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Document Library Pro
2.1.2 3 September, 2025
- Fix Frontend Submission Form shows a maximum of 50 terms.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries.
2.1.1 23 July, 2025
- Tweak Improved file upload UI.
- Fix Reset link is missing when using the grid layout.
- Fix EPT - unable to import metadata during csv import.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.8.2.
2.1.0 18 June, 2025
- New Added design templates.
- Fix Incorrect sort with accented characters.
- Fix Filter
document_library_pro_column_heading_link
no longer working. - Fix Adjusted regex for ACF field values.
- Fix Filter
document_library_pro_data_title
no longer working. - Dev Updated Barn2 libraries.
2.0.2 27 May, 2025
- Fix Custom taxonomy support in the new columns editor.
- Fix Custom taxonomies and fields in the 'columns' setting were not migrated to the new columns editor setting.
- Fix PHP warnings on sites with their custom taxonomies attached to the document post type.
- Dev Added a filter for the maximum size of cacheable table data.
2.0.1 14 May, 2025
- Tweak Added fallback for shortcodes using legacy link and preview style options.
- Tweak Design alignment of the download icon on the grid layout.
- Tweak Removed conditional display logic from the "Document limit" setting.
- Tweak Added a new "accent-insensitive search" setting to the "Advanced" tab.
- Tweak Added new attributes to preview button anchor tags.
- Fix Edge cases where legacy link/preview style and link destination options were not migrated correctly.
- Fix PHP warning when trying to access 'slug' on non-taxonomy object.
- Fix Style issues with Select2 dropdowns.
- Fix PHP 8.4 deprecation warnings.
- Fix Issue with German translation.
- Dev Added a filter to allow modification of the preview url.
2.0.0 6 May, 2025
- New Added a columns editor to streamline the interface for managing table columns.
- New Redesigned settings pages for improved user experience.
- New The Filename column is now clickable.
- New Link destination option for document title and filename fields.
- New Option to open other document links in a new tab.
- New Add public taxonomies archives for file types and document authors.
- New Added numeric sorting for the table layout.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries.
1.17.1 5 March, 2025
- New Google Drive share URLs can now be imported by the DLP Importer if they reference a public file download.
- Tweak Ensure the filename has the correct extension when imported from platforms like Google Docs or Google Sheets.
- Fix Pagination not working correctly when using the page_length="false" shortcode attribute with a grid layout.
- Fix Google Drive URLs imported by the DLP Importer will be uploaded with the correct file name.
- Dev Added filters for translating File URLs being imported by the DLP Importer.
- Dev Added filters for mime types allowed to be imported by the DLP Importer.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.7.2.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries.
1.17.0 16 December, 2024
- New Added a "Clear cache" button to the settings page.
- Tweak Added a filter to allow Password Protected Categories to be used with the form submission.
- Tweak Added a filter to disable the auto thumbnail feature.
- Tweak Adjusted how the search reset function works.
- Tweak Removed the default "Uncategorized" document category assignment.
- Fix Unable to import documents via CSV that have a Dropbox URL with a query string of
dl=0
. - Fix Typo in the "Save Changes" button text.
- Fix The file info on the grid layout may overflow the container when the file name is long.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries.
1.16.2 3 December, 2024
- Fix Translation compatibility issues with WordPress 6.7.
- Tweak Added WPML configuration file to the plugin.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.7.1.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries.
1.16.1 5 November, 2024
- Tweak Improved accessibility when document folders are enabled.
- Tweak Minor improvements to the code.
- Fix Fatal error when using the "content" attribute in the shortcode.
1.16.0 22 October, 2024
- New Automatic featured images for documents with linked PDF or image files.
- New Added a default 'Uncategorized' document category.
- Tweak Set document expiry dates via the CSV import.
- Tweak Added a unique CSS class per document to the document grid card HTML.
- Fix Filters were displayed on the grid based on table columns and not grid content.
- Fix The download count was counting visits to the single document page.
- Dev Updated Barn2 internal libraries.
1.15.1 18 September, 2024
- Fix Folder categories and table column categories were not hidden when protected with Password Protected Categories.
