Changelog

5.8.9

Release Date – 26 March 2020

• Fix – Fixed bug in ACF Blocks causing default “align” property to be ignored.
• Fix – Fixed bug allowing Taxonomy field to save terms to a non “post” object.
• Tweak – Improved User field AJAX query performance.
• Tweak – Improved logic that determines width of Range field input.
• Tweak – Improved styling of ACF Blocks components.
• Dev – Added new “acf/register_block_type_args” filter.
• Dev – Added new generic ACF_Ajax_Query and ACF_Ajax_Query_Users classes.
• i18n – Updated French Canadian translation thanks to Bérenger Zyla.
• i18n – Updated Traditional Chinese translation thanks to Audi Lu.
• i18n – Updated German translation thanks to Ralf Koller.
• i18n – Updated Portuguese language thanks to Pedro Mendonça.

5.8.8

Release Date – 4 March 2020

• Fix – Fixed bug in have_rows() function causing a PHP warning when no value is found.
• Fix – Fixed bug in Google Maps field causing marker to snap to nearest address.
• Fix – Avoid Nav Menu items displaying twice in WordPress 5.4.
• Tweak – Added place name data to Google Maps field value.
• Tweak – Improved performance of PHP registered fields.
• Dev – Added new “acf/prepare_field_group_for_import” filter.
• i18n – Added Traditional Chinese translation thanks to Audi Lu.
• i18n – Added Catalan translation thanks to Jordi Tarrida.
• i18n – Updated French translation thanks to Maxime Bernard-Jacquet & Bérenger Zyla.

5.8.7

Release Date – 12 November 2019

• New – Updated admin CSS for new WordPress 5.3 styling.
• Fix – Fixed various issues affecting dynamic metaboxes in the block editor (requires WordPress 5.3)
• Fix – Fixed performance issue when checking network sites for upgrades.
• Fix – Fixed Select2 clones appearing after duplicating a Relationship field.
• Tweak – Repeater field “Add row” icons will now hide when maximum rows are reached.
• Tweak – Removed ACF Blocks keyword limit for later versions of Gutenberg.

5.8.6

Release Date – 24 October 2019

• New – Added more data to Google Maps field value including place_id, street_name, country and more.
• Fix – Fixed bug in Gallery field incorrectly displaying .pdf attachments as icons.
• Fix – Fixed bug in Checkbox field missing “selected” class after “Toggle All”.
• Dev – Added compatibility for Attachments in the Post Taxonomy location rule.
• Dev – Added missing return statement from acf_get_form() function.
• Dev – Added “google_map_result” JS filter.

5.8.5

Release Date – 8 October 2019

• New – Added new choice “Add” to the User Form location rule.
• New – Optimized acf_form() logic when used in combination with acf_register_form().
• Fix – Fixed bug causing incorrect field order after sync.
• Fix – Fixed bug reverting the first field type to Text in Firefox version 69.0.1.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing tinymce issues when changing between block modes.
• Fix – Fixed bug preventing block registration when category does not exist.
• Fix – Fixed bug preventing block registration when no icon is declared.
• Dev – Added RegExp compatibility for innerBlocks.

5.8.4

Release Date – 3 September 2019

• New – Optimized Relationship field by delaying AJAX call until UI is visible.
• Fix – Fixed bug incorrectly escaping HTML in the Link field title.
• Fix – Fixed bug showing Discussion and Comment metaboxes for newly imported field groups.
• Fix – Fixed PHP warning when loading meta from Post 0.
• Dev – Ensure Checkbox field value is an array even when empty.
• Dev – Added new ACF_MAJOR_VERSION constant.

5.8.3

Release Date – 7 August 2019

• Tweak – Changed Options Page location rules to show “page_title” instead of “menu_title”.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing Textarea field to incorrectly validate maxlength.
• Fix – Fixed bug allowing Range field values outside of the min and max settings.
• Fix – Fixed bug in block RegExp causing some blocks to miss the “acf/pre_save_block” filter.
• Dev – Added $block_type parameter to block settings “enqueue_assets” callback.
• i18n – Added French Canadian language thanks to Bérenger Zyla.
• i18n – Updated French language thanks to Bérenger Zyla.

5.8.2

Release Date – 15 July 2019

• Fix – Fixed bug where validation did not prevent new user registration.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing some “reordered” metaboxes to not appear in the Gutenberg editor.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing WYSIWYG field with delayed initialization to appear blank.
• Fix – Fixed bug when editing a post and adding a new tag did not refresh metaboxes.
• Dev – Added missing $value parameter in “acf/pre_format_value” filter.

5.8.1

Release Date – 3 June 2019

• New – Added “Preview Size” and “Return Format” settings to the Gallery field.
• Tweak – Improved metabox styling for Gutenberg.
• Tweak – Changed default “Preview Size” to medium for the Image field.
• Fix – Fixed bug in media modal causing the primary button text to disappear after editing an image.
• Fix – Fixed bug preventing the TinyMCE Advanced plugin from adding < p > tags.
• Fix – Fixed bug where HTML choices were not visible in conditional logic dropdown.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing incorrect order of imported/synced flexible content sub fields.
• i18n – Updated German translation thanks to Ralf Koller.
• i18n – Updated Persian translation thanks to Majix.

5.8.0

Release Date – 8 May 2019

• New – Added ACF Blocks feature for ACF PRO.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing duplicate “save metabox” AJAX requests in the Gutenberg editor.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing incorrect Repeater field value order in AJAX requests.
• Dev – Added JS filter 'relationship_ajax_data' to customize Relationship field AJAX data.
• Dev – Added $field_group parameter to 'acf/location/match_rule' filter.
• Dev – Bumped minimum supported PHP version to 5.4.0.
• Dev – Bumped minimum supported WP version to 4.7.0.
• i18n – Updated German translation thanks to Ralf Koller.
• i18n – Updated Portuguese language thanks to Pedro Mendonça.

