Elgg 6.3.1
6 October 2025
Elgg version 6.3.1 is now available (major release).
Upgrading to Elgg 6.3.1
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What's New in Elgg 6.3.1
6.3.1
Bug Fixes
- database: improved Phinx upgrade logging 2e5e9e859
- log: correctly show error logging backtraces be61933d6
- admin: prevent user details from crashing if system log disabled a7ead02fc
- routes: prevent route registration with required plugins 4a36c91d9
- developers: incorrect translation when inspecting routes 171e25f60
- widgets: css fix to correct incorrect offset calculation 4b345d3f6
- notifications: allow instant notifications without custom handler 477c4e70c
- db: increased column limit for system_log object_class and event 7e7d13ed6
6.3.0
Features
- forms: fieldsservice adds field help text if in translations 7a309e390
- forms: added ability to prioritize fields in fieldsservice b18700f67
- notifications: only get enabled notification preferences 9e4d0e437 closes #14879
- notifications: manage attachments through notification handler feb26bf7d
- notifications: add elgg_notify_user() function e39641556
- notifications: added non-configurable notification handler 2076ffab6
- entity: added subscribable capability 1130e5acd
- input: checkbox switch restyled to be more accessible c16991485 closes #14853
- developers: added inspection view for notification handlers 7eb9e759c
- developers: added config flag to log database queries 3670771d3 closes #14804
- messageboard: moved notification to event handlers 2dde700b1
- group: moved notifications to event handlers a353fb119
- output: added elgg_number_format function to format numbers f6a06437b
- views: added default no_results language key support bf019474e
- views: added helper function for page/components/no_results 73ca1c26f
- views: support full and summary subviews for entities 54f8205a9 closes #14803
- admin: show the registration ip address on user info if available a7aaca410 closes #14531
- events: allow events to continue on an exception 48a77dea5 closes #14801
- css: maintenance mode css is now similar to walled garden d11ade1a4 closes #14452
- css: elgg_require_css is also applied when loading ajax content 6659eb162
- routing: set default route parameters based on logged-in user d507e05d7 closes #14579
- db: allow datetime filters for entities deleted column 871681f20
- core: cast switch field type value to boolean in generic action 00541f23c
- js: added integrity information to importmap for ES Modules 6776f2c6b
Performance
- views: try to preload containers in sidebar comments block 383e9ea0d
Bug Fixes
- cli: improved cli logging 9a50cc795 closes #14758
- relationship: set relationship ID during event sequence 7b30e0198
- output: improved elgg_strip_tags to prevent 'gluing' content a53277e6f closes #14848
- css: horizontal field labels work in all fieldset alignments f073af5d4 closes #14802
Deprecations
- core: directly using ElggObject has been deprecated 066569f9e
- db: do not use the singular query option 'type_subtype_pair' 6f576fb05
- db: using legacy date filter keys in elgg_get_* logs notice ff45c8dd7
- lib: elgg_dump() has been deprecated use elgg_log() c86f9a2f0