Automation Rules free WordPress plugin
Description
Automation Rules free WordPress plugin
Automation allows you to build new features on the fly and automate plugins using simple “rules”.
Use “rules” to assign what happens on your site when certain events occur. An individual rule consists of an event, some conditions to check, and one or more actions to take. For example:
Rule 1.
Event: When a user logs in…
Action: Increment a login count for the user.
Rule 2.
Event: When a user logs in…
Condition: If their login counter has reached a certain threshold…
Action: Promote the user to a new member role.
Multiple rules can work in coordination with each other to create workflows and custom features.
A rule is the building block for creating automations, and automations are a path to create new custom site features by connecting various “automation ready” plugins and their behaviors in new ways.
The possibilities of what you can automate is only limited by your imagination (or the number of “automation ready” plugins you have installed on your site). If you want to automate features of a plugin that is not yet automation ready, that’s not a problem because an expansion pack can easily be created to make it automation ready.
Automation Bundles
Multiple “rules” can be grouped together into “automation bundles”, which is a convenient way to package and share your creations with other site owners. These “automation bundles” allow anybody to create customized behaviors between automation ready plugins, and distribute those in a way that allow others to use them with minimal configuration.
Fixed
Minor WordPress debug warnings resolved
1.2.1
Added
Cache optimizations
1.2.0
Changed
Updated test suite
Fixed
Bug causing automation to not import in certain instances
1.1.4
Added
Date/Time config widget presets
Taxonomy config widget presets
A creator field can now be specified for rule bundles
Changed
Token browser launch button re-styled
Performance improvements via new table indexes
Email action now supports token replacements
Recurring action schedule is now visible on scheduled actions table
Removed ‘before_setup_theme’ rule event since it is unhookable by rules
Rules Engine link appears in network admin menu for multisite installs
Downloaded rules files now have a suffix that matches the type of rule package
Flushing the system logs table now just truncates the table instead of iterating and deleting
Fixed
Bug causing rule conditions not to be re-organizable
Bug getting bundle url with custom parameters via code
Bug causing condition ‘compare’ mode not to save
Bug causing table on rules debug tabs to not be pageable
Bug with line endings being present on arrays entered through input widgets
Bug with null rule_parent_id causing rules to not be visible in tables
Bug causing post meta crud events to not be available for use by rules
1.1.3
Added
Custom actions can now be scheduled manually
Token browser now shows mapped array keys for event args
Changed
Removed manual config form option for custom action arguments that do not have a config widget
Widened the hook priority support for rule deployments
Fixed
Auto detect provider for ecas registered by plugins that are network enabled
1.1.2
Added
Array value search condition now has setting for case insensitivity
New ‘checkbox’ config preset widget
Any class that extends MWPFrameworkPatternActiveRecord can now automagically register a full set of ECA’s with rules via static method registerRulesECAs()
Token selector now available on the action scheduling unique key form input
Added support for storing references to known objects in the class map for later loading
Changed
Event argument selection is now always available in condition/action config, even if no event args can be matched to 2 levels
Fixed
Fixed scheduled action controller not conforming to proper database schema
Fixed custom log entries not showing after editing default sort order on log
Fixed non-working token replacement on action scheduling unique key
Fixed non-working scheduled action unique key management
Fixed scheduled actions not working when operating on stored objects
Fixed custom filters not showing on custom events page
1.1.1
Changed
Improved the capabilities of the string comparision core condition to handle checking against arrays
Fixed
Fixed broken show/hide form rows on post/comment update action config forms
1.1.0
Added
Token browser added. Event argument selection and token replacements can now be browsed using a gui.
Custom logs and custom log entries are now accessible through the token browser.
Custom logs can now be customized to choose default sorting, alternate sorting, and searching columns.
Log entries count now displays on the dashboard logs tab
Changed
Changed to work with MWP Framework 2.1.x
1.0.5
Added
Full exception handling for PHP7
Token mappings for current site properties
Added a link to get to the system log in the admin menu
Changed
The redirect rules action is now safeguarded against redirecting when in the admin interface
Downloads of rules now auto name the file according to the item being downloaded
The view template for custom logs now display their field name instead of the database column name
Fixed
Error caused when using the token evaluator function in custom php actions/conditions
Base compare setting for conditions was not saving to the rule
1.0.4
Added
New field for custom events to categorize them
Providers of ECA’s are now tracked in rules exports
Custom events and custom actions now have separate management screens
Custom actions can have rules assigned to them which comprise their core functionality
Added multisite support which moves rules administration to the network admin and allows rules to target specific sites
1.0.3
Added
Bundles can now have a menu item added to the WP Settings Menu
Added ability to specify attachments in the email action
Changed
Removed foreign key references from exported rule data
Adjusted verbage for exporting rules from ‘Export …’ to ‘Download …’
Removed the download option from the dashboard bundle panel
Fixed
Corrected active record class map generation output
1.0.2
Added
Improvements to user interface
Menu item for custom logs to manage fields
Menu item for custom logs to flush entries
Started tracking the rules_apps table for future use
Added an extension to the ActiveRecord class to add the class to the rules map addToRulesMap()
Fixed
Fixed broken uninstall routine
Fixed various php notices
Fixed database errors caused by non-present tables on initial install
Changed
Removed unused dependency tracking code
Removed search box from rules controller
1.0.1
Added
Event: Admin Initialized
Event: Admin Header
Event: Admin Footer
Event: Login Attempt Failed
Date/time now displays by default on log entries table
Added internal api methods to get specific arguments from hooks, logs, and bundles
Added a $token_value variable which contains a function that can be used to get token values inside rule configuration custom php code.
Added quick enable/disable labels to bundles, rules, conditions, and actions
Added custom log field visibility options
Added custom log retention maintenance settings
Changed
“Log entry created” events now recieve the log and entry as arguments
Added css styles to suppress notice and update messages on rules admin pages
String database column size increased from 255 to 1028
Fixed
Completed the incomplete ‘update filter value’ action
1.0.0
First official release