Workflow

Fixed

• Fix when deleting a Craft User that owned a review, would also delete that review.
• Fix an error when approving a submission. (thanks @iainsaxon).

Fixed

• Add the ability to filter submissions for specific sites on the Recent Submissions dashboard widget.

Fixed

• Fix an issue where draft Matrix blocks (entries) were being used for submissions.

Fixed

• Fix email messages translations.

Added

• Add editor name to submission dashboard widget items.
• Add error handling when trying to set a non-pending submission to pending.
• Add the “Overview” subnav item to the Workflow menu.
• Add Craft Teams support for permissions.

Changed

• Update non-English translations.
• Update English translations.
• “Overview” has been changed to “Submissions”.

Fixed

• Fix an error when comparing reviews with no data.
• Fix submission edit breadcrumb.
• Fix submission edit save button alignment.
• Fix permissions check for viewing submissions.
• Fix viewing a submission when the element was deleted.
• Fix a PHP 8.3 error.
• Fix summary number alignments.

Changed

• Now requires PHP 8.2.0+.
• Now requires Craft 5.0.0+.

Fixed

• Fix when deleting a Craft User that owned a review, would also delete that review.
• Fix an error when approving a submission. (thanks @iainsaxon).

Fixed

• Add the ability to filter submissions for specific sites on the Recent Submissions dashboard widget.

Added

• Add editor name to submission dashboard widget items.

Changed

• Update non-English translations.
• Update English translations.

Fixed

• Fix an error when comparing reviews with no data.

Changed

• Update non-English translations.
• Update English translations.

Fixed

• Fix an error when trying to resolve an entry from front-end submissions.

Fixed

• Fix an incorrect URL for draft submissions in email notifications.
• Fix performance issues with review memoization due to performance issues for large installs.
• Fix settings dropdown showing for reviews when editing a submission.

Fixed

• Fix dashboard widget icon.
• Fix an error when saving submissions in the control panel for multi-sites.
• Fix an error when showing submission notes in the element index.
• Fix an error when determining the last review for a submission.
• Fix "Element query executed before Craft is fully initialized" warning.
• Fix submissions pane showing for non-draft, published entries when it should only show for drafts.

Added

• Add read-only state for submission detail pages for editors to view submission detail.
• Add output for reviews when comparing and their owner or submission can’t be found.
• Add several translations. (thanks @watarutmnh).

Changed

• The Workflow control panel menu item now will only show if the user has “Overview” permission.

Fixed

• Fix comparing reviews not working on specific multi-site setups.
• Fix an error when trying to determine whether a review’s element is a draft.

Added

• Add support for editor + reviewer dual role.

Fixed

• Fix an error when comparing reviews.
• Fix required notes not being enforced.
• Fix special characters in submission notes not working correctly.

Added

• Add type checks for sanitize/unsanitize notes.
• Add handling for migrating to Reviews on invalid review data (coming from old installs and submission data).

Fixed

• Fix Emoji support for notes in Craft 4.4+.

Changed

• Update front-end controller to use workflow/elements/save-entry.
• Only admins are now allowed to access Workflow settings.

Fixed

• Fix an error with sending published author notification emails.
• Fix special characters in submission notes not working correctly.
• Fix front-end submissions not working for Ajax.
• Fix site-based submission email notification.
• Fix an error when trying to approve/publish submissions made from the front-end.

Removed

• Removed Settings Workflow user permission.

Added

• Add fallback for getDraft() to getOwner().

Fixed

• Fix an error when comparing a review on a completed and approved submission.
• Fix an error when comparing reviews for a deleted element.
• Fix an error when comparing content changes for some drafts.
• Fix dashboard widget not linking to submission element detail pages.

Added

• Add Submission::getOwnerCpUrl() to easily refer to the owner entry or draft’s cpEditUrl in emails.
• Add some error-handling checks to Review::getSubmission(), Review::getElement(), Review::getUser().
• Add Submission::getDraft().

Changed

• References to the owner entry for a submission now refer to the draft (if it still exists).

Fixed

• Fix an issue where status couldn’t be updated when editing a submission in the control panel.

Fixed

• Fix submissions not being correctly multi-site aware in some instances.
• Fix an error when sending reviewer notifications.
• Fix PHP errors that could occur when executing GraphQL queries..

