CataSync for WooCommerce

Changelog

1.6.0

• CRITICAL FIX: products are now correctly tagged with the requested mode. Previously, even when the plugin requested seo_complete, the saved meta could end up as seo_base because the plugin was trusting the mode value returned by the API response (which can be incorrect server-side). The plugin now saves the requested mode authoritatively and additionally stores the API-returned mode separately for audit (_catasync_wc_api_mode).
• NEW: Mode mismatch detection. When the requested mode and API-returned mode differ, the plugin logs a warning to PHP error log and flags the product with _catasync_wc_mode_mismatch=1 so administrators can identify problematic products.
• NEW: “Included credits” card on the Products page. The same pool credit info from the Dashboard (with progress bar + overage in EUR) is now visible at the top of CataSync → Products, so you can see your remaining quota without leaving the page.
• Improved: the bulk WooCommerce action (Products list → Bulk → Generate with CataSync) now also forces the mode from the customer’s plan instead of using the saved option.

1.5.0

• NEW: Generation mode is now locked to your CataSync plan. No more confusion: the plugin reads your plan name (e.g. “Starter SEO Completo”) and uses the matching mode automatically. You can no longer accidentally select a mode your plan doesn’t support.
• Fixed: products were sometimes generated in the wrong mode. Even if you selected “SEO Completo” the API could downgrade to “SEO Base”. Now the server-side handler enforces the plan’s mode authoritatively, eliminating the mismatch.
• NEW: “Validate key” now connects instantly. Click “Validate key” → if the key is valid the plugin saves it AND reloads the page so you immediately see the “Connected” box with company, plan, pool credits, API access status. No more save-then-refresh dance.
• NEW: “Settings” link in the plugins list. Next to “Deactivate” you now see “Settings” and “Dashboard” — same convention used by every well-behaved plugin (WooCommerce, Yoast, etc.).
• Improved: the Bulk bar in the Products page shows the locked mode as a read-only badge (“🔒 Mode: SEO Completo”) instead of a select that can mislead.
• Improved: Settings page replaces the “Default mode” select with an info card showing the mode locked by your subscription, plus a link to manage the subscription on the CataSync portal.

1.4.0

• NEW: Per-field write policies. Each WooCommerce field (title, short description, long description, image, attributes, SEO meta, GTIN) can now be set independently to: Skip, Only if empty, or Always overwrite. Want CataSync to only fill descriptions and never touch your titles? Now you can.
• NEW: Products page summary. Four KPI cards at the top of the Products page show total products, how many are still to generate, how many are already done (with %), and how many returned “not found”. Spot new EANs at a glance.
• NEW: Status filter pills. Quickly filter the products table by All / To generate / Generated / Not found. Counts are shown next to each filter.
• Fixed: the “Last update” column was always empty because the view was reading _catasync_updated while the data is saved as _catasync_wc_updated. Same bug for the “Mode” column. Both columns now show the correct values.
• Improved: the “Last update” column now shows date AND time of the last generation (was only date).
• Fixed: plugin pages no longer have an artificial 1200px max-width — they fill the available admin width like every other WP plugin.

1.3.0

• Fixed: “Validate key” button now works correctly. The button used to read the saved API key from the database, so validating a freshly-typed key always failed because it had not been saved yet. The button now sends the key currently typed in the input field — you can validate before saving.
• Fixed: wrong jQuery selectors in the Settings JavaScript that prevented the validation status indicator from showing and broke the “Show/hide key” eye toggle.
• New: Top-level admin menu. CataSync now appears as its own top-level entry in the WordPress admin sidebar, at the same level as WooCommerce — no longer buried as a submenu. Sub-pages: Dashboard, Products, Activity Log, Settings.
• New: Custom menu icon. The CataSync logo (turquoise C with a dot) now appears next to the menu entry, rendered as inline SVG so it follows the active WP admin color scheme.
• New: Real CataSync logo on every plugin page. The placeholder dot in page headers is replaced with the actual CataSync icon asset.

1.2.0

• Subscription warning banner — A persistent admin notice across all WP pages alerts the site administrator if the CataSync subscription is cancelled, payment has failed, the subscription is paused, or renewal is within 7 days. No more discovering a problem only when you try to generate a product.
• Activity log page — New “CataSync Log” submenu with a complete history of every API call: date, product, EAN, mode, status, cost, response time. Filter by status or mode, paginate, and purge old entries on demand.
• Cached account data with manual refresh — GET /account is cached for 5 minutes via a WordPress transient instead of being called on every dashboard load. A “Refresh now” button forces an immediate refetch when needed.
• Daily admin email notifications — A WP-Cron job runs once a day, compares the current subscription status with the last seen one, and emails the WordPress administrator on any change (cancellation, payment failed, paused, reactivated). Also warns when renewal is approaching or no payment method is on file. Can be disabled in Settings.
• Historical statistics on the dashboard — A new “Historical stats” section shows API calls, total spent, cached requests and errors for the current month vs the previous month, with trend percentages.
• Cost column in product list — The Products screen now shows whether each generated sheet was Free / Included / Cached / Overage (with the overage amount in EUR). At a glance you can see exactly how each product was billed.
• New helper classes: CataSync_WC_Logger, CataSync_WC_Cache, CataSync_WC_Cron.
• wp_catasync_wc_log table extended with endpoint, cost, billed_as columns (auto-migrated by dbDelta).
• All log entries are now actually written (in 1.0.0/1.1.0 the table existed but was never populated).

1.1.0

• Aligned to new CataSync API (premium-only access, new credit system: free trial → pool → overage).
• Rate limit handling — honours X-RateLimit-* headers and Retry-After on 429 responses.
• Idempotency support — same EAN within 24h returns cached sheet at zero cost; UI now flags idempotent operations.
• Smart bulk abort — when a subscription error or rate limit is hit, the bulk loop stops immediately instead of burning further API calls.
• User-friendly 402 messages — distinguishes trial/cancelled/past_due/paused subscription states with actionable text.
• Native GTIN field — writes EAN to _global_unique_id (WooCommerce 9.2+ inventory tab) and reads it as the primary EAN source.
• Extended EAN auto-detect — added _wc_gtin, _wpm_gtin_code to lookup chain; SKU fallback regex relaxed to 6–14 digits to match the API.
• Long description for all modes — handled correctly even in standard mode (previously SEO-only).
• Refactored dashboard & settings — match the new /account schema (free_credits, subscription, pool, overage, payment_method, access).
• Endpoints simplified to clean URLs (/account, /generate).

1.0.0

• Initial release