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Connections Business Directory

By Steven A. Zahm

Description

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Connections Business Directory is one of the best business directory plugins available for WordPress. Its simplicity in design and function, vast array of unique features and versatility are the reasons more and more people are turning to Connections Business Directory for their directory needs. You can use Connections to create a simple address book, maintain a staff or member directory and run a business directory or link directory. Connections Business Directory was built bottom up to be as configurable as possible while providing the features you need. Read on to learn about some of the best features Connections Business Directory has to offer…

Features

  • Highly rated support.
  • Continuously updated bringing you new features for free.
  • Compatible with all themes including popular themes such as Avada, Divi, Enfold and OceanWP.
  • Compatible with most popular page builders such as Elementor, Beaver Builder, Brizy, Visual Composer, Fusion, SiteOrigin, etc…
  • SEO. Every entry in your business directory outputs following the hCard spec. Soon to be updated to following Schema.org.
  • Event Logging Integrates with the Simple History plugin; logging directory related events such as creating a new entry, modifying an entry, and deleting an entry.
  • Supports the WordPress Block (Gutenberg) Editor with the following blocks.
    • Carousel Block :: Display your directory as a carousel.
    • Directory Block :: Use this block to embed your directory in a page.
    • Team Block :: It’s easy to use Connections to build your team page! Team Block is a full-featured block with multiple layout styles. While premium team plugins can set you back $20 or more, Team Block is free for all Connections users.
    • Upcoming List Block :: Use this block to display an upcoming list of anniversaries, birthdays or other events.
  • A growing selection of Content Blocks:
    • Related Entries:: Display related Entries in a mobile responsive carousel.
    • Nearby Entries:: Increase discoverability of Entries by displaying nearby Entries in a mobile responsive carousel.
    • Recently Viewed:: A list a directory Entries the user has recently viewed.
    • Last Viewed:: The last directory Entry the user viewed.
    • Frontend Entry Management:: Management options include a quick link to edit the Entry and a Delete option.
    • Entry Meta:: Display details such as when the Entry was added nad last modified and by whom.
  • Dashboard admin page where you can see at a glance today’s anniversaries and birthdays as well as upcoming anniversaries and birthdays of members in your directory.
  • Multiple entry types from which to choose; such as individual, organization and family. The family entry type is unique to Connections. This entry type allows you to group individuals together as a family which makes Connections ideally suited for creating a church directory.
  • You control which entries are viewable to the public and which entries are private, viewable for logged-in users only. You can even have entries set as unlisted so only admins can view them.
  • Repeatable fields for address, phone numbers, email, instant messenger, social media, links and dates which allow you to add as much or as little as you need for each business in your business directory.
  • Hierarchical (nested) category support. Businesses and members in your business directory can be added to any number of categories.
  • Include a biographical text for an individual member or business description for each entry in your business directory using an easy-to-use rich text editor.
  • You can easily add a business logo or photo of the staff member for each entry in your business directory or staff directory. The photo and logo images are fully responsive with HiDPI (Retina) display support.
  • Scalable, manage directories which contain hundreds of thousands of entries.
  • CSV Export of addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and dates.
  • CSV Import of nested categories.
  • Role capability support.
  • Displaying your business directory on the frontend is as simple as putting a shortcode on a page. Don’t let this simplicity fool you. The shortcode provides a large array of options that are just too numerous to list. To learn more, go here.
  • Extensible and developer friendly.
  • Robust templating support with the Template Customizer. Several basic templates are provided to get you started with you business directory with many more premium templates available to really make your business directory shine.

Extensible

Here are some great free extensions (with more on the way) that enhance your experience with Connections Business Directory:

Utility

  • Toolbar :: Provides quick links to the admin pages from the admin bar.
  • Login :: Provides a simple-to-use login shortcode and widget.
  • Anniversary and Birthday Emails :: Add the ability to automatically send a customizable email to entries on their anniversary or birthday.

Custom Fields

Misc

  • Face Detect :: Applies face detection before cropping an image.

