Changelog

We’re always working on new features and improvements for our WP Cloud pl to help keep your site and business running at their best. This section highlights all the updates we’ve rolled out throughout

Updates are rolled out gradually to ensure a smooth and seamless experience for all users.

IMPORTANT (For Developers):

The 3.0 update introduces changes to the core classes and functions of the plugin. If your code interacts with plugin classes or you use custom add-ons, please review and update your code to ensure compatibility.

3.1.0

All WP Cloud Plugins

30 January 2025

New Features, Settings and Integrations

• Added: new setting to control the behavior of the thumbnail bar in the LightBox (always visible / visible on hover)

Bug fixes

• The content selector in the Configure module didn't show all the items if a folder contained a lot of items.

• When a folder or search contained no files, the loading spinner remained visible in the Gallery module.

• It was not possible to filter all columns using the Filter button in the Full Log on the Report DashBoard.

• Usage Restrictions used to incorrectly calculate bandwidth and Zip downloads depending on the time period that was set.

Google Drive

Additional Bug fixes

• When embedding an editable file with the Embed module, a minimal view was loaded when it was configured for full view.

Dropbox

Additional Bug fixes

• An empty output was produced when using a shuffle sort order in the Gallery module if the folder contained subfolders.

• The gallery module container was not closed properly. This could cause the page to render incorrectly.

• Fixed a problem where a search request with thousands of search results could take forever and also didn't correctly respect the 'Maximum number of files & folders' module setting.

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3.0.3

All WP Cloud Plugins

22 January 2025

Bug fixes

• Search box on 'Personal Folders' menu page not working

• The use of non-Latin characters in module settings could cause problems when loading and saving the module in the Module Configurator.

• Removed the wp_footer() call from the module previewer to prevent rendering problems.

• WooCommerce

  • WooCommerce Upload integration was not working with Module IDs

Dropbox

Additional Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue with the exclude/include filter that handled names as case-sensitive when the API is case-insensitive.

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3.0.2

All WP Cloud Plugins

16 January 2025

Bug fixes

• Plugin could stop unexpectedly in situations where user_register and profile_update hooks were triggered programmatically without a WordPress user logged in. This could happen in e.g. SSO login environments.

• Renaming private folders on profile update did not work correctly if User Metadata Placeholders were used.

Improvements

• A Duplicate button to instantly create a copy of a module has been added to the Module Configurator.

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3.0.1

All WP Cloud Plugins

13 January 2025

Bug fixes

• The folder permissions of newly created cached folders were set incorrectly, making it inaccessible.

• The browser's file selector still allowed you to select multiple files when the maximum number of uploads was limited to a single file.

• Fixed an issue where video player modules were not rendered correctly in the Elementor Page Builder.

• Carousel template could rendering CSS styles incorrectly.

• Fixed links on the Getting Started page.

• Contact Form 7

  • Contact Form 7 not rendering modules when using CF7 version 6 or above while using the old upload field tags with the shortcode: parameter.

Google Drive

Additional Bug fixes

• It was no longer possible to embed files using the buttons in the Classic Editor due to an invalid input sanitisation.

Dropbox

Additional Bug fixes

• Front-End sorting not working as the cached output is returned before the new sorting order is applied.

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3.0

All WP Cloud Plugins

6 January 2025

New Features, Settings and Integrations

• We have added a Module Manager to give you complete control over your modules and shortcodes in one place. You can also now configure a default presentation for new modules.

• We have expanded our range with three new module types. The List, Embed and Button modules are lightweight modules that can be used to display a selection of items.

• Import function for the Media Library added.

• A setting has been added that allows you to automatically add the user's e-mail address to the cloud sharing permissions of the personal folder you have created.

• A new setting has been added to the control to show or hide the 'Preview in a new tab' option in the File Actions menu.

• You can now use placeholders in subfolders of the template folder. When you copy the template folder into a personal folder, the placeholders in the subfolders will be filled.

• You can now use ?module_pass={password} to the URL of your page to automatically unlock the module.

• You can now select a custom period for usage restrictions (1 day, 1 week, 1 month)

• Introduced a setting to customize how form submissions are shown in overviews and emails.

• Added support for the WPBakery Page Builder block.

