Hello everyone! 

Today, we’re happy to share some exciting news about the future of AnsPress. Rahul Aryan, the original developer of AnsPress, is a team member of Zen Projects, and AnsPress has been a personal project of his for several years. He’s done an excellent job, but supporting a popular, feature-rich plugin like AnsPress can be difficult for a one-man team. 

Zen Projects and Rahul have agreed to team up to bring substantial resources into the development of AnsPress and its related themes and extensions, and today, we’re releasing the initial fruits of this partnership, a substantial update to the core AnsPress plugin.

This update brings a number of fixes to the plugin as well as bringing it up to date with the latest version of WordPress and addresses a number of reported issues from our users. The plugin has also been updated to make sure the AnsPress shortcodes are compatible with the block editor updates that have been released with the latest versions of WordPress. 

This is just the beginning and we have several things coming your way in the near future! 

• The next version of AnsPress, which is already under development, will include full block support completely integrating AnsPress into the WordPress block editor. 
• A substantial update for the AskBug theme will be released soon, which will bring the theme completely up to date and address several issues that have been reported. 
• A new marketing site with updated documentation, a revamped support system, including ticket support and ways for users to report bugs in the plugin directly to the support team, and a development roadmap.
• A brand new theme with additional flexibility and an updated design. This new theme will be available to current AskBug license holders at no additional cost. 
• Further down the pipeline, there will be a release of several extensions that will integrate AnsPress with several popular plugins for WordPress.

We’re very excited about the future of AnsPress, and hope this update will show you our continued support and dedication to making AnsPress the best Q&A plugin for WordPress. 

Looking forward to getting to know you all more, and working together with you over the next months and years.

Thank you! 

Dan Jordan

Zen Projects

[fix] Allowing uploading other file types while posting

• [Fix] Load more button position in User Profile Reputation page
• [Fix] User profile pages’ about link page does not display the question contents
• [Fix] Notification number not displayed in the header top right area under the user menu links
• [Fix] Site icon addition through Customize option does not remove the default favicon set via theme
• [Fix] Answer block Show button link under AskBug Intro section filter is not working
• [Fix] QUESTIONS links on footer sidebar area filter is not working
• [Fix] Footer middle left and Footer middle right string
• [Fix] Display Site Title and Tagline customize option effecting 404 error page description
• [Fix] Something went wrong, last action failed. message showing up when clicking on notifications icon
• [Fix] PHP Warning: Undefined array key number
• [Fix] Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined
• [Fix] No Masonry layout for the User Profile page about link page contents
• [Fix] PHP Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null
• [Fix] PHP Warning: foreach() argument must be of type array|object, null given
• [Fix] PHP Deprecated message Required parameter $file follows optional parameter $type
• [Fix] Extra // in the menu items created with Import now! button
• [Fix] jQuery.fn.delegate(), jQuery.fn.click(), jQuery.fn.change(), and jQuery.fn.submit() is deprecated
• [Fix] Search form not automatically focused when clicked on the search toggle button
• [Fix] Password Reset String
• [Fix] User profile uploaded avatar image not updated until Dynamic Avatar addon is not enabled
• [Fix] (AskBug) Social Links widget social icons hover removes the display of icon added in sidebar area other than the footer
• [Fix] PHP warning on (AskBug) Site Stats widget
• [Fix] PHP warning on (AskBug) About widget
• [Fix] PHP warning on (AskBug) Top Users widget
• [Fix] PHP warning on (AskBug) Social Links widget
• [Fix] LinkedIn and Pinterest icons not displaying for (AskBug) Social Links widget
• [Fix] What is reputation? default widget goes to a 404 page not found error page
• [Fix] Import AskBug demo data (widgets and menu) is always possible
• [Fix] AskBug Footer Left customize options section is always displayed
• [Fix] Widget content overlap on the User Profile page
• [Fix] Footer left sidebar area displays the site title and description in the front end however not in the Customize options page
• [Fix] Users page breadcrumb trail does not display the last trail item
• [Fix] Function the_widget was called incorrectly. Widgets need to be registered using register_widget(), before they can be displayed.
• [Fix] Reputation events icon position
• [Fix] Top Right (logged in) and Top Right (non logged in) menu
• [Fix] Upload an Avatar and Cover Image Cursor Not Proper
• [Fix] Main color customize option when cleared creates an error
• [Fix] User registration button link is displayed even though WordPress Membership option is disabled
• [Fix] User registration form is displayed even though WordPress Membership option is disabled
• [Fix] Code and line number placement not in same place
• [Fix] Comments list design not proper
• [Fix] Only visible to admin and moderator. checkbox option not proper
• [Fix] No “about me” yet.. showing if no author bio is added
• [Fix] Category icon placement is not exactly in center for the individual category page
• [Fix] Category dropdown toggle design issue

