DLP Power Pack Release Notes V1.4.1 & V1.4.2

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Release notes for V1.4.2 9th Sept 2025

  • Bug fix: Download tracking was broken and no downloads were logged while Power Pack was active.

Release notes for V1.4.1 4th Sept 2025

  • Front end forms: Add category_id=”123″ short code parameter to filter front create / edit form categories to show only children of the specified parent category
  • Bug fix: “Enable Screen Options” setting was enabled by default
  • Bug fix: Screen Options no longer runs for non Document Library Pro post types

Front end forms: Filter categories by parent

V1.4.1 adds support for filtered categories on the front end create and edit forms. For more complex sites with unique categories per vendor / supplier it is now possible to display a partial list of child categories.

A document uploaded by a vendor can have their own category selected, allowing multiple front end libraries per vendor.

For example Vendor A and B both have 6 categories. Previously all 14 categories would have been listed on the front end create / edit forms. Adding the new category_id=”x” attribute allows just that vendors categories to be shown.

Vendor A
- Spec sheets
-- Product 1
-- Product 2
- Product Photos
-- Product 1
-- Product 2

Vendor B
- Spec sheets
-- Product 1
-- Product 2
- Product Photos
-- Product 1
-- Product 2

Example of the frontend create short code with document category 7 added:

[dlp_frontend_create include_custom_fields="true" category_id="7"]

The category_id=”1″ attribute can also be added to individual doc_library_powerpack short codes allowing category filtering on the edit forms.

[doc_library_powerpack edit="/custom-edit/" no_docs_filtered_message='Sorry, no events available.' filters="doc_categories:Categories, doc_tags:Content,doc_author" content="image,title,content,doc_author,link" status="publish" category_id="8"]

Bug Fixes

This release also included 2 bug fixes.

“Enable Screen Options” had previously been enabled by default, this will now be disabled by default to avoid confusion.

Additional Screen Options were also showing for non Document post types, for example Posts and Pages. An additional check was added so columns can only appear on the Documents screen.

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