=== Newsletter, SMTP, Email marketing and Subscribe forms by Sendinblue ===
Contributors: neeraj_slit
Tags: sendinblue, marketing automation, email marketing, email campaign, newsletter, wordpress smtp, subscription form, phpmailer, SMTP, wp_mail, massive email, sendmail, ssl, tls, wp-phpmailer, mail smtp, mailchimp, newsletters, email plugin, signup form, email widget, widget, plugin, sidebar, shortcode
Requires at least: 4.4
Tested up to: 5.7.1
Stable tag: trunk
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Manage your contact lists, subscription forms and all email and marketing-related topics from your wp panel, within one single plugin

== Description ==

<a href="https://www.sendinblue.com/?utm_source=wordpress_plugin&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=addons_page" target="_blank">Sendinblue</a>’s official plugin for WordPress is a powerful all-in-one email marketing plugin. At a glance:
<ul>
<li><b>Subscription forms</b> - Create custom subscription forms and easily integrate them into your posts, pages or sidebars</li>
<li><b>Contact lists</b> - Manage your contact lists and take advantage of advanced segmentation to improve your campaign performance</li>
<li><b>Marketing campaigns</b> - Easily create and send beautiful newsletters using our mobile-friendly, drag and drop builder to create custom emails or select from our template library</li>
<li><b>Transactional emails</b> - The wp_mail() function automatically uses Sendinblue’s SMTP for enhanced deliverability and tracking</li>
<li><b>Statistics</b> - Real-time report dashboard gives you advanced insights into deliverability and performance: opens, clicks, bounce reports, etc.</li>
<li><b>Marketing automation</b> - Enable Automation on WordPress to auto-install the script on your website and the identify tag on the Sendinblue forms and Wordpress Login </li>
</ul> 

= Subscription Forms =
<ul>
<li>Form designer with WYSIWYG and direct HTML / CSS editing (if desired)</li>
<li>Integration as widget or shortcode [sibwp_form]</li>
<li>Send a confirmation email - you choose the template and the sender</li>
<li>Use a double opt-in confirmation - you choose the template and the sender</li>
<li>URL redirection</li>
<li>Confirmation / error message customization</li>
</ul> 

= Contact Lists =
<ul>
<li>Folder and lists management</li>
<li>CSV and TXT file import</li>
<li>Unlimited custom fields</li>
<li>Advanced segmentation. Example: Search for contacts who are less than 45 years who clicked links in my last 3 campaigns.</li>
</ul> 

= Marketing Campaigns =
<ul>
<li>Responsive, drag and drop email design tools</li>
<li>Library of mobile-friendly, creative email design templates</li>
<li>Subject and content personalization. Example: Hello {NAME},</li>
<li>Inbox and design rendering tests for multiple devices and email clients</li>
<li>Schedule campaigns in advance</li>
</ul> 

= Transactional Emails & Statistics =
<ul>
<li>Automatic replacement of default SMTP when you use wp_mail function</li>
<li>Create transactional email templates that are easy to reuse via the API</li>
<li>Real-time and exhaustive statistics: delivered, opened, clicked, etc.</li>
</ul>

= Marketing Automation =
<ul>
<li>Auto-installation of the automation script on your website</li>
<li>Auto-deployment of the identify tag for Sendinblue’s forms and Wordpress plugin</li>
<li>Access to the Sendinblue online dashboard for workflow creation and management</li>
</ul>  

= Plugin Support =
To get support, please send an email to <a href="mailto:contact@sendinblue.com">contact@sendinblue.com</a>, we will be happy to help you!

The plugin is available in English and French. 

== Installation ==

1.	In your WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > New Plugin, search for "Sendinblue for WP" and click "Install now". Alternatively, download the plugin and upload the contents of mailin.zip to your plugins directory, which may be  /wp-content/plugins/. 
2.	Activate the Sendinblue plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress. 
3.	The "Sendinblue" tab must appear in your WordPress side navigation panel, then set your <a href="https://my.sendinblue.com/advanced/apikey/?utm_source=wordpress_plugin&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=addons_page" target="_blank">Sendinblue API key</a> in the plugin homepage.

To get a Sendinblue API key, you have to <a href="https://app.sendinblue.com/account/register/?utm_source=wordpress_plugin&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=addons_page" target="_blank">create an account</a>. It's free and takes less than 2 minutes!

