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=== Affiliate Coupons - The #1 WordPress Coupon Plugin for Affiliate Marketers ===
Contributors: flowdee
Donate link: https://donate.flowdee.de
Tags: affiliate coupons, coupon plugin, coupon, wp coupons, coupon reveal
Requires at least: 3.0.1
Requires PHP: 5.6.0
Tested up to: 5.7.2
Stable tag: 1.6.7.1
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
The best WordPress coupon plugin which helps you to earn more affiliate money!
== Description ==
**Increase your revenue by promoting discount codes** - why Affiliate Coupons is your most intuitive coupon plugin
*All you need from a coupon plugin. Features include:*
- **Easily create vendors and links for affiliate coupons** - Design beautifully structured lists of coupons provided by your favorite merchants.
- **Display coupons via shortcode** - Your frontend needs to look sharp. Affiliate Coupons presents WP coupons neatly with easy-to-manage shortcode.
- **Filter your coupons** - Proudly display your best coupons front and centre. You can choose which affiliate coupons to promote to the top of your pages.
- **Presentation options with coupon templates** - Choose between standard, grid or list templates for laying out your coupons to best suit your website. You can even [view our full template list](https://affcoups.com/templates/) right now.
- **Central or sidebar? It’s up to you** - Enjoy our fully integrated widgets for displaying your affiliate coupons in the sidebar.
- **Check our coupon plugin live demo out** - Take a look at our free [online demo](https://affcoups.com/demo/) of the Affiliate Coupons Plugin in action.
- **Follow our changelog** - See exactly how we have been carrying out [regular enhancements](https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliate-coupons/#developers) to maximize your coupon plugin success!
All of these key features are **available in our free version of Affiliate Coupons**. That’s some crazy value!
**You want more?** Dive into our Pro version of this coupon plugin for all the above AND additional features which make the plugin even more amazing!
*Make more affiliate money with the Pro version and its following highlights:*
- **Click-to-reveal discount codes** - This is the big one. With the Pro version of Affiliate Coupons, you can increase your affiliate earnings as soon as visitors click to reveal their discount coupons.
- **Discover key coupon stats** - Keep track of your coupon plugin success by tracking view, copy and click statistics for all campaigns.
- **Advanced styles and templates** - Experiment with more complex styles and templates that add extra revenue potential to your coupon page. You can even create your own custom templates.
- **Powerful & comprehensive search & filter function** - That's powerful! Clever filtering and searching allows you to view coupons individually and quickly.
- **Comfortable pagination** - Allows you to display a variety of coupons spread over multiple pages.
- **Highlight single coupons** - Make a show and dance of your best value coupon. With Pro, you can do more than just placing it at the top of your page.
- **Widget for popular coupons** - Get an entire widget devoted to showcasing the most popular affiliate coupons on your website.
- **Smart event tracking** - Google and Piwik do the hard work as they track how your customers interact with your coupons.
Interested in bringing your coupon game to the next level? **[Check out Affiliate Coupons PRO](https://affcoups.com/features/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=textlink&utm_campaign=Affiliate%20Coupons&utm_content=pro-version-link)**.
= Quickstart Examples =
* Create vendors
* Create coupons
* Link coupons to vendors
* Assign categories and/or types to coupons if needed
* Display coupons inside your posts/pages by using shortcodes
= Support =
* Browse [issue tracker](https://github.com/flowdee/affiliate-coupons/issues) on GitHub
* [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/affcoups) to stay in contact and informed about updates
== Installation ==
The installation and configuration of the plugin is as simple as it can be.
= Using The WordPress Dashboard =
1. Navigate to the 'Add New' in the plugins dashboard
2. Search for 'affiliate coupons'
3. Click 'Install Now'
4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
= Uploading in WordPress Dashboard =
1. Navigate to the 'Add New' in the plugins dashboard
2. Navigate to the 'Upload' area
3. Select `affiliate-coupons.zip` from your computer
4. Click 'Install Now'
5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
= Using FTP =
1. Download `affiliate-coupons.zip`
2. Extract the `affiliate-coupons` directory to your computer
3. Upload the `affiliate-coupons` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= Multisite supported? =
Yes of course! Feel free to use our coupon plugin in a multisite installation.
= Can I use Affiliate Coupons with any theme? =
Due to our flexible shortcodes and templates, Affiliate Coupons can be used with any theme out there.
= How many coupons can I create? =
There’s no limit to the number of coupons you can have.
= How many vendors can I create? =
There’s no limit to the number of coupon vendors you can have.
= Do you offer support? =
Of course! Our caring developers and support team would be happy to assist you whenever you need our help.
= Is Affiliate Coupons GDPR compatible? =
Affiliate Coupons is a fully GDPR compatible WordPress coupon plugin. We don’t track or store any data ourselves.
