Nextend Social Login and Register (Facebook, Google, Twitter)

• Fix: The !important CSS rules can cause problems for AMP validators, so we will use more specific selectors instead.
• Fix: Some object cache might caused a PHP warning when the login happened with third party login forms.
• Fix: There was a JavaScript error in WordPress-like login forms that didn't fire any login specific actions
• Improvement: Twitter Getting Started Update
• Improvement: Support login restrictions - BuddyPress activation integration - in this case the actual registration is done by BuddyPress, not Nextend Social Login.
• Improvement: Developers can now define the NSL_DISABLE_IN_AMP_REQUESTS constant, to disable the social buttons and its assets in the AMP requests.
• Improvement: Developers can now use the "nsl_disabled_register_redirect_url" and "nsl_disabled_login_redirect_url" filters to override the redirects in most cases when the registration or login with social login fails for some reason
• Improvement: Introduced some public PHP functions that developers can use to get some user data outside of our normal flow
• Improvement: Avatar storing improvements

• Feature: Option to allow the profile syncing separately for the registration, login and link actions

• PRO: Fix: Apple provider - There was an encoding problem with the scope parameter of the Apple authorization URL.

• PRO: Improvement: Developers can now override the GitHub and Disqus client credentials over the "nsl_disqus_api_key" / "nsl_disqus_api_secret" and "nsl_github_client_id" / "nsl_github_client_secret" filters. ( Can be useful for multi sites and multi language sites, as the App of these providers support only a single redirect URL. )

• PRO: Improvement: Microsoft Getting Started Update

• PRO: New provider: Twitch

• Fix: Google provider - Google OAuth no longer supports any kind of WebViews, so the Google button will be hidden in all WebView environments.
• Fix: User selected language in the backend didn't load our translations in certain cases.
• Improvement: We will trigger the "wp_login_failed" action when the login with social login fails, so the login history plugins could track the failed login attempts happened with social login, too.

• Improvement: The unlinked social media identifier will be now available from the "nsl_unlink_user" action parameters.

• PRO: Fix: Microsoft provider - ErrorInsufficientPermissionsInAccessToken error when using the Personal Audience option.

• PRO: Fix: Steam provider - Error when pressing the "Got it" button on the "Fix OAuth Redirect URIs" page while the Steam provider was enabled.

• PRO: Fix: TikTok provider - Invalid request parameters error

• PRO: Improvement: TikTok provider - Getting Started Update

• PRO: Feature: TikTok provider button skin selector added.

• Fix: The Jetpack Boost plugin stopped our authentication flow
• Fix: The "WP 2FA" plugin could prevent the login with social login even if our "Support login restrictions" feature was disabled
• Fix: PHP error when other plugins tried to force WordPress to update the plugin update transients ( update_plugins ) with null parameter
• Fix: The "Page Transitions" feature of Elementor Pro opened our links in the opener window, causing a redirect in both the popup and the popup opener window
• Improvement: Introducing the "nsl_connect_button_custom_attributes", "nsl_unlink_button_custom_attributes", "nsl_link_button_custom_attributes" filters to add extra attributes on our button links
• Improvement: Avatar storing - We won't try to copy the avatar into our avatar folder if the same file is already there
• Improvement: Avatar storing - If the earlier stored avatar file doesn't exist, we will delete the associated attachment data the next time the user logs in

• Improvement: Facebook provider - Graph API version of the used endpoints have been updated from v7.0 to v13.0

• PRO: Fix: There was a JavaScript error on the WordPress default Lost Password page when separator layouts were used

• PRO: Fix: We didn't display the intended warning when the Free version was not compatible with the Pro Addon.

• PRO: Fix: Apple provider - PHP warning when verifying the provider settings for the first time

• PRO: Fix: WebView - we will no longer display the separator either, if we can not display any social buttons because of the embedded browser environment.

• PRO: Fix: TikTok provider - the registration and login didn't work as TikTok modified their endpoints, the request method and the response of their API.

• PRO: Improvement: Yahoo provider - Getting Started Update

• PRO: Improvement: PayPal provider - Getting Started Update

• PRO: Feature: BuddyPress - option to show/hide the Social Accounts tab

• PRO: Feature: BuddyPress - Introducing "nsl_bp_social_accounts_tab_slug" filter to modify the slug of the BuddyPress - Social Accounts tab.

