Changelog – Import from eBay

1.8.4

• New: Support for importing and matching variations
• Fixed: Use the wc_get_product_id_by_sku() when matching SKUs to import
• Fixed: Convert quantity to INT to prevent `TypeError: Unsupported operand types` errors

1.8.3

• Fixed: Issue where 404 errors during import could halt the import process
• Fixed: Check for the value of $profile before using it

1.8.2

• Fixed: Issue where created products could have a future publish date
• Fixed: Fatal error when the item being imported are missing the SellingStatus.QuantitySold property

1.8.1

• New: Import and store the Watch Count value into the _ebay_watch_count post meta
• Tweak: Allow importing via CSV without running Step 2
• Tweak: Check for the new OAuth token during initial requirements check
• Fixed: Import CSV not working when there's no data available from Step 2
• Fixed: Use cat_id when determining whether the category is the "Other" category
• Fixed: Check for the value of $list to prevent possible fatal error
• Dev: Added filter wple_record_per_product_shipping_costs
• Dev: Compatible with WooCommerce 6.2

1.8.0

• New: Store unit price data for WooCommerce Germanized
• New: Import additional variation images for the Additional Variation Images Gallery plugin
• Fixed: Issue where the import could break if WPLA was not installed
• Dev: Added filter wplister_ebay_import_added_variation

1.7.7

• New: Added option to skip non-matching items instead of adding them when matching existing SKUs
• Tweak: Tooltip clarifies that variable products are supported only if parent and child SKUs match
• Tweak: Merged user contriuted code to allow running the import process triggered via cron job
• Fixed: Issue where imported variations could show up as out of stock in WooCommerce
• Fixed: GMT post date was not generated correctly for imported products

1.7.6

• New: Added the option of importing from CSV in Step 2 instead of pulling the listings from eBay
• New: Added a setting to import MPN as variation attributes
• Fixed: Cast categories map as array to prevent errors
• Dev: Added filter wple_import_days_to_fetch

1.7.5

• Fixed: Issue where variable products were showing as out of stock

1.7.4

• New: Added support for FlatDomestic shipping type when storing per product shipping rates
• Fixed: Variable products were getting imported as simple products
• Fixed: Saving the cut in/out settings could fail in some cases

1.7.3

• New: Added setting to disable the importing of the compatibility list
• Fixed: Issue where stock levels were not set in WooCommerce
• Fixed: Ensure that the image file extensions are all in lowercase
• Fixed: Allowed Tags setting value not getting saved
• Fixed: Product stock status not getting saved for variables
• Dev: Added the filter wplister_shipping_domestic_countries so 3rd-party codes can have several domestic shipping countries
• Dev: Marked mapProductToWoo() as deprecated

1.7.2

• New: Added support for WooCommerce Germanized by storing MPN and GTIN data into their respective fields
• Fixed: Update product lookup tables after importing listings
• Fixed: Use wp_kses_post_deep instead of wc_clean to retain the HTML in some of the import settings
• Dev: changed prefix for constants from WPLISTER_ to WPLE_PLUGIN_

1.7.1

• Fixed: Possible fatal error when checking for updates

1.7.0

• Added: Compare Listings tool to view missing listings in WP-Lister
• Added: Check for failures when preparing / adding listings
• Added: Store MPN variation attribute as postmeta
• Tweak: Allow WordPress to automatically generate the slug to prevent term insertion errors
• Tweak: Store additional variation images if the WooCommerce Additional Variation Images plugin is installed
• Fixed: Issue where Force Update Check button was not working
• Fixed: Possible issue where plugin update would show all the time, even though latest version is already installed
• Fixed: Various PHP warnings and notices, including deprecated code warnings

1.6.4

• Improved security against CSRF (cross site request forgery)

1.6.3

• Fixed possible issue where some imported images were very small or blurry

1.6.2

• Fixed visibility issue for out of stock items in WooCommerce 3.x
• Use GetSellerList to pull all active listings (not only 25k)

1.6.1

• Compatibly update for WP-Lister 2.0.33
• Added setting to skip the first image in the gallery
• Added the wplister_ebay_import_product_data filter hook
• Fixed possible error code 17 when importing items

1.5.17

• Added support for GetSellerList request to import all available listings (instead of either active, sold or unsold items)
• Split up import items list into smaller lists to prevent memory and DB issues
• Store the brand and MPN data when creating products in WooCommerce

1.5.16

• Use the category map to assign categories to imported listings
• Store the listing duration, global shipping and autopay data when creating products in WooCommerce
• Store the subtitle as the post_excerpt
• Added filter hooks wpl_importer_images_directory and wpl_importer_images_url to manage the uploads directory and URL
• Fixed warning messages on WC3.x (Product properties should not be accessed directly)

