Password Protected Categories

2.1.19

Release date 08 April 2024

TWEAK
Document Library Pro - show or hide the multi-select checkboxes depending on document protection.
FIX
Document Library Pro - preview and download button visible when document is assigned to multiple categories where at least one is public.
FIX
Document Library Pro - no buttons visible on documents when no categories assigned.
FIX
PHP 8.2 Deprecation notice.
DEV
Tested up to WP 6.5

2.1.18

Release date 11 January 2024

FIX
Taxonomy menu items stayed hidden when multiple protection levels applied to an unlocked term.
FIX
Posts menu items stayed hidden when multiple protection levels applied to an unlocked term.
FIX
Avoid conflict with Ultimate Member's Access restriction feature.
FIX
Unable to use HTML within the "Login message" setting when using the setup wizard.
TWEAK
Other minor improvements.
DEV
Updated internal libraries.
DEV
Tested up to WP 6.4.2

2.1.17

Release date 09 August 2023

DEV
Updated internal libraries.
DEV
Tested up to WP 6.3.

2.1.16

Release date 31 May 2023

FIX
FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING is deprecated as of PHP 8.1
DEV
Updated internal libraries.

2.1.15

Release date 01 May 2023

FIX
protected posts showing on archive pages while the post is still locked.
FIX
protected posts showing on the search results page while the post is still locked.

2.1.14

Release date 18 April 2023

FIX
Menu items displaying while still locked.

2.1.13

Release date 10 April 2023

FIX
Protected categories showing up in filters of the "Document Library Pro" plugin.

2.1.12

Release date 28 March 2023

FIX
Buttons of documents in public categories of the "Document Library Pro" plugin, don't display regardless of being logged in or out.

2.1.11

Release date 15 March 2023

TWEAK
hide download and preview buttons in the "Document Library Pro" plugin when the post is locked.

2.1.10

Release date 31 October 2022

FIX
protected sub categories are showing in the categories filter when using the Posts Table Pro plugin.
DEV
Updated Barn2 libraries.

2.1.9

Release date 23 August 2022

FIX
compatibility issue between the "Pods" and "The Events Calendar" plugin.

2.1.8

Release date 21 April 2022

FIX
protected & unlocked categories not being displayed in default WP category widget.

2.1.7

Release date 13 April 2022

FIX
child categories with inherited protection not visible within the Posts Table Pro filter.

2.1.6

Release date 11 April 2022

TWEAK
added autofocus support to the password form.
FIX
child categories with inherited protection not visible within the Document Library Pro filter.
FIX
broken select2 styling when the Avada theme & Yoast SEO are active.

2.1.5

Release date 04 April 2022

FIX
fixed an issue that prevented unchecking of the "password protected" option.
TWEAK
improved PHP8 compatibility.
TWEAK
improved WPML compatibility.

2.1.4

Release date 10 February 2022

FIX
fixed an issue that prevented passwords from being displayed when changing/switching protection type.

2.1.3

Release date 08 February 2022

DEPRECATED
"Private categories" option. Private categories will continue to work, but it's recommend to switch to the more user-friendly "Role" option.
TWEAK
Added a deprecation notice inside the category editing page.
TWEAK
adjusted the order of certain options inside the setup wizard.
TWEAK
adjusted the order of sections inside the plugin's settings page.
TWEAK
updated language files.

2.1.2

Release date 15 November 2021

TWEAK
search users via ajax when protecting terms by "users".
FIX
undefined index errors within the setup wizard when selected pages no longer exist.
FIX
terms not selectable within gutenberg when using specific protection rules.
FIX
some unlocked content would not display as unlocked when publicly queried.

2.1.1

Release date 03 November 2021

FIX
setup wizard unable to start when the license is not activated.
FIX
compatibility issues with deprecated PHP versions.

2.1.0

Release date 06 October 2021

NEW
Added central login page support.
NEW
Added setup wizard.
TWEAK
Updated language file.
FIX
Child categories not inheriting protection rules when multiple taxonomies are assigned to a post.

2.0.0

Release date 07 September 2021

NEW
Added user & role protection to protected categories.
TWEAK
Updated language file.
DEV
Updated Barn2 library.

1.4.4

Release date 20 July 2021

Tested up to WordPress 5.8.
DEV
Updated Barn2 library; minor bug fixes.

1.4.3

Release date 9 June 2020

FIX
Error in license system which resulted in license key being deactivated on some sites.
DEV
Added Composer support.
DEV
Updated Barn2 library; minor bug fixes.

1.4.2

Release date 26 February 2020

NEW
Added CSS classes to the tag for private and protected categories.
FIX
Bug which prevented event categories being protected in The Events Calendar plugin.
DEV
Added additional hooks when a private or password protected category is displayed.

1.4.1

Release date 11 February 2020

FIX
Fixed a bug introduced in previous update which meant protected posts were always displayed in archives, the main blog page, widget areas and navigation menus when the 'Show password protected categories and posts to visitors' option was unticked.
FIX
Improve compatibility with WooCommerce Protected Categories plugin.

1.4

Release date 8 February 2020

NEW
Updated plugin architecture and added new license system.
TWEAK
Minor HTML and styling changes to password login form.
TWEAK
Added 'no cache' constants to prevent caching of protected posts/categories using certain caching plugins.

1.3.4

Release date 31 October 2019

Tested up to WordPress 5.3.
Updated library code.
Fix compatibility issue with WooCommerce Protected Categories plugin.

1.3.3

Release date 10 January 2019

FIX
Edge-case bug introduced in 1.3 update when using the category_login shortcode.
Tested up to WordPress 5.0.3.

1.3.2

Release date 9 January 2019

FIX
Password protected categories were incorrectly redirecting to a 404 page on some sites.

1.3.1

Release date 9 January 2019

FIX
Bug with {title} tag when using category_login shortcode.

1.3

Release date 9 January 2019

NEW
Added support for {title} placeholder tag. This can be used on the login page to show the title of the current post or category. Configure from the settings page (Settings -> Protected Categories).
NEW
Improved caching prevention for protected categories and posts.
Various bug fixes.
Tested up to WordPress 5.0.2.

1.2.2

Release date 6 September 2018

FIX
'exclude_tree' option in get_terms is no longer overridden, but merged with the list of protected categories.
FIX
Ensure comments don't display on password login form.

1.2.1

Release date 29 May 2018

NEW
Added WPML config file.
FIX
Bug with 'Show protected categories' option.
TWEAK
Changed documentation link on Plugins page.

1.2

Release date 24 May 2018

DEV
Code restructure and various improvements.
DEV
Tested with WP up to 4.9.6.

1.1.4

Release date 7 June 2017

FIX
Bug on redirect from central login page using [category_login] shortcode.

1.1.3

Release date 6 June 2017

FIX
Potential conflict with WordPress 4.8.
TWEAK
Cache hidden categories to improve performance.

1.1.2

Release date 30 May 2017

FIX
Javascript bug for password field in admin.
FIX
Hidden posts were incorrectly shown on their category/custom taxonomy page.

1.1.1

Release date 30 May 2017

FIX
Single posts in password protected categories were not protected (bug introduced in previous update).
FIX
Password protection now works correctly for pages and attachments.

1.1

Release date 13 April 2017

NOTE
Any logged in users will be automatically logged out after this update.
NEW
New plugin options for customising the login form (password label, title, placeholder, etc).
NEW
Login page option removed from plugin settings as no longer required. Your login page can still be used to login to categories.
FIX
Users could access an unlocked category even after the password was amended.

1.0

Release date 9 March 2017

Initial release.