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| 09.12.2017 =

wpForo v1.4.3 Release Summary

IMPORTANT: If you have customized wpforo template files in WordPress active theme's /wpforo/ folder, please remove those before updating to 1.4.3 version. wpForo 1.4.3 doesn't support old template files.

• Added: Boosted forum core. Works many folds faster. Forum OOP optimization.
• Added: Facebook Login on Forum Login and Registration page
• Added: Facebook API options in Settings > API's admin page.
• Added: Emoji selector on topic/post editor toolbar
• Added: Forum Usergroup colors
• Added: Option to Disable User Custom Titles
• Added: Option to manage recent topic and post text length in Extended Layout
• Added: Multi-section popup notification for forum actions
• Added: Forum members mentioning with @nicename
• Added: User mentioning email customization options
• Added: Allow change vote in Q&A forum layout
• Added: Usergroup permissions for profile activity and subscriptions pages
• Added: Better no-indexing control for forum login/register pages
• Added: Forums > Tools > Misc | Option to set "dofollow" external domains
• Added: Forums > Tools > Misc | Option to set noindex forum certain forum pages
• Added: Do not count Categories in Forum Statistic
• Added: Forum information in Profile Activity list
• New Addon: wpForo Polls
• New Addon: wpForo MyCRED Integration
• Fixed Bug: Problem with private replies (not private on some servers)
• Fixed Bug: Cannot disable forum User Synchronization message
• Fixed Bug: Private last post on forum stat. Stat cache/reset issues.
• Fixed Bug: Avatar and Header image not changed (cache problem)
• Fixed Bug: Color / Style UX issues (cannot add color code, color number doc)
• Fixed Bug: Profile fields background and font colors on dark style
• Fixed Bug: Profile links disappeared (UM, BP, Woo)
• Fixed Bug: Non-translate-able forum phrases in JS.
• Fixed Bug: PHP Notices / Errors in RSS Feed
• Fixed Bug: Online users statistic
• Fixed Bug: Corrections of some phrases
• Fixed Bug: RTL issues

NOTE: IF YOU UPDATE FROM 1.4.x

• After wpForo update, if you see a message "wpForo - Update Database". Please click on [Update Database] button to complete update process. This is a data synchronization action, it doesn't delete forum data.
• To load your customized colors please refresh forum front-end page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

NOTE: IF YOU UPDATE FROM OLDER VERSIONS

• If you have a customized copy of wpForo forum template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update them. wpForo 1.4.0 requires new forum template files.
• If you see style issues after update, please refresh forum page twice or do Ctrl+F5 on forum front-end to load new styles.
• If you have wpForo addons, please update them right after wpForo forum update. Don't update them before wpForo forum update.
• In case you update forum and you have a large database, please make your forum faster using this instruction...

| 22.10.2017 =

wpForo v1.4.2 Release Summary

• Added: Recent Posts page, menu, footer link,
• Fixed Bug: Topic views counting. Guest logging.
• Fixed Bug: Reset Password page and URL redirection,
• Fixed Bug: User custom field management issues,
• Fixed Bug: CSS issues...
• Fixed Bug: Missing phrases,
• Fixed Bug: Login/Register pop-up window when guest clicks on Add Topic button

NOTE: IF YOU UPDATE FROM 1.4.1

• After wpForo update, you'll see a message "wpForo - Update Database". Please click on [Update Database] button to complete update process. This is a data synchronization action, it doesn't delete forum data.
• To load your customized colors please refresh forum front-end page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

NOTE: IF YOU UPDATE FROM OLDER VERSIONS

• If you have a customized copy of wpForo forum template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update them. wpForo 1.4.0 requires new forum template files.
• If you see style issues after update, please refresh forum page twice or do Ctrl+F5 on forum front-end to load new styles.
• If you have wpForo addons, please update them right after wpForo forum update. Don't update them before wpForo forum update.
• In case you update forum and you have a large database, please make your forum faster using this instruction...

