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Name: Ultimate Member – Groups 2.5.0
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Description

Ultimate Member – Groups 2.3.3

The Ultimate Member – Groups extension allows you to enhance your WordPress website by adding a powerful group management system. With this extension, you can create and manage groups, assign users to groups, and control group permissions and settings.

Features:
1. Create and manage groups on your WordPress website.
2. Assign users to specific groups.
3. Control group permissions and settings.
4. Customize group pages with unique layouts and designs.
5. Set privacy and visibility options for different groups.
6. Enable group activity feeds and notifications.
7. Organize group members and facilitate communication within groups.
8. Easily manage and moderate group content.
9. Integration with other Ultimate Member extensions for added functionality.
10. Mobile-responsive design for seamless user experience on all devices.
11. Regular updates and improvements to ensure compatibility and performance.
12. GPL code for flexibility and customization options.
13. Premium support from EffectIO for assistance and troubleshooting.
14. Cost-saving update channel through EffectIO Dashboard.
15. Easy installation and activation process.
16. Compatibility with popular WordPress themes and plugins.
17. Access to all other Ultimate Member extensions with a single purchase.
18. Flexible pricing options based on the number of sites you need to activate the license on.
19. Billed once per year until cancelled for hassle-free subscription management.
20. Secure and reliable functionality with continuous bug fixes and security patches.

Take advantage of the Ultimate Member – Groups extension to create a thriving community on your WordPress website. With its robust features and seamless integration, managing groups and fostering engagement has never been easier. Update and customize your website with ease using the EffectIO Dashboard, and enjoy premium support from our dedicated team. Don’t miss out on this valuable extension to enhance your WordPress website.

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2.5.0

*IMPORTANT: THIS VERSION HAS BACKGROUND DB UPGRADE. PLEASE MAKE SITE'S BACKUP BEFORE UPDATE** **Enhancements**
Added: Group Discussion Posts/Hashtags list table in wp-admin.
Added: Edit Group Discussion Post Edit link to wp-admin.
Added: Background DB upgrade for the old discussion posts/comments. Since update to 2.5.0 version all your old posts/comments will be upgraded to the new content displaying but keep their original content in the postmeta/commentmeta.
Added: Site Health information.
Tweak: Updated posting group discussion wall posts and comments. ** Using WordPress native oEmbed providers for the link that can be embedded. Deprecated `_shared_link`, `_video_url`, `_oembed`, `_video_oembed_data` postmeta for the group discussion posts. ** Using WordPress native `the_content`, `the_excerpt` and `comment_text` filter hooks to prepare content for displaying. ** Using UM core function `UM()->shortcodes()->emotize()` to convert old-style emoji, but for another use WordPress native `convert_smiles()` on the hooks above. ** Updated hashtag parsing function to wrap the hashtags to proper UM links. ** Updated action hooks `um_groups_after_wall_post_published` arguments. ** Updated action hooks `um_groups_after_wall_post_updated` arguments. ** Updated action hooks `um_groups_after_wall_comment_published` arguments. ** Updated action hooks `um_groups_after_wall_comment_reply_published` arguments. ** Updated action hooks `um_groups_after_wall_comment_updated` arguments. ** Updated action hooks `um_groups_after_wall_comment_reply_updated` arguments. ** Deprecated using unsecure HTML tags in the post content. It's only possible to use the tags allowed via `wp_kses_post()` function.
Tweak: Updated the group members mention in the group discussion wall. ** New filter hooks `um_groups_insert_post_args` and `um_groups_update_post_args` for parsing mentions in the group discussion posts. Deprecated old `um_groups_insert_post_content_filter` and `um_groups_update_post_content_filter` filter hooks. ** New filter hooks `um_groups_insert_comment_args` and `um_groups_update_comment_args` for parsing mentions in the group discussion post comments.
Tweak: Integration with Ultimate Member Extensions_Updater class. Updated packages for integration with Action Scheduler.
Tweak: user-wall.php partially migrated to the new template discussion/single.php that has a legacy version for old group discussion posts in the `templates/discussion/legacy/single.php` path.
Tweak: WPCS enhancements. **Bugfixes**
Fixed: Displaying hidden profiles in the "Send Invites" group tab.
Fixed: Using Activity wall hashtags in groups. Changed taxonomy from `um_hashtag` to `um_groups_discussion_hashtag`. Don't use `um_hashtag` in Groups anymore.
Fixed: Recalculate and assign/un-assign the hashtags during the group discussion post/comment update/deletion.
Fixed: `shorten_string` function to make the Group Discussion post excerpt when words count truncation setting is enabled. **Templates required update**
discussion/clone.php
discussion/comment.php
discussion/comment-reply.php
discussion/comments.php
discussion/likes.php
discussion/new.php
discussion/user-wall.php
latest-comments.php **Deprecated**
Deprecated: `um_hashtag` taxonomy for Group Discussion posts. Use `um_groups_discussion_hashtag` after 2.5.0 upgrade.
Deprecated: `um_groups_insert_post_content_filter` and `um_groups_update_post_content_filter` filter hooks.
Deprecated: Using unsecure HTML tags in the post content. It's only possible to use the tags allowed via `wp_kses_post()` function.
Deprecated: Obsolete scripts and functions.
Deprecated: Old functions to handle the post/comments content, but they are still there to handle the old posts that until upgrade to the new content displaying in DB.
Deprecated: Using obsolete `_wall_id` in Group Discussion post meta. **Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade**

