Admin Columns

Release Date: October 17th, 2022

• [Fixed] DOMDocument will use libxml_clear_errors to clear any possible errors
• [Fixed] The word_count method will always return an int
• [Fixed] The column separator will always go through the filter: ac/column/separator
• [Fixed] The link to the user profile will only be visible for users than can access that particular profile page
• [Improved] Added the atrribute tag ReturnTypeWillChange to be compliant with PHP 8.x

Release Date: December 6th, 2021

• [Hotfix] The ReadOnly class is renamed because it gave fatal error in PHP 8.1

Release Date: November 8th, 2021

• [Improved] UI Improvements

Release Date: September 28th, 2021

• [Improved] Small optimizations for the Add-on page
• [Improved] Give an idea of the available pro settings

Release Date: June 18th, 2021

• [Added] Added Media columns: Artist and Album
• [Fixed] Column date setting gave an error when the default date format was empty

Release Date: April 29th, 2021

• [Fixed] Graceful handle corrupt column settings in order to prevent a fatal error
• [Fixed] The date setting was not working correctly a second time you store a custom date format
• [Fixed] Graceful handle corrupt column settings in order to prevent a fatal error
• [Fixed] The column label in settings will now be sanitized

Release Date: December 15th, 2020

• [Fixed] The updater could give a PHP warning when there were no updates
• [Fixed] Display a correct message when an integration is not installed

Release Date: September 9th, 2020

• [Fixed] Slug column now applies urldecode()
• [Fixed] Links to documentation pages are updated

Release Date: April 22nd, 2020

• [Improved] You can now display the column ID and Type by opening the screen options in top right
• [Improved] The meta column will now display a zero (when available) instead of a dash
• [Improved] Improved right-to-left (RTL) support
• [Improved] First time loading columns is faster

Release Date: March 11th, 2020

• [Updated] Saving column settings for the first time could result in extra database records.

Release Date: February 18th, 2020

• [Fixed] Fatal error in Date helper that occurs in PHP 5.6
• [Improved] Re-added the hook ac/column/custom_field/use_text_input to use a text field for the custom field column setting

Release Date: November 19th, 2019

• [Updated] The minimum version required to run Admin Columns is now PHP 5.6.20
• [Improved] Adapted new WordPress interface styling
• [Improved] Updated Select2 to 4.0.12 to prevent non closing drop-downs

Release Date: August 21st, 2019

• [Improved] Search the list of available custom fields in the drop down with Select2
• [Improved] Change the label for Custom Field column Excerpt to Text
• [Improved] Don't open column settings when column refreshes
• [Improved] Setting for adding a link to related comments display

Release Date: February 18th, 2019

• [Improved] Minor improvements in banners, missing links, etc

Release Date: November 7th, 2018

• [Improved] Better external image support for Custom Field column

Release Date: September 25th, 2018

• [Fixed] jQuery noConflict fixes for column settings page
• [Improved] Post title column is now always available
• [Improved] Disable autoloading for ACP options

Release Date: June 26th, 2018

• [Fixed] ThidParty classes are now using correct camelcasing

Release Date: May 1st, 2018

• [Fixed] Removed wrongly placed promotional modal

Release Date: March 13th, 2018

• [Improved] Minor improvements and PHP warning fixes

Release Date: January 30th, 2018

• [Fixed] Added protected AC_ListScreen::get_object_by_id with deprecated message

Release Date: January 30th, 2018

• [Fixed] Added AC_ListScreen::get_object_by_id with deprecated message

Release Date: January 29th, 2018

• [Fixed] Fixed fatal error for custom taxonomy columns

Release Date: January 29th, 2018

• [Improved] Admin Columns Capability is now always set
• [Improved] Database update message is only visible for administartors
• [Improved] Links starting with # are now marked as internal
• [Removed] Removed support for the Link/Bookmark list table
• [Added] Added date time settings for columns that use dates

