AnyWareX Clone Translate

Changelog

2.3.5

• Initial release on WordPress.org
• Renamed plugin to “AnyWareX Clone Translate” for compliance
• Standardized prefix to awxct_ across all plugin functions and database tables
• Maintained backward compatibility with existing license system (awx_plg_ct_)
• Removed feature restrictions from free version to comply with WordPress guidelines
• Improved database handling and query safety
• Fixed compatibility issues detected by Plugin Check
• Cleaned up internal structure and naming conventions
• Improved admin UI stability
• Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
• Unified language handling
• Removed legacy language parameters (awx_lang, awx_set_lang)
• Standardized language variables to awxct_lang and awxct_set_lang
• Eliminated deprecated prefixes (awx_, awx_ct, awx-ct)
• Improved consistency in routing, cookies, and frontend behavior
• Cleaned up internal naming conventions
• Minor code cleanup and optimizations

2.3.4

• Updated: Comparison table updated to show unlimited languages and domains in the free version.
• Improved: Removed outdated references to previous limitations.
• Improved: Ensured consistency between functionality and UI.
• Fixed: Resolved language detection issue for default language without URL prefix.
• Fixed: Ensured consistent language state handling across Free, Plus, and Pro editions.
• Fixed: Restored proper JavaScript translation parsing for {{ “key” | awxct }} syntax in Plus and Pro.
• Fixed: Resolved conflicts between Free and Pro causing function redeclaration errors.

2.3.3

• Fixed: Critical error on Languages admin page due to leftover code after removing language limits.
• Fixed: Admin Languages list not rendering correctly.

2.3.2

• Removed language limit and mapping restrictions from free version.
• Removed license-based feature restrictions from core plugin.
• Replaced “Pro required” messages with neutral “Extension required”.
• Refactored architecture to support separate extension-based features.

2.2.2

• Fixed: Clone pages were incorrectly treated as translations, causing menu links and direct URL access to redirect to the original page instead of the cloned page.

2.2.1

• Fixed: “Remove from translations” button did not properly delete translation relations in the database.
• Improved: Reliable removal of all mapping relations (root/original/translated) for a post.
• Security: Added table identifier validation before database operations.

2.2.0

• Fixed: Resolved multiple WordPress Plugin Check warnings and errors to ensure full WordPress.org compliance.
• Fixed: Normalized mixed line endings (LF) in several files to prevent formatting and diff issues.
• Fixed: Corrected SQL handling in internal handlers to satisfy PreparedSQL and security checks.
• Fixed: Proper sanitization and validation of user input values used in database operations.
• Improved: Database queries are now clearly documented and safely scoped, avoiding false-positive security flags.
• Improved: Code quality and maintainability improvements with no changes to public behavior or data structures.
• Stability: No functional changes to cloning, routing, or translation logic.

2.1.5

• Improved: Post-clone cleanup and meta normalization now run unconditionally after cloning.
• Improved: Ensures cloned pages remain stable even if the original page builder (e.g. Elementor) is currently inactive.
• Stability: Removes derived/cached builder metadata after cloning to avoid stale or broken states.
• Compatibility: Keeps cloning behavior universal and builder-agnostic, aligned with best practices (e.g. Duplicate Page).
• Dev: No changes to cloning logic or data structure — minimal, safe post-processing enhancement only.

2.1.4

• Docs: Extended PHP-based JSON translation guide with explicit safe-usage instructions for theme integration.
• Docs: Added clear explanation that awxct_get_json_value() is only available while the plugin is active.
• Docs: Included recommended function_exists() guard pattern to prevent fatal errors when the plugin is deactivated.
• Docs: Added alternative wrapper/helper example for themes or mu-plugins to ensure graceful fallback behavior.
• Stability: Prevents frontend white/black screens caused by direct function calls in themes when AnyWareX Clone Translate is disabled.
• No functional changes: Documentation-only update; no changes to translation logic, routing, or database behavior.

2.1.3

• Fixed: Correct language persistence when navigating between pages within a non-default language context.
• Fixed: Internal links now correctly retain the active language prefix (e.g. /fr-fr/) when browsing translated pages.
• Fixed: Mapping and activation logic now consistently uses original_post_id; root_post_id is no longer involved in routing or language resolution.
• Fixed: Incorrect fallback behavior where translated URLs could display default-language content due to wrong active assignment.
• Improved: More robust language code handling with tolerant comparison (case-insensitive, _ and – treated equally).
• Improved: Prevented accidental language switching caused by stale cookies during navigation.
• Stability: Minor frontend URL handling adjustments to avoid malformed paths (e.g. double slashes).

