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.
Changelog
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'.
Fix
Improve emoji remover compatibility
v1.4.1
Release date: 06/05/2022
Changes
MySQL performance improvement
Remove all emojis from game description to avoid possible bugs
Blank game category automatically moved to "Other" category
Similar games now set to random
Fix
Improve statistics compatibility
v1.4.0
Release date: 19/04/2022
Changes
Update GameDistribution url format
Fix
Improve theme update compatibility
v1.3.9
Release date: 11/04/2022
Fix
Fix v1.3.8 "trending" bug
v1.3.8
Release date: 10/04/2022
New
Trending/Hot game
Now you can show trending game for last week or month. More info More info
Auto Sitemap
Sitemap generated automatically if activate "auto sitemap" in Settings > Advanced.
Captcha
You can activate Captcha for user registration in Settings > User.
Fix
Fix bugs
v1.3.7
Release date: 31/03/2022
New
(API) Get player score from database
(API) Get player score rank
Fix
Fix access non exist user profile
Fix player score API
Fix error delete user
v1.3.6
Release date: 14/03/2022
New
Multiple Banner sources
Now you can use multiple banner sources and randomly shown (Ads Manager Plugin).
Banner ads statistics
Banner ads interaction now recorded.
Fix
Bug fixes
v1.3.5
Release date: 26/01/2022
New
Ads Manager (Plugin)
Let you show in-game ads or pre-roll ads inside the game using IMA SDK (or Adsense for games) or your own Banner ads, more info. More info
Option hide login
Now you can hide login link with site settings.
Changes
Game API
Add show ads.
Improve menus compatibility
Fix
Bug fixes
v1.3.4
Release date: 29/12/2021
New
Plugin Updater
Add plugin update button and plugin update checker.
Game Reports (Plugin)
Players / Users can report a game to admin.
Plugin header and footer
Plugin can instert a php script in header and footer.
Changes
Dashboard
Add latest comments and reports in dashboard page.
Add return home link for login and register page
Install.php
Install.php return to home instead of show "installed" string
v1.3.3
Release date: 22/12/2021
New
Theme Options
Let you configure theme with admin panel if a theme support Theme Options.
Google Login (Plugin)
Add Login with Google, used for both login and registration.
Theme delete & duplicate
Now you can delete and duplicate a theme from admin panel.
Changes
Improvements
Fix
Various small bug fixes
v1.3.2
Release date: 20/10/2021
Changes
Improve updater
Update game API
Remove Style Editor
Use "Theme Editor" plugin instead.
Set max list of liked games to 15
Disable HTML tag on comments
For better scurity and also to avoid spam user.
Scurity improvement
Fix
Register logo
Remove "cloudarcade" folder on root
Delete "cloudarcade.zip" on root
v1.3.1
Release date: 20/09/2021
Fix
Fix cron too frequent
v1.3.0
Release date: 17/09/2021
New
Menus
Let you create navigation menu with drag & drop method (No HTML code required). Dropdown menu is supported.
Widgets
Similar to Wordpress widget.
Auto Publish (Plugin)
Automatically post or publish games with timer, so you can let the CMS work for you. Auto Publish info & guide More info
Theme updater
Now theme update is separated from CMS updater. You can update CMS without updating themes.
Theme uploader
You can install theme dirrectly from theme page.
Login logo uploader
Now you can add or update "Login logo" from site settings.
Delete account
User or player can delete their own account.
Changes
Minor update
Many part of the CMS and theme files has been changed
Database changes
Add menus and prefs table
Scores
On previous version, score will added even current player score is already exist. Now the CMS only update score if morethan it's best score.
Footer copyright
Remove "CloudArcade" branding on footer (Themes).
v1.2.9
Release date: 29/08/2021
New
Fetch games API (includes/fetch.php)
With Fetch API, you can create "Load more" button and create your own RSS feed. Tutorial Create “Load More” games with Custom Page More info
Custom Fields (Plugin)
Now you can add custom parameter / data / fields for games, pages and categories. Tutorial How to use “Custom Fields” and what can it do ? More info
Changes
Add index.php on "admin" folder
Database changes
v1.2.8
Release date: 20/08/2021
New
"Remember me" login or login session.
User can auto logged-in with 3 month cookie expiration date (the last site access).
v1.2.7
Release date: 15/08/2021
Changes
Open game in "New window"
"New window" go to current domain page instead of distributor source url.
.htaccess
.htaccess file has been updated.
Pretty URL
On previous version, you can't access "your-domain.com/category" because it doesn't have a slash in the end, now you can access any page with or without a slash "/".
get_permalink()
get_permalink() now support more than 2 parameters.
Theme scripts
Some of theme scripts has been updated.
Fix
IP Address too long
Logged in IP address now skipped if too long.
v1.2.6
Release date: 28/06/2021
New
Comments Manager (Plugin)
Let you manage and moderate all user comments.
Comment filter
Filtering specific words or sentences from user comment. If user comment contains listed words, it's words will be replaced with "***".
Comment filter located at "includes/banned-words-comment.json".
Changes
Increase fetch games amount
GamePix and Gamedistribution max amount now increased to 100, and for "Fetch Games Extended" increased to 1000.
Improve fetch games method
Now you can import thousand games in one click. previously you can't, to avoid server time out.
v1.2.5
Release date: 07/06/2021
New
Leaderboard
Let you create or show game leaderboard based on player score. Leaderboard will be shown on game page if there is a score record.
Game API
With CloudArcade API, you can communicate between game and your server. More info about Game API https://cloudarcade.net/api/ More info
Blog / Posts
This require a plugin to use blog/post feature. Now you can create a blog or a news page. You can access blog page with your-domain.com/post/
Changes
Pages
Page scripts part from internal scripts now deprecated, combined to "core/page.php"
Sitemap
Sitemap url now including blog posts if exist.
User XP
Submitted score increase 10xp.
Fix
Cumulative Layout Shift
v1.2.4
Release date: 26/05/2021
New
Custom path
Now you can change category or path name (page, game, search and more). Unicode is allowed.
Unicode slug
On previous version, unicode character is not allowed for slug. by activating this, you can use unicode characters on slug or another url.
Domain port
Add domain port on "DOMAIN" constant. used for local server.
Changes
Sub-folder
Sub-folder usage configuration now more easier and clean to do.
MDBootstrap css & js stored locally
admin/login.php now deprecated
Login script now use a single codebase to avoid confusion.