Ultimate Woo Auction PRO

= 2.4.0 =

• There is an issue with credit card fields on the my-account registration page which is resolved.

= 2.4.0 =

• We have added the new payment hold functionality in the “Credit card auto debit” addon. It holds the specific amount before placing the bid and once the auction has expired, it automatically debits that amount from the winner’s credit card.

• There is an issue with credit card fields on the my-account registration page
  which is resolved.

= 2.3.9 =

• There is a new column “Maximum Bid” for proxy auctions added under
  My-account > Auctions – Bids won, Bids lost, and Bids active tabs.

• We have added support for High-Performance Order Storage(HPOS) functionality.

= 2.3.9 =

• There is a new column “Maximum Bid” for proxy auctions added under
  My-account > Auctions – Bids won, Bids lost, and Bids active tabs.

• We have added support for High-Performance Order Storage(HPOS) functionality.

= 1.4.9 =

1. Improvement:

• We have added support for High-Performance Order Storage(HPOS) functionality.

= 2.3.8 =

• We have added the “Add to watchlist” functionality for future auction products.
• The new filters are added to change the “Check out All” button text and URL of the button
  and the filter “ultimate_woocommerce_auction_all_pay_now_button_text” is deprecated.

• We have added the three new options for AJAX bid updates
  – Shop page
  – Product category page
  – Auction detail page

• Admin can disable the Ajax updates for any of the above pages.

• There is an issue in search auction products with SKU which has been fixed.
• When place bid AJAX is enabled, there is an issue with the text “Maximum bid is..” in proxy auction products, we have fixed the issue.
• There is an issue with the proxy auction product when bid update AJAX is enabled, we have fixed this issue, and other Ajax-related errors are also resolved.
• When automatic order is enabled, there is an issue with the checkout URL which has been fixed.
• Some of the issues related to offline dealing addon are fixed.

= 2.3.8 =

• We have added the “Add to watchlist” functionality for future auction products.
• The new filters are added to change the “Check out All” button text and URL of the button
  and the filter “ultimate_woocommerce_auction_all_pay_now_button_text” is deprecated.

• We have added the three new options for AJAX bid updates
  – Shop page
  – Product category page
  – Auction detail page

• Admin can disable the Ajax updates for any of the above pages.

• There is an issue in search auction products with SKU which has been fixed.
• When place bid AJAX is enabled, there is an issue with the text “Maximum bid is..” in proxy auction products, we have fixed the issue.
• There is an issue with the proxy auction product when bid update AJAX is enabled, we have fixed this issue, and other Ajax-related errors are also resolved.
• When automatic order is enabled, there is an issue with the checkout URL which has been fixed.
• Some of the issues related to offline dealing addon are fixed.

= 1.4.8 =

1. New Features:

• We have added the “Add to watchlist” functionality for future auction products.
• The new filters are added to change the “Check out All” button text and URL of the button.
  and filter “ultimate_woocommerce_auction_all_pay_now_button_text” is deprecated.

2. Improvement:

• We have added the three new options for AJAX bid updates.
  – Shop page
  – Product category page
  – Auction detail page
• Admin can disable the Ajax updates for any of the above pages.

3. Fixes:

• There is an issue in search auction products with SKU which has been fixed.
• When place bid AJAX is enabled, there is an issue with the text “Maximum bid is..” in proxy auction products,
  we have fixed the issue.
• There is an issue with the proxy auction product when bid update AJAX is enabled, we have fixed this issue, and other Ajax-related errors are also resolved.

= 2.3.7 =

1. New Features:

• We have added the new functionality of “purchase product”. When the “Offline Dealing for Buyer & Seller” addon is enabled, the “purchase product” button is displayed on the product detail page. Bidders can directly purchase the auction product via this button. When the “Purchase Product” button is clicked, the bid is placed at the same amount of buy now price and the auction expires.

2. Improvement:

• When the auto-order functionality is enabled and the shipping address is required to be added before placing a bid, the validation is added for each field of the shipping address form. Now, we make optional the shipping address 2 and state.
• We have updated the third-party libraries into the auction plugin for Stripe, Braintree, and Twilio.

3. Fixes:

• We have fixed the loader image issue in the private message section. The loader loads continuously even when the send button does not click. We have fixed this problem.
• When user masking is enabled and the auction ends, the unnecessary text is available on the product details page. We have fixed it.
• We have fixed the PHP warning for Undefined variable $notices. This warning is displayed when someone outbids. Now, when someone outbids, the “You have been outbid.” notice is displayed at the top of the page.
• We have fixed the user masking issue. When the auction expires, the winner’s name is not masked even if user masking is enabled. Now, it works according to the auction settings.
• There was an issue with the PayPal payment of the auction product on the checkout page due to the long product name. This issue happens when the buyer’s premium add-on is enabled. We have provided extra options in the buyer’s premium addon settings. So, the admin can display the buyer’s premium title using the product’s SKU or product name or trim the product’s name if it is above 60 characters.
• We have fixed the PHP Warning: Undefined array key of “curentpageenddate”.

= 2.3.7 =

1. Improvement:

• When the auto-order functionality is enabled and the shipping address is required to be added before placing a bid, the validation is added for each field of the shipping address form. Now, we make optional the shipping address 2 and state.
• We have updated the third-party libraries into the auction plugin for Stripe and Twilio.

2. Fixes:

• We have fixed the loader image issue in the private message section. The loader loads continuously even when the send button does not click. We have fixed this problem.
• When user masking is enabled and the auction ends, the unnecessary text is available on the product details page. We have fixed it.
• We have fixed the PHP warning for Undefined variable $notices. This warning is displayed when someone outbids. Now, when someone outbids, the “You have been outbid.” notice is displayed at the top of the page.
• We have fixed the user masking issue. When the auction expires, the winner’s name is not masked even if user masking is enabled. Now, it works according to the auction settings.
• There was an issue with the PayPal payment of the auction product on the checkout page due to the long product name. This issue happens when the buyer’s premium add-on is enabled. We have provided extra options in the buyer’s premium addon settings. So, the admin can display the buyer’s premium title using the product’s SKU or product name or trim the product’s name if it is above 60 characters.
• We have fixed the PHP Warning: Undefined array key of “curentpageenddate”.

= 1.4.7 =

1. Fixes:

• We have fixed the loader image issue in the private message section. The loader loads continuously even when the send button does not click. We have fixed it.
• When user masking is enabled and the auction ends, the unnecessary text is available on the product details page. We have fixed it.
• We have fixed the PHP warning for Undefined variable $notices. This warning is displayed when someone outbids. Now, when someone outbids, the “You have been outbid.” notice is displayed at the top of the page.
• We have fixed the user masking issue. When the auction expires, the winner’s name is not masked even if user masking is enabled. Now, it works according to the auction settings.

= 2.3.6 =

1. Fix:

• We have fixed the plugin activation Fatal error.

= 2.3.6 =

1. Fix:

• We have fixed the plugin activation Fatal error.

= 2.3.5 =

1. Fix:

• We have fixed the auction plugin conflict issue with the latest version of the WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway plugin. When a user has added a payment method from the My-Account -> Payment Method menu, the default payment method does not save and auto-debit does not occur. Now, it works properly.

