ProcessWire 2.7 is here!

Today we're proud to announce that ProcessWire 2.7 is officially released! This replaces the previous 2.6.1 as the new master/stable version. After 22 weekly versions on the dev branch, ProcessWire 2.7 is solid and ready. We are already running it here and think that you will love it!

• What’s new in ProcessWire 2.7
  • Access control and permissions
  • Page List and Lister
  • Page editing and input
  • API additions and improvements
  • Multi-language translation tools
  • Pro-modules
  • And more…
• What’s coming next
  • ProDrafts
  • ProcessWire 3.0
  • ProcessWire 2.7.1
  • ProcessWire 2.8?

What’s new in ProcessWire 2.7

Like every version of ProcessWire, 2.7 contains a lot of optimizations, bug fixes and tweaks throughout. We won't bore you with the small details here, but here's a look at the the more major new additions and changes in ProcessWire 2.7…

Access control and permissions

• Major enhancements to template access control
• New control over access inherit behavior
• Major enhancements to the role editor
• New optional permissions (page-hide and page-lock)
• A much simpler way to install optional permissions
• New user-admin permissions
• Improved permissions view (in Access > Roles)
• Granular access control with field level permissions
• New “overrides” tab in field editor
• Language page edit permissions
• New page-rename permission
• New lang-edit permission for file translators that aren't superusers
• New permissions documentation and reference section for PW 2.7

Page List and Lister

• Extra actions (AJAX) from the Page List and Lister
• New inline page copy/clone option
• New restore from trash feature
• New page list label format gives you a lot more control
• New page name label configurable in template settings
• Inline AJAX-editing support when paired with ListerPro
• New Pages > Add New menu that is sortable and supports bookmarks
• Page tree bookmarks

Page editing and input

• New AJAX-driven Inputfields, system-wide
• Improvements to the Page Autocomplete Input
• Improvements to appearance of non-editable file and image fields
• Dynamic loading for page editor “Children” tab
• New version of CKEditor
• Page fields now support custom format labels
• AsmSelect gets new option to edit selected pages
• Page edit bookmarks

API additions and improvements

• New $page->setAndSave() method
• New dedicated hook files: /site/ready.php, /site/init.php and /site/finished.php
• New $pageimage->maxSize($width, $height) method
• New $session->forceLogin($user) method to login user without a password
• New $this->halt() method for use in template files
• New $page->createdStr and $page->modifiedStr
• New conditional hooks
• $sanitizer and $input can now be used together in one API call
• Major upgrades to the $sanitizer API
• Image Fieldtype API improvements for HiDPI (retina)
• New "http" prefix available for all $config->urls properties
• New $config->urls->next and $config->urls->prev properties

Multi-language translation tools

• Easier-to-use file translation interface
• Ability to hide already translated text
• Ability to specify “does not need translation”
• New lang-edit permission for file translators that aren't superusers

Pro-modules

• PW 2.7 with ProCache 3.1 brings Minify CSS, JS and HTML support
• PW 2.7 with ProFields Table adds rich text (CKEditor) inputs, Page references, unlimited columns, and multi-language field support
• PW 2.7 with ProFields Table also adds support for autocomplete inputs, ajax editing and more
• PW 2.7 with ProFields Textareas bring major enhancements in version 6
• PW 2.7 with ProFields Multiplier bring major enhancements in version 9
• Support for the new/upcoming ProDrafts module (screenshots and Q&A)

And more…

• ProcessWire 2.7 has adopted the Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL)
• Major upgrades to the Reno admin theme
• Control of trailing slashes with URL segments and page numbers
• New managed module versions by the core
• Core version changes now bring new automation
• New system "published" date/time property now available on all pages
• Improved page clone and empty trash functions now support much larger scale
• New star ratings for comments fields
• New conveniences in template family settings
• Improved cache busting for module CSS/JS files

What’s coming next

With ProcessWire 2.7 now released, our most immediate attention will go towards assisting anyone that runs into any issues with the upgrade. Though since the development branch that led towards 2.7 has been in wide usage for quite some time, we expect a smooth upgrade for everyone. We'll also be sending out press releases to sites that cover CMS products, updating our documentation, cheatsheet and roadmap. Here's more things that will be getting focus in the weeks ahead:

ProDrafts

One of the reasons ProDrafts is not yet released is because it really needs PW 2.7 to make its full functionality available. With PW 2.7 now released, that means we can move forward with getting ProDrafts released soon.

ProcessWire 3.0

We will also be putting more focus towards ProcessWire 3.0 and this might very well be the next major version of ProcessWire released. If you haven't read much about ProcessWire 3.0 be sure to read our previous posts about it here and here and here.

ProcessWire 2.7.1

ProcessWire 2.7.0 was just released today and we're already at work on 2.7.1, which you'll see on the dev branch next week. So far, this version adds internationalized domain name support to the URL fieldtype, inputfield, and sanitizer. For the URL field, it can be enabled in Setup > Fields > [URL field] > Details. Version 2.7.1 will also be covering any new issues that surface on GitHub issue reports with PW 2.7.

ProcessWire 2.8?

Currently we don't plan on having a ProcessWire 2.8 because we're already so far into ProcessWire 3.0 development, and it's coming along really well. Future blog posts here will likely be covering more about the 3.x branch than the 2.x branch of ProcessWire, and we hope to get more and more of you on the 3.0 development branch in the coming weeks and months.

Please grab ProcessWire 2.7 when you get a chance and let us know how it works for you! Hope that you all have a great weekend and week ahead and remember to visit the ProcessWire Weekly this weekend.

Comments

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  Mats

  • 9 years ago
  • 120

  ★★★★★

  Congrats to 2.7!

  Reply

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  Mike Rockett

  • 9 years ago
  • 10

  ★★★★★

  Great release as always!

  Reply