- New Added separate SMS templates for each event type.
- New Added SMS notifications for new comments on followed posts.
- New Added the {term_name}, {taxonomy_name}, {author_name}, and {comment_text} tags.
- Improvement Improved phone-number sanitization and validation.
- Improvement Improved output escaping across follow popups and profile fields.
- Improvement Improved settings validation with defaults and allowed URL-shortener choices.
- Improvement Improved URL shortening with HTTPS, a timeout, and fallback behavior.
- Improvement Improved Twilio error handling so failures do not interrupt post publishing.
- Improvement Unified phone storage for guest and logged-in followers.
- Improvement Corrected the text domain and regenerated the translation template.
- Improvement Updated code standards and removed PHP closing tags.
- Security Added permission checks on profile and send-SMS screens.
- Fix Fixed uninstall behavior so other Follow Post settings are preserved.
- Fix Fixed activation errors with missing options on PHP 8.
- Fix Fixed an undefined variable notice while building post links.
- Compatibility Checked compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4.
- Fix Removed custom automatic updater logic and added compatibility with Envato Market plugin for easy updates.
- Fix Optimized the plugin code as per codecanyon rules.
- New Added a compatibility with Wordpress 5.7.2
- New Added a compatibility with Wordpress 5.4
- New Added URL shortener support for Tiny URL.
- Fix Removed use of inline css from the plugin.
- Fix Changed Business Domain URL from wpweb.co.in to wpwebelite.com
- Fix Optimized code by escaping static text and URLs.
- Fix Modified plugin Auto Updater request URL.
- New Added a feature to send instant SMS notification with email notification.
- Fix Updated download link of Auto Update plugin.
- New Initial Release
Frequently Asked Questions
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With the SMS Notifications add-on, your visitors can follow posts, pages, terms, and authors using their phone number and receive SMS updates whenever related content is published or updated. It provides notifications for post updates, new posts on subscribed topics, authors, and approved comments.
Our Add-on uses Twilio to send SMS notifications. From the Follow My Blog Post settings, you can configure your Twilio Account SID, Authentication Token, and Twilio phone number.
Yes. It is possible to design custom SMS templates tailored to each notification type. You can personalise your messages using dynamic tags including {post_name}, {post_link}, {site_name}, {author_name}, {term_name}, and {comment_text} provided by the addon.
No. Users who are logged in can add their phone number to their profile. The addon can automatically use the stored number for subscribed posts, pages, terms, or authors once it has been saved. Users are also able to update their phone number on their profile page.