New Release: PeepSo & Gecko 3.9.0.0

Post Background stable release. This feature can finally be safely used in production sites to your communities’ delight.

Post Backgrounds

This feature is now also out of beta tests. We have added the ability to mention other users in this post type and decided against adding Markdown support, as the rendering area is too small.

“Registration only” fields

The administrator can now decide a field can be “registration only”. This applies only to custom fields (not ones built into PeepSo). These fields will not be counted towards profile completeness, and after registration only the administrators will be able to see them.

This can be useful for fields like “how did you hear about us”, or when getting explicit permission to run some sort of automation (i.e. add user to mailing list) via a custom yes/no field. These kinds of fields make sense during registration but not so much when users are editing their profiles.

Gecko

The ability to control WP Admin Bar was removed from Gecko as it was brought to our attention it is against WordPress code standards. This feature was instead moved to PeepSo Appearance settings.

We have also added settings for logo text and tagline colors, ability to hide sticky bars on mobile/desktop and added a global line height. The styling was improved for multiple native WordPress areas related to widgets, post titles, nested menus, pingbacks etc.

Brought to you by Matt Jaworski

I am a professional nerd with **over fifteen years of experience** in the field of Open Source web development. Before [PeepSo](https://PeepSo.com) I was a contractor and have helped build successful businesses around the world, including USA, UK, Germany, Indonesia, and Malaysia. A couple of years leading up to founding PeepSo, I was involved with JomSocial – a social networking extension for Joomla. Stepping up from the role of a contractor to a business owner, I became [PeepSo](https://PeepSo.com) founder and Chief Technology Officer. I strive to build beautiful, fast, and functional software that **empowers users to build their own digital tribes with full autonomy and freedom** often not available on mainstream social networking media. In 2023 we spun off a new company to launch [Awedesk](https://awedesk.com) – a complete ticket-based client support solution for WordPress. I also created [ListoWP](https://LIstoWP.com), a modern to-do plugin for WordPress which is now evolving into a project management tool.