1.5.15

• added support for importing best offer settings from eBay
• fixed "get_product function is deprecated" message on WooCommerce 3.x

1.5.14

• import UPC and EAN if they're available
• import the Lot Size as an attribute
• add support for the GM weight unit from eBay
• fixed bug in importing images when removing the quotes surrounding the image URL
• fixed bug in reading the weight unit from eBay and added a function to automatically convert the weight to the store's native weight unit
• download and store images with the same original file type instead of forcing them to be jpegs
• check if iconv PHP module is installed and show warning if not, but allow to run import process without it
• added a setting that stops WPLE from adding variation images to the parents image gallery
• store the variations when importing from eBay

1.5.12

• fixed importing product categories on WooCommerce 2.6

1.5.11

• show warning if selected listing profile uses a duration other than GTC
• show message when matching imported products buy SKU
• ready for WordPress 4.6

1.5.10

• fixed issue where imported variable products appeared broken when product attribute names contained special UTF-8 characters
• fixed "Failed to assign product category" warning for accounts without eBay store
• fixed stock status for imported variations
• fixed SKU column in preview box

1.5.9

• fixed error "Call to a member function check_stock_status() on a non-object" when updating prices and stock levels from eBay

1.5.8

• fixed issue creating subfolders / importing images

1.5.7

• improved error handling on downloading and saving images to disk
• check actual file size written and show errors to user (if disk is full)
• added cancel button for JobRunner progress window
• fixed importing attributes longer than 29 characters
• import images into subfolders by default

1.5.6.4

• improved option to extract embedded images from listing description
• requires WP-Lister for eBay 2.0.9.9 or better

1.5.6.3

• improved option to extract embedded images from listing description
• improved error handling - show problems assigning products to categories

1.5.6.2

• improved error handling - show problems creating product categories in progress window
• fixed storing store categories map for default account during import

1.5.6.1

• added option to disable setting a default variation for imported variable products
• relabeled seller profiles to business policies

1.5.6

• fixed importing weight for sites using metric system
• show warning if stock management is disabled in WooCommerce

1.5.5

• show selected listing status on import page
• store item details object without eBay Description (reduce db size and prevent rare SQL issues)
• fixed issue where imported listings would stay "prepared" (due to large item details - description or compatibility list)
• fixed import on WP-Lister for eBay 2.0.8.9 (updated eBay API version to 919)

1.5.4

• added option to disable stock management for parent variations
• fixed issue where emoji characters in listing title would break the import process
• improved importing with 2 level subfolders

1.5.3

• fixed import without assigning listing profile

1.5.2

• fixed "Call to undefined method WooCommerce::attribute_taxonomy_name()" error on WooCommerce 2.3
• increased HTTP timeout to 15 seconds (useful for fetching images on local dev site)

1.5.1

• added advanced option to disable using product titles to generate image filenames
• use the maximum of 60 days by default when requesting sold items
• compare product images by MD5 hash to detect duplicate images on different URLs
• fixed duplicate gallery images issue

1.5.0

• fixed blank (but working) progress window on WP-Lister 1.6.0.9+
• show selected default account on import page
• make sure the selected profile uses the selected eBay account

1.4.7

• added support for importing ePID (Item.ProductListingDetails.ProductReferenceID)
• make sure that imported products are always visible (to hide out of stock products use the WooCommerce setting option)
• fixed rare issue with multibyte characters in listing title preventing import process from starting

1.4.6

• fixed issue with duplicate images in media library
• improved performance when importing variation images

1.4.5

• fixed creating variations in WooCommerce 2.2
• automatically fix broken br tags found in a GarageSale template

1.4.4

• added option to enable "match existing SKUs" option (disabled by default to restore behavior from 1.4.2)
• fixed fatal error on tools page when image folder does not exist

1.4.3

• added option to select the number of rows on the advanced settings page
• check for existing SKUs when importing products - and skip creating product and only create listing

1.4.2

• added option to selected permission required to access import page
• replace line breaks with spaces instead of removing them
• skip items listed via WP-Lister from being imported when import mode is set to "only new items"

1.4.1

• added option to disable item specifics / product attributes
• added option to import no product description at all
• changed required permission to manage_ebay_listings

1.4.0

• added option to add custom content to the imported product description
• fixed issue with special characters in variation attribute values
• replaced all remaining mysql functions with calls to wpdb methods

1.3.42

• added option to remove seller profiles / policies from imported products
• do not count image files on tools page when subfolders are enabled

