Black Bean Tables v4.63.0 — Release Notes

Black Bean Tables v4.63.0 — Release Notes Tagline: A Monday-style Work OS for WordPress — boards, Kanban, workflows, automations, and REST API, self-hosted. Highlights Black Bean Tables v4.63.0 is the first production-pilot…

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Black Bean Tables v4.63.0 — Release Notes#

Tagline: A Monday-style Work OS for WordPress — boards, Kanban, workflows, automations, and REST API, self-hosted.

Highlights#

Black Bean Tables v4.63.0 is the first production-pilot release after completing the core feature roadmap. You can run real team workflows on WordPress without custom code.

Work the way teams expect#

  • Boards & views — Grid, Kanban, Calendar, Timeline, Gallery, List, Chart
  • Item panel — comments, watchers, subitems, workflow history
  • Workflows — status steps, backward-move approvals, manager queue, inbox alerts
  • Automations — triggers, conditions, scheduled runs, webhooks
  • Permissions — board members, teams, row-level assignee scope

Integrations & API#

  • REST API with filters, cursor pagination, rate limiting
  • API keys and OAuth apps with read/write field scopes
  • Public forms and embeddable board views
  • CSV import/export (export capped at 10k rows)

Built for scale & trust#

  • Grid lazy rendering for large datasets + load-more batches
  • Audit log including row access denials
  • Inbox with email digest preferences
  • Playwright smoke tests + WordPress site E2E in CI

What’s new in 4.63.0#

  • Workflow notification toggle on Board → Integrations
  • WordPress site Playwright smoke (npm run test:e2e:wp)
  • Grid load-more E2E fixture
  • Pre-GTM QA checklist (docs/QA-CHECKLIST.md)

Since 4.60.0 (summary)#

Area Shipped
Workflows History UI, approval queue, AJAX request, inbox notify
Security Row access audit, REST rate limit, OAuth field scope
Scale CSV cap, index hints, content-visibility grid rows
Onboarding Empty-state hero, marketplace polish

Requirements#

  • WordPress 6.0+
  • PHP 8.1+
  • MySQL/MariaDB (custom tables via dbDelta)

Quick start#

  1. Install & activate the plugin
  2. Open Black Bean Tables → install Projects template
  3. Open the board → try Grid and Kanban
  4. Optional: Board → Workflows for approval rules

See GETTING-STARTED.md and QA-CHECKLIST.md.

Upgrade#

Safe to upgrade from 4.60.x+. No destructive migrations. Schema version is applied on init.

Full changelog: readme.txt