Release Date: December 22nd, 2017

• [Added] New setting for content fields: String limit (Limit on words or characters)
• [Improved] Merged the roles column into the author column
• [Improved] Added Before/After fields for the following columns: Content, Excerpt, User Description
• [Improved] Removed deprecated Welcome page
• [Improved] Removed deprecated Upgrade page

Release Date: November 9th, 2017

• [Added] Events Calendar integration add-on is now available from the add-ons tab
• [Added] Added before/after fields for ID column
• [Changed] Changed Ajax value interface
• [Fixed] Fixed php warning on count() for php 7.2
• [Improved] Column interface for post relations
• [Improved] Attachment count column combined with Attachment column
• [Improved] Pro banner
• [Improved] Published date shows when a post is not published
• [Improved] Custom field keys for users are now grouped by site option
• [Improved] Added the AC_Plugin class as a more DRY approach to asking meta data about a plugin
• [Improved] Redone the way user preferences are stored. Less records and better compatible with Multisite.
• [Improved] Added the option to write database updates and apply them on a new version
• [Improved] Empty character is just a method now instead of getter/setter with a filter
• [Improved] Added AC_Services class to register services to a column on the fly (DI approach)
• [Improved] Custom fields for users are now grouped per network site

Release Date: July 26th, 2017

• [Fixed] Show the type instead of an empty label in the edit columns screen
• [Fixed] Image URLs are supported again for the Custom Field column
• [Fixed] Column with a date setting did not always store it's value date format correctly
• [Improved] Post Status column can now also be displayed as an icon
• [Improved] Use multibyte function to trim strings for showing a maximum character count
• [Improved] Excerpt column now displays a text icon when the excerpt is generated from it's content
• [Added] Added a helper to display star ratings

Release Date: July 3rd, 2017

• [Fixed] No columns were shown when you saved your columns without visiting the overview page first
• [Improved] Character limit now strips tags before trimming
• [Improved] Translations for the core are now fetched from Glotpress

Release Date: June 12th, 2017

• [Improved] Clicking the toggle icons in the header of the column settings won't open the column settings anymore
• [Improved] Fallback for the autoloader to work with lowercase files
• [Improved] User Nicename available as an option for User display
• [Fixed] Media Path now shows correct http protocol

Release Date: May 3rd, 2017

• [Refactor] Complete refactor of core code. Please read Upgrading from v3 to v4
• [Improved] Column will now have a default empty value (dash character)
• [Improved] A column can now use an ajax callback for displaying it's contents (with AC_Column_AjaxValue interface)
• [Improved] Updated the User Interface
• [Improved] Using dashicons instead of image icons
• [Improved] Action column now always is the primary column
• [Improved] Heading structure in Admin is now correct
• [Improved] Page Template column supports post types (since WP 4.7)
• [Improved] Improved Custom Field column types
• [Added] New user column added: Author name
• [Added] New user column added: Show Toolbar
• [Added] New column for shortlink added
• [Added] Filter for suppressing admin notices
• [Added] New helpers added for array, date, formfield, icon, image, post, string ,taxonomy and user. Helpers can be accessed by using 'ac_helper()->array()'' etc
• [Added] Filter for enabling a 'clear all columns' button to the setting page. 'ac/settings/enable_clear_columns_button'
• [Added] New method for singleton for Admin Columns main class. 'ac()'
• [Fixed] Comment Response column is no longer displayed in the table when viewing "Comments On".

• [Update] Updated promo banner

• [Added] Filter for suppressing admin notices, use: add_filter( 'cac/suppress_site_wide_notices', '__return_true' )
• [Fixed] Only enable our plugin for taxonomies that are available in the admin

• [Fixed] Hotfix cleanup.

