Amelia - Enterprise-Level Appointment Booking WordPress Plugin 7.9

Changelog - Amelia WordPress Booking Plugin

Information about all changes in the Amelia WordPress Booking plugin, versions, new features, bug fixes and more.

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Version 7.2 (04.12.2023)​

Update with a new feature, an improvement and a couple of bug fixes:

• Feature: Event group view- presenting each event as a distinct row, eliminating the need to list individual periods by date and consolidating all related time intervals under a unified event view
• Improvement: Categories Improvement- the new improvement allows users to enhance their categorization experience by incorporating pictures, colors, and personalized customization within their categories
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Google button colors, ensuring alignment with guidelines
• BugFix: Fixed issue with non-translatable Customer panel access notification
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the attachment custom fields when booking packages and the Client timezone option
• BugFix: Fixed issue with coupon_used placeholder in WooCommerce description
• BugFix: Fixed issue with location icon on Cart when there are no locations
• BugFix: Fixed issue with attachment custom fields and WooCommerce payment method
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Cart and Catalog booking form with preselected service
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Cart and WooCommerce description
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the Linked tab not showing when editing recurring appointments created on the back-end
• BugFix: Fixed issue with time slots when changing dates on the calendar
• BugFix: Fixed issue with logging to SMS notifications
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the ‘Bringing anyone with you’ label
• BugFix: Fixed issue with payment step showing up for free events
• Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 7.1 (Released 15.11.2023)​

Update with a new feature, a couple of improvements, and bug fixes:

• Feature: Employee badges- elevate your booking experience with customizable badges for your employees
• Improvement: Added event date and time to file name for export option
• Improvement: Added new Event filters on backend – now you can filter Events by tag, attendees or locations
• Improvement: Adjusted Google Maps Autocomplete so it shows objects as well as addresses
• Improvement: Added Custom Fields attachments to export option
• Improvement: The character limit for descriptions has been extended to 10,000
• Improvement: Added Event time information on Notifications Page, for Events with the same name
• Improvement: Added created/booked information in export finance details
• Improvement: Added improvements for REST API feature
• BugFix: Fixed issue with adding emojis in custom fields
• BugFix: Fixed issue with page refreshing when enter is clicked and the cursor is on coupon filed
• BugFix: Fixed issue with ‘Any Employee’ label on Customize
• BugFix: Fixed issue with ‘Bringing anyone with you’ step labels
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the ‘Customer has already booked this event’ error message, ensuring its proper display on the back-end
• BugFix: Fixed issue with payment status when WooCommerce coupons are used
• BugFix: Fixed issue with payment links in Safari
• BugFix: Fixed issue with deleting a coupon connected to a package purchase
• BugFix: Fixed issue where the attendee code was not visible
• BugFix: Fixed issue with old Amelia shortcode in Elementor
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Unsuccessful Cancellation Redirect URL
• Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 7.0 (07.11.2023)​

Update with a couple of features, improvements, and bug fixes:

• Feature: Cart feature- book multiple appointments seamlessly in a single booking process and transaction; available in Pro and Developer licenses
• Feature: Multiple selections in shortcode- choose multiple categories, services, packages, employees, or locations within a single webpage when using Step-by-step and Catalog Booking forms
• Feature: No-show customers tag- enhances customer management by allowing you to efficiently tag and manage no-show customers on the backend
• Improvement: Added a new option to notify specific employees when a package is purchased without any services booked
• Improvement: Added new links for Confirm and Reject Appointment from email notifications
• Improvement: Divided WooCommerce order to items as separate appointments in cases of recurring appointments and multiple appointments within the cart
• Improvement: Added a new option for Employees to remove their profile image
• Improvement: Added payment status information in the Attendees list
• Improvement: Packages will be shown on front-end if all services from the package are assigned to a specific employee
• BugFix: Fixed issue with recurring appointment price amount on the Appointment and Finance page for WooCommerce payments
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the “amelia_events_to_providers” table
• BugFix: Fixed issue with non-translatable import option on the Customers Page
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Event description text editing options on the new event list 2.0 form
• BugFix: Fixed issue with service/location selections when the Employee selection is disabled
• BugFix: Fixed issue with coupons that aren’t sent in event notifications
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Amelia Manager role and What’s new page
• BugFix: Fixed issue with backend change of status and capacity
• BugFix: Fixed issue with prices with decimals on Dashboard
• BugFix: Fixed issue on iPad with customer search when adding attendees on the panel
• BugFix: Fixed issue with event tickets’ price not shown when Maximum allowed spots option is enabled
• BugFix: Fixed issue with ‘Allow bringing more people’ option in Event List 2.0 Form
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the close button on Amelia pop-up
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Croatian translation
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Razorpay payment method
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the ‘Allow bringing more people’ option in events with tickets
• Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 6.7 (26.09.2023)​