2.4.9

Fixed: General search queries and security enhancements based on UM Core.
Fixed: User display name on comment reply.

2.4.8

Tweak: Using `wp_is_mobile()` instead of old UM core "MobileDetect" library
Tweak: Compatibility with the future new UI
Fixed: Comment name for a reply (when a person replies to a comment, the name of the original commenter appears instead of the replied) **Templates required update**
user-wall.php
discussion/comments.php

2.4.7

Added: Compatibility with Ultimate Member 2.9.0 and Action Scheduler for email sending
Fixed: Image uploading on the wall
Fixed: "Load textdomain just in time" issue

2.4.6

Fixed: Getting the list of groups where user were invited
Tweak: Compatibility with the future new UI **Templates required update**
tabs/discussions.php
Renamed templates/account_notifications.php → templates/account-notifications.php
Renamed templates/latest_comments.php → templates/latest-comments.php
Renamed templates/users_invite_list.php → templates/users-invite-list.php
Renamed templates/directory/directory_confirm.php → templates/directory/directory-confirm.php
Renamed templates/directory/directory_search.php → templates/directory/directory-search.php
Renamed templates/directory/directory_tabs.php → templates/directory/directory-tabs.php

2.4.5

Fixed: Invite members directory search line
Fixed: CSS for the group settings button on mobile devices

2.4.4

Fixed email templates layout

2.4.3

Tweak: Frontend libraries refactored
Added: Simplebar.JS library because it's not used in UM core
Updated: ScrollTo JS to 2.1.3 version
Updated: autosize JS to 6.0.1 version
Fixed: Using only necessary localized data
Tweak: wp-admin scripts refactored
Updated: jquery.dataTables to 1.10.13 version
Fixed: Sorting and filtering data in group members table
Fixed: Using only necessary localized data
Tweak: Added CPT as UM registered post type for define proper UM screen on wp-admin
Tweak: Enhancements related to WPCS
Tweak: Using `UM()->datetime()->time_diff()` function instead local registered functions duplicates
Fixed: Issue when editing comment in single post view
Fixed: Issue show post likes
Fixed: oEmbed videos in the discussion wall
Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade

2.4.2

Added: Mention group members in the Discussion wall
Added: Integration with Real-time Notifications > "Groups - New mention" notification
Fixed: Displaying "Notifications Account Tab" setting
Fixed: DB update for old 'um_groups_last_active' meta maybe stored not in GMT
Fixed: Stored 'um_groups_last_active' meta in GMT
Fixed: Escape and sanitizing data in templates or form submission
Fixed: Made redirect safe
Fixed: The "Join group" button for guests
Fixed: Case when extension isn't active based on dependency, but we can provide the license key field

