v1.8.2 Latest
April 16, 2026
New 7 Improve 4 Fix 9
New
- Full course-to-forum mapping system with dedicated mapping table, sync engine, and privacy resolver.
- Course-side "Course Forums" metabox on LearnDash course edit screen to link/unlink forums.
- Forum privacy model with four modes - auto, private, public_read, and public.
- Real-time membership sync via LearnDash enrollment/group hooks with automatic wpForo usergroup management.
- Multi-board support - forums across different wpForo boards can map to the same course.
- LearnDash Settings tab integration for the Course Forums metabox.
- Comprehensive FAQ page with 18 questions covering all 1.8.x features.
Improve
- WPCS clean - 0 errors, 0 warnings across all scanned files.
- Plugin Check clean for security, performance, and accessibility.
- Widget performance - removed full forums table scan, now reads mapping table with per-course cache.
- Body-class agnostic admin JS - metabox now works regardless of wpForo menu nesting.
Fix
- Admin and course author bypass for forum access restrictions - privileged users are no longer blocked.
- Unlinking a forum from the course page now correctly refreshes legacy options.
- Restored many-to-many mapping semantics - a forum can gate multiple courses.
- Broke wpforo_clean_cache recursion that occurred during reconcile operations.
- Undefined JS variable ReferenceError on non-wpForo admin screens.
- SQL injection vector via dynamic board_id table name - now whitelist validated.
- Missing error handling for wpForo dependency functions.
- Removed deprecated FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING for PHP 8.2+ compatibility.
- Translation audit - proper escaping, translator comments, and POT regeneration.