Changelogs for PublishPress Permissions

You can find the changelog for the free version by clicking this link to WordPress.org.

You can find the changelog for the Pro version below:

The format is based on Keep a Changelog
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[4.6.4] - 27 January, 2026

Changed: Improved caption wording under Permissions > Settings for clarity. #789
Changed: Brazilian Portuguese translations for Permissions Pro. #795
Changed: Translations for Spanish, French, and Italian languages. #796
Changed: Tooltip wording update for Filtered Post Types.
Changed: Wording update for Permissions Settings.
Fixed: "Create Revision" permission could allow Revisors to edit posts in certain configurations.
Fixed: Status lock mechanism now handles autosave correctly to avoid corrupting post drafts.
Fixed: Subpage Visibility UI captions displayed in incorrect locations. #791
Fixed: Subpage Visibility UI HTML structure issues leading to formatting inconsistencies. #792
Fixed: Lock Visibility autosave handling to avoid corrupting post drafts. #790
Removed: Default Visibility feature (functionality replaced by Statuses plugin).
Removed: Status Control module completely (functionality replaced by Statuses plugin).

[4.6.3] - 30 December, 2025

Added: Live preview for teaser messages, allowing changes to be seen immediately while editing. #778
Added: Option to redirect teaser content to another public post type. #777
Added: Separate character limits for teaser content, giving more control over teaser length. #783
Fixed: Teaser redirect behavior to ensure it works reliably in all supported scenarios. #774
Fixed: Issue where teaser content could appear empty when the excerpt was missing. #781
Updated: Teaser editor layout by moving option boxes and the preview section to the top for better usability. #782
Updated: Minor wording improvements for the teaser redirect option to make its purpose clearer. #780
Updated: French, Spanish, and Italian translations to improve clarity and consistency. #775
Updated: Brazilian Portuguese translations for Permissions Pro. #776

[4.6.2] - 18 December, 2025

Added: Custom teaser notice feature, allowing administrators to display tailored messages in teaser content. #764
Added: Support for custom titles in User Pages, giving more flexibility when labeling user-facing pages. #761
Added: Descriptive text on the Statuses tab to better explain its purpose and behavior. #766
Added: Additional field in the Edit Permissions screen to provide more granular control. #2075
Fixed: Plain-text export issues affecting admin columns. #2069
Fixed: Capability handling that incorrectly required type-specific capabilities for editing in some cases. #2074
Fixed: Character mismatch issue in teaser content that could cause incorrect display. #765
Fixed: Teaser before/after content handling, including a new blur-style placeholder for better visual consistency. #762
Fixed: Redirect option layout overlapping on narrow screens. #763
Fixed: Translation merge issue that could result in missing or incorrect strings. #769
Updated: Updated wording for the Statuses dropdown in the Quick Edit interface. #771
Updated: Small wording adjustment in the General tab to improve clarity. #2070
Updated: Removed Bulk Actions dropdown from the Permissions tab to simplify the interface. #2071
Updated: Consolidated and cleaned up extra translation files related to hints. #2072
Updated: Removed Post Permissions column to reduce unnecessary clutter. #2076
Updated: Improved the visual design of informational messages inside the user profile for better readability. #2077
Updated: Improved the explanation and guidance for Visibility Circles to make permission behavior easier to understand. #767
Updated: Brazilian Portuguese translation updates. #759
Updated: French, Spanish, and Italian translation updates. #758
Removed: Legacy language domain presspermit-pro-hints to simplify translation handling. #760

[4.6.1] - 3 December, 2025

Fixed: WordPress 6.9 - Non-Administrators could not list or edit other user's posts #2057

[4.6.0] - 3 December, 2025

Added: Teaser feature is now available in the Free version, making the content preview functionality more accessible. #743
Added: Custom Read More text option to allow site owners to personalize teaser links. #742
Added: Rich Text Editor for Teaser Text, enabling more flexible formatting. #723
Added: Read More option inside the Teaser settings for easier configuration. #727
Added: Support for Event Calendar and WooCommerce post types in teaser functionality. #726
Updated: Improved design for the not logged in message for a cleaner user experience. #741
Updated: Wording for teaser settings to improve clarity. #732
Updated: Dropdown text in Teaser options for better usability. #731
Updated: Behavior of the select fields on the Teaser page to ensure consistent interaction. #729
Updated: Combined the Teaser tabs to simplify the interface. #724
Updated: Translations for ES, FR, and IT languages. #725
Updated: BR translation improvements. #722
Removed: Excerpt field from Teaser settings. #738
Updated: Changed tab label for logged-in users for clarity. #737
Updated: Redirect option is now a main setting for improved visibility. #733
Updated: Dash character replaced with proper typographic character. #721

[4.5.2] - 27 October, 2025

Added: CHANGELOG.md file to maintain structured release documentation. #117bc7b3
Added: Checkbox options for statuses in the Editing tab to provide more granular control. #1985
Added: Skip Module mechanism to selectively disable modules for better performance and flexibility. #1980
Added: Limited Editing Elements feature for refined access and editing restrictions. #1984
Updated: Composer dependencies for improved stability and performance. #715
Updated: Translations for Spanish, French, and Italian languages. #710
Updated: Status Control -- Visibility Statuses are now enabled by default for better usability. #708
Updated: Statuses tab moved to a more logical position for easier navigation. #712
Updated: Parent column moved inside Advanced Field for cleaner interface organization. #713
Updated: Removed the "Most Used" tab from the Permissions screen to simplify the interface. #1983
Updated: Settings tab now stays active after saving changes, improving workflow. #1982
Updated: Moved "Advanced" tab for a more intuitive settings layout. #1979
Updated: Renamed "Add Selected" button to "Add Selected Permissions" for clarity. #1975
Updated: Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and French translations. #1973, #1974
Removed: "User Pages" top-level menu to streamline the admin interface. #711
Fixed: Untranslated "None" caption in term selection box on Edit Permissions screen. #1981
Fixed: Function errors in AgentPermissions.php that affected permission handling. #1962
Fixed: Broken metaboxes compatibility issue with WooCommerce Google Product Feed plugin. #1969
Fixed: Access failure issue with GiveWP integration. #1964
Fixed: User creation issue that affected existing users. #714
Fixed: bbPress forum view showing replies without topic. #709

[4.5.1] - 1 October, 2025

Added: New column for status in User Pages. #698
Added: Option to hide "Post Match Field" and "User Match Field" behind a setting for cleaner UI. #701
Added: Added a User Page Promo tab to highlight key features. #1926
Compat: PublishPress Statuses - list, list_other capabilities were not effective where post editing requires status-specific capabilities
Fixed: Corrected an issue where PublishPress Statuses list capabilities were ineffective if a post required status-specific editing capabilities. #1924
Fixed: Make "Roles" option required in User Pages. #1930
Fixed: Corrected an issue where Posts were prioritized over Pages in certain conditions. #1931
Updated: Translations for Spanish, French, and Italian. #704
Updated: Translation improvements for Brazilian Portuguese. #702
Updated: Refined configuration to separate New User and Current User settings. #703
Removed: Cleaned up unused elements from User Pages for better performance. #697

[4.5.0] - 10 September, 2025

Added: Added filter hook to allow custom sanitization of settings. #1902
Added: License key input box widened to support longer keys. #1901
Added: Added support for assigning multiple roles in User Pages. #692
Added: Added filter for post types in User Pages tab. #684
Added: Added a feature to display the number of users in the User Pages settings. #682
Fixed: Conflict with the PublishPress Statuses plugin that caused an "out of memory" error during login. #1873
Fixed: Editing defaults now correctly applies only to new posts, not existing posts. #1870
Fixed: Corrected text domain issues for proper localization. #1898
Fixed: Corrected string translation issues in SettingsTabEditing.php. #1897
Fixed: Ensured file access template check before including, preventing errors. #689
Fixed: License key input limit issue. #690
Updated: Improved Features tab with capability cards for better design and clarity. #1886
Updated: Improved checkbox hints on Settings > Media Library for clearer guidance. #1885
Updated: Improved the "Features" tab design and layout for promotional content. #1869
Updated: Improved tooltip captions in User Pages. #688
Updated: Adjusted layout for User Pages tab based on feedback. #687
Updated: Moved the "Grand Author Permissions" section to the top for better visibility. #686
Updated: Removed unnecessary note box in User Pages tab for cleaner UI. #685
Updated: License key input box now supports longer keys. #691
Updated: .pot translation file refreshed. #1903

[4.4.3] - 18 August, 2025

Added: Description text in the Media Library settings for better clarity. #1866
Fixed: Bug with default visibility and content lock feature not working correctly. #1859
Fixed: Permissions now correctly applied to post revisions. #1837
Fixed: Non-administrators can now properly edit new posts created with Crocoblock JetThemeCore. #1841
Fixed: Adjusted integration tab count colors for better visibility. #1851
Fixed: Updated text color in integration promos for better readability. #1855
Fixed: Removed "Free" plugin listings from the Integrations tab to avoid confusion. #1852
Fixed: Missing SettingsAdmin class that caused the settings page to break. #679
Fixed: Teaser content handling now ensures non-empty arrays are properly processed in prepend and append operations. #678
Fixed: "View" operations in ACF metabox are now hidden to prevent confusion. #677
Updated: Improved captions for the Media Library tab in the settings screen. #1857
Updated: Pro Settings tabs are now displayed at the end for a more organized layout.

