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7.11.0 – Ocean

New Features

• New template for single neighborhood post
  • Displays properties added into the neighborhood
  • Will display a featured image banner or the default city image
  • Displays neighborhood description
  • Will display other neighborhoods
• New template for neighborhoods grid „archive“ page
  • Displays published neighborhoods with active properties
• New „basic“ property search template
  • Will display a grid of all published properties
  • Provides filters for property info, beds, and pricing
• New „advanced“ property search template
  • Includes everything in basic search
  • Properties will show per-bedroom pricing
  • Displays a map (active map token required)
  • Adds a pets filter for „Cat Friendly“ and „Dog Friendly“
• Single floor plan template will display unit-specific images (when provided) while a unit is selected

Updates

• Better handling of properties listed in neighborhood posts admin list
• Adds alt tags to images on templates
• Adds more specific classes to template elements
• Templates settings layout has been updated to help indicate how to use the included templates
• Reschedules manual data sync to midnight local time

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue where units could temporarily disappear
• Resolves issue where some included templates would not use the chosen accent color
• Resolves issue where floor plan search could not properly filter by bedrooms in some instances
• Resolves issue where floor plan search could not clear a selected price filter

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7.10.1 – Nighthawk

Bugfixes
* Addresses issue where manually-added data could result in units temporarily not displaying.

7.10.0 – Nighthawk

New Features

• New parameters for floor plan shortcode allow for finding floor plans with different dimensions:
  • bed="" to display floor plans with a given bedroom count
  • onlyavailable allows for displaying floor plans with units currently available
  • has_special to display floor plans that have an active special
  • min_price="" displays floor plans at or above a given minimum price
  • max_price="" displays floor plans up to a given price
  • city="" displays floor plans by parent property’s city
  • These parameters can be combined together or with other existing parameters to dial in a hyper-specific yet dynamic list of floor plans.
• New optional wildcard value features_filter="*" will allow for filtering by all active features in the floor plan search shortcode
• For information about all shortcodes and parameters, visit the RentPress Shortcodes Helpdoc
• Adds new share icons to single floor plan page
  • Adds new icon to copy page link to clipboard.
  • Adds new icon to share via SMS (where available).
• Adds a feature in beta testing to hide waitlisted units
  • Adds a new checkbox in the settings page that, when active, will attempt to hide waitlisted units from displaying
  • This feature is in beta. Inconsistent behavior can be expected, and the option may be improved or removed in the future.

Updates

• Improved logic for displaying starting price in property admin post list
  • Properties can now highlight when pricing is disabled
  • Properties will now display „No Data“ when they are not published
  • „Bad Data“ will display in instances where the price is not suitable
• Removes references to deprecated avian-themed social networks.
• We didn’t rename RentPress to „R“ (or any other random letter).

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue with floor plan special expiration
• Addresses issue where property search by taxonomy with a single term could give unintended results
• Resolves issue where amenities with a slash “/” could experience unintended results
• Resolves issue where units would display a separator dot “•” when price or square footage is not provided

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7.9.8 – Midnight

Updates

• Adds classes to property search template filter elements

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where property search with Mapbox could not HIDESUGGESTAMENITIES
• Resolves issue where property search with Mapbox could not search by neighborhood
• Resolves issue where templates could enter an infinite loop when Google Analytics was not fully added

7.9.7 – Midnight

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where manually-added data could seem to disappear on plugin update
• Addresses issue where floor plan search shortcode could experience a conflict with WordPress formatter

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7.9.6 – Midnight

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue where units with an invalid or missing date could import.

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7.9.5 – Midnight

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where Rent Special headline could appear.