= 2.3.5 =

1. Fix:

• We have fixed the auction plugin conflict issue with the latest version of the WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway plugin. When a user has added a payment method from the My-Account -> Payment Method menu, the default payment method does not save and auto-debit does not occur. Now, it works properly.

= 2.3.4 =

1. New Features:  

• We have given a new option for “Export Won Auctions CSV” on the my-account page -> Auctions -> Bids Won tab. This option is for bidders who can download the winning auction product data from the bids won tab.

2. Improvement:

• Usually Ending Soon Email goes to admin and bidders. We have added a new user role for Ending Soon Email which is the auction owner. Now, the Ending Soon Email goes to the admin, auction owner, and bidders.
• We have fixed the Cookies issue in the auction plugin. When the global countdown timer is enabled, it will create too many cookies. We have fixed this issue. Now, cookies will expire in one day.

3. Fixes:

• We have fixed the vendor product duplicate issue in the auction plugin. When the vendor duplicates the expired auction product from the WCFM dashboard and publishes it, it displays the bid data and winning information of the auction product from which it is duplicated. We have fixed this issue.
• We have fixed the string translation issue in the auction plugin. There are extra characters added to the PO file. We have fixed it.
• We have fixed the error which occurred due to the activation of Ultimate WooCommerce Auction Pro and Ultimate Auction for WooCommerce plugins at a time.

= 2.3.4 =

1. New Features:

• We have given a new option for “Export Won Auctions CSV” on the my-account page -> Auctions -> Bids Won tab. This option is for bidders who can download the winning auction product data from the bids won tab.

2. Improvement:

• Usually Ending Soon Email goes to admin and bidders. We have added a new user role for Ending Soon Email which is the auction owner. Now, the Ending Soon Email goes to the admin, auction owner, and bidders.
• We have fixed the Cookies issue in the auction plugin. When the global countdown timer is enabled, it will create too many cookies. We have fixed this issue. Now, cookies will expire in one day.

3. Fixes:

• We have fixed the vendor product duplicate issue in the auction plugin. When the vendor duplicates the expired auction product from the WCFM dashboard and publishes it, it displays the bid data and winning information of the auction product from which it is duplicated. We have fixed this issue.
• We have fixed the string translation issue in the auction plugin. There are extra characters added to the PO file. We have fixed it.
• We have fixed the error which occurred due to the activation of Ultimate WooCommerce Auction Pro and Ultimate Auction for WooCommerce plugins at a time.

= 1.4.6 =

1. New Features:

• We have given a new option for “Export Won Auctions CSV” on the my-account page -> Auctions -> Bids Won tab. This option is for bidders who can download the winning auction product data from the bids won tab.

2. Improvement:

• Usually Ending Soon Email goes to admin and bidders. We have added a new user role for Ending Soon Email which is the auction owner. Now, the Ending Soon Email goes to the admin, auction owner, and bidders.
• We have fixed the Cookies issue in the auction plugin. When the global countdown timer is enabled, it will create too many cookies. We have fixed this issue. Now, cookies will expire in one day.

3. Fixes:

• We have fixed the vendor product duplicate issue in the auction plugin. When the vendor duplicates the expired auction product from the WCFM dashboard and publishes it, it displays the bid data and winning information of the auction product from which it is duplicated. We have fixed this issue.
• We have fixed the string translation issue in the auction plugin. There are extra characters added to the PO file. We have fixed it.
• We have fixed the error which occurred due to the activation of Ultimate WooCommerce Auction Pro and Ultimate Auction for WooCommerce plugins at a time.

= 2.3.3 =

1. Improvement:

• We have provided the auto-debit option for admin and vendor differently in the credit card auto debit addon for the stripe payment gateway. Now, we merge these options of Full Bid Amount, Partial Bid Amount, and No Auto Debit. Any of these options selected by the admin will be applicable to both the admin and the vendor.

2. Fixes:

• When any guest user does the checkout process for a non-auction product and clicks the option to create an account on the checkout page, it conflicts with the “Credit card auto debit” addon. We have fixed this issue.

= 2.3.3 =

1. New Features:  

• We have added a new payment gateway for auto-debit functionality. The “Braintree” payment gateway is added in the Credit Card Auto Debit Addon. Now, the admin can use either stripe or braintree payment gateway for auto-debit functionality.

2. Improvement:

• We have provided the auto-debit option for admin and vendor differently in the credit card auto debit addon for the stripe payment gateway. Now, we merge these options of Full Bid Amount, Partial Bid Amount, and No Auto Debit. Any of these options selected by the admin will be applicable to both the admin and the vendor.

3 Fixes:

• When any guest user does the checkout process for a non-auction product and clicks the option to create an account on the checkout page, it conflicts with the “Credit card auto debit” addon. We have fixed this issue.

= 2.3.2 =

1. New Features:

• We have added a new option for “Disable the Buy It Now option once bidding has reached the reserve price” in the auction settings. It will disable the Buy Now button when the current bid is equal to or greater than the buy now button.

2. Improvement:

• When the auction product is live and any bid is placed after that, the admin cannot change the auction bidding type by editing the product.

3. Fixes:

• We have fixed the outbid email issue for the silent auction product. Outbid email to the second highest bidder only when the current bid is higher than the second last bid amount.
• We have fixed the text translation issue for “Checkout All” and “You cannot place a bid on the product yet. Please contact the administrator of the website to get it unblocked.”
• There was an issue with the auto-debit amount when zero decimal currencies were selected for the Woocommerce shop page. We have fixed this issue. Now, The correct auto-debit amount is displayed in the stripe dashboard when auto-debit happens with zero decimal currency.
• We have fixed the issue of mandatory phone number option for SMS Notification Addon. Now, the option “Please check this box to disable mandatory phone number” is working.
• There was an error occured while changing the order status. We have fixed this issue.
• We have fixed the conflict of flatsome theme with the auction plugin. When the flatsome theme is activate, the “Notifications” link is visible properly on my-account page.
• We have fixed the issue for the “Refresh page automatically once the timer ends” option. Now this option is working with both timer(Local based timer and React based timer).
• We have fixed the related product issue. When the “Show Expired Auctions” option is disabled, the expired products do not show in the related product section.
• The “Buy now” price is not saved when auction products are imported using a CSV file. We have fixed this issue.
• We fixed the issue of multiple purchases of the same auction product. Multiple users cannot purchase the same auction product using “Buy Now”. Only the winner can checkout and purchase the auction product.

= 1.4.5 =

1. New Features:

• We have added a new option for “Disable the Buy It Now option once bidding has reached the reserve price” in the auction settings. It will disable the Buy Now button when the current bid is equal to or greater than the buy now button.

2. Improvement:

• When the auction product is live and any bid is placed after that, the admin can not change the auction bidding type by editing the product.

3. Fixes:

• We have fixed the outbid email issue for the silent auction product. Outbid email to the second highest bidder only when the current bid is higher than the second last bid amount.
• We have fixed the text translation issue for “Checkout All” and “You cannot place a bid on the product yet. Please contact the administrator of the website to get it unblocked.”
• There was an error occured while changing the order status. We have fixed this issue.
• We have fixed the issue for the “Refresh page automatically once the timer ends” option. Now this option is working with both timer(Local based timer and React based timer).
• We have fixed the related product issue. When the “Show Expired Auctions” option is disabled, the expired products do not show in the related product section.
• The “Buy now” price is not saved when auction products are imported using a CSV file. We have fixed this issue.
• We fixed the issue of multiple purchases of the same auction product. Multiple users cannot purchase the same auction product using “Buy Now”. Only the winner can checkout and purchase the auction product.