Premium Extensions

  • Authored :: Displays a list of blog posts written by the entry on their profile page.
  • Contact :: Displays a contact form on the entry’s profile page to allow your visitors to contact the entry without revealing their email address.
  • CSV Import :: Bulk import your data in to your directory.
  • Custom Category Order :: Order your categories exactly as you need them.
  • Custom Entry Order :: Allows you to easily define the order that your business directory entries should be displayed.
  • Enhanced Categories :: Adds many features to the categories.
  • Form :: Allow site visitor to submit entries to your directory. Also provides frontend editing support.
  • Link :: Links a WordPress user to an entry so that user can maintain their entry with or without moderation.
  • ROT13 Encryption :: Protect email addresses from being harvested from your business directory by spambots.
  • SiteShot :: Show a screen capture of the entry’s website.
  • Widget Pack :: A set of feature rich, versatile and highly configurable widgets that can be used to enhance your directory.

Premium Templates

Connections Business Directory comes with a couple templates to get you started which fully support the Template Customizer. In addition to these free templates there are many premium templates available to take your business directory the level visually.

  • Circled :: A simple but bold template specifically designed for displaying small team or staff directory.
  • cMap :: Our most popular go to template for a business directory and chamber of commerce business directory, featuring full Template Customizer support.
  • Excerpt Plus :: Simple design which features a directory entry name, photo thumbnail and excerpt.
  • Gridder :: Another simple but bold template which displays the directory in a grid layout. Perfect for displaying a small team or staff directory
  • Slim Plus :: Specifically designed to take up as little space on the page as possible.
  • Tile Plus :: This template was purposely designed to display the directory in a grid or column layout.

Developer Friendly

  • Open development on GitHub.
  • Access to 180 action hooks and over 300 filters … and counting.
  • Term API.
  • Custom Metabox and Fields API.
  • Template Engine and API.
  • Fragment Cache API.
  • Log API (stateless and stateful).
  • Admin Notices API.
  • Email API.
  • Settings API.

Connections Business Directory has a very flexible template engine. The loading of template and CSS are context aware. This means you could create specific templates that load when a user visits a specific entry, category, postal code and more.

Templates and CSS overriding is very granular and update safe. Check out these links for the details:

Languages

Connections Business Directory has been embraced around the world and has been translated by its users in the following languages.

  • Arabic [60% Complete]
  • Catalan [52% Complete]
  • Croatian (Croatia) [22% Complete]
  • Danish [31% Complete]
  • Danish (Denmark) [29% Complete]
  • Dutch (Netherlands) [49% Complete]
  • Finnish [78% Complete]
  • French (France) [90% Complete]
  • German (Germany) [86% Complete]
  • Greek (Greece) [69% Complete]
  • Hebrew (Israel) [61% Complete]
  • Hungarian (Hungry) [52% Complete]
  • Italian (Italy) [58% Complete]
  • Norwegian [13% Complete]
  • Persian (Iran) [52% Complete]
  • Polish (Poland) [52% Complete]
  • Portuguese (Brazil) [77% Complete]
  • Portuguese (Portugal) [24% Complete]
  • Romanian (Romania) [69% Complete]
  • Russian (Russia) [40% Complete]
  • Serbian (Latin) [2% Complete]
  • Spanish (Latin America) [49% Complete]
  • Spanish (Mexico) [99% Complete]
  • Spanish (Spain) [99% Complete]
  • Sweden (Swedish) [96% Complete]
  • Turkish (Turkey) [58% Complete]

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FAQ

A comprehensive list of FAQs can be found here.

How do I install Connections?

Installation instructions can be found here.

Using the WordPress Plugin Search

  1. Navigate to the Add New sub-page under the Plugins admin page.
  2. Search for connections business directory.
  3. The plugin should be listed first in the search results.
  4. Click the Install Now link.
  5. Lastly click the Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.

Uploading in WordPress Admin

  1. Download the plugin zip file and save it to your computer.
  2. Navigate to the Add New sub-page under the Plugins admin page.
  3. Click the Upload link.
  4. Select Connections Business Directory zip file from where you saved the zip file on your computer.
  5. Click the Install Now button.
  6. Lastly click the Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.

Using FTP

  1. Download the plugin zip file and save it to your computer.
  2. Extract the Connections Business Directory zip file.
  3. Create a new directory named connections directory in the ../wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  4. Upload the files from the folder extracted in Step 2.
  5. Activate the plugin on the Plugins admin page.

How do I display the business directory on my site?

We have a QuickStart available that’ll walk you through the most basic setup. Basically all you need to do is, create a page, and add the [connections] shortcode and then start adding entries to your directory.

Will it work with my theme?

Connections Business Directory has been designed to work with any theme.

Is Connections Business Directory translation-ready?