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7.9.4 – Midnight

New Features

• This update brings a more-robust and flexible Google Analytics integration. Events will be reported to all present analytics installations.
• RentPress settings can be used to install Google Analytics on your website, but it is not required.
  • We recommend using Google Tag Manager to add Analytics to your website.
• Events are now reported with a _rentpress suffix for easier report and trigger categorization.
• Now reporting several new events:
  • Property special view
  • Property directions click
  • Property phone call
  • Property email
  • Property website click
  • Property schedule tour
  • Property contact leasing
  • Property apply now
  • Neighborhood learn more
  • Floor plan view
  • Floor plan special view
  • Floor plan request info click
  • Floor plan apply now click
  • Floor plan schedule tour click
  • Floor plan join waitlist click
• For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Updates

• Adds additional user helptext when adding a property contact form shortcode

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where „Contact Leasing“ button on property template would not display when a form shortcode was present.
• Addresses issue where floor plans could not show a starting price.

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7.9.3 – Midnight

New Features

• This update brings a new approach to Google Analytics tracking. By installing your GA4 Measurement ID into RentPress settings, Analytics tracking will happen site-wide.
• Event tracking will continue on included templates and shortcodes. Shopper interactions will be automatically reported as events.
• Event tracking includes:
  • Floor plan search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Move-In Date, and Property Selection (as applicable).
  • Property search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Pets Choice, and Search Text.
• For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where office hours may not display on manually-created properties.
• Resolves issue where office hours header could display on templates when office hours were not present.

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7.9.2 – Midnight

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where cities and states could create as separate pages

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7.9.1 – Midnight

New Features

• Adds new parameter „HIDESUGGESTAMENITIES“ to property search shortcode
  • Allows for excluding amenities and features from text searches
  • Featured amenities can still be used in searches

Updates

• Add classes and styles throughout
  • Adds classes to property card neighborhood city state and price
  • Adds classes to property card city and state
  • Adds classes to property card price
  • Adds classes to property search filters
• New style for dot indicators on floor plan image carousel
• Adds property edit link to floor plan info editor
• New colors and formatting for floor plan admin list to better indicate when data is bad, missing, or disabled
• Addresses issue where floor plan cards could display in an uneven row
• Adds more options for lookahead setting
• City names will now be created in title case
• Adjusts default accent colors to no longer be plain black

Bugfixes

• Fixes issue where Features heading would display on floor plan search
• Floor plan info section no longer displays when no info is present
• Addresses issue where Join Waitlist button could render improperly
• Fixes issue where units could display at large sizes in floor plan editor
• Addresses issue where RentCafe-provided lease terms that start and end simultaneously would not display
• Addresses issue where RentCafe-provided custom features could appear duplicated

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7.9.0 – Midnight

New Features

• Event tracking is compatible with Google Analytics 4. Shopper interactions will be automatically reported to Google Analytics for included templates and shortcodes.
  • When the update completes, make sure to update your previous UA ID to a new GA4 Property ID in the Integration Settings.
• Event tracking includes:
  • Floor plan search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Move-In Date, and Property Selection (as applicable).
  • Property search: Bedrooms, Max Price, Pets Choice, and Search Text.
• For more information see Understanding RentPress + Google Analytics Integration.

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue that could inadvertently cause properties to display as Cat Friendly or Dog Friendly.

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7.8.5 Lake

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue with property search shortcode that could prevent property types from returning properties

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7.8.4 Lake

Updates

• Better handling of floor plan and unit features.
  • See RentPress: Amenities Manager Add-on for greater control.
• Adds classes to message displayed when floor plan search shortcode has no floor plans to return.

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7.8.3 Lake

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where floor plans would not respect their parent property’s pricing selection.
• Resolves issues that could occur when manually adding a unit.
• Addresses user workflow issues when used on a website without a connected data feed.

Updates

• Integrations Settings page has updated references to Gravity Forms Add-on

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7.8.2 Lake

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where map could fail to display on single property page template

Updates

• Updates default single property template to display a map (when Google Maps or Mapbox API keys are present)
• Adds a helpful Neighborhood posts link in the Property Editor

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7.8.1 Lake

Bugfixes

• Restores floor plan post list filter and sort functionality.
• Resolves issue where sync timestamps would not display on sites without a set timezone.