== Screenshots ==
1. Coupons Grid
2. Settings
== Changelog ==
= Version 1.6.7.1 (16th July 2021) =
* Updated stable tag
= Version 1.6.7 (16th July 2021) =
* Tweak: Adjusted CSS max-width for .affcoups container
= Version 1.6.6 (14th July 2021) =
* Tweak: Optimized affcoups container CSS
= Version 1.6.5 (8th July 2021) =
* Tweak: Updated stable tag
* WordPress v5.7.2 compatibility
= Version 1.6.4 (6th July 2021) =
* Tweak: Minor code changes for git deployment
= Version 1.6.3 (6th July 2021) =
* New: Added shortcode "expired" attribute
* New: Added "Show all coupons" / "Show activate coupons only" feature
* Tweak: Optimized webpack loader
* Tweak: Optimized quickstarter guide
* Fix: Getting property ID of non-object warning appeared for coupons and vendors
* Updated translations .pot file
= Version 1.6.2 (3rd March 2021) =
* Fix: CSS and Javascript files were missing since the last plugin update
= Version 1.6.1 (2nd March 2021) =
* New: Added setting to link coupon titles
* New: Added "Vendor" column to the admin coupons overview page
* Fix: Admin notices were positioned incorrectly on the settings page
* Updated translations .pot file
* WordPress v5.6.2 compatibility
= Version 1.6.0 (12th January 2021) =
* Tweak: Refactored admin pages and applied new branding
* Tweak: Refactored templates and introduced template functions
* Tweak: Refactored workflow for Javascript and CSS assets
* Updated translations .pot file
* Updated dependencies
* PHP v7.4.1 compatibility
* WordPress v5.6.0 compatibility
= Version 1.5.7 (16th October 2020) =
* Tweak: Updated settings page widgets
* Fix: Compatibility issue with third-party "Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)"
* Fix: Compatibility issue with third-party "Yasr – Yet Another Stars Rating"
* WordPress v5.5.1 compatibility
= Version 1.5.6 (18th August 2020) =
* Fix: Function "affcoups_get_options" was not available in uninstall.php
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest v5.3.3
* WordPress v5.5 compatibility
= Version 1.5.5 (21th December 2019) =
* Fix: Hiding invalid and/or expired coupons didn't work as expected
* WordPress v5.3.2 compatibility
= Version 1.5.4 (17th December 2019) =
* New: Added setting and shortcode attribute for hiding coupons which are not valid yet
* New: Added "Credits" setting
* Fix: Order by "valid until" didn't work properly
* Fix: Escaping issue on settings page "Quick Start" guide
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest v5.2.4
* WordPress v5.3.1 compatibility
= Version 1.5.3 (25th January 2019) =
* Tweak: Optimized coupon code copy to clipboard handling
* Fix: Coupon category and type metabox didn't show up in the sidebar of Gutenberg editor
* Updated Clipboard.JS dependency to latest v2.0.4
* WordPress v5.0.3 compatibility
= Version 1.5.2 (17th December 2018) =
* Tweak: Enabled new Gutenberg editor for coupon posts
* Updated Quickstart Guide
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest v4.15.9
* WordPress v5.0.1 compatibility
= Version 1.5.1 (20th November 2018) =
* Tweak: Setting a coupon "valid from" date now uses 23:59 as default time
* Tweak: Optimized loading of plugin core files
* Fix: Grid size wasn't taken properly from plugin settings
* Updated .pot file and removed unneeded translation strings
= Version 1.5.0 (11th November 2018) =
* New: Redesigned & restructured settings page
* New: Clipboard icon can now selected via settings (3 different icons and 2 colors are available to be chosen from)
* New: Clipboard background & font colors can now be overwritten via settings
* New: Added new button icon and 2 colors (black & white)
* New: Added setting which allows you to hide coupon dates on the front end
* Tweak: Removed third party plugin installation dependency
* Tweak: Optimized coupons admin overview page
* Tweak: Optimized templates & styles
* Tweak: Added install & uninstall routines
* WordPress v4.9.8 compatibility
= Version 1.4.1 (18th June 2018) =
* Tweak: Removed directly included metabox dependency and switched over to "TGM_Plugin_Activation" class instead
* Tweak: Added fallback for "rwmb_meta" function
* Fix: "Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'RWMB_About' not found"
