Welcome to changelog page, where we keep you updated about the latest enhancements, bug fixes, and new features that we're continually adding to CloudArcade CMS.
Search url now using hypens, from "game%20title" become "game-title", better for SEO and server compatibility, applied on themes.
Database changes
Fix
Redirect old path to custom path url (301)
Fix edit user profile
v1.6.4
Release date: 01/08/2023
New
theme-functions.php, global function set for theme code.
Canonical link function
RTL option
Fix
Fix PHP 8.2+ HTMLPurifier code deprecation
Set full/game to no-index
Other bug fixes
v1.6.3
Release date: 04/06/2023
Fix
Fix "SETTINGS" compatibility issues from previous version.
v1.6.2
Release date: 02/06/2023
New
Install theme with purchase code.
Changes
Database changes
Remove database FOREIGN KEY and switch to manual method for better compatibility.
Better settings structure
Fix
Fix bugs
v1.5.9
Release date: 16/04/2023
Fix
Set "use_www" to "false"
v1.6.0
Release date: 16/04/2023
Fix
Fix "$url_params" undefined on admin.php
v1.6.1
Release date: 16/04/2023
New
"Playsaurus" game distributor
Add option to Hide a category
Changes
Unpublished/Draft games can't be accessed by guest/player
Update Gamedistribution section list
Fix
Fix category case sensitive
v1.5.8
Release date: 14/04/2023
Fix
Fix bug old translation not work
v1.5.7
Release date: 13/04/2023
New
Tags
The game tag feature has now been implemented.
Mailer (Plugin)
With Mailer, you can send email from the CMS using your own email account, Mailer will come with another plugin in the future, like Forgot Password, Contact Form and Broadcast Messages.
WWW Option
Now you can add "www" to all permalink. Settings > Advanced > Use WWW
Multi-Language in URL
Now you can change site language by add language ID after domain, example: domain.com/en/game/ or domain.com/cn . Settings > Other > Language Code In URL
Changes
Database changes
Fix
Fix bugs
v1.5.6
Release date: 19/03/2023
New
Redesigned admin dashboard
Category Priority
Now you can sort the order of category list by change priority value. Admin > Categories > Edit Category
Game listing
Now you can change the number of games you want to shown on search and category page. Admin > Settings > Listing
Changes
Database changes
Migrating from Bootstrap 4 to Bootstrap 5 (Admin panel)
Remove MDBootstrap
No longger rely on "allow_url_fopen" for better security and compatibility
Add "Log" for Auto Publish plugin
Remove "tables.sql" after install
Fonts used is stored locally
Allow gif logo
Fix
Fix bugs
v1.5.5
Release date: 21/02/2023
Fix
Fix "SUB FOLDER" compatibility issue from v1.5.4
Fix widgets not loaded form v1.5.4
v1.5.4
Release date: 20/02/2023
New
Game Draft
Now you can add "unpublished" game or set a game to "draft" to be published later.
Trailing Slash
Now you can disable trailing slash (/) at the end of url. "Settings > Other".
Changes
Database changes
sitemap.xml game links now limited to 5000 (separated by files in future update)
Prevent user profile page crawled by search engine.
Improved backup script.
Extra parameters (not supported parameters) will show 404 page.
api.js, Ads can be called after 2min or more of last ad shown.
Add robots.txt after generating sitemap (if not exist).
Fix
Bug fixes.
v1.5.3
Release date: 07/01/2023
New
Favorite games
Banner Ad widget
Changes
Now you can styling login & register page with theme "style.css"
In-game banner ads responsive
Outdated/deprecated FILTER_VALIDATE replaced with regex
Database changes
Fix
Remove unsuported characters in game title, description and instructions.
v1.5.2
Release date: 18/12/2022
Changes
Update jQuery to latest version (v3.6.2)
Fix
Failed login redirect to admin login
Ignore WEBP importing
URL Array
URL Redirect
v1.5.1
Release date: 20/11/2022
Fix
Fix bug
v1.5.0
Release date: 19/11/2022
Changes
Increase slug length
Now you can upload image in post editor (Posts plugin)
Fix
Fix database encoding
v1.4.9
Release date: 12/10/2022
Fix
Remove emoji filter (Causing missing string)
v1.4.8
Release date: 03/10/2022
Fix
Fix leaderboard not shown.
v1.4.7
Release date: 29/09/2022
Fix
Fix plugin-repo not work if no plugins installed.
v1.4.6
Release date: 28/09/2022
Changes
Improved plugin repository
Category Filter (Plugin) now work with Auto Publish (Plugin)
Add WEBP support for Auto Publish (Plugin)
Fix
Fix bugs
v1.4.5
Release date: 20/07/2022
New
Splash Screen
Now you can show splah screen for self-uploaded games like Gamedistribution does, also you can show an advertisement on "Play" clicked. Activate it on "Settings > Other".
Dynamic multi-language
Now you can let visitor change site language, and make your site have multi-laguage support. More info and guide More info
Category Filter (Plugin)
The purpose of this plugin is to filtering and automatically change specific game category name during game import process.
Can be useful if you're already localize category name (non-english) and want to change english category name into translated one.
Moderate Comment
Comment can be moderated by admin before get apporved and shown for everyone. Activate it on "Settings > User" also use latest "Comments Manager" plugin.
Changes
Database changes
Fix
Fix bugs
v1.4.4
Release date: 24/05/2022
Fix
Fix bugs
v1.4.3
Release date: 20/05/2022
New
Static Site (Plugin)
Make your site extremely fast by converting almost entire site into html files. More info More info
Webp image support
Convert and generate WEBP thumbnail format, reduce file size up to 80% compared to regular PNG or JPG and also SEO friendly.
Activate it on "Settings > Advanced".
Construct 3 auto thumbnails
Now thumb_1 and thumb_2 is optional for Construct 3 games, thumbnail will be generated from "icon-512.png" from game file (zip).
Changes
Remove geoplugin to avoid potential issues
Thumbnail Importer (Plugin) now add Webp support
Fix
Fix bug
v1.4.2
Release date: 11/05/2022
Changes
PRETTY URL : Now also rewrite search url
PRETTY URL : Add trailing slash at the end of url (get_permalink())
PRETTY URL : Redirect 301 to trailing slash url
Edit Collection now showing game list and have missing game detection
Theme scipts.js that pointing '../includes' will not work, if you use custom theme, update your script path to '/includes'.