Author: Arnan de Gans

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AdRotate Pro 5.12.2 – Improvements, tweaks and fixes

AdRotate Professional 5.12.2 has a number of improvements for new users with better support links and information for licenses.
Based on user feedback it came to light that caching certain stats related queries make no sense anymore and a the ongoing issue with the missing license form has been resolved.

Google Analytics 4

Recently AdRotate Pro stats for Google Analytics 4 got overhauled. If you’re using GA4 you can read in the manuals below how to set it up.

My preferred method is still the Global Tag, this of-course because it’s less of a hassle to get working. But both methods are interchangeable with AdRotate sending the same Events.

Changes in AdRotate Professional 5.12.2

  • [added] Support links for new users on the license page
  • [added] Better support links for new users on the contact form
  • [removed] Hide license option
  • [removed] wp_cache_set() for stats dashboard
  • [fix] Group CSS value saving as a wrong type on some new setups

Download

The update is available now, you can update through automatic updates in your dashboard or via direct download in your dashboard.
Or if you do not have AdRotate Pro yet, get your copy today through the product pages below.

Matomo Tracker 1.2.9 available now!

Matomo Tracker by Arnan de Gans

A quick update for Matomo Tracker to ensure ClassicPress 1.5.2 compatibility. As well as some readme and dashboard tweaks.

Matomo Analytics is more better

With the increasing distrust of big tech companies like Google and Facebook, Matomo sits comfortably to host your website analytics securely and privately. With Matomo you can track stats for your website and other things, like an App, on your terms. Without some other company looking over your shoulder. Your analytics are yours, and nobody has access to them.

That’s great. For me, Matomo replaced Google Analytics entirely. I ditched Jetpack Stats and now rely on Matomo for all of my tracking.
I track emails, RSS feeds and just common website stats. And I use my Matomo Analytics plugin to do so. It’s simple and ‘more better’!

Changes for Matomo Tracker 1.2.9

  • Tested to work with ClassicPress 1.5+
  • Updated support links

AdRotate Pro 5.12.1 – Improved Google Analytics 4 support!

AdRotate Professional 5.12.1 has a number of refinements for Google Analytics as well as some other improvements. Both the standard Global Tag and Tag Manager implementations now deliver the data to Google in a way that Google Analytics can actually use and make sense.
The custom events have been redone and replace previous implementations. Both manuals have been updated.

My preferred method is still the Global Tag, this of-course because it’s less of a hassle to get working. But both methods are interchangeable in AdRotate sending the same Events.

And finally, a few tweaks have been made to the internal update checks for updates. With the new caching that got introduced a few versions ago, all the inbetween update checks are useless. So these have been removed. And a silly bug where the license form was hidden has been fixed.

yay! 🥳

Changes in AdRotate Professional 5.12.1

  • [new] Support for ZIP files generated in Microsoft Windows
  • [tweak] Improved reporting to GA4 using the click event
  • [tweak] Improved reporting to GA4 using the impression event
  • [tweak] Removed redundant update checks
  • [fix] Hide license not consistent throughout settings

Download

The update is available now, you can update through automatic updates in your dashboard or via direct download in your dashboard.
Or if you do not have AdRotate Pro yet, get your copy today through the product pages below.

Single Page Checkout for WooCommerce and Classic Commerce updated!

Header E-Commerce

Single Page Checkout for WooCommerce and Classic Commerce got updated today and received the same treatment as Paypal Surcharge and Stripe Surcharge by adding Auto-Updates via your dashboard. And to keep up with changes on my website here, all support links have been updated as these changed a few months ago.

Grab your copy here

Changes for Stripe Surcharge 1.2

  • Updated support links
  • Added Automatic updates through the dashboard

Getting help

All my plugins get limited support through the forums. If you run into any trouble or have questions please post your questions there.

Paypal Surcharge and Stripe Surcharge updated!

Header E-Commerce

Paypal Surcharge and Stripe Surcharge have been updated to work with current WooCommerce and Classic Commerce versions.

Both plugins now have the ability for auto-updates via your dashboard. This makes keeping up with the latest improvements more easy. The plugin does get irregular updates though. But then a dashboard reminder is even more useful I think.
Next to that, all support links have been updated to reflect the current forums on my website – These were changed a few months ago.

Grab your copy here

Changes for Stripe Surcharge 1.5

  • Updated support links
  • Added Automatic updates through the dashboard

Changes for Paypal Surcharge 1.3

  • Updated support links
  • Added Automatic updates through the dashboard

Re-install the plugin

Part of better supporting Classic Commerce is dropping the name specifics for WooCommerce. This ‘rebrand’ happened last year. If your current installation does not mention WooCommerce in the title you already have the renamed version and you can skip this step.
Because the renaming of the plugins the file name and text domain has changed in the plugin. As such ‘WooCommerce Paypal Surcharge’ is now ‘AJdG Paypal Surcharge’ and ‘WooCommerce Stripe Surcharge’ is now ‘AJdG Stripe Surcharge’. Or simply Paypal Surcharge and Stripe Surcharge for short.

Since you do not overwrite the old version you need to uninstall the old version first before installing and activating the new plugin. This takes only a minute or two. But keep in mind that both the old and new version can not co-exist. For detailed steps on how to update the plugin take a look at the new Update guide – Updating a plugin on your website.

Getting help

All my plugins get limited support through the forums. If you run into any trouble or have questions please post your questions there.