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Version 14.0.0

Version 14.0.0 is a major BuddyPress feature release.

For Version 14.0.0, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 13906, and the Trac revision was 13962. Read the full ticket log here.

Highlights

Administration Enhancements: Added contextual help tabs across various admin screens including BP Email and Group Types, improving user guidance (#9159, #9161, #9183).
Build and Testing Improvements: Integrated dynamic Grunt Watch task and updated Node and wp-env to the latest versions, ensuring better development workflow and environment compatibility (#6382, #9047, #9105).
Core and Documentation Updates: Corrected placement of @since tags in PHPDocs and enhanced doc block wording for better code clarity and maintenance (#9168, #9164, #9197).
Group Management Fixes: Addressed various group-related issues, such as errors on the Accept Invitation button and preventing users from joining a group before its visibility is set (#9135, #9162).

These changes collectively enhance the functionality, usability, and maintainability of BuddyPress.

Changes

Activity

#9116 – Global Documentation is missing in some files

Administration

#9149 – Add link to GH docs for the bp-signups (a.k.a. Managing Signups) page/screen help tab
#9159 – Add contextual help to BP Email WP Admin screens
#9161 – Add Help Tab with relevant links to the BP Tools Repair page/screen
#9180 – [BP Tools – Manage Optouts] A Blank Screen is the result when Bulk actions – Delete is applied when no opt-out entries have been selected
#9182 – The Notifications menu in WP 6.6 Admin Bar
#9183 – Add an Help Tab to the Group Types WP Admin Screen
#9184 – Missing admin-menu separator when bbPress is active
#9188 – Update BP Hello Screen / Changelog for 14.0.0
#9195 – [BP Tools – Manage Opt-outs] Unable to save Screen Options Pagination value
#9196 – Update Team members in humans.txt / Credits screen

Blogs

#9136 – Blogs loop not working property when blog has no description

Build/Test tools

#6382 – Add dynamic Grunt Watch task
#7228 – Add PHPCS
#9047 – Update Node to 20.10
#9053 – Update wp-env to version 9.0
#9126 – Make BuddyPress preview available in WP Playground
#9129 – Support object cache services (memcached/redis) in CI tests
#9132 – Raise WP tested version in unit tests matrix
#9144 – CI: test against PHP 8.3
#9166 – Failing test with WP trunk
#9185 – Use WP Playground to ease BuddyPress beta testing
#9105 – Update wp-env to latest version

Core

#9168 – Need to Correct the placement of @since tag in Php Docs
#9125 – ctype_digit(): Argument of type int will be interpreted as string in the future
#9164 – Docblock improvements for 14.0
#7018 – Properly declare all properties on classes
#8553 – PHPDoc Improvements
#9046 – Review BP sign up feature
#9051 – Raise WordPress required version to 6.1
#9060 – bp_rewrites_get_url filter is not supplied original function arguments
#9093 – Improve the BP Site Health debug info panel
#9101 – Add BP custom PHP constants to the BP Site Health debug info panel
#9123 – Several typo corrections in some files
#9165 – Delete deprecated BP_Walker_Nav_Menu_Checklist file
#9187 – Custom BuddyPress translation files are no more loaded since WP 4.6

Documentation

#9197 – Need to improve the documentation wording in several files
#9109 – Several Typo Corrections in some files
#9119 – Small Typo Corrections in README.md file
#9120 – Several Typo Corrections in Doc files
#9122 – Add an Help Tab to the Member Types WP Admin Screen

Emails

#9169 – Correct behavior of bp_email_set_content_type filter.
#9171 – bp_user_has_opted_out() is misused in bp_email_unsubscribe_handler()
#9172 – bp_user_has_opted_out() should return false if no email address is provided.

Extended Profile

#9115 – Several Typo Corrections in some files
#9130 – BP_XProfile_Field Update Sets parent_id to 0

Groups

#8728 – Group Moderator Unable Delete Group Posts
#9135 – Error on the Accept Invitation Button for Private Group (Groups Directory)
#9153 – Issue with Private group Invitation
#9158 – Group members not notified that they have been promoted in Nouveau
#9162 – Prevent users to join a group before its visibility has been set by the creator
#9163 – Admin cannot be demoted or removed from a group when he’s the only one left

i18n

#9177 – Use the right l10n function about 2.8 deprecated code
#9198 – Fix some missing “translators” inline comments

Members

#9097 – Member types should be only “assignable” by community admins
#6123 – “Signups” are displayed as members on non multisite configs

Messages

#9170 – BP REST API Messages Endpoint – “raw” property missing from subject/excerpt/message nodes

REST API

#9127 – Critical error when updating xProfile fields through REST API using PHP 8+
#8976 – Registration through REST API with additional profile fields
#8977 – Ability to trigger resend of account activation email via REST API
#9084 – Review BP REST API Unit Tests
#9133 – Messages: avoid a PHP Warning when getting a recipient’s display_name
#9146 – Messages: add support for paginating thread messages
#9191 – 14.0.0 REST API Documentation updates

Registration

#9206 – Duplicate Activation Email Sent When Using Invite Registration Feature

Route parser

#9192 – Subpages of the Members directory

Templates

#9102 – Small Typo Correction in functions.php file
#8900 – Put the minimal code in place to support BP Block only Themes
#9079 – PHP code is printed to document source in JS templates
#9118 – Set BP Block Themes minimal template hierarchy
#9121 – BP Nouveau: the show-all comments link can be wrongly hidden
#9154 – BP Legacy: accepting a group invitation from the Groups directory fails
#9176 – Incorrect message displayed for “No Pending Non-Member Invitations”
#9194 – Email template footer: use an escape function allowing to output links

#9078 – Tiny issue; finding where to edit user email address
#9104 – Deprecate the BP_USE_WP_ADMIN_BAR constant as well as the bp_use_wp_admin_bar() function

WP CLI BP

#9058 – WP CLI BP: Notices commands
#9059 – BP CLI: update testing suite
#9085 – WP CLI BP: review unit tests
#9090 – WP CLI BP: better PHPDoc annotation
#9091 – Bump WP CLI BuddyPress version
#9189 – WP CLI BP: Bump the pkg version to 3.0.1

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