== Screenshots ==
1. First, your are invited to create an account on Sendinblue then enter your API keys
2. The Homepage gives you an overall view over your campaigns and allows you to activate Sendinblue SMTP for all transactional emails and Marketing Automation to better target your customers
3. The Forms page gives you access to your forms list
4. When you click on a specific form, you can configure your sign up process and customize it
5. The Statistics page gives you a global view over your performance: delivered, opened, clicked, etc.
6. From the Widget page, you are able to add the Sendinblue widget in one or more sidebars. For each form, you can choose the fields displayed and the list where contacts are saved.
7. The Workflows page (Marketing Automation activated) allows you to create new workflows in Sendinblue or access your logs or existing workflows

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What is Sendinblue? =
Sendinblue is a powerful all-in-one marketing platform. Over 165 000 companies around the world trust Sendinblue to deliver their emails and SMS messages.
Sendinblue combines competitive pricing and excellent deliverability & powerful features such as Email, SMS, Facebook, Chat, CRM, and marketing automation.
Sendinblue is available and supported in 6 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese.

= Why use Sendinblue as an SMTP relay for my website? =
By using Sendinblue’s SMTP, you will avoid the risk of having your legitimate emails ending up in the spam folder and you will have statistics on emails sent: deliverability, opens, clicks, etc. Sendinblue’s proprietary infrastructure optimizes your deliverability, enabling you to focus on your content.

= Why do I need a Sendinblue account? =
The Sendinblue for WordPress plugin uses Sendinblue’s API to synchronize contacts, send emails and get statistics. Creating an account on Sendinblue is free and takes less than 2 minutes. Once logged into your account, you can get the API key, and you can send up to 300 emails / day on the free (forever) plan.

= Do I have to pay to use the plugin and send emails? =
No, the plugin is totally free and Sendinblue offers a free forever plan with 9,000 emails per month. Additionally, Sendinblue comes with unlimited contacts (including on the free plan), so there is no hidden cost.
If you need to send more than 300 emails / day, check out our pricing. Paid plans start at $25 / month to send up to 10 000 emails / month with no daily sending limit. 

= How do I get my get synchronize my lists? =
You have nothing to do – synchronization is automatic! It doesn’t matter whether your lists were uploaded on your WordPress interface or on your Sendinblue account: they will always remain up-to-date on both sides.
Sendinblue also integrates with most lead capture and advanced form builder plugins.

= How can I get support? =
If you need some assistance, you can post an issue in the Support tab, or send us an email at contact@sendinblue.com.

= How do I create a signup form? =
In order to create a signup form, you need to:
1. Go to Wp admin > Sendinblue > Settings in order to define your form’s fields and settings
2. Integrate the form in a sidebar using a widget from WP panel > Appearance > Widgets. The Sendinblue widget form should appear in your widgets list, you just to have to drag and drop the widget into the sidebar of your choice.

== Changelog ==
= 3.1.12 =
**Improvements**

* Improved technical performance of the plugin

= 3.1.11 =
**Improvements**

* Improved technical performance of the plugin

= 3.1.10 =
**Improvements**

* Fixed few minor bugs and notices

= 3.1.9 =
**Improvements**

* Fixed an issue related to transactional email getting distorted.

= 3.1.8 =
**Improvements**

* Fixed the issue of email not being sent to recipient in cc or bcc. 

= 3.1.7 =
**Improvements**

* Improved technical performance of the plugin

= 3.1.6 =
**Bug fixes**

* Fixed the unwanted backslash issue when adding apostrophe in text field at forms or at forms settings.

= 3.1.5 =
**Bug fixes**

* Fixed the unwanted backslash issue when adding apostrophe in text field at forms or at forms settings.
* Fixed the Missing/Invalid Parameter errors in response from API when sending transactional.

= 3.1.4 =
**Bug fixes**

* Fixed an issue related to auto-creation of DOI list in FORM folder.

= 3.1.3 =
**Bug fixes**

* Fixed an issue related to empty attachment while sending transactional mailing

= 3.1.2 =
**Bug fixes**

* Improved plugin stability and performance.

= 3.1.1 =
**Improvements**

* Removed data validation so that DD-MM-YYY format is accepted as well
* Improved monitoring of plugin technical performance
* Updated WordPress Repository content by adding FAQ section

= 3.1.0 =
**Bug fixes**

* Fixed the blank/suspicious mail content with PDF attachments.
* Headers are visible on statistics page even if data is not available.

