Undated · 15 versions
New- Choose a document category when uploading files with the drag-and-drop bulk uploader.
Improved- Check that the user is allowed to import documents before accepting a drag-and-drop upload.
Fixed- Fatal error when another active plugin, such as Forminator, MailPoet or Rank Math, uses Action Scheduler.
Changes- Release date 27 October 2026
New- Attach up to three files or URLs to each document.
- Manage version history separately for each file attached to a document.
- Protect Media Library files attached to restricted documents from direct access.
Improved- Redesigned the File Source section in the document editor.
- Updated Barn2 libraries.
Fixed- Match partial words when searching the new tables and grids.
- Allow preset searches to be cleared or replaced in the new tables and grids.
- Refresh cached preview and download buttons automatically after document file changes.
- Protect all attached files and retained versions, including documents processed in protected categories by background jobs.
- Show file protection completion notices on document and category screens without reloading the page.
- Respect shortcode filter overrides when no filters are selected in the settings.
- Keep other category options available when using multi-select filters.
- Include taxonomies created with Pods in the document display settings.
- Hide embedded login forms from users who are already logged in.
- Prevent an early translation-loading notice when loading the plugin.
Changes- Release date 15 October 2026
Improved- Improve file parsing failure handling, including a new PDF parser for PHP 8.2 and above, as well as a failure reporting email and admin page.
- Improved handling of long filter names in the filter dropdowns for the new table and grid.
- Use the effective PHP memory limit for index batch checks.
- Do not flush the persistent object cache during indexing.
Fixed- Restore setup wizard filter defaults without changing the selected frontend.
- Preserve saved filter locations and legacy filter checkboxes when saving settings.
- Restore SearchWP support for legacy tables and add support for new tables and grid.
- Apply configured link, button, and disabled button font sizes in new tables while preserving defaults when unset.
- Preview modal was not working in folder view for the new table and grid.
- The `filters` shortcode attribute would not work when set to `false`.
- Add `doc_limit` and `show_footer` support for the new tables and grid.
- The filter dropdown could overlap the reset icon on the new table and grid.
- Fix scoped class resolution for the Smalot PDF parser.
- Prevent duplicate grid card borders and preserve the configured corner style when applying custom card borders.
- Fatal error when upgrading from Document Library Lite related to grid content settings.
Changes- Release date 24 September 2026
New- Update existing documents by ID or slug during CSV imports.
- Optionally set a document publication date during CSV imports.
Improved- Improve search by indexing the digits inside a reference code.
- Tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Fixed- Keep DataViews table link and preview buttons inside narrow link columns.
- Hide the DataViews-only multi-column sorting setting in Legacy mode.
- Associate document search labels with their search inputs.
- Display comments on non-legacy single-document layouts while preserving closed comments.
- Safely ignore orphaned document category ancestors.
- Preserve intentionally empty document button text for icon-only links.
- Support numeric taxonomy slugs without breaking numeric term IDs.
- Display documents and search results in the correct language when using WPML.
- Reduce memory usage on PDF parsing and skip memory-exhausting PDFs.
- Numeric search returning the wrong documents.
- Numerical custom field sorting.
- The dark theme was not rendered correctly in the new tables.
- Ensure video embeds are responsive inside table columns.
- The `folder_status` attribute no longer functioned correctly.
- Hide the DataViews search box when `search_box="false"` is used.
- Corner radius on filter controls for the default theme in grid mode.
- Preserve the default theme corner radius on table controls.
- Include child terms when specifying a parent term inside `doc_category` for folder mode.
- Remove 'Uncategorized' folder from the folder list.
- FacetWP integration with the new tables.
- Avoid loading all terms when an empty folder include list is passed.
- Align the Kadence single-document download button with adjacent buttons.
- Preserve protected category inheritance for child categories and documents.
- Guard taxonomy checks when document taxonomies are not registered.
- Avoid repeated document visibility queries during one request and refresh the cache when settings change.
Changes- Release date 27 August 2026
Fixed- All documents could appear in every folder on legacy mode.
- Restored the pre-existing priorities of legacy hooks.
Changes- Release date 13 August 2026
New- Modern table library replaces jQuery datatables.
- Search within PDF and office documents.
- Legacy mode to preserve the existing jQuery datatables, enabled by default for existing installations.
- Custom indexed tables for efficient lazy loaded search, filter and sort in the new table library.
- Multi-column sorting.
- Multi-select filters.
- Ability to display filters inline as a dropdown from the column headings.