1.3.41

• fixed error when updating items

1.3.40

• fixed updating sold items
• set default attribute for imported variations

1.3.39

• improved file count performance on tools page
• fixed 1px featured image on edit product page

1.3.38

• prevent rare error when failed to create empty attribute

1.3.37

• fixed importing item specifics
• convert quotes as well as other html entities

1.3.36

• fixed high res image download for stock photos
• decode html entities and quotes in user input fields

1.3.35

• added confirmation dialog before running a clean import to prevent accidentally removing imported products
• added various API hooks
• improved admin toolbar

1.3.34

• added support for multiple shipping locations
• improved support for Per Product Shipping extension

1.3.33

• added button to mark unsold items as out of stock in WooCommerce
• added option to disable site filter

1.3.32

• added option to update unsold listing
• skip items from foreign ebay sites during import
• added tooltips

1.3.31

• added backup and restore for advanced options
• added option to extract additional images via regex
• layout improvements for WP 3.8

1.3.30

• improved performance when preparing products to be imported
• improved error handling during import
• warning about missing import profile is more important now (red)

1.3.29

• added support for Per Product Shipping plugin (beta)

1.3.28

• added support for item condition and condition description
• added support for seller profiles (shipping, payment and return profiles)

1.3.27

• fixed issue if item weight is less than 1 lbs

1.3.26

• lock imported listings by default - WP-Lister 1.3.0.12 required!

1.3.25

• added support for free shipping for calculated shipping services
• added support for ShipToLocations and ExcludeShipToLocation

1.3.24

• update product stock status according to available stock quantity when updating active and sold items

1.3.23

• import total sales - required for order by popularity feature

1.3.22

• create category mappings only for leaf categories

1.3.21

• import item compatibility list - WP-Lister Pro 1.3 recommended

1.3.20

• added support for importing sale price / strikethrough price (STP / MAP)

1.3.19

• fixed issue of not fetching high resolution images for some users
• remove hard lines breaks when filtering listing description
• extract images from HREF attributes (link destinations)
• added safe mode warning message

1.3.18

• added option to select between importing active, unsold or sold items

1.3.17

• fixed issue with stock quantity for variations which have party been sold

1.3.16

• added new safe mode option to import images one by one to prevent timeout issues
• enabled high res images by default
• optimization of get products and categories process
• added batch size options 10 and 20 for slow servers

1.3.15

• added warning regarding inventory sync if no listing profile is selected
• added option to limit the maximum batch size from 200 to 100 or 50

1.3.14

• import and store listing type and end date
• update active and sold items using ajax to prevent timeout issues
• performance optimizations - in memory cache for imported products

1.3.12

• store shipping options for each product

1.3.11

• store primary and secondary ebay category for each product
• added option to use the ebay ItemID as SKU
• added import link to admin bar

1.3.10

• added server requirements check for php memory limit and maximum execution time

1.3.9.11

• fixed variation SKU

1.3.9.10

• added support for variation images
• show links to product after importing a single item

1.3.9.9

• fixed image import

1.3.9.7

• fixed stock level update for sold items
• only create galleries if there are multiple images

1.3.9.6

• added support for WooCommerce 2.0 Product Gallery feature

1.3.9.5

• new option to add only unique items to WP-Lister

1.3.9.4

• added option to store imported images in subfolders
• added option to rename imported images folder
• show image folder file count on tools page
• fixed out of stock status on update
• minor improvements on settings page

1.3.9.2

• update sold items (beta)

1.3.9.1

• fix error on WP-Lister before 1.2.2.1

1.3.9

• support for WP-Lister 1.2.2

1.3.8

• remember and show date when active listing were last updated

1.3.7

• new option to fetch high res images from EPS (beta)
• cleaned up settings sidebar

1.3.6

• various improvements on "only new" import mode

1.3.5

• added support for item specifics with multiple values

1.3.4

• improved handling of thousands of products on slow servers

1.3.3

• new option to only add new products while keeping already imported ones
• new feature to only update prices and stock levels for already imported products

1.3.2

• new option to exclude item specifics / attributes
• new option to control which item specifics should become attributes of type "text"
• new option to import product description to post content or excerpt or both

1.3.1

• import category sort order
• fixed secondary product categories

1.3.0

• new advanced options page
• new tools page
• fixed duplicate attribute issue on WooCommerce 2.0

1.2.3

• fixed import of product weight and dimensions

1.2.2

• added support for importing secondary store categories
• added note about running on empty WooCommerce install

1.2.1

• fixed imported quantity

1.2

• option to extract images from item description
• improved updater

1.1

• various fixes and improvements

1.0

• first publix release