v1.2.95 - 28th-October-2026
- Improvement: The AI website builder now checks each required plugin's PHP and WordPress requirements before building and clearly blocks the build when your site can't run one, instead of failing midway through the import.
- Fix: AI import error reports now use the ai_builder type, so failures are no longer counted as classic imports.

v1.2.94 - 20th-October-2026
- Fix: AI imports no longer fail with "Customizer data is empty" when the website export is not ready yet or was cleared mid-import.
- Fix: Customizer import errors now show the real server message instead of "[object Object]" or a blank reason.
- Fix: The site options import error now reports the state of the import data (file, database copy, batch flags) to help trace empty options.

v1.2.93 - 30th-September-2026
- New: AI-built sites now save the hosting partner's affiliate IDs sent by ZipWP, so Astra, Spectra and Zip AI upgrade links carry the referral tag. Existing IDs are kept.
- Fix: The final import step no longer breaks the JSON response when a third-party hook prints a notice or throws a fatal error while the import is being finished.
- Fix: Replacing images in pages during an AI site import no longer fails when an SEO or page builder plugin prints inline styles while the pages are saved.
- Fix: Selecting the Heatmaps & Website Recordings feature now lists the Sigmize plugin with its icon in the required plugins section, and the feature card shows its eye icon.

v1.2.92 - 17th-September-2026
- Fix: Image uploads named in Cyrillic or other non-Latin scripts were rejected with an invalid file name error during the AI website builder image step.
- Fix: Resuming a failed AI site build could wipe the stored business details and selected images, causing the rebuilt website to use placeholder images.

v1.2.91 - 7th September 2026
- Improvement: Build-with-AI step tracking now sends a per-session funnel id and records the provisioning and site-building stages, so each website build is counted as its own attempt in ZipWP analytics.
- Fix: AI website builder reported a generic import failure and logged a PHP warning when the site details were not yet stored.

v1.2.90 - 19th August 2026
- Improvement: Added AVIF image support, so templates using AVIF images bring them across along with the other formats.
- Improvement: Removed the goals selection screen and the tone and keywords options from the AI website builder onboarding.
- Fix: The import stream now closes after an import error instead of silently reconnecting against the finished import.
- Fix: Security - Enforced TLS certificate verification on the ZipWP plan API request.

v1.2.89 - 11th August 2026
- Improvement: Ecommerce AI site builds now show live status updates during the final step instead of appearing stalled.
- Fix: AI site import now retries when export data isn't ready yet, instead of erroring under high-volume site creation.

v1.2.88 - 29th July 2026
- Improvement: The import screen now shows a waiting state when a previous import request is still running, instead of stalling without feedback.
- Fix: Content import no longer reconnects endlessly when the server-side import dies mid-way — the import screen now reports a clear error after repeated connection failures instead of looping silently.

v1.2.87 - 28th July 2026
- Improvement: PHP fatal errors during import are now captured in the import log and reported on the import screen instead of failing silently.
- Fix: Step tracking now sends the backend-whitelisted step slugs instead of display labels, so build-with-AI onboarding steps are recorded correctly.

v1.2.86 - 21st July 2026
- Fix: Template search now correctly handles multiple keywords and keywords containing spaces or special characters.

v1.2.85 - 21st July 2026
- New: Added SureCookie plugin option in the feature list with compatibility to prevent onboarding redirect during template import.
- Improvement: Spectra Blocks plugin is now installed from the WordPress.org repository during import, removing the temporary hardcoded download URL.
- Improvement: Include the site source when tracking AI onboarding steps.
- Improvement: Optimized build-with-ai carousel images for smaller file sizes.
- Fix: Prevent Spectra Blocks 1.0.0 onboarding redirect after activation during import by updating to the renamed redirect and onboarding options.
- Fix: Corrected typos in user-facing error messages.
- Fix: Constrained the template preview toolbar height so it no longer stretches taller than intended.

v1.2.84 - 13th July 2026
- Fix: Progress loader jump and content alignment on the building-website screen.

v1.2.83 - 8th July 2026
- New: Added SureDonation compatibility to prevent onboarding redirect during template import.
- Improvement: The AI builder loading screen now handles failures gracefully with a credit-restore message, retry that rebuilds the site, and a stall timeout.
- Fix: Prevented a PHP warning when a stored failed-site record was missing the expiry flag.