- Active filters setting which shows currently active filters are displayed above the table.
- Filter counts setting to display the number of matching posts next to each filter option.
- Infinite scroll mode.
- Unique URLs reflecting the current search, filter, sort, and pagination state of a table, allowing users to link directly to a specific table view.
- Added the Help Scout beacon in the plugin settings.
Improved- Updated internal libraries and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Fixed- Errors when evaluating document link field visibility outside WordPress admin screens.
- Category visibility changes not immediately refreshing cached protection rules.
- Lead capture being skipped for administrators when bypass for logged-in users was disabled.
Changes- Release date 11 August 2026
New- "Filter by media" dropdown on the Select File modal when adding documents.
- Notice shown when a document's visibility is protected but no protection types are selected.
Improved- Added a tooltip to the "delete data on uninstall" setting checkbox.
- Updated Select2, color picker and document field styling for WordPress 7.0.
- Updated Barn2 libraries.
- Tested up to WP 7.0.
Fixed- Login form block triggered a "WP_Block_Type_Registry::register was called incorrectly" notice.
- Document link metabox not showing when a previously stored value was invalid.
- Save button now appears enabled even when post saving is locked.
- PHP 8.4 "passing null to non-nullable parameter" deprecation warning.
Changes- Release date 23 June 2026
Fixed- Empty documents being added under certain conditions.
New- Added support for the block editor in documents.
- Added Document Download, Preview and Data blocks.
- Added 1 Column and 2 Columns block layouts.
Changes- Release date 16 April 2026
Improved- Updated language files.
- Updated Barn2 libraries.
Fixed- Protected documents were not correctly excluded from Yoast sitemaps.
- Navigation menu visibility check for protected documents was using an incorrect method.
- Folder order was not handled correctly and caused validation errors.
- Column types from v2 configurations were not parsed correctly when migrating settings.
- Card layout had incorrect min-width and overflow properties causing display issues.
Changes- Release date 12 March 2026
New- Added filters selector.
- Added lead capture functionality.
Improved- Removed the name of the edition from the settings panel.
- Circumvent memory issues with TranslatePress.
- Added Italian translation.
- Clear terms and visibility cache on terms update.
- Added one more capability to the Users endpoint.
- Updated Barn2 libraries.
- Tested up to WordPress 6.9.
Fixed- WP Engine - Auth prompt displaying on every page load.
- Incorrect labeling of a field on the settings page.
- Divi - React error in theme builder.
- Single link button class.
- German translation files.
- date_columns backwards compatibility.
- Documents assigned both public and protected categories were not excluded from document archive listings.
- Non-document posts inherited global protection in search queries.
- Documents with protection set at the document level were not unlocked in search queries.
- Always show download button on protected document listings if the link is set to the single document page.
Changes- Release date 25 February 2026
Improved- Improved accessibility of checkboxes in table.
- Updated Barn2 libraries.
Fixed- Frontend Submission - Form can't process URLs.
- Unable to display checkboxes only when multi-downloads is enabled.
- `clickable_fields=none` doesn't override the title link setting.
- The `{title}` placeholder was not working for the login forms.
- When lazyload setting was disabled, unlocked documents from other categories were incorrectly being added to category restricted libraries.
Changes- Release date 04 December 2025
Fixed- Global document owner protection would not unlock inherited protected documents in the main library.
- The 'Show protected categories and documents' setting would override the 'Limit categories' setting on the frontend submission form.
- Subcategory protection inheritance was not working correctly in a specific folder mode configuration.
- SearchWP and FacetWP integrations were not initializing due to namespace scoping issues.
- Updating access control settings could remove the 'read' custom capability from unselected document owner roles.
- Added handling for errors returned by `get_objects_in_term` and `get_term_children` calls.
- PHP warning caused by `remove_menu_page` calls executed outside the `admin_menu` hook.
- Fatal error when metaboxes interacted with custom roles lacking document capabilities.
- Added missing translation files.
Changes- Release date 6 November 2025
Improved- Filter to disable the taxonomy libraries feature.
Fixed- ACF fields were not being displayed with the correct formatting on the frontend.
- Yoast SEO category sitemap error due to incorrectly named class method.
Changes- Release date 30 October 2025
New- Renamed plugin to Document Library Pro - Advanced.
- Access control features to restrict document access at the global, category and individual document level.
- Control which roles can manage documents in the WordPress admin.
- The document library is displayed on document category archive pages.
- Document library login shortcode and block.
Changes- Release date 21 October 2025
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