Search Analytics for WP

Changelog

1.5.0

• Structure: Changed the main page from wp-admin/index.php?page=search-analytics%2Fadmin%2Fincludes%2Fclass.stats.php to wp-admin/admin.php?page=mwtsa-search-analytics. A proper redirect was added to the old route
• Structure: Changed the settings page from wp-admin/options-general.php?page=search-analytics to wp-admin/admin.php?page=mwtsa-search-analytics-settings. A proper redirect was added to the old route
• Structure: Added a new way to access the plugin main page as a section on the sidebar.
• Bugfix: Fix a possible crash in case ip-api.com did not return a valid response
• Bugfix: Fix potential IP spoofing when running a search with save country on
• Feature: Added mwtsa_run_terms_history_data_query_args filter for changing the args before history data gets queried
• Feature: Added a link to the statistics page on the dashboard widget
• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization. Fixed Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
• Optimization: Performance improvements
• Optimization: Added the select2 and jQuery UI Smoothness theme as assets in the plugin
• Optimization: Deprecated the global $mwtsa. It will be removed in a later version. Use the MWTSAI() to get the instance
• Deprecations: Deprecated the helper functions with mwt_ prefix and renamed them to the proper prefix mwtsa_ to prevent possible collisions
• Deprecations: Deprecated the mwtsa_run_terms_history_data_query filter. It could be used by bad actors to modify the query and pass a not sanitized query through

1.4.16

• Bugfix: Fix bug related to exclude keywords setting, reported here. Thank you @luislu for the report!

1.4.15

• Bugfix: Fix country not being saved, reported here. Thank you @mikeeiler for the report!

1.4.14

• Bugfix: Fix bulk deletion not working.

1.4.13

• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization.

1.4.12

• Others: Rename plugin to “Search Analytics for WP”

1.4.11

• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization. Fixed Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability reported by vgo0

1.4.10

• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization. Fixed Broken Access Control vulnerability reported by Abdi Pranata. Thank you for the responsible disclosure!
• Optimization: Compatibility with WP 6.6.x

1.4.9

• Bugfix: Fixed warnings showing on specific combination of filters and grouping. Reported here. Thank you @sadesades for the detailed report!

1.4.8

• Optimization: (ENCORE) Security improvements and general code optimization. Fixed this vulnerability
• Optimization: adjust some translations

1.4.7

• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization. Fixed this vulnerability

1.4.6

• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization. Fixed this vulnerability
• Bugfix: Charts not working after changing interval or chart type

1.4.5

• Bugfix: Fix PHP Compatibility issue: PHP 5.6 – 7.2

1.4.4

• Bugfix: Date filters not working if the browser is set in a language different from English
• Feature: Add setting: “Show results dates as UTC”, default: true
• Feature: Make dates in the results list show as UTC by default.
• Feature: Add 6 more filters and 2 actions for developers to be able to extend the plugin. An overview post will be published here: Search Analytics for WP: Filters Reference
• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization
• Optimization: Updates to the settings page
• Deprecations: Deprecated the mwt_wp_date_format_to_js_datepicker_format() helper function

1.4.3

• Bugfix: Make sure that shortcode mwtsa_display_latest_searches displays unique terms
• Feature: Add more parameters to some filters. An overview post will be published here: Search Analytics for WP: Filters Reference

1.4.2 Hotfix

• Bugfix: fix default filters in the results view

1.4.1

• Feature: Add shortcode mwtsa_display_latest_searches for displaying the latest searches on the frontend of the website
• Feature: Add 3 more filters for developers to be able to extend the plugin. An overview post will be published here: Search Analytics for WP: Filters Reference
• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization
• Others: Add link to the complete changelog

1.4.0

• Feature: Add REST API search support
• Feature: Add 9 filters for developers to be able to extend the plugin. An overview post will be published here: Search Analytics for WP: Filters Reference
• Optimization: Add the search term to the mwtsa_extra_exclude_conditions filter
• Optimization: Check for minimum PHP and WP versions when activating the plugin
• Optimization: Compatibility with WP versions up to 6.0.1
• Optimization: Compatibility with PHP v8.1
• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization
• Bugfix: Fix styling on WP 4.4.0 – 4.9.20
• Bugfix: Fix broken settings page URL from the results page
• Others: Rename the plugin to “WP Search Analytics”

1.3.6

• Bugfix: Users can not see the statistics page in some cases. Bug report
• Bugfix: Database error on term delete success page
• Optimization: Compatibility with WP versions up to 5.8
• Optimization: Compatibility with PHP versions between 5.6 – 8.0
• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization
• Optimization: Remove filters and groups on the term delete success page
• Others: Add more “Useful Links”
• Others: Add quick rate tool

1.3.5

• Bugfix: Fix dates filter not allowing you to select the current day in certain timezones
• Bugfix: Deleting multiple entries with the bulk action would trigger 2 notices
• Feature: Add support for WpForo
• Feature: Add mwtsa_export_filename filter to allow control over the filename generated when exporting data
• Feature: Add shortcode mwtsa_display_search_stats for displaying search statistics on the frontend of the website
• Optimization: Prepare the plugin for community translation
• Optimization: Security improvements and general code optimization

1.3.4 Hotfix

• Bugfix: Fix fatal error for missing wp_timezone() in WP < 5.3.0

1.3.3

• Bugfix: Times displayed in UTC time instead of the website’s timezone
• Feature: allow filtering searches by user
• Experimental Feature: prevent terms from being saved if they contain certain substrings
• Experimental Feature: allow the plugin to capture search strings from custom search parameters
• Optimization: hook load_plugin_textdomain on the init action instead of the plugins_loaded one
• Optimization: prefix helper functions create_date_range and get_current_user_ip with mwt_ to avoid eventual naming conflicts

