart and checkout page for each cart/order item.
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.2.1

Added: new section “A2W Data” in Product Edit page containing Aliexpress product related information
Updated: auto-update feature has been updated and now it’s active
Added: feature to import external images
Added: ability to add “0” value for “Assign Cents” and “Assign compared at cents” in Pricing Rules settings
Added: “Phrase filtering” feature in settings letting to replace specific phrases in content imported from Aliexpress (product title, description, attributes, review author, review text, shipping method title). Please note – it’s case sensitive! (i.e.: Aliexpress, aliexpress and AliExpress – different words)
Updated: displaying of Pricing Rules, now prices are shown in currency from settings
Fixed: some bug on Pricing rules saving
Fixed: bug causing some prices which failed to loaded from Aliexpress
Fixed: bug on displaying external images
Fixed: bug “review default avatar image not showing”
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.1.6

Added: navigation menu to import list
Added: temporary ‘update product url’ function which is available during synchronization
Added: A2W_HIDE_KEY_FIELDS constant, if true, then key fields values will be replaced with ‘****’ in the settings
Added: A2W_IMPORT_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTE constant, if true, then global attributes will be created during import
Added: ‘Not import description’ option in the settings
Added: ‘Default product type’ option in the settings
Changed: now the shipping price shown on the product page takes in account the settled purchase quantity
Changed: image tab was extended in the Import List
Updated: AliExpress categories shown in the dropdown on the search page
Fixed: the sign displaying bug in Pricing Rules page
Fixed: the shop price recalculation algorithm
Fixed: phone’s fields bug in Order Fulfillment
Fixed: bug in the ‘build category’ function (in old version of WordPress)
Fixed: bug in the ‘review exist’ function
Fixed bug with affiliate links generation
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.1.2

Added: it’s required to input the “Item Purchase Key” and “Envato Personal Token” in the Common settings else plugin doesn’t work
Updated: new review loader module
Changed: manual review update is possible even if the review sync (auto-update) is turned off in the settings
Changed: turned-off “Aliexpress Review Sync” causes review settings to be applied when manual review update is launched
Added: “Review Per Product” option in the Review settings
Added: feature to exclude some shipping methods from drop-down selection in the frontend
Added: “Phone code” option to the Common settings (it’s used on order fulfillment)
Added: compatibility with woocommerce 3.0.0 for order fulfillment
Fixed: empty state bug while fulfillment
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.1.0

Added: automatic plugin update (require Envato Purchase Key and Envato Personal Token)
Added: shipping functional (shipping methods can be displayed on the product page, original AliExpress shipping method name can be changed, the shipping cost is added to the cart item total and cart total and visible on a checkout page and an order page)
Added: plugin’s settings were optimized
Added: ability to apply Pricing Rules to the Import List or to the existed Woocommerce products
Added: mass price edit function for variation’s price in the Import List
Added: ability to use external links for product’s gallery images
Added: ability to prevent a product’s price from auto-updating
Fixed: now the Assign Cents feature is working fine
Fixed: in some cases the product’s description was not saved
Fixed: App Key and Tracking Key bugs
Fixed: Order fulfillment bug (in some cases the orders were not fulfilled automatically)
Fixed: showing of review rating (if you had this bug, please re-import your reviews)
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.0.3

Added: choose which variants of a product to import
Added: choose which pictures of a product to import
Added: set the tags for a product before importing
Added: automatically clear product description from unnecessary tags before importing
Added: automatically delete media image when deleting product permanently
Added: rename product variation in Import List page
Added: quick tip for each option in the Settings page
Fixed: when pushing product to store, it did not push the product into WooCommerce categories selected
Fixed: in some cases it didn’t import product attributes
Fixed: can not use URL or Product search in operative
Fixed: product price adjusted by a user resets while importing
Fixed: can not add own API or Tracking code
Fixed: minor bugs

ver. 1.0.1

Added: order fulfillment feature
Added: chrome extension setting (Default shipping method, Override phone number, Custom note)
Added: AliExpress Info pop-up for each order

ver. 1.0.0

Initial release