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7.8.0 Lake

New Features

• Taxonomy terms have been rebuilt for better compatibility with third-party plugins like Yoast SEO
  • The editing experience remains the same as in previous versions.

Updates

• Adds an edit link to Associated Floor Plans in the property editor
• Office Hours section will not display on single property page when no value is present

Bugfixes

• Resolves error that could prevent a Gravity Form from displaying in a modal when added to a page via floor plan search shortcode

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7.7.1 Kalamata

New Features

• New options for floor plan deposits
  • Choose to Always Show, Exclude $0 Deposits, or Show None
  • Can be chosen globally across the website or per-property

Updates

• New RentPress-specific classes on single floor plan experience allow for greater customization
  • New classes for Information Subtitle, CTA block, Share Icons, Amenities List
• New sync and request timestamps in settings clarify the last time RentPress requested new data and the last time new data was available
• Updates for property mapping capabilities

Bugfixes

• Bugfixes and improvements throughout

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7.6.4 Juniper

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue where floor plan pages could display a 404 error
• Addresses issue where property pages could display a 404 error

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7.6.2 Juniper

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue where crons could stop creating
  • Crons are now created on a new scheduling system
• Addresses data issues that may prevent properties not synced from a feed from displaying

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7.6.1 Juniper

Bugfixes

• Resolves issue where sync could fail due to WordPress unexpectedly stopping cron functionality.

7.6.0 Juniper

New Features

• New Add-on available – RentPress: Amenities Manager Add-on »
  • Take control of your amenity syncing
  • Selectively hide and show specific amenities
• Floor Plan Features filter comes to the floor plan search grid
  • Display selected features in a filter to shoppers
  • Useful for „Den“ „Townhome“ „Upgraded“ and many more
  • Customizing through the floor plan search shortcode » allows for endless possibilities

Updates

• Adds classes to property page template to allow for further CSS targeting and customization
• City single page will now display its state abbreviation

Bugfixes

• Addresses issue where office hours may display empty when empty values are present
• Addresses issue where special banners may not remove themselves after a set expiration
• Resolves issue where a featured image set for a taxonomy term may display with an incorrect z-index value
• Resolves issue where some amenities could import from Vaultware as „No title“
• Addresses issue with Vaultware allowing for empty rent values
• Resolves issue with RealPage sending empty values for amenities

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7.5.2 Island

Updates

• Resolves conflict with Save Settings and Sync Properties button in Settings.
• Refactors code for add-ons.

Bugfixes

• Office Hours will no longer display „Null“ when text field is empty.
• Resolves issue where Mapbox property search could display as empty.

7.5.1 Island

Updates

• Admin updates for greater compatibility

Bugfixes

• Fixes typo with office hour appointments

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7.5.0 Island

New Features

• Property Office Hours have a brand-new experience
  • Time-based open and close times sync from your property management software or can be added to to your manually-managed properties
  • A day schedule can be set to „Closed“
  • A day schedule can be set to „By Appointment“
  • If desired, you can opt to Append any text after a day schedule. Supports select HTML tags including the ability to add a link.
  • If desired, you can Replace a day schedule with any arbitrary text.
  • New Office Hours including Appended and Replace text displays on a property listing page and on the property hours shortcode.

Updates

• Our included templates and shortcodes have been overhauled for greater compatibility with more website themes.

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7.4.1 Harbor

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where floor plans would not be removed from view when availability would update.
• Addresses an issue where amenities could display twice.
• Fixes issue where the filters toggle button could display unintentionally.

