BookingWP - #1 WordPress Appointment Booking Plugin Version History

* Fix           - Staff availability rules are now indexed to the availability cache during save (synchronously), same as global rules, so availability is correct immediately after saving.
* Fix           - Staff rule indexing was previously deferred to async jobs and could result in corrupted or missing cache entries; indexing now runs in the same request after the transaction commit.

* Feature       - Add timezone enable/disable setting, not just the filter. Filter overrides the setting.
* Feature       - Add much more context to admin/staff when customer books in different timezone.
* Feature       - Add timezone context to admin and staff separately, when in different timezone for all involved: admin, staff and customer.
* Improvement   - Remove "—" before time selection in date-time form.
* Improvement   - Gcal sync should not deuthorize instantly and should deuthorize only after 3 failed attempts.
* Improvement   - Stale appointments shown from cache briefly and then hidden. Issue #1301.
* Improvement   - Add a setting to disable the timezones inside Appointment WooCommerce settings.
* Improvement   - Updated all translations. Added translations for the General product settings.
* Improvement   - FOUC fixes applied to availability rule settings, which did not render nice from initial load.
* Improvement   - Show uploaded files in addon fields as links in appointment viewing modal in admin.
* Improvement   - Show uploaded files in addon fields as links in appointment viewing modal in admin.
* Improvement   - Centralize cart simulation for testing, so any plugin can hook in, woocommerce default factored in.
* Improvement   - Snippet to show month/year dropdown on frontend booking form doesn't work. Issue #1300.
* Fix           - date and time format should never use localize version for internal checking. 3-layer fix applied.
* Fix           - gcal_availability_rules() calls set_sync_token() without user context.
* Fix           - sync_from_gcal should return after the staff loop to avoid re-running the global sync with a potentially corrupted context.
* Fix           - date and time format should never use localize version for internal checking. 3-layer fix applied.
* Fix           - When staff disconnects the sync with gcal, it disconnects the main calendar sync. clear local tokens only. Issue #1298.
* Fix           - When staff disconnects the sync with gcal, it should clear their calendar as well as gcal config to avoid stale data.
* Fix           - PayPal sandbox testing can cause overbooking. Not a live example, but still should not do that.
* Fix           - Fix already_indexed_in_request guard to track status — allow re-index on status change.
* Fix           - Count of synced rules includes expired rules, but shouldn't.
* Fix           - Yellow background highlighting availability rows should be removed when out of input focus.
* Fix           - Timezones strtching to other days when switched do not open those days for certain availability rule types.

* Feature       - Staff permissions: Rules set by staff now sectioned into minimal, standard and full, staff doesn't need that many options.
* Improvement   - ICS export not working for other calendars (only works for gCal). Issue #970.
* Improvement   - Updated all translations. Staff permission settings missing translations.
* Improvement   - Appointments edited in admin calendar should instantly sync to the Google calendar, when connected.
* Improvement   - Appointment creation modal now has slightly polised UX, less autoclosing/autoopening, better timing and spacing.
* Improvement   - Appointment creation modal and viewing modal should have a simple link to appointment edit page, no fancy redirects.
* Fix           - Staff permission for editing and creating products not working, but should grant staff access to all products.
* Fix           - Automatically assigned staff together issue when no staff assigned. Issue #1292.
* Fix           - Patch non-indexed path where showing sold out slots could trigger fatal error through filter.
* Fix           - Minimal CSS patch to prevent transition effect (added elsewhere) on datepicker back/forward buttons.
* Fix           - Patch to show status drodown correctly on appointment viewing modal when statuses have long translations.
* Fix           - Timezone change to UTC on frontend not working. Issue #1294.
* Fix           - Timezone text on frontend not changing when selecting default. Issue #1295.
* Fix           - Timezone overnight change not reflected on the calendar date picker. Issue #438.
* Fix           - Appointment vierwing modal shows wrong duration for daily or monthly duration types. Issue #1296.
* Fix           - Timezone should also be added to daily and monthly durations during creation or editing in admin calendar. Issue #1296.
* Fix           - When product is selected in modal, end date/time is not adjusted based on product duration.
* Fix           - When staff creates appointment in modal, they should be assigned to the product, not any other staff member.
* Fix           - When staff is logged in, admin calendar should server preload appointment for the staff, but loads the via API (slower).
* Fix           - Fix get_slots_availability to expand DB query range by padding. Issue #1256.
* Fix           - Fix indexed path to include padded range more strictly. Issue #1256.

* Improvement   - Remove JS hover effect for back/forward buttons on the frontend date picker, CSS styling only. Issue #1276.
* Improvement   - Add back option for Add as customer in modal for creating appointment, needs Screen options enabling. Issue #1290.
* Improvement   - Add better error feedback notice for quantity in admin modal for creating appointments.
* Improvement   - Refactored responsiveness and mobile UX for viewing and creating appointment modals in admin.
* Improvement   - Admin modal for viewing appointments status changing for more statuses, moved into conntent from modal footer.
* Improvement   - Updated all translations.
* Fix           - Admin modal for creating appointments should refresh mini date picker when quantity or staff chanage. Issue #1289.
* Fix           - Staff dashboard link to availability section in their profile is broken.