- Fix Fixed cf: not working in shortcode if value has @.
- Fix Fixed search_on_click bug not working for default true value.
- Dev Added filter
document_library_pro_folder_categories
to filter folder categories. - Dev Added filter
document_library_pro_data_column_terms
to filter a column terms. - Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.6.2
1.15.0 27 August, 2024
- New Set a document expiry date, after which the document will become visible only to editors and administrators.
- New Taxonomy and page length dropdown filters for the grid layout.
- Fix Added fallbacks for the responsive srcset on the grid card image.
- Fix It was not possible to uncheck the custom folder icon setting.
- Fix Long link text would overflow outside the button on the table layout under certain configurations.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.6.1.
1.14.0 27 May, 2024
- New Word, Excel and Powerpoint files can now be previewed with the Office Web Viewer.
- New Supported external links can now be previewed.
- New Documents and their metadata are now retrievable via the REST API.
- New Added filename option for the table, grid and single document page layouts.
- New Added option to display the file size on the single document page.
- New Display the Document Author(s) on the grid page.
- Tweak Ensured all knowledge base links on the settings page open in a new tab.
- Tweak Adjusted the position and name of some settings.
- Tweak Changed the name of Document Author filter on the table layout to Author.
- Tweak Add more spacing below the folders output.
- Tweak Changed the default position of the Document Link metabox on the Add/Edit Document page in wp-admin.
- Tweak Removed the excerpt option from the single document page. Existing configurations with it enabled will remain in place until the setting is deactivated and there is a filter available to re-enable it.
- Tweak Allow full use of wp-admin functionality without a valid license.
- Tweak Changed the document author taxonomy to public.
- Fix PHP warning when viewing the single document page on a fresh install with the default settings.
- Fix Download count was not displayed on the grid layout when filename, file type, file size and categories were not set to display.
- Fix Download and preview buttons were not displaying correctly on new installs under certain conditions.
- Fix Preview button alignment in the table layout when using the multi-download checkboxes.
- Fix The version control confirmation dialog was incorrectly appearing under certain configurations.
- Fix Display the correct initial button text for the Add/Replace File button in the Document Link metabox.
- Fix Clear previously saved file size when switching the Document Link type from File to URL on the Add/Edit Document page in wp-admin.
- Fix cf: not working in shortcode if value has @.
- Fix Fixed bug with search_on_click not working for default true value.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.5.3.
1.13.6 3 April, 2024
- Fix Fixed PHP warning message when no custom sorting column is added.
- Fix Fixed responsive hidden row not closing after reset.
- Fix Fixed bug that empty folders are being shown when doc_category is added to the shortcode.
- Fix Fixed the grid search to only get results after a certain amount of keywords typed.
- Tweak Added document_library_pro_form_redirect filter hook.
- Tweak Added document_library_pro_download_checkboxes_should_display filter hook.
- Tweak Updated the search_box attribute to work with true or false values.
- Tweak Added show_page option to document library page settings.
- Tweak Removed parsing the shortcode attribute values.
- Tweak Auto-hide reset link.
- Tweak Moved the totals position to the right in the grid layout.
- Tweak Auto-hide the pagination on the grid layout.
- Tweak Add grid totals singular and plural wording.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.5.
1.13.5 8 November, 2023
- New Added French translation (credit: Nicolas Zein).
- Fix Fixed shortcodes adding extra space in excerpt.
- Dev Added document_library_pro_enable_media_filter filter hook.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.4.
1.13.4 11 October, 2023
- Fix Fixed ACF fields not showing when importing.
- Tweak Improved preview modal to support more themes.
- Tweak Saving license key when clicking next in setup wizard.
- Dev Reviewed parsing shortcode attribute values.
1.13.3 21 September, 2023
- Tweak Added ACF and EPT custom fields to import options.
- Tweak Added folder category descriptions filter hook.
- Fix Fixed loading icon not showing on folders.
- Dev Normalized shortcode arguments.
1.13.2 14 September, 2023
- Fix Turned post_object public to allow other plugins to use it.
