Patch Day 2018-04-19

    • Official Post

    We have just released new versions of our products:

    • WoltLab Suite Blog 2.1.11 / 3.0.14 / 3.1.2
    • WoltLab Suite Calendar 2.1.10 / 3.0.14 / 3.1.2
    • WoltLab Suite Core 2.1.21 / 3.0.14 / 3.1.2
    • WoltLab Suite Filebase 2.1.10 / 3.0.14 / 3.1.2
    • WoltLab Suite Forum 4.1.19 / 5.0.14 / 5.1.2
    • WoltLab Suite Gallery 2.1.11 / 3.0.14 / 3.1.2


    Stability releases (also known as "minor releases") aim to solve existing problems in the current version. Like every stability release, they do not introduce new features; It is strongly recommended to apply these updates.


    Important Notice on the GDPR

    On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union will enter into force. This update will automatically incorporate an adapted model privacy policy, unless you have previously provided a privacy policy on your own. Learn more about this in the article Implementation of the GDPR.

    • Official Post

    Updating an existing installation (recommended)

    Open your Administration Control Panel and navigate to Configuration > Packages > List Packages. Please click on the button Search for Updates located in the right corner above the package list.

    Updating an existing installation (alternative)

    Navigate to the downloads section in the customer's area, select the appropriate version and click on the Download Update button. Open your Administration Control Panel and navigate to Configuration > Packages > List Packages. Click on the tab Upload package and select the previously downloaded files and upload them one by one, the order does not matter.

    • Official Post

    Only significant changes are included in the list below, minor fixes and typos are left out.


    The version numbers behind the list items indicate the lowest version that was impacted by this change. All later versions include the same fix in this update too, or have already been fixed in an earlier update.


    WoltLab Suite Blog

    • Compatibility with PHP 7.2. 2.1.11+
    • Added a missing permission check to view likes. 2.1.11+

    WoltLab Suite Calendar

    • Compatibility with PHP 7.2. 2.1.10+
    • Added a missing permission check to view likes. 2.1.10+
    • The category title was sometimes incorrect in the maps view. 2.1.10+

    WoltLab Suite Filebase

    • Comptibility with PHP 7.2. 2.1.10+
    • Added a missing permission check to view likes. 2.1.10+
    • The timestamp of the first version was sometimes incorrect. 3.0.13+
    • The notifications for new comments lacked a link to the comment author's profile. 3.1.1+

    WoltLab Suite Forum

    • Added a missing permission check to view likes. 4.1.19+
    • Polls added within a reply were accidentally discarded. 5.0.14+

    WoltLab Suite Gallery

    • Compatibility with PHP 7.2. 2.1.11+
    • Added a missing permission check to view likes. 2.1.10+
    • The category title was sometimes incorrect in the maps view. 2.1.10+
    • The search for albums yielded incorrect urls. 2.1.10+

    WoltLab Suite Core: Conversations

    • Marking a single conversation as read on the conversation list did not work. 3.0.14+

    WoltLab Suite Core: Importer

    • Burning Board 4.x, WoltLab Suite Forum 5.x
      • Added support for the user auth data used for third party logins. 3.0.14+

    WoltLab Suite Core

    • [GDPR] Removed the CDN support for jQuery, the files are now served from your site directly. 2.1.21+
    • [GDPR] Disabled the logging of IP addresses for new installs only, but can be enabled through an option. 2.1.21+
    • [GDPR] Updated the privacy policy in compliance to the EU-GDPR. 2.1.21+
    • [GDPR] Disabled the Gravatar support for new installs only, but can be enabled through an option. 2.1.21+
    • [GDPR] Disabled reCAPTCHA if the site administrator did not provide an API key. 2.1.21+
    • [GDPR] Added a new option to block images from external sources, enabled by default. 2.1.21+
    • The highlighter was removing comments from the output. 2.1.21+
    • Resetting the cache will now also reset the state of the package servers. 3.0.14+
    • Exceptions were sometimes mis-encoded, causing an illegible output. 3.0.14+
    • Improvements to the editor and resolved some related issues. 3.0.14+
    • Thumbnails could sometimes be incorrectly scaled after an import or when rebuilding data from earlier versions. 3.0.14+
    • The timezone offset in date pickers was sometimes not accounted for, causing dates to flip to the next/previous day. 3.0.14+
    • Improved the Google AMP support. 3.1.2+
    • The check for url rewriting was flawed for cross-domain setups. 3.1.2+
    • Improved the performance of the user importer submodule. 3.1.2+