[4.4.2] - 5 August, 2025

Fixed: Prevented warning or error when handling fake post IDs. #1814
Fixed: Conflict resolved between Select2 library and other plugins. #1812
Fixed: PHP warning caused by invalid map_meta_cap parameters. #1810
Fixed: series_grouping value in getEnabledPostType() could return null and cause a REST API error. #1813
Updated: Tab color improvements for Pro features. #1815

[4.4.1] - 31 July, 2025

Fixed: Prevented a potential error on the Capabilities screen in PublishPress Capabilities. #669
Fixed: Users removed from Editorial Circles are now properly excluded, and post types are shown immediately. #668
Added: Integration tab detailing plugin compatibility. #1789
Added: Contextual promos for Pro plugin functionality #1789
Updated: Changed terminology from "Groups" to "Permissions" in various UI elements for better clarity. #1790
Error on Capabilities screen if Status Control legacy mode is active #1791
Updated: Brazilian Portuguese translations. #667

[4.4.0] - 9 July, 2025

Added: Tooltips for the "Visibility Circle" and "Editorial Circle" options for better clarity. #659
Fixed: Refresh button for membership groups now matches the design style of other UI elements. #658
Fixed: Removed unused checkbox for file access filtering to reduce interface clutter. #657
Fixed: Improved UI and button behavior in the File Access feature to meet accessibility standards. #650
Fixed: Refreshed anchor links to behave as buttons with icons for better usability. #653
Fixed: Replaced placeholder datepicker input with improved styling for modern UI consistency. #652
Fixed: Enhanced UI for activating Access Circles and BuddyPress groups for a clearer experience. #651
Fixed: Resolved a mismatch count exception when saving groups. #1747
Fixed: Prevented roles from appearing for disabled post types on the Edit Permissions screen.
Fixed: Resolved database query error on the WooCommerce Products screen. #1755
Fixed: Improved exception handling to maintain consistent sorting of groups before and after saving. #1741
Updated: Revamped the Attachments Utility screen for a more modern and user-friendly design. #656
Updated: Improved tooltip content and layout for term permissions (View / Edit / Assign) and sub-page permissions. #1740, #1745
Updated: Adjusted button and datepicker UI on Memberships screen for better usability. #1761
Updated: Enhanced settings UI to match future PublishPress visual style. #1763
Updated: Adjusted CSS styling for the File Access feature. #1748
Updated: Removed the "Display PublishPress Branding in Admin" setting for a cleaner settings page. #1744
Updated: Revamped Access Circles interface to match the modern UI styling in the plugin. #654
Updated: Upgraded the status-capabilities library to version 1.1.2 for improved compatibility. #648
Updated: Composer dependencies updated and code cleanup for better performance and compatibility.

[4.3.2] - 11 June, 2025

Fixed: Some Permissions list filters (Group Type, etc.) were not correct #1713
Fixed: Permissions screen listed Permissions for deactivated statuses #1733
Fixed: Screen Options for hidden columns on WordPress Users screen did not save #1719
Fixed: Resolved a fatal error (E_ERROR) when managing user permissions in the WordPress admin area #1732
Compat: ACF - Specific Permissions to block viewing of Field Groups were not applied #1728
Updated: Hide Specific Permissions column by default on WordPress Users screen #1720
Updated: Remove filter links from custom columns on WordPress Users screen #1721
Updated: Larger default sort icons for Permissions columns #1715

[4.3.1] - 3 June, 2025

Updated: Adjust icon size for proper UI

[4.3.0] - 3 June, 2025

Added: Tables in the Edit Permissions screen are now sortable for improved usability. #1580
Added: New "Users" tab in the Permissions screen for filtering and managing user-based permissions. #1367
Added: "Back to Normal View" button on Permissions screen to ease return from filtered views. #1640
Added: With Edit Permissions screen, show a corresponding Permissions submenu. #1634
Updated: Improved UI feedback by animating the "Save" button on Permissions save. #1563
Updated: Removed redundant "New Group created" message. #1579
Updated: Reorder columns in Permissions table, showing "Permissions" before "Roles". #1561
Updated: Renamed "Sync Posts" to "User Pages" for clarity. #1507
Updated: Changed page title and tab captions in Permissions screen for clarity. #1562
Updated: Replaced "Read" with "View" in various labels for consistency. #1491
Updated: Supplemental Roles are now labeled as "Extra Roles." #1637
Updated: Layout and text improvements across the Edit Permissions interface for clarity and accessibility.
Updated: Composer dependencies updated and code cleanup for better performance and compatibility.
Updated: Language .pot file updated with latest translation strings.
Fixed: Menu color now adapts better to WordPress admin themes. #1638
Fixed: Tooltips are more clear and informative across various screens.
Fixed: PHP warning when updating a post under certain conditions. #1628
Fixed: Uncompleted regex when editing Permissions. #1635
Compat: BasePress - Specific permissions now correctly propagate to sub-categories in BasePress. #1655
Compat: The Events Calendar - Event category creation now works correctly. #1653
Compat: PublishPress Capabilities - Use new cme_capability_descriptions filter for a more informative plugin capabilities tab. #1639
Improved: Dashicons in Add Permissions screen have improved spacing. #1643
Improved: Captions in Permissions > Settings now more clearly describe advanced links and capabilities.
Improved: On initial Permissions plugin installation, create pp_group_members table with primary key for cleaner group-member relationships. #1646

[4.2.3]

Change: New installations include primary key in pp_group_members table
Change: Make custom roles eligible for type-specific Extra Role assignment if their post capabilities for reading, editing or deletion differ from other pattern roles
Compat: Page Builder by SiteOrigin - Teaser was not applied to Page Builder content
Compat: BasePress Knowledge Base - Section Permissions were not propagated to Sub-Sections
Fixed: Teaser Redirect was applied to archive screen if the category has no posts

[4.2.2] - 6 May, 2025

Fixed: Restored the "Select Other" option for authors in the Classic Editor. #1540
Fixed: Ensured proper HTML escaping when adding new user groups. #1567
Fixed: Recaption "Add Permissions > Post Type > All Statuses" to "All Post Types" #1559
Fixed: The "All Statuses" label is now correctly translated. #1609
Fixed: Reduce white space for Group Members selection #1616
Fixed: Membership module's Current Selections list is too narrow #1621
Fixed: Circles module generated PHP warning if Post is null #1617
Updated: Added missing Brazilian Portuguese translation. #1608

[4.2.1] - 2 May, 2025

Fixed: Group Permissions on the Edit User screen now display with the correct formatting. #1601
Fixed: Resolved an uncaught error that occurred on the Edit Group screen under certain conditions. #1598

