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Version 2.8.0

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By Chris Klosowski President
  • Improvement: The vendor dashboard orders screen now queries order objects directly.
  • Improvement: The admin customers export for an individual vendor has been updated for improved performance with large numbers of orders/customers.
  • Improvement: Script and asset loading has been refactored to load only the necessary scripts for the current view.
  • Fix: The email tags could have an undefined variable.
  • Fix: Sites using Multi Currency show the vendor product form in the store’s base currency.
  • Fix: When deleting a vendor, the “Vendor Revoked” email will now be sent to the vendor if it’s enabled.
  • Fix: The “Reject” action was not available for products.
  • Fix: The form build help text now correctly supports HTML tags.
  • Fix: Querying for FES vendors in the block editor could cause a PHP notice.
  • Fix: The dashboard product list did not work correctly with multiple pages.
  • Fix: The “Add Media” option did not always work with the description field.
  • Fix: The {fullname} email tag could display only the first name, depending on the user’s profile.
  • Fix: The vendor bio did not support paragraphs.
  • Fix: Trashing a download using bulk actions did not properly send the “Submission Denied” email to the vendor.
  • Fix: The datepicker was not styled.
  • Templates: The frontend-orders template has been updated to use the order object instead of the ID to improve database performance. Users with customized templates should review and update.
  • Dev: Support for adding custom fields for the FES form builder prior to FES 2.3 has been removed.
  • Dev: Licensing and dependency management has been updated.
  • Dev: Querying for a vendor now supports WordPress caching to improve performance.
  • Dev: The checkbox field has been updated for PHP 8 compatibility.
  • Dev: Session management has been refined to run only when FES needs it.
  • Dev: The minimum WordPress version is now 5.4; the minimum PHP version is 7.1; the minimum EDD version is 3.1.0.2.

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