= Version 1.3.2 (17th June 2018) =
* Fix: Settings section headlines were not output correctly
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest v4.14.11
* WordPress v4.9.6 compatibility
= Version 1.3.1 (28th April 2018) =
* New: Overwrite coupon image with post thumbnail
* Fix: Custom CSS output
= Version 1.3.0 (24th April 2018) =
* New: Added multiple coupons widget
* Tweak: Security
* WordPress v4.9.5 compatibility
= Version 1.2.2 (30th November 2017) =
* New: Added setting in order to adjust the default excerpt length
* Tweak: Remove unwanted line breaks from shortcode output
* Fix: "PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function affcoups_widget_text()"
* WordPress v4.9.1 compatibility
= Version 1.2.1 (28th November 2017) =
* New: Added a brand new list template
* New: Added a new widget for displaying a single coupon in your sidebar
* New: Added new setting in order to customize button colors
* New: Added new setting in order to customize discount ribbon colors
* Tweak: When setting up a valid from/to date you are now able to choose as time as well
* Tweak: Added type slug as class in templates in order to make it customizable
* Tweak: Display recommended image size besides the image upload fields
* Tweak: Tweaked shortcode previews inside admin area
* Tweak: Adjusted default thumbnail size to 480*270px
* Tweak: Optimized CSS in order to remove border from thumbnail link
* Tweak: Updated plugin icons inside admin area
* Fix: Expiring on the same day leads into now showing coupon
* Fix: Custom CSS was not being outputted correctly on special pages (e.g. front page)
* WordPress v4.9 compatibility
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest version 4.12.5
= Version 1.2.0 (7th November 2017) =
* New: Added support for Google Accelerated Mobile (AMP)
* Tweak: Enhanced CSS styles in order to display a grid with up to 10 columns
* Tweak: Added prefixes to plugin related post types on admin export page
* Fix: HTML and apostrophes inside link/image titles and alt tags lead into markup issues
* Fix: Issue which was related to "term_taxonomy_id" while executing our coupon query
* Fix: Thumbnail previews on manage coupons/vendors pages might be shown too big
* Fix: Registering custom image sizes was accidentally loaded in admin area only
* Updated plugin branding and links
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest version 4.12.4
= Version 1.1.3 (7th June 2017) =
* Tweak: Optimize scripts loading
* Tweak: Optimized CSS styles
* Fix: Custom CSS not being inserted correctly
* Minor improvements
* Updated templates: grid.php, standard.php
= Version 1.1.2 (3rd June 2017) =
* New: Added shortcode preview to admin coupons overview page
* New: Added shortcode preview to admin categories overview page
* New: Added shortcode preview to admin types overview page
* Fix: Since the latest update, thumbnail images didn't show up correctly
* Fix: Admin vendors overview page showed incorrect shortcode preview
= Version 1.1.1 (2nd June 2017) =
* Tweak: Set default grid size back to 3
* Fix: Removed shortcode debugging :)
= Version 1.1.0 (2nd June 2017) =
* New: Display single coupons by id
* New: Display coupons from a specific vendor
* New: Sort coupons on a shortcode basis
* New: Added more setting options (template, grid size, order, orderby, button text, button icon)
* New: Button text can be overwritten via shortcode attribute "button_text"
* Tweak: Added links to coupon thumbnails
* Tweak: Optimized CSS styles
* Tweak: Optimized scripts loading
* Fix: Post types appeared in sitemaps and search results
* Changed shortcode from "affcoups_coupons" to "affcoups" (added fallback for previous shortcode)
= Version 1.0.1 (9th August 2016) =
* Tweak: Optimized settings quickstart explanation for categories/types
* Tweak: Made "Copied!" label translatable
* Fix: Only 5 coupons appearing for a category
* Fix: Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context ... coupons-grid.php on line 48
= Version 1.0.0 (30th July 2016) =
* Initial release
== Upgrade Notice ==
= Version 1.6.0 (12th January 2021) =
* Latest WordPress & PHP v7.4 compatibilities; refactored admin pages and frontend templates.
