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WP Social Ninja v3.20.1 β
Released on September 25, 2025
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β’ Fixed media upload issue
β’ Resolved CSS conflict in notifications and badge reviews popup modal
β’ Fixed Facebook feed "Order by" and keyword/hashtag filtering issues
β’ Fixed PHP deprecated warnings by reordering optional and required parameters in Reviews Template
β’ Fixed Facebook reviews, PHP 8.1 compatibility issue caused by automatic conversion of false to arrayWP Social Ninja v3.20.0 β
Released on September 18, 2025
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β’ Judge.me reviews migration import option (Pro)
β’ Fresh and modern "Polaris" Reviews Template (Pro)
β’ WooCommerce product reviews synchronization with WP Social Ninja (Pro)
β’ Advanced WooCommerce reviews customization β choose layouts, templates, form styles, and control visibility options (Pro)
β’ Social Ninja Reviews Template placement option in WooCommerce product settings (Pro)
β’ Reviews Form option in WooCommerce product settings to collect WooCommerce reviews using Fluent Forms (Pro)
β’ New header template for WooCommerce, fluent forms and custom reviews (Pro)
β’ Option to collect custom reviews using Fluent Forms (Pro)
β’ Review photo support β collect images along with review text via Fluent Forms (Pro)
β’ Fluent Forms review collection with approval support for custom and WooCommerce reviews (Pro)
β’ Fluent Forms Rating Field: You can now add rating fields in Fluent Forms without needing Fluent Forms Pro, if you have Social Ninja Pro
β’ Responsive Post Count Filter: Use the new "wpsocialreviews/responsive_post_count" filter to customize the number of posts displayed based on the device (desktop, tablet, or mobile)
β’ Fetch More Facebook Feed Attachments: Enable the "wpsocialreviews/facebook_feed_should_fetch_more_attachments" filter to include additional child attachment photos in your Facebook feedsmd
β’ Updated Swiper Library: Upgraded to version 8.4.7 to resolve conflicts with Power Pack ticker
β’ Improved Error Handling: Added encryption error detection for Facebook Reviews, Facebook Feed, and Instagram, with clear, user-friendly error messages (includes error code 999 for access token issues)
β’ Improved Facebook Feed Cache: Optimized cache handling for relative date ranges, making your feeds faster and more reliable (Pro)
β’ Improved Tripadvisor API configuration and cleared downloadReviewsUrl for non-business URL credentials for a seamless experience
β’ Improved button links and accessibility for Facebook feeds, making them easier to navigatemd
β’ Fixed Airbnb reviews fetching issue & added support for Airbnb v3 (note: experiences and services business name & average rating not supported)
β’ Fixed accessibility issue with slider pagination (Pro)
β’ Fixed PHP deprecation issue (get_class() without arguments) for better compatibility with newer PHP versions
β’ Fixed error display for Facebook Reviews in the admin panel
β’ Fixed missing `<br>` tags in Instagram post captions on the frontend for better formatting
β’ Fixed Issue with Business Hours & Timezone Settings for WhatsApp Widget (Pro)
β’ Fixed input device activation for total posts/reviews in the editor's responsive mode, with better device key selection logic
β’ Fixed issues with uploading custom images (Pro)
β’ Fixed Chat Widget close button color change issue
β’ Fixed Chat Widget Template Config handling for array values, resolving a PHP 8.3 compatibility issue that caused a fatal error
β’ Fixed WooCommerce Template rating icon spacing and color issues
β’ Fixed Facebook feed album and single album image optimization and display issues (Pro)
β’ Fixed: Facebook feed now only shows public posts (subscriber-only posts are hidden)
β’ Fixed Facebook feed popup left arrow icon issue in the editor
β’ Fixed Instagram Feed posts hashtag links with umlauts being incorrectly generated
β’ Fixed Inline Instagram videos now pause other videos, preventing multiple from playing at once
β’ Fixed YouTube Feed live stream data update and fetch issues (Pro)
β’ Fixed YouTube Feed empty header display issue
β’ Fixed search functionality in the admin panel for all reviews
β’ Fixed syntax error in Reviews Template "Rigel" within the editor (Pro)
β’ Fixed sorting logic for feed and review posts to display them in the correct order
