2.9 - August 9th, 2022

• Feature: Simple Repeatable Fields offers the ability to turn almost any field into a repeatable field. With repeatable fields, you can add multiple values for a field. You can use repeatable fields with the Pods template tag [each your_repeatable_field] to easily loop and display information with {@_value} Supported field types include: Plain Text, Website, Phone, Email, Password, Date / Time, Date, Time, oEmbed, Plain Paragraph text, WYSIWYG, Plain Number, Currency, and Color Picker. Supported Pod Types include: Post Types (meta-based), Taxonomies (meta-based), Users (meta-based), and Comments (meta-based). #1095 #6304 (@sc0ttkclark, @zrothauser)
• Feature: Register Pods configurations with JSON/YML files in your theme when stored in pods.json, pods/pods.json, pods/templates.json, etc. Custom paths can be registered to support third party plugins as well. Register new paths using pods_register_config_path( $full_directory_path ) that contain a /pods/ directory to automatically pull from or use pods_register_config_file( $full_file_path, 'json' ) to register a specific file. #4856 (@sc0ttkclark)
• Feature: The initial integration for WPGraphQL has been merged from the WPGraphQL Integration Add-On for Pods Pro by SKCDEV. The Add-On itself will continue to be developed with new features that are focused on Advanced Content Types and other enhancements in the future that will still remain outside of Pods core. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Feature: Drag and drop fields from one group to another. #5937 #6114 #6123 #6456 (@sc0ttkclark)
• Feature: Support importing and exporting Pods Settings in Pods Packages. #6455 (@sc0ttkclark)
• Feature: Website fields can now be set to output links with rel="nofollow" on them. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Feature: Full support for DB (Post Types), Code (PHP), and File (JSON/YML) configurations on the Pods Admin > Edit Pods screen. If you have configurations for multiple sources, you will see a new Source column (with file path) and you can filter by source. Pods with non-DB sources currently do not have Edit/Duplicate/Reset Content/Delete links. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Feature: The file field can now support any image, video, or audio mime types that are supported by WordPress. #6577 #6578 (@sc0ttkclark, @JoryHogeveen)
• Enhancement: New \Pods\Pod_Manager class allows reusing Pods instances when working with the same Pod across many areas of the code. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: Added PodsAdmin::check_requirements() helper method. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: Migrate Packages component is now enabled by default on new Pods installs. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Tweak: Removed special logic intended for PHP 5.3 and earlier. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Tweak: Improved performance when getting Pods configs from post type storage. #6561 #6562 (@JoryHogeveen)
• Fixed: Set the default sort to Pod Label now that more sources are supported on Pods Admin > Edit Pods. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Prevent potential issues with $wpdb->prepare() when a related object does not have an index field set. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Resolve issue with not reading cache when no ID is passed into Pods objects for Settings pods. #3582 #3583 (@pcfreak30, @sc0ttkclark, @JoryHogeveen)
• Fixed: Don't show the edit link in PodsUI if access is restricted, previously going to edit would show the access message but now the link won't show at all in those restricted cases. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Resolve issues with Media modal fields showing duplicate fields. #6564 (@JoryHogeveen)
• Fixed: Handle processing the Pods display tags in a more dynamic way for attributes and passing them down to the tag handlers. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Enable media buttons for the post_content field like they should so that forms outside the admin screen continue to function as expected. #6525 (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Resolve issues with values that are objects and convert them to arrays for relationship value formatting in DFV field renders. #6566 (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Show the Add Media button in forms that use the post_content field. #6569 (@sc0ttkclark)
• New minimum WP version required: WordPress 5.7+ (previously: WP 5.5+)
• No minimum PHP version changes (currently: PHP 5.6+) but please be aware that PHP 7.2+ will be required for the Pods 3.0+ feature release. You should take the time to update to PHP 8.0+ because there’s major speed improvements to be had 🙂