• PRO: Feature: Line - Initial Login method and Force initial login method settings.

• PRO: New provider: Steam

• Fix: PHP Warning on redirects, when the "Host" header is not sent by the browser ( e.g when an action happens with CLI )
• Fix: The redirect parameter of the shortcode didn't work in AJAX requests
• Fix: Provider order modification didn't work in WordPress 5.9
• Improvement: Google Getting Started Update
• Improvement: Twitter Getting Started Update

• Feature: Option to attempt to Bypass cache on redirect by adding a GET parameter to the redirect URL

• PRO: New provider: TikTok

• Fix: Database error on clean install
• Improvement: WPML Redirect URL compatibility
• Improvement: Updated Italian translation files
• Improvement: Twitter Getting Started Update
• Improvement: Facebook provider - Facebook popup height has been increased, so everything will be visible during Authorization
• Improvement: Facebook provider - The Facebook button will no longer be visible in Android WebView, as Facebook has deprecated the support for Facebook Login Authentication on Android WebView. In the WebView of the Facebook and Instagram Android Apps the buttons will still be visible, as Facebook currently allows the authentication over these Android WebViews.

• Feature: Option to control the appearance of the Redirect Overlay

• PRO: New provider: Slack

• Improvement: If there is a slow server or a poor internet connection, the redirect after the authentication with social login might take some time. During this time we will display a loading spinner, so the visitor will know that something is about to happen.

• PRO: New provider: Discord

• PRO: Fix: The Microsoft provider used a wrong redirect url, when the Frontend and the Backend URL of the site were different.

• PRO: Improvement: New options for the Line provider: Force reauthorization on each login and Add LINE Official Account as a friend

• PRO: Improvement: New options for the Microsoft provider: Audience and Authorization Prompt

• PRO: Feature: Integration for Easy Digital Downloads Checkout form.

• PRO: Feature: Display social buttons with layouts on Custom Actions

• Improvement: string paths from the language files have been removed.

• PRO: Improvement: VKontakte provider we will use the API version 5.131 for the endpoints, as API version 5.74 is deprecated.

• PRO: Feature: Easy Digital Downloads login and register form support.

• Fix: Display error message for logged out users, when they try to login with a social media account that's email address matches with a WordPress account email address, that has a linked provider from the same kind.
• Fix: WooRewards will be able to generate points on registration with Nextend Social Login
• Improvement: nsl_already_linked_error_message filter added to modify the error message when a WordPress account with the same email address has another social media account already linked
• Improvement: Separate autologin from registerComplete function
• Improvement: nsl_autologin_priority filter added to control the priority of the autologin after the registration with Nextend Social Login
• Improvement: Facebook Getting Started Update

• Improvement: WPML compatibility

• PRO: New provider: Microsoft

• PRO: New provider: Line

• PRO: Improvement: Optimized Light and Dark SVG for Apple

• PRO: Improvement: Apple Getting Started Update

• PRO: Improvement: PayPal Getting Started Update

• PRO: Improvement: New Facebook Sync data field: Quote ( requires user_likes permission )

• PRO: Feature: BuddyPress Layout options added for registration form

• Fix: We added clear: both; on .nsl-container to make floated elements before the buttons not to mess up the layout.
• Fix: Jetpack removed the "Register" button in our register flow when the registration was handled over the WordPress default login page.
• Improvement: The social buttons with the Default style will try to go as wide as the longest button, if there is enough space in the social button container element.
• Feature: Fullwidth style for the social buttons.
• Summer Sale offer