v1.2.82 - 30th June 2026
- New: Added feature card carousel to the AI builder loading screen with auto-advancing dot navigation, gradient progress ring, and support CTA.
- New: Added SureMembers Core plugin compatibility to prevent onboarding redirect during template import.
- Fix: Listbox Language selection crash and Tooltip rendering issue while using the Google Auto-Translate wizard.

v1.2.81 - 23th June 2026
- New: Added Spectra Blocks plugin compatibility for AI Builder template imports.
- Fix: Split image replacement batch into chunked steps to prevent PHP timeouts on shared hosting during site import.

v1.2.80 - 16th June 2026
- Improvement: Template imports are now more reliable on slower or shared hosting — key import steps will automatically retry if the server takes too long to respond, instead of failing immediately.
- Fix: Show a dedicated reconnect prompt when the connected ZipWP organization is no longer found.
- Fix: Prevent Spectra onboarding redirect after activation during import process.

v1.2.79 - 19th May 2026
- Fix: Template cards now load with their default color palette instead of a random one; shuffle only applies on button click.
- Fix: Temporarily reverted popup-based ZipWP authentication to same-tab redirect to resolve environment-specific issues.

v1.2.78 - 13th May 2026
- Fix: Logo and other customizer images are now correctly replaced with media library URLs after template import.

v1.2.77 - 7th May 2026
- Improvement: Allow AI site creation to proceed past plan limit when the account is eligible for auto-charge overage.
- Improvement: Added Freepik image support for Russian users with ZipWP connection prompt for image access.
- Fix: Resolved blank organization and plan name in the Limit Reached modal when connecting ZipWP account mid-flow.
- Fix: Resolved a crash on the contact details step caused by invalid saved social media data.
- Fix: Custom color palette selection no longer crashes the design step when the default palette has not yet been hydrated.

v1.2.76 - 30th April 2026
- Security: Hardened ZipWP auth postMessage handling by validating origin and source window to prevent CSRF-based credential overwrite (CWE-352).
- Fix: Clean up stale batch import options (batch_process_started_time, batch_process_complete) in delete_related_transient.

v1.2.75 - 20th April 2026
- Fix: Reverted safe unserialize that was stripping serialized objects during template import.
- Fix: Content duplication on retry after failed site import.

v1.2.74 - 3rd April 2026
- Improvement: Upgraded preview browser frame to a realistic Chrome-style design.
- Improvement: Tightened safe unserialize by class whitelisting.

v1.2.73 - 31st March 2026
- New: Added site goals selection and content tone customization for more personalized AI-generated content.
- New: Added shuffle colors feature and image selection hint on design and images screens.
- Improvement: ZipWP authentication now opens in a popup window, keeping users on the builder page instead of redirecting away.
- Fix: Resolved `__PHP_Incomplete_Class` issues after secure unserialize by converting them to arrays.

v1.2.72 - 18th March 2026
- Security: Hardened deserialization to prevent object injection (CWE-502).

v1.2.71 - 3rd March 2026
- Improvement: Introduced filter option to templates listing to list premium, most used and newest templates.

v1.2.70 - 3rd February 2026
- Improvement: Improved import process logging for better traceability.
- Improvement: Added automatic image selection when skipping image selection to import business relevent images.

v1.2.69 - 13th January 2026
- Fix: Resolved a plugin activation error for Modern Cart for WooCommerce by ensuring it loads after WooCommerce is activated.

v1.2.68 - 06th January 2026
- Improvement: Added Sales Funnels option for WooCommerce enabled AI templates.

v1.2.67 - 16th December 2025
- New: Added confirmation modal when proceeding without selecting images in the select-images step.
- Improvement: Enhanced page builder selection to respect and order builders based on supported page builders filter.
- Improvement: Added specific handling for unauthorized ZipWP API responses with user-friendly error messages and filter to customize the message.
- Fix: Resolved an issue where empty or invalid error messages were displayed in error modals.

v1.2.66 - 5th December 2025
- New: Added switch team and disconnect AI links in the Zip Plan info modal.
- Fix: Resolved an issue where the search box stopped working after clearing the keyword and searching again.

