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Product Changelog

Every release, every fix, every improvement.

Follow the Free and Pro plugin release history in one clean timeline, sourced from the official plugin readme changelogs.

Free Core v1.2.8.1 2026-04-28
Pro Add-on v1.5.31 2026-04-28
01
Free Plugin

Opti-Behavior Core changelog

Analytics, heatmaps, funnels, settings, privacy, performance, compatibility and WordPress.org package updates.

v1.2.8.1

2026-04-28
  • Fix: A/B Testing Visual Editor launchers now use native direct links for saved variants, preventing ad blockers and popup blockers from making Open Visual Editor appear broken.
  • Fix: Visual Editor Preview now uses a server-side save-and-redirect form flow instead of script-created popups, so preview opens reliably with unsaved changes.
  • Enhancement: Added regression coverage for popup-blocker-safe Visual Editor opening and preview behavior.

v1.2.8

2026-04-28
  • Feature: Added expanded A/B testing tools for page-split experiments, visual variant previews, winner application, and conversion goal tracking.
  • Feature: Added improved A/B test results reporting with impressions, conversions, conversion rate, and winner indicators.
  • Enhancement: Improved A/B attribution for page-split variant pages and cross-page goals so experiment results stay accurate across visitor journeys.
  • Maintenance: Prepared the Free plugin package metadata, version constants, readme stable tag, and changelog for the 1.2.8 release.

v1.2.7

2026-04-09
  • Feature: Selective data deletion in Danger Zone — 9 category checkboxes (Sessions, Visitors, Events, Heatmaps, Recordings, Traffic, Errors, Funnels, Forms) let users choose which data to delete instead of deleting everything
  • Enhancement: Select All / Deselect All toggle for quick category selectio
  • Fix: False-positive broken links — same-origin images and internal pages no longer flagged as "Blocked" when server blocks HEAD requests (LiteSpeed Cache, WAF). HEAD failures now fallback to GET verification before saving
  • Fix: Error source now shows actual JS file path instead of generic "admin-ajax.php" — uses call stack capture at fetch/XHR call time
  • Fix: Session recorder console.log/warn messages now gated behind the Debug & Logging "Enable JavaScript Debug Logging" setting — no more console spam on production sites
  • Enhancement: JS Errors page file links now show full URL on mouse hover (tooltip) and are clickable to open the source file directly
  • Enhancement: IMG resource error verification uses HEAD + GET fallback with _optiVerify flag to prevent XHR interceptor self-tracking

v1.2.6

2026-04-7
  • Fix: Attention heatmap showing click stats instead of scroll stats
  • Enhancement: Admin tracking settings, admin bar offset, login detection
  • Enhancement: Translations updated (FR, DE, ES, IT, PT-BR)
  • Feature: Onboarding popup

v1.2.5.1

2026-04-5
  • Enhancement: Replace raw console.log/warn/info in session-recorder.js
  • Fix: All visitor-facing and admin console output now respects the debug logging settings in wp-admin

v1.2.5

2026-04-5
  • Fix: Session recording playback shows white empty page on live server — set inlineStylesheet:false to prevent oversized FullSnapshot payloads (3–7 MB) that Hostinger nginx rejects
  • Fix: Added oversized-payload guard in session-recorder.js — warns when non-beacon payload exceeds 1 MB
  • Fix: PHP empty-events guard — rejects AJAX saves with no events when no DB row exists yet
  • Enhancement: Comprehensive debug logging in JS (FullSnapshot detection, save batch type distribution, server response) and PHP (error_log for event types, FullSnapshot presence, file save confirmation)
  • Fix: Removed console plugin from rrweb config to eliminate type-6 events and extra payload bulk

v1.2.4.2

2026-04-04
  • Fix: Heatmap data protection improvements and welcome page refinements
  • Enhancement: Minor code quality improvements across core files

v1.2.4.1

2026-04-03
  • Fix: Resolve PHP 8.2 null deprecations + wpdb prepare mismatch

v1.2.4

2026-04-03
  • Fix: Resolved all WordPress Plugin Check errors and warnings (escape output, nonce verification, readme compliance)
  • Fix: GDPR consent banner not displaying — admin-notices CSS/JS no longer hides plugin's own ob-* elements
  • Enhancement: Default auto-cleanup on fresh install (weekly, 90-day retention, bot/bounce session removal)
  • Enhancement: Moved Pro trial offer above feature list on welcome page for better visibility
  • Fix: Consent banner logic simplified — removed obsolete checkbox, uses Consent Banner Source radios only

