Email Verification for WooCommerce

Changelog

2.5.2 – 21/03/2023

• Fix – Compatibility – VillaTheme Email Customizer – Activation/Confirmation email don’t get available as Email types.
• Dev – WC tested up to: 7.5.

2.5.1 – 23/02/2023

• Dev – Compatibility – YayMail – New option: Append the Activation email message to the “Customer new account” email using the [yaymail_custom_shortcode_alg_wc_ev_aem] shortcode.
• WC tested up to: 7.4.

2.5.0 – 04/01/2023

• Fix – Email – Email options – Delay Customer new account email forces the email to be always active.
• Dev – Improve the way of initializing the main class.
• WC tested up to: 7.2.

2.4.9 – 15/12/2022

• Fix – Possible error regarding composer dependencies.

2.4.8 – 30/11/2022

• Dev – Email – Confirmation email – New option: Send confirmation email to the user manually verified by admin.
• Dev – Email – Admin email – New option: Send admin email when a user has been manually verified by admin.

2.4.7 – 24/11/2022

• Dev – Blocking – Block content – New option: Block by URL(s).

2.4.6 – 21/11/2022

• Fix – Advanced – Prevent login after register – Use login filter from WooCommerce blocks checkout.
• WC tested up to: 7.1.
• Tested up to: 6.1.

2.4.5 – 19/10/2022

• Dev – Improve code to filter users on admin.
• WC tested up to: 7.0

2.4.4 – 06/10/2022

• Fix – Email domain on translation function is not correct.
• Fix – Add untranslated strings to POT.

2.4.3 – 28/09/2022

• Dev – Messages – New option: “Already verified” message.
• Dev – Compatibility – Polylang – Add option to translate WooCommerce pages with the purpose of sending the activation link and the emails with the correct language.
• Fix – Email – Customer new account email – Delay Customer new account email is being sent along with the activation email.

2.4.2 – 16/09/2022

• Fix – General – Account verification – “Verify account for current users” is not sending emails.
• WC tested up to: 6.9.

2.4.1 – 29/08/2022

• Fix .gitattributes regarding git-tag.sh.
• Dev – Emails – Confirmation email – New option: Delay – Wait for some time before sending the email.
• Dev – Emails – Confirmation email – New option: Delay – Unit of time.
• Dev – Emails – Confirmation email – New option: Delay – Delay value.

2.4.0 – 26/08/2022

• Dev – Advanced – Encoding options – New option: Encoding method.
• Dev – Advanced – Encoding options – New option: Hashids – “Hashids salt”.
• Dev – Advanced – Encoding options – New option: Hashids – “Hashids alphabet”.

2.3.9 – 16/08/2022

• Dev – Compatibility – Email Customizer for WooCommerce by VillaTheme – Add option to enable placeholders on the email templates.
• WC tested up to: 6.8.

2.3.8 – 06/07/2022

• Dev – Admin – Added bulk option to unverify users and integrate support for background processing.

2.3.7 – 20/06/2022

• Fix – Shortcode – Add success and failure messages depending on the user status upon submission of verification form.
• Fix – General – Redirect on success – Store the referer URL on a better place to use later for redirection.
• WC tested up to: 6.6.

2.3.6 – 07/06/2022

• Fix – Error message being displayed on verification.
• Dev – New parameter submit_btn_template added to the shortcode alg_wc_ev_resend_verification_form to control submit button of the form.
• Dev – Emails – Create new “WC email template” option that adds new emails (activation, confirmation) to “WooCommerce > emails”.
• Dev – Emails – Create new “WC email template” option that adds new emails (activation, confirmation) to “WooCommerce > emails”.

2.3.5 – 30/05/2022

• Fix – Creating a new account triggers sometimes the error “Call to undefined function wc_has_notice()“.
• Fix – Blocking – Block account verification by email – Blocks some users when it should not.
• Dev – Shortcode – Add [alg_wc_ev_new_user_info] shortcode to display user information for users who have just registered.
• Dev – Shortcode – Add [alg_wc_ev_resend_verification_form] shortcode to display resend verification form.
• Dev – General – Account verification – Create new option to manage the message displayed to the user who has just changed his email.
• Dev – General – Redirect on success – Create new option to redirect to the previous page the user was before accessing my account page.
• Dev – Compatibility – Add {alg_wc_ev_viwec} special text for Email Customizer plugin by VillaTheme.
• WC tested up to: 6.5.
• Tested up to: 6.0.