[4.2.0] - 1 May, 2025

Improved: Edit Permissions screen reorganized for easier access. #1319
Improved: Stored Permissions interface redesigned for a more intuitive and flexible editing experience. #1573
Fixed: "Select Other" option in Author metabox works properly again. #1540
Fixed: Renamed sidebar menu label to "Permissions" for better clarity. #754
Fixed: Sidebar Permissions menu item stays highlighted on the Edit Permissions screen, improving navigation clarity. #1510
Fixed: Permissions Settings - If hints are enabled, they are displayed without requiring user interaction. #1530
Fixed: Tooltip links are now easier to read with larger font size. #1526
Compat: PublishPress Checklists - Icon in Select2 search box is now visible and aligned correctly. #1542
Fixed: Dropdown menu using Select2 no longer covers the entire screen. #1519
Updated: Group membership selection is now done by Select2 for improved usability. #1511
Fixed: Permission Groups bulk actions now displayed when listing custom roles. #1548
Fixed: Group names now display correctly when no name was set. #1568
Fixed: Groups defined by PublishPress Revisions are now excluded from group count if the Revisions plugin is not active. #1500
Fixed: Duplicate role-based user groups are no longer created during setup. #1545, #1539
Updated: Permissions metaboxes now show both User display name and user_login for easier identification. #1529
Fixed: Permissions metabox for Parent selection is now hidden on Term Edit screen for non-hierarchical taxonomies. #1509
Fixed: Permissions metaboxes on Term Edit screen no longer disappear when using Yoast SEO. #1554
Updated: Term Edit - When editing as a universal tag, some captions are adjusted to say "for All Post Types". #1508
Lang: Refined translation files for improved accuracy. #1532
Lang: Language translations updated for Spanish, French, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese. #1532, #1528
Updated: Composer dependencies refreshed for better compatibility and stability. #1574

[4.1.4] - 1 April, 2025

Feature: File Access - Option to apply extra redirect for successful file url filtering on servers that discard login cookie on file requests #1523
Fixed: File Access - File uploads not displayed in wp-admin if attached post is not published #1522
Perf: File Access - Performance improvements
Fixed: File Access - Specific Permissions were not applied to unattached files #1524
Updated: Menu link renamed to "Permissions" for better clarity. #754
Updated: Moved the "Tags" option to the Advanced tab. #1250
Updated: Moved explanatory text into a tooltip for cleaner UI. #1217
Updated: Display a message when no Groups or Users are available in Select2 fields. #1500
Updated: Integrated Select2 for Group and User selection for improved usability. #1196
Removed: Unnecessary message on Tags screen. #1327
Fixed: Double "Update" button issue. #1496
Fixed: Notes item was incorrectly shown in the Core tab. #1251
Fixed: Incomplete string escaping in CSA. #1494
Lang: Updated translations for 4.1.3 release. #1493

[4.1.3] - 6 March, 2025

Added: Media tab to permissions settings. #1328
Added: Classified pp_assign_bulk_roles capability on the Capabilities tab and documented it in Permissions > Settings. #1450
Fixed: Pagination issue in specific areas. #1351
Fixed: Database error caused by duplicate key. #1455
Fixed: Tooltip position issue. #1468
Fixed: Tooltip display issue in media settings. #1332
Removed: Header elements on the Permissions screen. #1355
Fixed: Removed media option for users who are not logged in. #1331
Fixed: "Show all available constants" checkbox in Advanced Settings was not working. #1454
Fixed: PHP Warning on the Edit Term screen. #1453
Fixed: Posts query error on Multisite setups with abnormal site switching. #1451
Updated: Logged-in user description updated for better clarity. #1330
Removed: Messages on the category screen. #1326
Updated: Improved "None" text for better clarity. #1349
Feature: Category archive restriction now also applies to custom taxonomy archives. #1452
Fixed: On Post update, numerically named category was created incorrectly. #1448
Fixed: ACF Taxonomy Field did not include subcategories. #1395
Fixed: Fatal error with some third party plugins. #1486
Updated: Moved "Set Permissions" tab to be the first tab. #1354
Updated: Moved "View All" tab for better accessibility. #1350
Updated: Permissions text for better readability in groups. #1352
Updated: Promo banner content. #1470
Updated: Edit Permissions - Design fixes in Specific Permissions area #1353
Lang: Translations for Spanish, French, and Italian. #1446
Updated: Composer dependencies.

[4.1.2] - 10 February, 2025

Fixed: Teaser was not appied to post excerpt on Posts listing or Archive / Category listing
Fixed: Teaser - HTML tags in excerpt replacement / append text were stripped out
Fixed: Teaser Feed Replacement text content was improperly encoded
Added: Template function for the Teaser module (Pro). #1423
Fixed: "Limit to" permissions for Revision Submission were blocking draft post editing. #1407
Feature: Option to apply Category restrictions to archive page (Settings > Advanced > Front End) #1425
Fixed: User Profile issue preventing removal of a user from all groups. #1403
Fixed: If a role has a Specific Permissions assigned as "Limit to > (none)", the default post editor metabox selection for new posts was "Unblocked" #1401
Fixed: Invalid classname in User/Groups selection. #1421
Fixed: Role Usage could not update role's setting. #1420
Fixed: PHP Warning for undefined variable $item_status. #1419
Fixed: Parentheses removed from editor metaboxes for cleaner display. #1387
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Avoid conflict with implementation of list_others_revisions, preview_others_revisions capabilities (with Revisions 3.6.1)
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - "Limit to" permissions for Revision Submission also blocked the editing of regular draft posts
Updated: Settings > Advanced to clarify the effect of "Display all advanced options". #1435, #1437
Updated: Access Circles: Allow Administrators to be added to a group. #1399
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Support reduced filtering for certain use cases. #1407
Lang: .pot and .mo, including FR translations. #1392
Updated: Composer dependencies.

[4.1.1] - 30 January, 2025

Enhancement: Sync Posts UI fits 1080px screens
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Option for Access Circle restrictions to apply to Revisions
Updated: Cleaner, better organized plugin settings tabs
Updated: Sync Posts UI fits 1080px screens
Updated: Sizing of Settings tabs for smaller screns
Updated: Sizing, positioning for Settings screen right sidebar
Fixed: Fatal error if other code filters pre_tax_input incorrectly. #1348
Fixed: PHP Notice when deleting a group. #1338
Fixed: PHP error under certain configurations. #1318
Fixed: PHP warning for undefined array index in Permissions settings under some conditions. #1340
Fixed: Media items were selectable even when media permissions were not enabled. #1323
Updated: Renamed "Collaborative Editing" to align with updated terminology. #1307
Updated: Moved "Statuses" to the Advanced area for better organization. #1255
Removed: Purple color from the menu for a cleaner design. #1306
Removed: "Import" option from the interface. #1295
Lang: Translations for Spanish, French, and Italian text strings. #1316
Updated: Project dependencies for improved compatibility and security.

[4.1.0] - 19 Dec, 2024

Compat: Statuses Pro - Support for Revision Statuses in the Permissions assignment UI.
Added: Filter added for statuses table: presspermit_status_class_caption.
Removed: "Review your account information" notice. #1256
Removed: PublishPress Statuses install prompt. #1254
Fixed: Redundant output of custom statuses column.
Fixed: Fatal error for external calls to private methods under certain configurations.
Fixed: Term auto-assignment disable not applied for ACF Taxonomies. #1267
Fixed: Upcoming integration for Revision Statuses in Statuses Pro. #1286
Fixed: Improved design for editing groups. #1257
Fixed: White space removed from group list screen. #1245
Fixed: Updated text for the "Clone" button. #1258
Fixed: Permissions options moved to the "Advanced" settings area. #1247
Fixed: Tab "Modules" moved to the end and renamed to "Features." #1246
Fixed: Hide the "ID" column by default. #1244
Fixed: Poor query performance on highly populated sites using PublishPress Authors. #1269
Fixed: Posts query errors on multisite installs with abnormal site switching/caching. #1271
Fixed: PHP warning in the post editor under specific site configurations. #1265
Fixed: Fatal error with miniOrange SSO during new post creation. #1263
Fixed: Fatal error under some conditions when post types are abnormally registered. #1242
Fixed: Spam warning message removed. #1201
Fixed: Non-Administrators cannot add new post on some sites #1303
Fixed: Multisite - Database error in posts query on installations with abnormal site switching / caching
Fixed: Multisite + PHP 8.2 - Fatal error on sub-sites created prior to Permissions install
Compat: miniOrange SSO - Fatal error when adding a new post
Compat: PublishPress Authors - poor front end query performance on highly populated sites
Updated: Edit Permissions - Styling of Specific Permission selections. #1218
Updated: Edit Permissions - Styling of Supplemental Role selections. #1257
Improved: Removed redundant text from the plugin screen. #1214
Updated: Status-capabilities library to version v1.1.0.
Updated: Status Control text changed from "Workflow" to "Main Workflow".
Improved: Normalized whitespace for cleaner codebase.
Lang: Updated and refined translations. #1239, #1246
Lang: .pot and .mo files with new and improved translations.
Lang: Translations for all updated text strings. #1240

