v4.0.18

Change Log

• Perf : Eliminated scan of users table on plugin activation (impacting sites with large number of users)
• Perf : Eliminated recursive query of subpages (impacting sites with complex page hierarchies)
• Perf : Improved caching of post capability checks
• Perf : On category / term queries, don't filter term counts if empty terms are not being hidden and counts are not being shown
• Code : Improved PHP Code Sniffer scan results
• Compat : Elementor - Could not use Elementor front end editor to save a draft of a published post
• Compat : Nested Pages - Apply pp_force_quick_edit capability to Nested Pages' Quick Edit and Contextual Add / Insert buttons
• Fixed : Filters for Post category, Tags, Terms, Parent or Status could be applied to wrong post under certain conditions
• Fixed : Permissions > Settings > Core > Front End > "Performance: Don't filter category / tag counts" was not applied for Administrator
• Fixed : Some strings on Permissions > Settings were not translated
• Fixed : Gutenberg editor usage was not properly detected when triggered by another plugin, possibly leading to issues with category / term assignment filtering
• Fixed : Category pages: Subcategory posts were inappropriately hidden on some sites
• Fixed : Legacy Nav Menu Management - Limited Nav Menu editors saw uneditable menus in dropdown on Menus management screen
• Fixed : Legacy Nav Menu Management filters interfered with front end filtering under some conditions
• Fixed : Sanity check to prevent excessive version history logging if installed plugin's version tags or version tag storage is incorrect
• Fixed : Terms were inappropriately auto-assigned under some conditions\
• Change : Permissions > Settings > Editing option to disable auto-assignment of terms (when default term is not selectable). Note: Auto-assignment is required for some term-restricted editing configurations.
• Change : Auto-assign a term only if no default terms are selectable and the user's editing access is modified by term-specific Permissions
• Change : Never auto-assign a term to front page or posts page
• Change : Constant definitions related to term auto-assignment to assist any potential troubleshooting or restore previous behavior
• Change : User search for Specific Permission assignment - use LIKE matching for user meta field searches
• Change : Suppress "Enable Permissions" metaboxes in Post editor, Edit Term screens
• Change : Support constant PRESSPERMIT_MEDIA_UPLOAD_GRANT_PAGE_EDIT_CAPS for front end uploading solutions that require page editing capabilities for the async upload request
• Lib : Update wordpress-reviews library to v1.1.20
• Lib : Update wordpress-version-notices library to v2.1.3
• Lang : Update ES, FR, IT translations