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7.4.0 Harbor

New Features

• A new look for single floor plan
  • Floor plan images now bring in multiple images from a data feed (where provided).
  • Units will show unit-specific features that residents will find in that unit.
  • Adds a new list to display Floor Plan Features distinct from Community Amenities.
  • The floor plan’s deposit range is displayed to shoppers.
• Adds Minimum Deposit and Maximum Deposit fields to floor plan editor.
• New Branding section in property editor
  • Properties can select a unique color to represent their brand.
  • When enabled, the property color will be reflected in elements on floor plan search, single floor plan, and property listing views.
• Adds a new Integrations tab to property editor
  • Introduces a new extendable integrations framework for developers.
• City extended description now supports most HTML tags and special characters
  • For more info, see: RentPress: Adding City Content
  • All taxonomy terms that have an Extended Description field support HTML and special characters as well.

Updates

• Adds more robust logic for manually-added units.
• Shoppers can now cancel their unit selection.
• Style updates for mobile browsers.
• Adds and re-orders style classes for easier customizations.
• Better handling of amenities and terms that have special characters or missing data.

Bugfixes

• Bugfixes and improvements to data sync

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7.3.1 Grassland

Bugfixes

• Filters out empty prices for better unit price accuracy

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7.3.0 Grassland

New Features

• Floor plan images now can display in a lightbox gallery on click.
• Single floor plan template restructured to display Amenities and Features in separate lists.
• City names (taxonomy terms) now include state abbreviation. Only new properties will be affected.
• Pet policy field now support more content and additional HTML formatting.
• Data sync has been restructured to handle large portfolios.
• RentPress: Gravity Forms Add-on is now available separately.

Updates

• Admin post list information has been restructured for greater efficiency with large portfolios.
• Restructures neighborhood assignments for better consistency with properties.
• Property search uses all neighborhoods.
• RentPress templates now insert themselves into a child theme.
• Property info cards display information more efficiently.
• Single floor plan page CTAs now link to consistent destinations.

Bugfixes

• Lease term dropdown will now only display when there are lease terms to display.
• Fixes issue with property deletion.
• Fixes issue with deleting units from synced properties.
• Fixes issue where manually-added units could not be deleted.
• Fixes issue when pet policy would not save.
• Fixes issue when comments would be enabled.
• Fixes issue where bedroom select modal in search filters would not dismiss.
• Fixes issue with admin error on sync options.

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7.2.0 Forest

New Features

• Properties now have per-bedroom pricing
  • Property card has been updated to display pricing for each of Studio, 1 Bed, 2 Bed, etc.
• Adds new parameters to property search shortcode
  • Find properties by price, bedrooms, only available, or combine all of these.
• Property card now better highlights pet-friendliness.
• Adds Mapbox support (beta)
  • Optionally choose to properties on a map from Mapbox.
  • Display a property pin on map from Mapbox.
• Per-property contact form options
  • New section in property editor allows a property to choose contact form method.
  • Insert a contact unique URL per property.
  • Add a Gravity Form shortcode to display a form in a modal.
  • Use the Global Contact Form URL.
• Property search filters are now dynamic
  • Filters now update in real-time in response to other filters.
  • Shoppers should be unable to reach search dead ends through filters alone.
• Better handling of best price calculations.

Updates

• Property search updated to better handle different screen sizes.
• Changed icons to use span tags and added aria-hidden=“true“ so screen readers skip over them.
• Updated http to https where possible.
• Better compatibility with previous versions of RentPress.
• Adds styles to templates for better compatibility with Foundation.
• Added missing alt text.
• Added title attributes to iframes.
• Adds helpful links throughout Settings pages

Bugfixes

• Fixes amenity categorization for property pet-friendliness.
• Resolves an issue where floor plans may not delete properly.
• Resolves an issue where properties may not delete properly.
• Fixed an issue with quotes that could cause pages to break.
• Resolves an issue with comments getting accidentally enabled.
• Removed duplicated CSS.