[4.0.3,5]

Fixed: Fatal error under some conditions if a post type is registered abnormally
Fixed: PHP Warning in post editor under some site configurations
Fixed: Multisite - Database error in posts query under some site configurations
Fixed: Multisite + PHP 8.2 - Fatal error on sub-sites created prior to Permissions install
Compat: ACF - Term auto-assignment disable was not applied for ACF Taxonomies
Compat: miniOrange SSO - Fatal error when adding a new post
Compat: PublishPress Authors - poor front end query performance on highly populated sites

[4.0.34] - 14 Nov, 2024

Fixed: Changes to Permissions metaboxes in Post editor were not saved

[4.0.33] - 13 Nov, 2024

Fixed: Warning for early execution of load_plugin_textdomain() in WP 6.7 #1227
Fixed: WP 6.6 - Updating a page caused propagated permissions to be cleared under some configurations
Fixed: Specific Permissions for page editing caused incorrect page permalink to be output on Posts / Pages screen, under some configurations
Fixed: Updating a page could clear propagated permissions in specific configurations #1223
Updated: Captions for "Add Group" button #1195
Removed: Outdated message about Status Control module #1200
Updated: Changed wording of "Add New" button to "Add New Group" #1194
Removed: Social links in footer #1193
Removed: Penguin logo in headers #1191
Compat: Custom Post Type UI - Experimental fix for editing permissions #1221
Updated: Compatibility with WordPress 6.7 #527
Updated: Improve translation handling by removing translation functions on variables where unnecessary.
Updated: Code formatting and normalized whitespace.
Lang: Updated reference language strings #1195
Lang: Added Portuguese language hints #1202
Lang: Added missing translation strings in permissions (free version) #1202
Lang: Translation files #1190

[4.0.32] - SKIPP

[4.0.31] - 8 Oct, 2024

Compat: Teaser + Elementor - Fatal error "Cannot access offset of type string on string" under some configurations
Compat: ACF - Apply term auto-assignment to ACF taxonomy fields
Compat: Events Manager - Error on event category creation if no other event categories exist
Fixed: PHP Notice "Attempt to read property object_type on bool" under some configurations

[4.0.30] - 25 Sep, 2024

Compat: PublishPress Authors - Default author was inappropriately applied for Contributors / Authors under some configurations
Change: Permissions metaboxes - include user_email as a User search field
Compat: WP Bakery Page Builder - Contributors could not edit drafts in front end editor
Change: Media cannot be edited or deleted if attached to an uneditable post (unless "Users can always edit their own attachments" setting is enabled)
Change: Settings > Advanced > Constants - Setting checkbox to enable listing of all available constants (previously required constant definition)
Change: Settings > Advanced > Constants - Improved formatting
Fixed: Settings > Advanced > Constants - Add missing constant definitions, remove obsolete, list module-specific constants only if applicable
Feature: Edit Permission Group - Bulk edit supports conversion of existing Permissions' adjustment (Enabled / Blocked / Limit to)

[4.0.29] - 16 Sep, 2024

Fixed: WP 6.6 - Post Visibility settings did not correctly refresh Save As caption under some configurations
Compat: PublishPress Statuses - Improved button captioning with Statuses 1.0.7

[4.0.28] - 3 Sep 2024 (unrelease,d)

Fixed: WP 6.6 - Specific Permissions were not propagated to new subpages
Fixed: WP 6.6 - Page Parent selection was not properly filtered under some configurations
Feature: New setting, Permissions > Editing > "Page Parent selection for editable pages only", causes Page Parent availability to follow page editing access

[4.0.27] - 27 Aug 2024 (unrelease,d)

Compat: WordPress 6.0 and earlier - Fatal error on category / term insertion
Compat: Events Manager - If a restricted user adds an Event Category, the term hierarchy cache is updated to an empty array, breaking subsequent Event Category requests
Compat: PublishPress Series - Specific Permissions could not be assigned for Series Categories
Fixed: Teaser not applied to Elementor page content

[4.0.26] - 1 Jul, 2024

Compat: Elementor - Teaser was not applied to unreadable content on Elementor page views
Change: On new installations, create pp_group_members database table with a unique key

[4.0.25] - 26 Jun, 2024

Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Administrators could not be added to Change Request Notification group
Compat: Penci Blocks + Elementor - PHP warning on Elementor Edit due to Penci Block post type not registered correctly, can cause access failure with memory outage

[4.0.24] - 18 Jun, 2024

Compat: Advanced Custom Fields - Custom Post Types did not have type-specific capabilities enforced unless explicitly configured in ACF settings
Compat: Admin Columns - Users listing inappropriately filtered under some conditions
Compat: Teaser + PostX Grid Blocks - Ajax post scrolling failed for non-Editors
Compat: Disable Gutenberg - Classic Editor mode was not detected under some configurations
Fixed: Settings UI - Checkbox for Permissions > Settings > Editing > Media Library > "Prevent editing uploads if attached to a non-editable post" not displayed under some conditions
Fixed: Fatal error if constant SSEO_VERSION is unexpectedly defined

[4.0.23] - 7 May, 2024

Compat: Google Analytics by MonsterInsights - custom field error message on post update
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Apply restrictive Submit Revisions permissions to limit Revision Queue listing
Compat: PublishPress Capabilities - Negated capabilities were not properly applied under some Permissions configurations
Compat: User Posts Limit - Users could not create more than one post
Fixed: On selection of multiple new users for group membership, if one was already a group member, none of the new selections were added

[4.0.22] - 26 Apr, 2024

Fixed: Fatal error updating a subpage

[4.0.21] - 25 Apr, 2024

Fixed: Gutenberg Editor - empty categories were unselectable on some installations
Compat: Nested Pages - Page reorder by a limited editor could cause pages to be moved to top level
Compat: Breakdance - Non-administrators could not edit revisons created by PublishPress Revisions plugin
Compat: WordPress Grid Builder - Some posts were hidden from Ajax paging results
Compat: YooTheme - Front end categories widget did not display subcategories
Change: Option to restore previous behavior by suppressing front end term filtering under some conditions
Fixed: Option to display PublishPress branding could not be disabled if plugin is network-activated
Fixed: Fatal error on activation without PublishPress Statuses plugin, with some PHP versions
Fixed: PHP Code Sniffer flagged warnings in one code module
Change: Remove penguins from Permissions > Settings screen header
Perf: Improve performance of user groups retrieval query
Perf: Improve performance of post update query under some conditions
Perf: Improve performance on attachment upload / update

[4.0.20] - 4 Mar, 2024

Fixed: PHP Warning on PublishPressPermissionsGroups::getGroupsForUser() / pp_get_groups_for_user() call

[4.0.19] - 29 Feb, 2024

API: Function pp_get_groups_for_user() no longer defaulted to returning group objects
Compat: bbPress - Forum Role column on Users screen was hidden
Lang: Upate ES, FR, IT translations

[4.0.18] - 22 Feb, 2024

Compat: Elementor - Could not use Elementor front end editor to save a draft of a published post
Compat: BuddyPress - Fatal error on Permissions > Groups > BuddyPress
Perf: On category / term queries, don't filter term counts if empty terms are not being hidden and counts are not being shown
Fixed: Gutenberg editor usage was not properly detected when triggered by another plugin, possibly leading to issues with category / term assignment filtering
Fixed: Category pages: Subcategory posts were inappropriately hidden on some sites
Fixed: Option to auto-assign available term was not applied when Permissions limit post editing to specific terms without explicitly limiting term assignment
Fixed: Option to auto-assign available term was not applied to uploaded Media
Fixed: Legacy Nav Menu Management - Limited Nav Menu editors saw uneditable menus in dropdown on Menus management screen
Fixed: Legacy Nav Menu Management filters interfered with front end filtering under some conditions
Fixed: Teaser - Excerpt or First X Characters setting was not applied for logged in users
Fixed: Sanity check to prevent excessive version history logging if installed plugin's version tags or version tag storage is incorrect
Change: Support constant PRESSPERMIT_MEDIA_UPLOAD_GRANT_PAGE_EDIT_CAPS for front end uploading solutions that require page editing capabilities for the async upload request
Lang: Update ES, FR, IT translations

