Inventory Presser

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   This is a vehicle post archive showing post title, full size featured image, price, vehicle attribute table, carfax button, and link to vehicle post single.

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   This is an inventory grid showing featured image thumbnails and post titles. A full inventory link takes users to the vehicle post archive.

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   This is a list of vehicles in the administrator dashboard that the user sees when she clicks the Vehicles or All Vehicles menu items. Each vehicle is listed by year, make, model, trim, stock number, color, odometer, price, and photo count. If the vehicle has photos, a thumbnail is also shown. This screen shot was taken on version 3.1.0.

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   This is the edit screen that adds or edits a single vehicle. The post content box is demoted to handle only the sentence-form vehicle description, and the entire edit screen is enhanced to support vehicle attributes. This screen shot was taken on version 3.1.0.

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   This screenshot shows a vehicle post in the WordPress block editor. An editor sidebar for the Inventory Presser plugin is expanded and contains vehicle attribute fields. An arrow points to a button with a key on it that reveals the editor sidebar.

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   This screenshot shows a vehicle archive on the Twenty Twenty theme before any customization.

How much does this plugin cost?

This plugin is free and open source. Free and paid add-ons & services are available at https://inventorypresser.com/.

Does it decode VINs?

Not for free. A VIN decoder add-on is available at https://inventorypresser.com/products/plugins/vin-decoder/.

Can I import my inventory?

Yes. Visit Adding or Importing Inventory to determine what is best for your client.

Will Inventory Presser work with my theme?

Yes. Check out our Theme Compatibility Guide. If your theme does not include templates to display listing pages and vehicle detail pages, the plugin provides those pages automatically.

Can I change the dollar sign to my local currency? Miles to kilometers?

Yes. Visit our Internationalization Guide.

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15.4.1

• [Fixed] Bug fix. Adds a file_exists() check around each register_block_type() call.
• [Fixed] Bug fix. Replaces the too-late rest_prepare_inventory_vehicle filter to avoid REST updates to vehicles that were deleted moments ago.
• [Fixed] Bug fix. Swapps both get_transient/set_transient pairs in invp_get_the_photos() to wp_cache_get/wp_cache_set.
• [Fixed] Updates iframeresizer and wordpress/scripts dependencies.

15.4.0

• [Added] Adds a Map block. This is an equivalent to the Map widget for the block editor.
• [Fixed] Fixes bugs in the add-on updater to reduce requests to inventorypresser.com during each plugin update check.

15.3.1

• [Fixed] Allows more than one [invp_inventory_slider] shortcode and Vehicle Slider widget to appear on the same page.
• [Fixed] Allows more than one type slug in the [invp_inventory_slider type=”car,suv,van,tru”] shortcode type filter.

15.3.0

• [Added] Adds type and condition arguments to the [invp_inventory_slider] shortcode.
• [Fixed] Allows more than one [invp_inventory_slider] to appear on the same page.
• [Fixed] Fixes horizontal layout of maximum price filter.
• [Fixed] Fixes bug in Phones widget admin form.
• [Fixed] Fixes doubly-escaped strings in Address widget.
• [Fixed] Bug fix when hiding editor meta boxes based on the vehicle type. Hides boat fields when editing cars.
• [Changed] Changes tested up to version number to 6.9.

15.2.7

• [Fixed] Escapes strings before output in HTML. Uses esc_url() and wp_kses_post() in more places where appropriate.
• [Fixed] Prevents warnings when REST API handlers run into missing vehicles that were just deleted.

15.2.6

• [Fixed] Escapes strings before output in HTML. Escapes strings and strips tags while building schema.org json. Adds wp_kses_post() calls where we want to allow some basic HTML tags in strings we output.
• [Fixed] Bug fix when loading scripts into the block editor. Stop loading block editor scripts on the block widgets pages.

15.2.5

• [Fixed] Fixes bugs around escaping data before it is output.
• [Fixed] Bug fix when loading saved setting Singles Contact Form when the user has chosen a WPForms form.

15.2.4

• [Fixed] Fixes bugs when add-ons check for updates from multisite installations.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug when saving payment and payment frequency in the Classic Editor.
• [Fixed] Fixes bugs around sanitizing and escaping data before using it.