β’ Fixed reviews template CSS loading in the footer on the WooCommerce product page
β’ Resolved PHP maximum execution time exceeded error in the `feedsByRandom` method logicWP Social Ninja v3.19.1 β
Released on September 04, 2025
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β’ Resolved a Twitter/X API credential issue in v1.1.0+ to enhance security and prevent potential misuseWP Social Ninja v3.19.0 β
Released on July 14, 2025
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β’ Get Reviews via QR Code Module (Pro)
β’ Verified badge support for review platforms (Pro)md
β’ Refactored rating stars and improved AI platform detection on notification popups (Pro)
β’ Updated Babel configuration for ES module support: Removed unused script from production version
β’ Improve Accessibility for reviews and Facebook feed buttons (Pro)md
β’ Fixed Instagram account feeds max 100 feed limit issue
β’ Fixed Hashtag filter functionality for Facebook album and single album feeds (Pro)
β’ Fixed chat widget CSS selectors and added closing animation to chat box
β’ Fixed chat widget to correctly reflect the user's local timezone (Pro)
β’ Fixed TikTok feed disconnection issue by improving token management, adding a safety buffer for expiration checks, and enhancing error handlingmd
β’ Airbnb review integration is temporarily unavailable due to changes in the external API. A notice has been added to the configuration screenWP Social Ninja v3.18.0 β
Released on May 29, 2025
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β’ AI-powered summarizer for Reviews templates with customizable display options (Pro)
β’ Reviewer Name Format Option β Added setting to allow users to customize how reviewer names are displayed (Pro)
β’ Optimized Image Format Setting β Introduced an option to choose between JPG or WebP image formats for better optimizationmd
β’ Star Rating Icon β Improved excessive DOM size for rating icons to enhance performancemd
β’ Edit Button Visibility β Resolved visibility issue with the Edit button on reviews templates
β’ Feed Popup Layout β Fixed height adjustment issue to ensure consistent layout in the feed popup
β’ "Write a Review" Button β Updated element type to prevent template layout breakage (Pro)
β’ Review Business Info & Button URL β Fixed issues related to displaying business info and custom "Write a Review" button URL (Pro)
β’ Reviews Popup Styling β Fixed issue with styling not updating in the notifications reviews popup (Pro)
β’ Fixed the restriction issue affecting optimized image URLs
β’ Fixed the no default translation string issue in translation settingsWP Social Ninja v3.17.0 β
Released on May 06, 2025
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β’ SMS chat widget (Pro)
β’ Microsoft Teams chat widget (Pro)
β’ Instagram DM chat widget (Pro)
β’ Support for Facebook Single Photo Album via Album ID (Pro)
β’ Support for Facebook Specific Video Playlist via Playlist URL (Pro)
β’ Option to show Fluent Forms or custom URLs in Reviews business info/badge section (Pro)
β’ Support for YouTube feed β users can now collect feeds using channel handle, username, or channel ID
β’ WhatsApp Pro is now available in the Free version (other Pro features remain locked)
β’ Prefilled support for SMS and WhatsApp widgets (layout types: box and icons) (Pro)
β’ Official 3:4 aspect ratio support for Instagram templates
β’ Enhanced WeChat widget (Pro)md
β’ Improved Facebook Events API integration β users can now collect Facebook event feeds (Pro)
β’ Improved: User can display likes, comments count and header bio text, fullname for instagram business basic account
β’ Updated Twitter/X official logo on twitter templatemd
β’ Resolved issue with multiple Fluent Forms overlapping in the chat widget (Pro)
β’ Fixed issues with editing and deleting chat widgets
β’ Resolved Oxygen Builder escaping issue
β’ Fixed manual Instagram connection issue
β’ Fixed issue with reviews media URLs when image optimization is enabled
β’ Resolved "Load More" issue in reviews (Pro)
β’ Fixed Instagram account feed video media URL issuemd
β’ Removed Skype from the chat widget due to Microsoft discontinuing support for Skype integrationWP Social Ninja v3.16.2 β
Released on March 11, 2025
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β’ Improve data escaping and overall plugin security
β’ Restricted direct access to plugin upload directory for better protectionmd