[4.0.17] - 9 Feb, 2024

Fixed: Permissions metaboxes were displayed in post editor for post types that are not enabled for Permissions filtering

[4.0.16] - 9 Feb, 2024

Fixed: Permissions > Settings > Core > Front End > "Performance: Don't filter category / tag counts" was not applied for Administrator
Fixed: Terms were inappropriately auto-assigned on front end form entry
Fixed: Status Control legacy mode (without Statuses plugin) - Fatal error on post publication
Fixed: Some strings on Permissions > Settings were not translated
Change: Suppress "Enable Permissions" metaboxes in Post editor, Edit Term screens
Change: Constant definitions related to term auto-assignment to assist any potential troubleshooting or restore previous behavior

[4.0.15] - 30 Jan, 2024

Fixed: Auto-assignment of default terms wrongly applied under some conditions
Fixed: Filters for Post category, Tags, Terms, Parent or Status could be applied to wrong post under certain conditions
Change: User search for Specific Permission assignment - use LIKE matching for user meta field searches
Change: More detailed error messages for license key activation failures

[4.0.14] - 25 Jan, 2024

Fixed: Could not delete custom Permission Groups

[4.0.13] - 25 Jan, 2024

Fixed: Front page and posts page was not protected from auto-assignment of terms
Change: Auto-assign a term only if no default terms are selectable and the user's editing access is modified by term-specific Permissions
Compat: Nested Pages - Apply pp_force_quick_edit capability to Nested Pages' Quick Edit and Contextual Add / Insert buttons

[4.0.12] - 24 Jan, 2024

Compat: PublishPress Statuses - Disabling a post type in Statuses > Settings Gutenberg publish button to disappear, other filtering to be applied needlessly on Posts and Edit screens
Fixed: Terms were not auto-assigned as needed for category-restricted / term-restricted editors

[4.0.11] - 22 Jan, 2024

Fixed: Category / Term assignment restrictions were not applied
Fixed: Using Appearance > Menus to edit update a menu caused all items to be removed from the menu.
Fixed: Could not activate or deactivate license key
Fixed: Network Group membership was not retrieved or applied
Fixed: Users / Groups screen - Roles column showed supplemental roles for custom statuses even if that status is disabled for the post type (or completely)
Fixed: Supplemental Roles always included assigned custom status capabilities of "Posts" type as part of the pattern role (So edit_pitch_posts in the Author role caused supplemental Page Author role to include edit_pitch_pages, etc.) This is now done only if new setting on the Advanced tab is enabled.
Change: Permissions > Settings > Editing option to disable auto-assignment of terms (when default term is not selectable). Note: Auto-assignment is required for some term-restricted editing configurations.
Change: Never auto-assign a term to front page or posts page
Compat: PublishPress Statuses - Improved Visibility Statuses integration
Compat: PublishPress Statuses - Minor issues with Workflow Statuses integration
Compat: PublishPress Statuses - Earlier synchronization of status capabilities with the post statuses registered by PP Statuses

[4.0.10] - 11 Jan, 2024

Compat: PublishPress Statuses - If Visibility Statuses are enabled, Classic Editor could become stuck in a Private status

[4.0.9] - 10 Jan, 2024

Compat: PublishPress Statuses - Visibility Statuses selections were not saved in Classic Editor

[4.0.8] - 10 Jan, 2024

Compat: PublishPress Statuses - Javascript error in Gutenberg editor for publishpress-custom-privacy-block if Visibility Statuses are enabled

[4.0.7] - 9 Jan, 2024

Compat: Any plugin that creates users had that sequence interrupted by Permissions Pro

[4.0.6] - 9 Jan, 2024

Fixed: Status Control - Legacy mode caused error notice in Gutenberg editor if Visibility Statuses are not enabled

[4.0.5] - 9 Jan, 2024

Fixed: Status Control - Legacy mode caused fatal error for various admin access attempts, form submissions
Compat: Older themes - fatal error on Theme Customizer access

[4.0.4] - 8 Jan, 2024

Fixed: Error message in Gutenberg editor for presspermit-custom-post-privacy block if Visibility Statuses are enabled
Fixed: Status Control - Status-specific post capabilities for custom Visibility Statuses were not properly registered
Fixed: PHP warning for Undefined array key "page"

[4.0.3] - 8 Jan, 2024

Fixed: Posts / Pages - Bulk Editing of post statuses failed
Compat: PublishPress Statuses - Disabling a status for specified post types did not work for Visibility statuses, or for various Permissions filtering
Change: Make the Plugins screen admin notice one-time if the Status Control module does not show evidence of extensive usage
Fixed: PHP error logged if another plugin returns an error response during its update operation

[4.0.2] - 4 Jan, 2024

Compat: PublishPress Statuses - iframe Install Now button did not work

[4.0.1] - 4 Jan, 2024

Compat: PublishPress Statuses integration
Perf: Eliminated scan of users table on plugin activation (impacting sites with large number of users)
Perf: Eliminated recursive query of subpages (impacting sites with complex page hierarchies)
Perf: Improved caching of post capability checks
Code: Improved phpcs scan results

[3.11.6] - 13 Dec, 2023

Feature: Option to require Taxonomy edit capability to assign post tags that do not already exist
Fixed: On Post edit, Tags were not filtered based on Specific Permissions
Fixed: On Permissions > Settings, All Taxonomies remained checked even after updating with some disabled
Compat: Work around unidentified compatibility issue affecting term filtering and access to certain static methods

[3.11.5] - 5 Nov, 2023

Compat: Beaver Builder - Queries within BB shortcodes were improperly filtered
Fixed: Supplemental Role captions were blank
Fixed: PHP Warning "Attempt to read property 'count' on string"
Fixed: PHP Warning "Undefined variable $admin_post_new_url"

[3.11.4] - 26 Oct, 2023

Fixed: Collaborative Publishing module was not loaded correctly on some installations
Fixed: Caption for Permissions: Assign Term metabox in post editor
Fixed: PHP Warnings on Permission Groups screen

[3.11.3] - 25 Oct, 2023

Fixed: Some Permissions filtering was not applied on sites with a custom wp-admin URL
Fixed: Type-specific Supplemental Roles also granted most generic capabliities in Pattern Role. Introduce new Permissions > Advanced > Role Integration setting to restore previous behavior if needed.
Fixed: On page edit, if the Page Parent is not editable by the logged in user, it is hidden from the Page Parent selector. This occurred only with WP >= 6.3 and with a non-standard advanced Permissions configuration.
Fixed: Filtering of default category / term by other plugin was overridden
Fixed: Fatal error "Call to a member function init() on null" under some configurations
Fixed: PHP Warning in term filtering (Attempt to read property "term_taxonomy_id" on string) under some configurations
Fixed: Edit User Permissions - PHP Warning "compact(): Argument must be string..."
Fixed: Version update script triggering could be skipped on Pro installation under some conditions
Status Control: Status-specific Editor Role assignment caused other custom statuses to be selectable if they are not configured to use custom capabilities
Compat: Polylang + WP 6.3 - Language filter was no longer applied to Page Parent dropdown

[3.11.2] - 1 Sep, 2023

Fixed: Teaser - Restricted published posts were readable to all users (since 3.11.1)

[3.11.1] - 31 Aug, 2023

Fixed: Gallery block in Gutenberg editor: error loading Image Size dropdown options
Fixed: Rest API access error on some sites (potentially preventing login)
Fixed: File Access - Nginx rules were not generated
Fixed: Caption for Navigation Menus (for Navigation block) did not distinguish them from legacy Nav Menus
Fixed: Status Control - Performance issue, excess queries for post / page listings
Fixed: Teaser - Database errors on front end under some permissions configurations
Fixed: PHP 8.1 - Warning for dynamic property creation in post editor
Compat: Beaver Builder + Shortcode in Menus plugin - shortcodes were not rendered (requires Compatibility Pack extension to be enabled)
Compat: Divi Theme Builder - Some settings checkboxes disabled
Compat: Peepso - Non-administrators couldn't submit front end posts on PHP >= 8.1

