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Pods 2.9 Feature Release

Pods 2.9 Feature Release - Simple Repeatable Fields, File-based Configurations, and WPGraphQL Integration

What’s new in Pods 2.9

Big ticket features

  • Simple Repeatable Fields You can now make any field into a repeatable input that supports multiple values 🎉
  • File-based Configurations Register file-based configurations using JSON or YML format and Pods will automatically pick them up from your theme or other custom locations you specify via code.
  • WPGraphQL Integration The initial integration for WPGraphQL has been merged from the WPGraphQL Integration Add-On for Pods Pro by SKCDEV. The Add-On itself will continue to be developed with new features that are focused on Advanced Content Types and other enhancements in the future that will still remain outside of Pods core.
  • Drag and drop fields to another Field Group – Did you add a new Field Group and now you want to move some of your existing fields to it? Just drag and drop and you are all set.
  • Stability Improvements – We introduced 284 new automated tests with 2,343 new assertions to make sure new features and code structures are operating at their best. The total testing stats now stand at 5,059 tests and 39,215 assertions.
  • And many other tweaks and fixes can be found in the changelog.

Breaking compatibility

  • New minimum version required: WordPress 5.7+ (previously: WP 5.5+) — We will continue to support the last two major WP releases on each major feature release of Pods.
  • No minimum PHP version changes at this time (currently: PHP 5.6+) — Please be aware that PHP 7.2+ will be required for the Pods 3.0+ feature release. You should take the time to update to PHP 8.0+ because there’s major speed improvements to be had 🙂

Check out these updated Pods 2.9 related documentation pages

What’s coming in Pods 3.0

  • Conditional Logic for Fields – Allow choosing when to show/hide certain fields based on the values of other fields.

Want to help keep Pods on track? None of Pods 2.9 would have been possible without the help from our Friends of Pods.