= 2.3.1 =

1. Improvement:

• We have added a new language translation for the Hungarian language.
• We have added default pagination for all the shortcodes.
• Anti-sniping – We have added “seconds” field for it.
• We have added a new option for automatic page refresh. When this setting is enabled, the page is refreshed automatically on the product expiration.
• SMS notification – Enable/Disable control for Users on their My-Account page. Users can enable or disable it as per requirement.

2. Fixes:

• Offline Dealing Addon – We have fixed an issue with the Pay Now button on the product page. The “Pay Now” button is displayed on the product page even if “Offline Dealing Addon” is enabled. We have fixed it.
• There was an issue with the winner’s won email notification. This email had wrong header sent to a different winner. We have fixed this issue by removing the redundant heading.
• The Flatsome theme conflicts with the auction plugin. When this theme is active, the Product detail page layout is not displayed properly. We have fixed this issue.

= 1.4.4 =

1. Improvement:

• We have added default pagination for all the shortcodes.
• Anti-sniping – We have added “seconds” field for it.
• We have added a new option for automatic page refresh. When this setting is enabled, the page is refreshed automatically on the product expiration.

2. Fixes:

• There was an issue with the winner’s won email notification. This email had wrong header sent to a different winner. We have fixed this issue by removing the redundant heading.
• The Flatsome theme conflicts with the auction plugin. When this theme is active, the Product detail page layout is not displayed properly. We have fixed this issue.

= 2.3.0 =

1. Improvement:

• Plugin now has a new setting WP Admin > Auctions > Settings > Auction > “Timer & Anti-sniping” where we now provide countdown timer for local timezone and also global timezone (which gets time from server). We recommend customers of the plugin to use these settings based on where there bidders are based i.e. locally or globally.

= 1.4.3 =

1. Improvement:

• Plugin now has a new setting WP Admin > Auctions > Settings > Auction > “Timer & Anti-sniping” where we now provide countdown timer for local timezone and also global timezone (which gets time from server). We recommend customers of the plugin to use these settings based on where there bidders are based i.e. locally or globally.

1. Fixes:

• There is a CSS conflict for “Bid Section” layout design and “Bid Button” color issues with some of the WordPress themes. We have made them generic and fixed them.

1. Fixes:

• There is a CSS conflict for “Bid Section” layout design and “Bid Button” color issues with some of the WordPress themes. We have made them generic and fixed them.

= 2.2.8 =

1. Improvement:

• Anti-sniping/Soft-close: We have introduced few additional settings inside this feature which will help users recognize that the timer value has changed when there is an anti-sniping or soft-close triggered.
• Timer Update – In previous update, we had implemented countdown timer which runs on the exact server time. We have introduced a new improvement where in when a new page is loaded then the timer will automatically be synced so that there isnt any delay happening. Admin can enable and disable this syncing using a setting: WP Admin > Auction > Settings > Auction
• New Design for Auction Pages – We have introduced a new design layout for auction product detail page and auction list page. This will provide a cleaner look and would be more appealing to auction users.
• Addon – SMS Notification – When the “SMS Notification” Addon is enabled, the country field displays on the registration form for new users. The country which the admin has selected in the WooCommerce general setting will be selected by default in the country field on the my-account page.

2. Fixes:

• Timer – There was a delay observed inside a countdown timer when any browser page was minimized and then maximized. We have fixed this issue.
• Block User Setting – The setting was not applicable for new users who were registering after the settings were saved. We have now fixed the issue such that it would be applicable to all users.
• We have fixed the Auction plugin conflict issue with the Divi theme. Now, the Divi theme editor loads properly when the auction plugin is active on the site.
• We have fixed the “Unsupported operand types” error in the products menu in the admin dashboard. When the admin tries to filter the expired auction product, this error comes. It is fixed.
• We have fixed the error for “Call to a member function get_type()” on the order thank you page.
• When the mask username is enabled, the highest bidder name is not displayed at “Username is winning” in the live auction and “username – won” in the expired auction product.
• We have fixed the string translation issue for “Buyer’s Premium Amount for”.
• We have fixed some issues regarding the auction plugin on the WCFM dashboard.
  • When the “auctions” menu is selected in the WCMF dashboard, it is highlighted with a different color background.
  • We have changed the icon and tooltip text on the auction listing page.
• There was a minor issue observed when a user was placing a bid then sometimes in peculiar cases, the bidding meta was not getting flushed. Now, the session flush is happening properly.

= 1.4.1 =

1. Improvement:

• Anti-sniping/Soft-close: We have introduced few additional settings inside this feature which will help users recognize that the timer value has changed when there is an anti-sniping or soft-close triggered.
• Timer Update – In previous update, we had implemented countdown timer which runs on the exact server time. We have introduced a new improvement where in when a new page is loaded then the timer will automatically be synced so that there isnt any delay happening. Admin can enable and disable this syncing using a setting: WP Admin > Auction > Settings > Auction >
• New Design for Auction Pages – We have introduced a new design layout for auction product detail page and auction list page. This will provide a cleaner look and would be more appealing to auction users.
• When the mask username is enabled, the highest bidder name was not being displayed at “Username is winning” in the live auction and “username – won” in the expired auction product.

2. Fixes:

• Timer – There was a delay observed inside a countdown timer when any browser page was minimized and then maximized. We have fixed this issue.
• Block User Setting – The setting was not applicable for new users who were registering after the settings were saved. We have now fixed the issue such that it would be applicable to all users.
• We have fixed the Auction plugin conflict issue with the Divi theme. Now, the Divi theme editor loads properly when the auction plugin is active on the site.
• We have fixed the “Unsupported operand types” error in the products menu in the admin dashboard. When the admin tries to filter the expired auction product, this error comes. It is fixed.
• There was a minor issue observed when a user was placing a bid then sometimes in peculiar cases, the bidding meta was not getting flushed. Now, the session flush is happening properly.

= 2.2.7 =

1. Fixes:

• We have fixed the auction plugin conflict with the WooCommerce Payment plugin. Now, all auction emails are listed in the WooCommerce email settings and sent properly.
• We have removed the reference to the old countdown JS.
• We have fixed the timer difference issue between the shop page and product page. Now, the countdown displays the same time for an auction product on the shop page and product page.

1. Fixes:

• We have fixed the auction plugin conflict with the WooCommerce Payment plugin. Now, all auction emails are listed in the WooCommerce email settings and sent properly.
• We have removed the reference to the old countdown JS. And this will fix any issues of timer lag.

= 2.2.6 =

1. Fixes:

• We have fixed the translation problem of timer strings.

= 1.3.9 =

1. Fixes:

• We have fixed the translation problem of timer strings.

= 2.2.5 =

1. New Feature:

• We have implemented a new feature of auto-order. When the auction expires, the order is created automatically. The setting for this feature has been provided inside WP Admin > Auctions > Settings > Auction > Extra Settings.

2. Improvement:

• We have improved the timer functionality in the auction plugin. The timer works according to the server timezone.

3. Fixes:

• We have fixed the trash auction products issue on the my-account page. The products which are in the trash will not display on my-account > Auctions.

