LifterLMS Version 5.0.0-alpha.1

User Information Form Builder

• Customize all user information collection forms using the block editor for drag and drop and WYSIWYG form building.
• Customize field labels, placeholders, descriptions and more with an easy point and click interface.
• Determine if fields are required or optional with a simple toggle switch.
• Update the form layout with the block editor. Reorder fields, add columns, and more with a simple drag and drop interface.
• Remove unwanted fields with the click of a button.

User Location Information Form Fields

• During user account creation and updates the user location fields are now locale aware ensuring that the proper terminology is used and only locale-required fields are displayed for the selected locale.
• The “Country” field has been updated to be automatically populated with a list of countries. View the full list in the file at languages/countries.php and the filter lifterlms_countries can be used to modify the default list at runtime.
• The “State” field on user forms has been updated to be automatically populated with a list of states (provinces or regions) for the selected country. This list of states can be found in the file at languages/states.php and the filter lifterlms_states can be used to modify the default list at runtime.
• Both “Country” and “State” fields are now searchable dropdowns elements.
• The lists of countries and states will be automatically updated during future releases based on information provided by GeoNames APIs.

Mergecodes everywhere via new [user] shortcode

• TODO.

Updates

• Email and password confirmation fields may now be made optional.
• “User Information Options” have been largely removed in favor of determining which fields are displayed via the forms UI
• The former “User Information Options” settings area has been renamed to “User Privacy Options”.

Bug Fixes

• Changed the filter on return of LLMS_Person_Handler::get_password_reset_fields() from lifterlms_lost_password_fields to llms_password_reset_fields.

Development changes

• The filter lifterlms_before_user_${action} is now triggered by do_action_ref_array() instead of do_action() allowing modification of $posted_data and $fields via hooks.
• A number of action and filter hooks have been moved to new locations within the codebase. They will continue to function as expected (with some minor exceptions).
• Enqueue select2 on account and checkout pages for searchable dropdowns for country & state.

Library & Vendor Updates

• Load core libraries from new location and load WP Background Processing lib.
• The vendor script dependency topModal.js has been removed.

Templates Updated

• templates/global/form-login.php
• templates/global/form-registration.php
• templates/product/free-enroll-form.php

Deprecations

The following have been deprecated and will be removed from LifterLMS in a major update following version 5.0.0.

• Class Method: LLMS_Person_Handler::get_available_fields() is deprecated in favor of LLMS_Forms::get_form_fields().
• Class Method: LLMS_Person_Handler::register() is deprecated, in favor of llms_register_user().
• Class Method: LLMS_Person_Handler::sanitize_field() (private method) is deprecated with no replacement.
• Class Method: LLMS_Person_Handler::update() is deprecated, in favor of llms_update_user().
• Class Method: LLMS_Person_Handler::validate_fields() is deprecated with no replacement.
• Class Method: LLMS_Person_Handler::voucher_toggle_script() is deprecated with no replacement.
• Filter: llms_usernames_blacklist is deprecated, use llms_usernames_blocklist instead.
• Function: llms_get_minimum_password_strength() is deprecated with no replacement.
• Option: lifterlms_registration_generate_username is deprecated in favor of the new method LLMS_Forms::are_usernames_enabled().

Removed Items

• Private method LLMS_Processors::includes() has been removed.
• Private methods LLMS_Person_Handler::fill_fields() and LLMS_Person_Handler::insert_data() were removed.