WP CV Builder

Changelog

1.8.11

• Improved Download History row, label, badge, and table contrast across desktop and mobile dashboard layouts.

1.8.10

• Added a clearly labelled hamburger menu to the mobile dashboard header with synchronized open, close, keyboard, and navigation behavior.

1.8.9

• Expanded the mobile dashboard to the full viewport inside padded themes and closed the All Tools sheet immediately after navigation.

1.8.8

• Improved dashboard call-to-action and label contrast when a site theme applies its own important button and text colors.

1.8.7

• Added the modern Midnight customer dashboard with dynamic CV, download, application, activity, and profile-strength data.
• Added responsive Home, My CVs, Create, Jobs, and More navigation while keeping all existing Core and Pro workspace panels reachable.
• Added a mobile All Tools sheet and a desktop navigation experience using the WP CV Builder brand palette.

1.8.6

• Fixed blank Print output on classic and block themes by keeping the CV page container visible in print media.
• Kept navigation, site chrome, account controls, export controls, and CV Pro Assistant hidden from the printed document.

1.8.5

• Added secure context-aware checkout return to the exact CV preview, download, editor, dashboard, or subscription page that started payment.
• Added a post-payment success confirmation beside the restored export controls or workspace panel.
• Add a mobile All Tools sheet exposing every core workspace action plus installed Pro workspace extensions.

1.8.4

• Added automatic embedded-checkout completion and same-page subscription confirmation.

1.8.3

• Added a visible Dashboard return link and compact mobile editor typography for section headings, field labels, skills, and languages.
• Removed the irrelevant Gutenberg Restore the backup notice from the front-end CV editor without overwriting the saved CV.
• Connected the existing About Me AI button to a secure OpenRouter bridge for licensed add-ons, including CV ownership, subscription, and nonce validation.

1.8.1

• Let free CV users select, save, preview, and edit every enabled administrator-marked Pro template; paid access is now enforced only when downloading or printing that design.
• Added the adaptive mobile CV editor with Edit, Split, and Preview modes, draggable workspace sizing, sticky tools, and a section bottom sheet.
• Added a compact mobile CV customer dashboard with bottom navigation, overview metrics, latest-CV actions, recent activity, and mobile account tools.
• Added direct Browse Templates handoff and improved small-screen, landscape, touch-target, and safe-area behavior.

1.8.0

• Added ATS-friendly and non-ATS template filters, category filtering, and improved template search while preserving site-owner Free/Pro access rules.
• Added a secure Upload Your CV handoff through registration and email verification so Pro import can open automatically in the selected CV editor.
• Added a Print CV action beside export controls and print-safe resume styles.
• Added extension points for licensed public ATS checking, voice dictation, branded PWA installation, and paid-user job discovery in WP CV Builder Pro.
• Added CV Workspace navigation hooks for licensed modules without granting WordPress dashboard access.

1.7.21

• Added extension hooks for email templates, previews and verified CV registration completion.
• These compatibility hooks do not add automatic review-offer emails to the free plugin.

1.7.20

• Added an administrator role selector for Job Board themes, membership plugins, WooCommerce, and other custom user roles.
• Selected roles can create, edit, preview, and download only their own CVs through the front-end workspace.
• Kept third-party role definitions untouched so access can be enabled or disabled instantly without changing the connected theme or plugin.
• Excluded WP CV Builder settings, other users’ CVs, and broad WordPress administration capabilities from the role grant.

1.7.19

• Added an independent administrator enable/disable control for Math CAPTCHA.
• Applied the optional challenge to CV, instant, employer, WooCommerce My Account registration, and lost-password forms while keeping checkout excluded.
• Signed each arithmetic challenge with an expiring server-side HMAC and removed the readable correct-answer field.
• Kept Math CAPTCHA disabled and email verification enabled in secure defaults.