5.7.13

Release Date – 6 March 2019

• Fix – Fixed bug causing issues with registered fields during switch_to_blog().
• Fix – Fixed bug preventing sub fields from being reused across multiple parents.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing the get_sub_field() function to fail if a tab field exists with the same name as the selected field.
• Fix – Fixed bug corrupting field settings since WP 5.1 when instructions contain < a target="" >.
• Fix – Fixed bug in Gutenberg where custom metabox location (acf_after_title) did not show on initial page load.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing issues when importing/syncing multiple field groups which contain a clone field.
• Fix – Fixed bug preventing the AMP plugin preview from working.
• Dev – Added new ‘pre’ filters to get, update and delete meta functions.
• i18n – Update Turkish translation thanks to Emre Erkan.

5.7.12

Release Date – 15 February 2019

• Fix – Added missing function register_field_group().
• Fix – Fixed PHP 5.4 error “Can’t use function return value in write context”.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing wp_options values to be slashed incorrectly.
• Fix – Fixed bug where “sync” feature imported field groups without fields.
• Fix – Fixed bug preventing get_field_object() working with a field key.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing incorrect results in get_sub_field().
• Fix – Fixed bug causing draft and preview issues with serialized values.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing reversed field group metabox order.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing incorrect character count when validating values.
• Fix – Fixed bug showing incorrect choices for post_template location rule.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing incorrect value retrieval after switch_to_blog().
• i18n – Updated Persian translation thanks to Majix.

5.7.11

Release Date – 11 February 2019

• New – Added support for persistent object caching.
• Fix – Fixed PHP error in determine_locale() affecting AJAX requests.
• Fix – Fixed bug affecting dynamic metabox check when selecting “default” page template.
• Fix – Fixed bug where tab fields did not render correctly within a dynamic metabox.
• Tweak – Removed language fallback from “zh_TW” to “zh_CN”.
• Dev – Refactored various core functions.
• Dev – Added new hook variation functions acf_add_filter_variations() and acf_add_action_variations().
• i18n – Updated Portuguese language thanks to Pedro Mendonça.
• i18n – Updated German translation thanks to Ralf Koller.
• i18n – Updated Swiss German translation thanks to Raphael Hüni.

5.7.10

Release Date – 16 January 2019

• Fix – Fixed bug preventing metaboxes from saving if validation fails within Gutenberg.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing unload prompt to show incorrectly within Gutenberg.
• Fix – Fixed JS error when selecting taxonomy terms within Gutenberg.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing jQuery sortable issues within other plugins.
• Tweak – Improved loading translations by adding fallback from region to country when .mo file does not exit.
• Tweak – Improved punctuation throughout admin notices.
• Tweak – Improved performance and accuracy when loading a user field value.
• Dev – Added filter ‘acf/get_locale’ to customize the locale used to load translations.
• Dev – Added filter ‘acf/allow_unfiltered_html’ to customize if current user can save unfiltered HTML.
• Dev – Added new data storage functions acf_register_store() and acf_get_store().
• Dev – Moved from .less to .scss and minified all css.
• i18n – Updated French translation thanks to Maxime Bernard-Jacquet.
• i18n – Updated Czech translation thanks to David Rychly.

5.7.9

Release Date – 17 December 2018

• Fix – Added custom metabox location (acf_after_title) compatibility with Gutenberg.
• Fix – Added dynamic metabox check compatibility with Gutenberg.
• Fix – Fixed bug causing required date picker fields to prevent form submit.
• Fix – Fixed bug preventing multi-input values from saving correctly within media modals.
• Fix – Fixed bug where acf_form() redirects to an incorrect URL for sub-sites.
• Fix – Fixed bug where breaking out of a sub have_rows() loop could produce undesired results.
• Dev – Added filter ‘acf/connect_attachment_to_post’ to prevent connecting attachments to posts.
• Dev – Added JS filter ‘google_map_autocomplete_args’ to customize Google Maps autocomplete settings.

5.7.8

Release Date – 7 December 2018

• Fix – Fixed vulnerability allowing author role to save unfiltered HTML values.
• Fix – Fixed all metaboxes appearing when editing a post in WP 5.0.
• i18n – Updated Polish translation thanks to Dariusz Zielonka.
• i18n – Updated Czech translation thanks to Veronika Hanzlíková.
• i18n – Update Turkish translation thanks to Emre Erkan.
• i18n – Updated Portuguese language thanks to Pedro Mendonça.

5.7.7

Release Date – 1 October 2018

• Fix – Fixed various plugin update issues.
• Tweak – Added ‘language’ to Google Maps API url.
• Dev – Major improvements to the acf.models.Postbox model.
• Dev – Added JS filter ‘check_screen_args’.
• Dev – Added JS action ‘check_screen_complete’.
• Dev – Added action ‘acf/options_page/submitbox_before_major_actions’.
• Dev – Added action ‘acf/options_page/submitbox_major_actions’.
• i18n – Updated Portuguese language thanks to Pedro Mendonça

5.7.6

Release Date – 12 September 2018

• Fix – Fixed unload prompt not working.
• Dev – Reduced number of queries needed to populate the relationship field taxonomy filter.
• Dev – Added ‘nav_menu_item_id’ and ‘nav_menu_item_depth’ to get_field_groups() query.
• Dev – Reordered various actions and filters for more usefulness.
• i18n – Updated Polish language thanks to Dariusz Zielonka

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