Directorist · Version history
Directorist changelog and version history
- Latest version
- 8.11.1
- Nov 8, 2026 (1 day ago)
- Releases
- 251
- since 2017
- In the last year
- 49
- about one every 8 days
- Tested up to
- WordPress 7.1.4
- PHP 7.4 or later
Releases each year
- 20173 releases
- 201811 releases
- 201955 releases
- 202018 releases
- 202123 releases
- 202223 releases
- 202318 releases
- 202430 releases
- 202525 releases
- 202645 releases
202645 releases
Directorist 8.11.1Latest
- Security
- Strengthened listing moderation checks to prevent administrator approval bypass through REST API and MCP status updates. Thanks to Vuxvinh through WPScan for responsibly reporting this issue.
Directorist 8.11
- New – Added MCP (Model Context Protocol) support, allowing AI assistants to manage listings, directories, settings, orders, and more
- Security
- Escaped listing author output in the admin listings table to prevent stored XSS.
- Added ownership validation when processing listing attachments. Thanks to Jashid Sany through WPScan for responsibly reporting this issue.
- Restricted listing edit-form data to authorized users. Thanks to Nicat Sultanov through WPScan for responsibly reporting this issue.
- Restricted payment receipts to authorized users. Thanks to Ilqar Rahimli through WPScan for responsibly reporting this issue.
- Added order authorization checks for payment retries. Thanks to Ilqar Rahimli through WPScan for responsibly reporting this issue.
- Strengthened listing authorization for featured checkout. Thanks to GivMeInJ through WPScan for responsibly reporting this issue.
- Prevented listing status updates from bypassing administrator approval. Thanks to Vuxvinh through WPScan for responsibly reporting this issue.
- Added per-user permission checks to email verification bulk actions, including multisite. Thanks to Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala through WPScan for responsibly reporting this issue.
Directorist 8.10.7
- Security
- Escaped single listing shortcode placeholder output to prevent stored XSS.
Directorist 8.10.6
- Improved
- Improved REST API support with checkout provider data and authenticated user order creation, lookup, and pagination. (#3132)
- Improved Themes & Extensions catalog with Paystack Payment Gateway availability. (#3131)
- Improved featured listing payment settings with support for extension-provided payment types. (#3101)
- Improved payment gateway settings extensibility with a filter for Sandbox/Live environment selectors. (#3103)
- Fixed
- Extension update detection and downloads when package URLs or subscription metadata are missing. (#3013)
- Missing account verification emails for users created through guest listing submissions. (#3084)
- Polylang directory type mapping, translated builder configuration, and category/location associations. (#3088)
- Frontend address and ZIP radius searches ignoring the selected directory’s distance unit. (#3093)
- Instant search results not refreshing after selecting a Google Places address. (#3094)
- Location list widget pagination and nested location toggles after changing pages. (#3095)
- Listing deletion emails not being sent to owners and admins from dashboard and admin actions. (#3098)
- Listing renewal emails sharing admin and owner templates, missing admin delivery, and inconsistent email layouts. (#3099)
- REST API fatal errors when updating listings or retrieving single-listing builder data. (#3100)
- Selected directory and listing view being lost after clearing search filters. (#3104)
- Conditionally hidden field values and gallery thumbnails being removed during admin listing edits. (#3106)
- Negative values and signed bounds being handled incorrectly in custom Number range filters. (#3107)
- Missing multilingual rewrite rules and repeated frontend rewrite flushes with WPML. (#3108)
- Custom listing card fields disappearing after saving or reloading Directory Builder. (#3109)
- Enquiry reply email links and Received unread badges not updating correctly. (#3110)
- Settings JSON imports failing when fields from unavailable extensions are present. (#3112)
- Category-dependent search fields affecting other search forms on the same page. (#3113)
- Enquiry dashboard labels and guest-facing text using the wrong language. (#3115)
- Inactive conditional fields remaining visible on single listing pages. (#3118)
- Google Places autocomplete and required address validation in listing forms. (#3119)
- Empty search field groups not expanding in Directory Builder. (#3120)
- Directory Builder preview URLs losing directory selection with Plain permalinks and early taxonomy lookup warnings. (#3121)
- Duplicate listing expiry notifications and premature renewal reminders. (#3122)
- Redundant featured metadata joins slowing filtered listing archives and search queries. (#3123)
Directorist 8.10.5
- Improved
- Improved FormGent enquiries with Send and Received tabs in the user dashboard. (#3040)
- Fixed
- Pricing Plans bank transfer order creation and completion emails not being sent to buyers and admins. (#3087)
- Installed Mailchimp extension updates not being detected. (#3083)
- M-Pesa extension installation status and updates not being recognized correctly. (#3082)
- Installed Listing Importer extension showing the Install button again in Themes & Extensions. (#3081)