| 12.10.2017 =

wpForo v1.4.1 Release Summary

• Added: Bold titles when Forum and Topic is not visited/read
• Added: Option to enable/disable forum RSS Feed
• Added: Option to enable/disable WP to wpForo forum reset pass URL
• Fixed Bug: Guests permission to view forum users avatar is disabled
• Fixed Bug: Unable to change forum user Email and Display Name
• Fixed Bug: Forum search form problem, empty forum field on some servers
• Fixed Bug: Forum widget avatar doesn't reflect view avatar permission

NOTE: IF YOU UPDATE FROM 1.4.0

• To load your customized colors please refresh forum front-end page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

NOTE: IF YOU UPDATE FROM OLDER VERSIONS

• If you have a customized copy of wpForo forum template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update them. wpForo 1.4.0 requires new forum template files.
• If you see style issues after update, please refresh forum page twice or do Ctrl+F5 on forum front-end to load new styles.
• If you have wpForo addons, please update them right after wpForo forum update. Don't update them before wpForo forum update.
• In case you update forum and you have a large database, please make your forum faster using this instruction...

| 07.10.2017 =

wpForo v1.4.0 Release Summary

• Added: Advanced user profile system,
• Added: Redesigned profile home and account settings page
• Added: Topic and Post front-end moderation (approve/unapprove),
• Added: User search and filter options for Member search form,
• Added: Paste as text button on editor toolbar,
• Added: SEO friendly H1 tags for forum and topic titles,
• Added: wpForo SEO Open Graph - Image Information for FB share,
• Added: General RSS Feed for Forums and Topics
• Added: Hide Add Topic button on click,
• Added: Forum Description in topic list (forum page),
• Added: Option to change default User Title for new registered users,
• Added: Option to change default Usergroup for new registered users,
• Added: Option to select Forum Access when creating a new Usergroup,
• Added: Website language depended cache, language path issue with cached URLs,
• Added: More speed with new intuitive caching and cache deleting functions,
• Added: Boost database speed, new indexes for fresh installation,
• Added: Make profile links nofollow when profile page indexing is disabled,
• Added: Spanish Translation (es_ ES/MX), many thanks to Ignacio Sancho
• Added: French Translation (fr_CA), many thanks to Alain Bergevin
• Added: Portuguese (Brazil) Translation (pt_BR), many thanks to Lucas Felix,
• Updated: German Translation (de_DE), many thanks to uve GmbH | Pascal Feiler,
• New Addon: wpForo - User Custom Fields
• Fixed Bug: Filter and display subSite specific users on WP MultiSite,
• Fixed Bug: Incorrect counting of synchronized users,
• Fixed Bug: Usergroup permission issue(unused CANs on profile page),
• Fixed Bug: Unapproved topics redirect to login page,
• Fixed Bug: Redirects to account edit page after registration is successfully,
• Fixed Bug: Pagination issue, gets request uri function, checks protocols,
• Fixed Bug: Warning: Invalid argument supplied in /wpforo.php on line 141,
• Fixed Bug: Backslash slashes in email title and content,
• Fixed Bug: Search result affects page layout and sidebar,
• Fixed Bug: Typos and wrong phrases,
• Fixed Bug: Not colored wide left border of menu items,
• Fixed Bug: Chrome support for wpForo Feed XML,
• Fixed Bug: Private forums on search form's forum list
• Fixed Bug: Dynamic colors issue when file writing permission is denied for colors.css

IMPORTANT:

• If you have a customized copy of wpForo template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update them. wpForo 1.4.0 requires new template files.
• If you see style issues after update, please refresh forum page twice or do Ctrl+F5 on forum front-end to load new styles.
• If you have wpForo addons, please update them right after wpForo update. Don't update them before wpForo update.
• In case you update forum and you have a large database, please make your forum faster using this instruction...
• To load your customized colors please refresh forum front-end page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

| 11.06.2017 =

wpForo v1.3.1 Release Summary

• Tested with WordPress 4.8
• Fixed Bug: 404 page header issue
• Fixed Bug: Usergroup style and space issue
• Fixed Bug: Admin bar displaying issue. Only for logged-in users
• Fixed Bug: Moderator access to topic/post Moderation admin page
• Fixed Bug: Bad quality of user avatars on topic list of Simplified Layout
• Fixed Bug: Cache issue with private/unapproved topics and posts
• Fixed Bug: Small bug with delete all cache process
• Fixed Bug: Undefined index: HTTP_REFERER in /functions.php on line 233
• Fixed Bug: Issue with Edit and Delete button for new reg users if topic/post is unapproved
• New Addon: wpForo - Blog Cross Posting