v1.2.3

2026-03-29
  • Feature: Frontend Stats Bar — admin-only analytics overlay on every frontend page with 6 color themes and per-stat visibility settings
  • Feature: Custom SMTP email configuration for scheduled reports with WP Mail fallback, and Cron Monitor for scheduled task health
  • Enhancement: Full cache plugin compatibility (Autoptimize, LiteSpeed, WP Rocket, SG Optimizer) — nonce refresh, client-side cookie IDs, script tag protection, and visibilitychange flush
  • Enhancement: Optimized live visitors query, esc_sql() hardening, admin submenu reorder, and PHPCS compliance fixes
  • Fix: 10 Smart Data Cleanup bugs (recording file deletion, cascade orphans, scheduling), debug log download fatal error, and auto-cleanup via daily cron

v1.2.2

2026-03-22
  • Feature: Rich banner styles — info, warning, success, promo, custom with configurable colors, images, and CTA buttons
  • Enhancement: Dismiss tracking stores timestamps for duration-based re-show logic with automatic migration from old format
  • Fix: Self-referral bug — site's own domain no longer appears as referrer in analytics, user journey, and form analytics views

v1.2.1

2026-03-17
  • Feature: Server-side proxy for heatmap iframe loading — bypasses CDN-level X-Frame-Options restrictions (e.g., Hostinger) that block iframe embedding
  • Enhancement: Heatmap iframe now uses `srcdoc` with proxied HTML content, injecting `<base href>` for correct relative URL resolution
  • Enhancement: Generic JS scan to detect and cap elements with inflated inline heights from unknown/custom slider frameworks
  • Fix: Heatmap iframe blank/error on sites with CDN-level `X-Frame-Options: deny` (e.g., Hostinger-hosted sites)
  • Fix: Server-side proxy added to both Free and Pro AJAX classes to prevent action not registered error when Pro overrides Free
  • Fix: Removed broken CDN Lucide CSS (`cdn.jsdelivr.net`) from Pro detail page that caused MIME type error
  • Security: Proxy endpoint restricted to same-site URLs only, with nonce verification and `manage_options` capability check

v1.2.0

2026-03-11
  • Feature: "Try Pro FREE for 6 Months" admin banner with trial countdown, dismiss, and expired state variants
  • Feature: ipwho.is secondary geolocation API fallback when ip-api.com is rate-limited (free, HTTPS, no rate limit)
  • Enhancement: License-aware trial banner visibility using Manifest Manager (hidden for valid Pro license, shown for expired trial)
  • Enhancement: Geolocation fallback chain expanded: CloudFlare → Cache → ip-api.com → ipwho.is → Timezone → Browser Language
  • Enhancement: Added ipwho.is to External Services disclosure, FAQ, and Privacy Policy sections in readme.txt
  • Fix: Trial banner dismiss button now removes element from DOM instead of CSS hide (fixes specificity conflict with admin-notices.css)
  • Fix: Trial banner no longer appears when Pro plugin is active with a valid license
  • Fix: "Unknown" country in Real-time Visitors resolved for high-traffic sites exceeding ip-api.com 45 req/min rate limit
  • Fix: Stable tag mismatch between readme.txt and main plugin file header
  • Fix: Short description trimmed to 150-character WordPress.org maximum

v1.1.1

2026-03-10
  • Fix: PHP version compatibility check was comparing against non-existent PHP 7.6 instead of 7.4, preventing activation on PHP 7.4.x servers
  • Enhancement: Added OptiUser API (api.optiuser.com) and OptiUser Website (optiuser.com) to External Services disclosure for WordPress.org compliance
  • Enhancement: Expanded FAQ "Does this plugin call any external services?" with detailed list of all 4 external services
  • Enhancement: Added "Try Pro FREE for 6 months" call-to-action in Pro Features section with direct download link
  • Enhancement: Updated upgrade pages with 6-month free Pro trial messaging and hidden download page URL