Update with a couple of features, improvements, and bug fixes:

• Feature: REST APIs management- empowering developers to extend integrations and customize the booking process- This feature is available in developer license, for general information and REST APIs, please refer to our documentation
• Feature: Amelia Pop-up- giving you the flexibility to choose between an on-page or popup booking form for a personalized experience
• Added JS hook for info step custom validation on the Booking Form
• Improvement: Hidden price for services with custom duration and price set to 0
• Improvement: Added coupon code to export options
• Improvement: Improved Special Days sorting by their occurrence date rather than their creation date
• BugFix: Fixed issue with deprecated error when using Elementor
• BugFix: Fixed issue with location sorting not working when ‘Load entities on page load’ is enabled
• BugFix: Fixed conflict with BuddyBoss options when ‘WP Login and Logout redirect’ is active
• BugFix: Fixed conflict with BuddyBoss plugin
• BugFix: Fixed conflict with ‘All in one WP security’ plugin
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Event description text editing options on the Event List 2.0 form
• BugFix: Fixed issue with deleted employee description (text mode) on the new booking forms
• BugFix: Fixed issue with wrong Events’ time on the Congratulations step on Event List 2.0
• BugFix: Fixed issue with changing attendees’ status to approved on backend
• BugFix: Fixed issue with showing Google reCaptcha on new booking forms
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the service_extras_details placeholder
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the “Limit options per customer” in service settings due to impacting the same option from roles settings
• BugFix: Fixed issues with booking appointments in packages on the back-end
• Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 6.6 (28.08.2023)​

Update with a couple of features, improvements, and bug fixes:

• Feature: Added option to skip the first step on the Catalog 2.0 booking form
• Improvement: Added options to hide the employee/location selection options when booking packages
• Improvement: Added an option to set coupons to be case insensitive
• Improvement: Added an option for the reminder notification not to be sent if the booking is made within a specified time before the appointment/event
• Improvement: WhatsApp integration – added an option of sending images in the message header in WhatsApp notifications
• Added WP hooks/filters for exporting data in csv
• BugFix: Compatible with new Stripe accounts
• BugFix: Fixed issue with booking appointments in the past in Packages, on the back-end
• BugFix: Fixed issue with location information in webhooks
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the Finance page when there are no locations in Amelia
• BugFix: Fixed issue with SMS notifications in different languages and back-end bookings
• BugFix: Fixed issue with booking events that have the ‘Allow bringing more people’ option disabled
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the Visual editor option in the WP User profile and error message on the Amelia Customize page
• BugFix: Fixed issue with sending reminder notifications for canceled events
• BugFix: Fixed issue with deleting employees with future appointments that have been canceled
• BugFix: Fixed issue with reordering images in the service gallery
• BugFix: Fixed issue with double booking when booking appointments in packages in the customer panel at the same time
• BugFix: Fixed issue with custom scheduled notifications not being sent when appointments are booked within packages
• BugFix: Fixed issue with reminder notifications and rescheduled appointments
• Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 6.5 (09.08.2023)​

Update with a couple of features, improvements, and bug fixes:

