THE PRODUCT, MOVING FORWARD
Release notes
Current downloads, fixes and previous releases.
Current downloads: Free 1.8.11 · matched Pro 1.8.11 supplied separately.
Pro 1.8.11
. Version alignment with Free 1.8.11; supplied separately through eligible account downloads.
- Align the Pro version, licence-client identifier and current upgrade guidance with Free 1.8.11.
- Preserve existing Pro functionality, saved data, licensing rules and minimum requirements. Pro still requires Free 1.8.4 or newer.
The current matched pair is Free 1.8.11 and Pro 1.8.11. Existing Pro 1.8.7 remains compatible with Free 1.8.11. Back up, update Free first and Pro second without uninstalling either plugin, and test your checkout. Installation and update steps.
Free 1.8.11
Current Free release on WordPress.org. Release notes updated .
- Clearer protected-field guidance: explain why saved Pro-dependent questions stay protected while the add-on is missing or editing is unavailable. Independent Free questions remain editable.
- Maintenance: improve PHP formatting and developer documentation without changing checkout behavior, saved answers or protection against overlapping edits.
- Current Free screenshots: show genuine editor, Classic, Blocks, mobile, saved-order and locally rendered order-email examples.
Existing Pro 1.8.7 remains compatible. This Free update does not require a Pro replacement. Back up, update Free without uninstalling and test your checkout. Installation and update steps.
Free 1.8.10
Clarify the shared native Company, Phone and Address line 2 controls. Hidden on checkout hides an input; it does not prevent WooCommerce storing existing or API-submitted address values, or erase earlier data. Saved settings and validation are unchanged, and Pro 1.8.7 remains compatible.
Free 1.8.9
Preserve editor save-request bodies in browser-based WordPress Playground, while retaining permissions and protection against simultaneous edits. Missing or malformed save requests now receive a distinct invalid-request message instead of being reported as another administrator’s change. Existing settings, recovery records and Pro 1.8.7 compatibility are retained.
Free 1.8.8
- Preserve saved customer shipping answers when a virtual Blocks order needs no shipping, while retaining normal address copying for physical orders.
- Leave nonapplicable shipping answers out of the current order and its email snapshot, and remove retired Cartdini question metadata from a reused checkout order without removing historical orders or private attachments.
- Limit hidden-answer cleanup to the current shopper and report busy or failed preference erasure as a retryable privacy problem.
Existing Pro 1.8.7 remains compatible; no Pro update is required.
Free 1.8.7 / Pro 1.8.7
. A clearer workspace and Checkout Blocks placement.
- Optional Pro previews: Free’s On/Off switch remembers the administrator’s choice on this store and also hides optional suggestions. Explore Pro remains available; actual Pro workflows are not hidden.
- A smaller mobile menu: open Menu to navigate. Moving to More Plugins keeps unfinished editor changes; the editor remains the default destination.
- More from Plugins.shop: an optional local collection uses bundled artwork and clearly marked external links, without fetching a remote catalogue.
- Order questions in Blocks: preserve the merchant’s Order information block position. When no native anchor is available, custom inputs remain before payment or submission. New guidance explains how to move the native block and why the structural preview is not the exact checkout layout.
Update Free first, then Pro, and keep both active. Pro 1.8.7 requires Free 1.8.4 or newer; the recommended pair is 1.8.7. Existing answer storage and licensing requirements are unchanged. Installation and update steps.
Free 1.8.6 / Pro 1.8.6
Earlier maintenance release.
- Preserve saved shipping answers when a Classic order does not need shipping, while retaining normal billing-to-shipping copying for physical orders.
- Improve editor focus recovery, validation messages, question labels and shared-field controls.
- Let shoppers clear an optional radio answer in Classic and Checkout Blocks.
- Clarify first-checkout testing, draft-only deletion and failed-save recovery.
- Add an optional local WordPress.org review invitation after established checkout use, without changing saved checkout fields or drafts.
Free 1.8.5 / Pro 1.8.5
. A clearer first step after activation.
- Free: a successful single manual activation opens the Cartdini editor.
- Pro: a successful single manual activation opens the licence page, where you can review the communication notice and enter your key.
- Native WordPress actions: bulk, network and background activation/update flows retain their normal navigation. Opening the licence page does not connect a licence or change checkout settings.
- Clearer documentation: the Free readme explains included field types, Classic and Blocks differences, installation, Pro boundaries and privacy. Detailed administrator notes and historical changes remain bundled.