1.7.18

• Added independently configurable Cloudflare Turnstile, rate limiting, honeypot, minimum-time, email-verification, and WooCommerce checkout protections.
• Added one-use, expiring email verification for CV and employer accounts with pending-role isolation and secure activation redirects.
• Added server-side protection to custom registration, instant signup, employer registration, WooCommerce My Account registration, classic checkout, and Checkout Blocks.
• Added an editable, branded Email Verification template with preview and test-email support.
• Replaced the readable-answer registration CAPTCHA with tamper-resistant server validation.

1.7.17

• Preserved the selected homepage or gallery template through registration, normal sign-in, instant signup, and configured social sign-in redirects.
• Added a secure, short-lived template handoff cookie and cleared it after the selected CV is created.

1.7.16

• Redesigned Employer Registration and Employer Account screens to match the polished front-end website experience.
• Preserved native AJAX registration, account updates, free or paid employer access, translations, RTL support, and responsive layouts.

1.7.15

• Matched the registration sign-in contrast rule to the real front-end card markup.
• Kept the Sign in action readable against aggressive theme link styles, including visited-link overrides.

1.7.14

• Fixed the registration-page Sign in link contrast when themes apply stronger global link colors.
• Added a clearly visible blue pill treatment with accessible hover and keyboard-focus states.

1.7.13

• Added responsive, website-matched registration and login page designs that work independently of the active WordPress theme.
• Added a real selected-template preview and preserved the bwdcv_template value through registration into CV creation.
• Improved account-form accessibility, mobile and RTL layouts, login states, social sign-in buttons, validation messages, and CAPTCHA verification.

1.7.12

• Updated the administrator Auto-complete option so Cash on Delivery CV subscription, review and employer orders also complete automatically when enabled.
• Kept automatic completion limited to WP CV Builder orders; online gateways must still report a confirmed payment.

1.7.11

• Fixed completed time-based subscription orders with unlimited downloads being treated as inactive.
• Retained the admin Auto-complete option for verified online CV payments while keeping Cash on Delivery orders available for manual testing.
• Prevented unpaid Cash on Delivery orders in Processing status from unlocking paid CV features.

1.7.10

• Added safe spacing between adjacent vertical section labels in Styles 24 and 25.

1.7.9

• Restored the original Style 24 and Style 25 vertical section-heading offsets in editor, preview, and PDF output.
• Prevented translated vertical headings from wrapping without overriding the native template transforms.

1.7.8

• Fixed Style 5 preview and export targeting so its CV canvas is detected consistently.

1.7.7

• Draws text signatures live with a safe default font and always renders the entered name before saving.

1.7.6

• Restored read-only site-entity permission discovery required by the WordPress 7.1 frontend editor canvas.

1.7.5

• Preserved Core Data response semantics in the private frontend site-settings fallback.
• Waits for slow editor mounts before showing the visible initialization failure state.

1.7.4

• Added an isolated site-settings fallback for non-administrator CV users without exposing site settings.
• Added a visible initialization failure state instead of leaving the editor on an endless loading screen.

1.7.3

• Keeps the selected Style 1-25 indicator aligned with the public template number after renderer mapping.
• Compacts long Style 11 competency labels to match the intended sidebar design.
• Decodes and safely renders legacy rich-text descriptions so HTML tags do not appear in previews or downloads.

1.7.2

• Preserves each native template’s canonical section order when switching designs, preventing imported content from colliding across columns.
• Adds long-heading typography and rotated-label corrections for Styles 3–5, 13, 15, and 20–25.

1.7.1

• Synchronized the editor compatibility click handler with the corrected public-to-renderer template mapping.
• Added a stable public template number for Pro access controls while preserving existing stored renderer keys.

1.7.0

• Corrected the public Style 11-25 selector order so every thumbnail, editor canvas, preview, and export uses the matching native BWD design.
• Prevented long or translated section headings from crossing template columns and reduced oversized typography in constrained layouts.
• Restored the Style 3 social profile wrapper and capped optional QR codes so they do not cover CV content.
• Kept the live ATS score in the frontend editor header instead of over the resume canvas.

1.6.9

• Restores editable Skill and Language percentage fields when imported template data omitted them.
• Normalizes invalid percentage values and animates progress bars without showing NaN.