• Feature: New option to duplicate Special Days
• Feature: Round Robin, Lowest Price and Highest Price- added new options for Employee Selection logic
• Feature: Added integration for Google Analytics 4 events
• Feature: Differentiate appointments by color- easily identify back-end and front-end bookings for a more organized scheduling experience
• Improvement: Added reminder notifications when SMS balance is low
• Improvement: Added %service_extras_details%, a new placeholder for more detailed information about extras
• Improvement: Mandatory Employee selection- added option for packages to set Employee selection as a mandatory field
• Improvement: Mandatory Coupon field- added a new option to set coupon field as mandatory and validate them during checkout
• Improvement: Enabled booking appointments within packages on top of existing group appointments
• Improvement: ‘What’s New’ page, where you can find the latest updates and releases at a glance
• Improvement: Added links to join Google Meet on the Appointments list
• Improvement: Added option to set Redirect URL after purchasing a package
• Improvement: Added location information in the export option
• Improvement: Added option to use Address custom field as a location in Google Calendar Event
• BugFix: Fixed issue with some non-translatable placeholders in customer notifications
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Calendar view on Employee/Customer Panel on mobile phones
• BugFix: Fixed issue with customers list when booking Appointments on the back-end
• BugFix: Fixed issue with double booking when Appointment is canceled
• BugFix: Fixed issue with display of busyness
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Custom Fields alignment in the expanded Appointments view
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the number of appointments in Packages when appointment status is changed
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the “Allow admin to book appointment at any time” option
• BugFix: Fixed issue with disabled email field when the user is logged in while booking
• BugFix: Fixed issue with showing busy time slots
• BugFix: Fixed issue with changing the number of Attendees on the back-end
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Event List 2.0 Custom Fields
• BugFix: Fixed conflict with the Defender plugin

Version 6.4 (Released 05.07.2023)​

Update with a great redesign, one feature, a couple of improvements and bug fixes:

• Feature: Completely redesigned and modernized Event List Booking Form with options to add filters and search events for easier user experience
• Feature: Added new automatic refund option for all online payment methods
• Feature: Added new option ”Show busy time slots” on all new Booking Forms
• Improvement: Added option for enabling resource quantity usage for group bookings
• Improvement: Employees can now view only relevant locations and services assigned to them in the filters
• Updated Czech and Italian, and added Croatian translation
• BugFix: Fixed issue with updating payment status of event attendees
• BugFix: Fixed conflict with the GoDaddy domain registrar
• BugFix: Fixed issue with event_period_date_time placeholder and time change
• BugFix: Fixed issue with payment info when appointment price and deposit are equal amount
• BugFix: Fixed issue with date/time in the “Package appointment details” when customer is in different timezone
• BugFix: Fixed issue with caching on the new catalog form for Employee/Location selection
• BugFix: Fixed issue with custom scheduled notifications
• BugFix: Fixed issue with unavailable time slots due to default duration limitation and set custom duration
• BugFix: Fixed issue with search field on the Events page
• BugFix: Fixed issue with group bookings when some bookings are part of package and other are service bookings
• BugFix: Fixed issue with event visibility in employee panels when any employee is set as organizer
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Organizer in ics files for Events
• BugFix: Fixed issue with data leak in API
• Other small bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 6.3.1 (31.05.2023)​

Update with a couple of new improvements, and bug fixes:

• Improvement: Added an option of whether the price will multiply or not by the number of people/spots for Events reservations
• Improvement: Added warning message for admin when trying to remove customers who are registered for upcoming events
• Improvement: Updated error message for customers who are unable to book due to limitations
• BugFix: Fixed issue with the non-changeable status of past appointments by enabling Employees to set status as “No-show”
• BugFix: Fixed conflict with the BuddyBoss Pro plugin
• BugFix: Fixed issue with saving labels on the new Customize Page
• BugFix: Fixed issue with Service name translation on the old Catalog form
• BugFix: Fixed issue of the inability to create coupons in the absence of packages
• BugFix: Fixed issue with showing error message when Event notifications are saved