2.4.0: December 02, 2025

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

Enhancements

• Tweak: Updated posting Activity 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 activity 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_activity_after_wall_post_published arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_activity_after_wall_post_updated arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_activity_after_wall_comment_published arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_activity_after_wall_comment_reply_published arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_activity_after_wall_comment_updated arguments.
  • Updated action hooks um_activity_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 friends/followers mention in the social activity wall.
  • New filter hooks um_activity_insert_post_args and um_activity_update_post_args for parsing mentions in the activity posts. Deprecated old um_activity_insert_post_content_filter and um_activity_update_post_content_filter filter hooks.
  • New filter hooks um_activity_insert_comment_args and um_activity_update_comment_args for parsing mentions in the activity post comments.
  • New action hook um_activity_new_mention is used for sending Real-time Notification after users mention. Deprecated um_followers_new_mention and um_following_new_mention and um_friends_new_mention action hooks they were merged to the new one for better performance.
• Added: Edit Activity Post Edit link to wp-admin.
• Added: Background DB upgrade for the old posts/comments. Since update to 2.4.0 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: user-wall.php partially migrated to the new template single.php that has a legacy version for old activity posts in the templates/legacy/single.php path.
• Tweak: WPCS enhancements.

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Recalculate and assign/un-assign the hashtags during the activity post/comment update/deletion.
• Fixed: shorten_string function to make the Activity post excerpt when words count truncation setting is enabled.

Templates required update

• clone.php
• comment.php
• comment-reply.php
• comments.php
• user-wall.php

Deprecated

• Deprecated: Displaying activity post content in wp-admin for better performance.
• Deprecated: um_activity_insert_post_content_filter and um_activity_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 `safe_style_css` because requires at least >= 6.2.

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

2.3.9: April 25, 2025

• Added: Filter hook `um_activity_content_remove_links` that can avoid the removing embedded links from the content text.
• Added: accept HTML argument to the uploader field.
• Fixed: Customizing of the file upload size limitation handling. Use this hook for customizing `um_activity_upload_images_stream_maximum_file_size`.
• Fixed: Comment time displaying.
• Fixed: Image handling logic and possible fatal errors.
• Tweak: Removed legacy `do_shortcode` fallback across plugins.

Templates required update

• edit-post.php
• new.php

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

2.3.8: January 14, 2025

• Tweak: Using `wp_is_mobile()` instead of old UM core "MobileDetect" library
• Fixed: Comment time displaying

Templates required update

• comment.php
• comment-reply.php

2.3.7: 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

2.3.6: May 22, 2024

• Added: Hooks for 3rd-party integrations
• Fixed: Displaying the activity form posting for the not logged-in user
• Tweak: WPCS enhancements
• Tweak: Added Ultimate Member as required plugins

2.3.5: February 21, 2024

• Fixed: Posting via [ultimatemember_activity_form] shortcode
• Fixed: Posting and editing posts on the user wall

2.3.4: December 20, 2023

• Added: Setting to enable the posts' attachments caching
• Added: `loading="sync|async"` attribute for `[ultimatemember_wall]` and `[ultimatemember_activity]` shortcodes. Ability to set wall's 1st page loading type
• Added: Shortcode `[ultimatemember_activity_single_post wall_post="{int}"]`. Ability to show separated activity post.
• Fixed: Performance issue with loading wall: (Customized WP_Query for 'um_activity' posts, Single activity post loading changed to sync from AJAX async)
• Fixed: Security issue with private posts attachments download
• Tweak: Updated templates
• Tweak: WPCS enhancements

Templates required update

• clone.php
• edit-post.php
• new.php
• user-wall.php

Update permalinks in wp-admin Settings > General > Permalinks

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

2.3.3: 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
• Tweak: wp-admin scripts refactored
• Tweak: Added CPT as UM registered post type for define proper UM screen on wp-admin
• Tweak: Using `UM()->datetime()->time_diff()` function instead local registered functions duplicates
• Tweak: Enhancements related to WPCS
• Fixed: Compatibility YouTube links in wall post with Jetpack
• Fixed: Convert emote code to smiles after post/update comment
• Fixed: Mention dropdown styles
• Fixed: Broken alignments when updating comment and adding new ones
• Fixed: oEmbed videos in the discussion wall