1.13.1 13 September, 2023
- Fix Fixed folders not including documents from doc_category attribute.
- Fix Fixed table sort for acf fields with empty values.
- Fix Fixed bug on total filtered items when using SearchWP.
- Dev Added document grid custom fields to wizard.
- Dev Added custom fields default values.
1.13.0 7 September, 2023
- New PHP 8 support.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.3.1.
1.12.1 18 August, 2023
- Fix Fixed root folders displaying the documents that belongs to their sub folders.
1.12.0 15 August, 2023
- New Option to display custom fields on single document pages.
- New Option to display custom fields on grid layout.
- New Option to set default WordPress custom fields on document edit pages.
- Tweak Added loader on submission form.
- Tweak Added reset button to filters in folder view.
- Fix Allowed numeric terms on folders view.
- Fix Fixed categories and tags not being saved on form submission.
- Dev Added document_library_pro_search_placeholder filter.
- Dev Added SECURITY.md file.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.3.
1.11.1 19 July, 2023
- Fix Fixed german language file error.
- Fix Fixed the possibility of renaming the filters.
- Fix Fixed close svg button aria label attribute.
1.11.0 11 July, 2023
- Tweak Change Document Categories and Tags filter headings.
- Fix Fix parent folders not sorting when they are empty.
- Fix Added aria label accessibility to SVG links.
- Dev Updated get_file_url to contemplate more hostings.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
- Dev Updated to webpack-config 2.0.0.
1.10.0 29 May, 2023
- New Added German translation.
- Fix Fixed protected documents not being shown upon search.
- Fix Added filter hook searchwpquerylogicphrasestrict compatibility.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.2.2.
1.9.9 26 April, 2023
- Fix Fixed custom post type naming on admin new toolbar.
- Fix Fixed search feature not working for non english characters.
1.9.8 17 April, 2023
- Tweak Updated allowed file mime types.
- Fix Fixed FacetWP logic conditions not working
- Fix Fixed FacetWP pagination not working
- Dev Fixed path generation from urls with directories.
1.9.7 31 March, 2023
- Tweak Added the possibility to import custom taxonomies by their name.
- Dev Fixed the hook name 'document_library_pro_data_version'.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.2.
1.9.6 22 March, 2023
- Tweak Added a new filter document_library_pro_import_capability to change the import user capability.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.1.1.
1.9.5 15 March, 2023
- Tweak Added 2 new filters that help determine visibility of the preview and download buttons.
1.9.4 16 February, 2023
- Fix When using the 'document_library_pro_language_defaults' filter, 'totalsSingle' and 'totalsPlural' were not correctly applied.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
1.9.3 6 February, 2023
- Fix Content field could not be disabled on the frontend submission form.
- Fix Documents were not created via the frontend submission form if the document excerpt was disabled.
- Fix High resolution videos could exceed the container dimensions in the preview modal.
- Dev Add filter to allow adjustments on the frontend submission form fields configuration.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
1.9.2 26 January, 2023
- Fix HTML entities were not decoded in the taxonomy dropdowns on the frontend submission form.
- Fix Allow
post__in
as an orderby option in the table query for FacetWP sorting. - Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
1.9.1 18 January, 2023
- Tweak Add support for the Sort facet in the FacetWP integration.
- Fix Some special characters were not allowed when selecting documents by custom field, or when using the search box.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
1.9.0 12 January, 2023
- New Added frontend document uploader form.
- Tweak Updated language files.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
1.8.4 12 December, 2022
- Fix Download count was not tracked when using the
icon_only
,icon
, ortext
styles for the download button. - Fix The
no_docs_message
option was not functioning correctly in grid layout. - Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
1.8.3 6 December, 2022
- Fix The
search_on_click
option was not functioning correctly. - Fix In grid layout, the
simple_numbers
pagination style output a 'Last' button instead of a 'Next' button. - Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
1.8.2 22 November, 2022
- Fix FacetWP integration was returning all results when no documents were found.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries.
1.8.1 2 November, 2022
- Fix Close icon on the preview lightbox could not be clicked.