2.3.4 – 02/05/2022

• Fix – Success message does not get displayed after verification when “Redirect on success” is disabled.
• Dev – Advanced – Add “Session start params” option.
• Dev – Advanced – Prevent login after register – Create “Login prevention method” option.
• Dev – Add alg_wc_ev_session_start_params filter.

2.3.3 – 26/04/2022

• Fix – Admin – “Allowed user roles” option needs to work empty as well, allowing all user roles to access the plugin settings.
• Dev – Admin – Added bulk verification of users and integrate support for background processing.
• Dev – Admin – Added status filter option in Users list page.
• WC tested up to: 6.4.

2.3.2 – 04/04/2022

• Dev – Compatibility – Paid Memberships Pro – Add option to verify users that signs up via Paid Memberships Pro registration process.
• Dev – Compatibility – Paid Memberships Pro – Add option to verify users that already have a valid membership.

2.3.1 – 21/03/2022

• Fix – Emails – Confirmation email – Subject does not reflect the settings.
• Fix – Emails – Confirmation email – Wrong email heading.
• Dev – Emails – Create alg_wc_ev_email_subject_final filter.
• Dev – Emails – Create alg_wc_ev_email_content_heading filter.
• Dev – Emails – Move “Email template” and “Email wrap method” options from activation email to general email section.
• Dev – Emails – Code refactoring.

2.3.0 – 21/03/2022

• Fix – Emails – Confirmation email – Call to undefined method Alg_WC_Email_Verification_Emails::wrap_in_wc_email_template().

2.2.9 – 18/03/2022

• Dev – Move compatibility code to a new class.
• Dev – Emails – Implement functionality of sending confirmation email to user.
• WC tested up to: 6.3.

2.2.8 – 02/03/2022

• Dev – Improve Alg_WC_Email_Verification_Logouts::block_unverified_user_login().
• Dev – Compatibility – Essential Addons for Elementor – Add option to Verify users who register or log in from Login Register form element.
• WC tested up to: 6.2.

2.2.7 – 31/01/2022

• Dev – Compatibility – Email Customizer – Create option that allows a alg_wc_ev_ec_email_content action hook display the activation email content.
• Dev – Add more strings to wpml-config.xml.
• Tested up to: 5.9.

2.2.6 – 19/01/2022

• Fix – Blocking – Block order emails – Users don’t receive the emails when accounts are activated automatically after the order is paid.
• Dev – Move “Advanced > Block order emails” to “Blocking” section.
• Dev – Remove $code param from alg_wc_ev_user_account_activated and alg_wc_ev_verify_email_error actions.
• Dev – Change Alg_WC_Email_Verification_Core::verify() parameter from is_rest_api to directly.
• WC tested up to: 6.1.

2.2.5 – 10/12/2021

• Fix – Users can’t activate the account.

2.2.4 – 08/12/2021

• Dev – Move “Auto verify paying customers” to General > Account verification.
• WC tested up to: 5.9.

2.2.3 – 21/10/2021

• Dev – General – Verification info – Add customization content to wpml-config.xml.

2.2.2 – 15/10/2021

• Fix – Clicking on resend link from WP 2FA plugin triggers an error.
• WC tested up to: 5.8.

2.2.1 – 12/10/2021

• Fix – Check for WP_Background_Process class before trying to use it.

2.2.0 – 07/10/2021

• Dev – Admin – Add “Allowed user roles” option allowing to manage which user roles will interact with the admin interface from the plugin.

2.1.9 – 27/09/2021

• Dev – Email – Create wpml-config.xml file with admin email options.
• Improve admin settings.
• WC tested up to: 5.7.

2.1.8 – 15/09/2021

• Fix – User can’t resend activation email if “Send as a separate email” option is disabled.
• Fix – Email – Activation email – Change “Email content” default value in order to prevent possible issues from some email services like Outlook/Hotmail.
• Dev – Email – Activation email – Create “Smart” value to “Email template” option.