= 1.3.8 =

1. Improvement:

• We have improved the timer functionality in the auction plugin. The timer works according to the server timezone.

2. Fixes:

• We have fixed the trash auction products issue on the my-account page. The products which are in the trash will not display on my-account > Auctions.

= 2.2.4 =

1. Improvement:

• Cart page including auction product has been improved to show responsive design for the table heading.
• Relist – The product was relisting with 1 minute delay. We have improved the code to minimize this delay and to relist the item without delay.

2. Fixes:

• Credit Card Auto Debit – When the site is configured to include the tax within the product price then the automatic debit amount was not calculated properly. We have fixed this issue and now correct amount is calculated taking the tax into account.
• Disable the Buy It Now option once bidding has reached the reserve price” setting was not working. We have fixed this issue.ng enables and bidding has reached the reserve price, the buy now button disables.

= 1.3.7 =

1. Improvement:

• Cart page including auction product has been improved to show responsive design for the table heading.
• Relist – The product was relisting with 1 minute delay. We have improved the code to minimize this delay and to relist the item without delay.

2. Fixes:

• Disable the Buy It Now option once bidding has reached the reserve price” setting was not working. We have fixed this issue.ng enables and bidding has reached the reserve price, the buy now button disables.

1. Fixes:

• We have fixed the issue of Soft Close / Avoid Sniping. The problem was that the product was not extended as per the auction setting or the product was suddenly expiring when the user places a bid. Now, The auction plugin extends properly according to the auction setting and does not end.

1. Fixes:

• We have fixed the issue of Soft Close / Avoid Sniping. The problem was that the product was not extended as per the auction setting or the product was suddenly expiring when the user places a bid. Now, The auction plugin extends properly according to the auction setting and does not end.

1. Fixes:

• There were two critical issues that were being logged inside “WP Admin > Tools > Site Health” after previous update. Both have been resolved.

1. Fixes:

• There were two critical issues that were being logged inside “WP Admin > Tools > Site Health” after previous update. Both have been resolved.

= 2.2.1 =

1. Improvement:

• A new cronjob for Ending Soon SMS has been developed. This cron should be set to send Ending Soon SMS to bidders.
• We have added the functionality to auction products for immediate auto-relist. Now, the admin can automatically relist auction products by entering value “zero” in hours or it can be left blank also. Hence, if the value is zero or if left blank then the product will be relisted immediately.
• Improvement has been made to retain the bid value entered by any visitor (non-logged in user). If any visitor enters a bid value and clicks “Place bid” button then visitor is redirected to login/registration page and then after login, once they come back to original product page then their bid value will be populated in the bid text field for their convenience.
• We added a new category parameter in the auction shortcode. Now, the admin can display auction products for a specific category. Specific document has been updated with this parameter – https://docs.auctionplugin.net/article/70-how-to-show-auction-product-on-website.
• New setting has been introduced in Soft Close / Avoid Sniping setting which would reset the clock once the anti-sniping condition is met.
• There was a check present in the plugin which used to triggen “Won” SMS when the plugin was activated. This check has been removed as it was not necessary.

2. Fixes:

• For a scenario where full bid amount of the won auction product is auto-debited, tax and other charges were not being displayed on the checkout page. We have fixed this tax issue.
• The countdown timer was showing incorrect time after the auction product was relisted through auto relist feature. We have fixed this issue.
• The timing field inside the email setting of the Payment Reminder (WP Admin > woocommerce -> Email -> Ultimate Auction – Payment Reminder) email was not consistently working. We have fixed it and the payment reminder email will be sent based on the settings in this particular email.
• There were two issues found when our plugin was working with the WPML plugin. This issue only occurred when the auction product was running with multiple languages on the site using the WPML plugin.
  • We have fixed the WPML issue for bid extend functionality. When the user places a bid on an auction product, the bid extend functionality was only working in the default language of the auction product. It was not work in other languages. Now, It will work in all languages of auction product which is set up on-site.
  • We have fixed the WPML issue for winning and Losing text on the auction product page. When some bidder lost the bid to another bidder, the text for losing was only displayed in the default language of the auction product. Now, It will work in all languages of auction product which is set up on-site.
• We have fixed warning and errors with PHP8.
• Our plugin’s license code had a malicious code pattern in the EDD_SL_Plugin_Updater.php file. We have fixed it.

= 1.3.4 =

1. Improvement:

• We have added the functionality to auction products for immediate auto-relist. Now, the admin can automatically relist auction products by entering value “zero” in hours or it can be left blank also. Hence, if the value is zero or if left blank then the product will be relisted immediately.
• Improvement has been made to retain the bid value entered by any visitor (non-logged in user). If any visitor enters a bid value and clicks “Place bid” button then visitor is redirected to login/registration page and then after login, once they come back to original product page then their bid value will be populated in the bid text field for their convenience.
• We added a new category parameter in the auction shortcode. Now, the admin can display auction products for a specific category. Specific document has been updated with this parameter – https://docs.auctionplugin.net/article/70-how-to-show-auction-product-on-website.
• New setting has been introduced in Soft Close / Avoid Sniping setting which would reset the clock once the anti-sniping condition is met.

2. Fixes:

• The countdown timer was showing incorrect time after the auction product was relisted through auto relist feature. We have fixed this issue.
• The timing field inside the email setting of the Payment Reminder (WP Admin > woocommerce -> Email -> Ultimate Auction – Payment Reminder) email was not consistently working. We have fixed it and the payment reminder email will be sent based on the settings in this particular email.
• There were two issues found when our plugin was working with the WPML plugin. This issue only occurred when the auction product was running with multiple languages on the site using the WPML plugin.
  • We have fixed the WPML issue for bid extend functionality. When the user places a bid on an auction product, the bid extend functionality was only working in the default language of the auction product. It was not work in other languages. Now, It will work in all languages of auction product which is set up on-site.
  • We have fixed the WPML issue for winning and Losing text on the auction product page. When some bidder lost the bid to another bidder, the text for losing was only displayed in the default language of the auction product. Now, It will work in all languages of auction product which is set up on-site.
• We have fixed warning and errors with PHP8.
• Our plugin’s license code had a malicious code pattern in the EDD_SL_Plugin_Updater.php file. We have fixed it.

= 2.2.0 =

1. Improvement:

• Won Notification Email was under rare case was sent to wrong winner. This problem was extremely rare and we could not reproduce the scenario but we decided to have different email settings/templates for admin and bidder. This approach will eliminate any possibly to show different usernames and the auction product names in the email header and body.

2. Fixes:

• Correct Float Value will now be displayed once “Auto Debit Via Stripe” is debited on checkout page. If the float value is auto debited by the auction plugin, the correct value will be displayed in “Auto Debit Via Stripe” on checkout page.
• We have fixed “Your payment is already done!! please place the order” notice issue on checkout page. This notice will be only displayed on checkout page when the value of the auction product has been auto debited.
• “Email Heading” was not modifying for “Ultimate Auction – Auction Won” email notification – When admin add custom text in “Email Heading” field from woocommerce -> settings -> Emails -> Ultimate Auction – Auction Won -> Manage, it will change the heading of bid won email notification.
• “Checkout All” button issue – When the “Checkout All” button is clicked from my-account -> Auctions -> Bids Won, it will checkout all winning auction product at a time.
• Timer issue on chrome browser with “Finland” language – The countdown timer will display correctly in the Chrome browser when the “Finland” language is selected on the site.
• CSS conflict issue with the user registration plugin – The data picker will display properly in the auction plugin when the user registration plugin is active on site.
• We have fixed the SKU filter conflict issue with auction plugin. Now, “In stock” and “Out of Stock” filter will work properly in product menu.
• Pagination issue in WP Admin > Auctions > Auction > future auctions – Now all future auction products will display with pagination under the auctions menu.