• Fix: We didn't display the disabled registration notification when the "OAuth redirect uri proxy page" feature was used.
• Fix: Google provider - Social button didn't appear in Opera Mini and iOS Opera Touch.
• Fix: WordPress couldn't download the avatars coming from the social media when the avatar URL was too long.
• Fix: Our styles were missing from pages with AMP mode of "AMP for WP".
• Fix: There was an AMP validation error as earlier we didn't load our styles into the unique style tag with the "amp-custom" attribute.
• Fix: Database - There was a database error on MySQL 8.0.17 and above, as the display width attribute has been deprecated for integer data types.
• Fix: Database - Default values of register_date, login_date and link_date have been changed from "0000-00-00 00:00:00" to NULL, since the old value could cause a database error when we tried to make database structure modifications in databases when NO_ZERO_DATE, NO_ZERO_IN_DATE values are set in sql_mode.
• Improvement: Developers can now pass false value for the nsl_disabled_register_error_message filter for turning off our registration disabled notification.
• Improvement: Google provider - The Google button will no longer be hidden in Line App WebView, as Google allows the authentication over the WebView of this App.
• Improvement: Developers can now use the nsl_unlink_user action to run custom function when a user unlinks the social media account from the WordPress account.
• Improvement: Twitter Getting Started Update
• Improvement: Google Getting Started Update
• Improvement: Facebook Getting Started Update
• Improvement: The context "Register form submit button label" has been added to the Register button appearing in our register flow. So it can now be translated with language files separately.

• Improvement: On the frontend we will use native JavaScript instead of jQuery.

• PRO: Fix: Linkedin provider didn't store the first name and last name, if the account didn't have profile with English as either primary language or secondary language.

• PRO: Fix: Our integration for "Checkout for WooCommerce" didn't work with their most recent versions.

• PRO: Improvement: Apple Getting Started Update

• Fix: Ultimate Member prevents our registration when we need to ask extra information before the registration.
• Fix: post_mime_type PHP notice.
• Improvement: Italian translation files added.
• Improvement: Notice handling logic improvements.
• Improvement: Twitter Getting Started Update
• Improvement: Facebook Getting Started Update
• Improvement: Facebook Warning for App replacing
• Improvement: Google provider using OAuth2 v2 endpoint
• Improvement: 2 new filters for customizing the redirect url and error message when login is disabled.
• Improvement: Database new column "social_users_id" for Primary Key
• Improvement: PHP 8.0 compatibility

• Improvement: We will override the WordPress default avatar using the pre_get_avatar_data filter instead of get_avatar filter.

• PRO: Fix: Apple provider Logo overlaps the box shadow of the light button skin

• PRO: Improvement: New Google Sync data fields: Genders and Locations ( requires People API )

• PRO: Removed: Google Sync data fields: Gender, Profile link, Taglines and Residences

• Fix: WishList Member plugin prevented the strong redirects of Nextend Social Login.
• Fix: Connect button URL encoding in the redirect parameter to keep the URL parameters after login.
• Fix: JavaScript errors on JavaScript minification with WP Hide & Security Enhancer
• Fix: Delayed login caused by image optimization plugins, like EWWW Image Optimizer.
• Fix: Social button styles will be loaded in AMP Reader template pages, too.
• Improvement: Reactivate renamed to Analyze & Repair
• Improvement: Notification at the backend, when there is at least one configured provider however it is not enabled.
• Improvement: Facebook provider updated steps and new video guide in the Getting Started section.
• Improvement: Facebook provider new default button color.
• Improvement: Facebook provider we will use Graph API v7.0 for the endpoints.
• Improvement: Google provider updated steps and new video guide in the Getting Started section.
• Improvement: Allow redirect and error message overrides when registration is disabled.
• Improvement: The Google button will no longer be hidden for Instagram, Twitter and Facebook App WebViews, as Google allows the authentication over the WebView of these Apps.

• Feature: Facebook provider button skin selector added.

• PRO: New provider: GitHub

• PRO: Improvement: WooCommerce Billing Default with separator layout to display the buttons on the place where the action is fired.

• PRO: Improvement: LinkedIn provider updated steps in Getting Started section.

• PRO: Improvement: Pro Addon PHP 7.0 version check to load Pro Addon only on compatible PHP versions.

• PRO: Improvement: MemberPress Login form option to hide the social buttons.

• PRO: Feature: Show linked providers Option to display the name of the providers which are linked to a WordPress account.

• Fix: BuddyPress 6.0 compatibility fix.

• Fix: PHP error when BuddyPress Activity is disabled.
• Fix: Support login restrictions delete persistent data when the registration was prevented by a third party plugin

• Fix: Twitter 4848 avatars can be stored again

• PRO: Fix: Longer Apple JWT token expiry.

