4.4.47

Enhanced

• You can now specify in the settings that instead of the Helpful ID the IP address is stored (using PHP). This is not compliant with the GDPR, so be careful. If the option to save the WordPress ID is enabled at the same time, the WordPress ID is always preferred. So first the WordPress user ID is looked up and then the IP address.
• Under texts (not details, I thought that fit better here) you can now set whether certain buttons are not to be seen. Then you don't have to do that with CSS anymore. The CSS I have not adjusted, so the single button (if only one is still active) is then shown in the whole column. Here you have to help with CSS if necessary.

Fixed

• Additionally, a bug was fixed that caused Helpful not to disappear when you voted. Props to @survivestyle5plus!

4.4.46

Changed

• The metabox class is now only retrieved at is_admin with the actions load-post.php and load-post-new.php. The metabox also worked before without problems, but should now be even more compatible with other metaboxes and the Gutenberg, since the class is now loaded correctly.

4.4.45

Enhanced

• WordPress cron is now used to build the cache for the Helpful Dashboard widget. Basically this happens twice a day, but if I realize that this is not enough and it needs to be done more often, I will change it. Thanks to @chrisbloomwp for the hint!
• The website for Helpful has been redone. Thanks to MadrasThemes for the great WordPress theme (is not sponsored, I bought it myself). The documentation is also expanded and more detailed now, so everyone can get something out of it too. I might add ajax search to it when I have more time. But it was a lot of fun and I hope you like it too.

4.4.44

Enhanced

• In the Helpful Logs there is now the possibility to delete single or multiple votes.
• There is a new hook helpful/the_content/disabled to remove Helpful for certain posts. The hook is executed in the_content, the shortcodes are not affected.
• There is a new hook helpful/shortcode/disabled to remove Helpful for certain posts. The hook is executed only with the shortcode. The the_content is not affected.

Changed

• The buttons in the feedback form have now received a flex container, in addition, a few CSS errors have been fixed.

4.4.43

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where Helpful was still shown even though the user had already voted. The fix only affects pages that are in the browser history. So whenever a user clicks back, it checks if the user has voted and hides Helpful on vote. It is important to note that this is a JavaScript change and that may not be seen without clearing the cache.

4.4.42

Fixed

• The following warning message has been fixed: Undefined variable: response in /core/modules/class-frontend.php on line 218

4.4.41

Changed

• The ouput buffer is now cleaned before starting the session. This can possibly solve error messages related to headers that have already been sent.

4.4.40

Enhanced

• In the Helpful settings under Details, you can now set whether the user ID (WordPress) should be used instead of the random Helpful ID when voting. For users who are not logged in, the Helpful ID will continue to be used.

4.4.39

Enhanced

• There is a new filter for the user string in the logs. This allows you to manipulate the string if you want to find out which user has voted. (Documentation)

4.4.38

Enhanced

• Tested with WordPress 5.8