Since July 2017 the plugin auto-updates through the dashboard using license key. The information below is useful if you want to do a manual update or your last installation is from before this date.

Note: If you have purchased WatuPRO less than one year ago, you are eligible to get any upgrades for free. Otherwise the price of the upgrade is 40% of the full price.

If you have your custom translation files you need to backup them first unless you have followed the recommended “Custom” location choice explained in step 2 here.

If your current plugin version is 4.2.2 or newer the only thing you need to do is to deactivate and delete the old plugin, and install the new version.

There will be no data loss and no loss of settings. All your data will remain in place.

FTP users can upgrade the plugin by simply replacing the files through FTP.

Customers who upgrade from versions older than 4.2.2 please email us.

There has been a new release to the PHP autoresponder app.
(Please note this is not the WordPress plugin “Broadfast for WordPress”. That one will be upgraded soon)

Besides some bug fixes there are two most important changes:

1. You can now control the contents of subscribe/unsubscribe notification emails (both Basic and PRO)
2. There are much better link tracking stats for trackable links (Pro only)

Upgrading is free for customers who bought less than one year ago, and costs 40% of the full price for customers who bought before that.

The Upgrade

There has been a significant upgrade of WatuPRO with several important features and bug fixes:

– Resolved conflicts with all known membership plugins
– “Show results” button can be always visible on ‘one question per page’ quizzes, but warns about premature submitting. Useful for long quizzes.
– Schedule exam (makes it available only in selected date ranges)
– All user roles can now use the exams. The limitation to Student role caused far more issues than benefits so we decided to drop it altogether. You can still manage which roles have access to manage the tests.
– You can now use WordPress User Roles instead of User Groups to avoid redundancy, and for better integration with membership plugins.
– Navigation improvements
– Filter test results by user role
– Started developers API (see the previous post for more information)

As usual upgrade is free for users who purchased WatuPRO less than one year ago and will be delivered by a newsletter in the next few days.

The Play Plugin

Another thing to note is the new plugin called Watu PRO Play. It adds gamification element to Watu PRO and lets you assign levels and badges, allow users to redeem rewards, generates many leaderboards, and more. Just check the site for more info or email us with your questions.