WooCommerce Instagram Changelog

Changelog for WooCommerce Instagram

  *** Instagram Sync for WooCommerce Changelog ***

2026-07-06 - version 5.1.1
* Tweak - Show the connected Facebook Page ID next to each Page name on the settings screen to help diagnose connection errors
* Tweak - Link the missing Instagram Business Account error to setup instructions
* Tweak - Add Meta and Instagram setup instructions to the pre-connect screen

2026-01-27 - version 5.1.0
* Feature - Feed modals now use Instagram oEmbed, showing user, likes, comments, etc
* Feature - Instagram Sync tab in product data to access feed and bio link features
* Tweak - Saving of Instagram permalink when refreshing feeds for future retrieval and maintenance purposes
* Tweak - Approved media no longer available on Instagram gets deleted
* Tweak - Unapproved media is now automatically removed after 7 days
* Fix - If bio link is set to a product, disabling it doesn't revert because the overall bio link setting remains the product URL, in this scenario it now reverts to the site URL

2025-11-24 - version 5.0.1
* Tweak - Temporarily disable hashtag feed sync

2025-10-30 - version 5.0.0
* Feature - Feeds, create your own hashtag based feeds and display in masonry, grid, or carousel layouts
* Feature - Bio Link, create a shareable link to direct customers to any page on your store
* Feature - New top level menu item to provide easy access to feeds and bio link features

2025-02-19 - version 4.7.0
* Feature - Update to v21 of the Instagram Graph API
* Dev - Require PHP 7.4+, WordPress 5.4+, and WooCommerce 6.0+

2024-03-25 - version 4.6.2
* Tweak - Change connect server to Kestrel
* Fix - Pages created or linked to a Meta Business Portfolio can now be used by manually entering page ID
* Dev - add wc_instagram_auth_host filter
* Misc - Update brand to Kestrel

2023-12-05 - version 4.6.1
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 8.4
* Fix - Fixed Google Attribute save in the custom product attributes

2023-11-22 - version 4.6.0
* Feature - Declare compatibility with WooCommerce Cart and Checkout blocks
* Tweak - Check if the catalogs directory is writable in the System Status Report
* Tweak - Added trailing slash to the `WC_INSTAGRAM_CATALOGS_PATH` constant
* Tweak - Updated the plugin URLs to the new woo.com domain
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 8.3
* Dev - Fixed the default value provided as the third parameter in the filter hook `wc_instagram_product_parse_format`
* Dev - Renamed function parameters with reserved keywords to improve the compatibility with PHP 8.0

2023-10-18 - version 4.5.0
* Feature - Added compatibility with 'WooCommerce Additional Variation Images'
* Tweak - Updated plugin author
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 8.2
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WP 6.4
* Dev - Updated Instagram Graph API version to v15.0
* Dev - Added hook to filter the additional images of a product
* Dev - Dropped deprecated filter hook `wc_instagram_product_catalog_download_formats`
* Dev - Dropped deprecated filter hook `woocommerce_instagram_google_product_categories`
* Dev - Dropped deprecated plugin code up to version 4.2
* Dev - Updated the minimum requirements to WC 3.7, WP 4.9, and PHP 5.6

2023-08-21 - version 4.4.1
* Tweak - Uniquely register the scheduled actions
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 8.0
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WP 6.3

2023-07-13 - version 4.4.0
* Feature - Associate Google product attributes with custom product attributes
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 7.9
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WP 6.2
* Dev - Dropped `woo-includes/` files

2023-03-02 - version 4.3.4
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 7.4

2022-12-12 - version 4.3.3
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 7.2
* Fix - The catalog feed dialog never refreshes until the process of generating the feed finishes
* Fix - Fixed lock-in the process of generating the catalog feeds when at least one product fails

2022-11-24 - version 4.3.2
* Fix - Multi-word product attribute terms were not included in the catalog data feeds

2022-11-02 - version 4.3.1
* Tweak - Declare compatibility with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS)
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 7.1
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WP 6.1

2022-08-03 - version 4.3.0
* Feature - Include the WooCommerce product categories in the catalog data feeds
* Feature - Added tool for clearing all cached Instagram images used in the product hashtags
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 6.8