= 1.3.3 =

1. Improvement:

• Won Notification Email was under rare case was sent to wrong winner. This problem was extremely rare and we could not reproduce the scenario but we decided to have different email settings/templates for admin and bidder. This approach will eliminate any possibly to show different usernames and the auction product names in the email header and body.

2. Fixes:

• “Email Heading” was not modifying for “Ultimate Auction – Auction Won” email notification – When admin add custom text in “Email Heading” field from woocommerce -> settings -> Emails -> Ultimate Auction – Auction Won -> Manage, it will change the heading of bid won email notification.
• “Checkout All” button issue – When the “Checkout All” button is clicked from my-account -> Auctions -> Bids Won, it will checkout all winning auction product at a time.
• Timer issue on chrome browser with “Finland” language – The countdown timer will display correctly in the Chrome browser when the “Finland” language is selected on the site.
• CSS conflict issue with the user registration plugin – The data picker will display properly in the auction plugin when the user registration plugin is active on site.
• We have fixed the SKU filter conflict issue with auction plugin. Now, “In stock” and “Out of Stock” filter will work properly in product menu.
• Pagination issue in WP Admin > Auctions > Auction > future auctions – Now all future auction products will display with pagination under the auctions menu.

= 2.1.9 =

1. New Feature:

• Export Expired auctions CSV – Admin can export the CSV file for all expired auctions.

2. Improvement:

• Bidding Notification Email – Admin can set separate subject for admin email and bidder email.
• We have sanitized, validated, and escaped all functions using POST/GET/REQUEST/FILE calls for meeting security guidelines of WordPress.org.
• Proxy Bidding: Plugin now automatically proxy bids the “Reserve Price” on behalf of user if his max bid is above reserve price.
• The stripe library has been updated for compatibility with php8.
• Credit Card Auto Debit Addon:
  • Added more checks to ensure under no condition multiple debit can be possible when auction is expired.

3. Fixes:

• Added missing string translation for auction plugin in admin dashboard.
• Implemented AJAX functionality for “username is winning” text on shop page,product page and widgets.
• Credit Card Auto Debit Addon:
  • Fixed Autodebit issue with relisted auction product.
  • Fixed Autodebit issue with duplicate auction product.
• Fixed timer issue on shop page when auction product is extended. When the auction product is extended, the countdown timer will be updated on the product page and shop page without refresh.
• Fixed buyer’s premium calculation issue – When the admin deletes the highest bid in the auction product, the auction plugin will calculate the buyer’s premium according to the second highest bid.
• Fixed “Total Auto Debit Via Stripe” display issue on checkout page. Value of “Total Auto Debit Via Stripe” will be displayed correct on checkout page when the include tax is selected from the woocommerce setting.
• We have fixed below issue with PHP8.
  • Fixed warning and errors with PHP8.
  • Fixed AJAX bid place issue with PHP8.

= 1.3.2 =

1. New Feature

• Export Expired auctions CSV – Admin can export the CSV file for all expired auctions.

2. Improvement

• Bidding Notification Email – Admin can set separate subject for admin email and bidder email.
• We have sanitized, validated, and escaped all functions using POST/GET/REQUEST/FILE calls for meeting security guidelines of WordPress.org.
• Proxy Bidding: Plugin now automatically proxy bids the “Reserve Price” on behalf of user if his max bid is above reserve price.

3. Fixes

• Added missing string translation for auction plugin in admin dashboard.
• Implemented AJAX functionality for “username is winning” text on shop page, product page and widgets.
• Fixed timer issue on shop page when auction product is extended. When the auction product is extended, the countdown timer will be updated on the product page and shop page without refresh.
• Fixed below issue with PHP8.
  • Fixed warning and errors with PHP8.
  • Fixed AJAX bid place issue with PHP8.

1. Fix:

• There was a warning appearing, it has now been fixed. Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/willimda/public_html/stage/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-woocommerce-auction-pro/includes/admin/class-uwa-admin.php on line 2403
• We had observed that plugin was not installing properly on PHP 8. This has been resolved now.

1. Fix:

• There was a warning appearing, it has now been fixed. Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /home/willimda/public_html/stage/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-woocommerce-auction-pro/includes/admin/class-uwa-admin.php on line 2403
• We had observed that plugin was not installing properly on PHP 8. This has been resolved now.

1. Fix:

• NOTICE was being displayed inside WP Dashboard. We have attended and fixed it.

1. New Feature:

• Email: Watchlist Notification
  We have added a new email notification which will send email to the user who has added that product to his watchlist if any user places a bid on that product.

2. Improvement:

• Proxy Bid cases have been updated
  • Plugin now automatically proxy bids when auction ends for user if user’s “maximum bid price” is more than reserve price to make him a winner. Previously, the auction ended without winner if the actual bid is not more than reserve price no matter what maximum bid would be.
  • Plugin will now automatically proxy bid and jump the bid of User 1 if User 2 matches “maximum bid” of User 1. It will place bid for User 1 of amount same as maximum bid.

3. Improvement:

• Separate Start and End Date columns have been added inside Manage Auction > Expired Auction and inside My Account page.

4. Fix:

• Error occurred when admin was converting auction product to simple product. This has been fixed.

1. Fix:

• NOTICE was being displayed inside WP Dashboard. We have attended and fixed it.

1. Fix

• WordPress Errors were displayed while adding “Simple Products”. This has been rectified.

1. New Feature:

• Email: Watchlist Notification
  We have added a new email notification which will send email to the user who has added that product to his watchlist if any user places a bid on that product.

2. Improvement:

• Proxy Bid cases have been updated
  • Plugin now automatically proxy bids when auction ends for user if user’s “maximum bid price” is more than reserve price to make him a winner. Previously, the auction ended without winner if the actual bid is not more than reserve price no matter what maximum bid would be.
  • Plugin will now automatically proxy bid and jump the bid of User 1 if User 2 matches “maximum bid” of User 1. It will place bid for User 1 of amount same as maximum bid.

3. Improvement:

• Separate Start and End Date columns have been added inside Manage Auction > Expired Auction and inside My Account page.

4. Fix:

• Error occurred when admin was converting auction product to simple product. This has been fixed.

1. Fixes

• Countdown Timer – There was an issue of display on safari browser and for browsers on IPhone. This has been fixed.

1. Fix

• WordPress Errors were displayed while adding “Simple Products”. This has been rectified.

= 2.1.3 =

1. New Feature

• Direct Bid displays a new drop down with bid values. These bid values are in accordance with the increment value.
• Hide or Display Custom/Direct Bid portions – New settings have been introduced for hiding or displaying these fields.
• Bid Increment can be now set globally – New global setting has been introduced.
• Global setting for blocking/unblocking users for bidding.

2. Improvement

• Winner Information can be viewed in shop, detail page and widgets
• Winning and Losing labels can be hidden/shown and set custom labels for auction products on shop page.