v1.2.65 - 27th November 2025
- Fix: Prevented potential fatal errors related to logging when running CLI import processes.
- Fix: Resolved UI issue affecting visibility of Footer CTAs.

v1.2.64 - 26th November 2025
- Misc: Added UI Improvements.

v1.2.63 - 25th November 2025
- New: Added multisite-compatible import permission checks to ensure subsite admins can import AI templates.
- Fix: Resolved widget import error in CLI import.

v1.2.62 - 14th November 2025
- Fix: Resolved "folder already exists" error during Astra theme installation by gracefully handling existing theme folders.

v1.2.61 - 13th November 2025
- Improvement: Sunsetting the Checkout Plugins - Stripe for Woocommerce plugin compatibility.
- Fix: Prevented potential fatal errors when updating the site options if an exception occurs from Elementor.
- Fix: Resolved an issue where the ai-builder route was incorrectly replaced with the text domain of the integrated product, causing access errors on certain devices.

v1.2.60 - 31th October 2025
- Improvement: Image service updated to detect client browsers located in Russia and serve images via Unsplash to avoid blocked requests.

v1.2.59 - 14th October 2025
- Improvement: Automatically use Unsplash image engine for Russian users as Pexels is blocked in Russia.

v1.2.58 - 26th September 2025
- Improvement: Fixed page creation conflict with SureCart plugin during import.

v1.2.57 - 18-September-2025
- Improvement: Added import compatibility in multisite environment for classic builder templates.
- Improvement: Enhanced import error handling to minimize failure rates.

v1.2.56 - 12th September 2025
- Fix: Reverted the translation of the `Done` string to resolve the issue where imports were getting stuck.

v1.2.55 - 8th September 2025
- Improvement: Added locale support to the /sites/features/ endpoint for translated feature text from ZipWP.

v1.2.54 - 3rd September 2025
- Improvement: Enhanced URL validation pattern to support tilde (~) symbols in site URLs.
- Improvement: Applied internationalization to missing translatable string in site creation status messages.

v1.2.53 - 13th August 2025
- Improvement:
    - Added "Finish Setup" redirection link to the import success page.

v1.2.52 - 5th August 2025
- Improvement: Improved UI for plugin installation notice.
- Improvement: Misc enhancements aligned with recent updates to the WooPayments.

v1.2.51 - 29th July 2025
- Fix: Prevent UAELite from redirecting during Elementor page and block imports.

v1.2.50 - 24th July 2025
- Improvement: Added UTM parameters to ZipWP login and signup links.

v1.2.49 - 24th July 2025
- Fixed: Added default features data when "Skip & Start Building" is selected, ensuring correct plugin installation count via ST.

v1.2.48 - 16th July 2025
- Improvement: Introduced a filter to customize the support site link.
- Improvement: Enhanced error display with improved modal presentation.

v1.2.47 - 14th July 2025
- New: Added compatibility with the Elementor plugin.

v1.2.46 - 11th July 2025
- Improvement: Added a confirmation popup for credit usage when clicking "Start Building".
- Improvement: Refine the plugin installation notice UI.

v1.2.45 - 07-July-2025
- Improvement: Added a clear plugin installation notice in the feature selection step to improve transparency.

v1.2.44 - 03-July-2025
- New: Added SureRank plugin compatibility in AI onboarding.

v1.2.43 - 27-June-2025
- Improvement: Improved code for better readability and performance.
- Improvement: Updated UI to align with ZipWP Onboarding for a consistent user experience.
- Fix: Resolved WooCommerce-dependent plugin activation logic to reduce import failures.

v1.2.42 - 17-June-2025
- Fix: Removed unintended premium badge for the White Label AI Builder.

v1.2.41 - 17-June-2025
- Improvement: Added a filter to hide the credits usage warning modal.

v1.2.40 - 17-June-2025
- New: Added a filter to support selection of supported page builders.
- Fix: Resolved an issue where features data was not correctly transmitted.

v1.2.39 - 13-June-2025
- Improvement: Enhanced error handling to include full error details in reports.
- Improvement: Added a confirmation modal to warn users that starting over resets the session and consumes an additional AI credit.
- Improvement: Premium notice now shown without the “Unlock Access” button; CTA changed to “Select Different Design.”