Install the matched Free 1.8.5 and Pro 1.8.5 pair, updating Free first and keeping both active. Pro requires Free 1.8.4 or newer. The checkout engine and existing saved settings are unchanged by this release. Installation and update steps.
Free 1.8.4 / Pro 1.8.4
. More reliable editing, draft recovery and checkout validation.
- Save with the first click: changes to options, limits, times and conditions no longer interrupt the following Save action. Radio previews, long field lists and narrow editor layouts are clearer.
- Keep date restrictions when recovering a draft: Free 1.8.4 preserves Pro lead days, available weekdays and excluded dates when an administrator resumes, reviews and saves a draft.
- Validate precise answers: Free number limits and Pro numeric conditions compare decimal values without rounding a just-outside answer into range. Malformed field inputs are rejected cleanly so shoppers can correct and retry.
- Handle unavailable data honestly: failed rule, template, preference or order-answer reads show a retry or reload action instead of silently treating missing data as an empty result. Privacy exports and erasure retain retryable failures.
- Clearer Pro controls: grouped-condition guidance, fee errors, translated labels and long licence-site addresses are easier to use. Invalid licence facts cannot qualify an update.
Update Free first: Pro 1.8.4 requires Free 1.8.4. Back up and test your store, replace Free, then replace Pro without uninstalling either plugin. Keep both active. Pro 1.8.2 can remain active during the Free replacement. Follow the update steps.
This maintenance release does not resolve every third-party Checkout Blocks response issue or establish every store combination. See the checks and remaining limits.
Free 1.8.2 / Pro 1.8.2
27 October 2026. This matched maintenance release improves checkout retries, order-answer handling and private-file cleanup.
- Free: reject oversized individual or combined checkout answers before payment instead of losing the order/email snapshot. Keep entered text available for a shorter retry.
- Pro paid choices: preserve newer customer details in Cartdini’s own successful Blocks fee responses, refresh address-dependent totals and show an actionable native WooCommerce notice when the fee request fails. The notice clears on retry or success.
- Order data: recheck current answers for Orders columns and CSV export; report failed privacy reads, exports or deletion verification as retryable problems.
- Private uploads: refresh file metadata under its storage lock during erasure and report PDF storage failures separately from unsupported files.
These fee changes are scoped to Cartdini’s requests. They do not fix every delayed WooCommerce or third-party cart response. Review the remaining Blocks limitation.
Pro 1.8.2 requires Free 1.8.2. Back up and test the store, then replace Free first and Pro second without uninstalling. Older Pro pauses temporarily after the Free update; its settings and order answers are retained. Read the update steps.
Free 1.8.1 / Pro 1.8.1
27 October 2026. Improve long checkout labels and answers on narrow Classic and Blocks layouts, including right-to-left layouts. Avoid deprecation notices for internal requests without a body. Pro verifies downloaded archive versions and Free requirements before replacement, and removes abandoned order-column save locks during uninstall while retaining settings and order answers.
Free 1.8.0 / Pro 1.8.0
27 October 2026. Add three practical Pro workflows and tools for saved order answers.
- Order answers: up to three personal WooCommerce Orders columns, plus permission-checked CSV exports for up to 100 placed orders and 20 questions. HPOS and legacy orders retain historical labels and repeated answers; uploads export filenames only.
- Date availability: rolling lead days, available weekdays and excluded dates for standalone date questions, enforced in Classic and Blocks using the store timezone. No appointment or capacity reservation is included.
- Reviewed recipes: paid gift wrapping with a conditional message, private artwork with instructions, and participant details. Review and load a draft, then Save explicitly.
Free preserves date-rule definitions while Pro is inactive. Extension API 6 pauses older Pro until its matched update is installed, retaining configuration. Date settings · Order-answer tools · Reviewed recipes.
Free 1.7.16 / Pro 1.7.16
27 October 2026. This matched maintenance release improves checkout validation, private-file safeguards and update handling.
- Free: avoid duplicate required-field notices in Classic checkout while keeping WooCommerce validation.
- Pro uploads: check private-file ownership before cleanup, removal or privacy erasure. Conflicting or unreadable records keep the file available for review and retry. Reject malformed download records before streaming.
- Pro checkout and updates: show initial required repeatable rows without marking untouched answers invalid, and recognize the first completed update inventory on older WordPress versions.
Also includes the 1.7.15 maintenance changes: full-screen spacing, cached save-lock recovery, keyboard focus after repeater and draft actions, and safer order-deletion retries when private files cannot be removed.
Known Checkout Blocks limitation: a delayed WooCommerce 11.2.1 cart response can replace newer email or address input. This also reproduces without Cartdini and is not fixed by this release. Read the affected scenario before using Blocks with shoppers.
