Version 3.5.1

Version 3.5.1 January 29, 2026 Patch BuddyPress Hashtags

What's Changed

  • Update Refactored: Hashtag linking now uses JavaScript instead of database modification for cleaner data storage
  • Enhancement WordPress search extended to include comments for post/page hashtag searches
  • New Feature Search results show badge indicator when hashtags found in comments
  • Fix Emoji HTML entities (like 😍) were incorrectly being captured as hashtags
  • Fix Hashtag validation now rejects emoji unicode hex codes (x1f60d, x2764, etc.)
  • New Feature One-time database cleanup removes existing emoji-based hashtag entries automatically
  • Enhancement HTML entities are now stripped before hashtag extraction in all content filters
  • Enhancement Supports both Classic Editor and Gutenberg block editor
  • Enhancement Backward compatible with existing hashtag links in database