2.1.7 – 13/09/2021

• Fix – Email – Verify nonce in order to resend the activation email.

2.1.6 – 27/08/2021

• Fix – General – Redirect on success option.
• Dev – Functions – Create the param check_previous_messages to check if the message has been added previously.
• Dev – Improve is_plugin_active() function.
• WC tested up to: 5.6.

2.1.5 – 19/08/2021

• Dev – Advanced – Improve “Authenticate filter” option.
• Improve readme.

2.1.4 – 09/08/2021

• Fix – Possible duplicated activation message.
• Dev – General – Add new option to verify the account if password is reset.
• Dev – Advanced – Add option to use alg_wc_ev/v1/verify REST API endpoint.
• Dev – Improve main verify() function.
• Dev – Improve one-time activation link function.
• Reorganize general section on admin settings.

2.1.3 – 28/07/2021

• Dev – Add [alg_wc_ev_email_content_placeholder] shortcode with user_email param.
• Create the compatibility section.
• Tested up to: 5.8.

2.1.2 – 17/07/2021

• Fix shortcode documentation format on FAQ.

2.1.1 – 17/07/2021

• Dev – Blocking – Create “Blocked pages” option.
• Dev – Blocking – Create “Blocked products” option.
• Dev – Blocking – Create “Conditionals” option allowing to block content by checking the conditionals.
• Dev – Blocking – Create “Redirect” option.
• Dev – Blocking – Create “Error” options.
• Dev – General – Verification info – Create “My account page” option.
• Dev – General – Verification info – Create “Widget” option.
• Dev – General – Verification info – Create “Customization” option.
• Dev – Add [alg_wc_ev_verification_status] shortcode with wrapper_template, content_template, hide_for_guests, hide_if_verified, verified_status and unverified_status params.
• Dev – Add [alg_wc_ev_resend_verification_url] shortcode with wrapper_template, content_template hide_for_guests, params.
• Dev – Improve is_user_verified() function.
• Dev – Improve verification url encoding/decoding by sanitizing characters like +/=.
• Dev – Rearrange admin settings.
• Dev – Add github deploy setup.
• WC tested up to: 5.5.

2.1.0 – 18/06/2021

• Fix – Free and pro plugins can’t be active at the same time.
• Dev – Use wpf-promoting-notice library to add notice on settings page regarding pro version.
• Dev – General – Add “Redirect on failure” option.
• Add FAQ question regarding error messages not getting displayed.
• Add composer setup.
• WC tested up to: 5.4.

2.0.9 – 20/05/2021

• Dev – Messages – Create “Clear previous messages” option trying to avoid duplicated messages.
• Dev – Advanced – Prevent login after register – Create “Force redirect” option.
• WC tested up to: 5.3.

2.0.8 – 09/04/2021

• Fix – Account is not verified if “Send verification as a separate email” is disabled and “Delay Customer new account email” is enabled.
• Dev – Advanced – Block order emails – Add “Blocked emails” option.
• Dev – Advanced – Block order emails – Add “Unblock emails” option.
• Dev – Advanced – Add compatibility option with “WooMail – WooCommerce Email Customizer” plugin.
• Dev – General – Add “Block unverified login” option.
• Add notice on settings page regarding pro version.
• Advanced – Rearrange admin settings.
• WC tested up to: 5.1.

2.0.7 – 22/03/2021

• Fix – Advanced – Fix compatibility with “WooCommerce Social Login (SkyVerge)” plugin.
• Dev – Advanced – Add “Block auth cookies” option.
• Dev – Messages – Resend verification URL – Add “URL” option.
• Move “Mail function” and “Fine tune activation email” options to “Emails” section.
• Tested up to: 5.7

2.0.6 – 25/02/2021

• Fix – General – Activation link – Increase “Activation email delay” priority to fix possible conflicts with 3rd party plugins like “Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer”.
• Fix – Checks $data['id'] from activation time.
• Dev – Emails – Activation email – Add “Email wrap method” option.
• WC tested up to: 5.0

2.0.5 – 15/01/2021

• Fix – Conflict between WCMP plugin and “Delay WooCommerce Customer new account email” option making vendor template emails disappear from WooCommerce settings.
• Fix – Increase priority on redirect_on_success_activation() from alg_wc_ev_user_account_activated hook.

