M Chart

1. 

   M Chart UI

2. 

   M Chart Settings

3. 

1.11

• Added a Chart Block for the WordPress Block Editor
  • Send your thanks to webconstructor for lion’s share of the work on this
• Added a CSV Delimiter control and setting to allow for differences in CSV files from different regions
• Fixed an issue where data points weren’t being cleaned well enough and it could confuse Chart.js
• Fixed an issue where Chart.js tooltips sometimes duplicated a label
• Fixed an issue with entities inside of labels

1.10.2

• Fixed another PHP warning that occured when trim was passed an untyped value (@webconstructor)

1.10.1

• Fixed a few issues where some PHP warnings could occur when a Chart had no data (@webconstructor)

1.10

• The default Chart.js theme now uses the default color pallette introduced in version 4.0.0
  • If you preferred the older colors they’ve been moved to the Chart.js v3 theme
• Number formatting is now always handled by the native locale formating functionality in Chart.js
  • Fixes an issue where large numbers sometimes didn’t display properly
• Fixed an issue where some missing output sanitation could allow for some XSS injection in a chart
  • Thank you to Ngo Thien for reporting this
• Fixed an issue where the correct library wasn’t set when using multiple libraries
• Fixed an issue where the object cache could result in some Chart.js plugins not loading
• Fixed an issue where the port value wasn’t being handled by the plugin_url method (@turicasturicas)
• Fixed an issue where custom Chart.js animations could be overwritten (@fcFn)
• Updated Chart.js to the latest stable version (4.2.1)
  • If you’ve customized some Chart.js behaviors note that version 4.x includes a few breaking changes
• Updated chartjs-plugin-datalabels to the latest stable version (2.2.0)

1.9.4

• Added a setting to control the width of the image generation
• Updated Chart.js to the latest stable version (3.7.1)
• Updated canvg to the latest stable version (3.1.0)

1.9.3

• Fixed an issue where tick labels were getting mangled in certain situations

1.9.2

• Fixed an issue where the default theme was overwritten by the first library when multiple libraries are installed
• Fixed some issues with M Chart Settings that were introduced in M Chart 1.9
• Fixed an issue where the number formatting code is not always ready before a Chart.js chart renders

1.9.1

• Fixed an issue where the number formating code crashed the WordPress Block Editor

1.9

• Added support for stacked column, stacked bar, and doughnut charts when using Chart.js
• Added support for data point labels when using Chart.js
  • Uses the chartjs-plugin-datalabels plugin
• Added better number formatting for Chart.js
  • Uses Intl.NumberFormat and a locale set in the M Chart Settings panel to properly format numbers when possible
• Made some tweaks to how tables are rendered so the results are more sensible
• Tweaked plugin behavior when multiple libraries are installed
  • You can now add a new chart in both the default and other installed libraries
  • You can now update the settings for all of the installed libraries instead of just the default
• Fixed an issue where double quotes in a label could cause Javascript errors
• Fixed a few PHP warnings that could occur when editing a chart
• Updated Chart.js to the latest stable version (3.7.0)
• Updated ParseCsv to the latest stable version (1.3.2)

1.8.1

• Fixed an issue where not all of the arguments were being fed to functions attached to the_title filter hook
• Fixed an issue where handlebars wasn’t always enqueued when needed

1.8

• Added support for spline, area, scatter, bubble, radar, radar area, and polar charts when using Chart.js
• Chart.js can now use themes
  • Default themes:
    • Chart.js (Default)
      • Based on the Chart.js homepage colors
    • Color Blind Safe
    • Highcharts 4.x
• Many additions/tweaks to Chart.js support
  • Charts can now use the Vertical axis minimum value field
  • Charts can now use the Shared tooltip setting
  • Charts use different symbols for each data set when possible
    • Circle, Diamond, Square, Triangle, etc…
  • Tooltips have been tweaked to include more information
• Added two columns to the admin panel chart posts page
  • Chart Type
  • Chart Library (optional)
• Added an Image Multiplier setting to allow for higher or lower quality images (1x, 2x, 3x, or 4x)
  • A 2x multiplier has been the existing behavior
• Some minor UI tweaks to support WordPress 5.7 changes
• Fixed an issue where chart didn’t update when changes were made to a new spreadsheet
• Fixed an issue where axis units weren’t displayed in Chart.js when there was no axis title
• Fixed an issue where the auto generated chart images could end up distorted
• Fixed an issue where the auto generated chart images were blurry when using Chart.js
• Removed Dark Mode plugin support
  • The scope/purpose of this plugin changed drastically
• Removed Shortcake shortcode ui
  • Shortcake hasn’t been updated in over 2 years
• Updated canvg to the latest stable version (3.0.7)
  • This fixes an issue with image generation when using the Highcharts library
• Updated Chart.js to the latest stable version (3.2.0)
• Updated Handsontable to the latest stable version with an MIT license (6.2.2)
  • Since I can’t get any bug fixes going forward I’ll be looking into alternatives for future versions

1.7.11

• Fixed an issue in WordPress 5.5 where jQuery sometimes wasn’t available in time for embedded charts

1.7.10

• Fixed some minor style issues in WordPress 5.5
• Fixed some issues with the admin Javascript when the plugin is used in WordPress 5.5
• Updated Chart.js to the latest stable version (2.7.3)

1.7.9

• Changed the priority of the template_redirect filter hook call so that m_chart()->is_iframe get’s set earlier

