New Release: PeepSo & Gecko 4.0.1.0

Lots of small – but important – bug fixes and improvements across the board.

Hashtags

You can now define the minimum “size” of a hashtag displayed in the widget. For example, you can decide the widget to never show a hashtag with less than 10 posts. The default value is 0 (show all).

We also fixed the hashtag search issues related to non-Latin languages (specifically, Chinese).

Groups

The language used to describe group privacy levels and allowed actions was reworded to better reflect all possible scenarios. For example, the open groups were described as “anyone can join” which was not true if the “join” button was disabled for that group. So, we improved the descriptions to be more generic and not conflict with the edge scenarios related to group specific configuration.

The incomplete “new group post notification” email titles were fixed, and we made sure the “more” button does not show for group descriptions that don’t actually have “more” text.

Blog posts

We fixed a number of bugs related to this area. There was and edge case where post content would not show to guests if the “about” profile field was disabled and PeepSo author box was enabled. We improved how Gecko page options relate to the Blog Page.

Mobile App

We continuously work on compatibility improvements with the mobile wrappers. In this release we fixed infinite scroll issues related to members, groups etc, when using WPMA wrapper with “native interface” selected.

Gecko theme

The Gecko admin panel UI/UX was improved, along with better handling of WordPress blocks and general improvements for the dark theme(s).

A compatibility issue with Widget Options was fixed, where Widget Options would break Gecko CSS for PeepSo widgets.

WooCommerce

This release is compatible with WooCommerce 5.9.0. We also fixed an issue where the mobile logo would sometimes be too big on WooCommerce pages.

Multilingual capabilities (work in progress)

The work on TranslatePress compatibility continues, and we are slowly getting ready to ship translatable emails at least in an Early Access / Beta state. However, we are first making sure the deep architectural changes made to accommodate TranslatePress do not introduce any bugs to the general product as a whole (such as the aforementioned “new group post” email titles).

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.