[3.11.0] - 12 Jul, 2023

Fixed: Windows servers - installation failure due to overly long file paths
Fixed: Update from previous version triggered error (though update completed successfully)
Fixed: Bulk update of plugins was halted after Permissions Pro update

[3.10.0] - 19 Jun, 2023

Compat: WooCommerce - Private Products were not listed in Shop, even if Read Permissions are assigned
Compat: ACF Extended - Extra Update button on Edit Term screen
Fixed: Fatal error for undefined PUBLISHPRESS_PERMISSIONS_PRO_VENDOR_PATH on some installations
Fixed: If a "Limit to: (none)" Permission is assigned to default-restrict a post type, creating a new post causes a post-specific allowance to be assigned
Fixed: Category filtering error caused Nav Menu corruption if empty category is used as a top level menu
Change: Modified internal vendor library structure for shorter paths (lib/vendor)

[3.9.4] - 14 Jun, 2023

Compat: WooCommerce - Private Products were not listed in Shop, even if Read Permissions are assigned
Compat: ACF Extended - Extra Update button on Edit Term screen
Fixed: Fatal error for undefined PUBLISHPRESS_PERMISSIONS_PRO_VENDOR_PATH on some installations
Fixed: If a "Limit to: (none)" Permission is assigned to default-restrict a post type, creating a new post causes a post-specific allowance to be assigned
Fixed: Category filtering error caused Nav Menu corruption if empty category is used as a top level menu
Change: New internal-vendor library structure

[3.9.3] - 11 May, 2023

Fixed: Status Control - Visibility of Publish button on Pre-Publish panel flashed on and off if Custom Visibility Statuses are enabled
Change: Adjustment to composer.json
Change: Adjustment to .gitignore

[3.9.2] - 10 May, 2023

Fixed: Remove .git nested folders from some vendor libraries, using build script

[3.9.1] - 9 May, 2023

Fixed: Fatal error in Composer installs due to missing vendor libraries
Compat: PublishPress Planner - Status Change notifications were not sent
Fixed: Status Control - PHP Warning for undefined post status label

[3.9.0] - 4 May, 2023

Compat: Elementor - Page update cleared custom css under some conditions
Fixed: Error updating plugin with Composer, fixed by removing unused vendor libraries
Fixed: Fatal error in wp-admin if certain request variables have unexpected values
Fixed: Teaser - database error with some theme templates
Fixed: Status Control - Update button is hidden in post editor after changing visibility from Private to Public
Fixed: Status Control - Cannot change post status from Private to Public if Custom Visibility Statuses feature is disabled
Change: Bump WordPress version requirement to 5.5
Change: Bump PHP version requirement to 7.2.5
Fixed: Update vendor libraries for better compatibility with PHP 8 and third party plugins

[3.8.7] - 30 Mar, 2023

Change: Media Library - new setting to disable "Prevent editing uploads if attached to a non-editable post", available if Settings > Core > Filtered Post Types > "Enforce distinct capabilities for Media" is enabled
Compat: WPML - Logged in users saw 404 error on Home Page viewing request if post type is not enabled for Permissions filtering
Fixed: Error on post creation / update by Editor, under some configurations
Fixed: PHP 8.1 - Notice in wp-admin
Change: Minimum PHP version 7.2.5

[3.8.6] - 23 Mar, 2023

Compat: Elementor - Error, memory exhaustion when users try to edit their own draft in Elementor
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - When revision submission is enabled for unpublished posts, Revision Creation exceptions also allowed publication of main post
Fixed: Fatal Error for some get_pages() queries
Fixed: File Access - Query string parameters were stripped from redirected file.
Fixed: Teaser - Fatal error logged when Relevanssi is also active
API: New filters for File Access

[3.8.5] - 9 Feb, 2023

Fixed: Teaser - Redirect to login failed on some installations
Fixed: Teaser - PHP Warning: Undefined variable $queried_object
Fixed: Nav Menu management by limited user based on Permissions for a specific menu - On menu update, all uneditable items were removed
Fixed: Network-wide option storage did not work as expected on installations where main site ID is not 1
Fixed: Permission Group description was cleared when a new Permission is saved
Fixed: If Permissions were set to limit Page Parent selection to a single page and its descendants, when that page itself was edited, all pages were displayed in Page Parent selector (though they could not be saved)
Fixed: PHP Warning in login popup after current login times out
Fixed: If constant PP_RESTRICTION_PRIORITY is set, "Limit to" Category permissions (the unblocked list) were still overriding "Exclude" Category permissions
Compat: The Events Calendar - Fatal error when Teaser module is enabled
Compat: The Events Calendar - Teaser did not correctly hide unreadable event content; disable Events Teaser for now
Compat: The Events Calendar Pro - Events Manager screen had Edit and Trash links hidden from non-Administrators
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Permissions limiting revision creation to only specific posts also blocked reading access to other posts
Compat: bbPress - PHP Warning in wp-admin for undefined index post_type

[3.8.4] - 15 Dec, 2022

Fixed: Nav Menu Manager role had no label on Edit Permissions screen after storage
Fixed: Nav Menu Manager role did not allow menu creation
Fixed: get_pages() call with large include or exclude array caused excessively large query
Fixed: Fatal error when a network group is deleted
Fixed: Classic Editor - limited authors may be locked out of editing new page if access depends on inheriting specific permissions from a required parent page
Fixed: Edit Category / Tag - Extra update button, not needed for non-Administrators who don't have multiple Specific Permission metaboxes
Compat: Nested Pages - support constants to disable context menu items for non-Administrators
Compat: Elementor - Templates > Add New in wp-admin failed with fatal error
Compat: WPML - Tags, Menus cannot be edited under some configurations

[3.8.3] - 18 Nov, 2022

Fixed: Fatal error on plugin activation if no other PublishPress Pro plugins are active

[3.8.2] - 17 Nov, 2022

Fixed: Post preview did not display unsaved changes
Fixed: WP 6.0 - Advanced option to "Delete settings on plugin deletion" prevented successful plugin deletion
Fixed: Intermittent fatal errors loading plugin updater
Lang: Pro language strings were not applied
Lang: Spanish, Italian, French translations
Compat: Nested Pages - Subpages not listed if Permissions configured to make root level page uneditable
Compat: Elementor - Work around Elementor requiring edit_posts capability no matter what type of post is being edited
Compat: bbPress - Search filtering caused excessively large queries on some sites
Compat: bbPress - Specific Permissions could not be selected on Edit Permissions screen with bbPress active
Compat: bbPress - Forum Permissions could not be mirrored for a related operation (Read / Create Topics / Submit Replies / Moderate)

[3.8.1] - 27 Oct, 2022

Fixed: File Access + Nginx: Errors in generated rewrite rules
Fixed: PHP error "undefined function PublishPressPermissionsppc_delete_agent_permissions()" at user deletion on some installations
Fixed: Network-wide groups permissions were not applied on some installations
Fixed: Teaser + File Access: login redirect did not return to originally requested file url

[3.8.0] 18 Oct, 2022

Change: Improved Teaser Configuration Screen
Fixed: Teaser redirect settings were not applied to direct image / file access requests
Fixed: File Access - incorrect .htaccess rules for some files
Fixed: Statuses + Classic Editor: Visibility change cleared Status / Visibility caption
Fixed: Statuses + Classic Editor: Subpage Visibility settings were not saved
Fixed: Category / Term Management restrictions did not exclude unmanagable terms from list
Fixed: Clearance of category_children field caused issues for some third party plugins
Fixed: Query Loop block - Sticky Posts displayed redundantly
Fixed: Multisite - Invalid UI on some plugin screens for network installations
Feature: Option to delete all plugin data and settings on plugin deletion
Feature: New setting "List other user's uneditable posts", default disable on new installations
Change: Enable Teaser module by default, defaulting to No Teaser for all post types
Change: Statuses - Move Visibility Statuses to separate menu item, default disable on new installations
Change: Settings screen caption, styling improvements
Change: Move License Key to separate tab at end of tab row
Change: Use instance protection library to deal with duplicate / obsolete plugin activations
API: New filter "presspermit_is_authenticated_user"