Yes it is. Connections Business Directory comes with many user supplied translations. We use Transifex to manage translations. This service make it easy for us manage and easy for you to translate. To read more, see this page.

Is Connections Business Directory compatible with WordPress Multisite?

Yes it is. However, do not Network activate Connections. Activate it on only the subsites that you wish to use Connections.

Is it possible to share entries with other sites within a WordPress Multisite installation?

Yes this is possible but there is a special setup required to do so. It is recommended this is done before added entries to your business directory.

  1. Activate Connections Business Directory the primary site.
  2. Add define( 'CN_MULTISITE_ENABLED', FALSE ); to your wp-config.php file. NOTE: If you have added any entries to any of your subsites, that data will be lost as Connections will read the directory entry data from the primary site’s database tables.
  3. Activate Connections Business Directory on the subsites you wish to use Connections.

What are the requirements to run Connections?

  • WordPress version: >= 2.3
  • PHP version: >= 5.6.20 ( 7.1 is highly recommended)

Reviews

Amazing Directory Plugin

November 21, 2023
Hands down the best Business Directory plugin that I have used thus far!Flexible and affordable, met all of our needs and will allow us to allow our members to gain exposure, both locally and nationally. The support has been amazing. Very prompt responses and the trouble shooting is great.Highly recommend this plugin to anyone that looking for a Directory of any kind.

Super, but doesnt work with webp

September 29, 2023 4 replies
Just what i need to inform employees birthday, too bad, doesnt show their photos, unless i stop webp upload in setting menu, otherwise top max plugins, thx Steven

Great customer service!

June 19, 2023
I have been using Connections for a number of years for my organization. It is a great plugin and what I like best is the customer service is first rate. Every time I've had any question, it's been responded to quickly and successfully. Great product, great service.

Long standing happy customer

May 30, 2023
I have been using the Connections Pro plugin for quite a while now for more than one customer. The plugin offers a unique and simply approach to directory listings which is excellent value. The customer support is great and all questions are answered within a good amount of time, sometimes custom code is offered too! I highly recommend this if you are looking for a directory on your website.
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Contributors & Developers

“Connections Business Directory” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“Connections Business Directory” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “Connections Business Directory” into your language.

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Changelog

Complete Changelog can be found here.

10.4.59 12/01/2023

  • NEW: Introduce Request::isSingle().
  • TWEAK: Replace cnEntry_Action with \Hook\Action\Admin_Bar::addEditEntry().
  • TWEAK: Refactor \Form\Field\Option to support the class and style attributes.
  • TWEAK: Refactor CN_Walker_Term_Select_List_Enhanced::do_el() to utilize \Form\Field\Option.
  • TWEAK: Refactor CN_Walker_Term_Select_List_Enhanced to ensure inherited method parameter names match.
  • TWEAK: Remove unused import.
  • DEV: phpDoc corrections.
  • DEV: phpDoc updates.
  • WPCS: Add method return type.
  • WPCS: It is recommended not to use reserved keyword “default” as function parameter name. Found: $default.
  • WPCS: Add missing parameter type declaration.
  • WPCS: Exclude a few WP VOP Go sniffs.
  • WPCS: Inline comments must end in full-stops, exclamation marks, or question marks.

10.4.58 11/27/2023

  • TWEAK: Delete extra trailing period from inline code comment.
  • OTHER: Correct misspellings.
  • OTHER: Update the dist files.
  • WPCS: A single space must follow the function keyword.
  • WPCS: Update phpcs ignore.
  • WPCS: Spaces must be used for mid-line alignment; tabs are not allowed.
  • DEV: Update WPCS to version 3.0.
  • DEV: npm audit fix.
  • DEV: Update webpack.
  • DEV: Add the custom role capability properties to phpcs.xml.
  • DEV: phpDoc corrections.

10.4.57 11/17/2023

  • NEW: Introduce CN_Walker_Term_Select_List_Enhanced::generatePlaceholder().
  • TWEAK: Ensure the \Simple_History\Simple_History class exists before adding the Simple History logger registration hook to prevent possible fatal errors when older version of Simple History are installed.
  • TWEAK: Ensure the core WP default filters exists for WP User authentication during the REST API request.
  • TWEAK: Simply direct access exit.
  • TWEAK: Refactor \Form\Field\Option::prepareAttributes() to process custom attributes.
  • TWEAK: Refactor CN_Walker_Term_Select_List_Enhanced::render() to utilize generatePlaceholder().

