The Official Blog for LifterLMS Contributors

  • LifterLMS Version 3.14.8

    • Lessons can be cloned via the “Clone” action from the lessons post table
    Builder Improvements & Fixes
    • Add “Existing Lesson” functionality can now clone and attach the clone (when adding a lesson currently attached to a course) OR attach orphans
    • Lessons created via Course builder will have their slugs renamed the first time the lesson title is updated via the builder
    • No longer display notices on the course builder
    • Add extra space to the scrollable area on course builder
    • Removed logging and debugging functions from admin builder class
    • JS-generated error messages on the course builder are now translatable
    Bug Fixes
    • Fix: Show all memberships on dashboard
    Read more: LifterLMS Version 3.14.8
  • LifterLMS Stripe Version 4.3.2

    • Fix: Remount Stripe Card Element after coupon application & removal
    Read more: LifterLMS Stripe Version 4.3.2
  • LaunchPad Version 2.2.1

    • Fix specificity issue preventing account navigation font size from applying correctly
    • Add setting to control hover color of title on catalog archive items
    • Renamed “Product Archive” settings to “Catalog” settings
    • Renamed “Product Item” settings to “Catalog Item” settings
    • Account greeting setting correctly outputs on LifterLMS 3.14+
    • Removed course item settings on LifterLMS account page which are no longer relevant post 3.14
    Read more: LaunchPad Version 2.2.1
  • LifterLMS Social Learning Version 1.1.0

    Avatar and Cover images
    • Students can now upload a custom avatar image via their profile
    • Improved error response handling during cover image (and avatar image) uploads
    Dynamic My Profile menu item
    • Add a menu item via Customizer or menu builder which links to the current student’s profile
    • This menu item is automatically removed from navigation menus if there is no logged in user
    Student Profile Settings
    • Added helper description text to third-party social network links
    • Added new third-party social network options: Bitbucket, GitHub, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, & YouTube
    Story Moderation
    • Admins & LMS Managers may delete all stories
    • Instructors may delete any stories related to their courses and memberships
    • Students may delete their own stories
    • Students may edit their own shared (text) stories. Any automatically generated stories (such as an enrollment story) cannot be edited.
    Story Card Improvements
    • Achievement stories have an improved visual display and have additional information (date and name of the person earning the achievement).
    • Quiz passed stories are more visually consistent with other stories
    • Share stories with video links that are embeddable via WordPress oEmbed functionality will automatically be embed at the top of the story. Only the first video in a story is automatically embedded, others will be made into links.
    Timeline Permissions
    • Admins & LMS Managers can view anything they want whenever they want

    • Instructors can see everything in their courses & memeberships & everything in courses & memberships they’re enrolled in

    • Students can see everything in the courses and memberships they’re enrolled in

    • Some story types are marked as “public” and are visible on timelines regardless of enrollments:

    • join – when a user registers and joins the site

    • complete – when a student completes a course

    • enroll – when a student enrolls ins a course or membership

    • These stories can be made private (or private stories can be made public) by modifying the “public” key for each story type. Use the filter llms_sl_story_verbs to do so.

    Timeline Browsing Cards
    • The “Browse Stories” card on timelines will now only display a list of courses & memberships the current user is enrolled in
    • An additional card “Browse Stories (Instructor)” is additionally displayed to Admins, LMS Managers, Instructors, and Instructor’s Assistants. This card allows these users to filter timelines by course or memberships they have access to as instructors/admins/managers.
    Bug Fixes
    • Slashes are now removed from share and reply content when displayed on timelines
    Templates Changed
    • templates/card-story.php
    • templates/directory/card-about.php
    • templates/directory/profile.php
    • templates/directory/profile-header.php
    Read more: LifterLMS Social Learning Version 1.1.0
  • LifterLMS Private Areas Version 1.0.7

    • Add Private Area links to the courses & memberships on the student dashboard
    Read more: LifterLMS Private Areas Version 1.0.7
  • LifterLMS Stripe Version 4.3.1

    • Fix: Only mount Stripe Card Element on order view page of Student dashboard.
    Read more: LifterLMS Stripe Version 4.3.1