Added

• Add detail template for Submissions for stats and more detail on each review.
• Add entry “diff” functionality to easily see what’s been added/changed/removed (if any) on each submission review.
• Add “Published Author Notifications” notification.
• Add emoji support for submission notes.
• Add “status” column to submissions index.
• Add GraphQL support for querying submissions.
• Add missing English Translations.
• Add resave console command for elements.
• Add checks for registering events for performance.
• Add archiveTableIfExists() to install migration.

Changed

• Now requires PHP ^8.0.2.
• Now requires Craft ^4.0.0.
• Revamped Submissions and Reviews. Now captures information each time an action is performed on an entry for better review tracking. Refer to upgrade docs for a more thorough explanation.
• Breaking Change Update email templates to handle reviews. Refer to upgrade docs.
• Breaking Change Move email functions to own service. Refer to upgrade docs.
• Revamped submission process for more reliably and simplified handling with Craft 4+ updates.
• Switch Entry::class, Entry::EVENT_AFTER_SAVE to Elements::EVENT_AFTER_SAVE_ELEMENT to handle some edge-cases.
• Changed default title of a submission to Submission for “{entry.title}” on {date}.
• Rename base plugin methods.
• Now requires Workflow 1.7.0 in order to update from Craft 3.

Fixed

• Fix submissions made on published entry drafts and the “[Deleted Element]” because once applied the drafts are deleted
• Fix numerous UI issues.
• Fix widget for an editor on a published entry showing, before a draft has been created.
• Fix being able to save a submitted draft when it should be locked.

Removed

• Removed SubmissionsController as no longer needed.

Fixed

• Fix special characters in submission notes not working correctly.

Changed

• Submission notes are now sanitized when containing HTML.

Fixed

• Fix behaviour of “Approve only” for publishers, to not publish a draft, instead only save it.
• Fix reviewer groups not saving correctly.

Fixed

• Fix an error with reviewer user groups stored in the deprecated format (pre 1.7.0).
• Fix required fields validation error leading to "Entry draft not found" when saving draft for review.
• Fix an error when creating a new submission on an existing entry, when required field validation fails.
• Fix reviewer notes not populating email notifications.
• Fix reviewer submissions triggering multiple times when containing Preparse fields.
• Fix entering in reviewer notes updating the entry draft notes.
• Fix an error overriding the action for controllers, when other plugins rely on Controller::beforeAction().
• Fix an error when trying to fetch the next reviewer group.
• Fix front-end entry form creating multiple submissions.

Fixed

• Fix an error when trying to submit for review on a non-multi-site install.

Added

• Add deprecation notices for old settings, if you are using a configuration file. These will need to be updated before Craft 4.

Fixed

• Fix backward compatibility handling of settings not working correctly.
• Fix an error when trying to submit for review on a non-multi-site install.
• Fix settings for Reviewers not being populated correctly in settings.

Deprecated

• editorNotifications has been updated to be multi-site compatible. Refer to docs if you are using a configuration file.
• editorNotificationsOptions has been updated to be multi-site compatible. Refer to docs if you are using a configuration file.
• reviewerNotifications has been updated to be multi-site compatible. Refer to docs if you are using a configuration file.
• reviewerApprovalNotifications has been updated to be multi-site compatible. Refer to docs if you are using a configuration file.
• publisherNotifications has been updated to be multi-site compatible. Refer to docs if you are using a configuration file.

Added

• Add multi-site support for plugin settings for editor/reviewer/publisher groups.
• Add EVENT_PREPARE_EDITOR_EMAIL, EVENT_PREPARE_REVIEWER_EMAIL, and EVENT_PREPARE_PUBLISHER_EMAIL events.
• Add submission param to EVENT_BEFORE_SEND_ email events.

Changed

• Allow mail param in EVENT_BEFORE_SEND_ events to be modified by events.
• Change EVENT_BEFORE_SEND_ email events to be cancelable.

Fixed

• Fix submissions being created multiple times, if an entry contained a Preparse field.

Fixed

• Fix editor/publisher notes not being kept after a failed validation attempt.
• Fix required fields not validating when submitting for review.

Fixed

• Fix all date text not showing date and time (just date).
• Fix missing translation for 'Notes about your submission' text.