1.6.8

• Loads the complete native Style 1-25 parity layer inside the front-end CV editor canvas as well as admin and public previews.
• Enforces stylesheet dependency order so generated block CSS cannot override the restored native designs.

1.6.7

• Restored the complete native Style 1-25 design layer to match the BWD Elementor CV Builder layouts in editor, preview, and export views.
• Removed temporary Style 3 and Style 5 overrides that changed the original image and social-icon presentation.

1.6.6

• Ensured Style 3/5 compatibility CSS loads inside the iframed CV editor canvas as well as previews and exports.

1.6.5

• Fixed native template selection so editor, preview, and download keep the selected style.
• Corrected Style 11-25 preview thumbnails and Style 3/5 media presentation.
• Added focused, loading-aware embedded WooCommerce checkout dialogs without WordPress admin chrome.
• Improved Pro template section handoff compatibility.

1.6.4

• New: Employers can generate a complete job-description draft from the frontend workspace using the administrator-selected OpenRouter model.
• Improved: AI job writing uses the saved server-side API key, matches the employer’s language, updates without a page reload, and includes rate limiting and clear status feedback.

1.6.3

• New: Administrator-controlled automatic publication for Employer Workspace job submissions.
• New: Branded applicant-confirmation and employer-notification emails with editable Email Designer templates.
• Improved: Wider Employer Workspace layout and clearer verified online payment auto-completion settings; Cash on Delivery remains Processing until manually completed.
• Fixed: Generic blog-published notifications are suppressed for internal job applications.

1.6.2

• New: Copy a generated or manually edited cover letter to the clipboard with clear success feedback.

1.6.1

• Fix: Front-end employer job submissions and edits remain pending approval for all accounts, including administrators. Publishing from the admin Jobs screen remains an explicit action.

1.6.0

• New: Protected frontend CV editor using the existing editor controls, without WordPress dashboard navigation.
• New: Frontend employer workspace with own-job editing, recoverable trash, and submitted CV previews.
• New: Configurable free or paid employer registration with verified WooCommerce payment access.
• Improved: Separate customer dashboard tabs, consistent styling, and accessible navigation.
• Fixed: Review payment reuse, unpaid-order completion, expired-job applications, and CV version restoration.

1.5.30

• Prevented unrelated Jetpack editor extensions and their dependent scripts from loading in CV, template and job editors while preserving other WordPress screens.

1.5.29

• Clarified the test-email confirmation to report sending without claiming inbox delivery.

1.5.28

• Fixed paid Cover Letter entitlement by using the shared active-subscription check.
• Opened WooCommerce subscription checkout inside a responsive payment dialog.
• Added CV Workspace shortcuts to the customer dashboard sidebar.
• Added repeatable paid-review cycles after an administrator completes a review.
• Added Email Designer logo selection and aligned WooCommerce email branding.
• Removed legacy WooCommerce/Codens promotional footer copy from CV order emails.
• Added Save Current Changes as New for administrator-built templates.
• Fixed administrator Job publishing permissions and reduced editor UI scan overhead.

1.5.27

• Adds a complete paid CV-review workflow with admin preview/edit actions, In Progress state, and a Mark Ready for Client handoff.
• Sends the customer a customizable branded email when the reviewed CV is ready and shows the live status in the customer dashboard.
• Opens enabled WooCommerce payment methods inside the review popup, with a secure new-tab checkout fallback.

1.5.26

• Adds a centralized Email Designer with shared branding, per-email content, color overrides, previews, and test-email controls.
• Makes registration, CV-ready, employer, paid-review, password-update, and plan-expiry messages use their saved templates.
• Preserves existing welcome-email copy during migration and links the legacy Mail Settings tab to the new designer.

1.5.25

• Replaces generic blog-published notices for CVs with a responsive, branded CV-ready email.
• Gives registration, employer, review, profile-security, and expiry notifications one image-independent email layout.
• Prevents legacy expiry events from sending duplicate reminders and preserves line breaks in editable welcome-email copy.

