Admin Columns Pro Version History

Release Date: March 16th, 2026

* [Added] New "Auto Detect" option for the date save format setting.
* [Added] New hooks `ac/search/select/options` and `ac/filtering/select/options` to customize dropdown options.
* [Added] ACF: File field now supports file display settings with preview mode (images, video, audio) and link options (view, download, edit).
* [Added] ACF: File field now supports multiple file uploads.
* [Added] MetaBox: File fields now support file display and link settings.
* [Added] New `ac/init` action hook for accessing the DI container after plugin initialization.
* [Improved] Improved license activation reliability when the API proxy is unavailable.
* [Improved] Export table data is now accessible for programmatic use.
* [Improved] The Title Only column on the Media list table now displays both the post title and the filename.
* [Improved] Before/After text settings now correctly apply to ID columns.
* [Fixed] Fixed potential errors when displaying columns for deleted posts, users, or terms.
* [Fixed] Fixed dropdown menus closing unexpectedly when clicked.
* [Fixed] MetaBox: Fixed a switch-case syntax error in the Relationship field for taxonomy screens.
* [Fixed] MetaBox: Fixed taxonomy sorting when term IDs contain commas.
* [Fixed] Resolved errors and deprecation warnings when running on PHP 8.4.

Release Date: March 2nd, 2026

* [Added] WooCommerce Product Property now falls back to the parent product when a variation has no value.
* [Added] ACF: Added filtering support for Checkbox and Button Group field types inside Repeater fields.
* [Added] Toolset: Added support for the Map field type.
* [Fixed] `ac/editing/saved` hook for Bulk Edit now uses the correct and the same params as Inline Edit.
* [Fixed] ACF date fields are now formatted without timezone modification.
* [Fixed] Correctly assign a UTC timezone for `wp_date()` usages.
* [Fixed] Jetengine Switcher field showed an incorrect `true` value.
* [Fixed] WooCommerce Shipping column now works with multi currencies.
* [Fixed] WooCommerce Order Notes column now only shows the latest notes instead of all.
* [Fixed] WooCommerce: Fixed product ratings sorting.
* [Fixed] Events Calendar: Fixed inline editing for events being affected by The Events Calendar's post limit override.
* [Fixed] BuddyPress: Fixed multiple issues; incorrect table screen detection, activity count filtering, and a double-save in group editing.
* [Fixed] MetaBox: Fixed the Relationship field not working correctly for user-based post types.
* [Fixed] Bulk Delete: Fixed a potential fatal error when the post type object cannot be resolved.
* [Fixed] Bulk Delete: Error message for a locked post now gracefully handles an unknown locking user.
* [Improved] Columns no longer open during column reordering.
* [Improved] Significantly improved performance of the list screen settings decoder.
* [Improved] Applied output escaping across templates for better security hardening.
* [Deprecated] Deprecated the HTML::more() helper method.

Release Date: February 16th, 2026

* [Fixed] Fixed an issue where child terms in hierarchical taxonomies were excluded from filtered results when no sorting was applied
* [Fixed] Fixed an error in the Yoast Primary Taxonomy column.
* [Fixed] Toolset types legacy relationship fields could trigger an error.
* [Added] Implemented missing Editing feature for some Events Calendar columns
* [Added] Added the `do_action('ac/export/data')` hook for customizing exported CSV data.
* [Added] WooCommerce add-on: Exclude the stock count when the quantity is zero during product stock export.
* [Added] Reintroduced the WooCommerce Product Details column to the Orders table.
* [Added] MetaBox support for the "Switch" field type
* [Improved] Restored the post display settings for the ACF page link field
* [Improved] String limit setting added to Media Caption column
* [Deprecated] Deprecated the Admin Columns helper function 'ac_helper'.
* [Deprecated] Removed the hook `ac/column/types/pro` in favor of `ac/column/types`.

Release Date: February 4th, 2026

* [Fixed] Various code optimizations and minor improvements, including stricter type handling.
* [Fixed] Jetengine: Gallery field now works correctly with different value formats
* [Fixed] Gravity Forms: we will explicitly cast the `GF_FIELD->isRequired()' result to a boolean
* [Fixed] Gravity Forms: fixed an issue with products column
* [Fixed] Added the missing bulk delete feature to the media list table
* [Improved] Bulk deleting WooCommerce products will now also delete the lookup table contents related to a given product

Release Date: February 2nd, 2026

* [Fixed] Filtering by Past and Future dates for ACF columns caused an error.
* [Fixed] Fixed an error with the MetaBox relationship field not storing its relation (e.g. post) correctly
* [Fixed] Resolved an issue where original WordPress default columns were stored incorrectly.
* [Fixed] Fixed an issue where images in custom field columns did not always display correctly, depending on how they were stored.
* [Added] Added support for the ACF date format for date custom fields.
* [Added] Added a setting for image, media, post, and user custom fields to control the number of items displayed.
* [Improved] Renamed and reordered the date format settings for custom field column to make the stored date format clearer (with an improved tooltip).

Release Date: January 30th, 2026

* [Fixed] The ACF "flexible content" column gave a fatal error when used inside a ACF group field.
* [Fixed] WooCommerce HPOS Unsupported Fields gave a fatal error on the table.
* [Fixed] WooCommerce Coupon Code formatter gave an error for coupons that don't exist anymore
* [Fixed] Beaver Builder add-on: the category column will link to the correct post-type when using the "filter by term" setting
* [Improved] WooCommerce Stock Quantity now sorts better on numeric values.
* [Added] The ACF group column has an "Edit field" link in the extra action section of the column setting

Release Date: January 28th, 2026

* [Fixed] Prevented a fatal error when retrieving the total items count if $wp_list_table is not a WP_List_Table instance.
* [Fixed] Fixed a WordPress VIP icon font issue.
* [Improved] Optimized performance and memory usage when retrieving table views.
* [Improved] The value rendering hook now also triggers when the value is empty.