1.3.2

• Bugfix: “Only display the statistics and settings page for these user roles” not working correctly
• Bugfix: Fix missing script error if charts disabled
• Bugfix: Add prefix to the option setting group to prevent conflicts
• Bugfix: Database error if search-term URL param is empty
• Feature: Split the “Only display the statistics and settings page for these user roles” in 2 different settings
• Optimization: compatibility with WP versions up to 5.4
• Optimization: Add prefix to the option setting group to prevent conflicts
• Optimization: Review and patch the plugin from a security perspective
• Optimization: Made sure administrator display rights can not be taken away by making the field disabled

1.3.1 Hotfix

• Bugfix: database not being updated correctly in case of plugin update. It only worked for manual plugin activation
• Bugfix: search country locked to Canada.

1.3.0

• Feature: add save_search_term() method to allow external search saving
• Feature: add mwtsa_extra_exclude_conditions filter to allow more control over the conditions in which a search is processed
• Feature: add mwtsa_exclude_term filter to allow more control over the conditions in which terms are saved
• Feature: save searches by user so the user can see his search history
• Feature: add country geolocation for the searches
• Feature: add more options for the chart
• Feature: add period comparison in the chart
• Optimization: compatibility with version 5.2.2
• Optimization: Add multisite support
• Optimization: Build separate methods for displaying charts to be able to easily integrate it in other views
• Optimization: Make chart include “today”
• Optimization: general code optimizations
• Optimization: general code optimizations

1.2.3

• Feature: add ability to delete all search history older than a selected number of days
• Feature: add setting: “Exclude searches from IPs list”
• Feature: add setting: “Only record searches with at least the number of characters”
• Feature: add “Ungroup” view for the list of terms for having a chronological data view
• Optimization: compatibility with version 5.1
• Optimization: change default sort to last search date
• Optimization: average number of results column to only 2 decimals
• Optimization: update the singleton pattern

1.2.2

• Bugfix: fix bug in the database version update
• Bugfix: “By Hour” group is not working correctly
• Bugfix: “Hide graphical charts” setting not working correctly
• Feature: Add a setting for using a cookie for previously logged in user for not counting searches made by users having a user role in the excluded roles list
• Feature: Add a setting for not counting duplicate searches over a period of time
• Feature: add role visibility for the dashboard widget
• Optimization: update the way Group By works on the term details view
• Optimization: use function_exists() and class_exists() for all function/class declarations
• Optimization: add javascript graph compatibility with older IE versions
• Optimization: show fewer points on the Y axis on the graphical chart if search count gets high

1.2.1

• Bugfix: fix “Unknown column ‘average_posts’ in ‘where clause'” error on single term view ( introduced in v1.2.0 )
• Bugfix: remove bulk actions on single term view ( introduced in v1.2.0 )
• Bugfix: fix “Last 24 hours” time filter ( introduced in v1.2.0 )
• Feature: add admin dashboard widget with last week stats
• Feature: add possibility to group single term view results by day and hour
• Feature: add charts for graphical data representation
• Optimization: add link on searched term for faster navigation
• Optimization: make custom views and filters language variables ( introduced in v1.2.0 )
• Optimization: make all date and time columns use WP date and time format settings
• Optimization: code updates to better comply to the WP coding standards

1.2.0

• Bugfix: fix PHP notice on the settings page ( introduced in v1.0.3 )
• Bugfix: fix search resetting time and result filters ( introduced in v1.1.2 )
• Bugfix: fix notice “Undefined index: date_from” ( introduced in v1.1.2 )
• Bugfix: fix notice “Undefined index: date_to” ( introduced in v1.1.2 )
• Feature: ability to download history in a CSV file
• Feature: add single term view with detailed search historical stats
• Feature: ability to choose which user roles can see the search history stats
• Optimization: set table names in plugin constants for cleaner calls
• Optimization: move history data return from db function to independent static class.
• Optimization: change time filter default to “All Time”

1.1.3

• Bugfix: fix jquery.ui load over https ( introduced in v1.1.2 )

1.1.2

• Bugfix: make stats page full responsive ( introduced in v1.1 )
• Feature: add filters: all, only successful, only unsuccessful ( 0 posts ) results
• Feature: Time range filters
• Optimization: make bulk action “Delete” use language variable ( introduced in v1.1.1 )
• Optimization: add screen option to allow selection of number of results per page
• Optimization: last search date – sortable column
• Optimization: add “clear” option to the date pickers
• Optimization: add 2 months view on the calendars

1.1.1

• Bugfix: remove limit of results on the table ( introduced in v1.1 )
• Feature: ability to delete terms from the results
• Feature: bulk terms delete action
• Optimization: results per page reduced from 30 to 20

1.1

• Bugfix: exclude empty search strings ( introduced in v1.0 )
• Design: display tables using the WordPress Admin Tables
• Feature: pagination for better data analysis
• Feature: custom sorting on all columns
• Feature: filter results by string

1.0.4

• fix a warning occurring in certain cases on search

1.0.3

• Add ability to delete all history
• Add ability to remove the tables on plugin deactivate
• Stats page restyling

1.0.2

• Update results sorting for better viewing the data
• Minimum styling on the stats page
• Add link to the settings page

1.0.1

• Fix deprecated notice

1.0

• Initial Release