10.4.56 11/10/2023

  • BUG: Correct parameter used when defining the “remember me” checkbox in the login form.
  • BUG: Prevent fatal PHP error if wp_signon() returns and instance of WP_Error instead of an instance of WP_User.

10.4.55 10/26/2023

  • NEW: Introduce Shortcode abstract class to reduce code duplication when registering shortcodes with WordPress.
  • TWEAK: Replace instances of strip_tags() with wp_strip_all_tags().
  • TWEAK: Add an is_string() check to _string::stripTags() to help ensure no PHP deprecation notices are thrown.
  • TWEAK: Utilize _string::stripTags() instead of strip_tags() to help ensure no PHP deprecations notices.
  • TWEAK: Remove unused commented out code referencing a method long removed in cnRetrieve.
  • TWEAK: Remove use of deprecated cnShortcode::addFilterRegistry() calls in Shortcode\Entry.
  • TWEAK: Refactor Shortcode\Entry to utilize Shortcode to reduce code duplication.
  • BUG: Do not overwrite the category shortcode value if the cn-cat request variable is empty.
  • DEV: phpDoc corrections.

10.4.54 10/20/2023

  • BUG: Use Request::setVar() to reset the pagination value when the offset count is greater than the total row count to prevent a potential query loop and PHP fatal error.

10.4.53 10/16/2023

  • FEATURE: Add integration and support for the Simple History plugin.
  • TWEAK: Pass the $args parameter to the cn_edit_terms filter.
  • TWEAK: Pass the $args parameter to the cn_edit_terms filter.
  • BUG: Merge provided taxonomy labels with the default labels.
  • OTHER: Correct misspellings.

10.4.52 09/29/2023

  • TWEAK: Add webp as a valid image type when validating image uploads.
  • BUG: Revert specificity CSS for icons to be more targeted to the Connections Brandicons (Icomoon).

10.4.51 09/28/2023

  • TWEAK: Update Twitter to reflect the brand change to 𝕏. Add Google Scholar, ORCiD, ResearchGate, and 𝕏.
  • TWEAK: Allow the Number metabox field type to be registered for the keyword search field.
  • TWEAK: Apply CSS Lint style fixes.
  • BUG: Ensure the number metabox field value is properly sanitized.
  • DEV: Update the dist assets.

10.4.50 09/08/2023

  • NEW: Introduce the number field type in the Metabox API.
  • NEW: Introduce Request\Input::setDefault().
  • NEW: Introduce User_Login::maybeRedirect().
  • TWEAK: Ensure both the username and user email request values are sanitized before user.
  • TWEAK: Move the permission check to the permission_callback for the account/login REST API endpoint.
  • TWEAK: Ensure the remember parameter for the login form is properly coerced into a boolean.
  • TWEAK: Remove unnecessary user login check before user sign on.
  • TWEAK: Refactor the account/login endpoint to support the login_redirect filter.
  • TWEAK: Rename the redirect property to redirect_to in the account REST API route to match the core WordPress naming convention.
  • TWEAK: Remove use of Request\Redirect in the Account REST API and utilize the request redirect_to property.
  • TWEAK: If the URL passed into From/setRedirect() fails validation set the redirect property to an empty string.
  • TWEAK: Refactor the default redirect_to value to match WordPress core in the REST API Account\Login endpoint.
  • TWEAK: Change the priority of the parse_request from 10 to 11 to stop Event Espresso from breaking the ability to parse the request variables.
  • BUG: Correct the default address name return value.
  • DEV: Update dist files.

10.4.49 08/25/2023

  • NEW: Introduce the Email field to the Fields API.
  • NEW: Introduce Request\Redirect.
  • NEW: Introduce the account\register REST API endpoint.
  • NEW: Introduce the Register User form.
  • TWEAK: Rename the callback for the account/login endpoint to userLogin for consistency in naming.
  • TWEAK: Move the confirmation message for the Request Reset Password form to the JSON response of the account/request-reset-password endpoint.
  • TWEAK: Refactoring of the client-side JS form processing to allow confirmation messages to be passed via the REST API response.
  • TWEAK: Refactor the core form submit event listener use of apiFetch, disabling the default parsing of API responses and use a private parse callback instead to ensure consistent request responses.
  • BUG: Initialize the correct form in the account/login REST endpoint for validation.
  • OTHER: Correct misspelling.
  • DEV: phpDoc corrections.
  • DEV: Inline comments must end in full-stops, exclamation marks, or question marks.
  • DEV: Parameter comment must end with a full stop.
  • DEV: Remove unnecessary inline var phpDoc comment.
  • DEV: Remove unnecessary import.
  • DEV: Update the dist files.