- Category-dependent fields disappearing after selecting a location in listing forms. (#3079)
- Long listing rejection reasons being clipped in the user dashboard. (#3070)
- Deactivated or deleted payment gateways remaining visible at checkout. (#3044)
Directorist 8.10.4
- Improved – Improved Themes & Extensions catalog, account connection, extension recommendations, and activation guidance. (#3067) – Improved gateway webhook registration with inline feedback and same-page settings flow. (#3069) – Updated licensing links and account connection copy. (#3072)
- Fixed – Payment setup progress when all gateways are disabled. (#3067) – Missing accessible labels on sign-in fields. (#3068) – Empty or unsaved webhook states showing incorrect registration status. (#3069)
Directorist 8.10.3
- Security – Hardened listing tag submission and taxonomy dropdown rendering to prevent stored XSS. (#3056) – Strengthened REST API item permissions to prevent unauthorized access to non-public listing resources. (#3056) – Escaped single listing map info window phone and direction URL output to preve…
- Fixed – Google Maps initialization before required map libraries finish loading. (#3055) – Malformed archive card layouts not recovering correctly. (#3033) – Listing address autocomplete not syncing with the map pin. (#3032) – Frontend listing submissions not persisting selected taxonomies. (#3031)…
Directorist 8.10.2.1
Directorist 8.10.2
Directorist 8.10.1
Directorist 8.10
- Added – Introduced a new admin dashboard for Themes & Extensions with account licensing overview, setup progress, activity insights, quick actions, and extension recommendations. (#2932)
- Improved – Improved the setup wizard with an AI-powered directory setup experience. (#3026)
- Fixed – Admin notification templates for listing and order events not applying customized admin email content. (#3042) – Mobile sidebar filter toggle missing when View As is disabled. (#3043) – Recurring listings expiring despite active subscriptions. (#3035) – Expired listing renewals bypassing ap…
Directorist 8.9.6
- Security – Hardened review moderation permissions and owner notifications to prevent private reviewer data exposure. (#3016)
- Improved – Improved listing CSV import and export with Business Hours and social link support. (#3028)
- Fixed – Dashboard listing submissions bypassing the configured Pricing Plans page. (#2999) – REST nonce not refreshing after guest listing submissions. (#3006) – Advanced search filter labels overlapping and retaining stale values after reset. (#3022)
Directorist 8.9.5
- Security – Fixed a security issue in order REST API handling. (#3000)
- Improved – Added normalized contact data support for anonymous users. (#2977) – Added v2 Listings API improvements. (#2963) – Improved native search and account modal customization. (#2996) – Improved single listing slider layout controls. (#2995) – Improved extension email template placeholders. (…
- Fixed – Search reset range slider errors. (#2994) – Unavailable listing type and map directions handling. (#2993) – Number fields not preserving zero values. (#2988) – Multi-directory custom fields in listing export. (#2987) – Archive filter directory context. (#2986) – Badge condition preview labe…
Directorist 8.9.4
- Improved – Added prepaid order status support across order management and REST API status mapping. (#2955)
- Fixed – Author profile links missing directory type slug in multi-directory listings. (#2957) – Featured listing expiration sync issue. (#2969) – preserve archive filter directory context. (#2985)
Directorist 8.9.3
- Security – Prevent path traversal in REST listing submission file and image upload handling.
Directorist 8.9.2
- Fixed – Undefined array key warning in Directorist widget checkbox field rendering.
Directorist 8.9.1
- Improved – support new pricing plans API. (#2935)
Directorist 8.9
- Added – Introduced custom badges with configurable rules, styles, icons, colors, and tooltips. (#2920) – Pending order cancellation flow from the user dashboard. (#2930) – Business Hours always-open and timezone support in the v2 Listings API, including timezone options and validation. (#2903) – Di…
- Improved – Legacy orders API compatibility by moving current order, checkout, and payment endpoints to v2 while restoring v1 orders routes. (#2907) – Extension settings empty state messaging when active extension settings are available elsewhere in the settings panel. (#2923) – Dashboard listing ac…
- Fixed – Admin orders list and order details for guest, missing, or deleted customer accounts. (#2906) – Required hidden conditional fields blocking listing submissions. (#2927) – Multiple custom File Upload fields failing with invalid upload requests. (#2929) – REST API password reset PIN validatio…
Directorist 8.8.7
- Improved – FormGent email notifications now include the Directorist listing owner as a recipient. (#2916)
- Security – Hardened custom file uploads with capability checks, guest token validation, file field validation, and server-side file size enforcement. (#2914)
- Fixed – PHP warnings in the archive basic search form when configured search fields are unavailable for the current directory type. (#2919)
Directorist 8.8.6
- Improved – Improved frontend performance by loading listing owner dashboard assets only on dashboard pages.
