New Release: Fieldmanager 1.2.4

This notice relates to the following platforms: VIP Go, WordPress.com VIP

A new version of the Fieldmanager plugin has been committed to the shared plugins repository. This update includes multiple enhancements and bug fixes:

  • Fix date displaying wrong if it’s before 1970s
  • Fix an autocomplete search bug
  • Fix misused variables in building hierarchical term data
  • Fix PHP 7.2 error for saving groups with select fields in them
  • Code format changes to comply with PHPS
  • Fix a bug where checkboxes trigger displayif

There’s a few potentially (albeit very low-risk) breaking changes to be aware of in 1.2.

  • Chosen was updated to the latest version, which changes the html classes added to select elements.
  • Fieldmanager_Draggable_Post and Fieldmanager_Context_Page are now deprecated. Flagging them as deprecated doesn’t technically make for a breaking change, but using them will now throw a warning.
  • Fieldmanager_Colorpicker::sanitize_hex_color() was removed in favor of core’s sanitize_hex_color().

We encourage all VIPs using Fieldmanager plugin to upgrade to the latest available. On WordPress.com VIP platform, it can be done by specifying the version parameter of wpcom_vip_load_plugin() like so:

wpcom_vip_load_plugin( 'fieldmanager', 'plugins', '1.2' );

For VIP Go, you can take advantage of the new version by adding the latest reviewed version (v.1.2.4) to your plugins folder. The plugin can be downloaded from Fieldmanager GitHub repository.

If you have any questions please open a ticket where we’ll be happy to assist you into transitioning to the newest version.