• PRO: Improvement: compatibility with the forms generated by the plugin Checkout for WooCommerce

• PRO: Improvement: Apple provider button skins to comply with Human Interface Guidelines

• Fix: Updated language files

• PRO: Fix: Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. - Fix for the problem: Deactivate and delete "Nextend Social Login Pro Addon" plugin with version 3.0.21, then activate the version 3.0.22.

• Compatibility: PHP 7 or greater is required for the new version!.
• Fix: Icon style - Icons will be wrapped into multiple lines when there is no more room for them.
• Fix: Social buttons will no longer be distorted when the page is translated with Google translator.
• Fix: WPLMS theme - social button style and duplicated social buttons.
• Fix: WP Rocket - compatibility with combine JavaScript feature.
• Fix: Popup target window when the social buttons appear in certain modals.
• Fix: Ultimate Member avatars with social registration.
• Fix: Avatar will be synchronized again, if the attachment was already set, but the file doesn't exist.
• Improvement: Database - Register, Link and Login date will be stored in database.
• Improvement: Improvement: Google - Light skin will be the default button skin.
• Improvement: Pages which are being used by other plugins will be filtered out from Page for register flow and OAuth redirect uri proxy page
• Improvement: The Getting Started sections are updated with new steps.
• Improvement: New registrations happening with social login will also be displayed in the BuddyPress - Activity log.
• Improvement: Shortcode provider parameter will also define the visibility of the link and unlink buttons.
• Feature: Option to disable the Google account select prompt on each login.

• For developers: The provider instance can now be accessed over "nsl_registration_form_start" and "nsl_registration_form_end" actions

• PRO: Provider: Apple

• PRO: Fix: Plugin update error - WordPress cached the wrong update url.

• PRO: Fix: Social button layouts in Theme My Login forms.

• PRO: Fix: Ultimate Member and Support login restrictions - Users will be redirected to the Ultimate Member login page after the registration.

• PRO: Improvement: Yahoo new endpoint and app creation guide. New and deprecated Sync data fields.

• PRO: Improvement: WooCommerce automatically generated password feature support when Registration notification sent to is set to User or User and Admin.

• Fix: Ultimate Member Auto Approve + Support Login Restriction - Avatars will be synchronized.
• Fix: Error message didn't show up when an "OAuth redirect uri proxy page" was selected.
• Feature: Shortcode - Grid style
• Feature: German translation files added.
• Improvement: redirect_to URL parameter will be stronger than current page url

• Improvement: nsl_registration_user_data filter can now be also used for preventing the registration.

• PRO: Improvement: PayPal updated endpoints. New Sync Data field: PayPal account ID (payer ID)

• PRO: Removed: PayPal Sync Data fields: Date of birth, Age range, Phone, Account type, Account creation date, Time zone, Locale, Language.

• Fix: Shortcode - align parameter notice
• Fix: Social buttons didn't show up properly when the action where we check jQuery was called multiple times.

• Improvement: Google Select account modal before the login.

• PRO: Fix: Jetpack - display our social buttons on custom Jetpack comment form

• PRO: Feature: BuddyPress - option to disable the social buttons on the action: bp_sidebar_login_form

• PRO: Improvement: LinkedIn v2 REST API update. Getting Started section updated with the new App creation steps.

• PRO: Removed: LinkedIn Sync data

• Fix: _nsl is not defined error
• Fix: The shortcode of Page for register flow will be rendered into the correct position.

• Fix: Google - G+ logo is replaced with simple G logo.

• PRO: Fix: Target window will open the auth window of the provider in the selected way again.

• PRO: Fix: Update notice when the Free and Pro Addon are not compatible.

• PRO: Feature: Social buttons for BuddyPress - Login widget

• PRO: Feature: Option to disable the WordPress Toolbar on the front-end for some roles.

• PRO: New provider - Yahoo

• PRO: Note: We had plans to implement the Instagram provider. Unfortunately we need to change our mind, since the Instagram API will become deprecated soon!