- Fix Result count in the grid layout was inaccurate when performing a search without results.
- Fix The
no_docs_message
andno_docs_filtered_message
shortcode options were not working in the grid layout. - Fix PHP warnings generated on the Filters step of the setup wizard.
- Fix Version control settings were only visible after a page reload.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.1.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
1.8 17 October, 2022
- New Version control for your documents.
- New Customize the folder colors and icons.
- New Set folders as open, closed or a custom setup.
- Tweak Various improvements to global search, including a search page setting and improved supported theme styling.
- Tweak If no categories are available for the folder mode query then the default layout will be displayed instead.
- Tweak The WordPress post author metabox and column are hidden by default. Re-enable via Screen Options.
- Tweak Compatiblity with FacetWP 4.0.6 or greater.
- Fix Having a document library in table layout and a Posts Table Pro table on the same page would break under certain configurations.
- Fix The 'Documents' wp-admin menu would not be expanded when editing a term.
- Fix Clicking the content in the preview modal would close the modal.
- Fix Various undefined index PHP warnings.
- Fix Flash of folder SVG on first page load.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.0.2.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries and dependencies.
1.7.2 23 August, 2022
- New Added Swedish translation.
- Fix Folder tree would not generate correctly with deep hierarchies and empty intermediary categories.
- Fix Pagination did not work when performing a folder search with results in the grid layout.
- Fix The
grid_columns
shortcode option did not work. - Fix Remove unnecessary extra double quote in the folder tree HTML.
- Dev Added new WordPress filters.
- Dev Updated Barn2 libraries.
1.7.1 1 August, 2022
- Fix Featured images could be hidden in grid mode.
1.7 28 July, 2022
- New Added support for custom taxonomies in the CSV importer.
- New Automatic featured image for documents linked to image files.
- Tweak Grid layout pagination is now consistent with the table layout pagination.
- Fix There was no success notice when saving settings.
- Fix Using pagination on grid layout with an active search term cleared the search term.
- Fix Grid layout featured images overflowed the container on some themes.
- Dev Added support for auto updates.
- Dev Updated dependencies and Barn2 libraries.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.0.1.
1.6.4 11 July, 2022
- Tweak Label for folders order adjusted.
- Fix Single document main content mobile layout.
- Dev Updated dependencies and Barn2 libraries.
1.6.3 22 June, 2022
- Fix The single document sidebar would overflow under certain theme layouts.
- Fix Audio and video embeds would not always display in grid mode.
- Fix Folder mode would generate inaccurate category trees when using custom taxonomies in the
term
option. - Dev Updated dependencies and Barn2 libraries.
1.6.2 25 May, 2022
- Tweak Ensure that the Grid and Folder modes respect the minimum search term length.
- Fix Custom filters option in the setup wizard would not display the custom filters input field.
- Dev Added a custom args filter for modifying the display of the global search results.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 6.0.
1.6.1 25 April, 2022
- Tweak SearchWP integration now supports enabling the indexing of document file content via the SearchWP Engine options.
- Fix File upload errors would not display on the Drag and drop file importer.
- Fix Tags would not be assigned to documents when performing a CSV import.
- Fix Folder search would not work if the lazy load option was present on the document library.
- Dev Added a custom args filter for the FacetWP integration.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 5.9.3.
1.6 12 April, 2022
- New Download counts - track the number of downloads for each document with the option to display it on the table and grid layouts.
- New Document author taxonomy which can be displayed on the table and single document.
- New Set the number of columns to display in the grid layout.
- New Options to sort folders.
- New Change the permalink for the single document URL.
- New Taxonomy dropdown filters added to the document list page in wp-admin.
- New FacetWP integration.
- New Added Dutch translations.
- Tweak Improved responsive handling of images on the grid layout.
- Tweak Consistent title naming when creating documents via Bulk and Media Library import tools.
- Tweak Better handling of special characters in external URLs when using the CSV importer.
- Tweak Support any type of Dropbox URL in the CSV importer.
- Tweak Document category permalinks are now hierarchical.
- Fix Filter dropdowns on the table had usability issues when the WP admin bar was present.