Back up and test your store. Replace Free with 1.7.16 first, then Pro with 1.7.16 without uninstalling either plugin. Pro still supports Free 1.7.14 or newer. Download current Free; eligible Pro downloads are in your account.
Free 1.7.14 / Pro 1.7.14
27 October 2026. Privacy requests retain order identity and checkout answers when private uploads still need a compatible eraser. Reinstall and activate Pro to retry; privacy erasure does not require a licence. The editor keeps keyboard focus with reordered questions and recovered drafts, supports full-screen right-to-left layouts, and makes Pro workflows easier to reach.
Pro compares update offers with the actual installed version, rejects same-version and older packages, and preserves WordPress automatic-update controls. Update Free to 1.7.14 first, then Pro to 1.7.14 without uninstalling. Back up and test your store before updating. Download current Free; eligible Pro downloads are in your account.
Free 1.7.13 / Pro 1.7.13
26 October 2026. Pro now warns when its last successful licence check is older than the 48-hour update eligibility window. Earned local editing access and saved checkout rules are unchanged. Both plugins record WooCommerce 11.2.1 in their tested metadata.
Update Free first, then Pro without uninstalling. Pro 1.7.13 supports Free 1.7.12 or newer; the current matched pair is recommended. Download current Free; eligible Pro downloads are in your account.
Free 1.7.12 / Pro 1.7.12
24 October 2026. Preserve encoded URL answers and the saved order of mixed question types in Checkout Blocks. The editor now explains checkout-specific wording, offers clearer first-question starters and lets you review selected changes from an older draft before saving.
Pro also preserves international upload filenames, updates conditional repeating-group requirements immediately, checks upload setup capacity, explains file restrictions and corrects restore-point numbering. Existing saved settings remain available for review.
Replace Free first, then Pro without uninstalling. Test your saved checkout on staging. Download current Free; eligible Pro downloads are in your account.
Free 1.7.11 / Pro 1.7.11
21 October 2026. Explore clearly labelled Pro workflows from the plugin workspace and see relevant benefits beside the task you are working on. Local examples explain conditional questions, paid extras, private uploads, repeatable groups and reusable setups without changing checkout.
- Hide or restore the Pro preview navigation for your administrator account on this store.
- Remember an explicitly chosen task for seven days and continue to its editor after the required Pro setup. Current fields and compatibility are checked again before proceeding.
- Optionally count local preview opens, pricing-link clicks and matching workflow saves. Counts start off, remain on this store for up to 90 days and do not measure purchases.
Free features, saved checkout settings and the existing initial-activation contract are retained. Update Free first, then Pro without uninstalling. Read the workflow and local-preference guidance.
Free 1.7.10 / Pro 1.7.10
20 October 2026. Pro editing and tools now require one successful licence activation on a new site. An earned unlock continues offline and after expiry. Explicit local Disconnect or Remove local connection locks editing without stopping saved checkout rules or deleting order answers.
Existing verified eligible connections on the same site can preserve access when upgrading. Install Free 1.7.10 first, then Pro 1.7.10 without uninstalling. Read the activation and migration guidance. Free remains usable without a licence. Current releases are available through the Free download and eligible Pro account downloads.
Free and Pro 1.7.9
17 October 2026. The matched pair now also corrects the remaining upgrade instructions inside the plugin readmes. Features, settings and compatibility requirements are unchanged.
Back up and test on staging. Replace Free first, then Pro without uninstalling. Download Free 1.7.9; eligible account downloads and optional Pro update checks provide Pro 1.7.9.
Free and Pro 1.7.8
17 October 2026. Free and Pro now share the same maintenance release number. Version metadata and update guidance are aligned; existing features, settings, compatibility requirements and checkout behavior are unchanged.
Back up and test on staging. Replace Free first, then Pro without uninstalling. Download Free 1.7.8; eligible account downloads and optional Pro update checks provide Pro 1.7.8.
Pro 1.7.7 / Free 1.7.6
5 October 2026. Pro 1.7.7 escapes translated workflow recipe titles and descriptions and corrects the plugin information link. The interface and checkout behavior are unchanged. Free stays at the same tested 1.7.6 release.
Pro 1.7.7 requires Free 1.7.6 or newer. Replace Pro without uninstalling; keep Free active. Eligible account downloads and optional license update checks supply this release. Annual subscriptions are available through the pricing page.
RELEASE HISTORY
Earlier improvements.
