Changelog – MagicChecklists

Checking items off now works as expected.

Should’ve worked like that before. Now it does.

Activate the dedicated feature-board mode on a kanban board of your choice. Let users upvote and comment on items with granular control over who can do what.

You can activate a new feature to sync item state with the columns on the kanban board. Items automatically move across the board, depening on their current state (to-do, in progress, done).

Add comments to checklist items, now also within the drawer, not just on kanban board.

New plugin users will get a checklist created automatically, which guides them through the plugin!

We now automatically apply the language from the WordPress settings. Only available if we have a translation for that language.

Each access and permission can now have multiple rules.

We improved data sync across all views, specifically on Kanban boards.

Random 0 are now gone and the shortcode renders properly again when in list mode (not kanban).

Proper UI modals for item actions, better rendering of items, feels more intuitive.

You can now decide if a shortcode checklist should render as usual (list format) or as a kanban-board.

Improved and fixed a few rendering issues and inconsistencies, making the kanban experience smoother.

Well, it now works again and won’t load the floating button when inside pagebuilders.

Your checklist item content should now save consistently without getting lost, regardless of how the drawer gets closed (like click outside, navigating to a different page etc.).

Small but important: you now have visual feedback for when saving a checklist on the admin page. Comes in handy on larger lists, where saving takes a few seconds.

We improved the mechanism which checks if any tour / tour step is connected with a checklist item. Now checklists load and save faster.

Enjoy a completely new kanban style view for your checklists and tasks, where you can move tasks from start to finish, assign users to tasks and more!

MagicChecklists is now fully compatible with the i18n standard for translations, which is also what WordPress uses. We introduced full German and French translations to start with. We need your help to get this done faster for your language as well. If you want to help us out, please message us at hello@magicplugins.io

A small one, but necessary for better UX. The “next” button turns into a save button when on the last step.

Fixed the real-time validation of inserting a keyboard shortcut trigger on the edit / create checklist page.

Checklist drawer could only be opened when both trigger methods were active. Fixed, so you can enable only the method you actually want to use.

Fixed a small issue with floating buttons on mobile. They are now properly draggable and clickable again.

Visually create guided tours across your website, front and back end. Take users by their hand and navigate them across multiple pages to let them know how to use your site. You can even connect tours to checklist items!

Create checklists that live inside Gutenberg. Items are checked / unchecked automatically upon completing requirements. Only publish a post (of any post type) when all requirements are met!

By locking specific items, they become uneditable on the drawer. Users can then add their own items, making each user have their own checklist instance!

Get useful insights of your checklists and find out which checklists and items perform best.

There is a new option on the settings page to enable and customize a widget on your admin dashboard! Comes in handy if you want to see what’s up right after logging in.

When there are more than one active floating buttons, they will be grouped into one master button. This way we don’t clutter up your valuable screen space!

You can now edit shortcode checklists from the front end! As long as you have editing permission, you will see a new button near the checklist, that opens up an editing modal for to edit it immediately.

Across several pages we have implemented some UI and UX improvements for you to better navigate and handle the plugin.

Enjoy much better performance, a modern UI and a more intuitive UX

You can now place list items as children inside other list items! Hierarchical items allow you to better group tasks that belong to each other.

We updated the endpoints to accept and handle new checklist settings. Also, there has been a v2 update to the API for easier and safer request handling.

Previously, you could only display a description in the drawer, when the public toggle was switched on. Now you can also optionally display the regular checklist description without havint to make it public!

We have developed a custom MainWP extension to manage all your MagicChecklists installations across all your connected websites in one central dashboard! You can create new checklists (even on multiple sites at once), edit existing ones and see which deadlines are approaching! Just generate an API key in the dashboard settings and insert it in the MagicChecklists settings.

There is a new option in the plugin settings to turn on a counter for all list items of a checklist, all checked items and a percentage of checked items.

We now have better visual indicators on the create / edit checklist page. Right now, it checks for the only few required fields.

Due to some small changes in the last update, the pdf export broke. It’s back to normal again.

Due to recent addition of item actions, we misplaced the item priority selection dropdown. Now it’s back to its prior position.

Select the “custom” theme in the checklist settings and you will now be presented a lot of new options to completely customize the appearance of the drawer.

For easier and more consistent collaboration, you can now toggle the “in progress” status for each individual list item.