15.2.3

• [Fixed] Improves the Description block visibility by adding a placeholder “Enter vehicle description…”. Adds a Description block to the editor when editing vehicles to help users locate where to put free-form vehicle content.
• [Fixed] Wraps the text “SOLD!” in a new filter invp_sold_text so that it can be changed.
• [Fixed] Prevent HTML encoding in single vehicle templates for sold and pending sale vehicles.

15.2.2

• [Fixed] Reverts a feature added in 15.2.1: ‘Provides the post content as the inventory_presser_description meta field when “Provide single and archive templates” is enabled.’

15.2.1

• [Added] Adds a shortcode [invp_price] to display a vehicle’s price.
• [Fixed] Provides the post content as the inventory_presser_description meta field when “Provide single and archive templates” is enabled.
• [Fixed] Adds a style attribute to the [invp_archive] shortcode and passes it into [invp_archive_vehicle] to make the style parameter accessible to archive shortcode users.
• [Fixed] Bug fix in [invp_archive] shortcode that prevented the before and after filters from working.
• [Changed] Changes tested up to version number to 6.8.3.

15.2.0

• [Added] Adds querystring filters for minimum and maximum down payments. Use min_down and max_down to filter vehicles by down payment amounts in URLs like https://example.com/inventory/?max_down=600.
• [Fixed] Removes CSS max-width from vehicle attribute table.
• [Changed] Limits the number of simultaneous taxonomy filters in an archive to five in URLs like https://example.com/inventory/make/acura/make/audi/make/honda/make/gmc/make/subaru/.

15.1.4

• [Fixed] Bug fix in Divi integration. Stops putting the post ID near the odometer value returned by invp_get_the_odometer().

15.1.3

• [Added] Adds a Block Editor event handler for the VIN Decoder add-on. Detects and runs a VIN decode input handler for Inventory Presser VIN Decoder version 3.0.0 and up.

15.1.2

• [Added] Adds a style parameter to the [invp_archive_vehicle] shortcode. Values can be a or b. Defaults to a.
• [Fixed] Allow all shortcode attributes to be filtered by other developers. Corrects some shortcode filter names to add invp_ prefix.
• [Fixed] Fixes the way the vehicle attribute table styles are loaded. Solves the problem of attribute table CSS vanishing when the shortcode is used outside the provided templates.
• [Fixed] Bug fix in archive CSS. Avoid using a pixel value. Replaces it with a percentage.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug when saving changes to vehicles made in the dashboard editors. Stops assigning taxonomy term relationships based on the meta data inputs. Starts using only the tax_input array to populate term relationships.
• [Changed] Deprecates Inventory_Presser_Taxonomies::save_taxonomy_term(). Use wp_set_object_terms() instead. This method will be removed in a future release.
• [Changed] Revisions to the Maximum Price Filter. Changes default price amounts to put the larger amounts first. Changes the amounts themselves. Changes the default title to “Shop by Price”.

15.1.1

• [Added] Adds an API method INVP::have_new_and_used_vehicles().
• [Fixed] Bug fix in [invp_attribute_table] shortcode. Avoids repeating a fuel type like “Diesel” in the engine descriptor.
• [Fixed] Bug fixes in flexslider CSS for more widespread compatibility.
• [Fixed] Bug fix in Avada integration. Allows taxonomy filters in vehicle archives using Avada post cards layout.
• [Fixed] Bug fix in Avada integration. Do not assume before and after content object members exist before using them.
• [Changed] Changes to the Type taxonomy terms that are loaded for Car and SUV. Removes “Sport Utility Vehicle” and “Passenger Car” in favor of SUV and Car.

15.1.0

• [Added] Adds a “Phone Numbers” meta box to the Appearance > Menus page, allowing phone numbers managed by the Locations taxonomy to be added to menus.
• [Added] Adds a filter invp_phone_number_widget_html to make it easy to edit Phone Number widget HTML before it is output.
• [Added] Adds two filters invp_archive_shortcode_before and invp_archive_shortcode_after. These filters make it easy to add content above and below the archive output.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the [invp_sort_by] shortcode.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in Gravity Forms integration. Do not use a Gravity Forms class GF_Fields before making sure it exists. When the active_plugins option contains Gravity Forms but the site does not have the Gravity Forms plugin files, this condition would cause a fatal error.
• [Changed] Changes inventory_presser_car_id meta field type from integer to string.
• [Changed] Changes the cron job to delete unused terms from daily to weekly.
• [Changed] Changes the filter priority on the View Details button on archives from 10 to 20.