Free 1.7.6 / Pro 1.7.6
Free 1.7.6 / Pro 1.7.6
5 October 2026. Free 1.7.6 is publicly available. Pro 1.7.6 is available through eligible private account downloads and optional license update checks; new subscriptions were closed at the time of this release.
- Retain useful recovery history across unchanged or failed saves.
- Use canonical script paths for WordPress language catalogues and the administrator’s selected language for editor requests.
- Keep native WordPress navigation visible by default, with remembered optional fullscreen, native Pro activation and on-request examples.
- Free now includes nine Classic/Blocks field types, validation limits and shared address/Blocks button settings. Pro includes expanded grouped rules, advanced inputs, private uploads, repeaters, priced choices and reviewed transfers.
Update Free first, then the matching Pro without uninstalling. Read update and recovery guidance and checkout limits. Older notes below describe their original releases.
One matched release. A clear starting point.
One matched release. A clear starting point.
Free and Pro now share version 1.0.0 for the first stable release. The checkout features and compatibility limits from Free RC11 and Pro RC8 are unchanged.
- Align both plugin versions, package metadata and update requirements at 1.0.0.
- Use Cartdini.com for current documentation, Free downloads and the optional authenticated Pro update service.
- Keep Free updates manual and Pro downloads protected. Pro 1.0.0 requires Free 1.0.0 or newer.
Back up and test on staging. Update Free first, keep it active, then update Pro. Existing settings and historical order answers remain stored. Installation and updates.
At this release, Pro subscriptions were closed. Proposed annual pricing was $49 / $99 / $199 for 1 / 5 / 25 sites.
Ask the right questions. Reuse your setup.
Ask the right questions. Reuse your setup.
Show a question only for a gift, a business purchase, a selected product or a matching cart total. Review configurations before moving them between stores.
- Add three Pro recipes: gift checkbox/message, business purchase/PO text, and product-specific instructions.
- Combine up to five all/any field, exact product/variation-ID and final-total rules without nesting. Final totals are after discounts and include taxes and shipping.
- Require WooCommerce 10.1+ for product/cart rules in Checkout Blocks. Existing select/checkbox field-only rules retain their WooCommerce 9.9 baseline; conditional contact fields still need 10.1+.
- Review Add fields or Replace transfers with keep/replace/rename conflict choices, dependencies, product/currency mapping, draft undo and recovery.
- Clear stale hidden answers from a returning shopper's saved profile and the new order, while preserving historical orders.
- Add contextual Preview Pro controls in Free. Free field capabilities, 20 local Pro templates and ten restore points are unchanged.
Update Free first, then Pro. Product lists accept up to 50 exact simple-product or variation IDs and do not expand variable-parent families. Imported product IDs require explicit mapping to this store. If currencies or decimal precision differ, or source precision is unknown, confirm each destination threshold explicitly. See the Installation and updates for installation and update guidance. Prices remain $49 / $99 / $199 annually; paid subscriptions were closed at the time of this release.
More useful Free fields. Clearer checkout limits.
More useful Free fields. Clearer checkout limits.
- Move textarea, email and telephone into Free on Classic. Text/select/checkbox continue to support both checkout systems; Pro keeps number/date/radio on Classic.
- Add four Free controls per field for admin order details, customer order details, admin emails and customer emails. Hiding a destination retains the answer.
- Add Classic radio condition sources and read the checked option by its shared field name.
- Keep Pro-only and conditional definitions locked when Pro is inactive, while allowing unrelated Free edits and explicit deletion.
- Apply maximum text lengths only to text-like inputs, so small legacy limits cannot invalidate dates or configured choices.
- Restrict Blocks conditions to select/checkbox sources and require WooCommerce 10.1+ for conditional contact fields. Preserve unsupported saved definitions without registering them in Blocks.
Update Free first, then Pro. Review existing Blocks configurations that depend on text sources or use conditional contact fields on WooCommerce 9.9/10.0; those configurations are retained but paused in Blocks. Unconditional contact fields still work from 9.9.
Test your checkout questions before publishing.
Historical Free RC9 / Pro RC6 notes. Current Blocks support is described above.
FREE 0.1.0-rc.9 · PRO 0.1.0-rc.6 · 23 SEPTEMBER 2026Test your checkout questions before publishing.
- Combine up to five field-to-field conditions with Match all or Match any in Classic and Checkout Blocks.
- Try sample answers in the editor condition tester, with visibility and required-state feedback.
- Review imported configurations before loading a draft, with dependency and compatibility feedback.
- Apply the same visibility rules to required validation and saved order/email answers.
- Offer authenticated in-dashboard Pro updates after an optional eligible license connection.