2022-07-11 - version 4.2.0
* Feature - Added option to interrupt the process of updating a catalog data feed
* Tweak - Add a default description to the products without any description when generating the catalog data feeds
* Tweak - Selecting a Facebook Page on the settings page is no longer required for using the product catalogs
* Tweak - Hide the settings related to the product hashtags when there is no Facebook Page selected
* Tweak - Moved the product catalogs settings to an upper position in the form
* Tweak - Renamed the settings section 'Shopping' to 'Product catalogs'
* Tweak - Renamed the settings section 'Product page' to 'Product images'
* Tweak - Renamed the column 'Downloads' to 'Data feeds' in the product catalogs table
* Tweak - Redesigned the dialog content of the catalog data feeds
* Tweak - Removed link to the 'Shopping' doc in the plugin list
* Tweak - Added a link to get support in the plugin list
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 6.7
* Fix - The 'Data feed' dialog stopped refreshing after the second AJAX request of the update process
* Dev - Deprecated filter hook `wc_instagram_product_catalog_download_formats`

2022-06-21 - version 4.1.9
* Tweak - Reduced to 25 the number of products to process per batch when generating a catalog file
* Fix - Fixed the lock of the process for generating a catalog file when it's interrupted for exceeding the execution limits

2022-06-08 - version 4.1.8
* Fix - Fixed duplicated products in the catalog files when including specific products in the catalog

2022-06-06 - version 4.1.7
* Fix - Fixed duplicated products in the catalog files when excluding specific products from the catalog

2022-06-03 - version 4.1.6
* Fix - Fixed fatal error when formatting a product with no price in PHP 8.0+

2022-06-02 - version 4.1.5
* Tweak - Improved the log texts of the process for generating the catalog files
* Tweak - Include the catalog feed URL in the System Status Report
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 6.6
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WP 6.0
* Fix - Fixed the interruption of the catalog files generation when excluding products from it

2022-04-28 - version 4.1.4
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 6.5

2022-04-20 - version 4.1.3
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 6.4
* Fix - The 'Stock Quantity' option of the already created catalogs was set to zero when updating the extension from a version prior to 4.1.0
* Fix - Fixed the interruption of the catalog files generation when the load of a product fails

2022-03-16 - version 4.1.2
* Tweak - Improved product catalogs table in the System Status Report
* Tweak - Include the last modified date in the catalog XML file
* Fix - Fixed duplicated error notice on the settings page when the selected Facebook page doesn't have an Instagram account connected to it

2022-02-28 - version 4.1.1
* Tweak - Unregister scheduled actions on plugin deactivation
* Tweak - Unregister custom post types on plugin deactivation
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 6.3

2022-02-07 - version 4.1.0
* Feature - Include the stock quantity in the product catalogs

2022-01-27 - version 4.0.1
* Tweak - Refresh the XML file when the catalog settings change
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 6.2
* Dev - Don't trigger the action hook `wc_instagram_product_catalog_updated` when a catalog file status changes
* Dev - Store the status of a catalog file as a transient instead of catalog metadata

2022-01-20 - version 4.0.0
* Feature - Generate files for the product catalogs
* Tweak - Process the products of a catalog in batches
* Tweak - Reduced the load time of the product catalog feeds
* Tweak - Improved performance when exporting a product catalog to an XML or CSV file
* Tweak - Redirect to the settings page after creating a product catalog
* Tweak - Product catalogs are no longer sortable in the settings table
* Tweak - Delete a product catalog on the settings page without the need to save the settings
* Tweak - Replaced deprecated jQuery functions
* Tweak - Clear cache after removing the plugin data on uninstalling
* Tweak - Updated documentation links
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 6.1
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WP 5.9
* Dev - Allow querying products from a catalog
* Dev - Store the product catalogs in the WP Posts table as a Custom Post Type
* Dev - Use a WC background process to handle the plugin updates
* Dev - Use a trait instead of a class for implementing the Singleton pattern
* Dev - Dropped deprecated plugin code up to version 3.6
* Dev - Dropped classes `WP_Async_Request` and `WP_Background_Process` from core
* Dev - Updated the minimum requirements to WC 3.5, WP 4.7, and PHP 5.4

2021-12-16 - version 3.7.1
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 6.0

2021-11-03 - version 3.7.0
* Feature - Include additional information such as color, size, gender, etc. in the product catalogs
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 5.9
* Dev - Deprecated filter hook `woocommerce_instagram_google_product_categories` in favor of `wc_instagram_google_product_categories`