2.1.2

• Fixed: Correct language switcher URL generation on subpages (language prefix is inserted after the WordPress home path).
• Fixed: Switching languages now works reliably for WordPress installations in subdirectories (e.g. /wordpress/es-es/page/).
• Fixed: Translation resolve / fallback now consistently uses original_post_id (not root_post_id).
• Improved: Translation lookup strictly respects is_active=1 and language-code matching is case-insensitive (e.g. en-US and en-us).
• Improved: Frontend debug logging is disabled by default and follows WP_DEBUG.

2.1.0

• Dev: Internal routing update only — no changes to stored data or translation logic.
• Improved: Renamed the Theme Mods admin section to “Customizer” for clearer user-facing terminology.
• Changed: Updated the internal admin page slug from awxct-theme-mods to awxct-customizer.
• Improved: Aligned menu labels, page titles, and navigation links with the new Customizer naming.
• UI: Minor wording and navigation consistency improvements in the Customizer translation workflow.
• Improved: Refined the Free / Plus / Pro comparison table for better clarity and consistency.
• Added: New “License duration” row explaining update and support periods across editions.
• Improved: Clear and friendly “Good to know” notice highlighting that Plus and Pro editions continue to work after license expiration.
• Improved: Renamed “Translation List” to “Source List” to better reflect the purpose of selecting original strings.
• Improved: Reduced visual noise on the comparison table by removing strong hover color effects.
• UI: Minor wording and presentation improvements on the Welcome / Compare page.

2.0.9

• UI: Added product icon (AnyWareX Clone Translate) next to the AnyWareX logo in the admin header for clearer product identification.
• UI: Introduced new CT product icon assets and standardized icon sizing for consistent display.
• Dev: Minor internal helper adjustments related to admin header rendering (no functional changes).

2.0.8

• Changed placeholder detection to an explicit opt-in pattern. Only placeholders using {{ "key" | awxct }} (including arbitrary whitespace) are processed.
• Fixed unintended global replacements in rendered HTML, preventing side effects in the document head (e.g. browser tab titles).
• Improved version handling by reading the plugin version directly from the plugin header, ensuring a single source of truth across Free, Plus, and Pro editions.

2.0.7

• Added visual preview for the frontend language switcher in the admin area.
• Improved layout of language switcher settings (preview aligned next to display options, responsive on mobile).
• Added ability to delete inactive, non-default languages from the language list.
• Prevented deletion of active or default languages.
• Enforced rule that the default language must always be active.
• Disabled default selection for inactive languages in the admin UI.
• Fixed form handling issue caused by nested forms when deleting languages.
• Improved spacing and styling in the language switcher preview.
• Ensured the default language always appears first in the frontend language switcher dropdown.
• Sorted remaining languages in a fixed, alphabetical order for consistent display.

2.0.6

• Fixed: Default language table was created but not automatically seeded on fresh installations.
• Improved: Added a safe, idempotent language seeding routine during plugin activation to ensure all bundled languages are available immediately after activation.
• Dev: Internal activation logic adjusted (single helper function added); no refactoring or changes to existing translation, routing, or UI logic.
• Improved: Language switcher dropdown behavior and styling when placed at the end of the main navigation menu (menu-end placement), ensuring consistent appearance and correct layering across different themes.

2.0.5

• Fixed: Admin menu icon was not visible when the WordPress admin menu was expanded (CSS override for current menu state corrected).
• Improved: JSON documentation pages updated to consistently use lowercase locale filenames (e.g. de-de.json) to avoid issues on case-sensitive file systems.
• Improved: Clarified and aligned upload paths for JS-based and PHP-based JSON translation files.
• Dev: Minor documentation adjustments only; no functional or structural changes to core translation logic.

2.0.4

• Fixed: Corrected remaining SQL queries to fully comply with WordPress $wpdb::prepare() requirements.
• Fixed: Resolved syntax issues caused by incomplete conditional blocks in routing logic.
• Improved: Finalized sanitization, validation, and nonce handling based on WordPress.org review feedback.
• Dev: Completed final review pass to ensure all previously reported issues are fully addressed.

2.0.3

• Improved: Applied consistent nonce verification and capability checks for all state-changing actions.
• Improved: Sanitized and validated all relevant superglobal input across the plugin.
• Improved: Ensured context-aware escaping for admin and frontend output where required.
• Dev: Completed a full plugin-wide security and code quality audit based on WordPress.org review feedback.

2.0.2

• Added: Prominent link to the official AnyWareX license shop on the Welcome page.
• Improved: Upgrade guidance now clearly directs users to the external shop in compliance with WordPress.org guidelines.