1.5.24

• Shows a clear saved-key status without exposing the OpenRouter secret.
• Adds a cached, automatically refreshed OpenRouter text-model selector to both admin settings screens.
• Keeps OpenRouter configuration editable by administrators without a separate feature-license gate.

1.5.23

• Applies the selected ATS template’s own Free/Pro switch during front-end downloads instead of inheriting its native base style’s tier.

1.5.22

• Replaces legacy OpenAI configuration with one server-side OpenRouter key and selectable model ID.
• Makes every native and ATS template’s Active/Inactive and Free/Pro admin switches authoritative in galleries, editing, creation, and downloads.
• Fixes template-setting saves and the subscription-page title border-width setting.

1.5.21

• Opens the exact CV being edited with its owner token, including an administrator editing a user’s second or later CV.

1.5.20

• Makes CV-specific save announcements safe across parent and iframe documents.

1.5.19

• Removes late Jetpack and WordPress.com editor scripts only from CV editing to prevent duplicate-store errors and connection prompts.
• Replaces every editor save announcement with CV-specific wording.

1.5.18

• Restores a usable responsive CV editor and proportionally fitted mobile CV previews.
• Records each successful export once and shows real export history in the Download tab.
• Normalizes CV subscription plans as checkout-compatible virtual WooCommerce products.
• Adds structured job details and removes unrelated WordPress.com editor extensions from CV editing.
• Improves saved-signature delivery and customer dashboard responsiveness.

1.5.17

• Kept the selected CV template and its serialized data consistent across the editor, frontend preview, and downloads.

1.5.16

• Ensured site administrators can access all built-in and Pro templates in the unified user-style CV editor.

1.5.15

• Keeps all 28 native presets visible when an administrator uses the customer-style CV workspace.

1.5.14

• Gives administrators the same focused CV editing workspace used by CV customers while retaining administrator capabilities.
• Replaces the generic Post updated notice with CV updated in both visible and accessible editor text.

1.5.13

• Loads one canonical CV editor bundle so current template controls cannot be shadowed by a stale duplicate script.
• Uses the release version as the editor asset cache key.

1.5.12

• Restores all 28 built-in CV templates in the administrator preset picker while retaining Pro templates 29-36.
• Updates the Job Board block to the current WordPress block API version.

1.5.11

• Adds no-reload AJAX job applications with persistent Applied states and duplicate protection.
• Adds a responsive CV Job Board block alongside the existing shortcode.
• Adds server-side OpenRouter configuration for AI About Me writing, including administrator model selection.
• Adds paid CV-review checkout return states, visible renewal status, and per-user download history.
• Improves the responsive job board and review-payment experience.

1.5.10

• Improves employer job posting with labelled, responsive fields and an explicit application deadline.
• Uses the native Job Details sidebar in the block editor without duplicating the legacy meta box.

1.5.9

• Adds REST-backed Job Details controls to the block editor and completes custom administrator and employer job capabilities.
• Saves company, location, and job type from the front-end employer posting form.

1.5.8

• Removes the bundled white signature placeholder from editor, preview, and export output while retaining real saved signatures.

1.5.7

• Restores a direct Edit CV action for administrators and other users who can edit the CV.

1.5.6

• Shows CV-specific update notices in the focused editor without mutating React-owned content.

1.5.5

• Hides unrelated editor promotions without removing React-managed nodes, preventing selection crashes.

1.5.4

• Uses WordPress standard object-capability mapping for legacy CV and Job records.

1.5.3

• Covers custom CV and job meta capabilities used by WordPress list and REST screens.

1.5.2

• Restores admin editing for legacy authorless CVs and jobs in the block editor.

1.5.1

• Ensures administrators retain full CV and job editing permissions after an in-place update.

1.5.0

• Kept the selected template synchronized across the editor, saved preview, dashboard and downloads.
• Added one-click WooCommerce checkout for subscription plans and paid CV reviews.
• Added complete employer job fields, job details, applications and admin CV links.
• Unified CV Workspace modules inside the main user dashboard and improved menu visibility.
• Reused each user’s saved signature in CV rendering and downloads.
• Gave administrators the same focused CV editor used by CV customers.

