Fixed: Activating BetterDocs Pro caused a fatal error when BetterDocs (Free) was not installed or active
Fixed: The pending-sync count included deleted and unpublished docs
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
Aug 20, 2026
v1.9.1
Improvement: Background Sync can now be scoped to specific posts
Fixed: A blocked sync run no longer reports "Sync complete!"
Fixed: Saving chatbot settings no longer stalls on slow AI-server calls
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
Aug 04, 2026
v1.9.0
Added: Multiple AI platform support — OpenAI, Google Gemini for chat and embeddings
Added: Visitors can rate individual chatbot answers as helpful or unhelpful and leave written feedback, shown against each answer in the conversation viewer
Improved: Unified product/FluentCart sync notice into the common sync banner and fixed a stale “in progress” state
Fixed: A temporary AI provider rate limit could end a search index rebuild permanently instead of retrying
Fixed: “Test API Key” checked the key against the active platform’s model instead of the platform being tested
Fixed: Embedding model dimension mismatch after a failed rebuild while the AI server was down
Fixed: Sync loop on transient AI provider rate limits — added run-level backoff
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
Jul 19, 2026
v1.8.2
Fixed: Sync failing site-wide with an "Invalid or missing API token" error after a temporary AI server outage
Improved: Security Enhancement
Improved: Graceful message when the AI service is rate-limited or temporarily unavailable
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
Jul 01, 2026
v1.8.1
Improved: Error handling and reliability of the Background Sync process
Fixed: Chatbot sync could silently skip posts if the API key became invalid during sync
Fixed: Resync could create duplicate post embeddings instead of replacing existing ones
Fixed: Incorrect admin notice related to the block domain
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
Jun 15, 2026
v1.8.0
Improved: Chatbot conversation handling with optimized context management using rolling summaries and recent message history
Improved: Enhanced chat response rendering with improved support for formatted lists and structured content
Fixed: Translation support for the "From available info" phrase in chatbot responses
Fixed: Permission-related issues affecting the AI Sync column and Resync action
Fixed: Domains are now automatically recovered from the "Temporarily Blocked" state once underlying issues are resolved
Fixed: API key validation and error handling during AI sync operations
Added: API Key Test button for quick OpenAI credential verification without running a sync
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
Jun 08, 2026
v1.7.1
Improved: GPT-5 support for the BetterDocs AI Content Suite
Improved: Warn when AI Chatbot is enabled but Instant Answer is disabled
Fixed: First chatbot session failing due to a session ID validation mismatch causing a DB constraint error
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
May 20, 2026
v1.7.0
New: Send chat transcript via email from the AI Chatbot widget and from chat history
Improved: Chatbot context improvement
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
May 13, 2026
v1.6.2
Fixed: Strikethrough text not rendering in chatbot responses
Fixed: Trailing "]" character in chatbot links causing 404 errors
Improved: Added missing "Continue as a Guest" string to translation files
Improved: AI Chatbot error message string is now translatable
Improved: Advanced access rules from BetterDocs Pro now respected by Instant Answers
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
May 11, 2026
v1.6.1
Fixed: Save button disappearing when AI Chatbot toggle is disabled
Few minor bug fixes and improvements
Apr 06, 2026
v1.6.0
Added: Auto sync option for new and updated posts
Added: Chatbot Logs submenu with Sync Log and Chatbot Log tabs
Added: Option to stop an ongoing sync process
Added: Sync individual docs directly from the docs list page
Added: Diagnostic error logging for chatbot chat and background sync
Fixed: Chatbot token optimization issues
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Mar 08, 2026
v1.5.4
Improved: Replaced hardcoded English system prompt with configurable response language in Cross-Domain mode
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Feb 26, 2026
v1.5.3
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Jan 28, 2026
v1.5.2
Added: Chatbot error log page in settings
Fixed: Sync pending post count data mismatch
Fixed: Changing Chatbot API key resets custom messages to default
Fixed: Unable to remove API key from AI Chatbot settings
Fixed: OpenAI API key insert page redirection Causing Error
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Dec 4, 2025
v1.5.1
Added: WordPress 6.9 Compatibility
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Nov 18, 2025
v1.5.0
Added: Integration with FluentCart
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Oct 22, 2025
v1.4.0
Added: AI-Powered Smart Modal Search
Added: Guest chat mode — users can continue chat as guest
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Sep 09, 2025
v1.3.0
Improved: Enhanced AI Chatbot mechanism to provide more contextual responses
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Aug 17, 2025
v1.2.4
Fixed: Incorrect count shown for sync pending posts
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Jul 14, 2025
v1.2.3
Fixed: Dynamic strings not translatable with WPML
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Jun 19, 2025
v1.2.2
Added: Option to change AI Chatbot Icon.
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
May 26, 2025
v1.2.1
Improvement: The AI chatbot now responds based on the site's active language using translation settings.
Improvement: The chatbot will no longer include URLs for posts that are not publicly viewable (e.g., private posts, - betterdocs_faq, drafts, etc.)
Fixed: The chatbot did not reflect new or updated docs even after clicking "Sync New Posts".
Fixed: The chatbot failed to save repeated user messages in the chat history.
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
May 08, 2025
v1.2.0
Added: Cross-Domain Support.
Improvement: Migrated all chatbot responses from admin-ajax to REST API for better performance and scalability.
Fixed: ‘Save’ button disappearing in settings panel when the AI Chatbot was disabled.
Fixed: Chatbot header color not updating based on admin settings.
Fixed: User questions were not recorded in the chatbot history if the server responded without an answer.
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Mar 17, 2025
v1.1.1
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Mar 17, 2025
v1.1.0
Added: Option to select Retrievable Post Types.
Added: Option to change Chatbot Title and Subtitle.
Fixed: Failed to save chatbot data in certain cases.
Fixed: Token generation failure in certain cases.
Fixed: Chat timestamps always being displayed in UTC time.
Few minor bug fixes and improvements.
Feb 03, 2025
v1.0.1
Improved: Implemented real-time updates for chat timestamps.
Improved: Chat order now follows LIFO (Last In, First Out) in the admin panel.
Added: Customization option in settings for the welcome message.