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

2.3.2: October 11, 2023

• Fixed: Avoid mention yourself (removed from mention suggestions)
• Fixed: Made users unique in mention suggestions
• Fixed: Activity wall for anonymous bbPress topics
• Fixed: Small PHP notices/li>
• Fixed: Case when extension isn't active based on dependency, but we can provide the license key field

2.3.1: August 28, 2023

• Added: `force_show_create_pages()` on first time install
• Added: Hook `um_activity_make_links_clickable_attrs` for `make_links_clickable()` function
• Fixed: Race condition on like activity + like action validation
• Fixed: "editable" field data format in predefined fields
• Fixed: "Turn off social wall for this user?" user capability
• Tweak: Compatibility with UM:Followers 2.2.8
• Tweak: Setup predefined pages only after "Create Pages" click in admin notice

2.3.0: July 26, 2023

• Added: Activity post argument for visibility in REST API
• Tweak: Template overwrite versioning
• Fixed: Posting new activity wall post on the user profile
• Fixed: PHP warnings
• Fixed: Embed links styles
• Fixed: Issue with lack of the nonces in the um_adm_action handler

2.2.9: January 03, 2023

• Added: `um_social_activity_allowed_image_types` hook for extending files that can be uploaded to the social wall
• Fixed: Sanitizing content for activity posts. Added iframe tag and onclick attribute. Embed content and hashtags are fixed

Templates required update:

• comment-reply.php
• comment.php
• edit-post.php
• new.php
• user-wall.php

2.2.8: December 14, 2022

• Fixed: Security vulnerabilities in JS templates
• Fixed: Notice if there aren't `authorID` user
• Fixed: Offset parameter in `um_wall_ajax_request`

Templates required update:

• clone.php
• comment-reply.php
• comment.php
• comments.php
• edit-post.php
• html/jobboardwp-job-filled.php
• html/new-follow.php
• html/new-formwp-reply.php
• html/new-formwp-topic.php
• html/new-gform-submission.php
• html/new-gform.php
• html/new-group.php
• html/new-jobboardwp-job.php
• html/new-post.php
• html/new-product.php
• html/new-topic.php
• html/new-user.php
• likes.php
• new.php
• trending.php
• user-wall.php

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

2.2.7: February 9, 2022

• Fixed: Pattern for parsing hashtags
• Fixed: wp-admin current screen selected submenu
• Fixed: Hashtags count link redirects to a blank Posts page
• Fixed: Extension settings structure

2.2.6: December 20, 2021

• Added: Shortcode [ultimatemember_activity_form] for new posts independent from user wall
• Fixed: Hashtags regexp patterns
• Fixed: JobBoardWP job's post content
• Fixed: Double send notifications about new job created
• Fixed: Job's post content
• Fixed: Displaying single activity post
• Fixed: Vulnerability related to posting comment callback

Templates required update:

• user-wall.php

2.2.5: July 20, 2021

• Fixed: Activity wall pagination and getting posts with privacy
• Fixed: Integration with ForumWP, compatibility with ForumWP 2.0
• Fixed: Dropdown list's CSS with mentioned users
• Fixed: Mention users in comment textarea
• Fixed: Mention notifications settings if followers and friends plugins are deactivated
• Fixed: Notice when hashtag not exist
• Tweak: jQuery v3 compatibility
• Tweak: WP5.8 widgets screen compatibility

2.2.4: December 16, 2020

• Added: Removing the user's activity posts when user is deleted
• Added: Allow post authors delete spam and malicious comments under their posts
• Fixed: Getting author for the global action 'new-user'
• Fixed: Removing a term when added comment to post in activity wall
• Fixed: Getting remote page content using request with headers if simple request fails
• Fixed: redirect_to URL getting in AJAX request
• Fixed: Report post functionality
• Fixed: The loading icon under the wall
• Tweak: Gutenberg blocks are moved from core to extension
• Tweak: Don't display broken activity posts (where '_user_id' meta <= 0)
• Tweak: Resetting global variables after each custom WP_Query on user wall (avoid conflicts)

2.2.3: August 24, 2020

• Fixed: Social Wall typo mistake

2.2.2: August 11, 2020

• Added: GDPR complicity, social activity posts export
• Added: *.pot translations file
• Added: JS hook for 3rd party integration when a wall is loaded
• Added: An integration with the UM:JobBoardWP extension
• Fixed: Hashtags links in wp-admin Hashtags list table
• Fixed: Fetching users on different pages in shortcodes handlers
• Fixed: Compatibility with Nectar & CSPM page builder plugins
• Fixed: User-wall when user is logged out and the option "Show only followed users activity in the social wall" is enabled
• Fixed: Flagged filter link at wp-admin Social Activity posts list table
• Tweak: Optimized UM:Notifications integration
• Tweak: apply_shortcodes() function support

