GPTranslate 2.26

• Added new global option "Lock translations" (enabled by default) to prevent automatic overwrite of existing translations
• Added Dictionary support for alias slugs via pre/post-translation placeholder system with word boundary matching
• Added eye toggle button to mask API Key fields in administration interface
• Added Google AI HTML translation
• Added real-time XML Sitemap generation endpoint accessible via public REST API URL for Google Search Console submission
• Added copyable Sitemap URL with clipboard and open-in-new-tab buttons in the Crawler modal
• Added sorting options for individual translations in the edit view (A-Z, Z-A, length ascending/descending)
• Fixed language selector showing wrong language on server-side translated pages regardless of storage mode (url/storage), by detecting body[data-gptranslateskip] attribute
• Fixed translation sort order preserved correctly in database regardless of visual sort selection in edit view
• Fixed search translations filter working with the "enter" key in addition to the search button

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v2.25.2

• Added lightweight AJAX endpoint for server-side translation queries, bypassing the full WordPress stack for significantly faster response times
• Added database indexes for improved query performance on translations lookup
• Added new option to exclude server injected query string parameters from translation alias matching
• Changed: Gemini 3.1 API model
• Fixed WordPress critical error caused by session_start() interfering with REST API requests by adding session_write_close() after session usage
• Fixed issue with auto wrap excluded words for UTF-8 characters
• Fixed issue with home page language suffix

v2.25.1

• Issue while reverting to original language for excluded words managed by dictionary
• Issue with spacing for excluded words managed by dictionary

v2.25

• Added DeepL integration as a new AI translation provider
• Added Claude AI integration as a new AI translation provider
• Added Austrian German alternative flag for German language selector
• Added form action URL rewriting support for POST forms in page link rewriting system (client-side and server-side)
• Added first-pass form action alias replacement after translation save, matching behavior already in place for anchor links
• Added Claude and DeepL engine filter options in translations management list
• Fixed server-side replacement algorithm for short words to prevent incorrect partial matches inside longer words
• Fixed client-side translation incorrectly removing FontAwesome and other icon elements when 'i' tag is listed in formatting tags to remove
• Fixed client-side inner excluded words auto-wrap not applied correctly within nested elements
• Fixed client-side formatting tag removal breaking form elements (select, input, textarea, etc.) inside wrapper spans
• Fixed percent-encoded UTF-8 characters in translated URL aliases not decoded correctly in server-side and client-side link rewriting (e.g. %C3%BC instead of ü)
• Fixed server-side form action replacement failing in subfolder installations due to base path mismatch in relative URL lookup
• Fixed language not detected and not switched when server-side translations language switching mode is set to 'storage' and 'Always detect auto-translated language' option is active simultaneously
• Fixed missing Punjabi flag icon (pa.gif)
• Improved dark mode detection and styling consistency

• Added ChatGPT API key test button to verify API connectivity directly from plugin settings
• Added button to open modal popup for managing translation templates
• Added new WordPress shortcode to embed GPTranslate features into pages and content
• Improved settings interface for better integration of API key testing and template management

• Added comprehensive hreflang tag implementation with database-driven translated URL aliases for both Joomla and WordPress
• Added automatic URL original path resolution when viewing translated pages to ensure correct hreflang generation
• Added support for subfolder installations in hreflang URL generation
• Added flexible URL matching with support for encoded characters, trailing slashes, and .html suffixes
• Fixed double-space bug in server-side translations by applying trim() to both original and translated text across all translation methods
• Fixed HTML entity decoding issue in meta description translations (ampersands and special characters)
• Fixed URL sanitization in WordPress to prevent character corruption using esc_url_raw() instead of sanitize_text_field()
• Fixed subfolder duplication in hreflang URLs for installations in subdirectories
• Improved database query flexibility with support for URL variations (with/without trailing slash, encoded/decoded characters)

• Added URL transliteration feature: Cyrillic characters are now automatically converted to Latin equivalents for better compatibility with sharing platforms like WhatsApp
• Added system to automatically disable server-side translations when crawler starts to prevent conflicts
• Reorganized dictionary interface for improved usability
• Fixed URL translation alias bug with ChatGPT/AI engines: resolved double slash issue caused by missing delimiter separators in API responses
• Improved URL normalization in crawler to prevent duplicate links with/without trailing slashes

• Integrated Google Cloud Translation API as translation provider option
• Added "Crawl only this URL" checkbox in crawler interface for single-page agent translation
• Canonical tag now properly includes language code (e.g. /it/) when alias translations are not available

• Implemented context preservation for sentence segmentation by ignoring inner formatting tags during translation
• Improved translation accuracy by skipping single words instead of entire sentences when excluded words are found
• Added exact match filter for URL search in translations management (both Joomla and WordPress)
• Implemented exclude words wrapping for meta description to preserve brand names and technical terms
• Added widget opacity control for language selector background (0.1 to 1.0 with hex alpha channel)
• Added option to disable toast notification popups for translation and audio reading progress
• Implemented force Google AI engine for retrigger translations to maximize speed on dynamic content
• Added dictionary replacement support for wrapped excluded words in leafnodes collection
• Fixed bug preventing retranslation when original and target languages are the same
• Fixed missing parameters in default options: enable_indexer and rewrite_default_language_url
• Improved meta title translation with dictionary rule checking and excluded words handling
• Added support for Gemini 3 preview model

• Implemented translate alias for internal links (client and server side, with trailing slash control)
• Added server-side translation for canonical tags
• Excluded home page from canonical tag processing
• Excluded chunk slug URLs from translation process
• Fixed issue for returning to base language
• Fixed home page non-routed links issue
• Improved Open Graph meta description handling

• Improved new system to switch to another language from a server side translation page
• Improved system to retranslate a page for dynamically added contents with infinite scroll
• Server side translation for meta description

• Added support for ChatGPT 5.1 models
• Added option to exclude languages from automatic translation
• Bugs fix