2021-09-28 - version 3.6.2
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 5.8
* Dev - Updated Instagram Graph API version to v12.0

2021-09-01 - version 3.6.1
* Tweak - Added plugin info to the WooCommerce System Status Report
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 5.7

2021-08-24 - version 3.6.0
* Feature - Define the "Google Product Category" at the "Product Category" level
* Tweak - Improved performance of the Google Product Category field
* Tweak - Enhanced responsive styles for the Google Product Category field
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 5.6
* Fix - Exclude out-of-stock product variations when the catalog only includes in-stock products

2021-08-03 - version 3.5.1
* Tweak - Use the product name instead of the title in the content displayed on the product page
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 5.5
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WP 5.8
* Dev - Updated template `single-product/instagram.php`

2021-06-17 - version 3.5.0
* Feature - Define a product catalog only with specific products
* Tweak - Added a "Filter by" field to the product catalog form
* Tweak - Simplified the product catalog form when filtering by product categories

2021-05-27 - version 3.4.6
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 5.4
* Fix - Fixed the selection of subcategories for the "Google Product Category" field in the catalog settings form
* Dev - Replaced the usage of the library `select2.js` by `selectWoo.js`

2021-03-18 - version 3.4.5
* Fix - Fixed fatal error when the Instagram settings page is loaded as the default integration

2021-03-08 - version 3.4.4
* Tweak - Open hashtag images in a new tab
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WP 5.7
* Fix - Catalog forms were accessible although there wasn't any Facebook account connected

2021-02-22 - version 3.4.3
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 5.1
* Fix - Catalog feeds were accessible although there wasn't any Facebook account connected

2020-12-29 - version 3.4.2
* Tweak - Replaced deprecated jQuery functionality
* Tweak - Use the short description as a fallback for the large description in the product catalog
* Tweak - Improved the description fallbacks for product variations in the product catalog
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 4.9
* Fix - Fixed error 404 on the feed URL when the catalog slug is a numeric value

2020-11-26 - version 3.4.1
* Tweak - Improved PHP 8 support
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 4.8
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WP 5.6

2020-11-18 - version 3.4.0
* Feature - Added compatibility with WooCommerce Product Bundles extension
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 4.7
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WP 5.5

2020-10-28 - version 3.3.2
* Tweak - Tested compatibility up to WC 4.6
* Dev - Updated Instagram Graph API version to v8.0

2020-07-28 - version 3.3.1
* Tweak - Use the full-size image instead of the thumbnail as the primary image in the catalog products

2020-07-20 - version 3.3.0
* Feature - Include the Google product category in the product catalogs
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 4.3
* Fix - Fixed the values of the product brand and condition for product variations in the catalogs

2020-06-15 - version 3.2.0
* Feature - Include all the product images in the catalog
* Fix - Fixed the default value of the field used as the product description in the product catalogs

2020-06-01 - version 3.1.1
* Tweak - Strip HTML tags from the product description
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 4.2

2020-05-18 - version 3.1.0
* Feature - Define the brand and the condition per product
* Feature - Choose the field used as the product description
* Tweak - Added hook to filter the product availability
* Fix - Fixed fatal error when the product catalogs setting is an empty string
* Dev - Modified template `single-product/instagram.php`

2020-04-16 - version 3.0.2
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 4.1
* Fix - Fixed error 404 when loading the product catalog feed for sites with a subdirectory in their URL

2020-03-25 - version 3.0.1
* Tweak - Use the parent description when a product variation doesn't have a description
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 4.0
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WP 5.4
* Tweak - Updated styles for Storefront 2.5.5

2020-02-12 - version 3.0.0
* Feature - Added support for Instagram Shopping
* Feature - Define multiple 'Product Catalog' feeds
* Feature - Export the product catalogs to XML and CSV
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 3.9
* Dev - Set the minimum requirements to WP 4.4 and WC 3.2

2019-11-06 - version 2.2.1
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WP 5.3
* Tweak - Tested compatibility with WC 3.8

2019-10-01 - version 2.2.0
* Feature - Choose the type of images to display on product pages
* Feature - Configure the type of images to display per product
* Tweak - Use the top images if there are not enough recent images for a hashtag
* Tweak - Check if the access credentials have been deprecated and it requires a re-authentication
* Tweak - Display a notice to manually renew the access credentials when the automated process fails several times
* Fix - Fixed default expiration time of the access credentials
* Dev - Updated the Instagram Graph API version to v4.0

