Changelog - January 2026

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000107588

New Features:


  • Added support for Rumble, Wistia, and TED Talk videos for the Video Post Type.

  • Added the Directory Discount Badge to Site Admins with the Owner role who have more than three active websites on the Account Dashboard page.

  • Added the users_to_match variable to the Create Lead API endpoint to allow leads to be matched with specific members via a comma-separated list of emails or user IDs.


Enhancements / Fixes: 


  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Keyword filter from working properly on the Edit Post Settings page in the Admin.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to accept or decline reviews on the Member Reviews page in the Admin in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the "Price" field powered by the Form Manager from revalidating automatically after successfully entering a valid value on the frontend.

  • Improved the "Member Dashboard: Home URL" Advanced Setting validation to prevent saving the setting with an empty value on the Advanced Settings page in the Admin.

  • Updated the display of the "Cancel Subscription" button on the Billing Information tab in the Member Dashboard.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to sign up for a free-trial plan when using a credit card that required 3D authentication on sites using Stripe as the payment gateway in some cases.


  • The Search Members page in the Admin is now compatible with the "Strict Postal Code Match" and "Strict City Match" settings.

  • Added the ability to set a custom URL for a post by saving the URL to a form field with the variable name "custom_filename" when creating or editing posts from the Member Dashboard.

  • Updated the Brilliant Directories /user/get API endpoint to return a snippet of data about the credit card the member has on file.

  • Implemented a performance update to reduce the number of requests sent to the Google Maps API when visiting "Pretty URL" search results pages for locations on the frontend of a site.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the form field validation logic from working properly on checkout pages when a site did not have an SSL certificate installed.

  • Implemented a set of minor fixes to the Real Time Notification system in the Admin. 

  • Fixed an issue that prevented Member Dashboard URLs from working properly when the Member Dashboard URLs Settings were left empty in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to schedule Newsletter Campaigns in the Admin in some cases.

  • Updated the alert message modal when publishing or un-publishing free posts when the Pay Per Post Add-On is active on a website.
  • Updated the “Transfer to Payment Gateway” modal text when using the Pay Per Post Add-On on sites that use PayPal as the payment gateway.

  • Implemented an update to automatically unsuspend a website (due to bandwidth limits) after increasing its website bandwidth limit.

  • Migrated all Meta Graph API calls to the latest version available.

  • Updated the Brilliant Directories /user/transactions API endpoint to return a snippet of data about the credit card the member has on file when the return_schema parameter is included.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Admin Signature from rendering properly when composing emails in the Admin in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to add PayPal Express / Standard as a payment gateway in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented Admins from activating products from their Account Dashboard in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Setup Wizard on the Admin Dashboard from recognizing the payment gateway step as complete in some cases.

  • Updated the UI of the validation message when importing members via a CSV file in the Admin.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented members from updating their credit card information from the Billing Information page when using Stripe as the payment gateway in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to create new forms in the Admin. 

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Quick Edit Member form on the Search Members page in the Admin from working properly in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to display the top-level category name in breadcrumbs on search results pages in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Google Bulk Geocoder page in the Admin area from loading properly when a site using a directoryup.com subdomain added their own Google Maps API credentials.

  • Implemented an update to only redirect form submissions when the “What Happens After Form Submitted?” Form Setting is set to “Redirect To Another Page” for forms powered by the Form Manager.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the ability to export Business Data records on the Business Data page in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that caused Form Inbox exports to be incorrectly formatted in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented Email Template edits in the Compose Email modal from working properly in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Post Category field from displaying when creating blog posts using the Brilliant Directories Zapier integration in some cases.

  • Updated the Member Tags field to display in the correct position in the Brilliant Directories Zapier integration.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to create members using the Brilliant Directories API in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented changes made using the Quick Edit Member form on the Search Members page in the Admin from saving properly in some cases.

  • Updated the alert message when publishing or un-publishing free posts when the Pay Per Post Add-On is active on a website.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Google Location Autosuggest logic from working properly when selecting “London, UK” as a location while submitting leads in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the system from displaying the available Site Admins when visiting the Admin Account page in the Admin in some cases.

  • Updated the CSS of the “Date Time” picker field color to always use #000 (black).

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to publish comments on post details pages in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Domain Manager page in the Admin from working properly when the connected domain was using proxied records (EG, when using Cloudflare) in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to display Radio Button fields on the "Website - Lead Form - Get Matched" form when the "Hide Field Labels" Lead Setting was set to "Yes".

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Blog Post Schema Markup feature from working properly in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Daily Smart List Sync logic from working properly.

  • Implemented an update to fully uninstall the Block Traffic by Country Add-On settings after deactivating the Add-On in the Admin.

  • In all, over 60 feature enhancements and software updates were released this month.