Existing single-rule configurations remain supported. Update Free first, then Pro. Pro’s six additional input types remain Classic-only; nested rules and product/cart/shipping/payment conditions are not included. Installation and updates.
RC8 · preserve checkout defaults and handle service failures safely
RC8 · preserve checkout defaults and handle service failures safely
15 September 2026. Cartdini Free is now 0.1.0-rc.8; Pro remains 0.1.0-rc.5.
- Keep WooCommerce requirement and placeholder defaults when editing only a Classic core-field label; retain existing explicit overrides.
- Restore focus to the edited core field and improve narrow-screen editor controls.
- Reject invalid website security configuration and report concurrent license-disconnect conflicts.
- Show guidance and download links when the browser demo cannot load.
RC7 · website security, reliable editing & Unicode validation
RC7 · website security, reliable editing & Unicode validation
15 September 2026. Cartdini Free is now 0.1.0-rc.7; the Pro package remains 0.1.0-rc.5.
- Keep download keys out of native form URLs and preserve read-only payment keys.
- Prevent delayed purchase, license and customer responses from overwriting newer admin views.
- Recover privacy choices after request failures and retain daily analytics deduplication.
- Keep the latest selected plugin import and align multilingual answer limits with browser controls.
- Improve checkout-preview text contrast, short-screen privacy choices and reduced-motion scrolling.
Validate the intended WordPress store and payment integration on staging before deployment.
Website and Cartdini Free 0.1.0-rc.6
Website and Cartdini Free 0.1.0-rc.6
15 September 2026. Fixes field-editor dependency handling, safe duplication, keyboard focus and timed-out saves. The website adds stale-response protection, consent-race fixes, responsive and keyboard improvements, and a does-not-equal demo rule. Pro 0.1.0-rc.5 remains compatible and unchanged.
Validate the candidate on your own staging store before updating production.
0.1.0-rc.5 · 14 September 2026
Improve MFA and license recovery, pending purchase reconciliation, unsaved page protection, demo exports, numeric and Unicode validation, keyboard focus, copied keys and cancelled checkout selections. Add replace/delete template controls with conflict protection. Preserve published section links and support the advertised article lengths.
Update Cartdini Free first, then Pro.
Consistent checkout fields and reliable updates
Consistent checkout fields and reliable updates
- Use distinct field input names without invalidating existing configurations and keep text conditions consistent with server validation.
- Support fractional numbers and preserve complete UTF-8 characters in field text.
- Protect settings, templates and license updates against overlapping requests.
- Report failed database saves and keep disconnected licenses disconnected.
Update Free first, then Pro. Test your store on staging before updating.
Reliable conditional checkout and private data cleanup
Reliable conditional checkout and private data cleanup
- Fix conditional field visibility and required answers in WooCommerce 9.9 Checkout Blocks, including empty source values.
- Remove duplicate Classic address values on checkout and include historical copies in privacy exports and erasure.
- Clear hidden or removed answers and empty display snapshots when retrying checkout.
- Preserve valid installation credentials when license activation requests arrive together.
Update Free first, then Pro. The license activation fix also requires the updated website service. Test your store on staging before updating.
Safer imports and reliable saves
Safer imports and reliable saves
- Reject malformed JSON before rendering and escape preview identifiers.
- Keep the current draft when an import is invalid.
- Pause editing during a pending save to prevent lost changes.
Update Free even when using Pro: both editions share this editor. For that release, Pro stayed at 0.1.0-rc.2. Test your store on staging before updating.
Optional license connection
Optional license connection
- Connect a website with the purchase key and an explicit communication notice.
- View subscription eligibility, site allowance, latest version and last successful contact.
- Run manual and daily check-ins; disconnect to release a seat.
- Encrypt the local installation token and keep checkout features independent of license status.
At that release, Free was 0.1.0-rc.1. This is a release candidate; verify the complete store before production use.
Launch review candidate
Launch review candidate
- Recover safely from malformed saved field settings, restore history and templates.
- Reject structured or fractional text-length values and invalid template names.
- Limit configuration and template request bodies and verify editor permissions.
- Preserve conditional-field enforcement, HPOS order storage and the Classic/Blocks feature boundaries.
Test this candidate with your actual store’s theme, database, payment gateways and other checkout extensions before production.
Website & paid delivery
Website & paid delivery
USD/EUR quotes, Stripe Checkout, verified payment webhooks, protected Pro downloads and Stripe-hosted billing access. Paid subscriptions were closed at the time of this release.
Release notes describe the version named in each entry. Check current compatibility and test your store on staging before updating.