v1.2.38 - 09-June-2025
- Improvement: Refactored the logic for displaying the WooPayments banner notice and appending the referral URL based on setup conditions.

v1.2.37 - 02-June-2025
- New: Added compatibility with WooPayments plugin.
- New: Added compatibility with Ultimate Addons for Elementor Lite and Pro plugins.

v1.2.36 - 29-May-2025
- Improvement: Added improvement in the pricing flow.
- Improvement: Renamed builder type from `ai-builder` to `ai_builder`.

v1.2.35 - 26-May-2025
- New: Added support for sending import status events to the website demos site server.
- Fix: Resolved an issue where the premium access box was not displaying correctly for disconnected ZipWP users.

v1.2.34 - 13-May-2025
- Improvement: Optimized API for templates loading functionality in batches.

v1.2.33 - 14-April-2025
- Fixed: Elementor previews were limited or not loading as expected.
- Fixed: Redirection conflict when CartFlows is activated.

v1.2.32 - 11-April-2025
- New: Added support for AI generated Elementor templates.
- Improvement: Increased the Business Description character limit.
- Improvement: Migrated ZIPWP Auth screen at the end of AI onboarding flow. 

v1.2.31 - 27-March-2025
- New: Added PHPInsights to improve code quality
- Improvement: Optimized UX with responsive UI

v1.2.30 - 21-March-2025
- New: Added Latepoint plugin compatibility in AI onboarding.

v1.2.29 - 19-March-2025
- New: Introducing a new action hook `astra_sites_after_theme_activation`.

v1.2.28 - 06-March-2025
- New: Deprecated Beaver Builder starter templates, enable with `astra_sites_enable_legacy_beaver_builder_support` filter to continue using them.

v1.2.27 - 27-February-2025
- New: Added a filter to toggle the “Visit Dashboard” button.

v1.2.26 - 24-February-2025
- New: Added SureMail plugin compatibility in AI onboarding.

v1.2.25 - 29-January-2025
- Fix: Removed unnecessary API request headers to improve compatibility.

v1.2.24 - 20-January-2025
- New: Added filter to update the default business type.

v1.2.23 - 16-January-2025
- Improvement: Improved Translation support to the Business Category API.

v1.2.22 - 16-January-2025
- Improvement: Improved condition based translation support to the Business Category API.

v1.2.21 - 16-January-2025
- Improvement: Added condition based translation support to the Business Category API.

v1.2.20 - 16-January-2025
- New: Added translation support to the Business Category API.

v1.2.19 - 15-January-2025
- Improvement: Integrated UTM tracking data for import actions to enhance analytics.

v1.2.18 - 02-December-2024
- Improvement: Improved error handling by displaying actual server error messages in toaster

v1.2.17 - 02-December-2024
- Improvement: Handled displaying "Internal server error" in toaster.

v1.2.16 - 28-November-2024
- Fix: Fixed import process stuck issue.

v1.2.15 - 28-November-2024
- Improvement: Added import success action to trigger custom actions after successful site import.

v1.2.14 - 19-November-2024
- Improvement: Enhanced error handling in the import process with clearer error messages.
- Improvement: Upgrade plan popup UI enhancements for a better user experience.

v1.2.13 - 13-November-2024
- Fix: Resolved an issue causing the import process to fail due to unexpected SureForm plugin redirection upon activation.

v1.2.12 - 13-November-2024
- Fix: This update addressed a security bug. Props to Patchstack for privately reporting it.

v1.2.11 - 05-November-2024
- Improvement: Hidding ecommerce templates if ecommerce feature is hidden.

v1.2.10 - 31-October-2024
- New: Added a filter to hide specified features on the selection screen.

v1.2.9 - 24-October-2024
- Improvement: Prompted users for detailed business descriptions to enhance content generation.
- Improvement: Creating a SureCart merchant account when selected from the feature screen.
- Improvement: Added compatibility for SureForms templates.

v1.2.8 - 15-October-2024
- Improvement: Corrected typos and applied minor CSS enhancements.

