Added: Full revamped UI for Content Management via Pods UI (you no longer need two separate plugins – Pods and Pods UI)
Added: TinyMCE is now the default visual editor in WP Admin pages (nicEdit remains default for frontend forms), you can still use the newly updated TinyMCE for Pods package to customize this
Improved: Added many new filters across functions.php for advanced customization via other plugins
Improved: Admin Notices are now shown if you aren’t running the minimum version of WordPress, PHP, and/or MySQL
Improved: Updated version handling of PODS_VERSION
Bugfix: Updated Pod :: get_dropdown_values to work off of $params object instead of the old ${$key} = $value
Bugfix: Updated Pod :: findRecords to check if ‘select’ from $params is empty (and only to set it if it’s not empty)
Bugfix: Updated Pod :: findRecords to cast (int) on certain values set via $params
Bugfix: Updated Pod :: findRecords to INNER JOIN the wp_pod_tbl_podname table prior to other joins (now you can reference t.field_name in your custom ‘join’ from $params)
Bugfix: Updated Pod :: getFilters to use the field label (if set), falling back on name (used to only be based on name)
Bugfix: publicForm now sets columns explicitly to those that exist instead of passing null if fields not set
Bugfix: PodAPI :: __construct now uses PodAPI :: load_pod to setup the pod and it’s fields instead of doing the calls itself
Bugfix: PodAPI :: load_pod simplified
Bugfix: PodInit :: init now checks if WP_DEBUG is on in addition to if headers_sent to set session_start()
Bugfix: Moved Package Manager to below Setup and above Manage Content to keep Manage Content next to the Add podname sub-menu items
Bugfix: Pods >> Setup >> Pods tab updated so when you add/remove Pods it will adjust the related to drop-down in field settings (previously it didn’t show it until you refreshed the page)
Bugfix: Pods >> Setup >> Pods tab under Field settings section updated to show/hide relevant fields if a pick (or not)
Bugfix: Pods >> Setup >> Pods tab to reset the Pod settings fields correctly when switching to different Pods or adding / removing them
Bugfix: Pods >> Setup >> Helpers tab updated so when you add/remove Helpers it will adjust the pre/post save/drop helpers drop-downs in the Pods tab (previously it didn’t show it until you refreshed the page)
Bugfix: Pods >> Setup >> Helpers tab updated so when you add Helpers it will set the helper_type in parentheses correctly (previously it didn’t show it until you refreshed the page)
Bugfix: misc.php updated to work off of $params object instead of the old ${$key} = $value
Bugfix: Updated TinyMCE $wp_editor (developed by @azaozz) to hide WP 3.2 fullscreen buttons and only show native TinyMCE fullscreen button
Bugfix: Various PHP notice fixes and escape/sanitization on output across Pods
Reminder: 1.9.6 Security Update information can be found at: https://pods.io/2011/06/22/pods-1-9-6-security-update-new-features-bug-fixes/
Reminder: Pods 2.0 and How You Can Help – https://pods.io/2011/06/16/pods-2-0-and-how-you-can-help/