2.2.1: January 21, 2020

• Added: Activity action for integration with ForumWP (create new topic/reply)
• Fixed: A limit in tranding hashtags shortcode
• Fixed: Hashtags parsing on social activity wall
• Fixed: Parsing wp_embed for Youtube

2.2.0: November 11, 2019

• Fixed: Post update activity
• Fixed: 'the_title' filter using
• Fixed: set image data from URL meta
• Fixed: images and hashtags parsing in the post content

2.1.9: August 30, 2019

• Fixed: Security issues connected with XSS and not sanitized values
• Fixed: First loading of posts via AJAX
• Tweak: Using UM()->get_template() function instead own to make the templates using more complex

2.1.8: July 16, 2019

• Added: Emoji to activity post content
• Fixed: Profile Tabs
• Fixed: Uninstall process
• Fixed: Mime types filter
• Fixed: Title of the comment

2.1.7: May 14, 2019

• Tweak: Enqueue scripts in one function and hook
• Fixed: Scroll library enqueue
• Fixed: Login/Register links
• Fixed: Link to user
• Fixed: Edit link at the wall
• Fixed: Hashtag wall

2.1.6: March 28, 2019

• Added: Friends user suggestions

2.1.5: February 8, 2019

• Fixed: Upload Path

2.1.4: November 27, 2018

• Fixed: AJAX vulnerabilities
• Fixed: Edit single activity post
• Fixed: Download links rewrite rules in activity wall

2.1.3: November 18, 2018

• Fixed: PHP errors in empty functions

2.1.2: November 12, 2018

• Fixed: async wall posting with links preview
• Fixed: JS/CSS enqueue
• Fixed: Minor CSS fix at activity page

2.1.1: October 24, 2018

• Fixed: Confirm Box on Activity Page

2.1.0: October 24, 2018

• Fixed: Like/Unlike post async
• Fixed: Uploading images with active cache
• Fixed: Include templates for not-logged in users
• Optimized: JS/CSS enqueue

2.0.11: October 11, 2018

• Fixed: Trending Hashtags widget

2.0.10: October 8, 2018

• Fixed: Activity Wall posts
• Fixed: Some Typo

2.0.9: October 2, 2018

• Fixed: Optimization + fixed small bugs on User Wall & Activity Wall
• Fixed: async JS handlers
• Fixed: Comments & Replies handlers
• Fixed: Wall privacy

2.0.8: August 15, 2018

• Fixed: async loading for not logged in users

2.0.7: August 13, 2018

• Fixed: WP native AJAX handlers
• Fixed: Image sizes and URLs
• Fixed: Typo

2.0.6: August 9, 2018

• Fixed: Image Uploader
• Fixed: Styles for wall shortcode
• Fixed: Using the 2 or more shortcodes at the same page

2.0.5: July 10, 2018

• Fixed: Autocomplete via @ symbol

2.0.4: July 3, 2018

• Added: Max faces setting
• Added: Verify badge in display name of the activity author
• Fixed: Link output with $_GET params

2.0.3: July 3, 2018

• Fixed: Break words styles

2.0.2: December 16, 2017

• Added: Loading translation from "wp-content/languages/plugins/" directory

2.0.1: October 30, 2017

• Added: GravityForms add form/submit form activities
• Fixed: Chinese and Russian Hashtags working
• Fixed: Activity wall privacy
• Tweak: UM2.0 compatibility

1.3.3: January 4, 2017

• Fixed: plugin updater
• Fixed: activity tab visibility issue
• Added: post comment reply in the notification

1.3.2: December 11, 2016

• Tweak: Update nl_NL translation files
• Fixed: plugin updater
• Fixed: remove notices
• Fixed: Activity tab's privacy
• Fixed: remove notices from Ajax request
• Fixed: UM Friends integration