v1.2.7 - 14-October-2024
- New: Introduced a ZipWP upgrade promotional popup.
- New: Implemented toasters to provide more detailed error information.
- New: Added source parameters to URLs redirecting to ZipWP for better tracking.

v1.2.6 - 20-September-2024
- New: Added a filter to hide premium templates.
- Improvement: Added a validation on Image upload to check if the image URL is valid.

v1.2.5 - 13-September-2024
- Fix: Console error for starter templates onboarding plugin.

v1.2.4 - 13-September-2024
- Improvement: Added sanitization for display site title value.

v1.2.3 - 09-September-2024
- New: Added functionality to save failed site creations and allow reimporting them.
- New: Displaying users ZipWP plan information.
- New: Displaying alert notice when AI site generation count is nearing its limit.
- New: Added an option to choose the type of store when the Ecommerce feature is selected.
- Improvement: Resume Session popup will now restore the step where the user left off.
- Improvement: Improved images upload process for better performance and user experience.
- Improvement: Showing Premium template notice on customizer screen if user has free plan.
- Fix: Customizer 'Show site title' option was not applied correctly during site import.

v1.2.2 - 30-August-2024
- New: Added filter to update the default website language.

v1.2.1 - 23-August-2024
- Fix: Some strings were not translation ready.

v1.2.0 - 07-August-2024
- New: Enhanced AI onboarding UI.

v1.1.22 - 05-August-2024
- Fix: Required plugins for selected features were not installed for classic templates.

v1.1.21 - 01-August-2024
- Fix: Using option variables instead of transient.

v1.1.20 - 31-July-2024
- Fix: Removed All sites generation condition to show the site limit exceed popup.

v1.1.19 - 30-July-2024
- Improvement: Added support for passing a language parameter to the generate business description API, enabling descriptions to be generated in the selected language.

v1.1.18 - 24-July-2024
- Improvement: Implemented detailed error message handling based on API responses.

v1.1.17 - 22-July-2024
- Improvement: Added new icon for ecommerce feature.

v1.1.16 - 19-July-2024
- Fix: Template preview designs showing ternary operation result HTML.
- Fix: Required plugins data was incorrect for the elementor templates screen. 

v1.1.15 - 17-July-2024
- Improvement: Using message code instead of response code to check some condition.

v1.1.14 - 17-July-2024
- Fix: Excluded features title and description from translation.

v1.1.13 - 17-July-2024
- Fix: Social icons title was not translation ready.

v1.1.12 - 17-July-2024
- Fix: Some strings were not translation ready.
- Fix: Import Process Not Working on site language Change.

v1.1.11 - 16-July-2024
- Improvement: Added required changes for script strings translation.

v1.1.10 - 12-July-2024
- New: Added script translation with a filter to update the text domain for script translation.

v1.1.9 - 11-July-2024
- Improvement: Updated condition to show site limit exceed popup.

v1.1.8 - 11-July-2024
- Improvement: Displaying different site limit exceed popup for ST Onboarding plugin.
- Fix: Premium badge was not showing for Premium templates.

v1.1.7 - 08-July-2024
- Fix: Business name is not getting reset after clicking on the start-over.
- Fix: Resume Session popup appears after site creation.

v1.1.5 - 05-July-2024
- Fix: Business type was not getting prefilled if site created from ZipWP platform.

v1.1.5 - 04-July-2024
- Fix: Hover color for accent color converted to CSS variable.
- Fix: Incorrect icon appearing for Contact Form feature.

v1.1.4 - 03-July-2024
- Fix: Resolved an issue preventing users from continuing to the next step if the business type input was entered manually.

v1.1.3 - 02-July-2024
- Fix: Reverted customizer data changes.

v1.1.2 - 01-July-2024
- Improvement: Added ZipWP new features icon support.

v1.1.1 - 26-June-2024
- Improvement: Enriching Website Building Onboarding with Advanced Font Presets.
- Improvement: Added a filter to disable the Premium Badge for templates.
- Fix: Compulsory features should enabled by default and should not be clickable.
- Fix: Hover effect/color is missing on the Continue button.
- Fix: Incorrect Input in Email Field.

v1.1.0 - 24-June-2024
- Fix: Resolved PHPStan errors.
- Fix: Site creation limit exceeded popup was not showing.