2.0.1

• Added: New “Contact” tab on the Welcome page with support and website information.
• Improved: Benefits section now clearly explains that existing JS- and PHP-based JSON translations remain active after a license expires (PHP translations apply to Pro).
• Improved: Welcome page messaging refined for better transparency around licensing and premium feature scope.
• Improved: Minor layout and content adjustments on the Welcome page for a more consistent onboarding experience.

2.0.0

• Separated Free, Plus and Pro versions.
• Premium features moved to the Plus add-on.
• Improved structure and maintainability.

1.3.7

• Improved code quality and security across multiple files, stabilized the PayPal upgrade flow, and aligned the plugin more closely with WordPress standards.

1.3.6

• Improved code quality and security across multiple files, stabilized the PayPal upgrade flow, and aligned the plugin more closely with WordPress standards.

1.3.5

• Added: Embedded “Quick Start” video on the Welcome page with responsive layout and clean styling.
• Added: New CSS classes (awxct-welcome-video, awxct-welcome-video-inner) for consistent video rendering across all admin screens.
• Improved: Welcome page structure updated to better highlight onboarding content and improve overall readability.
• Improved: Admin CSS file extended and reorganized to support the new video block and future layout modules.
• Improved: Visual spacing and layout of the Benefits and Quick Start sections to achieve a more coherent admin experience.
• Fixed: Minor alignment inconsistencies on the Welcome page when switching between tabs.
• Dev: Clean separation of inline styles — all video-related styling moved to assets/css/admin.css for proper maintainability.
• Dev: Small housekeeping updates in template files to prepare for future onboarding enhancements.

1.3.4

• Added: New “Custom CSS (Switcher)” tab on the Welcome page, providing users with detailed instructions and ready-to-use examples for styling the language switcher button and dropdown.
• Added: Dedicated documentation view welcome-switcher-css-page.php with selector reference, code samples, and best practices.
• Improved: Welcome page description text updated to include mention of optional custom switcher styling.
• Improved: Tab system extended cleanly with full fallback handling for missing view files.
• Dev: Internal welcome-page structure extended to support additional documentation tabs without affecting existing logic.

1.3.3

• Fixed: “Add language” form did not submit correctly because of mismatched field names (code, native_name, english_name now aligned with handler).
• Fixed: After clicking “Add language” or “Save Changes”, the admin page always redirected to the Welcome page (redirect now correctly targets the Languages page).
• Fixed: Floating Language Switcher being partially hidden under the WordPress admin bar while logged in (automatic offset applied for 40px / 52px admin bar heights).
• Improved: Reordered the “Add language” section — now displayed below the “Existing languages” table for a more intuitive workflow.
• Improved: UI consistency on the Languages page (labels, spacing, and field alignment).
• Dev: Centralized redirect helper updated to ensure all language operations return to the correct admin screen.

1.3.2

• Added: Language Switcher configuration page with new UI (display style + placement options).
• Added: Language Switcher integration in the “Quick Start” onboarding guide, including new screenshots.
• Added: Screenshot placeholder for “language-switcher-settings.png” in the Quick Start section.
• Improved: Comparison table design with better spacing, zebra-striping, borders, hover effects and clearer readability.
• Improved: Admin CSS for the Welcome/Overview page (styling consistency across tabs and layout blocks).
• Improved: Numbering and structure of Quick Start steps after introducing the new Language Switcher step.
• Updated: Default plugin readme to reflect new features introduced in v1.3.2.
• Dev: Internal CSS refactoring for cleaner maintainability (Comparison Table section rewritten).

1.3.1

• Added: New “Benefits” tab on the Welcome page with marketing-focused highlights, including strong Elementor compatibility messaging.
• Added: New “Quick Start” tab with a visual step-by-step guide, including screenshots for “Clone or Translate”, language selection and “Remove from translations”.
• Added: “Remove from translations” action directly on the Mapping page (in addition to the editor metabox), using a secure admin-post handler.
• Added: Automatic cleanup of orphaned mapping entries when loading the Mapping page (removes references to posts that were already deleted).
• Added: Housekeeping hook on before_delete_post to automatically remove all mapping entries that reference a permanently deleted post.
• Improved: Admin Welcome/Overview styling (benefit columns, info boxes, Elementor badge, Quick Start layout) for a more polished onboarding experience.
• Improved: Mapping logic compatibility with older database schemas (translation_post_id vs. translated_post_id).
• Added: Internal version constant to 1.3.1 and “Tested up to” value to WordPress 6.9.