2.0.4 – 13/01/2021

• Fix – General – Activation link – Activation email delay.
• Dev – Advanced – Add “Fine tune activation email placement” option.
• Dev – Advanced – Fine tune activation email placement – Add callback for the new alg_wc_ev_activation_email_content_placeholder hook allowing to fine tune the activation email placement inside the “Customer new account” email.
• WC tested up to: 4.9

2.0.3 – 08/01/2021

• Fix – General – “One-time activation link” option.
• Dev – General – Block adding products to cart – Add “Custom redirect URL” option.
• Dev – Add “Verify paying customers automatically” option.
• Dev – Add “Unverify email changing” option.
• Add missing activation message question to FAQ.

2.0.2 – 18/12/2020

• Fix – Check for possible previous error before checking if user is verified to show the error message.
• Fix – Advanced – Fix compatibility with “Super Socializer” plugin.
• Dev – Advanced – Add compatibility with “Social Login” from My Listing theme.
• Dev – Advanced – Create “Authenticate filter” option.
• Dev – General – Activation Link – Add a “Activation email delay” option, which tries to prevent the activation email from being sent to already authenticated users.
• Move compatibility options to Advanced section.
• WC tested up to: 4.8
• Tested up to: 5.6

2.0.1 – 10/12/2020

• Fix – Admin Options – Delete users – Delete users in background processing avoiding possible server errors.
• Fix – Admin Options – Info about the scheduled event from “Delete users automatically” option.
• Dev – General Options – Add compatibility option with “WooCommerce Social Login” plugin made by WooCommerce author SkyVerge.
• Dev – Advanced Options – Background Processing – Add “Minimum amount” option.
• Dev – Advanced Options – Background Processing – Add “Send email” option.
• Dev – Advanced Options – Background Processing – Add “Email to” option.

2.0.0 – 03/12/2020

• Fix – Success message not getting displayed after redirect.
• Dev – General – Add “Login automatically” option.
• Dev – Advanced Options – Add “Replace HTML tags” option.
• Dev – Advanced Options – Add “Delete users frequency” option.
• Dev – Admin Options – Add info about the scheduled event from “Delete users automatically” option.
• Dev – Filters – alg_wc_ev_html_replacement_params filter added.
• Add “Replace HTML tags” option to readme FAQ.
• Add “How to eliminate Spam registrations?” on readme.
• Move “Prevent automatic user login” section from general to advanced.

1.9.8 – 24/11/2020

• Fix – Settings – Use wp_kses_post instead of leaving the $raw_value.
• Dev – General Options – Add “Expire time unit” option.
• WC tested up to: 4.7

1.9.7 – 08/11/2020

• Fix load_plugin_textdomain call by putting it inside the ‘init’ hook.
• Dev – Emails – Admin email – Allow template variables to be used on ‘Subject’ and ‘Heading’.
• Dev – General Options – Add compatibility with “Nextend Social Login” plugin.
• Dev – General Options – Add compatibility with “Super Socializer” plugin.
• Dev – General Options – Delay option will now send the automatically generated password on email by regenerating it again.
• Add social login link on readme.

1.9.6 – 07/10/2020

• Fix – Wrong text-domain on advanced settings.
• Fix – ‘One-time activation link’ option triggering improper error message after successful login.
• Dev – General Options – Advanced – Improve ‘Custom “logout” function’ option description.
• Dev – Admin – Add ‘Resend verification email’ option for bulk users actions.
• Add ‘User registration clears shopping cart’ FAQ question.