v1.1.0

2026-03-09
  • Feature: Plugin install tracker with 24-hour heartbeat mechanism for anonymous usage statistics
  • Feature: Automatic plugin type detection (Free/Pro) in tracker heartbeat data
  • Feature: Deactivation notification to API for immediate status updates
  • Enhancement: Autoloader class conflict prevention for shared Free/Pro classes (Ajax, Detail Page, Parser, Cache)
  • Enhancement: Heatmaps sessions column now uses file-based device counts (Desktop + Mobile) for accurate sorting
  • Enhancement: Heatmap table column widths rebalanced to accommodate tooltip icons and translations
  • Enhancement: Table headers no longer truncated — always fully readable with nowrap styling
  • Enhancement: Title truncation moved from PHP to CSS text-overflow for cleaner hover tooltips
  • Fix: Autoloader excluding shared Pro/Free classes to prevent Free overriding Pro AJAX handler
  • Fix: Heatmap detail page duplicate rendering caused by auto-instantiation
  • Fix: SQL prepared statement parameter mismatch when date filters were active on heatmaps
  • Fix: Sessions ORDER BY alias referencing non-existent table alias
  • Fix: Plugin re-activation now triggers immediate heartbeat to update API status
  • Fix: Removed unexpected ARCHITECTURE.md file from plugin root (Plugin Check compliance)
  • Fix: Wrapped all error_log() calls in WP_DEBUG guards for production safety
  • Fix: Synced Stable tag and Plugin Name between readme.txt and main plugin header
  • Fix: Removed localhost/development URL from tracker API endpoint
  • Code Quality: Clean uninstall with tracker options and cron job cleanup

v1.0.9

2026-02-10
  • Feature: Smart Data Cleanup system with bot/spam removal, quality thresholds, and scheduled auto-cleanup via WordPress cron
  • Feature: Comprehensive tooltip system across all pages (Dashboard, Heatmaps, Funnels, Settings, Form Analytics, Error Tracking)
  • Feature: Form Analytics upgrade page with menu integration, database table handlers, and scheduled report support
  • Feature: Danger Zone redesign with horizontal sub-tabs (Full Reset, Date Range, Smart Cleanup, Auto Schedule)
  • Feature: German (de_DE) language support with complete translations
  • Feature: Italian (it_IT) language support with complete translations
  • Feature: Spanish (es_ES) complete translation files
  • Feature: Portuguese (pt_BR) complete translation files
  • Enhancement: Replaced all emoji icons with Lucide SVG icons throughout the plugin for professional UI
  • Enhancement: Unified page header style across all pages (Dashboard, Heatmaps, Funnels, Settings, Recordings, Errors)
  • Enhancement: Country flag icons in language dropdown selector
  • Enhancement: Funnel step cards made more compact with improved layout and per-funnel country filter with flag icons
  • Enhancement: Heatmaps page search functionality and mobile preview mode for heatmap iframe
  • Enhancement: Guest preview mode for accurate non-logged-in heatmap display
  • Enhancement: Replaced Data Protection tab with Storage Stats page with improved tooltips
  • Enhancement: Standardized button styles with Lucide icons and btn-danger class for destructive actions
  • Enhancement: Added User Journeys and Form Analytics data to scheduled email reports
  • Enhancement: Improved browser/OS detection with HarmonyOS support and better bot detection
  • Enhancement: PRO feature gating with badges on menu items, heatmap tooltips, and blocked PRO heatmap types for free users
  • Enhancement: Admin menu icon updated to 35×35 PNG with hover states
  • Enhancement: French translations extensively improved with shortened menu labels
  • Enhancement: AI Insights panel with Lucide icon styling and default message
  • Fix: Move Heatmap trajectory rendering with proper coordinate scaling and adaptive colors based on website background
  • Fix: Scroll Heatmap legend positioning and visibility
  • Fix: Attention Heatmap legend positioning moved outside iframe with smooth gradients and base color coverage
  • Fix: Bounce rate KPI mismatch with daily history chart
  • Fix: Heatmaps page Mobile Traffic showing 0% – Device Split now uses sessions data
  • Fix: Session count mismatch between total and device split
  • Fix: Time period filter icon and dropdown functionality with correct default selection
  • Fix: Traffic Overview chart layout with reduced empty space
  • Fix: Funnel URL matching filters and string concatenation bug
  • Fix: Conditional cleanup settings not persisting after page refresh
  • Fix: Date range file deletion now includes uploads/opti-behavior-data/ directory
  • Fix: Delete All Data not clearing storage properly
  • Fix: Top Engaged Users widget column width for long country names
  • Fix: Scheduled reports SQL error and instant stats update
  • Fix: Heatmap download now includes page content with overlay
  • Fix: Stat history bar charts display
  • Fix: Stats inconsistency when Pro is active
  • Code Quality: WordPress Plugin Check – 0 errors, 0 warnings (100% compliant)
  • Code Quality: Renamed non-prefixed variables in HTML templates with opti_behavior_ prefix
  • Code Quality: Complete uninstall cleanup with all database tables, cron jobs, transients, and legacy directories

