Smart Support – Changelog

Stay up to date with the latest WordPress helpdesk plugin improvements, new AI-powered features, and bug fixes. Explore version-by-version Smart Support updates that make your ticket system faster, smarter, and more powerful with every release.

Version 2.0.3 - 08/24/2026

New Features & Add-ons

  • New: Added core ticket archiving for closed tickets, including single-ticket Archive actions and bulk Archive support.
  • New: Added an Archived Tickets admin page with search, pagination, restore, delete, bulk restore, and bulk delete actions.
  • New: Added archive settings under General > Ticket Closing, including archive enablement, submenu visibility, and auto-archive rules for closed tickets.
  • New: Added Archived By tracking and a username column to the Archived Tickets list.

Fixes & Improvements

  • Improvement: Added ticket numbers to admin customer ticket history entries.
  • Improvement: Updated WordPress compatibility metadata to 7.1.

Version 2.0.2 - 07/19/2026

New Features & Add-ons

  • New: Automatically creates the frontend Support Center page with the support shortcode on fresh installs.
  • New: Added configurable Ticket Type support with an optional frontend field and admin management screen.
  • New: Added General Settings toggles for Departments, Priorities, and Products, hiding disabled fields from Smart Support submenus and frontend ticket screens.
  • New: Added functional Appearance controls for portal background, panels, text, borders, radius, width, spacing, and button style.
  • New: Added a Reset to Default button for Appearance settings.
  • New: Added an Agent Management setting to control whether agents can update ticket custom fields.
  • New: Added the Reports and Scheduled Tickets add-ons to the Smart Support Add-ons page, including product and bundle links.

Fixes & Improvements

  • Improvement: Restyled frontend ticket reply action buttons with flatter, standard button colors and spacing.
  • Improvement: Moved the waiting-for-agent-response icon to the end of ticket subjects and left-aligned Status, Priority, and Department columns in the admin ticket list.
  • Improvement: Removed the unused frontend ticket reply preview button and reply preview modal.
  • Tweak: Moved Account Approved Email under Require Approval and only show it when approval is enabled.
  • Tweak: Clarified that Max Tickets Per Agent can be set to 0 for unlimited assignments.
  • Fix: Treat delayed frontend tickets as active tickets when hiding closed tickets, counting open tickets, and showing close actions.
  • Fix: Reactivated delayed tickets by setting them back to open when an agent adds a public reply.
  • Fix: Logged auto-delay activity in ticket history instead of adding an internal note reply.
  • Fix: Improved frontend attachment button contrast, normalized allowed file extension helper text size, and matched create-ticket attachment field sizing to ticket replies.
  • Fix: Kept frontend secondary button text white when Appearance link colors are customized.
  • Fix: Aligned ticket reply action tabs so add-on controls render in the same row as Public Reply and Internal Note.
  • Fix: Registration links and tabs now only appear when support page registration is enabled.
  • Fix: Prevented the frontend create-ticket subject field from restoring the previous ticket subject from saved drafts.
  • Fix: Agent auto-assignment now respects the configured max open tickets per agent.
  • Fix: Corrected backend Custom Fields tab AJAX saves to use the ticket page nonce and prevented valid saves from showing an error when no stored ticket field value changed.

Version 2.0.1 - 06/24/2026

Fixes & Improvements

  • Improvement: Added WordPress 7.0 compatibility metadata.
  • Improvement: Smart Support AI now uses a configured WordPress Core AI provider first, with the existing OpenAI-compatible Smart Support settings as a fallback.
  • Improvement: Moved agent capability repairs into activation and versioned upgrade handling to avoid unnecessary user lookups during normal requests.
  • Fix: Deactivation now clears the auto-close and auto-delay cron hooks scheduled by the plugin.

Version 2.0.0 - 05/15/2026

New Features & Add-ons

  • Added AI assistance support for users who want’s to use AI for their agents to summarize tickets, suggested reply, rewrite with preview, ask questions using prompts.
  • Added REST API endpoints (smart-support/v1) for integrations using API key authentication.

Fixes & Improvements

  • Changed Analytics menu name to Reports
  • Minor bug fixes and imprvements

Version 1.0.10 - 04/26/2026

New Features & Add-ons

Fixes, Updates & Improvements

  • Improved file attachments for admin replies and fixed file visibility before submission.
  • Redesigned support portal with a cleaner layout and clearer login/register flow.
  • Enhanced login and registration forms for better readability and spacing.
  • Updated navigation for logged-in users with easier access to tickets and ticket creation.
  • Refreshed the end-user support dashboard with a simpler layout, integrated settings, and improved empty states.
  • Reduced duplicate navigation elements for a cleaner interface.
  • Fixed and standardized email notifications for ticket status changes (closed/reopened).
  • Improved email settings by organizing templates and separating SMTP configuration.

Version 1.0.9 - 04/08/2026

Fixes, Updates & Improvements

  • Added User Management setting to send or skip the “Your account has been approved” email.
  • Made the “Powered by Smart Support Desk” footer optional (disabled by default).
  • Fixed email template preview and added Template Tags insert buttons on all email editors.