1.9.5 – 08/09/2020

• Dev – General – Add ‘Block non-paying users’ option.
• Dev – General – Block non-paying users – Add ‘Role checking’ option.
• Dev – General – Block non-paying users – Add ‘Send activation email only on payment’ option.
• Dev – General – Block non-paying users – Add ‘Error notice’ option.
• Dev – General – Add ‘One-time activation link’ option making the activation link usable only once.
• Dev – Admin – Add ‘Verified column position’ option allowing to setup the column position.
• Dev – Filters – alg_wc_ev_reset_and_mail_activation_link_validation filter added.
• Dev – Filters – alg_wc_ev_block_unverified_user_login_error_message filter added.
• Dev – Functions – alg_wc_ev_is_valid_paying_user() function added.
• Improve verified icons on admin using dashicons.
• Improve verified column actions.
• Rearrange admin settings.
• WC tested up to: 4.4

1.9.4 – 14/08/2020

• Plugin author updated.
• Tested up to: 5.5.

1.9.3 – 08/08/2020

• Dev – Code refactoring.

1.9.2 – 05/08/2020

• Dev – Advanced – “Mail function” option added.
• Dev – Code refactoring.

1.9.1 – 03/08/2020

• Dev – General – Redirect on success – “Redirect to custom URL” option added.

1.9.0 – 24/07/2020

• Dev – General – Prevent automatic user login after register – “Redirect” option moved from the “Advanced” section; “Custom redirect” option added.
• Dev – Emails – Email content – New placeholders added: %user_id%, %user_first_name%, %user_last_name%, %user_login%, %user_nicename%, %user_email%, %user_display_name%.
• Dev – Emails – WooCommerce template – Footer – Fallback replace_placeholders() function added (to ensure that e.g. {site_title} placeholder is replaced).
• Dev – Filters – alg_wc_ev_redirect_on_registration filter added; alg_wc_ev_after_redirect_checkout filter renamed to alg_wc_ev_redirect_after_checkout.
• Dev – Functions – alg_wc_ev_is_user_verified_by_user_id() and alg_wc_ev_is_user_verified() functions added.
• Dev – Code refactoring.
• WC tested up to: 4.3.

1.8.3 – 08/06/2020

• Dev – General Options – ‘Logout unverified users on “My Account” page’ option added.
• Dev – General Options – ‘Redirect to “My account”‘ option renamed to “Redirect on success”, and ‘Redirect to “Shop” page’ and “Redirect to home page” options added.
• Dev – Advanced Options – ‘Force redirect on “Prevent automatic user login after register”‘ option added.
• WC tested up to: 4.2.

1.8.2 – 26/05/2020

• Fix – Security vulnerability fixed.

1.8.1 – 23/05/2020

• Fix – General Options – Send as a separate email – Correctly marking user as unverified now (when both “Send as a separate email” and “Enable email verification for already registered users” options are disabled).
• Dev – General Options – Logout unverified users on every page – “Redirect” option added (defaults to yes).
• Dev – General Options – Prevent automatic user login after checkout – Admin settings description updated.

1.8.0 – 22/05/2020

• Dev – General Options – “Send as a separate email” option added.
• Dev – General Options – “Logout unverified users on every page” options added.
• Dev – General Options – “Block checkout process for unverified users” options added.
• Dev – General Options – Blacklist emails – Now accepting multiple lines in settings.
• Dev – Admin Options – manage_users_custom_column hook priority increased.
• Dev – Admin Options – Settings descriptions updated.
• Dev – Saving “email sent” data in user meta (“activation”, “WooCommerce customer new account”, “admin” emails).
• Dev – Double checking if email was already sent (“WooCommerce customer new account”, “admin” emails).
• Dev – is_user_verified() – Double checking guests.
• Dev – Code refactoring.
• Localization – fr_FR translation added.
• Tags updated.

1.7.0 – 08/05/2020

• Dev – General Options – “Expire activation link” options added.
• Dev – General Options – “Enable plugin” option removed.
• Dev – Admin Options – “Delete users automatically” option added.
• Dev – Admin Options – Delete users – alg_wc_ev_delete_unverified_users_loop_args filter added.
• Dev – Advanced Options – ‘Notice for “Prevent automatic user login after checkout”‘ moved from “General” settings section.
• Dev – [alg_wc_ev_translate] shortcode added.
• WC tested up to: 4.1.