v1.0.8

2025-12-08
  • Feature: User Intent Rules – Advanced system for analyzing and categorizing user behavior patterns
  • Enhancement: Analytics Dashboard time filter now defaults to 30 Days for better data overview
  • Fix: Improved favicon handling for referrer websites with proper fallback support

v1.0.7

2025-12-02
  • Enhancement: Added French language translations for improved internationalization
  • Fix: Resolved sendPageView function issues for accurate page tracking
  • Fix: Corrected Returning Visitors calculation and display
  • Fix: Fixed Logged In Visitors detection and counting
  • Feature: Display username for logged-in visitors in Top Engaged Users widget
  • Enhancement: Extended device type support for all device categories (desktop, mobile, tablet, PC)
  • Code Quality: WordPress coding standards compliance improvements
  • Code Quality: Added debug logging controls via settings page
  • Security: Fixed nonce verification warnings
  • Security: Enhanced prepared SQL statements with proper phpcs annotations

v1.0.6

2025-11-30
  • Feature: New vs Returning Visitors analytics dashboard widget
  • Feature: Visited Directories analytics with depth tracking and page views
  • Feature: Visitor Authentication analytics showing logged-in vs guest users
  • Fix: WordPress DB coding standards – SQL wildcards now use placeholders
  • Enhancement: Improved prepared SQL statements compliance
  • Code Quality: Full WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders compliance

v1.0.5

2025-11-23
  • Fix: Removed all debug error_log() calls from production code
  • Fix: Replaced date() with gmdate() for timezone-safe date handling
  • Fix: Added translator comments for i18n compliance
  • Fix: Updated API URL from localhost to production endpoint
  • Fix: Corrected stable tag version mismatch
  • Enhancement: Improved readme with better descriptions and FAQ
  • Enhancement: Added Plugin URI and updated Author URI
  • Enhancement: Optimized WordPress.org directory submission compliance
  • Compatibility: Full WordPress 6.8 compatibility verified
  • Enhancement: Added COALESCE for better handling of NULL titles in Top Pages
  • Enhancement: Improved country detection with browser language fallback when IP geolocation fails
  • Enhancement: Top Pages widget now displays page views instead of clicks for better accuracy

v1.0.4

2025-11-20
  • Enhancement: Added file-based storage system for high-traffic sites
  • Enhancement: Implemented automatic bot detection and filtering
  • Enhancement: Added performance optimizer with automatic database indexing
  • Enhancement: Separate mobile and desktop heatmap tracking and visualization
  • Enhancement: Batch processing for improved performance
  • Enhancement: Enhanced debug logging system with WordPress-compliant manager
  • Enhancement: Added Lucide icon library (v0.554.0, ISC License) for modern UI
  • Security: Replaced direct filesystem operations with WP_Filesystem API
  • Security: Replaced unlink() with wp_delete_file() for file deletion
  • Code Quality: WordPress coding standards compliance improvements
  • Code Quality: Improved data sanitization and validation
  • Compatibility: Tested up to WordPress 6.8

v1.0.3

  • Security: Fix Unsafe SQL calls
  • Security: Fix files and directories locations use
  • Security: Moved inline CSS to external stylesheet
  • Security: Moved inline JS to external stylesheet
  • Follows WordPress coding standards
  • Plugin Check validation passed

v1.0.2

  • Review and fix all the issues listed in the review email.

v1.0.1

  • Security: Enhanced sanitization for $_SERVER variables
  • Security: Improved json_decode() data sanitization
  • Security: Moved inline CSS to external stylesheet for WordPress compliance
  • Code Quality: Added proper sanitization for all user inputs
  • Code Quality: Enhanced data validation in AJAX handlers
  • Compatibility: Verified all security checks are in place

v1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Visual heatmap tracking
  • Real-time analytics dashboard
  • Page performance metrics
  • User journey tracking
  • GDPR compliance features
  • Data export functionality
  • Multisite support
  • Debug mode for troubleshooting
02
Pro Add-on

Opti-Behavior Pro changelog

Session recordings, errors, user journeys, form analytics, advanced A/B testing, encryption and Pro packaging updates.

v1.5.31

2026-04-28
  • Feature: Added expanded Pro A/B testing tools for advanced experiments, visual variant previews, winner application, and conversion goal tracking.
  • Feature: Added improved A/B test reporting with impressions, conversions, conversion rate, winner indicators, and clearer experiment performance summaries.
  • Enhancement: Improved A/B attribution for page-split variant pages and cross-page goals so Pro experiment results stay accurate across visitor journeys.
  • Maintenance: Corrected Pro package metadata, plugin header, version constants, readme stable tag, and changelog for the 1.5.31 release.