v1.0.49 - 19-June-2024
- Fix: Showing irrelevant errors in logging for import failures.

v1.0.48 - 18-June-2024
- Improvement: Add tooltip for "sneak peek" message for better UX

v1.0.47 - 17-June-2024
- Improvement: Add tooltip for "sneak peek" message for better UX
- Improvement: Ability to skip Features screen using a filter.

v1.0.46 - 14-June-2024
- Improvement: Updated the sidebar icons and connecting lines color.

v1.0.45 - 14-June-2024
- Chore: Included build files.

v1.0.44 - 14-June-2024
- Improvement: Updated the Sidebar steps text color.

v1.0.43 - 12-June-2024
- Improvement: Added new color variables to the TailwindCSS config.

v1.0.42 - 11-June-2024
- Fix: Resolved PHP 8.2 deprecated notice related to the creation of dynamic properties.

v1.0.41 - 10-June-2024
- Improvement: Error Boundary Screen in case of unexpected errors.
- Improvement: Removed phone validations to match this phone format - Ex: +1 (888) SIXT-CAR (749-8227)
- Fix: Better handling of console errors due to missing URLs in Image object from ZipWP images API.

v1.0.40 - 07-June-2024
- Fix: Fixed a console error in Gutenberg Templates library due to missing URLs for author and engine for placeholder images.

v1.0.39 - 06-June-2024
- Fix: Fixed an error when using the Spectra One theme and Starter Templates to import websites with ZipAI.

v1.0.38 - 03-June-2024
- Improvement: Added logging for import failures with a user alert for log details, warning that retries will exhaust AI site attempts.

v1.0.37 - 04-June-2024
- Improvement : Prefill websites based on the previous site creation.

v1.0.36 - 03-June-2024
- Fix: Resolved blog posts throwing 404 errors.

v1.0.35 - 29-May-2024
- Fix: The title for the `Description` step does not change for exceptional cases.

v1.0.34 - 29-May-2024
- Improvement: Pass `ecommerce` to the features array if ecommerce is enabled for the selected template.

v1.0.33 - 29-May-2024
- New: Premium template feature implemented.

v1.0.32 - 28-May-2024
- Fix: Inconsistent font sizes and line height

v1.0.31 - 27-May-2024
- Improvement: Added compatibility for classic templates sites options.

v1.0.30 - 27-May-2024
- Improvement: Sending template type parameter to set the flag.

v1.0.29 - 23-May-2024
- Improvement: Added a pre-installation confirmation modal.

v1.0.27 - 23-May-2024
- Improvement: Added filter to skip loading AI Builder library.

v1.0.26 - 21-May-2024
- Fix: Fixed fatal error while activating plugin on multisite.

v1.0.25 - 17-May-2024
- Fix: Show the user-entered contact details in the preview.

v1.0.24 - 15-May-2024
- Improvement: Added compatibility for WP-CLI import process.

v1.0.23 - 13-May-2024
- Fix: Fixed the PHP warning for function optional parameter.

v1.0.22 - 10-May-2024
- Improvement: Added filter for migration svg for onboarding plugin.

v1.0.18 - 09-May-2024
- Improvement: Added Light and Dark Color palettes.

v1.0.17 - 09-May-2024
- Improvement: Removed the width of the logo to make it compatible to Starter Templates Onboarding.

v1.0.15 - 08-May-2024
- Improvement: Set the source to 'starter-templates' on activation.

v1.0.14 - 08-May-2024
- Fix: The site import error when there are some required plugins.

v1.0.13 - 07-May-2024
- Fix: The site import process gets stuck.
- Improvement: Updated the site building step slug.

v1.0.10 - 06-May-2024
- Fix: Fixed an incorrect type casting of a string on a popup for AI Builder.

v1.0.9 - 06-May-2024
- Improvement: Merged two steps into one.

v1.0.7 - 02-May-2024
- Fix: The upload logo is not working on the design preview screen.

v1.0.5 - 02-May-2024
- Improvement: Block sidebar Navigation.
- UI Improvement: Font and Color palette selector UI of the Preview screen.

v1.0.1 - 24-April-2024
- Build files released

v1.0.0 - 24-April-2024
- Initial Release