Version 1.0.8 - 03/12/2026

Fixes, Updates & Improvements

  • Added ticket and reply history timeline with full change tracking.
  • Renamed Auto-Close Settings to Ticket Closing.
  • Added “delete attachments on close” toggle.

Version 1.0.7 - 01/15/2026

Fixes, Updates & Improvements

  • Removed legacy floating widget
  • Fixed all wpdb::prepare() warnings.
  • Fixed the form auto-save issue where previous ticket details were persisting when creating new tickets.
  • Fixed delayed tickets to allow end users to reply.
  • Fixed dashboard filter bar responsiveness.
  • Added uninstall options for data, settings, and roles cleanup.
  • Moved Appearance settings into the Advanced tab subtabs.

Version 1.0.6 - 12/27/2025

New Features & Add-ons

  • Added Auto Responder add-on to automatically send responses based on departments, products, keywords, ticket status, and business hours
  • Added Documentation add-on to insert knowledge base articles into ticket replies directly from Instant Knowledgebase
  • Added Time Tracking add-on to accurately track time spent on support tickets by agents, departments, and clients with detailed analytics
  • Added SLA (Service Level Agreement) add-on to enforce response and resolution commitments with advanced SLA rules, business hours, and compliance monitoring
  • Added Productivity Suite add-on to enhance agent productivity with ticket editing, reply management, trash functionality, print tickets, smart ordering, task lists, personal notes, and CC recipients
  • Added Optional Tickets Sidebar for quick navigation between tickets (configurable from General Settings)
  • Added Status filter dropdown in the tickets sidebar for filtering tickets by status
  • Introduced Centralized Status Registry system for unified status management across all components
  • Added separate template tags {ticket_url_user} for frontend URLs and {ticket_url_agent} for admin URLs

Fixes & Improvements

  • Moved Custom Fields from sidebar widget to the new tab-based system (Ticket | Custom Fields tabs)
  • Improved ticket reply editor with expanded toolbar (format selector, colors, alignment, code view, fullscreen mode)
  • Fixed line break preservation in ticket messages and replies (frontend and backend)
  • Fixed unauthenticated users accessing ticket links now being redirected to the login page
  • Fixed WooCommerce compatibility so Smart Agent and Smart Supervisor roles can access wp-admin when WooCommerce is active
  • Improved role-based redirection so agents and admins are automatically redirected to WordPress admin when accessing the support page

Version 1.0.5 - 12/05/2025

New Features & Add-ons

  • Added Smart Support Widget add-on with a customizable floating support button, integrated knowledge base search, and on-page ticket management.

Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed notifications table column name for consistency with other database tables
  • Fixed notification delivery issues
  • Updated compatibility with WordPress 6.9

Version 1.0.4 - 11/21/2025

New Features

  • Added option to only auto-close tickets waiting for customer response in Auto-Close Settings

Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed undefined property warnings in the ticket edit form by properly accessing ticket data through $ticket->data instead of direct property access.
  • Added missing variable loading for departments, products, and agents in the ticket edit template.
  • Corrected database reference in ticket edit form to use the proper database instance.
  • Fixed ticket property access throughout the edit form to prevent PHP warnings and ensure proper data display.

Version 1.0.3 - 10/6/2025

New Features

  • Added Terms & Privacy Policy checkbox for user registration
  • Added WordPress-style hover actions (Edit, Close/Reopen, Delete, View) in admin ticket list
  • Redesigned Email Settings page with card-style templates and modal editing
  • Introduced modern HTML email templates (responsive + color themes)
  • Added searchable template tag inserter with 19 tags
  • Integrated TinyMCE editor in email template modals for better UX
  • Added “Unapproved” user filter and improved approval workflow with notices & email alerts

Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed attachment upload issue (files not attaching correctly)
  • Fixed reCAPTCHA key fields not showing in Advanced Settings
  • Fixed white space layout issue on the Analytics page

Version 1.0.2 - 9/16/2025

New Features

  • Added Agent Management settings tab for better organization
  • Added template tag support in agent replies ({tag} or {{tag}})
  • Dynamic customer & agent name replacement in replies
  • Introduced WooCommerce Integration add-on: purchase-based ticket access, order attachments, and analytics

Fixes & Improvements

  • Template tags now display correct values in replies
  • Improved agent name resolution and email context
  • Fixed duplicate ticket reply notifications
    Fixed file attachment issues (standard & AJAX uploads)
  • Corrected auto-assignment of new tickets to agents
  • Enhanced file upload validation and processing

Version 1.0.1 - 9/05/2025

New Features

  • Agent reply notifications & waiting indicator
  • Internal notes via modal interface
  • Open ticket count badge in admin menu
  • Role system (User, Agent, Supervisor) with management page
  • 5-star rating system for individual replies
  • Premium add-ons system with license integration
  • Sequential or hash-based ticket numbering
  • Improved admin dashboard layout and columns
  • Agent visibility modes (own, department, all) + department-based permissions

Fixes & Improvements

  • Improved ticket access control and filtering
  • Optimized sidebar layout (40% smaller, better order)
  • Fixed hash-based ticket URL validation
  • Enhanced responsive design and form styling

Version 1.0.0 - Initial Release

Complete ticketing system with user roles, attachments, notifications, analytics, auto-close, REST API, and responsive UI.