2.5.1: May 13, 2026

Enhancements:

• Tweak: Refactored group create/update forms.
• > Improved avatar upload handling with better mime type filtering.
• > Enhanced security with better input sanitization and validation.
• > Deprecated unused variables and cleaned up formatting for better maintainability.
• Tweak: Removed ability to change the group role by the user (group manager role) itself.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed: Misplaced `nl2br` calls to preserve content formatting. Moved the `nl2br` function call to ensure proper formatting of post content after embedding and auto-embedding processes.
• Fixed: Added User ID to the user card data for proper user actions in the members/invites group tabs.

Templates required update:

• discussion/legacy/single.php
• discussion/new.php
• discussion/single.php
• tabs/avatar.php
• tabs/single-group-tabs.php
• create-group-form.php

Cached and optimized/minified assets (JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade.

2.5.0: December 02, 2025

IMPORTANT: THIS VERSION HAS BACKGROUND DB UPGRADE. PLEASE MAKE SITE'S BACKUP BEFORE UPDATE

Enhancements:

• Added: Group Discussion Posts/Hashtags list table in wp-admin.
• Added: Edit Group Discussion Post Edit link to wp-admin.
• Added: Background DB upgrade for the old discussion posts/comments. Since update to 2.5.0 version all your old posts/comments will be upgraded to the new content displaying but keep their original content in the postmeta/commentmeta.
• Added: Site Health information.
• Tweak: Updated posting group discussion wall posts and comments.
  • Using WordPress native oEmbed providers for the link that can be embedded. Deprecated _shared_link, _video_url, _oembed, _video_oembed_data postmeta for the group discussion posts.
  • Using WordPress native the_content, the_excerpt and comment_text filter hooks to prepare content for displaying.
  • Using UM core function UM()->shortcodes()->emotize() to convert old-style emoji, but for another use WordPress native convert_smiles() on the hooks above.
  • Updated hashtag parsing function to wrap the hashtags to proper UM links.
  • Updated action hooks um_groups_after_wall_post_published arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_groups_after_wall_post_updated arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_groups_after_wall_comment_published arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_groups_after_wall_comment_reply_published arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_groups_after_wall_comment_updated arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_groups_after_wall_comment_reply_updated arguments.
  • Deprecated using unsecure HTML tags in the post content. It's only possible to use the tags allowed via wp_kses_post() function.
• Tweak: Updated the group members mention in the group discussion wall.
  • New filter hooks `um_groups_insert_post_args` and `um_groups_update_post_args` for parsing mentions in the group discussion posts. Deprecated old `um_groups_insert_post_content_filter` and `um_groups_update_post_content_filter` filter hooks.
  • New filter hooks `um_groups_insert_comment_args` and `um_groups_update_comment_args` for parsing mentions in the group discussion post comments.
• Tweak: Integration with Ultimate Member Extensions_Updater class. Updated packages for integration with Action Scheduler.
• Tweak: user-wall.php partially migrated to the new template discussion/single.php that has a legacy version for old group discussion posts in the `templates/discussion/legacy/single.php` path.
• Tweak: WPCS enhancements.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed: Displaying hidden profiles in the "Send Invites" group tab.
• Fixed: Using Activity wall hashtags in groups. Changed taxonomy from `um_hashtag` to `um_groups_discussion_hashtag`. Don't use `um_hashtag` in Groups anymore.
• Fixed: Recalculate and assign/un-assign the hashtags during the group discussion post/comment update/deletion.
• Fixed: `shorten_string` function to make the Group Discussion post excerpt when words count truncation setting is enabled.

Templates required update:

• discussion/clone.php
• discussion/comment.php
• discussion/comment-reply.php
• discussion/comments.php
• discussion/likes.php
• discussion/new.php
• discussion/user-wall.php
• latest-comments.php

Deprecated:

• Deprecated: `um_hashtag` taxonomy for Group Discussion posts. Use `um_groups_discussion_hashtag` after 2.5.0 upgrade.
• Deprecated: `um_groups_insert_post_content_filter` and `um_groups_update_post_content_filter` filter hooks.
• Deprecated: Using unsecure HTML tags in the post content. It's only possible to use the tags allowed via `wp_kses_post()` function.
• Deprecated: Obsolete scripts and functions.
• Deprecated: Old functions to handle the post/comments content, but they are still there to handle the old posts that until upgrade to the new content displaying in DB.
• Deprecated: Using obsolete `_wall_id` in Group Discussion post meta.