10.4.48 08/10/2023

  • NEW: Bump tested to WordPress version 6.3.
  • NEW: Introduce the account/reset-password REST API endpoint.
  • TWEAK: Refactor the toggle weak password confirm to use a boolean vs using the weak password score when determining whether to display or not.
  • TWEAK: Add the default value and the field validation schema to the weak password confirmation.
  • TWEAK: Remove the login hidden field from the reset password form.
  • TWEAK: Set password reset key cookie after rendering the reset password form.
  • OTHER: Add punctuation to sentences.

10.4.47 08/04/2023

  • NEW: Add support for the “Remember Me” checkbox in the login form.
  • NEW: Introduce the account/request-reset-password REST API endpoint.
  • NEW: Introduce the Account Request Reset Password form.
  • NEW: Introduce Form::getHeader() and Form::getFooter() so the sections of the form be overridden.
  • NEW: Introduce the Reset Password form.
  • TWEAK: Add support for implicit/after and implicit/before when defining field label positioning.
  • TWEAK: Minor CSS tweaks, adding gaps between fields and a space between a checkbox field and its label.
  • TWEAK: Set form description in the constructor.
  • TWEAK: Removed unused class property.
  • TWEAK: Add default styling for form confirmation and error messages.
  • TWEAK: Refactor the Form API JavaScript to support multiple forms on a page when attaching event listeners.
  • TWEAK: Remove unused message property from the base Form object.
  • TWEAK: Set the default value of the header and footer properties to be an empty string in the Form object.
  • TWEAK: Refactor Form::getShortname() to not use a static variable as each new form instance must return the current instance class shortname.
  • TWEAK: Add output buffering to the Form object actions.
  • TWEAK: Add action before and after rendering a form field in the Form object.
  • TWEAK: Add a space between a checkbox field and its label.
  • TWEAK: Add current user can check before registering an admin message.
  • TWEAK: Change filter name from Connections_Directory/Form/{Form_Name}/Render/Field/Before to Connections_Directory/Form/{Form_Name}/Field.
  • OTHER: Correct misspellings.
  • DEV: Remove @todo.
  • DEV: phpDoc corrections.
  • DEV: Update .eslintrc.
  • DEV: Update the dist files.

10.4.46 07/07/2023

  • NEW: Introduce the Password form field.
  • NEW: Introduce the Button form element.
  • NEW: Introduce the Schema trait for form fields.
  • NEW: Introduce Label::setLabelPosition().
  • NEW: Introduce Attributes::addAttributes().
  • NEW: Introduce Label::getText().
  • NEW: Introduce Form base class.
  • NEW: Introduce the Entry Moderate REST API Route.
  • NEW: Introduce the User Account REST API route with the login endpoint and a login form utilizing the Form/Fields API for form generation and field schema validation during the REST request.
  • NEW: Introduce _::getClassShortName().
  • NEW: Introduce _::callstack().
  • TWEAK: Remove unnecessary direct access check.
  • TWEAK: Remove deprecated use of cnArray.
  • TWEAK: Qualifier can be replaced with an import.
  • TWEAK: Remove error log function call. Should not be in production code.
  • TWEAK: Rename class CN_REST_Autocomplete_Controller to Connections_Directory\API\REST\Endpoint\Autocomplete.
  • TWEAK: Rename file class.cn-rest-autocomplete-controller.php to Autocomplete.php.
  • TWEAK: Move REST API related files into the API/REST folder and update the namespace to match.
  • TWEAK: Update hook names to match namespace.
  • TWEAK: Capitalize the api folder name.
  • TWEAK: Remove unused api property from Connections_Directory.
  • TWEAK: Change the $label property in the Label trait to public, so the methods for the Field_Label form field are accessible.
  • TWEAK: Add return type declaration to Label::getLabelHTML().
  • TWEAK: Add declare strict types to Label.
  • TWEAK: Add declare strict types to Field.
  • TWEAK: Add declare strict types to Input.
  • TWEAK: Add declare strict types to Attributes.
  • TWEAK: Add declare strict types to Label.
  • TWEAK: Add declare strict types to Select.
  • TWEAK: Add declare strict types to Text.
  • TWEAK: Add declare strict types to Autocomplete.
  • TWEAK: Add the Schema trait to the Input form field.
  • TWEAK: Remove the AutoComplete attribute from the Select form field.
  • TWEAK: Add the Autocomplete attribute to the Text form field.
  • TWEAK: Add constructor to the Text form field.
  • TWEAK: Refactor the Input form field to initiate its properties using the constructor instead fgo the create method.
  • TWEAK: Refactor Field constructor and create method to require the properties parameter.
  • TWEAK: Remove unused variable.
  • DEV: phpDoc updates.
  • DEV: Inline comments must end in full-stops, exclamation marks, or question marks.
  • DEV: Removed unused commented out code.
  • DEV: Add function return type.
  • DEV: Add parameter type declaration.
  • DEV: Remove unused import.
  • DEV: Add dev @todo.
  • DEV: Add commented out code required for testing CSV exports.
  • DEV: Array alignment.