3. Fixes

• Auto Debit of Winning bid and Buyer’s Premium was not working when admin was ending an auction product. This has been fixed.
• Related Product for Auction Products were showing wrong products. We have changed this query.

1. New Feature

• Direct Bid displays a new drop down with bid values. These bid values are in accordance with the increment value.
• Hide or Display Custom/Direct Bid portions – New settings have been introduced for hiding or displaying these fields.
• Bid Increment can be now set globally – New global setting has been introduced.
• Global setting for blocking/unblocking users for bidding.

2. Improvement

• Winner Information can be viewed in shop, detail page and widgets
• Winning and Losing labels can be hidden/shown and set custom labels for auction products on shop page.

3. Fixes

• Related Product for Auction Products were showing wrong products. We have changed this query.

1. Improvement

• Credit Card Auto Debit: We observed a case where when “Aajx Bidding” setting has been turned on then sometimes duplicate calls were made to Stripe API for automatic Debit. We have rectified this and addressed this issue.

2. Fixes

• Auction Entries inside Auctions > Live Auction or Expired Auction was sometimes not showing properly. This has been fixed.

1. Fixes

• Auction Entries inside Auctions > Live Auction or Expired Auction was sometimes not showing properly. This has been fixed.

1. Fixes

• Countdown Timer – There was an issue of display on safari browser and for browsers on IPhone. This has been fixed.

1. Fixes

• Countdown Timer – There was an issue of display on safari browser and for browsers on IPhone. This has been fixed.

1. New Feature:

• Buyer’s Premium feature is now available at product level too.

2. Improvement

• Ending Soon Email – New option has been added in this email to send this email to users who have this product in their watchlist.

3. Fixes:

• Countdown Timer will now show time based on the timezone selected on the website. Previously, it was showing local computer time of the user which was causing confusion.
• Winner email’s “Pay Now” button was earlier redirecting to WordPress default login Page. It has been rectified and is now redirecting to “My Account Page”.
• We had found an issue with checkout process while using “WooCommerce Deposit” plugin. This has been fixed.
• Users can now search by SKU numbers for auction products too.

1. Improvement

• Ending Soon Email – New option has been added in this email to send this email to users who have this product in their watchlist.

2. Fixes:

• Countdown Timer will now show time based on the timezone selected on the website. Previously, it was showing local computer time of the user which was causing confusion.
• Winner email’s “Pay Now” button was earlier redirecting to WordPress default login Page. It has been rectified and is now redirecting to “My Account Page”.
• We had found an issue with checkout process while using “WooCommerce Deposit” plugin. This has been fixed.
• Users can now search by SKU numbers for auction products too.

1. Fix:

• We have fixed following Notice which was appearing after previous version was released.

Notice: Undefined index: ua-auction-cron in /home/runcloud/webapps/33-forever/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-woocommerce-auction-pro/ultimate-woocommerce-auction-pro.php on line 308

2. Improvement

• New plugin notification to set your server cron is now displayed instead of four notices. And we have documented the process to set server cron in this article – https://docs.auctionplugin.net/article/123-set-your-auction-cron-job

1. Fix:

• We have fixed following Notice which was appearing after previous version was released.

Notice: Undefined index: ua-auction-cron in /home/runcloud/webapps/33-forever/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-woocommerce-auction-pro/ultimate-woocommerce-auction-pro.php on line 308

2. Improvement

• New plugin notification to set your server cron is now displayed instead of four notices. And we have documented the process to set server cron in this article – https://docs.auctionplugin.net/article/123-set-your-auction-cron-job

1. New Feature:

• Server Cron Job: We have developed four background cron settings using which auction status, email, sms will be triggered even when there are no traffic on the website. These background cron jobs will ensure that events associated with auction products happen at exact time. You can go through this article to see how to set this in your hosting panel – https://docs.auctionplugin.net/article/68-installing-ultimate-woocommerce-auction-pro-plugin
• New Addon: Currency Switcher With Aelia: We have developed a new addon which works with Aelia Currency Switcher plugin to show auction prices in multiple currencies.

2. Fix:

• Auction products were not being added in the checkout page when visitor was clicking “paynow” or “getitem” button in Winner Email. This issue has now been fixed.
• Addon: Credit Card Auto Debit: State Field was missing inside WooCommerce My Account Registration form. This has now been added.

3. Improvement:

• Error messages shown by our plugin were being displayed on top of screen which were going un-noticed by visitors. We have now added a slide feature which will slide the page automatically to the top so that visitor does not miss the error messages.

= 1.2.2 =

1. New Feature:

• Server Cron Job: We have developed four background cron settings using which auction status, email, sms will be triggered even when there are no traffic on the website. These background cron jobs will ensure that events associated with auction products happen at exact time. You can go through this article to see how to set this in your hosting panel – https://docs.auctionplugin.net/article/68-installing-ultimate-woocommerce-auction-pro-plugin

2. Fix:

• Auction products were not being added in the checkout page when visitor was clicking “paynow” or “getitem” button in Winner Email. This issue has now been fixed.

3. Improvement:

• Error messages shown by our plugin were being displayed on top of screen which were going un-noticed by visitors. We have now added a slide feature which will slide the page automatically to the top so that visitor does not miss the error messages.

1. Improvement:

• Addon: Credit Card Auto debit
  • We have improved the code and introduced a flag which would prevent to send multiple API requests to Stripe to auto debit winning amount if for any reason the API response was unsuccessful. Hence plugin would send this request only once whether the response is successful or unsuccessful. This will ensure that multiple amount is not detected.

1. Fixes

• Addon: Credit Card Auto debit
  • For amounts having decimals, plugin was receiving “Invalid integer” error from Stripe API. We have now fixed this issue and it works for decimal values with two places.
  • Multiple Email
    We had received an issue from customer that multiple winner emails, sms and “auto debit” requests were being sent out to winners. Though after multiple tests we were not able to reproduce the problem but we have implemented few code which will ensure that recursive calls to emails, Twilio and Stripe API are not made.

2. Improvement:

• Addon: Credit Card Auto debit
  • Added Payment status and date inside “Edit Product” screen when debit has been successful.
• Logging
  • WooCommerce Log – We have added Auction ID for logs generated for auction products.

1. Fixes

• Multiple Email
  We had received an issue from customer that multiple winner emails, sms and “auto debit” requests were being sent out to winners. Though after multiple tests we were not able to reproduce the problem but we have implemented few code which will ensure that recursive calls to emails, Twilio and Stripe API are not made.

2. Improvement:

• Logging
  • WooCommerce Log – We have added Auction ID for logs generated for auction products.

1. Fixes

• For “Credit Card Auto Debit” Addon, since we use base configuration of “WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway” plugin, this plugin has added prefix to Customer ID stored in DB due to which user’s payment method was not stored properly and transaction for auto debit were not happening properly. We have now updated our plugin to match the prefix and fixed this issue.
• If anyone has installed Elementor plugin on their website and will make a WooCommerce product page (for auction) using it, then they can choose “add to cart” button to show bidding portion. This is a temporary fix until we develop full compatibility for Elementor.

1. Fixes

• If anyone has installed Elementor plugin on their website and will make a WooCommerce product page (for auction) using it, then they can choose “add to cart” button to show bidding portion. This is a temporary fix until we develop full compatibility for Elementor.

