Changelog

Version History & Changelog

Version 5

5.0.5

Bug Fixes

• Current Issue Page

  • Minor Bug Fixes Related to Page Heading

5.0.4

Bug Fixes

• Installation & Setup wizard

  • Minor Bug Fixes

5.0.3

Bug Fixes & Addon Plugin Related Changes

• Integration Changes Related to New Journal Payment Plugin Version 3.0

• Minor Bug Fixes

5.0.2

• Setup Wizard [UPDATE]

  • Email Setup [UPDATE] : Added Email Setup Options : Default / Custom [SMTP]

    • From Name/Display Name : Minor Bug Fixes

    • Added Dropdown in "Port Number" Field

  • Publication Configuration [UPDATE] :

    • Issue Frequency : Added New Frequency of "2 - Issues Per Year"

• Admin > Journal Research > Wizard Settings "Email Setup" [UPDATE]

  • From Name/Display Name : Minor Bug Fixes

  • Added Dropdown in "Port Number" Field

• Admin > Journal Research > Wizard Settings "Publication Configuration" [UPDATE]

  • Issue Frequency : Added New Frequency of "2 - Issues Per Year"

• Admin > Journal Research > Wizard Settings "Advanced" [UPDATE]

  • Article Details Page Slug : Added Option to Select Article Details Page from the Pages List.

• Users (Reviewer)> Edit [UPDATE]

  • Design Improvements in "Custom Fields" Section

5.0.1

Bug Fixes

• Author Features (Frontend)

  • Past Issues Page(UPDATE)

    • List of Issues

      • Fixed Year in Volume-Issue List Items (e.g. Volume 3 Issue 4 (2024))

5.0.0

New Features

• Frontend Features

  • WP-Bakery Page Elements : To Design + Customize Article Issues Listing in More Elegant Way (NEW)

    • Widgets

      • Journal Research Grid : To Dynamically List Selected Published Issues in Box Format
      • Journal Research Issues Carousel : To Dynamically Create Carousal Slider of Selected Published Issues with Image & Title-Description

Version 4

4.0.3

Bug Fixes

• Related to Wordpress Version 6.1.1

4.0.2

Bug Fixes

• Database Table Structure(UPDATE)

  • Updated Some Columns to "UTF-8" for Better Language Translations(Automatic)

    • Column Names : "wp_reviewer_comment"

4.0.1

Bug Fixes

• Reviewer User Features

  • View list of Article(s)(UPDATE)

    • Fixed Article Visibility Issues, After Any Article has been Assigned to Reviewer(s)

4.0.0

New Features

• Reviewer User Features

  • View list of Article(s) (UPDATE)

    • Added Validation : Reviewers can only View Assigned Articles

• Admin Features

  • Articles : List of Articles "Edit Article"

    • New Section "Assign Reviewers"(NEW)

      • Admin can Manually Assign Reviewers to Each Article

  • Email Notifications

    • Article Assignment : On Assignment of Article(s) To Reviewer(s) (NEW)

  • Designing Article Details Page : To Design + Customize Article Details Page (Published) (NEW)

    • Features

      • Field Re-arrangement

      • Adding CSS to Each Article Details Field

      • Creating a Page with Other Page Elements of Wordpress / Theme

  • Automatic Migration From Version 3.0.9 to 4.0.0

Version 3

3.0.9

Bug Fixes

• Author Features (Frontend)

  • Current Issue Page (UPDATE)

    • Fixed Volume-Issue Heading Numbers (e.g. Volume:3 Issue:1Jan' 2024)

  • Past Issues Page(UPDATE)

    • List of Issues

      • Fixed Ordering of Issues [Desc]

3.0.8

Bug Fixes

• Author Features (Frontend)

  • Article Details Page

    • Fixed Visibility Issues in "Added Extra Fields"

3.0.7

Bug Fixes

• Author Features (Frontend)

  • Article Details Page

    • Bug Fixes in "Added Extra Fields"

3.0.6

Bug Fixes

• Admin > Articles > Article Details (Add/Edit)

  • Updated INPUT Type of "Date of Article Published" Field To "DATE"

3.0.5

Bug Fixes

• Admin > Articles > Article Details (Add/Edit)

  • Updated INPUT Type of "Date of Article Published" Field To "DATE"

3.0.4

Bug Fixes

• SMTP Configuration > Removed Email Password Reset Code [Source]

3.0.3

Bug Fixes

• Fixed File Upload Issues in Custom "Article Upload Directory URL" (Wizard Settings > Publication Configuration > Article Upload Directory URL)

3.0.2

Bug Fixes

• Fixed "Session Start" Related Issues

3.0.0

New Features

• Reviewer User Features

  • New Standalone User Type "Reviewer"

  • Added Security and Validations to hide irrelevant Features

  • Updated Page Designs & Fixed Design Issues

• Admin Features

  • Email Setup (UPDATE)

    • Send/Receive Email Notifications using SMTP Details OR Default Wordpress Email Settings

  • Web Forms (NEW)

    • Manage and Customize Article Submission form

    • Add Extra Fields with Field Type = "Text"

  • One Click Migration

    • Migrate Data and Features From Version 2.0 to 3.0

  • Manage Reviewers

    • Add New Reviewers directly from wp-admin

  • Reports (UPDATE)

    • Added Extra Fields

• Author Features

  • Article Submission Page (UPDATE)

    • Added Extra Fields

  • Article Details Page (UPDATE)

    • Added Sidebar

  • Design Changes & Improvements

Version 2

2.0.0

New Features

• Reviewer's Registration Page

• Reviewer User Features

  • View list of Article(s)

  • Check & Verify Article Credibility

  • Submit Review for Article(s)

• Admin Features

  • View list of Reviewer Users

  • Reviewer Registration Request Approvals

  • Review & Approve Submitted Review(s)

  • Review Submission at Admin side

  • Remove improper Review(s)

• Author Features

  • Complete Review Details in Check Article Status Page

  • New Email Notifications on Submission of Review by Reviewer(s)

Version 1

1.0.9

• Added Issue Frequency Field in Wizard Settings

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Co-Author Field Related Issues

1.0.8

• Replaced old option name with new option names and constant variable changes

1.0.7

• Max upload file size increased to 5MB and custom setting added for admin to change it anytime

• Phone number validation changes

1.0.6

• Bug fixes and improvements

1.0.5

• Added [siteurl] shortcode in Status Email Formatting

Bug Fixes

• Other bug fixes and improvements

1.0.4

• Added field for Single/Multiple Authored Journals

• Short codes will work with Plain Text.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Email Notification issues.

1.0.3

• Minor bug fixes

1.0.2

• Added field for DOI number

1.0.1

• Added "Admin Email id". Admin can now receive email notifications of new submitted articles

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with Copyright Doc and Payment Receipt view of files in PDF format

• Other bug fixes and improvements

1.0.0

The First Release