## What’s Changed
* [Fix] Tags addon – unsupported argument passed to count function by @Kudratullah in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/773
* Update/composer npm packages by @rahularyan in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/774
* Depreacted: ap_reponce_message by @rahularyan in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/775
* Fixed #603 by @rahularyan in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/776
* [Fix] Plugin Welcome Page Design by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/777
* [Fix] PHP warning on (AnsPress) Ask form widget by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/779
* [Fix] PHP warning on (AnsPress) Categories widget by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/780
* [Fix] Welcome Page Questions Date only Displays in the Latest Question only for the same date by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/786
* [Fix] Issue with RTL.css by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/801
* [Fix] Double Multiple answers options in the User Access Control option section by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/800
* [Fix] PHP warning on the menu edit page by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/797
* [Fix] Quick tags editor does not work when enabled for Answer editor? plugin option by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/795
* [Fix] Extra > added after the title in New Answer page by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/793
* [Fix] User registration is done even though WordPress Membership option is disabled by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/824
* [Fix] Clear avatar cache does not have confirm option before deleting the Avatar cache by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/827
* [Fix] Answer editor default placeholder image by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/862
* [Fix] Features enable and disable reloads the page by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/791
* [Fix] PHP warning on (AnsPress) Search widget by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/778
* [Fix] Options Page Closed Options Content Design by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/781
* [Fix] PHP warning on Pages option save when page selected is Select an option by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/782
* [Fix] jQuery.trim and jQuery.isArray is deprecated by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/784
* [Fix] Documents and FAQ AnsPress Welcome Page Link Target by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/785
* [Fix] Welcome Page Answers Section Empty by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/787
* [Fix] jQuery.fn.change() event shorthand is deprecated by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/792
* [Fix] Reputation link goes to 404 Error page if the User Profile feature is not enabled by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/789
* [Fix] Features enabled active section not proper for some cases by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/790
* [Fix] Subscribed/Unsubscribed to the Question Ajax message by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/794
* [Fix] Select all menu items created via AnsPress plugin reloads the custom menu management page by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/798
* [Fix] Reputations options when saved does not notify the user that the options are updated in any way by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/803
* [Fix] PHP Warning: Undefined array key image by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/804
* [Fix] User profile page Answers tab Load more answers button does not hide even though all answers provided by the user is already loaded by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/807
* [Fix] PHP Undefined array key warning for AnsPress pages options after Permanently delete all AnsPress options is done by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/788
* [Fix] Theme & Extensions Submenu Item Link Target by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/783
* [Fix] Answer editor does not close by itself after answering the question if Quick Tags editor is enabled by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/796
* Revert “[Fix] Answer editor does not close by itself after answering the question if Quick Tags editor is enabled” by @rahularyan in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/889
* [Fix] Fatal error: Uncaught Error: array_keys(): Argument #1 ($array) must be of type array by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/802
* [Fix] PHP warning message when using (AnsPress) Question Stats widget by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/805
* [Fix] When a Question or an Answer is flagged then, in AnsPress main menu item, double the number shows as total count number required attention by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/806
* [Fix] Function name collision with Actions Pack Plugin by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/808
* [Fix] PHP Warning: Undefined array key 0 by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/809
* [Fix] Enqueue scripts has a unrequired double directory separators by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/811
* [Fix] Show solved prefix plugin option not adding the [Solved] prefix before the question title by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/812
* [Fix] Ask form category order plugin option not working by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/813
* [Fix] OP can answer? plugin option is working in opposite way by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/814
* [Fix] Plugin activate on fresh WordPress install generates PHP error(warning) messages by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/815
* [Fix] Post status updated successfully Ajax message on question and answer status changes by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/817
* [Fix] Flagged question and answer Ajax message by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/818
* [Fix] Question and Answer action links title by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/819
* [Fix] Default plugin features(addons) activated automatically on plugin activation by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/816
* [Fix] Answer editor does not close by itself after answering the question if Quick Tags editor is enabled by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/891
* [Fix] Some of the allowed tags is not working on email notifications set via Email Templates options by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/799
* [Fix] Notifications page Seen filter displays the Mark all as seen button by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/821
* [Fix] Unrequired enqueue of custom JS files by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/822
* [Fix] Post updated and bulk post updated messages by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/823
* [Fix] Post status for Question and Answer post types not displaying in Question and Answer edit page by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/825
* [Fix] Warning: Attempt to read property post_author on null by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/826
* [Fix] Improper description for Font icon class, if image not set category option by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/831
* [Fix] PHP Deprecated message regarding BuddyPress addon by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/832
* [Fix] Empty breadcrumb trail on the User Profile page for user name by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/833
* [Fix] jQuery error if Load assets in AnsPress page only? option is enabled by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/835
* [Fix] Empty border on the activities page if there are no user activities found by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/836
* [Fix] Questions Order by filter Solved filter option by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/837
* [Fix] Max upload size plugin option can exceed the value to be set inside it more than max_upload_size php.ini settings by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/829
* [Fix] Attempt to read property name on bool by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/830
* [Fix] Syntax Highlighter addon is not working when Quick tags editor is enabled by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/828
* [Fix] Notifications unseen filter shows the seen notifications by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/820
* [Fix] Blank contents on AnsPress related pages if Block theme is used by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/838
* [Fix] TinyMCE editor fails to load when WordPress Jetpack CDN option “Speed up static file load times” is enabled by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/839
* [Fix] Mark all as seen notification button click does not reset the notification counter number by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/840
* [Fix] Insert image button on Question and Answer form always available by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/841
* [Fix] Uncaught TypeError: jQuery.apParseParams is not a function by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/843
* [Fix] Homepage questions pagination does not work directly if the home page is set to Your latest posts by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/844
* [Fix] Hide the Admin Bar by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/847
* [Fix] Single question page breadcrumb trail does not display the last trail item by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/850
* [Fix] Breadcrumb trail link does not follow the link to the page set within plugin Pages options by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/851
* [Fix] Marked as closed question activity always shown even when reverted back by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/853
* [Fix] Marked as featured question question activity always shown even when reverted back by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/854
* [Fix] Allow editing question slug in wp-admin by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/857
* [Fix] Recheck AnsPress with Polylang by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/858
* [Fix] [BuddyPress Integration] Comments to answers not displayed in activity? by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/861
* [Fix] PHP Warning: Attempt to read property “comment_ID” on int by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/856
* [Fix] Uploading larger image size via Insert image button on Question and Answer editor never gets completed by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/845
* [Fix] Deleting comment, question, and answer is done without notifying the user by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/846
* [Fix] Ask a Question page and Activities page breadcrumb trail does not display the last trail item by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/849
* [Fix] Single Tag Page Displays The Tag Filter by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/864
* [Fix] Trashed Question Available On The New Answer Page by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/866
* [Fix] Categories page the category icon is not placed exactly in the center by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/868
* [Fix] All looks fine gets displayed even though there is a flagged and moderate answer available by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/870
* [Fix] Links in the Require Attention section reloads the page by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/872
* [Fix] Social links on the settings page by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/874
* [Fix] New Answer page is not responsive by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/876
* [Fix] When deleting a question, only the answers with publish status will get deleted by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/878
* [Fix] AnsPress options page is not responsive by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/882
* [Fix] PHP warning message when viewing the invalid comment via popup by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/884
* [Fix] Code added via Insert Code could not be edited by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/880
* [Fix] Option: prevent thrashing question if there are any answers by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/860
* [Fix] Reputation events icon not displayed on the users’ reputation page by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/859
* [Fix] Up vote and Down vote title by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/852
* Add/unit tests by @rahularyan in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/893
* [Fix] Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading ‘ownerDocument’) by @mebishalnapit in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/892

