Today we released the Pods Framework 2.7.27 Maintenance Update on WordPress.org.

This update includes the following improvement and fix:

• Added: New upload directory option for File fields using Plupload that lets you choose to customize which directory the files end up in. #6021 (@JoryHogeveen)
• Added: Relationship fields now support custom selectors in the REST API. You can specify my_field.some_field to output a specific field in your REST API options for each relationship field. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Added: New pods_image_for_post() and pods_image_url_for_post() functions have been added for certain page builders like Oxygen. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Added: New query variable prefix option (num_prefix) for PodsUI instances. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Added: pagination_type and pagination_location options for PodsUI instances to support more flexible pagination options. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: Implement search and sort field sets for PodsUI instances to more easily specify which fields are searchable or sortable. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: PHP fatal errors no longer occur for avatar fields in certain situations. #6007 (@JoryHogeveen)
• Fixed: PHP fatal errors no longer occur for PHP 8 in certain situations. #6012 (@JoryHogeveen)
• Fixed: Resolved an issue with relationship fields not outputting their full data to the REST API when the related object is not a valid pod. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Resolved an issue with not saving the fields for the extended Media pod when making update requests through the REST API. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Implemented a temporary PHP 7.4+ fix for Freemius. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Searching WP-based objects in PodsUI interfaces now resolves to the proper fields. (@sc0ttkclark)

You can read the full change log for this release on the Development tab of our WordPress.org plugin page.