10.4.45 06/08/2023

  • TWEAK: Remove unnecessary direct access check.
  • TWEAK: Add the detailed query argument schema to the Countries collection parameters.
  • TWEAK: Add code query argument schema to the Countries collections endpoint parameters.
  • TWEAK: Remove deprecated use of cnArray.
  • TWEAK: Rename class CN_REST_Countries_Controller to Connections_Directory\API\REST\Endpoint\Countries.
  • TWEAK: Rename file class.cn-rest-countries-controller.php to Countries.php.
  • TWEAK: Refactor how REST Routes and Endpoints are registered to optimize loading using a trait to reduce code duplication.
  • DEV: phpDoc updates.
  • DEV: Add return type declaration.

10.4.44 06/05/2023

  • NEW: Add the exclude, include, offset, categories, and categories_exclude parameters to Entry::get_collection_params().
  • TWEAK: Remove instances of using parameter default value.
  • TWEAK: Remove unused and unnecessary parameter from Entry::get_entries().
  • TWEAK: Add the format parameter to the email and social schema.
  • TWEAK: Deprecate the id parameter in favor of the include parameter. The id parameter will be used as the default parameter value if set.
  • TWEAK: Deprecate the category_in parameter in favor of the tax_relation parameter. The category_in (default false) will be used as the default parameter value if set.
  • TWEAK: Rename action from Connections_Directory/API/REST/Entry/After_Update to Connections_Directory/API/REST/Controller/Entry/Update/After.
  • TWEAK: Rename action rest_delete_cn_entry to Connections_Directory/API/REST/Controller/Entry/Delete/After.
  • TWEAK: Rename action from rest_prepare_cn_entry to Connections_Directory/API/REST/Controller/Entry/Prepare_Item/Response.
  • TWEAK: Add deprecated action/filter for renamed hooks.
  • TWEAK: Remove direct access check.
  • TWEAK: Remove deprecated use of cnArray.
  • TWEAK: Rename class.settings.php to Settings.php.
  • TWEAK: Permit the admin role to utilize an expanded range of HTML tags with term descriptions.
  • TWEAK: Rename the REST Settings API filters.
  • BUG: Correct the namespace name for the Settings REST API Route.
  • OTHER: Correct misspellings.
  • DEV: Remove unused commented out code.
  • DEV: Rename variable to make it more clear of its purpose.
  • DEV: Add a todo.
  • DEV: Remove use of unnecessary local variable.
  • DEV: Inline comments must end in full-stops, exclamation marks, or question marks.
  • DEV: Move file phpDoc to file head.
  • DEV: Correct placement of IDE @noinspection tag.
  • DEV: phpDoc corrections.
  • DEV: phpDoc updates.

