Beautiful Cookie Consent Banner

Änderungsprotokoll

4.6.1

• FIX: made validation more forgiving: in some misconfigured cases there was a fatal error.

4.6.0

• NEW: added support for WP Consent API
• NEW: added support for Pixel Manager for WooCommerce consent API
• UI: Renamed Consent Mode Tab

4.5.6

• FIX: International characters or now supported in link fields.
• FIX: Error messages in admin are back.
• FIX: hide admin setting for custom order of buttons if not needed.
• FIX: in some rare situations it was not possible to import a json string.

4.5.5

• REFACTOR: Better error messages in admin for WordPress API Errors.

4.5.4

• FIX: Single quotes in banner text works again.
• REFACTOR: deleted some unused variables.

4.5.3

• FIX: Specfic HTML is allowed in description again.

4.5.2

• SECURITY FIX: Admins where able to start a XSS attack.

4.5.1

• REFACTOR: Removed automatic LiteSpeed cache purge upon saving.
• NEW: Blocklist for banner 2 now.

4.5.0

• NEW: You can now freely arrange the order of the consent buttons when using the „Differentiated consent – 3 Buttons“ option.
• FIX: „Learn More“ Link Styling: The margins of the „Learn More“ link in the banner have been corrected.
• FIX: Resolved a conflict where page CSS would interfere with button styling, preventing buttons from displaying properly (e.g., underlined buttons).

4.4.0

• NEW: premium add-on support for Microsoft clarity.
• REFACTOR: removed obsolete constant NSC_BAR_VERSION
• REFACTOR: renamed admin js file
• REFACTOR: added return filter class
• REFACTOR: Admin UI slightly nicer

4.3.1

• Fix: Resolved an issue where initial differentiated consent occasionally failed to produce the correct results for consent mode.
• Refactor: Introduced groundwork to further decouple the premium plugin from the standard plugin, enhancing modularity.

4.3.0

• Improvements for premium addon: consent mode update dataLayer push on first page view & microsoft consent mode support.

4.2.1

• FIX: Prevent premature cookie deletion now handles json cookie content correctly. Only affecte „Banner 2“

4.2.0

• BREAKING CHANGE: removed deprecated shortcode nsc_bar_shortcode_revoke_settings_link. Was marked for over two years as deprecated.
• REFACTOR: remove wp_localize_script
• NEW: added more triggers to load banner

4.1.0

IMPORTANT The premium add on < 3.2.0 is not fully compatible anymore with this version. If you want to update the main plugin it is recommended to update the premium add-on to at least 3.2.
If you are not using the premium add-on you can ignore this hint.

• REFACTOR: Preparations to support multiple banner.
• REFACTOR: DataLayer init script improved.
• FIX: Notice in db upgrader

4.0.1

• FIX: PHP Parse Error in class-nsc_bar_save_form_fields.php on line 75

4.0.0

• NEW: The „text for banner“ field accepts now the following HTML Tags: strong, i, a, div, span, p, br, ul, ol, li, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr
• NEW: Support for masking fields in admin
• FIX: Special chars are now not broken anymore. All json encodes uses now: JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE.
• REFACTOR: added getCookieName Method
• REFACTOR: Preparations to support multiple banner.

3.3.2

• FIX: Google Consent mode: with compliance type „detailed“ changes on the same page were not always pushed.

3.3.1

• IMPROVMENT: new compliance type „Differentiated Consent – Deny“ needed three buttons. Added button to save settings.

3.3.0

• NEW: new compliance type: Differentiated Consent – Deny

3.2.4

• FIX: Some changes lead to banner disapear. Reverted some cache plugin optimisations.

3.2.3

• IMPROVEMENT: added improvements for WP Rocket

3.2.2

• FIX: improved loading of static assets in settings area.
• IMPROVEMENT: Works now better with caching plugins like liteSpeed.

3.2.1

• FIX: Google Consent Mode v2 update crashed, if dataLayername was not defined
• IMPROVEMENT: Consent Mode help text improvements.