You can now select a deadline for list items individually. This allows for a really granular deadline control for each task.

We have noticed that the drawer wasn’t properly loaded when inside certain pagebuilders. A few adjustments to the loading logic and iframe check and we are back to normal. 😎

We noticed an issue on shortcode styling, especially regarding the item spacing. Display:flex was somehow missing, now it works again.

We have finally integrated the WordPress REST API into our plugin. We have our own endpoints, which you can use to connect your 3rd party tool to MagicChecklists! Take a look at our documentation to learn more.

You’ve heard that right – you can now send notifications to a 3rd party tool! Currently we have integrations with Slack and Discord and will include Telegram in the next update. The API is also already usable, although not mentioned anywhere in the settings. We will make the next update focus on the API so you can connect any tool of your choice with MagicChecklists!

You can activate shortcodes for checklists for each checklist individually. You will be presented a bunch of styling options as well as conditions on what should be displayed inside the shortcode. You can also deactivate the drawer here, if you don’t need it. Works with every builder that supports shortcodes! Place your checklists anywhere!

You can now set a custom time schedule on which the checklist should reset automatically. This way list items will automatically be unchecked again, perfect for repetitive tasks.

Expanding the access and permission control update from v1.2, you can now set custom conditions for the checklist to be loaded. You can choose between everywhere, wordpress related pages (like dashboard, settings etc.) and even insert custom URLs / URL patterns!

There is a new settings page available inside the plugin pages, so you can activate / deactivate this for all checklists globally. If enabled, you will see 2 arrows inside the drawer, making it easier to toggle through all open checklists without needing to press any shortcuts or floating buttons.

What are checklists without any proper organization? Well, we’ve got you covered. You can now better organize your checklists using tags with associated colors.

Finally you can properly get rid of all MagicChecklists related data when uninstalling this plugin. We won’t leave any junk behind in your database, when this is enabled in the new settings page.

You can switch between top to bottom and side by side appearance on the checklist creation / edit form.

You can now have as many active checklists as you want.

Set precise access and permission controls on user roles, individual users, invite link users and on public checklists as well! You can get very granular and pick just the right access and permission needed for each checklist individually.

Since multiple users can now edit the same checklist, we need to be consistent with saving the checklist. The locking mechanism is automatically applied on all users with Edit permissions, so that only 1 user can edit the checklist at the same time. This way we ensure data consistency across all users and changes not getting lost anymore.

You will now face a clean, streamlined multip-step form to create and edit checklists. Better UI, more productivity boosted.

We forgot about non-public checklists. ‘Per User’ checked state handling now works again for non-public checklists.

You can now paste URLs into a list item and it will be converted into a hyperlink automatically. Additionally you can select any existing text which will trigger a link insertion popup. This way you can turn any text into a hyperlink!

You can now optionally enable rate limits for your checklists individually. This is especially handy for public checklists on websites that are prone to bots or spamers.

It is now its own file.

This will also include a complete overhaul of the current checklist creation process. We will make it way more userfriendly and appealing to use. Think of multi step forms. Stay tuned. 👀

This is because you can now decide to either use only shortcuts, only floating buttons or both.

A user has notified us that the mobile version could need some adjustments. Here they are.

Enable public access to your checklist. Visitors can open it either through the shortcut, or through a floating button. Visitors can check off items, uncheck them again and rearrange the order of list items. Every user will have their own checked state handling (per user). An example can be seen on the MagicPlugins website.

Now you can decide how checklists should open. Switch on/off Shortcuts (the standard way) and Floating Buttons. You can use both at the same time.

Now it correctly loads one instance in the main DOM and propagates shortcut inputs from within the Bricks iframe to the Bricks main DOM.

Priorities will be visible by an indicating color OR number.

Remove button and drag handle will now only be visible while hovering over an item.

It’s now modular to allow granular control over what files should load on which trigger. This is also the first step towards Granular Access control.

After a few rounds of Beta testing we finally made it to the official release. Hope you peeps enjoy!

A small animation will automatically play when you check all items in your checklist. Just a little congratulations to feel good.

We implemented a few visual enhancements especially in the plugin admin area. Just so you can work faster and have less confusion while creating checklists.

Raised the limit to 10 active checklists. This limit will be completely removed in a future update, when the foundation is 100% solid.