1.7.8

• Fixed an issue that caused a few PHP warnings on the Charts page of the admin panel

1.7.7

• Fixed an issue that caused a PHP warning about a non-numeric value in class-wp-rewrite.php

1.7.6

• A few PHP notice fixes
• Updated Chart.js to the latest stable version (2.7.3)
• Updated Handsontable to the latest stable version (6.2.1)

1.7.5

• Added an additional check for the post id value in the edit interface
• Added an additional check for datasets data in the Chart.js code when adding colors
• Fixed an incorrect reference to the plugin version

1.7.4

• Improved data handling for non pie charts (when using Chart.js)
• Moved chart type tracking from the post_tag taxonomy to a specific m-chart-library taxonomy
• Updated Handsontable to the latest stable version (5.0.2)
• Fixed an issue where the get_chart method would still try to load the template file for an invalid or non active chart type
  • Also better handling in general when a chart requires the Highcharts library and it is either not installed or inactive
• Fixed an issue where Chart.js sometimes wasn’t enqueued because of an erroneous dependency

1.7.3

• Fixed an issue where charts couldn’t be saved if the data didn’t yet include labels that M Chart could find (when using Chart.js)

1.7.2

• Added styles for the Dark Mode plugin
• Fixed an issue where new charts couldn’t be saved after making changes when there was an empty data set (when using Chart.js)

1.7.1

• Fixed an issue that could prevent new charts from being created when using Highcharts

1.7

• Updated Handsontable to the latest stable version (5.0.0)
• Major restructuring changes to meet WordPress Plugins directory requirements
  • Switched default graphing library to Chart.js (2.7.2)
    • Chart.js is more limited in functionality than Highcharts and the features of the core plugin are scaled back to reflect this
      • Chart types are reduced and customizability is limited
  • Removed Highcharts completely from the core plugin
    • To continue using Highcharts install the M Chart Highcharts Library plugin
      • This plugin reinstates ALL of the previous functionality found in M Chart

1.6.3

• Reworked the iframe embed code so differences in themes shouldn’t cause issues anymore

1.6.2

• Simplified Chinese (zh_CN) translation corrections
• Fixed an issue with PHP 7.1+ installs

1.6.1

• Fixed an issue where the placeholder image was used when a valid image existed

1.6

• Added support for scatter and bubble charts
• Charts can now be loaded via iframes (this enables remote embedding among other things)
• Line, spline and area charts can now use shared tool tips
• Added language settings to allow things like setting the thousands seperator and decimal symbols
• Switched to internal array_merge method in the theme code so we can recursively merge settings
• Tweaked the theme code a bit so we can support older versions of PHP
• Filtering the_content to now return chart code when appropriate
• Updated Highcharts to the latest stable version (5.0.7)
• Updated Handsontable to the latest stable version (0.31)

1.5.2

• Fix for image performance options which would disable form submission in some situations

1.5.1

• Fix for image generation due to changes in Highcharts 5.0

1.5

• Added support for the AMP plugin
• Shortcode can now output a HTML table instead of a chart
• Updated Handsontable to the latest stable version (0.29)
• Updated Highcharts to the latest stable version (5.0.2)
• Tweaked how taxonomies are assigned so we don’t unintentionally inherit them from other plugins

1.4.1

• You can now display the same chart more than once on a single page

1.4

• Added Vertical axis minimum value field
• Fixed an issue where a notice error could occur when chart caches are being refreshed

1.3.2

• Fixed an issue where a notice error could occur when saving a chart

1.3.1

• Upped the chart height limit to 1500px
• Fixed an issue where notice errors were causing syntax errors in the Javascript when PHP errors are sent to screen

1.3

• Added a subtitle field which is used in the Highcharts subtitle attribute
• Noting that PHP >= 5.3.6 is required in the readme
• Also checking manage_options permission when saving settings
• Added a Simplified Chinese (zh_CN) translation
• The Color Blind Safe theme is now based on a palette by Martin Krzywinski

1.2.1

• Now using manage_options permissions for the settings panel

1.2

• Added themes
  • Default themes:
    • Highcharts 4.x (Default)
    • Color Blind Safe
    • Highcharts 3.x
    • Highcharts 2.x
• Added a settings panel
  • Turn off/on image generation and/or instant chart previews
  • Set default Highcharts theme
• Added full language support
  • Now we just needs some translations
• Simplified the admin panel CSS a bit
• Fixed a display issue with the spreadsheet interface
• Fixed a bug where the Source URL wasn’t making into the charts
• Updated Handsontable to the latest stable version (0.24.1)
• Updated Highcharts to the latest stable version (4.2.1)

1.1.5

• Updated Highcharts to the latest stable version (4.2.0) this fixes an issue where bar charts could cause an Uncaught TypeError in some WP themes

1.1.4

• Updated Handsontable to the latest stable version (0.15.1) this fixes a copy/paste issue in the spreadsheet for some browsers

1.1.3

• Fixed an issue where the Highcharts options where sometimes being set before Highcharts was available

1.1.2

• Fixed an issue where subsequent charts on the same page inherited the data from the previous chart

1.1.1

• Fixed a bug where data sets with only one row/column of data that also had only one row/column of labels would fail to display in chart types other than pie

1.1

• Added a Shortcake shortcode ui
• Added canvas_done Javascript event
• Added m_chart_admin_footer_javascript Action hook
• Fixed a PHP warning that occured when adding a new chart that had no data yet

1.0

• Initial release