1.4.5

• Added Templates 26, 27, and 28 to the shared gallery and Assistant catalog with Pro subscription gating.
• Fixed Reference Name Color and related repeater color controls causing a Gutenberg block preview error.
• Updated the editor script cache key so the repaired controls load immediately after upgrade.

1.4.4

• Prevented the bundled demo signature from becoming an opaque white rectangle in downloaded PDFs.
• Kept real customer signature images transparent during PDF capture.

1.4.3

• Fixed a critical error that could occur after guest registration before the CV post type was ready.
• Hardened registration redirects and optional email marketing integrations.
• Improved missing-page-option handling in welcome emails.

1.4.2

• Fixed a signature-selector click handler conflict that could interrupt Pro file downloads on CV pages.
• Standardized generated PDFs on A4 page dimensions for consistent CV and resume exports.

1.4.1

• Fixed CV previews becoming double-scaled and unreadably narrow on phones.
• Improved responsive sizing for Free and Pro template previews without changing export dimensions.

1.4.0

• Administrators can create CVs from the front-end registration and account workflow.
• Added multiple CVs per account, bounded version history, and restore actions.
• Added a responsive template gallery with Free/Pro tags and selected-template registration handoff.
• Added employer registration, job posting, a searchable job board, and one-click CV applications.
• Added tutorial video, manual CV review request, renewal preference, and expiry reminder settings.
• Improved mobile account/dashboard presentation and preserved the full WordPress toolbar for administrators.
• Added WordPress 7.1 compatibility metadata.

1.3.8

• Verified compatibility with WordPress 7.1 and WooCommerce 11.0.
• Corrected the minimum WordPress and PHP requirements to match the codebase.
• Fixed version comparisons, WooCommerce detection, and an admin screen edge case.
• Added CSRF protection to registration, profile, settings, social login, and the AI cover-letter action.
• Fixed AI cover-letter email handling and escaped generated output.
• Restricted subscription download updates to the order owner or store managers.
• Replaced bundled WordPress core jQuery with the registered core script.
• Replaced the expired New Year promotion with the Special Deal offer.

1.3.7

• Fixed reported issues.
• Improved compatibility and stability.
• Minor enhancements and optimizations.

1.3.6

• Minor issue resolved

1.3.5

• Improved small fixes and optimizations
• Minor issue resolved

1.3.4

• improvements

1.3.3

• fix: Small bug

1.3.2

• Security fix: Added capability check and nonce verification

1.3.1

• Fixed wp.org review issues

1.3.0

• Fixed WP.org review issues

1.2.10

• Bug fixes and improvements

1.2.9

• Bug fixes and improvements

1.2.8

• Bug fixes and improvements

1.2.7

• Added Greek translation (el)

1.1.8

• 🎨 Updated screenshot descriptions for better clarity
• 📝 Enhanced readme.txt formatting and documentation

1.1.3

• 🚀 MAJOR UPDATE: Migrated from Elementor to Gutenberg blocks for lightning-fast performance
• ⚡ Enhanced block editor integration for better user experience
• 🔧 Improved overall plugin stability and speed

1.1.2

• 🚫 Removed unnecessary admin notices for cleaner dashboard experience
• 🐛 Minor bug fixes and performance improvements

1.1.1

• ⚡ Updated features and enhanced performance optimizations
• 🔧 Improved user interface elements

1.1.0

• 🎉 BIG RELEASE: Added Pro subscription functionality with full monetization features
• 💰 Integrated PayPal payment system for SaaS capabilities
• 📈 Added marketing tools and analytics

1.0.2

• 🐛 Fixed various plugin compatibility issues
• 🔧 Resolved conflicts with popular themes

1.0.1

• 💫 Improved overall user experience and interface
• ⚡ Enhanced loading speeds and performance

1.0.0

• 🎊 INITIAL LAUNCH: Core resume-building functionality released
• 👤 Added customizable profile image and personal information sections
• 💼 Implemented work experience and education modules
• 📄 PDF export functionality included