Cached and optimized/minified assets (JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade.

2.4.9: April 02, 2025

• Fixed: General search queries and security enhancements based on UM Core.
• Fixed: User display name on comment reply.

2.4.8: January 14, 2025

• Tweak: Using `wp_is_mobile()` instead of old UM core "MobileDetect" library
• Tweak: Compatibility with the future new UI
• Fixed: Comment name for a reply (when a person replies to a comment, the name of the original commenter appears instead of the replied)

Templates required update

• user-wall.php
• discussion/comments.php

2.4.7: November 15, 2024

• Added: Compatibility with Ultimate Member 2.9.0 and Action Scheduler for email sending
• Fixed: Image uploading on the wall
• Fixed: "Load textdomain just in time" issue

2.4.6: September 30, 2024

• Fixed: Getting the list of groups where user were invited
• Tweak: Compatibility with the future new UI

Templates required update

• tabs/discussions.php
• Renamed templates/account_notifications.php → templates/account-notifications.php
• Renamed templates/latest_comments.php → templates/latest-comments.php
• Renamed templates/users_invite_list.php → templates/users-invite-list.php
• Renamed templates/directory/directory_confirm.php → templates/directory/directory-confirm.php
• Renamed templates/directory/directory_search.php → templates/directory/directory-search.php
• Renamed templates/directory/directory_tabs.php → templates/directory/directory-tabs.php

2.4.5: February 21, 2024

• Fixed: Invite members directory search line
• Fixed: CSS for the group settings button on mobile devices

2.4.4: January 15, 2024

• Fixed: Email templates layout

2.4.3: December 11, 2023

• Tweak: Frontend libraries refactored
• Added: Simplebar.JS library because it's not used in UM core
• Updated: ScrollTo JS to 2.1.3 version
• Updated: autosize JS to 6.0.1 version
• Fixed: Using only necessary localized data
• Tweak: wp-admin scripts refactored
• Updated: jquery.dataTables to 1.10.13 version
• Fixed: Sorting and filtering data in group members table
• Fixed: Using only necessary localized data
• Tweak: Added CPT as UM registered post type for define proper UM screen on wp-admin
• Tweak: Enhancements related to WPCS
• Tweak: Using `UM()->datetime()->time_diff()` function instead local registered functions duplicates
• Fixed: Issue when editing comment in single post view
• Fixed: Issue show post likes
• Fixed: oEmbed videos in the discussion wall

Cached and optimized/minified assets(JS/CSS) must be flushed/re-generated after upgrade

2.4.2: October 11, 2023

• Added: Mention group members in the Discussion wall
• Integration with Real-time Notifications > "Groups - New mention" notification
• Fixed: Displaying "Notifications Account Tab" setting
• Fixed: DB update for old 'um_groups_last_active' meta maybe stored not in GMT
• Fixed: Stored 'um_groups_last_active' meta in GMT
• Fixed: Escape and sanitizing data in templates or form submission
• Fixed: Made redirect safe
• Fixed: The "Join group" button for guests/li>
• Fixed: Case when extension isn't active based on dependency, but we can provide the license key field

2.4.1: August 28, 2023

• Added: `force_show_create_pages()` on first time install
• Added: Post & comment discussion in email notifications
• Added: JS confirm for leaving a group
• Added: JS confirm for ignore invitation to a group
• Added: Hook `um_groups_make_links_clickable_attrs` for `make_links_clickable()` function
• Fixed: Flush members count cache when user status in group is changed
• Fixed: Like/unlike group discussion post/comment action validation
• Fixed: `$user_id` in `directory_confirm.php` template
• Fixed: Likes visibility in public group
• Tweak: Compatibility with UM: Followers 2.2.8
• Tweak: Setup predefined pages only after "Create Pages" click in admin notice

2.4.0: August 1, 2023

• Added: Registration form setting to assign user after registration to the groups
• Fixed: `date_joined` data and convert it to `date_joined_gmt`
• Fixed: Posting hidden group activity to the UM:Social Activity wall
• Tweak: Using `date_joined_gmt` column and data for getting proper joined date. It doesn't depend on WordPress timezone settings

2.3.3: June 29, 2023

• Fixed: Join/Leave group button
• Fixed: Removed extract() function to increase security