• [Fixed] Column settings were no longer available

• [Fixed] Row actions are now only added to the first column when the primary column isn't available
• [Fixed] The true/false field option for the Custom Field column will display a cross icon when the value is empty or zero

• [Improved] Columns with empty values will now display a dash symbol
• [Fixed] Excerpt column: The label "Excerpt from content" will now only display when the post has content

• [Fixed] Edit columns button will be positioned correctly on the Trash page
• [Fixed] Obsolete images have been removed
• [Fixed] Roles names column will display the available translation
• [Fixed] Content type label (next to store settings) is displayed correctly when translations are loaded
• [Fixed] After using quick edit the column values will be populated correctly again
• [Fixed] WPML will correctly display it's "+" icons again. Make sure to add/remove the column.
• [Improved Messages on the settings screen (when using restore columns) are now displayed directly above the columns
• [Improved] Excerpt column will now display a label "excerpt from content" when the actual excerpt field is empty
• [Added] New filter 'cac/get_posts/post_status' has been added to change post_status when using CPAC_Storage_model::get_posts()

• [Fixed] Fixes an issue with some 3rd party column not being visible

• [Fixed] Fixes an issue where some of the WordPress default columns did not display correctly

• [Fixed] Data:image sources for images are supported in labels
• [Fixed] Cloned columns no longer has the wrong options when stored
• [Fixed] Created deprecated function for is_columns_screen()
• [Fixed] The method get_current_storage_model returns the first occurrence instead of running the entire array of storage modals
• [Fixed] The storage_model object should have the init_manage_columns method to properly load the columns heading and values
• [Fixed] The storage_model object can now be used within sub pages

• [Added] Display format Url added to Custom Fields
• [Added] Allow the use of before and after fields for all columns. Use add_filter( 'cac/column/properties/use_before_after', '__return_true' ).
• [Fixed] Removed Field Groups from post types
• [Fixed] Removed additional avatars from the comments view
• [Added] Added the option to replace the Custom Field select menu with a text input. Use add_filter( 'cac/column/meta/use_text_input', '__return_true' ).

• [Updated] Hidden custom fields are now grouped as "Hidden" in the dropdown list
• [Updated] Minor performance improvements
• [Fixed] New Yoast plugin compatibility

• [Added] Comment Post column added
• [Update] User Actions columns extends CPAC_Actions object
• [Update] PHP export columns no longer uses global
• [Added] Added "Link To" selection field for the author column
• [Fixed] Date and Title column are labeled as Default column for posts
• [Fixed] WPML columns will display the correct flag on the overview when switching language

• [Fixed] Page Order column is now available on all supported posttypes
• [Fixed] Time reading columns shows "-"" instead of zero when there is no content

• [Fixed] Estimate Time Reading column will not display a value when there is no content
• [Fixed] When updating there was a possbile change on a "Cannot modify header information"

• [Fixed] Support for custom post statuses
• [Fixed] Page Order column is now available on all hierarchical post types
• [Added] WordPress Default columns has it's own menu group
• [Added] Columns set by plugins has it's own menu group
• [Added] Custom Field column has it's own menu group
• [Update] Updated all languages from Transifex

• [Fixed] Comment bubble icon is fixed

• [Added] Added new comment columns: type, author and user.
• [Added] Width indicator text is darker
• [Fixed] Remove ' symbol from column label, because it causing issues when sorting
• [Fixed] Review notice will only show on admin columns page and with an improved hide button

• [Added] Added the development filter 'cac/menu_types' to add custom menu types
• [Added] Added public method set_menu_type() to the storage model
• [Added] Added review notice
• [Updated] Po file will exclude Actions columns which contain only native WordPress translatable strings
• [Updated] Updated all languages from Transifex
• [Updated] Pro addon notice text has been updated

• [Added] Added content column for post(types).
• [Added] Added the column shortcodes, which will display any used shortcodes in your post's content
• [Added] Column width has a text field to enter the width
• [Added] Added a message for when a custom field is empty
• [Added] Column width can be set to pixels or percentages
• [Added] Added a width indicator to the column settings header
• [Added] Added a singular label to all storage_models

• [Added] Added a width indicator to the column settings header

• [Added] Added user column: Visual Editor
• [Added] Added post column: Estimated Reading Time
• [Added] Added method CPAC_Column::get_sorting_value()
• [Added] Added user column display name
• [Fixed] Fixed media actions column