3.2.0

• Google Consent Mode v2 improvements
• Review banner text improvements

3.1.0

• NEW: Google Consent Mode v2 support
• FIX: For new languages banner settings were not inherited
• IMPROVEMENT: Ability to reset banner configs now: How to reset the cookie banner.

3.0.0

• Fix & breaking change: renamed element ids of banner switches to make them unique and avoid collisions. Only relevant if you add custom logic or styles to the banner.
• Fix: after allow all the switches are now displayed correctly, even without a page load. Before the fix a reload of the page was necessary. Was only a „display problem“.
• FIX: Differentiated consent: if a switch was disabled AND unchecked, so that the user was not able to change it, it was still set to allow, if user clicked „allow all“. Now it stays „denied“.
• Increased required PHP version to 7.0.0
• New: added humble request for a review
• New: added Google Consent Mode support for premium addon

2.15.0

• New: added centered position for banner. You can position the banner now in the center of the screen.
• New: adjust the position of the „Cookie Settings“ tab independently from the cookie pop up.
• Improvement: Admin settings tab renamed „Consent Management“ to „Cookie Settings tab“

2.14.1

• Improvements: preparation for settings API of premium plugin

2.14.0

• Improvements: further web accessibility improvements
• NEW: added support for icons for cookie settings tab for premium add-on

2.13.5

• FIX: Web Accessibility: Labels were missing

2.13.4

• FIX: Fixed missed deprecation warnings with PHP Version > 8.2

2.13.3

• FIX: Deprecation warnings with PHP Version > 8.2

2.13.2

• FIX: Target of ‚Learn more‘ Link sometimes not saved correctly. Especially in multilanguage context.

2.13.1

• FIX: relative URLs could not be saved anymore.

2.13.0

• IMPROVEMENT: Preperations for premium addon 2.2.0

2.12.2

• FIX: Some caching plugins prevent the correct calculation of the dataLayer value. Works now with all. Reading the cookie values now directly in JS.
• IMPROVEMENT: for better convenience purging litespeed cache, after changes to the banner setting.

2.12.1

• Added banner test hint in admin area

2.12.0

• REFACTOR: changed loading logic of dataLayer event beautiful_cookie_consent_initialized.
• IMPROVEMENT: New Tab: Google Tag Manager to have all GTM configs in one place.
• NEW FEATURE: With the premium add-on this plugin can manage now the loading of the GTM, based on user consent.

2.11.1

• REFACTOR: Added compatibility for upcoming addon version.

2.11.0

• PLEASE REVIEW BEFORE UPDATING: change the standard permission to edit the banner from edit_published_posts to manage_options. If you do not want that, you can change it back again in the admin area.
• IMPROVEMENT: added additional security safeguard as recommended from the external security audit.
• IMPROVEMENT: added better validation for color inputs

2.10.2

• Improvement: If the in verison 2.10.1 fixed vulnerabulity was exploited on your site, this update is going to disable the malicious code.
• Refactor: Improved validation

2.10.1

• Fix: Authentication issues.
• Fix: XXS vulnerabulity fixed.

2.10.0

• IMPROVEMENT: performance – js for dataLayer push is not inline anymore.
• IMPROVEMENT: preparations for premium add-on version 1.7.0

2.9.2

• IMPROVEMENT: Minified some JS
• IMPROVEMENT: Support for show banner with delay of premium add-on

2.9.1

• FIX: XSS vulnerabulity in admin area. Was only possible for admins to exploit.

2.9.0

• Feature: added option to customize the text for closing.
• Refactor: made the admin js a little bit nicer.

2.8.2

• Bugfix: sometimes when using elementor preloader, the banner did not disapear. Now it works.

2.8.1

• Improvement: the „x“ is now within the banner and not outside.

2.8.0

• NEW: added possibility to close banner with an „x“
• IMPROVEMENT: increased the z-index of the banner to max integer. So the banner and the blocking screen will be always on top of everything.