Directorist 8.8.5
- Improved – Settings panel search experience. (#2902) – Web push notification controls in the settings panel. (#2902)
- Fixed – Mobile dashboard sidebar and profile loader behavior. (#2904) – Single listing back button tap behavior on mobile. (#2905)
Directorist 8.8.4
- Security – Fixed REST listing status update authorization to prevent unauthenticated status changes and restrict updates to permitted Directorist listings. (#2908)
Directorist 8.8.3
- Fixed – Security issue. (#2896) – SEO term warnings on taxonomy archives. (#2895)
Directorist 8.8.2
- Improved – Redesigned settings panel UX with refined navigation, section layouts, field controls, and responsive styling. (#2878)
- Fixed – PayPal extension download link in the setup wizard to install the latest compatible package. (#2890) – PHP 8.4 compatibility issue. (#2891)
Directorist 8.8.8
Directorist 8.8.1
- Fixed – Deprecated extension notice issue.
Directorist 8.7.4
- Improved – Directory Builder initial setup with default icons, preselected layout widgets, Search Box defaults, avatar settings, and better create-from-scratch directory name focus flow. (#2611) – Builder UI with updated close icon, draggable placeholder styles, preview mode placement, first group…
- Fixed – Builder layout data consistency to prevent empty selected widgets, missing widget metadata, duplicate widgets, and null widget errors in saved/imported layouts. (#2611) – Tagline/title widget options showing when the Tagline field is unavailable in the Add Listing Form. (#2611) – Zipcode ra…
Directorist 8.7.3
- Improved – Listing import/export to include listing reviews and Advanced Review criteria data in the existing CSV flow. (#2862)
Directorist 8.7.2
- Improved – Dashboard tab navigation to prevent scroll jumps while preserving hash-based deep links. (#2850)
- Fixed – Single listing map popup image. (#2857) – Missing nonce in regenerate pages action. (#2856) – HTML custom field editor initialization when switching listing types. (#2854) – Listing Header Builder empty groups and preserved widget drag ordering. (#2853) – Payment receipt grand total formatt…
Directorist 8.7.1
Directorist 8.7
Directorist 8.6.9
Directorist 8.6.8
Directorist 8.6.7
Directorist 8.6.6
Directorist 8.6.5
Directorist 8.6.4
Directorist 8.6.3
Directorist 8.6.2
Directorist 8.6.1
Directorist 8.6
Directorist 8.5.10
Directorist 8.5.9
Directorist 8.5.8
Directorist V8.5.7
202525 releases
Directorist 8.5.6
Directorist 8.5.5
Directorist 8.5.4
Directorist 8.5.3
Directorist 8.5.2
Directorist 8.5.1
Directorist 8.5
Directorist 8.4.9
Directorist 8.4.8
Directorist 8.4.7.2
Directorist 8.4.7.1
Directorist 8.4.7
Directorist 8.4.6
Directorist 8.4.5
Directorist 8.4.4
Directorist 8.4.3
Directorist 8.4.2
Directorist 8.4.1
Directorist 8.4
Directorist 8.3.1
Directorist 8.3
Directorist 8.2
Directorist 8.1
Directorist 8.0.12
Directorist 8.0.11
202430 releases
Directorist 8.0.10
Directorist 8.0.9
Directorist 8.0.8
Directorist 8.0.7
Directorist 8.0.6
Directorist 8.0.5
Directorist 8.0.4
Directorist 8.0.3
Directorist 8.0.2
Directorist 8.0.1
Directorist 8.0
Directorist 7.12.7
Directorist 7.12.6
Directorist 7.12.5
Directorist 7.12.4
Directorist 7.12.3
Directorist 7.12.2
Directorist 7.12.1
Directorist 7.12.0
Directorist 7.11.0
Directorist 7.10.3
Directorist 7.10.2
Directorist 7.10.1
Directorist 7.10.0