v1.5.30

2026-04-09
  • Fix: False-positive broken links — same-origin images and internal pages no longer flagged as "Blocked" when server blocks HEAD requests (LiteSpeed Cache, WAF). HEAD failures now fallback to GET verification before saving
  • Fix: Error source now shows actual JS file path instead of generic "admin-ajax.php" — uses call stack capture at fetch/XHR call time
  • Fix: Session recorder console.log/warn messages now gated behind the Debug & Logging "Enable JavaScript Debug Logging" setting — no more console spam on production sites
  • Enhancement: JS Errors page file links now show full URL on mouse hover (tooltip) and are clickable to open the source file directly
  • Enhancement: IMG resource error verification uses HEAD + GET fallback with _optiVerify flag to prevent XHR interceptor self-tracking

v1.5.29

2026-04-07
  • Fix: Attention heatmap showing click stats instead of scroll stats
  • Enhancement: Admin tracking settings, admin bar offset, login detection
  • Enhancement: Translations updated (FR, DE, ES, IT, PT-BR)
  • Feature: Onboarding popup

v1.5.28

2026-04-05
  • Fix: auto-updater reliability on production sites

v1.5.27

2026-04-05
  • Enhancement: Replace raw console.log/warn/info in session-recorder.js
  • Fix: All visitor-facing and admin console output now respects the debug logging settings in wp-admin

v1.5.26

2026-04-05
  • Fix: Session recording playback shows white empty page on live server — set inlineStylesheet:false to prevent oversized FullSnapshot payloads (3–7 MB) that Hostinger nginx rejects
  • Fix: Added oversized-payload guard in session-recorder.js — warns when non-beacon payload exceeds 1 MB
  • Fix: PHP empty-events guard — rejects AJAX saves with no events when no DB row exists yet
  • Enhancement: Comprehensive debug logging in JS (FullSnapshot detection, save batch type distribution, server response) and PHP (error_log for event types, FullSnapshot presence, file save confirmation)
  • Fix: Removed console plugin from rrweb config to eliminate type-6 events and extra payload bulk

v1.5.24

2026-04-03
  • Feature: Auto 6-month trial — old users upgrading now automatically receive an API-backed trial license via version migration
  • Fix: PHP 7.4 compatibility — added defensive OpenSSL extension checks in encrypt/decrypt functions to prevent fatal errors on hosts without OpenSSL
  • Fix: Sodium exception handling — changed catch(Exception) to catch(Throwable) in keypair generation to properly catch SodiumException on PHP 7.x
  • Fix: Wrapped all crypto operations (encrypt_secret_key, decrypt_secret_key) in try/catch Throwable for graceful degradation on any hosting environment
  • Fix: Manifest manager loading wrapped in try/catch to prevent site crashes from file-level errors
  • Fix: Removed accidental debug register_shutdown_function code left from development
  • Enhancement: Added Requires PHP: 7.4 header to both free and Pro plugins — WordPress now blocks activation on unsupported PHP versions
  • Enhancement: Plugin gracefully degrades instead of crashing when sodium or openssl extensions are unavailable

v1.5.23.1

2026-04-03
  • Fix: Resolved all WordPress Plugin Check errors and warnings (escape output, nonce verification, readme compliance)
  • Fix: GDPR consent banner not displaying — admin-notices CSS/JS no longer hides plugin's own ob-* elements
  • Enhancement: Default auto-cleanup on fresh install (weekly, 90-day retention, bot/bounce session removal)
  • Enhancement: Moved Pro trial offer above feature list on welcome page for better visibility
  • Fix: Consent banner logic simplified — removed obsolete checkbox, uses Consent Banner Source radios only

v1.5.21.11

2026-03-29
  • Enhancement: PHP header description updated for clarity and SEO alignment
  • Enhancement: readme.txt created with full WordPress.org-optimized content, keyword-rich descriptions, and competitor-positioning sections

v1.5.21

  • Enhancement: Session recording encryption and privacy masking improvements
  • Enhancement: Core Web Vitals dashboard redesign with historical trend charts
  • Enhancement: Form analytics field-level abandonment tracking accuracy improvements
  • Fix: Session player idle-skip button timing offset
  • Fix: User journey Sankey node overflow on small screens
  • Fix: Error tracking network error deduplication for repeated failed requests

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