It’s that time again…today we launched the 3.9 updates to our entire plugins suite! This release incorporates a handful of new features and addresses a number of bugs as we do some end-of-year housekeeping and set a strong groundwork for 2015. So next time you hit your dashboard, don’t be surprised if you see updates available for each of the following plugins you may have installed:

• The Events Calendar
• Events Calendar PRO
• WPEC Tickets
• Shopp Tickets
• WooCommerce Tickets
• EDD Tickets
• Facebook Events
• Eventbrite Tickets
• Filter Bar
• Community Events

Below is a specific breakdown of what each update included.

The Events Calendar 3.9

• Implemented default permalink support for add-ons that weren’t in compliance, specifically Filter Bar
• Fixed a bug where events in child categories would not display when viewing the parent category on month view (thanks to Bryce on the forums for the original report!)
• Fixed bug where the tribe_is_category() function was returning the wrong value
• Added support for Google’s JSON-LD event markup format (thanks to Thomas on the forums for the first request!)
• Lowered the aggressiveness of the activation/upgrade page to improve compatibility with other plugins
• Removed the old activation message, now that we have the new activation screen
• Fixed an issue where the list view date picker did not reflect the ‘Week starts on’ WordPress setting
• Updated CSS selectors to no longer be reliant on microformat classes
• Fixed a couple of layout issues with TwentyFourteen child themes
• Added a Modern Tribe credit in the HTML page source in the footer – this can be removed with the following snippet: http://m.tri.be/p6
• Added links on the settings page to view Welcome/Updated pages
• Fixed an issue where the incorrect icon was displaying for the ‘List’ option in the view switcher
• Fixed a translation issue with the Organizer & Venue field labels on the Add/Edit Event screen (thanks to Oliver for reporting this on the forums!)
• Enhanced structured data support in relation to the ticketing framework
• Removed jquery 1.7 specific fallback javascript bloat, now support >= 1.8
• Revised CSS to help avoid theme compatibility issues causing event dates/times to be hidden (thanks to thepresenters on the forum for the first report!)
• Improved integration between the ticketing framework and the Filter Bar plugin (thanks to brandonpence on the forums for the heads up here!)
• Added useful system information to the help screen to assist in support and troubleshooting for the core plugin
• Enhanced month view to populate the leading/trailing days of adjacent months included in the current view
• Fixed a bug in the ticketing framework causing ticket start sale dates to reset to 1st January 1970 (thanks to loveyourlocalgroup on the forums for the first report!)
• Extended the attendee list’s filtering capabilities to cover purchaser names (big thanks to Adam on the forums for the first report of this!)
• Added support for WP-eCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and Shopp plugins to show sold and pending tickets count in the attendee list.
• Incorporated updated Icelandic translation files, courtesy of Baldvin Örn Berndsen
• Incorporated updated German translation files, courtesy of Oliver Heinrich
• Incorporated updated Greek translation files, courtesy of Yannis Troullinos
• Incorporated new Lithuanian translation files, courtesy of Gediminas Pankevicius

Events Calendar PRO 3.9

• Added a new [tribe_mini_calendar] shortcode to make it easy to embed the calendar widget outside of sidebars
• Fixed an issue where some of the view date pickers did not reflect the ‘Week starts on’ WordPress setting
• Updated CSS selectors to no longer be reliant on microformat classes
• Fixed a plugin compatibility issue preventing the full use of ACF Pro in relation to recurring events
• Removed jquery 1.7 specific fallback javascript bloat, now support >= 1.8
• Implemented changes in relation to front page pagination to improve compatibility with various themes and plugins (thanks to brightspark on the forums for the initial report!)
• Implemented default permalink support to integrate better with certain add-ons, most notably Filter Bar
• Removed some deprecated and unused code
• Implemented internationalization support for map view location tooltips (thanks to csikimacko on the forums for the first report!)
• Removed pagination links from the /all/ view
• Reformatted code to better conform with WordPress code style
• Fixed an issue where all day events had incorrect spacing in the Twenty Thirteen theme on week view
• Incorporated updated Icelandic translation files, courtesy of Baldvin Örn Berndsen
• Incorporated updated German translation files, courtesy of Oliver Heinrich
• Incorporated updated Greek translation files, courtesy of Yannis Troullinos
• Incorporated new Lithuanian translation files, courtesy of Gediminas Pankevicius

WPEC Tickets 3.9

• Added display of sold and pending tickets count in the attendee list view

Shopp Tickets 3.9

• Added display of sold and pending tickets count in the attendee list view

WooCommerce Tickets 3.9

• Removed “wootickets_process=1” URL query from the add to cart URL (thanks to Joe on the forums for the first report!)
• Tickets can now be validated via the “woocommerce_add_to_cart_validation” hook before they are added to the cart (thanks to Kyle Williams at UserVoice for the first request!)
• Fixed a bug preventing the attendee list order status column from populating (thanks to infamia on the forums for the heads up!)

EDD Tickets 3.9

• Added display of sold and pending tickets count in the attendee list view

Eventbrite Tickets 3.9

• Fixed a bug where the price of donation based tickets would show up blank (thanks to stevenmillstein for the original report!)
• Fixed a bug that loaded the Eventbrite ticket form over HTTP within the context of an HTTPS request (thanks to kjoboyle on the forums for the first report!)

Facebook Events 3.9

• Fixed a bug preventing the import of some images from Facebook (thanks to ayatango on the forums for the initial report!) 
• Incorporated new Russian translation files, courtesy of Evgenii Rybak
• Incorporated new Finnish translation files, courtesy of Mikko Seppälä

Filter Bar 3.9

• Enabled auto-complete for remaining fields within Filter Bar! We’ve added new field options for Category, Venue and Organizer filters; you can now select between dropdown, checkbox, or autocomplete filter types
• Implemented true support for default permalinks when running Filter Bar
• Addressed a bug where Filter Bar cost says “0” (or free) when tickets with prices are created within WooCommerce Tickets (thanks to brandonpence on the forums for the first report!)
• Fixed a bug where the dropdown selector failed or caused fatal errors in certain circumstances
• Incorporated updated German translation files, courtesy of Oliver Heinrich
• Incorporated new Catalan translation files, courtesy of Oriol Carol
• Incorporated updated Greek translation files, courtesy of Yannis Troullinos
• Incorporated new Polish translation files, courtesy of Marcin Lacki
• Incorporated new Russian transltion files, courtesy of Evgenii Rybak

Community Events 3.9

• Added spam filtering based on reCaptcha (thanks to Scott Fennell for setting the initial framework on this!)
• Incorporated updated German translation files, courtesy of Oliver Heinrich
• Incorporated new Russian translation files, courtesy of Evgenii Rybak

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And there you have it! Don’t forget to also check out our blog post highlighting high-level things to be aware of in this release.

We can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the latest release. Plus, since this is our last build of 2014: at the risk of getting all sentimental, THANK YOU to each and every one of you for your support this past year. We’ve got a lot of excitement on our team regarding what’s next for the plugin suite in 2015. Keep your eyes on this space for more as we’re able to reveal it 🙂

And as always…if you notice bugs or have questions about the latest updates, hit us up on the forum and we’ll reply as quickly as we can.