Directorist release7.10.0
Directorist 7.9.0
Directorist 7.8.6
Directorist 7.8.5
Directorist 7.8.4
Directorist 7.8.3
202318 releases
Directorist 7.8.2
Directorist 7.8.1
Directorist 7.8.0
Directorist 7.7.4
Directorist 7.7.3
Directorist 7.7.2
Directorist 7.7.1
Directorist 7.7.0
Directorist 7.6.2
Directorist 7.6.1
Directorist 7.6.0
Directorist 7.5.5
Directorist 7.5.4
Directorist 7.5.3
Directorist 7.5.2
Directorist 7.5.1
Directorist 7.5.0
Directorist 7.4.6
202223 releases
Directorist 7.4.5
Directorist 7.4.4
Directorist 7.4.3
Directorist 7.4.2.2
Directorist 7.4.2.1
Directorist 7.4.2
Directorist 7.4.1.1
Directorist 7.4.1
Directorist 7.4.0
Directorist 7.3.4
Directorist 7.3.3
Directorist 7.3.2
Directorist 7.3.1.2
Directorist 7.3.1.1
Directorist 7.3.1
Directorist 7.3.0
Directorist 7.2.3
Directorist 7.2.2
Directorist 7.2.1
Directorist 7.2.0
Directorist 7.1.2
Directorist 7.1.1
Directorist 7.1.0
202123 releases
Directorist 7.0.8
Directorist 7.0.7
Directorist 7.0.6.3
Directorist 7.0.6.2
Directorist 7.0.6.1
Directorist 7.0.6
Directorist 7.0.5.5
Directorist 7.0.5.3
Directorist 7.0.5.2
Directorist 7.0.5.1
Directorist 7.0.5
Directorist 7.0.5.6
Directorist 7.0.5.4
Directorist 7.0.4.1
Directorist 7.0.4
Directorist 7.0.3.3
Directorist 7.0.3.2
Directorist 7.0.3.1
Directorist 7.0.3
Directorist 7.0.2
Directorist 7.0.1
Directorist 7.0
Directorist 6.5.8
202018 releases
Directorist 6.5.7
Directorist 6.5.6
Directorist 6.5.5
Directorist 6.5.4
Directorist 6.5.3
Directorist 6.5.2
Directorist 6.5.1
Directorist 6.5.0
Directorist 6.4.3
Directorist 6.4.2
Directorist 6.4.1
Directorist 6.4.0
Directorist 6.3.4
Directorist 6.3.3
Directorist 6.3.2
Directorist 6.3.1
Directorist 6.3.0
Directorist 6.2.2
201955 releases
Directorist 6.2.1
Directorist 6.2.0
Directorist 6.1.0
Directorist 6.0.2
Directorist 6.0.1
Directorist 6.0.0
Directorist 5.9.2
Directorist 5.9.1
Directorist 5.9.0
Directorist 5.8.0
Directorist 5.7.0
Directorist 5.6.3
Directorist 5.6.2
Directorist 5.6.1
Directorist 5.6.0
Directorist 5.5.3
Directorist 5.5.2
Directorist 5.5.1
Directorist 5.5.0
Directorist 5.4.3
Directorist 5.4.2
Directorist 5.4.1
Directorist 5.4.0
Directorist 5.3.0
Directorist 5.2.0
Directorist 5.1.0
Directorist 5.0.8
Directorist 5.0.7
Directorist 5.0.6
Directorist 5.0.5
Directorist 5.0.4
Directorist 5.0.3
Directorist 5.0.2
Directorist 5.0.1
Directorist 5.0.0
Directorist 4.7.6
Directorist 4.7.5
Directorist 4.7.4
Directorist 4.7.3
Directorist 4.7.2
Directorist 4.7.1
Directorist 4.7.0
Directorist 4.6.0
Directorist 4.5.1
Directorist 4.5.0
Directorist 4.4.0
Directorist 4.3.1
Directorist 4.3.0
Directorist 4.2.0
Directorist 4.1.0
Directorist 4.0.3
Directorist 4.0.2
Directorist 4.0.1
Directorist 4.0.0
Directorist 3.3.0
201811 releases
Directorist 3.2.2
Directorist 3.2.1
Directorist 3.2.0
Directorist 3.1.5
Directorist 3.1.4
Directorist 3.1.3
Directorist 3.1.2
Directorist 3.1.1
Directorist 3.1.0
Directorist 3.0.0
Directorist 2.0.0
20173 releases
Directorist 1.1.1
Directorist 1.1.0
Directorist 1.0.0
Questions about Directorist’s releases
What is the latest version of Directorist?
8.11.1, released on Nov 8, 2026 (1 day ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.
How often is Directorist updated?
49 releases in the last year, about one every 8 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from August 2017.
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