= 3.0.9 =
**Improvements**

* Fixed critical errors for PHP Mailer triggered for Wordpress version 5.5 and beyond

* Transactional mails with attachment issue has been fixed


= 3.0.8 =
**Improvements:**

* Mapping contact attribute

* Added partner via API V3 to users collection

* Re-subscriptions with DOI flow


= 3.0.7 =
**Improvements:**

* Updated Translations

**Bug fixes:**

* Custom redirection URL for DOI mailings

= 3.0.6 =
**Bug fixes:**

* Compatibility issue with Gravity Forms which was affecting transactional mailing

= 3.0.5 =
**Bug fixes:**

* Multi-list selection
* Recipients boolean attributes

= 3.0.4 =
* Some Improvements

= 3.0.3 =
* Bug fixes & improvements

= 3.0.2 =
* Bug fixes & improvements

= 3.0.1 =
* Fix login process with api v3 key

= 3.0.0 =
* [Improvement] Migrated the plugin from API v2 to API v3
* [Improvement] Removed iframe (due to security reasons)
* [More details] No changes in features (Contact sync, transactional mailing, marketing automation, forms)
* [More details] New version has only 3 tabs: Home, Forms, Statistics
* [More details] Tabs with iframe (lists, campaigns) were removed

= 2.9.18 =
* Bug and Security fix

= 2.9.17 =
* Plugin page css conflict design issue fixed
* Multiple V2 Google recaptcha for same page issue fixed
* updated regex for test email

= 2.9.16 =
* Fixed date invalid format issue of form
* fixed terms and condition not working with invisible captcha bug

= 2.9.15 =
* Sib_security token issue has been fixed

= 2.9.14 =
* Form submission -1 issue and mailin class conflict issue has been fixed

= 2.9.13 =
* Added feature that allows to map WP boolean attributes to Sendinblue contacts

= 2.9.12 =
* Updated company description

= 2.9.11 =
* Add Validation on required fields when invisible captcha is enabled on Forms 
* New Sender not Updated issue fixed

= 2.9.10 =
* new branding changes

= 2.9.9 =
* campaign and list page url issue fixed

= 2.9.8 =
* notation and variable issue fixed

= 2.9.7 =
* redirection issue fixed

= 2.9.6 =
* Fr translations fixes
* Small improvements related to Query Monitor, Form Redirection etc.


= 2.9.5 =
* Fix fr translation issue. 

= 2.9.4 =
* Fix the doubleoptin issue for NTL 
* update Sendinblue registration link 
* Update translation

= 2.9.3 =
* Fix the issue that request ajax call on every page
* Fix sms field issue
* add required field alert message

= 2.9.2 =
* Add compliance note block to forms
* Add multi list subscription option
* fix Sendinblue account info display issue.

= 2.9.1 =
* fix "reply-to" email address issue
* fix the issue that doesn't sync "user role" attribute

= 2.9.0 =
* add country code prefix to sms field.
* send final confirmation email in Double Opt_in form
* change email validation rule

= 2.8.3 =
* fix compatible issue with old forms

= 2.8.2 =
* fix missing alt text for loading gif image
* update user attributes when user already exists in contact list
* Allow to use google recaptcha v2 and invisible recaptcha
* Change MA automation script

= 2.8.1 =
* fix double opt_in issue
* fix language support notice issue

= 2.8.0 =
* add compatibility with wpml plugin
* add invisible google captcha feature
* fix several security issues
* fix date format issue

= 2.7.3 =
* add independence between Sendinblue plugins

= 2.7.2 =
* add some note on plugin forms page
* fix responsive issue on plugin home page
* change the tutorial link

= 2.7.1 =
* fix version upgrade issue

= 2.7.0 =
* Integrate a term acceptance checkbox
* Change redirection for campaigns on plugin home page
* fix re-subscription issue for unsubscribed users

= 2.6.13 =
* Fix sendinblue dev url to prod url in list page
* Change google captcha function

= 2.6.12 =
* Sync users for all user roles such as forum role
* fix some typo in plugin homepage

= 2.6.11 =
* fix forms disappeared issue in v2.6.10

= 2.6.10 =
* fix google captcha issue in form preview
* add prefix to the custom tables

= 2.6.9 =
* fix conflict with other plugin's google Captcha

= 2.6.8 =
* add google Captcha box on the form
* fix MA automation issue
= 2.6.7 =
* Fix some browser compatibility issue for safari

