Invoicing with InvoiceXpress for WooCommerce – Pro Changelog
6.0 – 2024-11-13
FIX VAT number was not being saved correctly on the blocks checkout – Thanks lxmarket.pt
FIX Fatal error when WooCommerce is running update routines for 9.4
FIX Fatal error on the pending errors screen if an order doesn’t exist anymore
DEV Better debug of JSON requests
DEV Tested with WordPress 6.7 and WooCommerce 9.4.1
5.9 – 2024-10-08
FIX Load text domain at the right time to avoid PHP notices on WordPress 6.7 and above
FIX Avoid fatal errors when there are api call errors on the updater class
DEV Tested with WordPress 6.7-beta1-59184 and WooCommerce 9.4.0-beta.2
5.8 – 2024-08-21
DEV New invoicexpress_woocommerce_vat_position_my_account and invoicexpress_woocommerce_vat_position_my_account_priority filters to allow reposition the VAT field on the My Account and Thank You order detail pages
DEV Tested with 6.7-alpha-58919 and WooCommerce 9.2.0
5.7 – 2024-07-04
FIX VAT field not showing if not forced on the blocks checkout page
DEV Tested with WordPress 6.6-RC2-58657 and WooCommerce 9.1.0-beta.1
5.6 – 2024-04-17
FIX Integration with Shop as Client on the blocks checkout
5.5 – 2024-04-03
FIX Issuing of automatic invoices since version 5.4
5.4 – 2024-04-01
FIX Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property in PHP 8.3
FIX Avoid fatal error when calling wc_add_notice from inside our namespace
DEV Updater improvements
DEV Tested with WordPress 6.5-RC4-57894 and WooCommerce 8.8.0-beta.1
5.3 – 2024-03-13
FIX Fix some i18n strings, one of them causing a fatal error
5.2 – 2024-03-07
DEV Add WooCommerce plugin identification on the API calls to InvoiceXpress for filtering on the web app
DEV Add “Requires Plugins” header to the main plugin file
TWEAK Remove outer DIV from field on the frontend blocks checkout to get the correct margins set by default
TWEAK InvoiceXpress logo in SVG
DEV Improve plugin updater – Show translation update notices
DEV Hide License key and API fields from Shop Managers
DEV Tested with WordPress 6.5-beta3-57747 and WooCommerce 8.7.0-rc.1
5.1 – 2024-02-18
DEV Change main folder name from src to includes to fix javascript translation files generation on Traduttore
DEV Make sure AutomateWoo does not crash when adding a “Trigger Order Action” action on workflows
DEV Simplify block build process and implement SVG accessibility attributes
TWEAK Improve i18n including placeholders and translators comments
DEV Tested with WordPress 6.5-beta1-57650 and WooCommerce 8.6.0
5.0 – 2024-02-01
NEW Block-based Checkout compatibility (in beta)
NEW Show VAT number on the order received / thank you page
TWEAK Updater improvements
DEV Declare constants for meta fields
DEV Requires WooCommerce 6.0
DEV Tested with WordPress 6.5-alpha-57378 and WooCommerce 8.6.0-beta.1
4.5 – 2024-01-23
Better feedback when the license is expired
Update plugin translations online instead of shipping them with the main plugin
Tested with WordPress 6.5-alpha-57299 and WooCommerce 8.5.1
4.4 – 2023-11-21
Fix documents email string translations when WPML is active
4.3 – 2023-11-20
New filter invoicexpress_woocommerce_order_should_be_vat_exempt to allow manipulating that the order should be VAT exempt or not
New action invoicexpress_woocommerce_before_auto_invoice_check to allow manipulating the order before checking if automated documents should be issued (Pro version)
Fix PHP notice when checking for client VAT number on InvoiceXpress (Pro version)
Requires WordPress 5.6
Tested with WordPress 6.5-alpha-57127 and WooCommerce 8.3.0
4.2 – 2023-10-13
Filename prefix when sending the document email in WooCommerce mode
New filter invoicexpress_woocommerce_automatic_invoice_type to allow changing the automatic document type before issuing
Clarify the third party VAT number plugins description
Tested with WordPress 6.4-beta2-56809 and WooCommerce 8.2.0
4.1 – 2023-08-01
Apply default tax exemption for partially exempted orders only if the lines without vat have a value (not zero)
Better automatic documents workflow by detecting the need to issue the documents sooner
Get the InvoiceXpress existing customer when trying to create it with the same code
Better debug
Small fix on the Portuguese translation
Tested with WordPress 6.3-RC2-56328 and WooCommerce 8.0.0-beta.2
Show order number instead of order ID on automation failure emails
Tested with WooCommerce 6.7.0-beta.1 and WordPress 6.1-alpha-53556
3.4.2- 2022-06-09
Possibility to save the document QR code URL, as order meta, by passing true to the invoicexpress_woocommerce_get_document_qr_code filter (Pro version)
Save SAFT hash as order meta
Bugfix on API PUT requests
Tested with WooCommerce 6.6.0-rc.2 and WordPress 6.1-alpha-53479
3.4.1 – 2022-05-25
Fix when changing document status after the changes on the InvoiceXpress of May 24
Fix a PHP notice after WooCommerce 6.5.0
Documentation and FAQ links next to the license key (Pro version)
Tested with WooCommerce 6.6.0-beta.1 and WordPress 6.0
3.4.0 – 2022-05-05
New brand: PT Woo Plugins ????