IMPORTANT:

• If you have a copy of wpForo template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update those. wpForo 1.3.0 requirs new template files.
• If you're updating from beta, 1.0.x or 1.1.x versions, please navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Tools admin page and check the "Possible Spam Attachments" section. We detected massive spam file uploading cases in non-protected forums. Spammers delete topics and posts but uploaded spam files are still in your file system, most of those PDF files. Please delete all suspected PDF files listed in this section. More Info...
• To load your customized colors please refresh forum front-end page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

| 23.05.2017 =

wpForo v1.3.0 Release Summary

• Added: Two step installation if there are more than 100 users
• Added: wpForo Built-in Cache System
• Added: Object Cache (caches items and objects, decreases number of SQLs)
• Added: Memory Cache (keeps in memory and prevents process/query duplication)
• Added: HTML Cache (smart and intuitive HTML cache of forum pages)
• Added: High performance and low SQL queries
• Added: Optimized for forums with large databases
• Added: wpForo settings quick menu in top admin bar on front-end
• Added: Last Login Date column in Dashboard > Forums > Members list
• Added: Optimized flush_rewrite rules function
• Added: Trailing slashes to forum and topic list. Reflects WP permalinks.
• Added: Ability to fully disable Auto Moderation with Spam Control
• Added: Send email notification when a topic or reply get approval
• Added: Blockquote style in editor. Better view on post quotation
• Added: If new registered users' post contains a link it becomes unapproved
• Added: Usergroup under author avatar in user info area
• Added: Options to Disable Profile Page Indexing.
• Added: Options to Turn Off User Syncing Note (2nd step of installation)
• Added: Topic status specific classes for [solved], [closed]...
• Added: Clean cache function, hook and arguments.
• Added: Signature Style
• Added: New options in Settings > Members to display Usergroup under Avatar
• Added: Options to Disable Object Cache, Memory Cache, HTML Cache.
• Added: Delete All Caches button (Dashboard > Forums > Dashboard)
• New Addon: wpForo Ads Manager
• Fixed Bug: Visible unapproved replies in approved topic
• Fixed Bug: Subscribers get email when topic is approved but post is not.
• Fixed Bug: Illegal string offset 'userid' in /wpf-hooks.php on line 1281
• Fixed Bug: Username with more than 15 char
• Fixed Bug: Non-permitted content in profile activity and subscriptions
• Fixed Bug: Strips tags in email subjects and strip slashes in email content
• Fixed Bug: Sends 404 header on "404 Page Not Found" pages.
• Fixed Bug: Lock email send functions when Go2wpForo tool is running.
• Fixed Bug: Problem with permalinks e.g.: test.com/index.php/community/
• Fixed Bug: Many small bugs

IMPORTANT:

• If you have a copy of wpForo template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update those. wpForo 1.3.0 requirs new template files.
• If you're updating from beta, 1.0.x or 1.1.x versions, please navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Tools admin page and check the "Possible Spam Attachments" section. We detected massive spam file uploading cases in non-protected forums. Spammers delete topics and posts but uploaded spam files are still in your file system, most of those PDF files. Please delete all suspected PDF files listed in this section. More Info...
• To load your customized colors please refresh forum front-end page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