• [Updated] All translations from Transifex - ttps://www.transifex.com/projects/p/admin-columns
• [Updated] 100% Spanish translation thanks to Carlos
• [Updated] Custom Fields will now display an icon for file attachments in the correct specified dimensions
• [Added] Public methods to CPAC_Column; get_type(), is_type(), is_field_type(), get_field_type()
• [Added] Custom Field type "Terms"
• [Added] Added posts column "Last Modified Author"
• [Improced] Improved loading on columns settings screen when using many custom field columns
• [Fixed] Only display filtering icon on supported Custom Field types
• [Fixed] Remove deregister of qtip2 scripts.
• [Fixed] PHP export now works as intended
• [Fixed] Compatibility issue with Ninja Forms where submission would not be displayed

• [Fixed] Image Uploader failing inside nested Settings pod when using the Pods plugin

• [Added] Added filter "cac/column/actions/action_links" for modifying the action column links
• [Fixed] WordPress SEO by Yoast columns were not added to the dropdown menu when using the 'add column' button.
• [Fixed] Fix "restore" action link in post actions column

• [Fixed] Quick Edit will display columns correctly after saving

• [Fixed] support for WPML columns

• [Added] Added date format option for "Last modified" column
• [Updated] Change references from Codepress Admin Columns to Admin Columns
• [Updated] General code clean-up
• [Improved] Documentation improvements

• [Updated] Portuguese (Brazil) language - thanks to Andr Mcola Machado

• [Updated] Enable 3rd party plugins to set storage_models outside the post listings screens
• [Updated] Spanish lanugage updated - thanks to Andrew Kurtis

• [Fixed] Fixed Illegal offset warning for unset option on edit screen

• [Fixed] Fixed dependency on PHP 5.3+ in actions column

• [Changed] Display "edit columns" button by default
• [Improved] Improved memory usage by only loading columns for the current screen
• [Changed] Removed floatHead library
• [Updated] Only display ACF placeholder with ACF active.

• [Fixed] Unavailable included JS-file on editing pages

• [Fixed] Error with actions icons.
• [Added] New Column! Used-by-menu column; will display in which menu a post/page/taxonomy is being used. With support for column sorting in posts.
• [Fixed] Only ajax calls from cpac will trigger the loading of storage_models now.

• [Added] New filter cpac/storage_model/columns_default for filtering the columns that should be loaded if there are no stored columns
• [Added] Option (column property hidden) to hide column types from the dropdown list of column types
• [Added] Use tooltip library for enhanced column value representation
• [Added] Box for direct feedback on Admin Columns settings screen
• [Added] Added method for retrieving current storage model (for overview pages such as the posts and page overviews)
• [Added] Added WooCommerce add-on to list of add-ons
• [Updated] Hide ACF5 field group post type from list of post types columns settings
• [Updated] Updated structure of scripts and styles and way of enqueuing them

• [Added] Added Path column for post(types). Uses the permalink without the home url.

• [Fixed] Custom Fields for Media Library did not work.
• [Fixed] Column type dropdown displayed an empty item.

• [Fixed] Fixed issue with Posts 2 Posts (and other third party plugins) columns not being displayed because of hooking into late actions on post pages
• [Updated] Added russian language, thanks to Arnold Klimenko.
• [Updated] Updated translations from Transifex

• [Added] Option to make permalink in permalink column clickable (linking to post)
• [Added] Direct support box in Admin Columns settings screen sidebar
• [Added] Added filter to suppress pro add-on notice (cpac/suppress_proaddon_notice)
• [Updated] Minor adjustments for WooCommerce and other third party plugin support, setting up the post object in post columns
• [Updated] Minor update in default column retrieval for improved 3rd party plugin support
• [Fixed] Fixed problem with column groups incorrectly handling default 3rd party columns
• [Updated] Updated translations from Transifex

• [Added] AJAX refreshing of columns in columns settings screen
• [Added] Support for managing columns via code instead of UI
• [Added] Additional integration possibilities for add-ons
• [Added] Add-ons tab for managing Admin Columns add-ons
• [Added] Extended grouping support for column types to support add-ons
• [Updated] Additional documentation was added to filters and actions
• [Updated] Updated languages (from transfix)
• [Updated] All custom fields (including hidden fields) now always displayed in custom field dropdown
• [Fixed] Third party plugin integration functions are now prefixed, thereby adhering to coding standards