[3.7.12] - 30 Aug, 2022

Fixed: Sticky Posts were displayed redundantly in Query Loop block
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Category permissions for revision creation or submission failed if term_id differed from term_taxonomy_id
Teaser: All published posts blocked on some installations if teaser is enabled

[3.7.11] - 16 Aug, 2022

Fixed: PHP 8 - If a non-Administrator updated a top-level page, any Specific Permissions propagated to its subpages were cleared
Fixed: Category / Term restrictions set for Everyone / Logged In were applied to Administrators
Fixed: Teaser - Conflict, filtering failure with some manual post queries
Fixed: Fatal error on activation of certain other plugins
Fixed: Fatal error if option "presspermit_deactivated_modules" has invalid value stored
Workaround: Support PRESSPERMIT_AUTOSET_AUTHOR constant to set Author to current user if autoset_post_author / autoset_page_author capability is assigned
API: New filter presspermit_limit_editor_post_statuses for classic editor

[3.7.10] - 7 Jul, 2022

Fixed: Filter 'use_block_editor_for_post' was not recognized in detecting block editor disable
Fixed: Display Branding option could not be disabled with plugin activated on an individual network site
Fixed: Status Control - Classic Editor publish metabox was missing Preview button for Pages
Fixed: Status Control + WP 6.0 - Update button stuck in "busy" styling in some situations
Fixed: Teaser - Fatal error / 500 server response due to database query syntax error under some conditions
Fixed: Category Permissions - Assign Category restrictions did not prevent checkbox display in Gutenberg post editor

[3.7.9] - 8 Jun, 2022

Fixed: Teaser - Public posts had teaser applied on some sites
Compat: Teaser - Redirect Page setting appends original url as redirect_to argument if constant PRESSPERMIT_TEASER_REDIRECT_ARG defined
Compat: PublishPress Revisions + Status Control - Revisors could not edit revisions if custom capabilities are enabled for Pending status
Fixed: REST post creation - category Assign restrictions were not applied unless accompanied with Edit restrictions; caused new category to be created
Fixed: Permission Groups screen - Roles column displays unrendered html tags under some configurations

[3.7.8] - 2 Jun, 2022

Fixed: Access failures under some configurations

[3.7.7] - 2 Jun, 2022

Fixed: Authors could not create new posts; possibility of other access failures

[3.7.6] - 1 Jun, 2022

Fixed: WP 6.0 - Fatal error loading Customizer with PublishPress Revisions active, possibly in other areas
Fixed: WP 6.0 - Teaser causes all posts to be unreadable by non-Administrators
Fixed: WP 6.0 - Edit User / Profile screen did not display group assignments
Fixed: Implicit assignment of read capability forced all roles to have dashboard access
Fixed: Edit Category screen did not have metabox for Assign Category permissions assignment
Fixed: Category / Term assignment restrictions were not applied in Gutenberg editor
Fixed: Category / Term permissions - exclusions were not applied to terms list for post template display
Fixed: Status Control - javascript error in Gutenberg editor on new post creation under some conditions
Fixed: Status Control - javascript error when a workflow status is selected in Gutenberg editor
Fixed: Status Control - Custom Status and Privacy dropdowns were not displayed on some sites
Fixed: Status Control - Could not change from a custom privacy status to Public / Private in Gutenberg editor
Compat: The Events Calendar - post queries filtered incorrectly if event venue is involved

[3.7.5] - 2 May, 2022

Fixed: Category Permissions set for "(all)" post types were not stored properly
Fixed: Category / Term restrictions were not applied to post creation / edit by REST API
Fixed: On new page creation, author could be locked out of editing if restrictive editing permissions are assigned and autosave occurs before manual save
Fixed: Non-administrators can access Appearance menu, theme settings in WordPress 5.9
Compat: Groovy Menu plugin

[3.7.4] - 20 Apr, 2022

Lang: Spanish translation
Lang: French translation
Lang: Italian translation
Fixed: Category Permissions were not applied under some configurations
Fixed: PHP Warning on post update by non-Administrator
Fixed: Role Usage screen failed to load on some installations
Compat: WP All Export plugin
Compat: WPML - Language counts were not displayed on Posts / Pages screen

[3.7.3] - 3 Mar, 2022

Compat: PublishPress - Non-Administators could not see unpublished posts on calendar
Fixed: Editing capabilities for posts with custom statuses were not enforced
Fixed: Edit Group / User Permissions - roles could not be removed
Fixed: Non-administrators could not edit Menus on some installations
Fixed: PHP Warnings on admin dashboard

[3.7.2] - 2-22,-2022

Fixed: Compatibility module + WMPL - Fatal error editing posts if WPML plugin is active
Fixed: Key Activation failed for single-plugin license keys
Fixed: Specific Permissions could not be added using editor metaboxes until after post is saved
Fixed: Teaser + Kadence theme - Site logo (per theme setting) was hidden if Teaser enabled for post type

[3.7.1] - 18 Feb, 2022

Fixed: Category / Term blockages were not applied
Fixed: Error saving posts with private status
Fixed: Error redirecting following post save if the save operation sets a status which blocks the user from further editing
Fixed: Status Control - status-specific supplemental roles could not be selected on Edit User / Group Permissions screen
Fixed: PublishPress integration - Fatal error on PublishPress > Settings > Statuses screen
Fixed: PHP 8 - Warning on Edit Permission Group screen

[3.7.0] 17 Feb, 2022

Fixed: Files attached to a page using File block were not indicated as attached in Media Library
Fixed: Numerous instances of missing / non-standard output variable escaping
Fixed: Numerous instances of missing / non-standard database query sanitization
Compat: Relevanssi - Teaser excerpt was not displayed in search results

[3.6.9] - 26 Jan, 2022

Compat: WordPress 5.9 - fatal error adding / editing posts (work around WP hooking late-defined function _disable_block_editor_for_navigation_post_type)
Fixed: Specific Permissions could not be added using editor metaboxes until after post is saved
Fixed: Status Control - Pre-publish button is recaptioned from "Schedule..." to "Workflow..." under some role configurations
Fixed: File Access on Multisite with plugin activated network-wide - Key regeneration URL did not regenerate file keys on all sites
Compat: Relevanssi + Teaser: Search results that should be readable always have teaser applied, since Relevanssi 4.10.2

[3.6.8] - 20 Jan, 2022

Fixed: Specific Permissions could not be added or removed using metaboxes in the post editor

[3.6.7] - 5 Jan, 2022

Fixed: Fatal error on sites not running PublishPress Revisions

[3.6.6] - 5 Jan, 2022

Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Contributors couldn't edit own draft posts if "Prevent Revisors from editing other user's drafts" setting enabled
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - "Revise" permissions assigned under previous Revisions versions did not enable revision creation
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Restrictive permissions for revision creation were not applied
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - limited revisors could not edit newly created revision under some Permissions configurations
Fixed: Status Control - Publish / Update button caption cleared under some conditions
Fixed: Status Control - Safari browser - Non-Editors had duplicate Pending option in Post Status dropdown
Fixed: Status Control - Post status dropdown appeared "squashed"
Fixed: Access Circles + PublishPress Revisions - Circle Activation prevented preview of unsubmitted revisions
Fixed: Access Circles - Circle Activation layout was broken (Visibility, Editorial settings side by side)
Fixed: Teaser - Redirect page configuration did not work on some sites
Fixed: Teaser - Redirect setting treated as a relative URL literal if it is not the slug of any post
Fixed: Error message after trashing a post in Gutenberg editor (although trashing was successful)
Fixed: Trash button not initally displayed after creating a post (requires page reload)
Fixed: Permissions table header styling was broken if custom styling is applied to certain standard WP classes
Fixed: Edit User screen - Permissions box styling was broken if custom styling is applied to certain standard WP classes
Fixed: Input sanitization consistency

[3.6.5] - 24 Nov, 2021

Fixed: PHP Notice "Undefined index: list_published_posts"
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - PHP Notice "Undefined variable: type_obj"

[3.6.4] - 23 Nov, 2021

Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Published custom post types not listed to Revisors under some configurations (also requires Revisions 3.0.5)
Compat: Public Post Preview - Disable Permissions filtering for public preview requests if Compatibility module is inactive
Compat: Database servers that return column names all lowercase
Fixed: PHP Notice (undefined name property) on Edit Permission Group screen under some conditions
Fixed: Page editor: permalink preview did not include parent pages

