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| 1 | 1 | === VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS === |
| 2 | 2 | Contributors: e4jvikwp |
| 3 | 3 | Tags: hotel booking, booking engine, channel manager, hotel, reservations |
| 4 | 4 | Requires at least: 4.7 |
| 5 | -Tested up to: 7.0 | |
| 6 | -Stable tag: 1.8.13 | |
| 5 | +Tested up to: 7.1 | |
| 6 | +Stable tag: 1.8.16 | |
| 7 | 7 | Requires PHP: 7.4.0 |
| 8 | 8 | License: GPLv2 or later |
| 9 | 9 | License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html |
| 10 | 10 | |
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| 130 | 130 | 13. Browser (web push) notifications will turn your device into a real-time updated system. |
| 131 | 131 | |
| 132 | 132 | == Changelog == |
| 133 | 133 | |
| 134 | += 1.8.16 = | |
| 135 | +*Release date - 01 October 2026* | |
| 136 | + | |
| 137 | +* Introducing support for guest alias phone numbers (Channel Manager reservations). | |
| 138 | +* Task Manager: added new capabilities and permissions to operators (gated listing IDs). | |
| 139 | +* Door Access Control: added support to missing passcode detection for bookings. | |
| 140 | +* Improved calculation for outstanding balance payment window after deposit confirmation. | |
| 141 | +* Multiple XSS preventions applied. | |
| 142 | +* Various core framework updates. | |
| 143 | + | |
| 144 | += 1.8.15 = | |
| 145 | +*Release date - 14 September 2026* | |
| 146 | + | |
| 147 | +* Reservation model improvements for payment method detection. | |
| 148 | +* Chat mediator support for dispatching mobile App Push notifications (Task Manager). | |
| 149 | +* Task Manager framework improvements. | |
| 150 | +* New Door Access Control driver for "offline/fixed" access codes. | |
| 151 | +* Automatic checked-in registration for first-access detection in Door Access Control. | |
| 152 | +* Introducing Events Observer for platform dispatcher. | |
| 153 | +* Dropped support for SVG files in Chat Mediator to improve security. | |
| 154 | +* Multiple low-severity security fixes for CSRF and XSS prevention. | |
| 155 | + | |
| 156 | += 1.8.14 = | |
| 157 | +*Release date - 16 July 2026* | |
| 158 | + | |
| 159 | +* Minor task manager improvements for OTA booking alterations. | |
| 160 | +* Multiple low-severity security fixes for CSRF and XSS prevention. | |
| 161 | + | |
| 134 | 162 | = 1.8.13 = |
| 135 | 163 | *Release date - 30 June 2026* |
| 136 | 164 | |
| 137 | 165 | * New PMS Report "Bookings". |
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| 173 | 201 | * Quote lock/do-not-lock option. |
| 174 | 202 | * Automatic payment collection scheduling for VCC and CC of additional OTAs. |
| 175 | 203 | * Language translation strings updated. |
| 176 | 204 | * Multiple low-severity security fixes for XSS prevention. |
| 177 | - | |
| 178 | -= 1.8.8 = | |
| 179 | -*Release date - 20 April 2026* | |
| 180 | - | |
| 181 | -* Door Access Control: passcodes generation improvements for multi-unit (hotel inventory) room types. | |
| 182 | -* New front-end "Chat" module, available as a Gutenberg native block or as a legacy widget. | |
| 183 | -* AI Agent (Chatbot) to guide customers through the booking process or answer questions (CM required). | |
| 184 | -* New admin-widget "Inquiries Chat" to manage AI Agent conversations with guests and message requests. | |
| 185 | -* WhatsApp Business messaging support (Channel Manager required). | |
| 186 | -* New cron-job "Messaging Reminder" for scheduling the delivery of WhatsApp message templates to guests. | |
| 187 | -* AI powered auto-responder to guest messages received through WhatsApp backed by custom training system. | |
| 188 | -* Send custom and interactive WhatsApp message templates to guests (visit E4jConnect.com for more details). | |
| 189 | -* Introducing the new Quote system to manage custom quotes with various booking solutions for your customers. | |
| 190 | -* New admin-widget Quotes to monitor the status of the existing quotes. | |
| 191 | -* Send quote details via email and/or custom and interactive WhatsApp message templates. | |
| 192 | -* New front-end View (and Shortcode) "Quote Details" to let your customers see their quotes and proceed to booking. | |