• [Added] CSS now is compiled with LESS
• [Updated] Menu is split between posttypes and media, comments and users.
• [Fixed] WordPress SEO 1.5.2 columns support
• [Updated] Refactored JS and cleanup
• [Updated] Registered Date column now uses GMT date
• [Updated] Display author as column has fallback to display_name
• [Updated] Added conditional checks for featured-image-, ping-status and comment-status-columns
• [Fixed] Fixed warning for available-sizes column
• [Updated] Column labels can no longer contain ":" characters

• [Updated] Undo changes from 2.1.2, will be in the next major release
• [Fixed] Moved assignment of capabilities to plugin activation hook
• [Fixed] Hook into manage_columns filters later to prevent overwriting from other plugins
• [Fixed] Filters for column_path

• [Updated] Added ajax check and improved loading.
• [Updated] Menu is split between posttypes and media, comments and users.
• [Added] WooCommerce 2.1 columns support
• [Fixed] Filters for column_path

• [Updated] Added page check to posttype edit screens
• [Updated] taxonomy raw_value outputs term_ids
• [Added] Taxnomy support for Media
• [Fixed] In some cases custom field column would trigger a php warning on post titles type

• [Updated] Improved overall performance for script loading and lowered memory usage

• [Updated] Danish translation - thanks to iosoftgame
• [Updated] Spanish translation - thanks to redywebs
• [Added] Chinese translation - thanks to
• [Fixed] Solved bug with before and after field
• [Added] Fieldtype "Counter" to Custom Fields
• [Added] Column type ID when you hover over the column type label
• [Added] Support for raw values
• [Updated] Changed filter for cac/column/value. See: http://www.codepresshq.com/documentation.

• [Fixed] Performance issue
• [Added] Option to show/hide edit-button
• [Fixed] Bug before/after-field not saving correctly
• [Fixed] Bug with storage model trying to load repository (svn) files
• [Fixed] Bug with tooltip
• [Fixed] Bug with duplicate message in javascript
• [Added] RTL support - thanks to Hassan
• [Added] Arabic translation - thanks to Hassan

*[Fixed] Bug which caused columns to not include properly

• [Notice] Database needs an update, make sure to backup first
• [Changed] Sortorder licence is now an Pro Add-on
• [Changed] Some filters and hooks have been changed, see online documentation
• [Updated] Extensive refactoring of the code with improved API
• [Updated] New UI with responsive design
• [Updated] Hooks and filters has been replaced with one that follows the correct naming conventions with underscores.
• [Updated] Columns menu will only display posttypes which have show_ui set to true
• [Updated] Admin Columns will have a tabbed settings panel
• [Added] Added settings page.
• [Added] Added import/export capabilities
• [Added] Column: Available_Sizes for media
• [Added] Default sorting for Users, Comments, Media
• [Added] Column: Parent for posts
• [Added] Set your own excerpt length per column
• [Added] Set your own image size per column
• [Added] Restore settings per type
• [Added] Column support for WooCommerce
• [Added] Support for image headings by other plugin columns
• [Added] Added edit/view-button for easy switching between overview screen and admin columns
• [Added] Added capability manage_admin_columns to control which roles can set columns
• [Removed] Column: Actions for comments
• [Removed] Calling get_column_headers() interfered with storing columns
• [Fixed] Issue: Sorting was not working when label contains the ':' character
• [Addon] Added Pro add-on
• [Addon] Pro add-on includes Sorting, Filtering and Import/Export

• fixed bug: removed acf posttype placed by Advaced Custom Fields from settings menu
• fixed bug: removed bbPress posttypes topic, forum and reply from admin columns settings menu
• fixed bug: license key could not activate properly

• ready for WP 3.5
• added support for custom fields for Media
• added color to the custom field types
• fixed default sorting for Post(types) and Media
• fixed problem with different date formats in custom fields. all dates will parsed by strtotime() now.
• fixed bug which could trigger a conflict when saving the setting on other plugins
• fixed bug when returning an admin class atrribute
• improved perfomance on post count on user overview screen

• Added 'before more tag' column, which will show the content which is placed before the more-tag
• bug fix: file images will now also be displayed when they can not be resized.
• bug fix: the checkbox disappeared when resetting columns and resaving them.