Fix a php deprecation (Pro version)
3.3.2 – 2022-05-04
May the 4th be with you
Fix some countries’ translations
Bugfix on the WooCommerce EU VAT Number plugin integration (Pro version) – Thanks itemzero.com
Update routines fix (Pro version)
Tested with WooCommerce 6.5.0-rc.1 and WordPress 6.0-beta2-53236
3.3.1 – 2022-01-27
Fix randomness to the documents file names, retroactively for documents saved before version 2.8.3
3.3.0 – 2022-01-27
Issue VAT MOSS invoice even if there’s no VAT on the order, for example, books delivered to Ireland (Pro version)
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_eu_vat_countries_for_oss filter to be able to manipulate the countries the VAT MOSS invoice should be issued to (Pro version)
Option to delay the sending of the Delivery Notes email, only after AT Code is fetched if its set to be done after one minute (Pro version)
Replace is_ajax() with wp_doing_ajax() to avoid PHP notices on WooCommerce 6.1.0
Fix fatal error checking for checkout page in some edge situations
Replace some problematic characters on the item description
Tested with WooCommerce 6.2.0-rc.1 and WordPress 6.0-alpha-52640
3.2.2 – 2021-07-02
Issue VAT MOSS Credit notes instead of regular Credit notes for VAT MOS invoices
3.2.1 – 2021-07-01
Fix Credit Notes for VAT MOSS invoices
Allow issuing of VAT MOSS invoices for non-Portuguese stores
Make sure only administrators or store managers can redownload PDFs or request the AT Code
Fix a bug on automatic receipts for Simplified invoices and VAT MOSS invoices
Better debugging
Tested with WooCommerce 5.5.0-rc.1 and WordPress 5.8-beta4-51251
3.1.0 – 2021-06-07
Invoice shipping costs as “other” instead of “service”
Add country prefix to the VAT number
Avoid automatic invoicing for older orders
Allow using the same InvoiceXpress contact, even if there’s no VAT number associated with it, by returning true to the new invoicexpress_woocommerce_allow_contact_reuse_without_vat filter
Fix email notification when failing to send the document via the InvoiceXpress method
Several fixes and improvements on the pending errors screen
Moved the sendErrorEmail, set_email_to_html and get_blogname methods from the Base Controller to the Plugin class for more flexibility
Settings screen reorganization and technical support terms and conditions link
Add Update URI header
Complete VAT Controller code refactoring
Remove legacy code
Tested with WooCommerce 5.4.0-rc.1 and WordPress 5.8-alpha-51064
3.0.4 – 2021-04-14
Fix a bug on the PDF fetching routine introduced in the last version
3.0.3 – 2021-04-12
Remove built-in PHP Curl Class and use the WordPress HTTP API exclusively
Fix PHP notice while getting order item tax name
Fix a bug on the redownload pdf class
Remove code to support old Hellodev Woocommerce Inventory Manager plugin
Sanitize request data
3.0.2 – 2021-04-06
Bugfix when issuing Delivery notes and Return delivery notes after an Invoice (Pro version)
3.0.1 – 2021-04-05
Better handling of tax names
Unify the method of getting order items also for Credit notes (Pro version)
Remove the invoicexpress_woocommerce_shipping_and_fee_ref_unique filter
Small readme.txt adjustments
3.0.0 – 2021-04-03
Possibility to fix pending errors, or dissociate them from the order so that they can be issued again, for these document types: Invoice-receipt, Invoice, Simplified invoice, VAT MOSS invoice, Proforma, Quote, Delivery note, and Return delivery note
New option to get AT Code after 1 minute (using the WordPress cron) instead of immediately (Pro version)
Add order note with a link to fetch AT Code after a Delivery note is issued (Pro version)
Better automation error emails
Added $order_object and $error_message to the automation error emails subject, heading, and body filters (Pro version)
Fix negative values for fees and shipping on Credit Notes
Code refactoring and optimization
Several minor fixes
Tested with WordPress 5.8-alpha-50650 and WooCommerce 5.2.0-rc.1
2.8.4 – 2021-02-23
Delete sequences and default taxes options when the InvoiceXpress API account is changed