## New Contributors
* @Kudratullah made their first contribution in https://github.com/anspress/anspress/pull/773

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/anspress/anspress/compare/4.3.2…4.4.0

Today AnsPress version 4.3.0 was released and this update introduces a new top reputation leaderboard widget you can add to your AnsPress. This leaderboard will display the top most reputable contributors to your Q and A sections.

The widget comes with the following customizations:

• Widget location
• Number of users to display
• Size of avatars to display
• Size of grid to display users in

We hope you find this update exciting and useful as a way to drive more engagement on your website.  You can find this feature under Appearance > Widgets.

For more detailed changes, please see the github links below:

• Updated node dependencies
• Added leaderboard widget

Development Changelog: https://github.com/anspress/anspress/compare/4.2.3…4.3.0

A small update for AskBug was released today, bringing it to version 3.2.2.

This update contains the following two changes:

• Fixed: Schema compatibility to latest version of AnsPress
• Fixed: Auto updates should now work consistently

If your version of AskBug fails the automatic update, please update it manually.

Today AnsPress version 4.2.2 was released, this is a small update to resolve an issue reported by one of our users:

• Fixed: Answers not appearing in user’s profile.

Thank you for using and supporting AnsPress.

Today AnsPress version 4.2.0 was released, and with it a number of improvements and updates. In particular, this update addresses a number of bugs and fixes that should make using AnsPress smoother.

Version 4.2.0 comes with the following fixes and updates:

• Removed usages of HTML in ajax JSON response.
• Fixed: Syntax_Highlighter button not working.
• Fixed: error reported by Google structured testing tool.
• Fixed: Coding standard bugs
• Update composer and removed addons.php
• Removed about page
• Merged all addons settings to feature settings page
• Fixed bugs in widget
• Updated all test runners
• Changed layout of settings page
• Removed grunt-phplint
• Updated options menu title to Settings
• Fixed: Warning: Undefined array key “author_page_title”
• Fixed: Required parameter $upload_options follows optional parameter $value
• Fixed: warning __wakeup must be public
• Fixed: warning Required parameter $event follows optional parameter $user_id

We’d like to thank our community for their continued support and feedback.

A small update to AskBug was released today bringing the version up to 3.2.1.

In this update, AskBug is now compatible with the change in shortcode attributes in the Theme My Login plugin. This was causing duplicate login forms to appear in AskBug.

Here are the changes you can expect in this version:

• Proper compatibility with updated Theme My Login plugin

Today we are publishing the next small update to AnsPress, bringing it to version 4.1.23

Here are the changes you can expect in this version:

– For developers: Added docker config.
– For developer: Removed old CI config files.
– Replaced deprecated jQuery functions.
– Removed enqueueing of minified files.
– Removed the white background in the body. This should help AnsPress work with dark themes.

Thank you for using and supporting AnsPress.