v4.1.0

What's Changed

• Added: New Sidebar promotion area in the interface. #944
• 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
• Improved: Design updates on the posts screen. #1218
• Improved: Design for posts with enhanced group UI. #1257
• Improved: Removed redundant text from the plugin screen. #1214
• Improved: Updated and refined translations. #1239, #1246
• Improved: Normalized whitespace for cleaner codebase.
• Updated: .pot and .mo files with new and improved translations.

Full Changelog: v4.0.34...v4.1.0

v4.0.34

Change Log

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

v4.0.33

Change Log

• 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
• Fixed: Updated wording for "Add Group" button #1195
• Fixed: Updated reference language strings #1195
• Fixed: Removed note from "Add Group" option #1195
• Fixed: Added Portuguese language hints #1202
• Fixed: Added missing translation strings in permissions (free version) #1202
• Fixed: Removed outdated message about status updates #1200
• Fixed: Changed wording of "Add New" button to "Add New Group" #1194
• Fixed: Removed social links from footer #1193
• Fixed: Removed penguin logo from headers #1191
• Compat: Experimental fix for Custom Post Type UI editing permissions #1221
• Updated: Translation files #1190
• Updated: Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.7 #527
• Improved: Translation handling by removing translation functions on variables where unnecessary
• Refined: Code formatting and normalized whitespace

v4.0.31

Change Log

• Fixed : PHP Notice "Attempt to read property object_type on bool" under some configurations
• Compat : Events Manager - Error on event category creation if no other event categories exist

v4.0.30

Change Log

• 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
• 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 Adjustment to Enabled / Blocked / Limit to

v4.0.29

Change Log

• 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 (unreleased)

• 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 (unreleased)

• 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
• Change : On new installations, create pp_group_members database table with a unique key

v4.0.25

Change Log

= 4.0.25 - 26 Jun 2024 =

• Compat : PublishPress Revisions - Administrators could not be added to Change Request Notification group
• 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 : 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

v4.0.23

Change Log

• 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
• Fixed : On selection of multiple new users for group membership, if one was already a group member, none of the new selections were added

v4.0.22

Change Log

• Fixed : Fatal error updating a subpage

v4.0.21

Change Log

• Fixed : Gutenberg Editor - empty categories were unselectable on some installations
• Change : Option to restore previous behavior by suppressing front end term filtering under some conditions
• Change : Remove penguins from Permissions > Settings screen header
• Fixed : PHP Warning on plugin activation
• 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