1.3.0

• Added: New “Welcome” page with tabbed interface (Free/Plus/Pro comparison, JS-based JSON guide, PHP-based JSON guide)
• Added: Comprehensive edition comparison table (features, max. languages, domain activations, etc.)
• Added: Example JSON files now ship as *-example.json to prevent overwriting during updates
• Added: Notices explaining how to rename example files to activate them
• Added: Automatic filtering of JSON Editor file list (only locale-based formats: xx.json / xx-XX.json)
• Added: New build target: php tools/build.php wp creates anywarex-clone-translate.zip for WordPress.org

• Added: Admin CSS centralised into assets/css/admin.css and auto-loaded across admin pages

• Improved: JSON Editor dropdown now excludes non-locale files (e.g., *-example.json)

• Improved: Design of comparison table (icons, alignment, spacing)
• Improved: JS-based and PHP-based info pages (cleaner structure, removed duplicate headers)
• Improved: All admin info pages rewritten for clarity and user guidance
• Improved: Welcome page layout and UX, including unified AWX admin header

• Improved: Build script extended without losing compatibility with free/plus/pro workflows

• Updated: Admin menu now shows fewer top-level pages (JS/PHP JSON docs moved into Welcome tabs)

• Updated: Example code and explanations for JS and PHP translation loading

• Updated: Build logic now supports WordPress.org packaging workflow

• Fixed: Styles on Welcome page not loading due to missing enqueue hook

• Fixed: Minor formatting issues in JSON documentation pages

1.2.4

• Added: Automatic removal of original JS/CSS files when a .min version exists (build process cleanup)
• Added: Automatic deletion of stale files inside build/ before packaging
• Improved: Version detection in build.php using a more robust header parser
• Improved: Minification workflow now logs executed steps and skipped files for better debugging
• Improved: Free/Plus/Pro code separation (admin menu integration and build consistency)
• Updated: ZIP creation now uses correct internal folder name (anywarex-clone-translate)
• Updated: ZIP files are now stored cleanly under /zips/
• Dev: Temporary build folders (tmp-zip-*) are automatically removed after packaging
• Dev: Build script now ensures consistent file paths across Windows/macOS/Linux

1.2.3

• Added: Full build system for Free/Plus/Pro editions (JS/CSS minification, PHP comment stripping)
• Added: Automatic build targets (free, plus, pro) via new build.php script
• Added: NPM integration for JS/CSS minification (Terser + CleanCSS)
• Added: strip-php-comments.php to remove comments from premium editions
• Improved: File loader now supports flexible locale filenames (de-de.json, de-DE.json, de-ch.json)
• Improved: JSON path resolver handles case sensitivity on Linux systems
• Improved: Detection of i18n/js and i18n/php folders using unified helpers
• Improved: More consistent behavior when retrieving translated values from JSON (fallback logic)
• Updated: Internal directory handling to prepare for future template-based cloning
• Updated: Documentation for JSON JS-based and PHP/JS-based editors
• Fixed: Issue where some locale variants (e.g., de-ch.json) were not detected on case-sensitive systems
• Fixed: Minor routing issue when no locale was explicitly selected (default fallback restored)
• Dev: Added structured build workflow in /tools (minifiers, recursive copy, directory cleanup)
• Dev: Clean separation between /src and /build directories for professional deployment

1.2.2

• Improved: JSON Editor now supports both i18n/js and i18n/php directories
• Improved: Server file list now shows full relative paths (e.g. i18n/js/de-CH.json, i18n/php/de-DE.json)
• Added: “Delete from server” button with AJAX delete operation
• Added: Smart path resolver allowing file input such as “php/de-DE.json” or “de-DE.json” or “de-CH.json”
• Removed: Obsolete “Split & download” button from JSON editor
• Updated: AJAX handlers fully refactored (load, save, delete) and unified
• Updated: Editor GUI cleaned up, simplified and more consistent
• Fixed: Issue where JSON files were only loaded from i18n/js
• Fixed: Minor encoding and pretty-print inconsistencies when saving JSON files
• Fixed: Export feature now uses the correct filename based on the currently opened JSON file
• Dev: Legacy helper methods removed, replaced with resolve_json_path() and json_dirs()
• Dev: JSON info pages (“JS-based” & “PHP-based”) are now visible in all editions (Free, Plus, Pro)

1.2.1

• Updated: Default Language Switcher style set to “Flag + EN”
• Updated: Version bump in main plugin file and admin.js
• Improved: Settings registration now uses WordPress defaults correctly
• Improved: Cleaner output and consistent option handling
• Fixed: Ensured fallback values match new default behavior

1.2.0

• Initial public release
• Added language routing
• Added content cloning tools
• Added JSON i18n structure
• Added backend translation management