= Version 1.5.5 (21th December 2019) =
* Fix: Hiding invalid and/or expired coupons didn't work as expected
* WordPress v5.3.2 compatibility
= Version 1.5.4 (17th December 2019) =
* New: Added setting and shortcode attribute for hiding coupons which are not valid yet
* New: Added "Credits" setting
* Fix: Order by "valid until" didn't work properly
* Fix: Escaping issue on settings page "Quick Start" guide
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest v5.2.4
* WordPress v5.3.1 compatibility
= Version 1.5.3 (25th January 2019) =
* Tweak: Optimized coupon code copy to clipboard handling
* Fix: Coupon category and type metabox didn't show up in the sidebar of Gutenberg editor
* Updated Clipboard.JS dependency to latest v2.0.4
* WordPress v5.0.3 compatibility
= Version 1.5.2 (17th December 2018) =
* Tweak: Enabled new Gutenberg editor for coupon posts
* Updated Quickstart Guide
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest v4.15.9
* WordPress v5.0.1 compatibility
= Version 1.5.1 (20th November 2018) =
* Tweak: Setting a coupon "valid from" date now uses 23:59 as default time
* Tweak: Optimized loading of plugin core files
* Fix: Grid size wasn't taken properly from plugin settings
* Updated .pot file and removed unneeded translation strings
= Version 1.5.0 (11th November 2018) =
* New: Redesigned & restructured settings page
* New: Clipboard icon can now selected via settings (3 different icons and 2 colors are available to be chosen from)
* New: Clipboard background & font colors can now be overwritten via settings
* New: Added new button icon and 2 colors (black & white)
* New: Added setting which allows you to hide coupon dates on the front end
* Tweak: Removed third party plugin installation dependency
* Tweak: Optimized coupons admin overview page
* Tweak: Optimized templates & styles
* Tweak: Added install & uninstall routines
* WordPress v4.9.8 compatibility
= Version 1.4.1 (18th June 2018) =
* Tweak: Removed directly included metabox dependency and switched over to "TGM_Plugin_Activation" class instead
* Tweak: Added fallback for "rwmb_meta" function
* Fix: "Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'RWMB_About' not found"
= Version 1.3.2 (17th June 2018) =
* Fix: Settings section headlines were not output correctly
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest v4.14.11
* WordPress v4.9.6 compatibility
= Version 1.3.1 (28th April 2018) =
* New: Overwrite coupon image with post thumbnail
* Fix: Custom CSS output
= Version 1.3.0 (24th April 2018) =
* New: Added multiple coupons widget
* Tweak: Security
* WordPress v4.9.5 compatibility
= Version 1.2.2 (30th November 2017) =
* New: Added setting in order to adjust the default excerpt length
* Tweak: Remove unwanted line breaks from shortcode output
* Fix: "PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function affcoups_widget_text()"
* WordPress v4.9.1 compatibility
= Version 1.2.1 (28th November 2017) =
* New: Added a brand new list template
* New: Added a new widget for displaying a single coupon in your sidebar
* New: Added new setting in order to customize button colors
* New: Added new setting in order to customize discount ribbon colors
* Tweak: When setting up a valid from/to date you are now able to choose as time as well
* Tweak: Added type slug as class in templates in order to make it customizable
* Tweak: Display recommended image size besides the image upload fields
* Tweak: Tweaked shortcode previews inside admin area
* Tweak: Adjusted default thumbnail size to 480*270px
* Tweak: Optimized CSS in order to remove border from thumbnail link
* Tweak: Updated plugin icons inside admin area
* Fix: Expiring on the same day leads into now showing coupon
* Fix: Custom CSS was not being outputted correctly on special pages (e.g. front page)
* WordPress v4.9 compatibility
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest version 4.12.5
= Version 1.2.0 (7th November 2017) =
* New: Added support for Google Accelerated Mobile (AMP)
* Tweak: Enhanced CSS styles in order to display a grid with up to 10 columns
* Tweak: Added prefixes to plugin related post types on admin export page
* Fix: HTML and apostrophes inside link/image titles and alt tags lead into markup issues
* Fix: Issue which was related to "term_taxonomy_id" while executing our coupon query
* Fix: Thumbnail previews on manage coupons/vendors pages might be shown too big
* Fix: Registering custom image sizes was accidentally loaded in admin area only
* Updated plugin branding and links
* Updated dependency "Meta Box" to latest version 4.12.4
= Version 1.1.3 (7th June 2017) =
* Tweak: Optimize scripts loading
* Tweak: Optimized CSS styles
* Fix: Custom CSS not being inserted correctly
* Minor improvements
* Updated templates: grid.php, standard.php
= Version 1.1.2 (3rd June 2017) =
* New: Added shortcode preview to admin coupons overview page
* New: Added shortcode preview to admin categories overview page
* New: Added shortcode preview to admin types overview page
* Fix: Since the latest update, thumbnail images didn't show up correctly
* Fix: Admin vendors overview page showed incorrect shortcode preview
= Version 1.1.1 (2nd June 2017) =
* Tweak: Set default grid size back to 3
* Fix: Removed shortcode debugging :)
= Version 1.1.0 (2nd June 2017) =
* New: Display single coupons by id
* New: Display coupons from a specific vendor
* New: Sort coupons on a shortcode basis
* New: Added more setting options (template, grid size, order, orderby, button text, button icon)
* New: Button text can be overwritten via shortcode attribute "button_text"
* Tweak: Added links to coupon thumbnails
* Tweak: Optimized CSS styles
* Tweak: Optimized scripts loading
* Fix: Post types appeared in sitemaps and search results
* Changed shortcode from "affcoups_coupons" to "affcoups" (added fallback for previous shortcode)
= Version 1.0.1 (9th August 2016) =
* Tweak: Optimized settings quickstart explanation for categories/types
* Tweak: Made "Copied!" label translatable
* Fix: Only 5 coupons appearing for a category
* Fix: Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context ... coupons-grid.php on line 48
= Version 1.0.0 (30th July 2016) =
* Initial release