2.7.3

• Refactor: removed unnecessary admin check.

2.7.2

• Improvement: filter changes for premium plugin: nsc_bar_plugin_settings_as_an_object
• Bugfix: Removed duplicate input sanitation, which lead in some cases to errors.

2.7.1

• Bugfix: If the [cc_show_cookie_banner_nsc_bar] shortcode was used more then once per page it only worked for the first link.
• Refactor: changes to JS library for an upcoming statistics module

2.7.0

• Feature: Disable the banner, if the page is loaded in an iFrame.
• Refactor: Preparation for a statistic module.
• Refactor: dataLayer push more separated in code, to be able to load it on wp_loaded.
• Bugfix: Now it works with the weglot language plugin.
• Improvement: adding filter: nsc_bar_filter_data_layer_values.

2.6.7

• Improvement: Cookie samesite attribute is now fully set
• Improvement: You can now interact with the buttons by pushing „return“

2.6.6

• Bug fix: in WP 5.8 Banner showed up in new widget area.

2.6.5

• Refactor: added filter for field validation
• Improvements: added warning to „improve speed“ setting.
• Improvements: ‚Learn more‘ Link and customLink can now be configured, if they should open in a new tab/window or not.

2.6.4

• Improvements: added setting to improve the banner loading speed.

2.6.3

• Improvements: adding more filter: nsc_bar_filter_json_config_string_before_js, nsc_bar_filter_banner_config_array_init, nsc_bar_filter_banner_is_active

2.6.2

• Improvements: added filter for the final config json as valid JS object: nsc_bar_filter_json_config_string_with_js

2.6.1

• Improvements: no new features, only the admin area is now nicer and cleaner.

2.6.0

• FEATURE: you can now block scripts that set cookies with the premium add-on, see here for more information: beautiful-cookie-banner.com

2.5.3

• BUG FIX: Some issues with caching plugins.

2.5.2

• BUG FIX: since 2.5.1 the dataLayer push for „banner initialized“ was fired pretty late. Now it is fired earlier again.

2.5.1

• IMPROVEMENT: Filter for the cookie message. Now you can easily change the cookie message in your theme or template.
• REFACTOR: some changes regarding how the scripts are included in the page.

2.5.0

• ADDED: Possibility to place a second link freely in the cookie banner text.

2.4.0

• ADDED: Support for multilanguage add-on, see here for more information: beautiful-cookie-banner.com

2.3.1

• IMPROVEMENT: Farbefelder unterstützen jetzt auch RGB, z. B.: rgba(200, 54, 54, 0.5)

2.3

• FEATURE: Position des Banners im HTML-Quellcode der Seite anpassen. Standardmäßig ist diese direkt neben der . Jetzt kannst du jeden anderen Selector wählen, um dies zu ändern.

2.2.1

• VERBESSERUNG: Standard-Einstellungsname für „cookie settings“.
• IMPROVEMENT: Beim Hinzufügen von Cookie-Typen ist das Hinzugefügt-Formular jetzt im Fokus.
• FIX: Länge von „cookie_suffix“ nicht korrekt validiert.

2.2

• ADDED: Unterstützung für Google Tag Manager: dataLayer-Pushes – Events: beautiful_cookie_consent_initialized und beautiful_cookie_consent_updated
• ADDED: Einstellung für Anpassung der Schriftart.
• ADDED: Einstellung für gleiches Aussehen der Buttons.
• ADDED: Automatisch Zustimmung: nach Zeitspanne oder Scrollen.

2.1.1

• IMPROVEMENT: Laden von Skripten geändert. Sollte jetzt besser mit Caching-Plugins funktionieren.

2.1

• ADDED: „Differenzierte Zustimmung“ mit zwei Buttons: „Alle speichern“ und „Einstellungen speichern“
• ADDED: Option zum Blockieren des Bildschirms, wenn das Banner angezeigt wird.