2.3.2: June 9, 2023

• Fixed: PHP warnings
• Fixed: Groups privacy saving in some cases
• Fixed: Groups Activity posting new activity post

2.3.1: May 30, 2023

• Added: A new filter to support more image types such as WebP
• Fixed: Hide the Join Group button for members who cannot join a group
• Fixed: hashtagit function
• Fixed: Groups links in subtabs
• Fixed: PHP warnings
• Tweak: Template overwrite versioning
• Tweak: changed `input_filter` to WordPress native sanitize

2.3.0: August 17, 2022

• Fixed: Content replace with Avada theme (Group single page)

2.2.9: February 9, 2022

• Fixed: Extension settings structure

2.2.8: December 20, 2021

• Fixed: Applying the category filter and after that click on "Load more" button.

2.2.7: September 22, 2021

• Added: The filter hook 'um_groups_single_the_title'
• Fixed: The text-type filter fields displaying on the Invite tab
• Fixed: The page title on the single group page
• Fixed: Getting group post via the hash (there could be a match with another post type)
• Fixed: Translations typo

2.2.6: July 20, 2021

• Fixed: Single group's `the_title` hook
• Tweak: WP5.8 widgets screen compatibility

2.2.5: June 24, 2021

• Added: Enhancements in the integration of Groups + Profile Completeness
• Added: jQuery v3 compatibility (removed deprecated functions from jQuery.migrate)
• Added: Text to display if user needs to login to see group activity
• Added: Real-time notification 'Groups - New post'
• Added: Real-time notification 'Groups - New comment'
• Added: Hooks for integration with CPT and taxonomies
• Added: The restriction notice for the 3rd-party integration
• Added: Reported posts tab and notice in the group discussion wall
• Added a new shortcode [ultimatemember_group_users_invite_list]. The list of the invitations for current user
• Fixed: Shortcodes' data displaying privacy
• Fixed: Redirects on the profile tabs
• Fixed: [ultimatemember_group_invite_list] shortcode
• Fixed: Pagination in the members template
• Fixed: Email notification placeholders and updated templates
• Fixed: Restored post slug line
• Fixed: Changed default group CPT slug to avoid the conflicts
• Fixed: Privacy checking for "public for role" groups
• Fixed: AJAX actions for the group's members
• Fixed: Invitation filters bar the "clear all" link
• Fixed: Join Administrator as the first member to the group
• Fixed: Group creator name displaying
• Fixed: Administrator capabilities for deleting posts from the group
• Fixed: Groups list pagination and displaying groups for not logged in users
• Fixed: Deleting group avatar after group editing
• Fixed: Displaying hidden group in a user profile
• Fixed: Sending email notifications only after moderation
• Fixed: Avatar displaying on the real-time notifications feed
• Fixed: Displaying groups for the banned users
• Fixed: Displaying page title on the singular group page
• Fixed: Notice about not-reviewed group posts for moderators and admins
• Fixed: Displaying rejected users in the Join Requests tab
• Fixed: Form labels and some typo
• Deprecated: group_id attribute for the [ultimatemember_group_new] shortcode

2.2.4: December 16, 2020

• Added: Show the image upload error
• Added: Improvements for single/list groups templates (Show author, categories, tags. Upload avatar.)
• Fixed: User suggestions
• Fixed: Settings have to be applied after plugins loaded
• Fixed: Enqueue scripts
• Fixed: PHP notices
• Fixed: Show only friends to the user invites directory
• Fixed: Filters names
• Fixed: Typo bug fix and add action hooks
• Fixed: Remove email notifications after post updates
• Fixed: Don't display the form 'Write Post' if the user is not a member of a group
• Tweak: A new icon for the profile tab 'Groups'

2.2.3: August 24, 2020

• Fixed: Using a deprecated variable $.browser in autoresize library
• Fixed: Count notifier of groups on the someone else's profile
• Fixed: Invites actions on the someone else's profile
• Fixed: Action buttons in a groups tab on the someone else's profile