1.3.1: October 10, 2016

• New: UM Friends integration
• New: oEmbed integration
• Tweak: update EDD plugin updater
• Fixed: upload nonce issue
• Fixed: mixed with recent comments widgets
• Fixed: remove notices
• Fixed: load posts on scroll
• Fixed: saving privacy options
• Fixed: update blog post in activity feed
• Fixed: post and comment clickable links in content
• Fixed: links and video embed in posts
• Fixed: only show followed users activity in the social wall option
• Fixed: remove Visual Composer shortcodes from Post excerpts

1.3.0: June 20, 2016

• Fixed: EDD class for multisite setup

1.2.9: June 20, 2016

• Fixed: Invalid nonce

1.2.8: June 9, 2016

• New: display activities in RSS feeds
• New: PressThis tool integration
• Added: new filter to activity post time 'um_activity_human_post_time'
• Added: Dutch / NL translation
• Fixed: delete activity when bbpress topic is removed
• Fixed: profile activity content
• Fixed: title in recent comment widget
• Fixed: tab template
• Fixed: video responsiveness
• Fixed: edit post
• Fixed: post image max width
• Fixed: exclude private walls
• Fixed: license and updater
• Fixed: reply to replies
• Fixed: login string
• Fixed: edit comment reply
• Fixed: comment author
• Fixed: remove notices
• Fixed: translation strings
• Fixed: trailing slashes issue
• Fixed: displaying activities

1.2.7: January 25, 2016

• Fixed: Remove forum topic when removed from bbpress
• Fixed: Remove activity's hashtag if it's not mentioned anymore

1.2.6: January 5, 2016

• Fixed: Replace embed media with link when uploaded an image
• Fixed: Add hashtag in comment content after submit
• Fixed: Fixed title encoding to allow quotes characters
• Fixed: Fix hashtag for html special chars

1.2.5: December 22, 2015

• New: allow hashtags in wall comments
• New: allow soundcloud embeds by track url
• Fixed: remove shortcodes from excerpts
• Fixed: regex for parsing links

1.2.4: December 18, 2015

• New: user can delete their comments

1.2.3: December 11, 2015

• Fixed: issue in accessing admin screen
• Fixed: broken social activity avatar

1.2.2: December 8, 2015

• New: integration/sync with our new Verified extension
• Fixed: bug with wall post permalink

• Fixed: removes post activity when post status is not published

• Fixed: sharing link and photo in one post conflict
• Fixed: css bugs

• Tweak: updated language catalogs
• Fixed: Invalid HTTP requests

• Fixed: comments display on new posts

• Fixed: link sharing for internal links
• Fixed: comments were not showing on some websites

• New: view shared links in the backend and moderate them like normal posts
• Tweak: improved link sharing from the web
• Fixed: video embeds and link sharing conflicts
• Fixed: hashtag feed shows all posts by hashtag

• Tweak: better activity templates when adding new post/product/forum topic

• New: added option to make public wall show activity from followed users only
• New: added link sharing feature from any webpage
• Tweak: updated language files

• New: completely revoked and improved hashtag system
• New: added widget to display trending hashtags
• New: easily access posts by hashtags and see how many posts each hashtag has got

• New: extended integration with followers
• New: you can mention followers/followed users in your wall post
• New: mention users with autocomplete support
• New: mentioned users get a web notification (requires UM Notifications)
• New: improved wall post/comment linking with permalinks
• New: set comment/reply order by newest first or oldest first in social posts
• Tweak: sorting comments by oldest comment first by default (optional)
• Tweak: improved post actions menu
• Fixed: comments count should not include replies
• Fixed: wall comments should not appear in comments tab in profiles

• New: added option to delete wall posts via frontend

• New: added ajax/inline frontend post editing capability

• New: added Swedish language support
• New: added filter to control post submission args um_activity_insert_post_args
• New: added filter to control WP_Query args to display wall posts um_activity_wall_args
• Fixed: Truncated text not working for activity posts

• Fixed: minor bug fixes with shortcodes

• Fixed: issue with wall loading more posts

• New: show when user creates blog post
• New: show when user creates a product
• New: show when user follows someone
• New: show when user creates a forum topic
• New: show when user signs up
• New: integration with notifications add-on

• New: option to turn off wall privacy settings in account page
• Tweak: allow user to get redirected to wall post after login
• Fixed: php issue in comments display

• Fixed: post truncate is resolved

• New: show comment/reply likes through modal
• Tweak: likes modal is customizable via template
• Fixed: hashtag view in main activity

• New: user can post directly from activity page
• New: display user wall or general activity with shortcode anywhere on site
• Tweak: added default max-width css to activity wall