• Fix: NSL Avatars used to override the specified BuddyPress avatars.
• Fix: 500 error when the Extended Profiles setting is disabled in BuddyPress.
• Fix: By default, users wont be redirected to the homepage after unlinking their accounts, instead will be redirected back to the page, where the unlink action has happened.
• Fix: Nextend Social Login will now wait for jQuery before positioning the social buttons.
• Fix: Getting Started section of some providers are updated with the new App creation steps.
• Feature: Russian translation added.
• Feature: Display avatars in All media items Images can now load faster in Media Library Grid view, when this option is enabled.
• Feature: Social button alignment option for WordPress forms, shortcode and widget.
• Feature: Membership is now available in the FREE version and provides support for WordPress default membership as well.
• Feature: new hook allows overriding the username and email before registration - nsl_registration_user_data
• Facebook Graph API v3.2 - old API-s may require API Call version upgrade!
• Old Nextend Facebook/Twitter/Google Connect compatibility has been removed.

• Social Buttons use flex-box layout now.

• PRO: Fix: Internet Explorer Pro Addon activation.

• PRO: Fix: Facebook provider Sync data: Gender, Profile link, Age range can be retrieved again.

• PRO: Feature: Social button alignment option for WooCommerce, Comment, BuddyPress, MemberPress, UserPro, Ultimate Member forms.

• PRO: Feature: Unlink option to disable unlink buttons.

• PRO: Feature: PayPal Option to disable the email scope.

• PRO: Removed: Facebook provider Sync data fields: Currency, TimeZone, Locale became deprecated.

• PRO: Improvement: Google+ API will shut down soon, so Google Sync data will use Google People API instead.

• Fix: NSL Avatars used to override the specified BuddyPress avatars.
• Fix: 500 error when the Extended Profiles setting is disabled in BuddyPress.
• Fix: By default, users wont be redirected to the homepage after unlinking their accounts, instead will be redirected back to the page, where the unlink action has happened.
• Fix: Nextend Social Login will now wait for jQuery before positioning the social buttons.
• Fix: Getting Started section of some providers are updated with the new App creation steps.
• Feature: Russian translation added.
• Feature: Display avatars in All media items Images can now load faster in Media Library Grid view, when this option is enabled.
• Feature: Social button alignment option for WordPress forms, shortcode and widget.
• Feature: Membership is now available in the FREE version and provides support for WordPress default membership as well.
• Feature: new hook allows overriding the username and email before registration - nsl_registration_user_data
• Facebook Graph API v3.2 - old API-s may require API Call version upgrade!
• Old Nextend Facebook/Twitter/Google Connect compatibility has been removed.

• Social Buttons use flex-box layout now.

• PRO: Fix: Internet Explorer Pro Addon activation.

• PRO: Fix: Facebook provider Sync data: Gender, Profile link, Age range can be retrieved again.

• PRO: Feature: Social button alignment option for WooCommerce, Comment, BuddyPress, MemberPress, UserPro, Ultimate Member forms.

• PRO: Feature: Unlink option to disable unlink buttons.

• PRO: Feature: PayPal Option to disable the email scope.

• PRO: Removed: Facebook provider Sync data fields: Currency, TimeZone, Locale became deprecated.

• PRO: Improvement: Google+ API will shut down soon, so Google Sync data will use Google People API instead.

• Fix: Conflict with Login with Ajax reset password.
• Fix: BuddyPress related themes, that render the avatar with the bp_displayed_user_avatar() will be able to get the avatar of the user.
• Fix: New email and profile Google scopes, since old ones became deprecated.
• Fix: WooCommerce User Email Verification plugin prevented users with NSL from logging in.
• Fix: registerComplete function is hooked later to let other plugins send their email notifications.

• Old Nextend Twitter/Google Connect - backwards compatibility notice added. In the next release the backward compatibility will be removed.

• PRO: Fix: Ultimate Member - missing avatar when Support login restriction is disabled.

• PRO: Fix: Authorized domain notification when the page was authorized on non www but was visited on www or vice versa.