1. New Features

• Plugin is now compatible with WooCommerce Product Table (WCPMT) plugin and we have added a new shortcode which you can use with WCPT plugin to show count-down timer on table’s column. Here is the shortcode – [countdown id=”%product_id%”]

2. Improvement

• We have added a new bid button – “Directly Bid” on auction product detail page. You can enable this setting from “Auctions > Settings > Display > “Enable Specific Fields” > Direct Bid Button. If it is already active then save it so that its value can be saved to database. So now, if you enable it then your users will get two options to bid “Directly Bid” and “Custom Bid”.
• We have changed name of “Place Bid” button to “Custom Bid”. Please update your translation file accordingly.
• Auction sorting options are added to default product sorting options so user can set any auction option as default.
• Bid Increment for Fixed value now supports values less than 1 (e.g. 0.2, 0.7) but 0 is not allowed for both admin and vendor auctions

3. Fixes

• WooCommerce’s Product Category Widget and shop page was showing wrong auction product count for categories. This has been fixed now.
• Auction Product Detail Page was not displaying properly for DIVI Themes. This has been fixed now.
• Shop manager User role can view bidder names when masking is on.
• There were few issues found when our plugin was working with WPML plugin. These have been fixed.

1. New Features

• Plugin is now compatible with WooCommerce Product Table (WCPMT) plugin and we have added a new shortcode which you can use with WCPT plugin to show count-down timer on table’s column. Here is the shortcode – [countdown id=”%product_id%”]

2. Improvement

• We have added a new bid button – “Directly Bid” on auction product detail page. You can enable this setting from “Auctions > Settings > Display > “Enable Specific Fields” > Direct Bid Button. If it is already active then save it so that its value can be saved to database. So now, if you enable it then your users will get two options to bid “Directly Bid” and “Custom Bid”.
• We have changed name of “Place Bid” button to “Custom Bid”. Please update your translation file accordingly.
• Auction sorting options are added to default product sorting options so user can set any auction option as default.
• Bid Increment for Fixed value now supports values less than 1 (e.g. 0.2, 0.7) but 0 is not allowed for both admin and vendor auctions

3. Fixes

• WooCommerce’s Product Category Widget and shop page was showing wrong auction product count for categories. This has been fixed now.
• Auction Product Detail Page was not displaying properly for DIVI Themes. This has been fixed now.
• Shop manager User role can view bidder names when masking is on.
• There were few issues found when our plugin was working with WPML plugin. These have been fixed.

1. Fixes

• Anti Sniping was not working properly after we had used new WordPress Timezone function. This has been fixed.
• Ending Date displayed on auction product detail page was incorrect. This has been fixed.

1. Fixes

• Anti Sniping was not working properly after we had used new WordPress Timezone function. This has been fixed.
• Ending Date displayed on auction product detail page was incorrect. This has been fixed.

1. New Features

• New Addon: Offline Dealing of Buyer & Seller – This Addon will share contact details of buyer and seller with each other so that they can do offline dealing.

2. Improvement

• Plugin now uses latest WP functions which were introduced in WP 5.3 – https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/23/date-time-improvements-wp-5-3/
• SMS Notification Addon: We have added a provision for old users to update their phone numbers and country inside their My Account page. Old users will get a message at the time of placing bid – “Please enter Phone Number and Country details before placing the bid”
• Credit Card Auto Debit Addon: Credit Card form has been modified so that it clearly displays all the relevant fields of credit card.
• New configuration to show reserve price on auction detail page.

3. Fixes

• Categories were showing wrong “auction product” count for shop page. This has been fixed now.
• WCFM Front End Manager Dashboard > Add auction had few Javascript and CSS enhancements for WordPress 2020 Theme.
• Add/Edit Auction Product was not showing “General” Tab option. This has been fixed now.
• Notices and Warning were being displayed in few screens and this has been fixed now.

1. Improvement

• Plugin now uses latest WP functions which were introduced in WP 5.3 – https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/23/date-time-improvements-wp-5-3/

• New configuration to show reserve price on auction detail page.

2. Fixes

• Categories were showing wrong “auction product” count for shop page. This has been fixed now.

• WCFM Front End Manager Dashboard > Add auction had few Javascript and CSS enhancements for WordPress 2020 Theme.

• Add/Edit Auction Product was not showing “General” Tab option. This has been fixed now.

• Notices and Warning were being displayed in few screens and this has been fixed now.

1. New Features

• Assign a new winner for an expired auction by deleting bid of the existing winner. Admin can now do this if they have not received payment from their existing winner. Once they delete existing winner, then highest (normal bidding) or lowest (reverse bidding) most bidder next in line will be the winner and email notification will be sent to that person.
• Choose your own winner. Auction owners can now choose their own winners. They get an option to do this inside “Edit Product”.
• New Email notification – “Ultimate Auction – Auction Lost” has been added for proxy and silent bidding. This email notification once enabled will send notification to all bidders who lost in bidding once auction expires.
• New configuration has been added for admin to allow admin and “auction owners” to bid on their own auction. By default both can bid. This has been added inside “WP Admin > Auctions > Settings > Auction”.

2. Improvement

• Block/Un-block Users to place bid now can now be done in bulk. We have added this option.
• Resend button for sending winning email has been provided inside “Auctions” and “Bids” screens.
• Email “Ultimate Auction – Auction Won” now has new checkbox to send this email notification to Admin and Auction Owners or Sellers.
• Under WP Admin > Auctions > Settings > Display > Auction Detail Page, we have provided many configuration to enable/disable various texts displayed on “Auction Product Detail Page”. This will help admins to choose what they want to show and what to hide.
• We now display currency sign right before the bid text field on Auction Product Detail page.
• Silent Auction now has a new configuration to enable/disable outbid email notifications.
• When any auction product has only “buy now” price enabled and no “bidding” then we have shown buy now price on auction list page. Previously it showed “Place Bid” text.

3. Fixes

• Outbid email was being sent for users who were outbiding their own bids. This has been fixed now.
• Javascript error occurred due to single quote which has ben fixed by adding addslashes function.
• There was an issue caught while imputing variable bid increment field during Import. This has now been fixed.

1. New Features

• Assign a new winner for an expired auction by deleting bid of the existing winner. Admin can now do this if they have not received payment from their existing winner. Once they delete existing winner, then highest (normal bidding) or lowest (reverse bidding) most bidder next in line will be the winner and email notification will be sent to that person.
• Choose your own winner. Auction owners can now choose their own winners. They get an option to do this inside “Edit Product”.
• New Email notification – “Ultimate Auction – Auction Lost” has been added for proxy and silent bidding. This email notification once enabled will send notification to all bidders who lost in bidding once auction expires.
• New configuration has been added for admin to allow admin and “auction owners” to bid on their own auction. By default both can bid. This has been added inside “WP Admin > Auctions > Settings > Auction”.

2. Improvement

• Block/Un-block Users to place bid now can now be done in bulk. We have added this option.
• Resend button for sending winning email has been provided inside “Auctions” and “Bids” screens.
• Email “Ultimate Auction – Auction Won” now has new checkbox to send this email notification to Admin and Auction Owners or Sellers.
• Under WP Admin > Auctions > Settings > Display > Auction Detail Page, we have provided many configuration to enable/disable various texts displayed on “Auction Product Detail Page”. This will help admins to choose what they want to show and what to hide.
• We now display currency sign right before the bid text field on Auction Product Detail page.
• Silent Auction now has a new configuration to enable/disable outbid email notifications.
• When any auction product has only “buy now” price enabled and no “bidding” then we have shown buy now price on auction list page. Previously it showed “Place Bid” text.