β’ Improved Queries performanceWP Social Ninja v3.16.1 β
Released on February 19, 2025
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β’ Fixed a critical issue where the sort() function was incorrectly applied to a string instead of an array in the Facebook HelperWP Social Ninja v3.16.0 β
Released on February 18, 2025
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β’ Support for exporting and importing: Testimonials, Feed and reviews templates, Notification popups & Chat widgets (Pro)
β’ Full platform data deletion option to enhance user control and ensure compliance with data privacy standards (Pro)
β’ Now supports displaying Facebook timeline feeds as a Facebook photo feed (Pro)
β’ Image optimization support for the reviews slider (Pro)
β’ Introduced 4:5 aspect ratio for Instagram feed imagesmd
β’ Improved WhatsApp pre-filled message functionality for smoother user interaction (Pro)
β’ Improved Facebook Feed Template responsiveness to ensure optimal display across devicesmd
β’ Resolved reviewer image inconsistencies in testimonials and custom reviews (Pro)
β’ Fixed CSS conflicts with Elementor Pro's Swiper component (Pro)
β’ Resolved issues with fetching reviews from Booking.com (Pro)
β’ Fixed missing Facebook business details display issues (Pro)
β’ Remove unnecessary string from reviewer image url (Pro)
β’ Fixed Booking.com reviews fetch issues (Pro)
β’ Fixed an issue causing unknown Facebook API error messages
β’ Fixed image resizing issue where only the first feed template was processing images, while other templates were not resizing them correctly. Now, all templates handle image resizing properly
β’ Addressed missing Instagram video display problems
β’ Fixed YouTube feed image size modifications not applying correctly when using add_filter
β’ Updated Twitter/X official logo
β’ Fixed Facebook feed alt tag empty issue to improve accessibility
β’ Ensured Read More/Read Less truncates HTML content correctly
β’ Refactored Avatar & Cover assignments to prevent undefined key issues
β’ Fixed Instagram video carousel album thumbnail visibility issuesWP Social Ninja v3.15.1 β
Released on December 05, 2024
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β’ PHP Fatal Error caused by missing 'Optimize Images' table
β’ Issue with the 'Template Source Empty' error displaying incorrectlyWP Social Ninja v3.15.0 β
Released on December 04, 2024
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β’ If you have a personal account connection, please reconnect your account before December 2024 after updating to version 3.15.0 or highermd
β’ Optimize Images settings option in Settings β Advanced Settings β Optimize Reviews Image Settings. This feature automatically stores local copies of Reviews images on your server
β’ Optimize Images settings option in Settings β Feed Platforms β YouTube Settings. This feature automatically stores local copies of YouTube feed images on your server
β’ YouTube Feed GDPR compliant settings option in Settings β Advanced Settings
β’ Optimize Images reset option in Settings β Feed Platforms β YouTube Settings
β’ Optimize Image resolution settings option in Template Editor β Feed/Settings β Images Resolution
β’ Option to configure pre-filled messages for WhatsApp
β’ Address field option for schema snippets
β’ Ability to reorder chat widget channelsmd
β’ Improved support for collecting language-specific reviews from Tripadvisor and Booking reviewsmd
β’ Fixed an issue with Instagram feed accessibility
β’ Fixed an issue with Fluent Forms business info display
β’ Fixed a TikTok feed filter issue on mobile devices
β’ Fixed TikTok popup responsiveness issues
β’ Fixed responsive styling for reviews header ratings
β’ Fixed the disappearing date styling option for review platforms
β’ Fixed empty business info appearing in Google Reviews configuration
β’ Fixed a dependency issue with the widget for the wp-block-editorWP Social Ninja v3.14.2 β
Released on October 07, 2024
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β’ Fixed unknown error message display issue
β’ Fixed reviews rating icon color display issue
β’ Remove unnecessary animated bg class from free version
β’ Fixed optimize profile photo invalid url issue
β’ Fixed instagram feed multiple hashtag issue (Pro)
β’ Fixed Facebook Feed album photos popup issue (Pro)
β’ Fixed Facebook album feed popup slider changes issue (Pro)WP Social Ninja v3.14.1 β