15.0.0

• [Added] Adds a Description block that displays and edits the rich text describing the vehicle in the inventory_presser_description meta field.
• [Added] Adds Base Color drop down to the Attributes panel in the Classic Editor.
• [Added] Adds a template tag invp_get_the_youtube_embed().
• [Added] Adds a meta field inventory_presser_tag_line to hold a descriptive sentence that differs from the post title.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug that blanked vehicle post titles in REST API responses.
• [Fixed] Fixes bugs in Divi integration. Output more than one option when the user chooses the Options Array dynamic content value. Format price, payment, and MSRP as currency when used as dynamic content values.. Format odometer as a number when used as a dynamic content value.
• [Fixed] Fixes bugs in Avada integration. Formats MSRP, payment, and down payment as currency when used as Custom Fields in Text Modules.
• [Fixed] Fixes bugs around the “Sale Pending” availability term and copying changes involving this term to the overlapping meta field.
• [Fixed] Fixes an XML syntax bug in Contact Form 7 integration when creating ADF XML with the [invp_adf_vendor] mail tag. Adds a post_id hidden field to the form tag output of [invp_vehicle] to make attaching vehicles to lead submissions more efficient than using the stock number.
• [Changed] Stops using _post capabilities. Changes the registration of the inventory_vehicle post type to use its own capabilities. Grants all capabilities to administrator users, but all non-administrators will lose the ability to read, edit, and delete vehicle posts with this update.
• [Changed] Changes tested up to version number to 6.7.2.

14.18.3

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the [invp_archive] shortcode preventing pagination from working as expected.

14.18.2

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the [invp_archive] shortcode. Stops adding a meta_key parameter to the posts query when found in the orderby query variable when the value found in orderby is “meta_value”.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the [invp_archive_vehicle] shortcode. Stops escaping the return value of invp_get_the_price(). The value is already escaped for HTML.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the [invp_single_vehicle] shortcode. Allows the invp_no_photo_url filter to work on vehicle singles.

14.18.1

• [Added] Adds translation files that were previously only hosted at wordpress.org.
• [Fixed] Fixes bugs when numbering and rearranging photos in the Block Editor.
• [Fixed] Bug fixes in WP All Import integration. Assign photo meta data to attachments to vehicles as they are imported.
• [Fixed] Do not let the Vehicles > Taxonomies settings prevent the Categories taxonomy from working if someone adds it to the vehicles post type.

14.18.0

• [Added] Adds the description field to the Attributes meta box in the Classic Editor.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug that prevented transients holding vehicle photo arrays from being deleted.
• [Fixed] Stops adding photo HTML to the post body in the Classic Editor when the Add Media button is used to attach a photo to a vehicle.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug when renumbering photos during uploads.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug that would remove a newly-added Featured Image when users press Save draft in the Classic Editor.
• [Fixed] Prevents Divi from clobbering our Gallery Block in new vehicle posts in the Block Editor with their “Build Your Layout Using Divi” nag.

14.17.6

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug that prevented the plugin from uninstalling properly.
• [Changed] Changes tested up to version number to 6.7.1.

14.17.5

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug where adding a new vehicle in Classic Editor would not show all appropriate passenger vehicle meta boxes.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug that caused two plugin update notices for Inventory Presser add-ons in the plugins list.

14.17.4

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug that prevented the plugin from deleting data during uninstallation.
• [Changed] Changes tested up to version number to 6.7.

14.17.3

• [Fixed] Fixes bug introduced in 14.17.2. Stops escaping HTML in invp_get_the_location_sentence() twice.

14.17.2

• [Fixed] Bug fix. Makes strings in blocks translatable.
• [Fixed] Bug fix. Add default block editor toolbar to all blocks to help users move and remove them.
• [Fixed] Bug fix when loading editor sidebar.
• [Changed] YouTube Video ID block now embeds the video in the block editor.
• [Changed] Changes the way most blocks are built so they each have their own block.json file. This will help directories correctly count how many blocks are provided in the plugin.