Changed

• Update dashboard widget formatting.
• Update status colours to Craft standard.
• Set publisherId and dateApproved when setting the status to approved in the element status index.

Fixed

• Fix all date text not using locale-aware formatting.
• Fix notes placeholder text not being fully translatable.
• Fix rejected submissions' status not working with user border accessibility options.
• Fix when a user is both editor and publisher, not showing the approval widget for other editors submissions.

Fixed

• Fix editors (who have access to the Workflow index) being allowed to approve their own submissions.

Fixed

• Fixed Craft 3.7+ compatibility.

Changed

• Now requires Craft 3.7+.

Fixed

• Fixed Craft 3.7+ compatibility.

Added

• Add reviewerApprovalNotifications plugin setting to control sending email notifications to each the editor upon each reviewer’s approval.

Fixed

• Fix reviewer emails not setting the correct “Review” model.

Fixed

• Fix toggle arrow alignment for entry widgets.
• Fix publisher receiving notifications incorrectly, when multiple reviewers are enabled.

Added

• Add lockDraftSubmissions plugin setting to control whether entries should be locked when submitted or not.

Fixed

• Fix user receiving an error when trying to edit a submitted entry.

Fixed

• Fix editors being able to continue editing their draft once submitted (through auto-save).

Fixed

• Fix email notifications for editor approvals.

Fixed

• Add more logging to email notifications.
• Fix emails not sending unless Reviewer Notifications is checked.

Fixed

• Fix XSS vulnerability with permissions settings.
• Fix error when reviewerUserGroups plugin settings is not an array.

Fixed

• Fix missing migration for review, introduced in 1.5.0.

Added

• Added multi-step review process. This introduces an optional middle step between editor submissions and publisher approvals. This can be used for multiple review steps, by various parties. Big thanks to @bencroker from @putyourlightson.

Fixed

• Fix multi-site entries and their approval overriding the status of other-site entries.
• Approving new entries respects section default status settings.
• Fix date attributes for submissions not being localised.

Fixed

• Fix incorrect response sent for some actions, causing send() errors.
• Improve handling of enabledForSite when approving and publishing submissions.

Fixed

• Prevent access to settings when allowAdminChanges is false

Fixed

• Fix logging error Call to undefined method setFileLogging().

Changed

• File logging now checks if the overall Craft app uses file logging.
• Log files now only include GET and POST additional variables.

Fixed

• Fix draft changes not being saved when notes validation fails.

Fixed

• Fix error when trying to submit on a single-type section.
• Fix error in index screen for Craft 2 upgrades, where a site may not have been set.

Fixed

• Fix multiple approvals firing for draft submissions.

Added

• Craft 3.4 compatibility.

Fixed

• Fix editor/publisher notes enforcement.
• Fix being unable to approve front-end submissions.
• Fix being unable to approve submissions in some circumstances.

Fixed

• Fix error when trying to approve submissions with element actions.

Fixed

• Fix front-end submissions throwing errors.

Added

• Add submission notes and site to submission element index.

Added

• Add approve-only option for publishers.
• Ensure publishers can't approve their own entries.

Changed

• Remove Drafts - now that its handled in Craft core. Use the element index to look for draft entries.
• Remove submissions controller and actions, refactoring to service. These shouldn't have been used (not documented), but this removes all workflow/submissions/* actions.
• Refactor and cleanup workflow flow. Particularly for new, unsaved drafts, fixing a few issues.
• Now requires Craft 3.3.0+.

Fixed

• Fix some incorrect translations (thanks @Alxmerino and @watarutmnh).
• Fix before-send notification events not working.
• Disable auto-saving when entry has been submitted for review.
• Fix/improve front-end submissions.

Security

• Protect against potential XSS.

Fixed

• Fix incorrect redirect URL after workflow actions. (thanks @mattrothenberg).
• Fix draft’s not showing correctly when no title has been set.
• Fix lack of publishing when approving submission from Overview.

Fixed

• Fix issue for new Workflow installs having incorrect foreign key constraints.

Changed

• Now requires Craft 3.2.8+.

Fixed

• Fix issues with submitting and approving on latest Craft 3.2.x changes.
• Fix error when approving a brand new entry submission.
• Fix errors with drafts index.
• Fix editor emails not sending when no Additional Options were checked.