3. Fixes

• Outbid email was being sent for users who were outbiding their own bids. This has been fixed now.
• Javascript error occurred due to single quote which has ben fixed by adding addslashes function.
• There was an issue caught while imputing variable bid increment field during Import. This has now been fixed.

New Features

• Following new addons were introduced
  • Collect Credit Card and automatically debit Bid Amount
  • SMS Notification using Twilio
  • Buyer’s Premium

Improvement

• Plugin menu has a new License & Addon menu inside the plugin to show different addon under Business & Unlimited licenses.

Fix

• My Account > Auctions page was throwing 404 Error when Permalink Setting was set to Plain and other values. this has been fixed.

Improvement

• Redirection to Auction Detail page – When any visitor (without logged in) used to visit auction product detail page, they were prompted to login/Register which upon click opens “My Account” page. And then after login or registration, it did not redirect back to Auction Product Detail page. We have now included that feature.

• HTTP POST request was being called with each page load to check expiration status. This was redundant and not required and thus have been removed.

New:

• PRO Version shortcodes will now have pagination option.

Fix:

• WooCommerce Product Search Widget was not displaying auction products. This has been fixed.

• Bids Menu was not displaying bids for “All” options. This has been fixed.

• When you will convert “Future Auction” to “Live Auction” then it would happen without any error.

Improvement

• When user or any auction is deleted then associated auction data for user or auction will also be deleted.

• English Sentences for few emails were edited.

New:

• Bulk Import feature for auction products – https://docs.auctionplugin.net/article/91-5-how-to-bulk-import-auction-products

• WPML Compatible

Fix:

• Deleting auction was causing type E_ERROR. This has been fixed.
• WCFM Ultimate version had a conflict which we have resolved now.

New:

• Automatic Relisting: This feature will enable auctioneers to relist their auctions automatically based on conditions they choose like
  • If Winner has not paid
  • If Auction expired without bids
  • If Reserve Price was not met

• Variable Increment: This feature will allow auctioneers to mention different incremental value for different bid amounts. Previously, auctioneer were only able to mention a fixed increment value based on which subsequent bids were placed. This will help auctioneers to get good bidding amount for their products.

• Block/Un-Block User to place bid: Admin can now block any registered user to place their bid. If blocked then user will not be able to place bid and will get an alert message. This will help auctioneers to block users who win but dont pay final bid amount.

• Instant Bidding: Admin gets a configuration under Auction Settings which when enabled will place bid instantly using AJAX based requests without page refresh.

• Show Countdown timer on shop page: Admin gets a new configuration to enable timer for auction products on shop page. Configuration is under: Auction->Settings->Display Settings Tab -> Shop Page Setting -> Enable/Disable countdown on Shop(Product loop) Page)

• Hide “Product Condition” field on Auction detail page: New configuration has been added under Settings > Display Settings to hide this field.

Improvement

• Plugin Menu: We have organized plugin menu in better way so that it is more convenient for admin to access all settings and information in it.

• Anti-Sniping/Soft Close: We have added two options for this feature. One option will recursively extend expiration time if bids are placed during a specific time interval. Second option will extend expiration only once and will send email to all bidders intimating this extension. Admin can now choose what behavior they want.

• Add Auction Product form now has options to choose bidding, buy now or both.

• Multiple checkout option for users: If any user has won multiple auction products, he/she had to individually click “Pay Now” link under their My Accounts > Auctions > Won Bids to checkout that product and pay. Now, plugin offers a multiple check out option which will add all their won products to their WooCommerce’s checkout page and they can pay for them together.

• We have now renamed “Scheduled”, “Pending” words to “Future” so that it is easier for admin to understand future auctions.

Fix:

• Shop page was not listing auctions if admin edited any auction. This bug appeared due to wrong query implementation but is now fixed.

• Multiple warnings with the plugin has been fixed.

New:

• PRO version will now let users add auction using a popular multi-vendor plugin – “WCFM Multi-Vendor Marketplace Plugin by WC Lovers”. We proudly announce that PRO version now integrates with this plugin.

Admins who want their users to add auction can refer this url – https://docs.auctionplugin.net/article/89-how-your-users-can-add-auction

Article about WCFM Multi-Vendor Marketplace is here – https://docs.auctionplugin.net/article/90-wcfm-marketplace-by-wc-lovers

Improvement

• Negative bid values wont be accepted.

• Buy now can be disabled if user enters ZERO value for it.

Fix:

• Alert confirmation while placing bid had issues with page reload due to which “Cancel” button was not cancelling the bid. This has been fixed.

Fix:

• Proxy Bidding: Outbid email is sent to bidder when bid from other users is higher or lower than  max/min bidding amount depending on normal or reverse auction type.

• Silent Auction
  • Incorrect bidding value was being displayed to the logged in user when bid was being placed. This has now been fixed.

• Private Message notifications: Recipients input field when had {seller} placeholder, then this email notification was not working. This has now been fixed.

Improvement:

• Private Message notifications: Email notification now has a new placeholder: {seller} that can be entered inside “Recipients” field for sellers to receive this notification from users.

Fix:

• Silent Auction
  • Removed “Winning” and “Losing” labels as these were silent auctions.
  • Wrong bidding value in email for subsequent bidders were shown. This has been fixed.

New:

• Silent auction: New admin configuration added under Auctions > Settings > Auction Settings > Silent Auctions > “Restrict users to bid only one time”. This when activated will allow user to bid only one time.

• New admin configuration under Auctions > Settings > Auction Settings > Extra Settings > Enable an alert box. This will show an alert box when user will place a bid.

• Proxy Bidding: New admin configuration added under Auctions > Settings > Auction Settings > Proxy Auction > “Disable Proxy Bidding to happen for amount less than Reserve Price too.”

• New email notification is sent to bidder when his/her bid is deleted.

Improvement:

• Bid Sniping: We have implemented this logic to occur only once and send an ending soon email to all bidders when the auction is extended due to it.

• Relist Email was missing reason for relisting. This has been added.

Fix:

• Silent Auction
  • Bid notification on the auction detail page was showing the outbid value. Since it is a silent auction, this has been removed.

• Ending Soon Email was arriving late. There was a timezone conversion issue due to which this email was sent at inappropriate time. This has been fixed.

• Proxy Bidding
  • Outbid Email for same users were coming earlier. This issue has been fixed.
  • When highest bidder will place higher bid then his maximum bid will increase. Previously bid was being placed.

• Few text were missing translation. They have now been included.

New:

• New configuration for admin: “Disable the Buy It Now option once bidding has reached the reserve price” has been introduced. Enjoy this feature.

Fix:

• Payment link in winning email had a query issue. This has now been fixed and you wont see “Empty Cart” message.
• Few texts inside plugin were missing to be translated. We have tested and included all texts. You can now translate all using LocoTranslate.
• Bid value placed by automated bidding appearing inside Auction Detail page were missing currency format set by WooCommerce. This has now been fixed.