14.17.1

• [Fixed] Helps new users understand where to find the list of vehicles by adding a line to the Listings Pages table on the Settings page for the default post type archive.
• [Fixed] Detects an empty permalink structure and adds a Site Health test to recommend a change. With default/no permalinks, slash inventory is not added to rewrite rules and the default vehicle archive is /?post_type=inventory_vehicle instead of slash vehicle. Adds an admin notice on the plugin settings page to draw user attention to Site Health when there are recommendations.
• [Fixed] Bug fix in invp_get_the_last_modified() template tag for support outside the loop. Starts passing the post ID when getting the raw meta value.
• [Fixed] Bug fix in invp_get_the_carfax_url_report() template tag for support outside the loop. Starts passing the post ID when getting the VIN.
• [Fixed] Bug fix in invp_get_the_odometer() template tag. Check if the post ID is available from the loop when the passed value is empty or not passed.

14.17.0

• [Added] Adds blocks for Down Payment, Make, Model, MSRP, Odometer, Payment, Price, Stock Number, Title Status, Transmission Speeds, Trim Level, VIN, Year, and YouTube Video ID.
• [Added] Adds a block called Year, Make, Model, and Trim that outputs those meta fields in an H1.
• [Fixed] Fixes a number of blocks that were broken, including Beam, Body Style, Color, Engine, Interior Color, Last Modified, Length, and Odometer.
• [Fixed] Fixes bugs in handling input and output. Escapes more strings before output. Sanitizes more input values before they are used.

14.16.3

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the [invp_archive] shortcode that prevented orderby and order query parameters from changing the order of vehicles.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the [invp_sort_by] shortcode that prevented it from working on any page other than an inventory_vehicle post type archive.
• [Fixed] Bug fixes in the REST API class. Stops assuming posts_per_page and paged will be defined in the query params.
• [Changed] Changes tested up to version number to 6.6.2.

14.16.2

• [Fixed] Bug fixes in the Add Media and Delete All Media buttons shown in the Classic Editor.
• [Fixed] Bug fix. Provide default taxonomy settings when a user has never used the Manage Taxonomies button to configure their site. Preserves backwards compatibility to before the setting existed.
• [Changed] Changes the [invp_archive] shortcode to allow a location parameter that takes a term slug.

14.16.1

• [Fixed] Fixes the price and odometer range filters not working outside the context of the [invp_archive] shortcode.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the Avada Builder integration added in 14.16.0 to prevent a warning being logged when processing Text Block layout elements that do not have a meta key configured.

14.16.0

• [Added] Adds an integration with Gravity Forms. Provides a Vehicle field type that allows users to add vehicles to leads captured with Gravity Forms.
• [Fixed] Achieves compatibility with Avada Builder by adding all vehicle photos as Featured Images and changing the way some meta fields display when used in Text Block layout elements.
• [Fixed] Redesigns the Listings Pages settings table to fit on narrower screens. Adds a warning to Divi users that the feature does not work on Divi.

14.15.0

• [Added] Adds a setting Provide Templates at Vehicles > Options. Lets users toggle the provided templates for archive and single vehicles.
• [Added] Adds WS Form to the list of recognized form builders in the Singles Contact Form setting.
• [Fixed] Bug fix. Fixes the Add Listings Page button in the settings. This button stopped adding a new row to the Listings Pages table in 14.14.0.
• [Changed] Edits WP All Import integration to detect semicolon as an option delimiter in addition to pipes and commas.
• [Changed] Changes tested up to version number to 6.5.5.

14.14.2

• [Fixed] Adds a meta noindex nofollow tag to inventory archives that are filtered by 2 or more of our taxonomies. Prevent /inventory/make/toyota/make/lexus/fuel/gas/ from being indexed or followed by bots.
• [Fixed] Bug fix. Register scripts in the dashboard. The location taxonomy add phone and add hours buttons were broken because the script powering them stopped loading.
• [Fixed] Bug fix. Restores VIN to vehicle attribute table. VIN was erroneously removed in 14.14.0.