| 193 | -* Added support for the latest FontAwesome webfonts version. | |
| 194 | -* Several framework improvements and fixes. | |
| 195 | - | |
| 196 | -= 1.8.7 = | |
| 197 | -*Release date - 11 February 2026* | |
| 198 | - | |
| 199 | -* Door Access Control: framework improvements (device data mapping). | |
| 200 | -* Door Access Control: automatic removal of expired passcodes. | |
| 201 | -* Door Access Control: hotel inventory room-types mapping (subunits). | |
| 202 | -* Door Access Control: new integration for U-tec Smart Home. | |
| 203 | -* Resolve room assignments through intelligent combinations matrix. | |
| 204 | -* Hotel inventory room-types with multiple subunits reassignment options. | |
| 205 | -* New notification of type "OTA Bank Transfer Update" (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 206 | -* Improved notification of type "OTA Payout Update" (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 207 | -* Rates Overview OTA Rates improvements (net rates) and automatic loading. | |
| 208 | -* Availability Overview preference for automatically loading rates and restrictions (Multi-calendar). | |
| 209 | -* Longer and alphanumeric customer pin codes enforcements. | |
| 210 | -* Template file customization improvements (DOMDocument HTML strings loading). | |
| 211 | -* Various RMS report metric calculations improved. | |
| 212 | -* PMS Reports automatic execution improvements with all-profiles processing. | |
| 213 | -* Improved Virtual Credit Cards fetching operations from OTAs (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 214 | -* Various internal libraries updates. | |
| 215 | - | |
| 216 | -= 1.8.6 = | |
| 217 | -*Release date - 22 January 2026* | |
| 218 | - | |
| 219 | -* Availability Overview new "inline-scroll" layout. | |
| 220 | -* Increase/Decrease Rates in Rates Overview and Multi-Calendar. | |
| 221 | -* Rates Overview new option to display OTA rates (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 222 | -* Newly created derived rate plans can populate the base rates for all listings. | |
| 223 | -* Identity document AI-powered details extraction through MRZ (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 224 | -* Various pre-check-in improvements, including MRZ detection support. | |
| 225 | -* Introducing Revenue Manager (RMS) framework and libraries. | |
| 226 | -* New RMS Reports: Occupancy Pace and Booking Pace (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 227 | -* New Door Access Control integration for Nuki - Smart Locks (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 228 | -* Door Access Control passcode generation failures support re-try actions through the Notifications Center. | |
| 229 | -* OAuth2 support for custom third-party applications and Door Access Control framework. | |
| 230 | -* Webhook endpoint support for custom third-party applications and Door Access Control framework. | |
| 231 | -* Booking.com Virtual Card Update notifications (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 232 | -* Automatic payment scheduling and collection for Virtual Credit Cards. | |
| 233 | -* Various improvements to OTA payout notifications (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 234 | -* Various improvements to the electronic invoicing framework. | |
| 235 | -* Batch update for "unsafe" customer PIN codes detected. | |
| 236 | -* New admin-widget AI Training Drafts (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 237 | -* Guest messaging: AI self-training functionalities for approval or rejection (E4jConnect channel manager required). | |
| 238 | -* Guest messaging: added support to suspicious messages (phishing) delivered by OTA notifications. | |
| 239 | -* Guest messaging: manually generated AI replies can rely on the model's pre-trained knowledge. | |
| 240 | -* New backup export type "Reservations - Pricing" to include only time-sensitive operational data. | |
| 241 | 205 | |
| 242 | 206 | = Earlier versions = |
| 243 | 207 | |
| 244 | 208 | For further details about older versions, please refer to the [changelog.md](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/vikbooking/trunk/changelog.md) file of the plugin. |