* Feature       - Staff dashboard: Migrated from custom submenu page to native WordPress dashboard widgets using wp_add_dashboard_widget().
* Feature       - Staff dashboard: 8 individual widgets — Overview, Appointment Trends, Upcoming Appointments, Insights, This Week, Monthly Schedule, Top Products, Quick Actions.
* Feature       - Staff dashboard: 3-column layout with automatic widget placement for staff users on first visit.
* Feature       - Staff dashboard: Pending appointments alert rendered as native WP admin notice at the top of the dashboard.
* Feature       - Refactored email timezone approach so each recipient will receive appointment times in separate email in their own timezone.
* Feature       - Refactored admin calendar filtering system to work much better.
* Improvement   - Staff dashboard: Removed forced redirect from WP dashboard (index.php) to custom page — staff now land on the native dashboard.
* Improvement   - Staff dashboard: WordPress Dashboard menu item now visible for staff users.
* Improvement   - Staff dashboard: Admin bar "Dashboard" link points to WP dashboard instead of old custom page.
* Improvement   - Staff dashboard: Default WP/WooCommerce widgets removed for staff to keep dashboard focused on appointments.
* Improvement   - Staff dashboard: Split monolithic template into 8 widget partials in views/dashboard-widgets/.
* Improvement   - Remove extra week addded to month view in admin as it adds confusion.
* Improvement   - Missed cached/indexed path are now patched: slots API, availability widget and block, finding default date.
* Improvement   - Add timezone in my-account, so customer always know which timezone appointment time is displayed in.
* Improvement   - Update all translations. Fixed mistranslated strings.
* Improvement   - When panel in admin modal for creating appointments is toggled gently scroll to the content if outside the viewport.
* Improvement   - Make past appointments faded, but not semi-transparent.
* Improvement   - Faster product preload for appointment creation modal.
* Improvement   - Add a legend to the footer of admin calendar, indicating stripped background meaning.
* Improvement   - Timezone setting for staff should include current timezone suggestion, same as customer setting does in my-account on frontend.
* Improvement   - Add appointment ID to toast messages in admin calendar.
* Improvement   - Staff dashboard should align more with the profile color scheme staff selects.
* Cleanup       - Staff dashboard: Removed old html-staff-dashboard.php template, add_dashboard_page(), render_dashboard(), and redirect_staff_dashboard() methods.
* Cleanup       - Staff dashboard: Updated all references from old page slug (wca-staff-dashboard) to admin_url('index.php').
* Fix           - Staff can create appointments with any product if permission allows it, otherwise not.
* Fix           - Staff control panel live update/refresh does not work.
* Fix           - Availability check in modal wrongly allowed manually entered time that wasn't available with selected staff.
* Fix           - Are you sure not translatable in admin modal prompt.
* Fix           - When product is selected in admin calendar filter, preselect it when creating appointment from calendar with name set, not just ID.
* Fix           - Current week widget for staff did not account for timezone.
* Fix           - Admin modal for creating appointments has slightly bigger font now, 13->14px.
* Fix           - DST adjustments on all levels, use wall-clock-based conversion instead of offset, time conversion should follow exact date as well.
* Fix           - Email order summary timezone conversion not working for admin and staff and still shows times in customers timezone.
* Fix           - Some email templates are falsely flagged as not-admin email types, but they are, timezone conversion suffers in some cases.
* Fix           - "appointment_time_from" validates input incorrectly inside modal for creating appointments.
* Fix           - Toast message in admin calendar should only appear once for single action.
* Fix           - Current time and day in week and day view should also be timezone aware in admin calendar.
* Fix           - Invalidate cache selectively in admin calendar when appointments change to update stale cache and prevent double rendering.
* Fix           - Recurring rules display also needs to account for the timezone of user.
* Fix           - When admin is editing staff profile, edit in admin's timezone, but still show what timezone staff has set.

* Improvement   - Updated What's New admin page with better styling and to include clear roadmap, updates with improved release notes.
* Improvement   - Refining admin calendar hover effects, turn past appointments grayscale and unavailable time ranges into stripes.
* Fix           - Non-recurring rules could expire same day, before the 30 days grace period. Issue #1261.
* Fix           - Cart persistence: Rewrote cart_loaded_from_session with whitelist approach to prevent premature cart clearing with any payment plugin.
* Fix           - Only removes items from cart when order is definitively paid (processing/completed/partial-payment).
* Fix           - Removed delete_in_cart_appointments_before_empty method as it was too unpredictable.

* Improvement   - Speed up loading of avatar, staff and order in admin calendar appointment modal.