LearnDash LMS 4.18.1

Feature

• Added Group Hierarchy - Groups can now be nested within other Groups (Access, Group Leader Control will pass down the hierarchical tree)
• Added Group Purchase Access - Groups can now be setup for direct purchase like Courses
• Added Group Certificates - Users can now receive a Certificate when completing a Group
• Added Group Membership Content Protection - A user’s Group enrollment can be used to protect access to other post types
• Added Group Leader settings to allow managing Groups, Courses, and Users
• Added Group Leader bypass settings to allow Group Leader to bypass many course restrictions similar to admin users
• Added Group auto-enroll Courses - Better control over which Courses can trigger auto-enroll into group
• Added shortcode [ld_group_list] - This shortcode functions much like the [ld_course_list] shortcode

Update

• Updated Group Email - Changes to allow sending individual emails instead of the default using BCC header
• Updated search related to Lesson, Topics and Quizzes so that it can now restrict the results to show only if student is enrolled
• Updated breadcrumbs to be included on Quizzes
• Updated PayPal IPN process to use the First and Last name from payee data
• Updated Video Progression - Auto-pause video if the browser window looses focus
• Updated Video Progression - Remember video progress (cookie) to allow the user to return to the page and resume
• Updated LD User Registration - Added action to replace default form
• Updated Quiz Import page load to improve performance
• Updated the Reports > Transactions list table to include new columns and filters
• Updated to select2 library and configuration
• Updated CSV library used for generating reports
• Updated TCPDF library to most recent version, also new add-ons for legacy TCPDF library support and All TCPDF fonts
• Updated core plugin for improved security based on independent security audit by external agency

Bugfix

• Fixed Certificate shortcode so that it works for a Group
• Fixed Course Navigation widget so that it follows course content page
• Fixed Focus Mode sidebar auto-scroll to current item (now works with pagination)
• Fixed pagination issue when [course_content] shortcode is used on a Course
• Fixed Quiz Statistics Overview tab output
• Fixed Quiz Essay upload messages so that they appear below upload form
• Fixed video not showing on Quiz Questions
• Fixed PayPal IPN process to use seller or business emails
• Fixed LD User Registration so that it functions better under WP Multisite
• Fixed issue in the learndash_get_users_for_course() function
• Fixed issue with BitBucket API and the WordPress download_url() function missing

Updated license logic to throttle callouts to BitBucket for update checks to improve performance
Updated license logic to support force disabling of callouts to BitBucket and LearnDash Support site - only to be used during troubleshooting, if needed (see this snippet)

Feature: Added new filter to control the default template logic
Update: Updated BitBucket API logic to reduce the number of connections when checking for updates
Bugfix: Fixed incorrect space in function call related to video setting class name