• Enabled file descriptions for integration with Advanced Custom Fields.

• Added a Beta Updates option under [Advanced -> Updates] to receive pre-release updates before the official launch.

• Social sharing buttons for Bluesky and Microsoft Teams are now available.

Bug fixes

• Deleted files from the upload queue were still showing up in form submissions overview.

• The backup import action result was incorrectly processed.

• The 'use_custom_roottext' setting is fixed and now sets the folder name in the breadcrumb correctly.

• When masking account IDs, account removal does not work correctly.

• The browser's file selector still allowed you to select multiple files when the maximum number of uploads was limited to a single file.

• Vulnerability in window.open calls has been fixed.

• Fixed a couple of PHP 8.3 deprecation issues.

• Beaver Builder

  • Integration was not loading when the Classic Editor integration is disabled as well.

• GravityPDF

  • A PDF upload bug could cause fatal crashes.

• WPForms

  • The issue with the form input field using invalid variable names has been resolved. This was causing problems when submitting the form.

Improvements

• We have redesigned the Module Builder and integrated it into the Module Manager.

• We have redesigned the Gutenberg Block. You can now see the modules directly in your editor.

• We have rebuild the online documentation from scratch.

• We have updated token encryption to the more secure aes-256-gcm encryption method. In some situations it may be necessary to reconnect your cloud account.

• We renamed the Private Folders feature to Personal Folders. The functionality remains the same.

• The system will automatically shorten the API logs to keep them from getting too long.

• Contact Form 7

  • We have added a new version of the tag interface that works with version 6.

Code library updates

• DataTables to v2.1.8

• Chart.js to v4.4.6

• Plugin Update Checker to v5.5

• Tagify to v4.32.1

• Included CA certificates updated

Breaking changes

• Increased the minimum WordPress version to 5.8.

• We have removed support for Gravity Forms Legacy (Versions < 2.5).

• We removed all code that was marked as deprecated since version 2.

• Location of the module templates has been changed.

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2.15.1.1

All WP Cloud Plugins

21 October 2024

Bug fixes

• The width of the Gallery module was not always calculated correctly. This could result in a distorted layout of the masonry grid.

• The icon set was missing an icon for the Microsoft Access file format.

• An error could occur when rendering uploaded files in form submission due to an incorrect function call.

• WooCommerce

  • Minor layout tweaks to the upload module to avoid overflowing elements in the order table.

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2.15.1

All WP Cloud Plugins

18 October 2024

New Features, Settings and Integrations

• New setting in the Module Configurator that controls the sharing permissions of the upload folder when uploading new content.

• Added support for the Pretty Links plugin to manage the plugins shared urls on your own WordPress website. This allows you to create links that look the way you want using your own domain name.

Bug fixes

• Part of the Media Player popups could be hidden behind other elements.

• If the WordPress database of the backup site didn't have the same table prefixes, importing user<>folder links from a backup file didn't work properly.

• A number of PHP 8.2 warning messages have been fixed.

• WooCommerce

  • Selecting downloadable files for Product Variations did not work as expected.

Improvements

• The timebar in the default Media Player skin has been slightly improved to make it more touch-friendly.

• When selecting the 'Everyone' or 'None' user role in a permission selection field, all other roles are now automatically removed.

• Set the sorting order in the list of uploaded documents within the form submission records to alphabetically ascending.

• WooCommerce

  • Re-designed the order upload module of the plugin, which is used on the order details page.

  • A more helpful message is displayed if the product upload location is incorrectly configured.

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2.15.0

All WP Cloud Plugins

26 September 2024

New Features, Settings and Integrations

• You will now be able to add passwords to your modules, or have the plugin ask the user to log in to access the content.

• An option to enable the folder tree in the File Browser has been added to make it easier to navigate through extended folder structures.

• Support for Slack has been added. This integration allows you to receive real-time notifications about important plugin events directly in your Slack channels.

Bug fixes

• The Media Player does not start up correctly if a particular combination of buttons has been selected in the module configuration.

• In combination with some themes, an empty ID on the module wrapper container could cause unexpected layout problems.

Improvements

• Description popup is replaced with a info panel for wider modules.

• Mask the license code on the main plugin options page.

• During playback of media in the Media Player module, the title of the file will be added to the browser title.

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