Hi, the Magefan customers and welcome to the newbies of our Magefan blog.

April 2024 News & Updates digest is here!

Our whole team has been working all month on new product releases and updates to our Magento 2 extensions and Shopify Apps.

Here is what we have for the end of this quite productive month. Happy reading!


New features of Magento 2 Blog Extension!

Features:

  • Added the reading_progress_bar on the blog post page (Blog Extra). 
  • Option to group blog post archives not only "by Month and Year", but also "by Year".
  • Added Article rich snippet in addition to BlogPosting and NewsArticle.
  • Blog performance (speed) improvements.
  • Improved blog post images in the sitemap XML.
  • Improved the pt_BR locale.
  • Removed the "Publish Posts On Facebook (Blog+)" option. It is deprecated now.
  • Improved blog import from Mageplaza.
  • Minor code improvements.

Fixes:

  • Minor errors on PHP8. 
  • Fixed the issue with the meta description being duplicated on the pagination pages. Now the "Page N - "prefix is added.
  • Fixed the incorrect message displayed during the incorrect connection to the database during import.

The latest available version is v 2.11.3

 


New features of Magento 2 Google Tag Manager Extension!

Features:

  • Measure activity across platforms with User ID.
  • The option to include/exclude tags from prices works not only on the purchase events but all events.
  • Improved the ecomm_pagetype identifier.
  • Added an option to prevent the execution of third-party JavaScripts for Google Analytics and Google Ads.
  • Added tracking of the refund event (GTM EXtra).
  • Minor code improvements.

Features:

  •  Fixed an issue with the v2.5.5 during import to the GTM: Unknown variable “Magefan DLV - Customer Email Hash” found in another variable. Edit the variable and remove the reference to the unknown variable.

The latest available version is v 2.5.6

 


New product for Shopify Shopify Size Chart App!

Learn more about the Shopify app that helps you to create customizable size charts for your Shopify product pages. 

 

 

 


New features of the Shopify Blog App!

Features:

  • Added the Co-author feature (Pro Plan).  
  • Added the News-sitempap (Pro Plan).
  • Added Rich Snippet / Structured Data per post
  • Added breadcrumb rich snippet (Standard Plan).
  • Now the 404 page inherits the store design.


New features of Magento 2 Auto Related Products Extension!

Features:

  • Cache flushing for products that begin to meet the conditions and for products that no longer meet the conditions.
  • Refactoring.
  • Update dependency on Dynamic Product Attributes 2.1.0 (Plus).
  • Update dependency on Dynamic Product Attributes 2.1.2. Added the ability to schedule time for updating each Dynamic Product Attribute (Plus).

Fixes:

  • We have enhanced the logic to generate cache tags in situations where the product cannot be retrieved on the page.

The latest available version is v 2.3.1


New features of Magento 2 Google Indexing API Extension!

Features:

  • Added the "Index On Attribute Value Change" for Automatic Product Indexing.
  • Added the "Request Google Indexing" option to product mass actions.
  • Added the "Execute" mass action to the "Indexing Schedule Log" grid.
  • Added the option to upload a TXT file with the URLs for indexing to the "Request Google Indexing" panel.

Fixes:

  • Improved performance with Google quote. The extension doesn't highlight the errors in logs now, the links sent for indexing simply wait for the quote to be available.

The latest available version is v 2.1.1

 


New features of Magento 2 Dynamic Category Extension!

Features:

  • Added ability to sort products in the category by product attribute.
  • Added a "Duplicate" button to the rule.

The latest available version is v 2.5.1

 


New features of Magento 2 Translation Extension!

Features:

  • Improved locate retrieving using JavaScript for translations on Magento Commerce on Cloud.

Fixes:

  • Fixed the "Undefined variable secureRenderer" issue on older Magento versions.

The latest version available is v 2.2.8

 


New features of Magento 2 POS System | Point of Sale!

Features:

  • Magento EE Gift Card integration (POS Extra).
  • Third-party vendors Gift Card integration (POS Extra).

Fixes:

  • Fixed cart display issue with custom product prices showing as special prices (POS Extra).
  • Fixed issues that prevented orders from being placed when self-checkout was enabled (POS Extra).

The latest version available is v 2.3.7

 


New features of Magento 2 Zero Downtime Deployment !

Features:

  • Minor code improvements.

Fixes: 

  • Fixed the "Unknown module" error during deployment.

The latest version available is v 2.0.21

 


New features of Better Magento 2 Checkout Extension!

Features:

  • Added newsletter subscription section on checkout.
  • Added compatibility with virtual products.

The latest version available is v 2.1.0

 


New features of Magento 2 Extended Product Grid!

Features:

  •  Minor code improvements.

Fixes:

  • Fixed the issue with the product preview after conditions setup if conditions contain a multi-select attribute.

The latest version available is v 2.1.8

 


New features of Magento 2 Order Editor!

Features:

  •  Added ability to delete order items that have invoices or shipping info.

Fixes:

  •  Fixed the issue when the shipping or payment method was used from one store view, now the methods are used from the store view the order has been placed on.

The latest version available is v 2.3.1


New features of Magento 2 Command Line Interface!

Features: 

  • Added "Use system value" checkboxes to the extension configuration.
  • Minor code improvements.

 

The latest version available is v 2.1.8

 


 

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