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_pro_is_valid_order_type filter to be able to stop invoicing, without an error, for example for marketplace sub-orders
Fixed shipping and fee costs being sent as strings and not floats to the InovoiceXpress API
Tested with WooCommerce 5.1.0-beta.1 and 5.7-beta3-50388
2.8.3 – 20020-12-30
Add randomness to the documents file names
Remove Great Britain and Isle of Man from EU VAT countries, from 2021 January 1st onwards, for VAT exemption and VAT MOSS issuing proposes
Tested with WooCommerce 4.9.0-rc.1 and WordPress 5.7-alpha-49862
And a Happy New Year!
2.8.2 – 2020-12-17
Avoid issuing documents for orders with negative valued items
Better logic when showing the “Issue Receipt” order action
Get support link on Updater.php so it can be used by all extensions
Make sure to not issue a Credit note if an Invoice document does not exist which is odd because we were already looking for a Receipt
Modules register_hooks() now run on after_setup_theme to allow the theme functions.php file hook into any filters available
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_allow_{$document_type} filters to be able to deactivate some documents (even if activated on the options) via filters. Caution: It can break automatic documents if the current_user_can() function is used to determine returning false to the filter.
Fix order date replacements on emails when WPML is active and order language is not the same as the current WordPress language
Tested with WooCommerce 4.8.0 and WordPress 5.7-alpha-49782
2.8.1 – 2020-11-11
Remove manual Receipt order action if “Issue automatic receipt” is set
Bugfix when loading new customer data on the order edit screen
Bugfix when adding order item meta to the invoicing title
Tested with WooCommerce 4.7.0 and WordPress 5.6-beta1-49314
2.8.0 – 2020-10-09
Tracking of document finalization and email sending status, and the possibility to fix it, when the InvoiceXpress API times out, on a new “Pending errors” screen (experimental, only for Invoice-receipts)
Choose automatic document errors email address instead of always using the WordPress admin email
Fully discontinue the bulk invoices functionality as announced on 2019-10-11
Fully discontinue the “Update order status” functionality as announced on 2019-11-06
Soft discontinue the “Document cancelation” functionality
Option to remove license key, if WP_DEBUG is set to true and for technical support proposes only
Slightly change the document observations field position on the order edit screen
Fix fatal error on the WCFM Marketplace frontend order edit screen
Fix invoicing entity when the “General” tab options are not yet saved
Better debugging
PHP required version raised to 7.0
Tested with WooCommerce 4.6.0-rc.1 and WordPress 5.6-alpha-49064
2.7.1.1 – 2020-06-12
Better PDF naming – Fix file extension
2.7.1 – 2020-06-12
Better PDF naming
2.7.0 – 2020-05-28
Several changes on the “Invoices and Credit notes” settings to better clarify that Invoice-receipts are recommended in most scenarios
New exemption motive for COVID-19 related sales to the Portuguese State, other public organisms, and non-profits
Allow issuing of partial Credit notes for order shipping and fees
Fix Credit notes shipping and fees references
Show exemption reason field on orders with partial exemptions
Add $order_object to the get_due_date function and invoicexpress_woocommerce_{$type}_validity filter
Tested with WooCommerce 4.2.0-beta.1 and WordPress 5.5-alpha-47861
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_after_update_order_meta_frontend action after updating order meta in the checkout
EU B2B tax exemption motive setting
Tested with WooCommerce 4.1.0 and WordPress 5.5-alpha-47783
2.6.1 – 2020-04-22
Partial Receipts on Invoice-receipts
Better customer search on InvoiceXpress to avoid duplicates
Tested with WooCommerce 4.1.0-rc.1 and WordPress 5.5-alpha-47609
2.6.0.1 – 2020-04-16
Bugfix when products included as order items are deleted before a document is issued
2.6.0 – 2020-04-08
It’s now possible to issue VAT MOSS Invoices (Pro version – experimental)
