Publications Manager — v2.4.1

Release date: 2026-06-10
Package: publications-manager-v2.4.1.zip

New features

File import — new Import from File panel on Publications → Import/Export accepts the plugin's own JSON, CSV, and BibTeX exports. It imports the full field set (the inverse of the export, so an export → import round-trip preserves every field) and matches existing publications by DOI → BibTeX key → slug (matches are updated, the rest are created).
DOI text export — new DOIs (.txt, one per line) export format that streams just the DOIs of the selected publications.
Author URL re-sync tool — new Re-sync Author URLs button under Publications → Tools → Settings. After you change the Team CPT, it re-links each author to the matching team member in the current Team CPT (by name) and refreshes the cached pm_author_team_url used by Bricks Builder; links whose team member no longer exists are cleared.

BibTeX Key and Award no longer lost on save — the editor saved the BibTeX Key under the wrong meta key (pm_bibtex_key) and never saved the Award field. Both now persist correctly.
Export/import now cover the full field set (DRY) — all field definitions live in a single canonical registry (PM_Fields) read by save, REST, export (CSV/JSON/BibTeX), the custom-export checkboxes, and import. This guarantees JSON/CSV round-trip losslessly (BibTeX also round-trips within the plugin) and that the BibTeX citation key now uses the BibTeX Key field instead of the post slug.
"BibTeX Key" vs "Sort Key" — the two distinct fields (pm_bibtex vs pm_key) now have unambiguous labels.
Crossref duplicate-key check fixed — it now queries the correct meta key (pm_bibtex), so duplicate keys are detected.
"Author is required" save bug — saving a publication no longer fails with "Author is required" when authors are present. Validation now checks the real author inputs; the BibTeX-key auto-suggest was repointed to them.
Imported publications always get a date — file imports reconstruct pm_date from year/month (BibTeX has no full date) so imported publications appear and sort correctly in the admin list.
Admin list no longer hides date-less publications — and the Statistics box no longer reports the grand total for every publication type.
Tools page label — replaced the stale "How it works (v2.2.1):" heading.

Bumped catalog version to 2.4.1 and completed all translations (de, el, es, fr, it, pt): added every previously-missing string (new 2.4.x UI plus older un-extracted strings) and filled all remaining untranslated entries. All .mo files recompiled.

Drop-in upgrade — no migration or configuration required.

After upgrading, the Import from File panel and DOIs (.txt) export appear automatically on Publications → Import/Export.
If you previously edited publications and the BibTeX Key or Award looked empty, re-open and re-save those publications to persist the values now that saving is fixed.
If you changed your Team CPT, use Tools → Settings → Re-sync Author URLs to re-link authors and refresh the cached URLs.

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