[3.6.3] - 16 Nov, 2021

Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Revisions Submission permissions did not correctly adjust Edit Posts / Pages listing in some configurations (also requires Revisions 3.0.2)

[3.6.2] - 9 Nov, 2021

Fixed: Custom statuses set to workflow branch were duplicated in post editor dropdown
Fixed: Nav Menu Editor - Offered to add unpublished posts to menu; post metabox paging failed if unpublished items present
Fixed: Key activation failed under some conditions
Fixed: Status Control - Inconsistent behavior if a post type has Default Privacy set without lock option. Now auto-enable lock option for Gutenberg post types
Fixed: Front end Nav Menu filter was applied regardless of "Disable all filtering for anonymous users" setting

[3.6.1] - 28 Oct, 2021

Fixed: Status Control - Saving a post as Pending caused it to be auto-published (if user has publishing capability)
Fixed: Status Control - Custom Statuses configured as a workflow branch were duplicated in Post Status dropdown
Fixed: Status Control - Custom Statuses configured as a workflow branch were not available for a new post until editor is reloaded after setting post status to branch parent
Fixed: Status Control - Next status progression setting did not apply to workflow branch statuses
Fixed: Status Control - If Media filtering is enabled, enabling custom capabilities for the Pending status causes "edit_others_pending_attachments" to be required instead of "edit_others_pending_posts"
Fixed: Key activation failed under some conditions
Compat: Public Post Preview - If the preview link expiration time is customized by hooking into ppp_nonce_life filter, previews did not display with Permissions Pro active
Compat: The Events Calendar Pro - Avoid conflict with Recurring Event insertion / update
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - PHP Notice on revision submission if Status Control module is enabled
Compat: PublishPress Revisions 3 - Access Circle activation blocked revision access

[3.6.0] 14 Oct, 2021

Compat: PublishPress Revisions 3
Fixed: Non-Administrators could not view image gallery in post preview
Fixed: Page Structure settings did not prevent creation of top level pages in Gutenberg
Feature: Circles - Support "User" as a post type for Editorial Circles, meaning circle members cannot edit non-members
Feature: Circles - Support "User" as a post type for Visibility Circles, meaning circle members cannot list non-members
Fixed: Circles - Non-administrators could defeat Editorial Circle access restriction by changing post authorship to a user outside the circle
Fixed: Status Control - For users with Publish capability, clicking on Save as Pending caused the post to be published
Fixed: Status Control - Default privacy setting caused drafts to be auto-published under some conditions
Fixed: Status Control - Users without publishing capability could not set posts to a custom workflow status using Publish button
Feature: Status Control - Support "next status progression" in Gutenberg (Publish button advances post to next status instead of highest permitted status)
Feature: Sync Posts - API additions
Feature: Edit Group Permissions screen - "Fix sub-Pages permissions" link causes Specific Permissions to be re-propagated to sub-pages if WP_DEBUG is defined (url argument: pp_fix_child_exceptions)
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Specific Permissions for "Revise" did not cause display of "Edit" link in Admin Bar

[3.5.7] - 15 Jul, 2021

Fixed: Nav Menu Edit - Permissions configuration did not make private pages selectable
Fixed: Nav Menu Edit - If Pages metabox results are paged, custom Front Page and Privacy Page were forced to the top of every results page
Compat: WP Engine - Long wp-admin screen loads because excessive clearance of WP Engine cache caused WordPress to execute Update Plugins check on each request
Fixed: Default / Lock Privacy settings were not properly reflected in Gutenberg Editor display
Fixed: Status Control - Access to custom moderation statuses was not properly controlled for private post types
Fixed: Status Control - "Submit as Reviewed" button in Gutenberg editor did not work for users without publish capability
Fixed: Status Control - Save As button did not work as expected for users without the publish capability (had same effect as Submit button)
Compat: HTML Forms plugin - PHP Notice on form submission / file upload

[3.5.6] - 23 Jun, 2021

Compat: Revisions - Pending Revision Monitors group was not correctly permission-adjusted on some installations
Compat: WooCommerce - Ajax queries for variable product Variations were slow or dysfunctional
Fixed: Category / Term selector in post editor offered a maximum of 100 terms
Fixed: Menu Editor - Page / Post selection metaboxes (if more than 50 total items are available) did not list private items after clicking a paging link
Fixed: PHP Notice on plugin activation under some conditions
Fixed: Status Control - PHP Notices on Post Statuses screen if user's role does not have pp_define_post_status, pp_define_moderation or pp_define_privacy capability
Fixed: Fatal error if a very old version of Revisionary or PressPermit Core is active
Fixed: PHP Notice on Edit Category / Edit Term screen for deprecated action
Fixed: Error loading Settings screen if background communication to publishpress.com for key validation fails

[3.5.5] - 19 May, 2021

Fixed: New Permissions Pro license keys could not be activated
Fixed: Add User screen - Javascript error on some sites
Fixed: Term filtering error for some custom taxonomies
Compat: WPML - Archives widget did not output links if multiple languages configured
Fixed: Status Control - PHP Warnings in post editor under some configurations
Fixed: Status Control - PHP Notice "Trying to access array offset on value of type bool" on some installations
Fixed: Sync Posts - Post Match Field elements were misaligned

[3.5.4] - 6 May, 2021

Compat: Revisions - Pending Revision Monitors group ineffective when first installation of Permissions was >= 3.5
Compat: Revisions - If draft revisions enabled, apply term-specific Revise permissions to unpublished posts if constant PRESSPERMIT_REVISE_TERMS_FOR_UNPUBLISHED defined
Fixed: Statuses - Gutenberg "Save as Pending" button triggered publication (if user can publish)
Fixed: PHP warning on Permissions > Settings > Advanced

[3.5.3] - 15 Apr, 2021

Fixed: Statuses - PHP warning in editor: "Undefined variable: status"
Compat: Statuses + Yoast SEO Premium + Classic Editor: Fatal error in editor if Yoast SEO has Zapier integration enabled

[3.5.2] - 8 Apr, 2021

Compat: Gutenberg Ramp - Fatal error on editor screen if PublishPress Revisions not active
Compat: Revisions Pro + Elementor, Divi or Beaver Builder: Pending Revision Monitors group membership did not control notifications

[3.5.1] - 6 Apr, 2021

Fixed: Classic Editor - Publish metabox replaced "Public" caption with blank space
Fixed: Post Editor - toggling a Specific Permission Enabled / Disabled left both Enabled and Disabled permissions intact (with Enabled taking precedence under normal configuration)
Fixed: File Access - uploads/.htaccess file was not cleared on module deactivation
Fixed: Statuses + Classic Editor - blank status captions, javascript errors
Compat: Classic Editor plugin - PHP warning for undefined variable current_user on some screens if users are allowed to select their editor
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Revisors could not preview other users' pending revisions, even if they are listed in Revision Queue (also requires PublishPress Revisions 2.5.1)
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Pending Revision Monitors group ineffective; notifications were sent to all Editors and Administrators (also requires PublishPress Revisions 2.5.1)

[3.5.0] 4 Mar, 2021

Compat: Divi Builder - Specific Permissions did not allow non-Editors to edit other users' pages
Compat: PublishPress Authors - non-Editors could be locked out of editing their own post due to "default author for new post" setting or manual Authors change
Compat: PublishPress Authors - users who can edit due to specific permissions where blocked from Edit Posts / Pages screen under some configurations
Compat: PublishPress Revisions - Specific Permissions did not allow Contributors to revise other users' pages
Compat: Glance That plugin - Widget content was cleared
Change: Sync Posts, Teaser submenu links in Permissions menu
Change: Settings screen - admin hints hidden by default, display on Comments icon click
Change: Moved Users screen content to Settings > Advanced > User Permissions
Lang: Separated admin hints into separate language file (text domains: press-permit-core-hints, presspermit-pro-hints)
Fixed: Permission metaboxes in post editor did not search user display name
Fixed: Permission metaboxes in post editor - clicking search icon did not trigger search
Fixed: Fatal error in some custom REST requests
Fixed: Membership module - group members could not be selected, due to a jQuery change
Perf: Eliminate a few redundant queries

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