Fix get_eu_vat_countries after WooCommerce 4.0.0 (Pro version)
Tested with WooCommerce 4.1.0-beta.1 and WordPress 5.5-alpha-47547
2.5.3.1 – 2020-03-14
Tested with WooCommerce 4.0.0
2.5.3 – 2020-02-08
WooCommerce Subscriptions integration bugfix: VAT code must be copied to renewals
Unique references for Shipping and Order Fees (can be reverted by returning false to invoicexpress_woocommerce_shipping_and_fee_ref_unique)
New filters to allow developers do add other items to the document based on the last added one: invoicexpress_woocommerce_items_after_document_item_add, invoicexpress_woocommerce_items_after_document_shipping_add and invoicexpress_woocommerce_items_after_document_fee_add
2.5.2.1 – 2020-01-20
Fix invoicing after the last update when WooCommerce Admin is active
2.5.2 – 2020-01-17
WooCommerce Subscriptions compatibility
Check if the order is valid to avoid issuing documents for special types of orders like Subscriptions, for example
2.5.1.1 – 2020-01-15
Change plugin website
2.5.1 – 2020-01-14
Bugfix for WordPress versions below 5.0
2.5 – 2020-01-04
Move VAT Field options to the “Taxes” tab
Code refactoring: WooCommerce EU VAT Assistant and EU VAT Number integration
Prevent automatic invoices for orders with tax exemption
Check for table and create it if needed on the scheduled documents cron
Bugfix: Credit notes were being created even if the order didn’t have a Receipt
Tested with WooCommerce 3.9.0-beta.2 and WordPress 5.3.3-alpha-46995
2.4.9.1 – 2019-12-12
Small tweaks on the version upgrade routine
Tested with WooCommerce 3.9.0-beta.1 and WordPress 5.3.1-alpha-46771
2.4.9 – 2019-11-26
Show updates for extensions on the API settings page
Use Select2 on settings select fields
Fix multiselect settings field and allow for `optgroup` on settings select fields
2.4.8 – 2019-11-25
Fix multiselect settings fields
Pass manual or automatic mode to the preventDocumentIssuing method thus allowing preventing the issuing of documents based on that
Add the reason the document issuing was prevented as an order note
Tested with WordPress 5.3.1-alpha-46771
2.4.7 – 2019-11-16
Get delivery guide AT Code
Change ReDownload PDF behavior
Tested with WordPress 5.3.0
2.4.6 – 2019-11-06
Fix a bug where Receipts would not be sent by email on InvoiceXpress PDF file mode
Move “Automatic document errors email” to the General settings
Soft discontinue “Update order status”
Better email sending debug
2.4.5 – 2019-10-29
Automatic receipts can now be issued on a different status
2.4.4 – 2019-10-16
Automatic documents tweaks and better debug
Allow developers to silently prevent document issuing
Code clean-up and reuse
2.4.3 – 2019-10-11
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_before_document_email action
When the automatic receipts are active, do them before sending the Invoice email, so that the “Paid” badge of the new templates is shown on the PDF file
Small Updater fix
Soft discontinue bulk Invoices
Check for updates on the API settings screen
Use version constant instead of getting it from the database each time it’s needed
Fix setting the receipt id and permalink on the order meta
Fix PHP notice when sending an email using the new hybrid mode
Fix PHP notice when issuing a receipt
Tested with WooCommerce 3.8.0-beta.1 and WordPress 5.2.4-alpha-46074
2.4.2 – 2019-10-07
Fix CSS loading on the settings page and improve field sizes
Small fix when downloading the PDF file from InvoiceXpress
Feedback when WordPress email sending fails (from WooCommerce 3.8.0 onwards)
New hybrid Email/PDF mode
A better explanation of the new Email/PDF methods
Fix document type names on My Account
Fix Automatic receipt issuing for Invoices and Simplified invoices
2.4.1 – 2019-10-03
Fix delivery guide email recipient
Fix endpoint and global logo parameter when using the new InvoiceXpress email sending method
Create an order note when the email is sent with the new InvoiceXpress email sending method
Add a div id on the My Account documents list so that store owners can style it with CSS
2.4.0 – 2019-10-02