14.14.0

• [Added] Adds a setting “Singles Contact Form” at Vehicles → Options to embed a lead form on vehicle single pages. Supports Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, and WP Forms.
• [Added] Adds “make” and “model” attributes to the Inventory Grid and Inventory Slider.
• [Added] Changes the “Show All Taxonomies” option to a “Manage Taxonomies” button that leads to another options page. Users can now toggle which taxonomies are active, show in the admin menu, and display in editors for each vehicle type. This makes the plugin much more friendly to boat dealers and anyone managing vehicles that are not passenger cars.
• [Added] Adds better support for the Classic Editor.
• [Added] Adds more boat fields for condition, draft, number of engines, engine make, engine model, and horsepower.
• [Added] Adds template tags for boats including invp_is_boat(), invp_get_the_condition_boat(), invp_get_the_draft(), invp_get_the_engine_count(), invp_get_the_engine_make(), invp_get_the_engine_model(), and invp_get_the_horsepower().
• [Fixed] Stops showing an admin notice on this plugin’s settings page. Adds the information to the Site Health page under the Tools menu instead.
• [Fixed] Makes more strings translateable, including default boat styles and hull materials.
• [Fixed] Bug fix. Prevent invp_get_the_photos() from returning a list of urls containing empty strings. Vehicles with broken images would prevent the flexslider from starting on details pages.
• [Changed] Stops removing the odometer field from the vehicle attribute table for boats.
• [Changed] Changes the fields for boats in the attribute table shortcode, and therefore the default archive and single templates.

14.13.0

• [Added] Updates WP All Import integration to detect comma-delimited options. Previously, only pipe-delimited options were split into the meta field during imports.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the “hours today” sentence. Stops using the PHP function jddayofweek().

14.12.7

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug introduced in 14.12.6 that broke this plugin’s Block Editor sidebar.

14.12.6

• [Added] Adds an ID parameter to the [invp_photo_slider] shortcode so it can be used on any page.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug that caused an intermittent error in the Block editor “Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response.”
• [Fixed] Stops showing the Vehicles admin bar item to logged in users who cannot edit posts.
• [Fixed] Fixes bugs in the [invp_inventory_slider] shortcode so it operates more closely like the widget. Adds a showcount parameter
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug that redirected 404 vehicle requests in the dashboard to the front end error page instead of the empty posts list.
• [Changed] Changes tested up to version to 6.5.2.

14.12.5

• [Added] Adds support for marking vehicles “Sale pending”. Adds a term to the Availability taxonomy during plugin activation. Adds a template tag invp_is_pending(). Shows “Sale pending” instead of any price.
• [Fixed] Removes valid html title opening tags from readme.txt and changelog.txt. These files can more easily be more easily embedded in web pages.
• [Changed] Changes tested up to version to 6.5.0.

14.12.4

• [Fixed] Optimizes the way sliders are resized when the browser window is resized.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug when prefixing taxonomy term URLs with /inventory to avoid extraneous database queries. This was breaking the menu administration page.
• [Fixed] Updates the install instructions in readme.txt.

14.12.3

• [Fixed] Fixes a CSS bug in the inventory grid shortcode and widget.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug causing duplicate search results since 14.12.2.

14.12.2

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the photo rearranger Gallery Block when comparing photo numbers.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug when saving vehicles to prevent duplicate meta values for meta registered as singles.
• [Fixed] Fixes a bug where all search queries sitewide were joined to the taxonomy term tables. Vehicle data in terms is mirrored in post meta, so this was no longer necessary.
• [Fixed] Fixes a JavaScript bug when loading photo sliders on vehicle singles where the vehicle only has one photo and a carousel is not displayed.
• [Removed] Stops adding a querystring containing the photo hash to photo link URLs.

14.12.1

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug introduced in 14.12.0 in the Grid widget when Show Captions is enabled.

14.12.0

• [Added] Adds an API method INVP::currency_symbol() and a filter invp_currency_symbol to allow the default US dollar sign to be changed.
• [Added] Adds a show_odometers parameter to the Grid shortcode and widget.

14.11.5

• [Fixed] Fixes a bug in the photo numberer class. Makes the post id parameter optional in a callback on the the_title hook.
• [Changed] Updates icon and banner art.
• [Changed] Changes the tested up to version number 6.4.2.

14.11.4

• [Fixed] Updates demo site URL to https://demo.inventorypresser.com/.
• [Fixed] Fixes bugs in flexslider spin-up script when used outside single vehicle context.
• [Fixed] Makes more strings translateable.
• [Changed] Changes the tested up to version number 6.3.2.