2.4.1

Added: `force_show_create_pages()` on first time install
Added: Post & comment discussion in email notifications
Added: JS confirm for leaving a group
Added: JS confirm for ignore invitation to a group
Added: Hook `um_groups_make_links_clickable_attrs` for `make_links_clickable()` function
Fixed: Flush members count cache when user status in group is changed
Fixed: Like/unlike group discussion post/comment action validation
Fixed: `$user_id` in `directory_confirm.php` template
Fixed: Likes visibility in public group
Tweak: Compatibility with UM: Followers 2.2.8
Tweak: Setup predefined pages only after "Create Pages" click in admin notice

2.4.0

Added: Registration form setting to assign user after registration to the groups
Fixed: `date_joined` data and convert it to `date_joined_gmt`
Fixed: Posting hidden group activity to the UM:Social Activity wall
Tweak: Using `date_joined_gmt` column and data for getting proper joined date. It doesn't depend on WordPress timezone settings

2.3.3

Fixed: Join/Leave group button
Fixed: Removed `extract()` function to increase security

2.3.2

Fixed: PHP warnings
Fixed: Groups privacy saving in some cases
Fixed: Groups Activity posting new activity post

2.3.1

Added: A new filter to support more image types such as WebP
Fixed: Hide the Join Group button for members who cannot join a group
Fixed: hashtagit function
Fixed: Groups links in subtabs
Fixed: PHP warnings
Tweak: Template overwrite versioning
Tweak: changed `input_filter` to WordPress native sanitize

2.3.0

Fixed: Content replace with Avada theme (Group single page)

2.2.9

Fixed: Extension settings structure

2.2.8

Fixed: Applying the category filter and after that click on "Load more" button.

2.2.7

Added: the filter hook 'um_groups_single_the_title'
Fixed: The text-type filter fields displaying on the Invite tab
Fixed: The page title on the single group page
Fixed: Getting group post via the hash (there could be a match with another post type)
Fixed: Translations typo

2.2.6

Fixed: Single group's `the_title` hook
Tweak: WP5.8 widgets screen compatibility

2.2.5

Added: Enhancements in the integration of Groups + Profile Completeness
Added: jQuery v3 compatibility (removed deprecated functions from jQuery.migrate)
Added: Text to display if user needs to login to see group activity
Added: Real-time notification 'Groups - New post'
Added: Real-time notification 'Groups - New comment'
Added: Hooks for integration with CPT and taxonomies
Added: The restriction notice for the 3rd-party integration
Added: Reported posts tab and notice in the group discussion wall
Added a new shortcode [ultimatemember_group_users_invite_list]. The list of the invitations for current user
Fixed: Shortcodes' data displaying privacy
Fixed: Redirects on the profile tabs
Fixed: [ultimatemember_group_invite_list] shortcode
Fixed: Pagination in the members template
Fixed: Email notification placeholders and updated templates
Fixed: Restored post slug line
Fixed: Changed default group CPT slug to avoid the conflicts
Fixed: Privacy checking for "public for role" groups
Fixed: AJAX actions for the group's members
Fixed: Invitation filters bar the "clear all" link
Fixed: Join Administrator as the first member to the group
Fixed: Group creator name displaying
Fixed: Administrator capabilities for deleting posts from the group
Fixed: Groups list pagination and displaying groups for not logged in users
Fixed: Deleting group avatar after group editing
Fixed: Displaying hidden group in a user profile
Fixed: Sending email notifications only after moderation
Fixed: Avatar displaying on the real-time notifications feed
Fixed: Displaying groups for the banned users
Fixed: Displaying page title on the singular group page
Fixed: Notice about not-reviewed group posts for moderators and admins
Fixed: Displaying rejected users in the Join Requests tab
Fixed: Form labels and some typo
Deprecated: group_id attribute for the [ultimatemember_group_new] shortcode

2.2.4

Added: Show the image upload error
Added: Improvements for single/list groups templates (Show author, categories, tags. Upload avatar.)
Fixed: User suggestions
Fixed: Settings have to be applied after plugins loaded
Fixed: Enqueue scripts
Fixed: PHP notices
Fixed: Show only friends to the user invites directory
Fixed: Filters names
Fixed: Typo bug fix and add action hooks
Fixed: Remove email notifications after post updates
Fixed: Don't display the form 'Write Post' if the user is not a member of a group
Tweak: A new icon for the profile tab 'Groups'