| 08.03.2017 =

wpForo v1.2.0 Release Summary

• Added: wpForo Spam Control - New User
• Added: New Dashboard subMenu - Forums > Tools > Antispam
• Antispam: Possible Spam Attachments - lists suspected files
• Antispam: New Registered Users control and restrictions
• Antispam: Min number of posts to be able attach files
• Antispam: Min number of posts to be able post links
• Antispam: Restricts New Users to attach risky file extensions
• Antispam: Integration with Akismet
• Added: wpForo Spam Control - Topics & Posts
• Added: New Dashboard subMenu - Forums > Moderation
• Antispam: Makes topics/posts unapproved if spam is suspected
• Antispam: Topic moderation through dashboard Approve/Unapprove/Delete
• Antispam: Bans new registered users if spam content is detected
• Antispam: New Forum Access - "Can pass moderation"
• Added: RTL Font-Awesome
• Added: Swedish Translation (sv_SE) by Mathias Persson
• Fixed Bug: Don't allow empty topics and posts
• Fixed Bug: Post Link URL problem (pagination part in URL)
• Fixed Bug: Notice: Undefined index: set in .../class-template.php

IMPORTANT:

• Once wpForo is updated, please navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Tools admin page and check the "Possible Spam Attachments" section. We detected massive spam file uploading cases in non-protected forums. Spammers delete topics and posts but uploaded spam files are still in your file system, most of those PDF files. Please delete all suspected PDF files listed in this section. More Info...
• To load old customized colors please refresh forum page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

| 26.02.2017 =

wpForo v1.1.2 Release Summary

• Added: New topic type - Private
• Added: Checkbox option on Topic editor: Private Topics
• Added: Private/Public button with other moderation tools
• Added: Profile buttons under Member Avatar on Members and Posts list
• Added: Member Social Network information under avatar
• Added: Phrase Packages for addon quick translation
• Added: Polish (pl_PL) by Bogusaw Grecki
• Added: Checking avatar size before uploading
• Added Access: "Can set topic private" (Admins and Moderators)
  
• Added Access: "Can set own topic private" (Regular users)
• Added Access: "Can view private topic" (Admin, Moderator and Topic Creator)
• Performance: Huge SQL optimization and built-in caching system
• SEO Optimization: added rel="nofollow" to links with GET variables
• New Addon: wpForo - Private Messages
• New Addon: wpForo - Ads Manager (comming next week...)
• Fixed Bug: Menu problem on IE / Edge
• Fixed Bug: SubForums problem. Title and topics atatched to wrong forum
• Fixed Bug: Search result displays private topics to non-permitted users
• Fixed Bug: Private Forum topics in RSS Feed
• Fixed Bug: Topic Pagination problem (conflict with pot pagination option)
• Fixed Bug: RTL - Font color switcher problem
• Fixed Bug: Removed Delete and Ban buttons for current user in dashboard
• Fixed Bug: Typo CAN titles Dahsboard > Dashboard (needs re-translation)
• Fixed Bug: Online Users widget avatar size problem
• Fixed Bug: Signature image oversize
• Fixed Bug: Q&A Layout recent topics order by sticky and created date
• Fixed Bug: Editor - Add Link pop-up window size issue on mobile
• Fixed Bug: Undefined variable: size_da in .../dashboard.php on line 182
• Fixed Bug: SSL Problem

IMPORTANT:

• To load old customized colors please refresh forum page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.
• If you have custom forum template, please update these template files:
  • profile.php
  • members.php
  • layouts/1/post.php
  • layouts/2/post.php

| 20.12.2016 =

• Added: Compatible with WordPress 4.7
• Added: Custom Forum Icons (font-awesome)
• Added: Delete member with WP user and user specific forum content.
• Added: [Add Child Forum] button on forum management list
• Added: Persian (fa_IR) Translation by behrooz (www.wpforo.ir)
• Added: New addon notifier
• Cache: Update/clean cache on actions with topics, posts and members
• Fixed Bug: Unnecessary email with Password Reset link on user registration
• Fixed Bug: RTL Issue with widget avatars
• Fixed Bug: Disable banning yourself
• More info...