1.5.2 14 March, 2022
- Fix Global search would not redirect to the search results page.
- Dev Updated knowledge base link in settings.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 5.9.2.
1.5.1 14 March, 2022
- Tweak The search results page is now noindexed.
- Fix Table filter dropdowns styling issue with certain WooCommerce setups.
- Fix No documents message was appearing outside of the search results page.
- Fix The reset button option could not be unchecked in settings.
- Dev Update Barn2 setup wizard library.
1.5 1 March, 2022
- New Search box for grid layout.
- New Search box for folder view.
- New Global document search, including widget and shortcode.
- New SearchWP integration.
- Fix The lightbox in the grid layout was displaying images with an incorrect aspect ratio.
- Fix The grid layout cards were missing a top border when configured without an image.
- Fix Path traversal in CSV importer.
1.4.2 7 January, 2022
- Fix CSV import of custom fields always converted keys to lowercase characters.
1.4.1 1 December, 2021
- Fix Terms order wrongly defaulting to ID instead of name.
1.4 29 November, 2021
- New Added support for Barn2 setup wizard.
- Fix Add File button was not functional when Content was not selected as a Document data option.
1.3.4 16 November, 2021
- Tweak Better handling of large images in the preview modal.
- Fix Custom filters would be cleared when setting Clickable fields to none.
- Dev Updated DataTables library to 1.11.3.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 5.8.2
1.3.3 3 November, 2021
- Fix Replace file button was not visible on the Edit Document page in wp-admin.
- Fix Term order was not respected for nested subcategories in folder mode.
- Fix Bulk and CSV importing tools not initiating correctly when using string translation plugins.
- Dev Updated library.
1.3.2 25 October, 2021
- Fix Updating settings would result in the [doc_library] shortcode being duplicated on the Document Library page.
1.3.1 21 October, 2021
- Tweak Improved the design of grid cards.
- Fix Folders setting could not be unchecked via the settings page once enabled.
- Dev Added various hooks and filters for customizing grid cards.
1.3 14 October, 2021
- New Display documents in a grid layout.
- Tweak Improved mobile usability of the preview modal, particularly with media embeds.
- Fix Certain PDFs would not render correctly in iOS browsers.
- Fix The 'download' HTML attribute was incorrectly applied to links under certain conditions.
1.2.3 14 September, 2021
- Tweak Prevent duplication of existing files in the media library when using the CSV importer.
- Tweak Further improvements to folder mode with large numbers of categories.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 5.8.1.
1.2.2 23 August, 2021
- Tweak Cleaner title names when bulk importing documents via drag and drop or the media library.
- Tweak Allow higher post limits in folder mode to cater for large numbers of categories.
1.2.1 4 August, 2021
- Fix Document link buttons were visible before the document table loaded.
- Fix CSS conflict with the Uncode theme affected the Document link column layout.
1.2 27 July, 2021
- New Option to allow previewing PDF and media files in a lightbox.
- New Option to download multiple documents at once in a zip file.
- New Options to change the appearance of the preview and download buttons.
- Fix Custom taxonomies did not appear in the Documents admin menu.
- Fix Folders option had unexpected results when the shortcode query options returned no documents.
- Dev Added filters to allow icon replacement with custom SVGs.
- Dev Tested up to WordPress 5.8.
1.1.2 29 June, 2021
- Tweak Support term ordering for the folders display option.
1.1.1 26 April, 2021
- Tweak Improved column sizing for download buttons on the document table.
- Fix Document excerpts could display in the content column on document tables under certain conditions.
1.1 2 April, 2021
- New Added the ability to enable comments on the document post type.
- New Options to choose what data should display on the single document page.
- Fix Allow renaming of filter headings in the shortcode attributes.
1.0.2 15 March, 2021
- Tweak Automatically determine the file type for external urls.
- Tweak Added the HTML5 download and type attribute for direct links in the document tables.
- Fix Added missing translations for File Type and Link.
1.0.1 8 March, 2021
- Fix Hide document details sidebar when the document post is password protected.
1.0 24 February, 2021
- New Initial release.