3.3.5 - February 24th, 2026

• Minimum Requirements Notice: Pods 3.4 coming in 2026 will require new minimum versions of WordPress 6.8+, PHP 8.0+, and MySQL 5.7+
• Feature: Added support for showing fields as "Read Only" in forms when a user does not have edit access to them while allowing admins to continue editing them. You can find this under the Edit Field modal in Advanced > Visibility > UI Access. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: When detecting malformed shortcodes broken by < or > characters within the where clause, Pods now shows a helpful notice with workaround instructions instead of just breaking. #7451 #7482 (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: New replacements within Pods shortcodes clauses for replacing __LESS_THAN__, __LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL__, __GREATER_THAN__, and __GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL__ with their corresponding <, <=, >, and >= characters to work around broken WP shortcodes. This is also available in the [if] Pods template shortcode compare attribute. #7451 #7482 (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: New option for conditional logic that will allow saving conditional field values even when the field is hidden. #7475 #7484 (@faisalahammad, @sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: New setting at Pods Settings > Performance that allows you to "Limit autocomplete search results in Relationship fields" to specify larger numbers if needed. #7454 (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: PodsUI > Implement pods_ui_after_heading hook for additional UI customizations. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: PodsUI > Move restricted() checks before callbacks to prevent additional unnecessary calls when user doesn't have access. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: Add pods_v_bool that uses pods_is_truthy to enforce boolean values on variables from various sources. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: Add Manage link to the Navigate section of the Pods content admin forms. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Enhancement: Underlying code support for multiple condition checks for Conditional Logic. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Tweak: Remove trim from pods_is_truthy and pods_is_falsey functions. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Tweak: In the Edit Field modal, under the Advanced > Visibility section -- the Restrict Access and UI Access are now separate checkbox groups. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Tweak: Pods now follows WP Admin Theme color schemes more closely using dynamic CSS color references to the scheme colors. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Shortcode unit test issue resolved. #7472 #7473 (@devlamconstructie, @sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Loading a form with WYSIWYG React Quill used as Repeatable fields now loads without breaking the editor. #7465 #7487 (@faisalahammad, @sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Resolved reordering of values for Repeatable Date/Time, Currency, and Number fields. #7471 #7486 (@faisalahammad, @sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Resolve sync associated taxonomy with relationship issues when not using bidirectional relationship field. #7477 #7485 (@faisalahammad, @sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Resolved reordering of values in List View relationship fields. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Allow empty values in email fields when field is not required. #7476 #7483 (@faisalahammad, @sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: esc_html_e usage when not used for translating in PodsUI. #7462 (@DAnn2012)
• Fixed: The default storage type for Settings is set to option when creating as it should have been. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: When using repeatable fields on a Pod that uses Table-based storage, a notice now shows explaining that it's not an available feature. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Better support when values are sent as WP_Error and now show appropriate errors in save_pod_item validation handling. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Resolve heredoc issue with Migrate PHP component. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: WordPress 7.0 compatibility issues fixed. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Fixed: Conditional logic now works properly for Boolean Group sub fields (used in Edit Field modal and other Pods Admin areas). (@sc0ttkclark)
• Extensive cleanup to resolve important WP Plugin Checker results, PHPCS, and PHPStan issues across the codebase. (@sc0ttkclark)
• Extensive testing upgrades to PHPUnit 10+ and wp-browser 4. (@sc0ttkclark, @lucetume)
• New hourly verification of the Pods PLC DID and FAIR metadata. (@johnbillion)