2.0

• ADDED: „Differenzierte Zustimmung“ als Compliance-Typ: Benutzer können jetzt nur einer bestimmten Art von Cookie zustimmen.
• ADDED: Shortcode, um das Banner erneut anzugeigen zwecks Anpassung der Zustimmung: [cc_show_cookie_banner_nsc_bar].
• ADDED: Weitere Positionen für das Banner
• CHANGED: Umgang mit Widerrufen-Tab geändert: jetzt für alle Banner-Typen möglich.
• DEPRECATED: Shortcode: [cc_revoke_settings_link_nsc_bar]
• REFACTOR: Viele Umstellungen für bessere künftige Funktions-Entwicklung. VIELE.
• REFACTOR: Verwendet nicht länger unmodifiziertes Banner-JS von osano.

1.7.1

• Fehlerbehebungen

1.7

• Feature „Fragen bis zur Einwilligung“: zeigt das Banner an, bis der Benutzer zustimmt.

1.6

• „Nach Schließen des Banner neu laden“ ergänzt für genaueres Tracking nach Tracking-Opt-in.

1.5

• Feld zum Bearbeiten des Texts für den Tab „Cookie Policy“ hinzugefügt.
• Tab „Cookie Policy“ lässt sich jetzt deaktivieren
• Benutzer können ihre Cookie-Einstellungen jetzt unabhängig vom Tab „Cookie Policy“ verwalten: du kannst den Link einfach über den Shortcode [cc_revoke_settings_link_nsc_bar] setzen.
• Admin-Bereich ein wenig aufgeräumt

1.4.1

• Bug Fix: Manchmal wurde das Banner vom Content verdeckt.
• Bug Fix: Kleineres Performance-Problem.

1.4

• Neues Feature: Das Cookie-Banner lässt sich jetzt über ein Formular und nicht mehr nur mit einer JSON-Zeichenfolge konfigurieren. Wen du möchtest, kannst du aber immer noch das JSON verwenden.
• Eine Menge Zeug unter der Haube.

1.3

• Neues Feature: Vermeidung für ITP-2.1-Cookie-Löschung eingebaut. Safari und Firefox begrenzen die Lebensdauer eines Cookies, die mit JavaScript auf sieben Tag gesetzt wird.
  Die meisten Cookie-Banner-Plugins setzen JavaScript-Cookies, d. h. wiederkehrende Benutzer sehen dein Banner alle sieben Tage und müssen erneut einwilligen.
• Verbesserung: Cookie im Vorschaumodus wird nur gelöscht, wenn du die Einstellungsseite von dem Plugin besuchst, nicht den Admin-Bereich allgemein.

1.2

• Verbesserung: Beim Besuch einer Admin-Seite wird das Zustimmungs-Cookie nur gelöscht, wenn die Einstellung „Banner-Vorschau“ aktiviert ist.

1.1.2

• Kleinere Fehlerkorrekturen.

1.1.1

• Fixes für PHP 5.4

1.1

Neue Funktionen

• Du kannst das Banner jetzt aktivieren oder deaktivieren.
• Du siehst jetzt eine Vorschau im Einstellungsbereich des Plugins.

1.0.5

• Verbesserung: Auf Version 3.1 der Cookie-Consent-Bibliothek aktualisiert. Die dismissOn-Funktionen funktionieren jetzt.

1.0.4

• FIX: Jetzt wirklich: Mit einem Update dieses Plugins wird die Konfiguration des Cookies-Banners nicht länger überschrieben.

1.0.3

• FIX: Kleine Korrekturen und Verbesserungen, z. B. werden Admin-Fehler jetzt nur noch auf der Admin-Seite dieses Plugins angezeigt.
• Verbesserung: Icon für dieses Plugin hinzugefügt.

1.0.2

• FIX: Mit einem Update dieses Plugins wird die Konfiguration des Cookie-Banners nicht länger überschrieben.

1.0.1

• Verbesserung: Kompatibilität in readme.txt hinzugefügt

1.0

• Erste Version dieses leichtgewichtigen Plugins. Da kommt noch mehr!