10.4.43 05/24/2023

  • NEW: Introduce CN_REST_Entry_Controller::_sanitize() and CN_REST_Entry_Controller::_validate().
  • NEW: Introduce the Connections_Directory/API/REST/Controller/Entry/Get_Items/Arguments filter.
  • TWEAK: Remove unnecessary local variables.
  • TWEAK: Make cnEntry_Action::copyImages() public.
  • TWEAK: Assign local variable to object property and then return.
  • TWEAK: Tweak string concatenation.
  • TWEAK: Minor optimization to check for the existing entry slugs within similar slugs before creating an indexed iteration of the slug.
  • TWEAK: If the supplied entry slug is the same as th existing entry slug, do not attempt to a unique slug.
  • TWEAK: Remove unnecessary parentheses.
  • TWEAK: Replace deprecated cnArray::get() with _array::get().
  • TWEAK: Type cast is redundant.
  • TWEAK: Remove use of deprecated cnOutput object. Replaced with cnEntry_HTML.
  • TWEAK: Move REST controllers classes to the autoloader.
  • TWEAK: Move the REST register routes hook into Connections_Directory::hooks().
  • TWEAK: Rename cnAPI to \API\REST\Routes.
  • TWEAK: Cache the result of CN_REST_Entry_Controller::get_item_schema().
  • TWEAK: Replace deprecated cnFormatting::toBoolean() with _format::toBoolean().
  • TWEAK: The value returned from cnEntry::getStatus() does not require sanitization each time it is called.
  • TWEAK: Improve validation in cnEntry::setStatus().
  • TWEAK: Minor optimization in cnEntry_Action::process(). Call $entry->getStatus() only once instead of multiple times.
  • TWEAK: Refactor cnEntry_Action::copyImages() to support whether to copy the image variations.
  • TWEAK: First pass at implementing update entry item via a REST API request.
  • TWEAK: Rename class CN_REST_Entry_Controller to Connections_Directory\API\REST\Endpoint\Entry.
  • TWEAK: Rename file class.cn-rest-entry-controller.php to Entry.php.
  • BUG: Ensure the directory homepage base URL is set when returning the REST API request results.
  • OTHER: Correct misspellings.
  • DEV: phpDoc corrections.
  • DEV: phpDoc updates.
  • DEV: Remove unused commented out code.
  • DEV: When a multi-item array uses associative keys, each value should start on a new line.
  • DEV: Add method and return types.
  • DEV: Correct code formatting.
  • DEV: Fix phpDoc alignment.

10.4.42 05/08/2023

  • NEW: Introduce Shortcode\Get_HTML.
  • TWEAK: Move cnShortcode_Connections to the deprecated folder.
  • TWEAK: The replacement property should be optional in _deprecated::_file().
  • TWEAK: No need to register the [cn-directory] shortcode with WP since it is only used in the view controller.
  • TWEAK: Add the private tag property to Entry_Directory and pass it to the filters.
  • TWEAK: Utilize \Shortcode\Entry_Directory instead of the deprecated cnShortcode_Connections::shortcode() method when rendering the directory.
  • TWEAK: Refactor deprecated cnShortcode_Connections::shortcode() to call its replacement Shortcode\Entry_Directory.
  • TWEAK: Utilize Shortcode\Get_HTML in all shortcode objects to reduce code duplication.
  • TWEAK: Remove usage of deprecated cnShortcode::clearFilterRegistry().
  • DEV: Add file header.
  • DEV: Optimize imports.
  • DEV: Add method return type.
  • DEV: phpDoc corrections.

10.4.41 05/02/2023

  • NEW: Introduce the \Shortcode\Entry_Directory shortcode; the eventual replacement code for cnShortcode_Connections::shortcode().
  • NEW: Introduce \Shortcode\Directory_View and use it as teh callback for the [connections] shortcode.
  • TWEAK: Remove the experimental [cn_thumb] and [cn_thumbr] shortcodes from the plugin, moving them to a separate plugin.
  • TWEAK: Remove experimental [cn-mapblock] shortcode.
  • TWEAK: Remove cnShortcode::register() and register shortcodes in Connections_Directory::hooks() on the init hook to consistent with current coding standards.
  • TWEAK: Change folder capitalization from includes/shortcode to includes/Shortcode to match current naming conventions.
  • TWEAK: Remove use of deprecated methods in cnTemplate_Customizer::controlStrings().
  • TWEAK: Change Entry::prepareAttributes() from public to private.
  • TWEAK: Replace deprecated cnShortcode_Connections::shortcode() in cnDashboardMetabox::recent().
  • BUG: Ensure cnScript::maybeEnqueueStyle() returns true when the [cn-entry] shortcode is used.
  • BUG: Pass the correct attributes in cnTemplatePart::loadTemplateError() when initiating Upcoming_List.
  • BUG: The connectionsEntryList() method (template tag) should call cnShortcode_Connections::view() not cnShortcode_Connections::shortcode().
  • OTHER: Correct misspellings.
  • DEV: phpDoc corrections.
  • DEV: Correct inline comment.
  • DEV: Remove commented out debug code.
  • DEV: phpDoc updates.
  • DEV: Deprecate cnShortcode_Connections::shortcode().

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