Better feedback when the document is issued (and finalized) on InvoiceXpress but the PDF could not be downloaded (and sent to the client)
Ability to repeat the download (and sending to the client) process when it fails the first time
PDF fetching and sending code refactor
Send documents using InvoiceXpress instead of WordPress
List documents on My Account – Orders
Load order.js, cancel.js, and credit.js only on the order edit screen
UX fix on the settings fields
Load the default refund motive into the Reason for refund field
Reason for a refund on the Credit notes observations
Warning when not using WP-Admin interface on the same language as the default WPML language, because translatable strings may get mixed up
2.3.1 – 2019-09-10
Fix bug where invoicing documents could be repeatedly issued after the order had a credit note
Product unit for virtual products (default: service)
Plugin version on scripts and styles
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_item, invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_shipping and invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_fee developer filters to allow manipulation or exclusion of each document line
Use the order get_coupon_codes method from WooCommerce 3.7.0 forward
Better feedback when the VAT number is missing and is required
EU B2B Tax exemption explanation
Under the hood: Change delivery guide automatic generation action name for normalization and future scheduling
2.2.0.1 – 2019-08-01
Fix bug on delivery and return guides when the shipping and billing country is not the same
2.2.0 – 2019-07-17
New option to set the default unit of measurement: Product or Service
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_item_unit, invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_shipping_unit and invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_fee_unit filters to allow developers to change each document item unit of measurement
WordPress 4.9 minimum requirement
PHP 5.6 minimum requirement
Translations update
Tested with WooCommerce 3.7.0-beta.1
2.1.9 – 2019-06-27
Several changes on the licensing so that extensions can use it
Third parties can now prevent the issuing of documents when using the invoicexpress_woocommerce_{$type}_data filters
Fix on the plugin version update on the database
Translations update
Tested with WordPress 5.2.3-alpha-45552
2.1.8 – 2019-06-12
Try to avoid issuing duplicate automatic documents when PayPal has both IPN and PDT notifications active
Fix PHP notice when creating new orders on wp-admin and automatic invoices or transport guides are activated
Better tax exemption descriptions
Better debugging
Tested with WooCommerce 3.6.4 and WordPress 5.2.2-RC1
2.1.7 – 2019-05-24
Experimental partial VAT exemption
Prevent automatic invoicing of orders without values, unless explicitly activated on the options
Better error handling and feedback from the InvoiceXpress API
Fix VAT exemption error for documents and items with no value
Initial implementation of generic handling actions so that they can be logged by an external debug plugin
Composer update and plugin initialization refactoring for better PHP 7.3 compatibility
Tested with WooCommerce 3.6.3 and WordPress 5.2.1
2.1.6 – 2019-04-27
Fix bug on Bulk Invoices
Fix VAT on Shipping and Fees
Tested with WooCommece 3.6.2
2.1.5 – 2019-04-03
EU VAT Number by WooCommerce support for EU VAT exemption on B2B
Use wp_remote_get instead of fopen
Small bugfix on a string
Tested with WooCommerce 3.6.0 (RC 1)
2.1.4.6 – 2019-03-19
Fix product description on some multilingual configurations
Shipping and fee name now have a prefix
Tested with WooCommerce 3.6.0 (beta 1) and WordPress 5.1.1
2.1.4.5 – 2019-03-05
Shot VAT field on the order admin screen even when “YITH WooCommerce Checkout Manager” is in use
Do not show tax exemption field on the order admin screen when the order total is zero
Code cleanup
2.1.4.4 – 2019-02-28
Bugfix when editing the VAT number on My Account – Billing Address
Tested with WooCommerce 3.5.5 and WordPress 5.1
2.1.4.3 – 2019-02-19