Released on September 23, 2024
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β’ Updated TikTok Feed Template 2 to be GDPR-compliant and optimized for image loading (Pro)md
β’ Resolved an issue where database tables were not being created for subsites if the wp social ninja was installed after the subsites were created. Tables will now correctly generate for both the main site and all subsites, regardless of installation time
β’ Preloader in feed templates not disappearing after storing images locally has been resolved. Preloader now correctly disappears after images are successfully stored
β’ Fixed PHP 8.3 compatibility issue, which caused a fatal error due to a null argument being passed to array_keys() in the ShortcodeHandler.php file
β’ Corrected the issue with the "Filter Number of Feeds to Display" limit for feeds, ensuring that the specified limit now works as intended
β’ Addressed an issue with the feed display limit, ensuring it now functions correctly
β’ Fixed post URL popup and redirection issue in Facebook feed template
β’ Resolved an issue where the "Posts Order by Most Popular" and "Posts Order by Least Popular" options in Facebook feeds were not functioning correctly. Filters now work as expected, displaying posts based on popularity (Pro)
β’ Fixed the average rating display to show a maximum of one decimal number (Pro)WP Social Ninja v3.14.0 β
Released on September 18, 2024
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β’ Tripadvisor reviews API (Pro)
β’ Field for Facebook feed followers count (in addition to likes count) and fixed the issue with undefined media URLs (Pro)
β’ Optimize Images settings option in Settings β Feed Platforms β Facebook,TikTok Settings. This feature automatically stores local copies of Facebook,TikTok feed images on your server
β’ Facebook,TikTok Feed GDPR compliant settings option in Settings β Advanced Settings
β’ Optimize Images reset option in Settings β Feed Platforms β Facebook,TikTok Settings
β’ Optimize Image resolution settings option in Template Editor β Feed β Images Resolution
β’ Warning notice in the wp social ninja admin area to alert you about critical issues with your Facebook,TikTok Feed and Facebook Reviews
β’ Email notification alerts for critical Facebook,TikTok Feed and Facebook Reviews issues. You will receive an email notification if there's an unresolved issue with an Facebook,TikTok feed or Facebook Reviews on your websitemd
β’ Improved Instagram image optimization by fixing the issue with multiple avatar downloads and ensuring images load from local storagemd
β’ Fixed the review rating problem so you see the exact rating every time
β’ Fixed the Instagram feed animation issue so that images of different sizes and resolutions display perfectly on the screen
β’ Fixed the problem of missing Instagram videos β now all videos will be shown properly
β’ Fixed the Instagram videos display issue in the free version so videos can now play directly from the template
β’ Fixed the issue with Instagram popup images overlapping, which will ensure images and text display correctly without any glitches (Pro)
β’ Fixed Airbnb business info issue, which will show details in the header including ratings & number of reviews (Pro)
β’ Fixed the spacing issue in the Instagram feed carousels so images are now properly aligned (Pro)
β’ Fixed fallback average rating and total rating issue of schema snippet for reviews template (Pro)
β’ Fixed review content read more and less excerpt issue (Pro)
β’ Fixed the Facebook album layout issue so users won't see any stretched images (Pro)
β’ Fixed and improved the feed slider so images no longer flash (Pro)WP Social Ninja v3.13.1 β
Released on April 03, 2024
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β’ Resolved Facebook Pages and Instagram account connectivity problems
β’ Fixed the string translation issue in the editorWP Social Ninja v3.13.0 β
Released on March 12, 2024
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β’ TikTok Feed
β’ TikTok Feed Elementor Widget
β’ TikTok Feed Oxygen Widget
β’ TikTok Feed Beaver Widgetmd
β’ Chat widget improvementsmd
β’ Fixed chat widget query limit issue
β’ Fixed Airbnb reviews fetching issue
β’ Addressed ${var} deprecation issue in PHP 8.2
β’ Addressed translation text issue in editor panelFor older versions and complete history, please refer to the plugin's admin changelog or contact support.