• PRO: New provider - WordPress.com

• PRO: New provider - Disqus

• Fix: Twitter Getting Started and Settings page updated according to the new Twitter App creation.
• Fix: Won't stuck on a blank page anymore when the login and registration is blocked by WP Cerber.
• Fix: Infinite redirect loop when home page was selected as OAuth redirect uri proxy page.
• Fix: Safari will no longer close the page automatically after logging in with NSL.
• Feature: Login restriction - Some plugins are now able to prevent the login of NSL when admin approval or email verification is necessary!
• Feature: Google button skins.

• Feature: Portuguese (Brazilian) translation added.

• PRO: Fix: USM Premium prevented the authorization of NSL Pro Addon.

• PRO: Fix: WooCommerce default button layout fix for Billing.

• PRO: Fix: Separator duplication by some themes.

• Fix: Further changes to prevent some issues with Theme My Login.
• Fix: 'profile_update' WordPress hook won't be triggered anymore upon a registration process.
• Fix: Chrome and Android Facebook login issue via Facebook App.
• Feature: Debug menu and option to test the connection of each provider.
• Feature: Twitter - Selecting profile image size is an option now.
• Feature: Blacklisted redirects

• Feature: Nextend Social Login newsletters subscription!

• PRO: Fix: Google Sync data - Error message for Google+ API when it is not enabled.

• PRO: Feature: PayPal provider and PayPal Sync data!

• PRO: Feature: Social Buttons for MemberPress - Memberships form.

• PRO: Feature: Social Buttons for Ultimate Member forms.

• Fix: Twitter - 32bit and Windows servers are lost the id precision
• Feature: Jetpack SSO login form extension
• Feature: Prevent external redirect
• Feature: Added Debug menu and Provider connection test

• Theme My Login version 7 breaks Nextend Social Login, so notice displays with details

• PRO: Feature: Sync Google fields

• PRO: Feature: Sync Twitter fields

• Fix: display_post_states is static now

• Fix: Parse error for alternate login page

• Feature: A page can be selected which handles the extra fields for Register flow.
• Feature: A page can be selected which handles the OAuth flow.
• Feature: Spanish (Latin America) translation added.
• Feature: GDPR - add custom Terms and conditions on register.
• Feature: GDPR - retrieved fields can now be exported with the Export Personal Data tool of WordPress.
• Fix: Jetpack - Secure Sign On

• Fix: Dokan - redirection

• PRO: Feature: Authorized domain name check and notice for changed domain name.

• PRO: Feature: Option to change the button layouts for WooCommerce login/register/billing forms.

• PRO: Feature: Sync LinkedId fields

• Feature: AJAX compatibility
• Feature: Default Redirect URL
• Feature: Twitter screen name as username

• Fix: SocialRabbit compatibility

• PRO: New provider - VKontakte - vk.com

• PRO: New provider - Amazon

• PRO: New provider - UserPro Login and Register support.

• Avatars are stored in your media library as Facebook blocked the url access
• Code improvements
• PHP and WordPress version check
• Improved template-parts
• Fix: Login and redirect cleanup
• Fix: Socialize theme
• PRO: Sync Facebook fields
• PRO: Force to ask password and username when enabled
• PRO: MemberPress integration

• Remove whitespaces from username
• Provider test process renamed to "Verify Settings"
• NextendSocialLogin::renderLinkAndUnlinkButtons($heading

• Added fallback username prefix
• Fixed avatar for Google, Twitter and LinkedIn providers
• Fixed avatars on retina screen
• Optimized registration process
• Fixed Shopkeeper theme conflict
• WP HTTP api replaced the native cURL
• Twitter provider client optimization, removed force_login param, added email permission
• Removed mb_strlen, so "PHP Multibyte String" not required anymore
• Fixed rare case when the redirect to last state url was missing
• Added WebView support (Google buttons are hidden in WebView as Google does not allow to use)
• Fixed rare case when user can stuck in legacy mode while importing provider.

• Fixed upgrade script

3.0 is a major update. Please review the update guide before upgrading: https://nextendweb.com/nextend-social-login-docs/upgrade-nextend-social-login-3/

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• Fix: Fatal error: Call to undefined method Facebook\Facebook::getAccessToken()

• Fix: Redirect urls are well encoded - made by JRB

• https bugfix - author Michel Weimerskirch

• Fixed a bug when the htaccess short urls not enabled.