IMPORTANT:

• To load old customized colors please refresh forum page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

| 04.12.2016 =

• Added: Support WordPress Multisite (single and network activation)
• Added: Registration confirmation through email (WordPress way)
• Added: Topic and Post Subscription checkbox next to Submit button
• Added: New CAN (forum access permission) "Can view attachments"
• Added: User Ban/Unban function in Forums > Members admin page
• Added: Forums > Members, filter by users status
• Added: Enable HTML in forum description
• Added: Japanese (JA_ja) Translation, many thanks to Seg Way
• Added: German (de_DE) translation, many thanks to Markus Herrmann
• Added: Sticky topics on top of recent topics
• Added: Option to notify forum admins when a new topic is created
• Added: Option to notify forum admins when a new post is created
• Added: Option to make post editor subscription checkboxe checked by default
• Added: wpForo Addons admin page
• New Addon: wpForo - Embeds
• New Addon: wpForo - Advanced Attachments
• Added: Nicename field in Profile > Accounts page to allow users change and hide usernames in profile URL.
• Added: Option to change message when non-permitted visitor/user tries to view attachments
• Added: Option to make some posts/pages available when "Turn WordPress to wpForo" option is enabled.
• Fixed Bug: Dashboard menu access for non-permitted users
• Fixed Bug: Missing forum edit, delete, view buttons on Forums admin page
• Fixed Bug: Forums > Members bulk actions
• Fixed Bug: Forums > Members list ordering issue
• Fixed Bug: Missing topics, posts and profiles tables after installation
• Fixed Bug: Remove reply, quote, edit buttons when topic is closed
• Fixed Bug: Post Move, Report JS Errors.
• Fixed Bug: Warning: Missing argument 2 for wpforo_update_last_login_date()
• Optimization: Forum, topic and post loading speed and memory optimization
• Security: improving post and topic creation security, two more level of checking processes before inserting data in database.

IMPORTANT:

• To load old customized colors please refresh forum page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.

| 10.09.2016 =

• 1.0.x is stable now. We fixed all bugs related to Beta-6 > 1.0.x upgrade. The main issue was missing forums and missing forum page. These issues had two reasons. First(incorrect pageid) was fixed in 1.0.1. Second (WP installation with different WordPress and Site Address) has been fixed in this 1.0.2 version. Lots of small bugs are fixed two.

NOTE! Make sure you've deleted all caches after updating this plugin

| 07.09.2016 =

• Fixed Bug: Forums does not appear after 1.0.0 update.
• Fixed Bug: Other small 1.0.0 bugs

NOTE! Make sure you've deleted all caches after updating this plugin

| 06.09.2016 =

• Security: User-can-manage-user control based on user level and group
• Security: Own and other user Usergroup secure management
• Security: Edit profile issues, multi-level control
• Security: Custom avatar uploading file control
• Added: Using wpForo on home page. Insturction here.
• Added: Use wpForo without shortcode and page. Set any slug for forum Base URL.
• Added: Option to turn WordPress to wpForo (Disable WordPress on front-end)
• Added: Dynamic recent topic icons on forum list
• Added: New Stat Boxes on member profile page (Topics, Blog Posts, Comments)
• Added: Option to integrate wpForo default attachments with WP Media Library
• Added: Delete User Cache button on Forums > Dashboard admin page
• Added: Option to disable forum user registration
• Added: "Forums" > "Member" menu access in dashboard based on usergroup CAN's.
• Added: Missing last post info on parent forum, when post located in subForum
• Added: Update all forum usergroup-access sets when adding a new usergroup
• Added: Russian and Hebrew translations update.
• Added: rel="nofolow" for external links in post content
• Added: Different welcome messages on first and other logins
• Fixed Bug: Text color picker doesn't work on topic and post editor.
• Fixed Bug: Custom CSS code and Style/Color saving problem
• Fixed Bug: Not centered avatars
• Fixed Bug: Avatar size issue on posts and widgets
• Fixed Bug: Avatar source URL protocol problem when changing http to https
• Fixed Bug: Bullet-ed list shows all left *{ margin:0; } issue
• Fixed Bug: Widget permission error for users with new usergroup
• Fixed Bug: Foum SEO title. Warning: Missing argument 2 for wpforo_hide_title()
• Fixed Bug: Fatal error on forum search when Debug Mode is enabled
• Shortcode: Changed [wpforo-index] to [wpforo]
• Shortcode: wpForo new shortcodes. More info.
• SEO Optimization: Duplicated meta data on Member Profile pages

NOTE! Make sure you've deleted all caches after updating this plugin