Fixed

• Fix offload warning when submitting actions.
• Fix integrity error for drafts when trying to submit an entry.

Added

• Add support for Craft 3.2.0+.
• Fix incorrect element table attributes.

Fixed

• Fix incorrect element table attributes.

Fixed

• Don’t redirect from submissions unless we have to.
• Add search attributes for submissions.
• Fix submission propagation before saving.

Fixed

• Fix dashboard widget link for submission drafts.
• Fix redirect error when trying to approve a submission. (thanks @brandonkelly)

Added

• Add override notice for settings fields, when using config file.

Fixed

• Fix validation not triggering when saving drafts.

Added

• Add email events beforeSendEditorEmail and beforeSendPublisherEmail.
• Add editor notification options for reply-to and cc-ing publisher's email.

Changed

• Refactor settings into multiple pages.

Fixed

• Fix errors thrown when calling controller actions from site requests and not from POST submissions.

Added

• Allow non-admins to save plugin settings.
• Add more permissions to pages in plugin.

Fixed

• Add checks around the owner entry and whether it exists.
• Add missing migration for ownerSiteId for Craft 2 > 3 upgrades.

Fixed

• Fix potential error on widget when submitted element is missing.
• Fix redirects for submissions, particularly on the front-end.

Fixed

• Fix approved entries not being published correctly in some instances.

Fixed

• Fix editor/publisher links.
• Fix errors that can occur when installing via cli.

Added

• Added editor/publisher submission notes required setting

Changed

• Ensure editor/publisher URLs are only shown if the current user has permission.

Fixed

• Ensure publishers in settings use User Group UID.

Fixed

• Fix error in Norwegian translation (thanks @phoob).
• Fix query error when viewing drafts.

Added

• Added editor notes, to send along with a submission.
• Submissions now listed on entry events, to improve submission workflow.
• Submit brand-new entries for review (provided they pass validation).
• Translation to norwegian. (thanks @phoob).
• Add serialised data to submissions to prepare for entry comparison diffs.

Changed

• Updated widget styles to be more compact for entry sidebars.
• Update min requirement to Craft 3.1.x.
• Updated plugin settings to use UIDs for Craft 3.1.x.
• 'Submit for review' now saves entry content, then submits for review. No more clicking 'Save' then 'Submit'.
• 'Submit for review' now validates entry content before submission.
• Changed controller action from workflow/submissions/send to workflow/submissions/save-submission.
• Changed controller action from workflow/submissions/revoke to workflow/submissions/revoke-submission.
• Changed controller action from workflow/submissions/approve to workflow/submissions/approve-submission.
• Changed controller action from workflow/submissions/reject to workflow/submissions/reject-submission.

Fixed

• Fix draft submissions not being retained after approval.
• Submissions now trigger entry validation, ensuring only 'valid' entries are submitted for review.
• Fix dateApproved/dateRejected not showing their value.
• Fix error when sorting by Editor or Publisher in CP.
• Fix error when no sections are selected.
• Fix not publishing a submission when approving.

Fixed

• Show the entry title on submissions index, rather than the Submission ID.

Fixed

• Fix Verbb logo reference (for real this time)

Fixed

• Fix elementType typo
• Fix Verbb logo reference

• Craft 3 release

Fixed

• Minor fix for sidebar icon.

Added

• Verbb marketing (new plugin icon, readme, etc).

Added

• Added ability to enabled/disable email notifications for editors or publishers.
• Added ability to select all, or individual publishers to be notified via email on submissions.

Fixed

• Only individual editors receive approval/rejection email notifications - not each user in the editor group.

Added

• Added ability to set notes on an approval/rejection from a publisher.
• Added submission rejection option integrating notes (as above).
• Added new email message for when editors are notified on their submission.
• Added ability for editors to revoke their submission.
• Added widget for submissions.

Changed

• Editors now receive emails when their submission is approved/rejected.
• Improved entry widget to combine multiple submissions into a single pane.

Fixed

• Fixed missing attributes for element type.
• Fixed typo in element action.
• Fixed status indicators on element index.

Added

• Added Draft overview screen - shows all available drafts site-wide.

Fixed

• Fixed approval link in email not including draft.
• Fixed where a Draft entry was approved, its state was not set to public.

Added

• Initial release.