[Closed] wpForo 1.4.8 is released!  

We just released wpForo 1.4.8 version.

Note: After the update please delete all caches and do Ctrl+F5 on forum front.

Some planned features have been moved to 1.5.0 because of making wpForo GDPR compliant. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was finally approved by the EU Parliament on 14 April 2016. Enforcement date: 25 May 2018 – at which time those organizations in non-compliance may face heavy fines. More info at GDPR Portal.

wpForo 1.4.8 comes with many tools and options to help you with GDPR compliance.

Main Changes

1. Forums > Tools > Privacy & Rules admin page with options to manage Forum Privacy Policy, Rules, GDPR aspects and Cookies:

2. Checkboxes on registration form and guest posting editors

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3. Options to Manage Share Button in Forums > Settings > API's admin page

4. Post Sharing Toggle and General Share Buttons

5.Subscription Manager in My Profile > Subscriptions page

6. BuddyPress Integration with Forums Profile Tabs

Changelog:

• Added: GDPR Compliance
• Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Forum Privacy Policy
• Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Website Privacy Policy
• Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Email confirmation
• Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Forum Rules
• Added: GDPR | Checkbox - Accept Facebook Login processing
• Added: GDPR | Forum Privacy Policy Template
• Added: GDPR | Forum Rules Template
• Added: GDPR | Manage Cookies
• Added: GDPR | Button to contact forum admin
• Added: GDPR | Checkboxes on registration page
• Added: GDPR | Checkboxes on guest posting editors
• Added: Share Buttons
• Added: Share | Post specific share buttons (3 locations)
• Added: Share | General share buttons (2 locations)
• Added: Share | Different share button style and type
• Added: BuddyPress Integration
• Added: BuddyPress | Forums Menu
• Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Create forum topics,
• Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Posted forum replies,
• Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Liked Posts,
• Added: BuddyPress | Profile Tab Forums > Subscriptions,
• Added: BuddyPress | Notification Integration,
• Added: BuddyPress | Update Activity on post status changing,
• Added: Forum Subscription Manager in My Profile > Subscriptions page,
• Added: Recent Topics Widget (order by updated date, posts, views),
• Added: Option to enable new HTML tags in post content,
• Added: Options to disable file scanning, exclude file extensions,
• Added: Allow /* extension in nofollow list of SEO Tools
• Added: Danish Translation ( da_DK ), many thanks to Tom
• Fixed Bug: reCAPTCHA Bug, can't login when WP forms are disabled
• Fixed Bug: Removed "iframe" tag in post content by default
• Fixed Bug: Q&A Layout, problem with counting of answers
• Fixed Bug: Simplified Layout, last posted guest avatar issue
• Fixed Bug: - Choose - option for required dropdown filed
• Fixed Bug: Database error related to users table on Multisite
• Fixed Bug: Problem with Usergroup field on Account page
• Fixed Bug: URL type of user avatar doesn't work
• Fixed Bug: Fully disable Forum RSS Feed
• Fixed Bug: Private forum last post info in forum statistic
• Fixed Bug: Subforum topic doesn't update parent forums information
• Fixed Bug: Yoast Deprecated function

UPDATE NOTES

• To load your customized colors please refresh forum front-end page twice.
• If you have a Cache Plugin, please delete all caches after wpForo update.
• If you use CDN and found some issue please purge it.
• If you have an old (1.4.2 or lower) customized copy of wpForo forum template files in your WP theme /wpforo/ folder please update them.
• If you see style issues after update, please refresh forum page twice or do Ctrl+F5 on forum front-end to load new styles.
• If you have wpForo addons, please update them right after wpForo forum update. Don’t update them before wpForo forum update.