• Added new custom field type: User by User ID
• Added values to filter 'cpac_get_column_value_custom_field' for better control of the output
• Added an example for above filter to FAQ section
• Added fix where trash posts did not show with the sorting addon activated

• bug fix with a static function which could cause an error in some cases
• added filter to enable taxonomy filtering. add this to your functions.php to enable taxonomy filtering: add_filter( 'cpac-remove-filtering-columns', '__return_false' )

• bug fix for possible warning when using Custompress ( props to scottsalisbury for the fix! )
• bug fix for sorting by postcount for users
• added 'Display Author As' column for post(types)
• added sorting support for 'Display Author As' column

• added german language ( thanks to Uli )
• added danish language ( thanks to Morten Dalgaard Johansen )
• added filter for setting thumbnail size ( see FAQ on how to use it )
• added support for hidden custom fields ( see FAQ on how to enable this )
• added fix for WordPress SEO by Yoast Columns

• removed taxonomy filtering ( will implement show/hide option )

• added french language ( thanks to Alexandre Girard )
• filtering by taxonomy ( only displays when column is used )
• added compatibility with woocommerce
• fix value media meta column ID
• fixed bug with sorting users by postcount
• added Actions column for Media (delete, view etc.)
• added Actions column for Link (delete, view etc.)
• added Actions column for Comments (delete, view etc.)
• added Wordcount column for Comments
• added Filesize column for Media ( supports sorting )
• added default sorting for posts ( remembers your last sorting, only with addon )
• added default sorting for media ( remembers your last sorting, only with addon )
• added filters to the result output

• added posts columns Last Modified and Comment count
• added media columns for EXIF and IPTC image data
• added custom fields columns to the Media Library
• given column values it's own class
• added bug fix for sorting bookmarks/links
• added fix for possible php warning

• added bug fix for WP3.3beta ( thanks to raonip and ronbme for pointing this out )

• added support for third party plugins
• added user custom fields
• added extra image check
• bug fix with javascript (jquery) enqueue

• added word count sorting
• added attachment count sorting
• added template name sorting
• minor styling changes
• bug fix with sorting by slug
• bug fix with sorting by attachment

• added support for Media columns
• added Media columns: filename, width, height, dimensions, description, alt, caption and mime-type
• added date type to posts custom fields
• added title type to posts custom fields
• sorting has changed. when sorting; only results are shown which contain a value
• str_word_count is used for excerpts

• bug fix which solved a fatal error in some cases

• added support for comment columns
• added support for link columns
• added links to taxonomies
• added sorting user custom fields
• added sorting to links columns
• added user columns so you can see how many articles an author has published of a certain post type
• added Textual help
• added the option to specify column width
• added role column to all posts screens
• added posts status column to all posts screens
• added image path to media library
• added added apply_filters('cpac-get-post-types', $post_types) to filter out certain post types
• added option to enter license key for activating sorting on ALL columns
• fixed a php5 warning
• fixed a conflict with the Co-Authors plugin

• added polish translation, thanks to Bartosz.
• changed the license key validation proces
• removed non-breaking-space-character from column output

• added fix for unexpected output in the column value
• added fix for better 3rd party plugin support
• added column for Comment status
• added column for Ping/Trackback status
• added column for Posts Actions (delete, view etc.)
• added column for Users Actions (delete, view etc.)
• added sorting taxonomies ( only on first one )
• added bug fix for sorting

• removed taxonomy filtering ( this will return in next patch with an option to show/hide )

• Added User Columns.
• Added before / after text for custom fields
• Added custom field type 'Numeric'.
• Added custom field sortables.
• Fixed domain path
• Fixed settings link

• Initial release.