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_item_title_with_meta filter to disable the item meta on the document item description
Code cleanup
2.1.4.2 – 2019-02-18
Use get_order_number() instead of get_id() for documents reference, for compatibility with plugins that manipulate the order number
New function to set the item description for all the document types
Item description now includes all item meta, which is particularly useful for variations
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_item_title filter
2.1.4.1 – 2019-02-12
InvoiceXpress links fix
2.1.4 – 2019-02-12
Prevent issuing any document if the order contains non WooCommerce core coupon types
New invoicexpress_woocommerce_allowed_coupon_types filter to allow coupon types
New method and invoicexpress_woocommerce_prevent_document_issuing filter that allows developers to prevent the document issuing based on the order details
2.1.3 – 2019-02-01
Bugfix on the invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_language filter
Tested with WooCommerce 3.5.4
2.1.2 – 2019-01-16
Bugfix on the default tax exemption motive for Portuguese businesses exempt from taxes
2.1.1 – 2019-01-11
New filter on the document’s filename: invoicexpress_woocommerce_document_filename
A small adjustment on default documents filename
Bugfix on Invoices-receipt email
Tested with WooCommerce 3.5.3 and WordPress 5.0.3
2.1.0 – 2019-01-02
Future-proofing by using InvoiceXpress API v2 in JSON
Document language now based on an option instead of the client country
Caching document sequences for a small boost in performance
Complete refactoring of ClientChecker class and the way the client is identified on InvoiceXpress
Code review and elimination of duplicate code on all the controllers
Fix VAT number validation on the checkout and when issuing documents (both with our field and WooCommerce EU VAT Assistant)
Translations update
Tested with WordPress 5.0.2
2.0.8 – 2018-12-19
Use WooCommerce CRUD functions only to get and set metadata from and to orders
Fix the VAT number, document sequence, and delivery note fields on the order edit screen
Bulk invoice tax exemption bugfix
Fix on the JavaScript enqueues
Code review
New filter to disable WooCommerce EU VAT Assistant field status feedback on the checkout
Fix sending Delivery notes directly to the warehouse or the dropshipping supplier
Translations update
2.0.7 – 2018-12-15
WPML initial support
Tweak on the document emails’ placeholder replacements
Store InvoiceXpress document sequence number on order meta and show it on notifications and order notes
Fix Invoice-receipts and Quotes meta when storing document id and pdf link
Fix Receipts notifications
Fix Delivery and Return delivery notes translations
Translations update
2.0.6 – 2018-12-14
Send Delivery notes directly to the warehouse or the dropshipping supplier
Bugfix on error emails for Automatic invoices
Fix some translations
2.0.5 – 2018-12-14
Add plugin version to the settings page title
Propagate the invoicexpress_woocommerce_after_document_issue and invoicexpress_woocommerce_after_document_finish developer filters to all documents
Fix some translations
2.0.4 – 2018-12-14
Code review
Associate same order Invoices to Guides and vice versa on InvoiceXpress
Translations update
Refactor possible status and not recommended status for automatic documents
WooCommerce EU VAT Assistant link update
Fix automatic documents when a custom order status exist
Fix Transport guide loaded time for automatic documents
Fix automatic receipts notifications for shop admins
2.0.3 – 2018-12-13
Update translations
Fix automatic documents notifications for shop admins
Several Transport guides fixes
Fix translation loading
Tested with WordPress 5.0.1
2.0.2 – 2018-12-12
Fix textdomain so that the Free version uses the WordPress.org GlotPress
2.0.1 – 2018-12-12
Fix fatal error on specific situations when updating plugin database version
Fix automatic invoices tax exemption check
2.0.0 – 2018-12-10
Under new management.
Changed the plugin name.
Extensive code overhaul and bug fixing (can contain breaking changes).
WooCommerce 3.x and PHP 7.x compatibility reviewed.