1.6.0 – 01/05/2020

• Dev – General Options – “Blacklist emails” options added.
• Dev – General Options – ‘Accept verification from “WooCommerce – Social Login” plugin’ option added.
• Dev – Admin Options – Users list column – Now checking “Skip email verification for user roles” and “Enable email verification for already registered users” option values when marking users as “verified”.
• Dev – Admin Options – Users list column – Actions – “Resend” and “Unverify” admin actions added.
• Dev – Admin Options – Users list column – Actions – Notices added.
• Dev – Advanced Options – “Action for sending activation link email” option added.
• Dev – “Advanced” settings section added.
• Dev – Forcing to send activation email for non-verified users only now.
• Dev – alg_wc_ev_verify_email filter added.
• Dev – alg_wc_ev_is_user_verified filter added.
• Dev – alg_wc_ev_new_user_action filter added.
• Dev – Code refactoring.

1.5.1 – 27/04/2020

• Fix – Messages – Grammar errors fixed in the default messages (Resend: “… has been resend…” to “… has been resent…”; Failed/Error: “… can resend email…” to “… can resend the email…”).
• Dev – General Options – Prevent automatic user login after register – Ensuring that woocommerce_registration_auth_new_customer is always true.
• Dev – General Options – Advanced – Action for “Prevent automatic user login after checkout” – ‘On “‘thank you’ page”‘ option added (fixes the issue with CartFlows plugin).
• Dev – General Options – Restyled.

1.5.0 – 22/04/2020

• Fix – General Options – Prevent automatic user login after checkout – Logging out only unverified users now.
• Fix – General Options – Prevent automatic user login after checkout – Displaying “Activate” notice only for non-guests now (i.e. when guest checkout is allowed).
• Dev – General Options – Prevent automatic user login after checkout – ‘Block “Thank you” page’ option added.
• Dev – General Options – Prevent automatic user login after checkout – “Block customer order emails” option added.
• Dev – General Options – “Block guests from adding products to the cart” options added.
• Dev – General Options – Advanced – ‘Action for “Prevent automatic user login after checkout”‘ option added.
• Dev – Admin Options – “Email” options added.
• Dev – alg_wc_ev_core_loaded action added.
• Dev – Settings – Restyled and descriptions updated.
• Dev – Code refactoring.

1.4.2 – 19/04/2020

• Fix – Emails – Email template – WooCommerce – Placeholders (e.g. {site_title}) are now replaced in footer text.

1.4.1 – 17/04/2020

• Dev – General Options – Advanced – ‘Custom “logout” function’ option added.
• Dev – Admin action link description updated.

1.4.0 – 17/04/2020

• Fix – General Options – Prevent automatic user login after checkout – Zero sum order bug fixed.
• Dev – General Options – Prevent automatic user login after checkout – “Add notice” option added.
• Dev – %resend_verification_url% – Using current URL (instead of “My account” URL) now.

1.3.1 – 08/04/2020

• Dev – General Options – “Prevent automatic user login after register” option added (defaults to yes).
• Dev – General Options – “Prevent automatic user login after checkout” option added (defaults to yes).
• Dev – Messages – Activate – %resend_verification_url% placeholder added.

1.3.0 – 03/04/2020

• Fix – “Reset settings” admin notice fixed.
• Dev – General Options – Skip email verification for user roles – “Guest” role removed.
• Dev – Admin Options – “Delete users” tool (deletes unverified users) added.
• Dev – Settings split into sections.
• Dev – alg_wc_email_verification_after_save_settings action added.
• Tested up to: 5.4.

1.2.0 – 13/03/2020

• Dev – General Options – ‘Standard WooCommerce “Customer new account” email’ (delay) option added.
• Dev – Code refactoring.
• Dev – Admin settings descriptions updated.
• Tested up to: 5.3.
• WC tested up to: 4.0.

1.1.1 – 10/11/2019

• Fix – Text domain changed to emails-verification-for-woocommerce.

1.1.0 – 10/11/2019

• Fix – Automatic logging in on “Create account” from checkout disabled.
• Dev – Admin Options – “Manual verification” option added.
• Dev – Admin Options – “Add column” option added.
• Dev – Shortcodes are now processed in “Email template > WooCommerce heading”.
• Dev – Code refactoring.
• Plugin URI updated.
• WC tested up to: 3.8.
• Tested up to: 5.2.

1.0.0 – 27/05/2018

• Initial Release.