Progress Planner Triggers Affecting Other Plugins (OneSignal, Activity Log, etc)

  • Resolved Rajesh Namase

    (@namaserajesh)


    4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hi team,

    After integrating the Progress Planner plugin with Yoast SEO, we noticed that it’s generating certain triggers or actions that are unintentionally affecting data in other plugins.

    Here are the issues we’re seeing:

    1. Push Notifications by OneSignal
      Instead of sending proper push notifications with article title and link, we’re seeing messages like:
      Yoast SEO: add internal links to article ""[Article Title]""!
      This seems to be injected by Progress Planner’s automation or recommendation logic.
    2. Activity Log Plugin Entries
      The plugin is logging unusual entries:
      • Context: prpl_recommendations
      • Action: Updated
      • Meta: Yoast SEO: add internal links to article "[Article Title]"!

    These actions clutter the activity logs and trigger irrelevant push notifications.

    We believe this might be due to custom post meta or hooks triggered by Progress Planner. Can you please advise on:

    • How to disable or control these triggers?
    • Whether there’s a way to filter or restrict these actions from firing?

    Let us know if you need any data from my end. For the time being, I have deactivated this plugin from my websites.

    Thanks,
    Rajesh

    • This topic was modified 4 months, 3 weeks ago by Rajesh Namase. Reason: Added closing bracket in the title which was removed due to character limit
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  • Plugin Author Ari Stathopoulos

    (@aristath)

    4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hey there Rajesh!

    We just released v1.6.2, which changed the custom post-type to not be publicly queryable, so that should fix the issue with the Push Notifications plugin.

    Could you please update to the latest version and let us know if that fixes the issue on your end?

    Thanks,

    Ari.

    Thread Starter Rajesh Namase

    (@namaserajesh)

    4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hey Ari,

    Thanks for pushing the update!

    I’ve just tested version 1.6.2 and checked the logs using the Activity Log – Monitor & Record User Changes plugin. Unfortunately, it’s still showing a large number of internal link updates under my user name, even though I haven’t made any changes on the site.

    • Context: prpl_recommendations
    • Action: Updated
    • Meta: Yoast SEO: add internal links to article "[Article Title]"!

    I couldn’t wait for this issue to trigger a push notification via OneSignal, as that would send confusing updates to hundreds of subscribers. To prevent that, I had to deactivate Progress Planner again.

    Appreciate your continued support! 😊

    Best,
    Rajesh

    • This reply was modified 4 months, 3 weeks ago by Rajesh Namase.
    Thread Starter Rajesh Namase

    (@namaserajesh)

    4 months, 1 week ago

    Any updates? Looking forward to your reply. Thanks in advance 🙏

    Plugin Author Ari Stathopoulos

    (@aristath)

    4 months, 1 week ago

    Hello again Rajesh,

    Which plugin are you using for OneSignal? We found several plugins and each of them works completely differently.

    Thread Starter Rajesh Namase

    (@namaserajesh)

    4 months, 1 week ago

    Hi Ari,

    Here are the plugin details for reference:

    You can simply install the Activity Log plugin, and within 24 hours, you should see activity triggered by Progress Planner, even without any manual changes on the site.

    Let me know if you need any additional information, happy to help.

    Thanks again!
    Rajesh

    Plugin Author Ari Stathopoulos

    (@aristath)

    4 months, 1 week ago

    Thank you for the clarifications!

    For the activity-log plugin you can use this PHP snippet:

    <?php
    add_filter( 'aal_skip_insert_log', function( $skip, $args ) {
        return isset( $args['object_subtype'] ) 
            && 'prpl_recommendations' === $args['object_subtype'] 
                ? true 
                : $skip;
    }, 10, 2 );

    For the one signal plugin you’re using, I see they have a field in their settings where you need to manually define any custom post-types that should be included in the notifications.

    Looking at their code, I can see that unless you have manually added prpl_recommendations in that field, it should not trigger any web push notifications. By default that plugin only sends notifications for posts & pages, and ignores all other post-types.
    If that is not the case and you actually get notifications from that custom post-type, then perhaps there’s a bug I can’t see in that plugin? Have you tried contacting their support to make sure it’s not an issue with the onesignal plugin?

    Plugin Author Taco Verdonschot

    (@tacoverdo)

    2 months, 2 weeks ago

    We’re closing this thread as we haven’t heard back from you in a while.
    If you have any additional questions or information, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

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