Sign-in limits and a reCAPTCHA fallback
Releases 0.12.0 and 0.12.1.
- Limits on how often a magic link can be requested, with a reCAPTCHA checkbox as a fallback when the invisible check is not sure you are a person.
Updates
What has changed on Writer's Grove, newest first.
Full-text search
- Search across series, books and chapters from the search box in the navigation.
- Fixes to premium from an audit of the subscription code.
- A security upgrade of a text-handling library.
Security updates
- Vulnerable dependencies were upgraded and response handling hardened after a security audit.
Stability fixes
- A newsletter toggle on the Edit Profile page, and a newsletter page separate from the maintenance countdown.
- Chapter access fixes: public chapters were being blocked when the author had no tiers or schedule plans, after the public release date had passed, and for signed-in readers.
- New users no longer receive two magic link emails.
- The Trending carousel works again.
- Creating a new series no longer fails, and leftover series rows were cleaned up.
Reader subscriptions, schedule plans and author analytics
Reader subscriptions
- Premium authors can charge readers directly through Stripe Connect, with free, per-chapter and monthly tiers. Writer's Grove takes no cut. If premium lapses, the tiers are hidden so nobody is charged for content the author can no longer restrict.
Schedule plans
- A schedule plan sets how many days after publication each tier unlocks a chapter. Defaults apply per account, series or book, and readers can see when a chapter becomes public.
Author analytics
- Premium authors can add Google Analytics 4 or GoatCounter to their author pages. The scripts load only while premium is active.
Smaller changes
- Left and right arrows on the home page carousels on desktop.
- A friendly not-found page for authors, series, books and chapters, and usernames that match regardless of capitalization.
- The phone menu closes reliably on tap.