2.2.2: August 11, 2020

• Added: Settings for CPT & taxonomies slugs
• Added: Role setting for 'Disable groups creation'
• Added: Email placeholders {group_url_postid} {group_url_commentid} {post_url} {comment_url}
• Added: Scroll to the hashed post or comment
• Added: Groups sorting by last activity
• Added: *.pot translations file
• Added: Sorting by last activity in groups shortcode "activity_asc"/"activity_desc"
• Changed: Email notification templates
• Fixed: Invite tabs filter
• Fixed: Resetting user after fetch
• Fixed: Email notification "Groups - New post" and "Groups - New comment"
• Fixed: Account settings 'Notify me when someone posts on group' and 'Notify me when someone comments on group'
• Fixed: PHP notice on the group discussion wall
• Fixed: fatal error with namespace declaration
• Fixed: category filter
• Fixed: correct template structure for overriding
• Fixed: new comment and post notification email issue
• Fixed: a reply after load more on the group wall
• Fixed: broken SQL statement
• Fixed: invite link in the email for member if a group is hidden
• Fixed: JS conflict with Ultimate Member - Social Activity extension
• Fixed: The Real-time Notifications if a group is hidden
• Tweak: apply_shortcodes() function support

2.2.1: April 1, 2020

• Added: GDPR complicity, groups' discussions posts export
• Fixed: PHP notice for the "public for role" group when not logged in user see it
• Fixed: Shortcode arguments and search bar at groups list
• Fixed: Tags validation on create group
• Fixed: Editing group-wall posts
• Fixed: Group-wall posting and comments
• Tweak: Optimized webnotifications integration

2.2.0: January 23, 2020

• Added: Ability to sort filters on Invites tab
• Added: Text-type filters for Invites tab
• Added: Performance fixes to decrease the number of mySQL queries
• Fixed: Join to group button from another user Profile
• Fixed: CSS issues
• Fixed: User action links
• Changed: Account notifications layout

2.1.9: November 18, 2019

• Fixed: Groups table creation
• Fixed: Redirect from "Join Requests" to "Login" page for logged out users

2.1.8: November 13, 2019

• Fixed: Group members list
• Fixed: Group invites list

2.1.7: November 11, 2019

• Added: Rewritable templates
• Added: Invites notifier in Profile menu
• Added: Shortcode [ultimatemember_group_comments]. This shortcode returns block, that contains posts with the latest comments.
• Added: Shortcode [ultimatemember_group_members]. This shortcode returns block, that contains group members list.
• Fixed: Database column date_joined
• Fixed: Load more comments
• Fixed: Shortcode [ultimatemember_group_discussion_activity] can be used on any custom page
• Fixed: Shortcode [ultimatemember_group_discussion_wall] can be used on any custom page
• Tweak: Changed all user groups tabs to Member Directory class

2.1.6: August 19, 2019

• Added: Email templates for groups's comment/post
• Fixed: Email templates placeholders and default content

2.1.5: July 16, 2019

• Fixed: Profiles Tab Privacy
• Fixed: Uninstall process
• Fixed: Approve members to groups

2.1.4: April 19, 2019

• Added: Invites groups list

2.1.3: April 4, 2019

• Fixed: Wordpress.com compatibility

2.1.2: March 29, 2019

• Added: Filter to Invites tab
• Added: Danish translation
• Fixed: Some responsive styles
• Fixed: Loading textdomain

2.1.1: February 8, 2019

• Fixed: Upload Dir handler
• Fixed: German translates
• Fixed: Default value for group selectbox

2.1.0: January 21, 2019

• Fixed: Show more group members
• Fixed: Small PHP notices
• Fixed: CSS for templates

2.0.9: January 7, 2019

• Fixed: Approve group users via front end
• Fixed: JS enqueue

2.0.8: December 5, 2018

• Fixed: JS issues on Add/Edit group activity post and like

2.0.7: December 4, 2018

• Fixed: Fatal Error on some installs

2.0.6: December 3, 2018

• Fixed: Group description publishing
• Fixed: Group discussion likes

2.0.5: November 26, 2018

• Fixed: Displaying hidden groups at the groups list

2.0.4: November 15, 2018

• Fixed: Hide group discussions and members for non-logged in users
• Fixed: See more button not working issue
• Fixed: Delete group member on user delete action
• Fixed: Remove deprecated functions

2.0.3: November 12, 2018

• Fixed: is image functions
• Fixed: style for small devices
• Fixed: avatars in add member to the group

2.0.2: November 3, 2018

• Fixed: Scripts Enqueue
• Fixed: PHP notice on Invites tab

2.0.1: October 12, 2018

• Fixed: Yoast SEO compatibility with UM:Groups templates

2.0: October 1, 2018

• Initial Release