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7.0 Eclipse

New Features

• Single Property template

  • When enabled, will automatically generate a listing page for each property.
  • Add property featured image.
  • Add a tracking phone number specific for your website.
  • Add a property online application link.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials at a property. Specials can be linked and also set to automatically expire.
  • Invite shoppers to connect to property social networks. Supports: Facebook, Instagram
  • Display property romance copy and available amenities.
  • Add in the property pet policy.
  • Showcase floor plans and available units for property.
  • Add photos to the property or use your favorite gallery plugin by adding a shortcode.
  • Direct shoppers to your property with a Google map. Google Map API key required.
  • Display romance copy about the property’s city from the cities taxonomy.
  • Choose a primary neighborhood for a property from your neighborhoods.
  • Show a default placeholder image if a property does not have a featured image set.
  • Include additional keywords for a property to display in search results.

• Properties Search template

  • When enabled, will add a Search Apartments template into your theme.
  • Visitors can search across any information about your property: name, city, state, or zip code and more.
  • Filters are available for bedroom count, price, and can be customized to include pets and more.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials at a property.
  • Show a default placeholder image if a property does not have a featured image set.
  • Updates URL parameters on to let you quickly build a customized landing page on your existing search page for queries like price, bedrooms, city, state, and any arbitrary keyword.

• “Cities” taxonomy for Properties

  • Cities will be automatically generated based on the location data from properties on your site.
  • Properties will be automatically assigned into their city.
  • Romance copy about the city entered here will be displayed across all properties in that city.
  • A default placeholder image if a city does not have a featured image set.
  • A directory page is also available to display all cities.

• Single Floor Plan template

  • When enabled, will automatically generate a product page for each floor plan.
  • Display a floor plan’s current and future available units, square footage, and price.
  • Display lease term price options where available.
  • Includes CTAs to Request Info, Apply Now, and optionally, Schedule Tour or Join Waitlist when units aren’t available.
  • Display information from the floor plan’s parent property like description, amenities, pet policy, and office hours.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials on a floor plan. Specials can be linked and also set to automatically expire.
  • Includes support for embedding virtual tours from Matterport, YouTube, and more.
  • Add images for the floor plan to display in a carousel.
  • Manually add units into a floor plan.
  • „Features“ taxonomy for floor plans to note distinguishing characteristics like „Den,“ „Townhome,“ and can be extended to fit your inventory.

• Floor Plan grid template

  • When enabled, will add a Floor Plans grid template into your theme.
  • Display all floor plans for your property or alternately only all with availability.
  • Display a banner to announce leasing specials on a floor plan. Specials can be linked and also set to automatically expire.
  • Shoppers can sort and filter by bed count, price, move-in date.

• Neighborhoods

  • A Neighborhoods post type is created where you can create any arbitrary neighborhood.
  • Assign properties into each neighborhood.
  • Add romance copy and a featured image.

• Shortcodes

  • All templates are also available through shortcodes to place in your templates or in content pages.
  • Shortcodes available for: single property, property search floor plan grid, single floor plan.
  • Additional shortcodes available for property hours, property address, property phone, property social, and equal housing.

• Taxonomies

  • Properties have taxonomies for Cities (automatically generated), Amenities (automatically generated), Pet policy, and Property Type
  • Each can be built out and customized to become landing pages for your website.

• General Features

  • All templates include search engine schema. Your site will see an immediate boost in SEO performance.
  • All templates report shopper interactions to Google Analytics as events. Automatically track interactions like Phone Calls, Get Directions, Schedule Tour, Apply, and many more.
  • Set a primary and secondary accent color.
  • Set a rent price display type at a global level or on a per-property basis.
  • Disable all pricing with one setting.
  • Choose a consistent format for phone numbers.
  • Set default URLs for Applications, Contact page, Tour page, and Waitlist page.
  • Choose if price ranges should be set by only-available units.
  • Set a max lookahead to determine how far ahead to look for available units.
  • Set a limit for number of units to save to each floor plan.
  • Display last time data synced occurred in settings.