2019-08-05 - version 2.1.1
* Tweak - Remove invalid characters from the product hashtag
* Tweak - Added compatibility with WC 3.7

2019-05-22 - version 2.1.0
* Feature - Automatically renew the access credentials
* Tweak - Keep the settings when disconnecting the Instagram account or removing the plugin
* Tweak - Remove older update notices on plugin activation
* Tweak - Added URL verification when connecting and disconnecting the Instagram account
* Tweak - Increased `timeout` parameter for the API requests
* Tweak - Added compatibility with WP 5.2
* Fix - Fixed error when passing a callable as argument to the `empty()` function in PHP 5.4 and lower
* Dev - Updated the Instagram Graph API version to v3.3

2019-04-05 - version 2.0.1
* Tweak - Added compatibility with WC 3.6

2019-02-04 - version 2.0.0
* Feature - Use the new Instagram Graph API
* Feature - Customize the frontend HTML content using WooCommerce template files
* Feature - New and more intuitive settings page
* Tweak - Added compatibility with WC 3.5
* Tweak - Added compatibility with WP 5.0
* Tweak - Updated Instagram logo
* Tweak - Check the minimum requirements before initializing the plugin
* Tweak - Remove the user credentials when uninstalling the plugin
* Tweak - Optionally remove all the plugin data when uninstalling it
* Tweak - Optimized the use of the API requests
* Tweak - Better error handling for the API requests
* Dev - Log possible errors in the API requests
* Dev - Rewritten the entire extension

2018-09-26 - version 1.1.1
* Tweak - WC tested up to 3.5

2018-05-23 - version 1.1.0
* Tweak - Adjusts several API properties and methods to be easier to extend
* Tweak - WC tested up to 3.4
* Dev - Adds API methods to retrieve recent Instagram images for the connected user

2017-12-15 - version 1.0.15
* Tweak - WC 3.3 Compatibility

2017-09-07 - version 1.0.14
* Fix - Cleans up the Product Data tab styling, to ensure the styling is consistent with the other tabs. Removes the tooltip, to ensure the description is clearly visible

2017-05-27 - version 1.0.13
* Fix - Instagram photos won't load

2017-05-09 - version 1.0.12
* Tweak - Fixed coding standards warnings and errors
* Fix - Deprecated action woocommerce_product_write_panels being used
* Fix - Error where not able to connect to Instagram

2017-04-03 - version 1.0.11
* Fix - Update for WC 3.0 compatibility

2016-07-29 - version 1.0.10
* Fix - Broken Instagram integration. Instagram's authentication now works on OAuth 2.0. No need for username and Password in WP-Admin

2016-04-29 - version 1.0.9
* Tweak - Add filter, `woocommerce_instagram_transient_expire_time`, for transient expire time
* Fix - Strict standard notice caused by signature changes on WooCommerce 2.6

2016-02-29 - version 1.0.8
* Fix - Added translation support by loading plugin textdomain

2015-07-23 - version 1.0.7
* Fix - Avoids "headers" error when connecting to Instagram

2014-09-19 - version 1.0.6
* Tweak - Improve the WooCommerce is active check to use the most recent recommended method
* Fix - Remove the strict standards error notice

2014-09-19 - version 1.0.5
* Fix - Adds a check to see if WooCommerce has been network activated, when checking for the presence of WooCommerce

2014-08-27 - version 1.0.4
* Fix - Display the Instagram message even if no Instagram images are found for the specified hashtag. This helps to stimulate social interaction on Instagram

2014-04-10 - version 1.0.3
* Fix - Ensures the 'headers already sent' notice does not display, by starting the output buffer
* Fix - Fixes the connect/disconnect redirect URL to point to the correct admin screen if using WooCommerce 2.1 or higher

2014-04-01 - version 1.0.2
* Fix - Corrects the "page" parameter in the admin notice URL, for WooCommerce 2.1+ users

2013-11-06 - version 1.0.1
* Tweak - Optimises CSS to use correct LESS syntax and to correctly style the write panel icon in WooCommerce 2.0.x
* Tweak - Optimises WooCommerce 2.0.x and 2.1.x compatibility switching

2013-10-29 - version 1.0.0
* First release. Woo!
  

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