= 2.6.6 =
* Fix browser compatibility issue for safari 

= 2.6.5 =
* Add new feature to sync old your users to the desired list 
* Fix email validation issue
* Fix warning issue of active_ma
* Use wordpress function for CURL request
* Add apply_filter() to the wp_mail() function

= 2.6.4 =
* Fix pre tag issue
* Fix unsubscribe link in email template

= 2.6.3 =
* Fix warning issue by WP_Error
* Fix p tag issue in javascript

= 2.6.2 =
* Fix set_magic_quotes_runtime() error
* Fix subscribe form issue

= 2.6.1 =
* Fix some language issues
* Fix attachement in confirmation email
* Apply nl2br on text/plain only 

= 2.6.0 =
* Integrate Marketing Automation
* Update to use multi forms

= 2.5.5 =
* Fix send email issue

= 2.5.4 =
* Fix warning issue by get sender detail

= 2.5.3 =
* Fix some warning issue to send email

= 2.5.2 =
* Fix send email issue on php 7.0

= 2.5.1 =
* Fix sender list issue
* Fix attachment issue in transactional email
* Update form ajax process

= 2.5.0 =
* Improvement the sender list

= 2.4.15 =
* Fix transactional email issue

= 2.4.14 =
* Fix SMTP issue using wp_mail
* Fix some warning issue

= 2.4.13 =
* Fix some warning issue

= 2.4.12 =
* Fix issue for double optin redirection

= 2.4.11 =
* Fix some errors related to SSL certificate

= 2.4.10 =
* Fix page reload problem on submitting form data

= 2.4.9 =
* Improve transaction template with tags
* Improve subscriber's ip attribute
* Fix some warning issue

= 2.4.8 =
* Update email credits.
* Fix language issue in iframe

= 2.4.7 =
* Fix exception functionality of curl.

= 2.4.6 =
* Fix some issue of curl request.
* Improve subscriber's attributes for double optin.

= 2.4.5 =
* Fix some warning issue and translation

= 2.4.4 =
* Update sendinblue API library into V2.0

= 2.4.3 =
* Fix some warning issue

= 2.4.2 =
* Fix sender issue

= 2.4.1 =
* Fix ajax warning bug

= 2.4.0 =
* Security update to prevent XSS attack.
* Improve transaction template with personalize data.
* Improve widget.

= 2.3.13 =
* No changes in "Settings" after update.

= 2.3.12 =
* Improve validation process.

= 2.3.11 =
* Update validation process.
* Improve error message.

= 2.3.10 =
* Add the functionality to integrate the category attributes of sendinblue.
* Improve loading of setting page.

= 2.3.9 =
* Change iframe url.

= 2.3.7 =
* Update the process for help message.

= 2.3.6 =
* Update the process for blacklisted contact.

= 2.3.5 =
* Improve the function that send template for confirm & double optin.
* Update the process for blacklisted contact.
* Fix the issue of wrong subject in selected template.

= 2.3.4 =
* Fix the issue that user can't send selected template for confirm & double optin.
* Fix the error if user don't have any sender on his setting.

= 2.3.3 =
* Improvement help message.

= 2.3.2 =
* Check with wordpress version 4.1.
* Add function to select mail template for double optin.
* Improvement help message.
* Fix padding issue of subscribe form.
* Update the state of smtp activation automatically.

= 2.3.1 =
* Update sender setting.

= 2.3.0 =
* Updated sendinblue api into v2.0.
Please use the Access Key of API 2.0 in setting of plugin after update plugin.

= 2.2.5 =
* Add exception functionality.

= 2.2.4 =
* Fix some warning issues.

= 2.2.3 =
* Fix sender's details when send email by using wp_mail().

= 2.2.2 =
* Fixed some issue of curl request.

= 2.2.1 =
* Update the french encoding.
* Fixed multi-language issue

= 2.2.0 =
* Update the feautre of smtp activation

= 2.1.2 =
* Update button UI CSS of subscription form

= 2.1.1 =
* Fix login issue
* Test on Wordpress 4.0

= 2.1.0 =
* Update the default form UI
* Update french translation
* Add functionality to remove "white space" when input api info for login.

= 2.0.4 =
* Add security functionality

= 2.0.3 =
* Fix the encode error of French language
* Add the translation of some text
* Fix the Button size at French 

= 2.0.2 =
* Fix the error of account detail

= 2.0.1 =
* Fix compatible error

= 2.0 =
* update sendinblue api
* Add functionality (List,Contact,Stat,Form Management)
* Update UI user-friendly