2.2.3

Fixed: Using a deprecated variable $.browser in auto-resize library
Fixed: Count notifier of groups on the someone else's profile
Fixed: Invites actions on the someone else's profile
Fixed: Action buttons in a groups tab on the someone else's profile

2.2.2

Added: Settings for CPT & taxonomies slugs
Added: Role setting for 'Disable groups creation'
Added: Email placeholders {group_url_postid} {group_url_commentid} {post_url} {comment_url}
Added: Scroll to the hashed post or comment
Added: Groups sorting by last activity
Added: *.pot translations file
Added: Sorting by last activity in groups shortcode "activity_asc"/"activity_desc"
Changed: Email notification templates
Fixed: Invite tabs filter
Fixed: Resetting user after fetch
Fixed: Email notification "Groups - New post" and "Groups - New comment"
Fixed: Account settings 'Notify me when someone posts on group' and 'Notify me when someone comments on group'
Fixed: PHP notice on the group discussion wall
Fixed: fatal error with namespace declaration
Fixed: category filter
Fixed: correct template structure for overriding
Fixed: new comment and post notification email issue
Fixed: a reply after load more on the group wall
Fixed: broken SQL statement
Fixed: invite link in the email for member if a group is hidden
Fixed: JS conflict with Ultimate Member - Social Activity extension
Fixed: The Real-time Notifications if a group is hidden
Tweak: apply_shortcodes() function support

2.2.1

Added: GDPR complicity, groups' discussions posts export
Fixed: PHP notice for the "public for role" group when not logged in user see it
Fixed: Shortcode arguments and search bar at groups list
Fixed: Tags validation on create group
Fixed: Editing group-wall posts
Fixed: Group-wall posting and comments
Tweak: Optimized webnotifications integration

2.2.0

Added: Ability to sort filters on Invites tab
Added: Text-type filters for Invites tab
Added: Performance fixes to decrease the number of mySQL queries
Fixed: Join to group button from another user Profile
Fixed: CSS issues
Fixed: User action links
Changed: Account notifications layout

2.1.9

Fixed: Groups table creation
Fixed: Redirect from "Join Requests" to "Login" page for logged out users

2.1.8

Fixed: Group members list
Fixed: Group invites list

2.1.7

Added: Rewritable templates
Added: Invites notifier in Profile menu
Added: Shortcode [ultimatemember_group_comments]. This shortcode returns block, that contains posts with the latest comments.
Added: Shortcode [ultimatemember_group_members]. This shortcode returns block, that contains group members list.
Fixed: Database column `date_joined`
Fixed: Load more comments
Fixed: Shortcode [ultimatemember_group_discussion_activity] can be used on any custom page
Fixed: Shortcode [ultimatemember_group_discussion_wall] can be used on any custom page
Tweak: Changed all user groups tabs to Member Directory class

2.1.6

Added: Email templates for groups's comment/post
Fixed: Email templates placeholders and default content

2.1.5

Fixed: Profiles Tab Privacy
Fixed: Uninstall process
Fixed: Approve members to groups

2.1.4

Added: Invites groups list

2.1.3

Fixed: Wordpress.com compatibility

2.1.2

Added: Filter to Invites tab
Added: Danish translation
Fixed: Some responsive styles
Fixed: Loading textdomain

2.1.1

Fixed: Upload Dir handler
Fixed: German translates
Fixed: Default value for group selectbox

2.1.0

Fixed: Show more group members
Fixed: Small PHP notices
Fixed: CSS for templates

2.0.9

Fixed: Approve group users via front end
Fixed: JS enqueue

2.0.8

Fixed: JS issues on Add/Edit group activity post and like

2.0.7

Fixed: Fatal Error on some installs

2.0.6

Fixed: Group description publishing
Fixed: Group discussion likes

2.0.5

Fixed: Displaying hidden groups at the groups list

2.0.4

Fixed: Hide group discussions and members for non-logged in users
Fixed: See more button not working issue
Fixed: Delete group member on user delete action
Fixed: Remove deprecated functions

2.0.3

Fixed: is image functions
Fixed: style for small devices
Fixed: avatars in add member to the group

2.0.2

Fixed: Scripts Enqueue
Fixed: PHP notice on Invites tab

2.0.1

Fixed: Yoast SEO compatibility with UM:Groups templates

2.0

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