LifterLMS Private Areas

• Minimum required WordPress core version raised to 5.3.
• Fixed an issue preventing Automation’s from being cloned.

• Fixed an issue with non-latin characters in private areas post’s slug to ensure they can be read by humans.

• Fixed an issue causing a PHP fatal when processing a notification referring to a deleted comment

• Added filter llms_pa_is_private_area to customize the return of the is_private_area() method.
• Added settings action link to plugins admin screen.
• Improved compatibility with the Yoast SEO plugin.

• Fixed an issue causing invalid automations to result in a fatal error when attempting to log the failure.

Notifications

• Added a new notification “New Private Post Comment” which sends email notifications to students and instructors when comments are left on a private post.
• Students will also receive on-screen basic notifications when an admin leaves a new comment on a private post.
• The notification “New Private Post (Email)” can now be tested via LifterLMS core email test settings.

Privacy Exporters and Erasers

• During data exports, all private posts assigned to the student will be included with the export.
• During data erasures, if the “Remove Student LMS data” option is enabled, private posts assigned to the student will be erased.

Updates & Enhancements

• Show private post counts (and links to posts lists) in reporting screens for student courses & memberships.
• Admins & instructors can now view private posts for their students on the frontend of the site. Access to a private post is now granted to the student the post is assigned to as well as any site member with the ability to edit the post’s course or membership association.
• Added css classes llms-pa-posts--archive and llms-pa-posts--single to HTML elements to allow differing styles on private post archives and single pages.
• Added RTL language support.

Compatibiity

• Adds compatibilty when using Yoast SEO to ensure Private Posts & Private Areas don’t render blank.

Bug Fixes

• Bug fix: Only loads plugin files and features when the integration is enabled through the LifterLMS integration settings.

• Ensure widgets and shortcodes only run on course, membership, & lesson pages when using default (current post) attributes.

• Add Private Area links to the courses & memberships on the student dashboard

• Add “Back to Course” (or membership) and “Back to Area” buttons on private area header template
• Fix private posts table issue causing assigned student to current user when no user set
• Fix issue causing JS and CSS for automations from being rendered on non-automation screens on the admin panel
• Fix issue causing PHP warnings on student dashboard related to memberships which have been deleted

• Fix {{STUDENT_NAME}} merge code in private post publication notification
• Adjust priority of email processing schedule for private post publication notifications to ensure emails are processed immediately