This is not normal search behaviour.

I want to control what groups and spaces are visible to a user depending on whether their profile shows them as basic, intermediate, or advanced users. Is there a way of doing this, please

A little sneak peak - alongside an update to SpaceEvents, I'll soon be launching SpaceBuddy: a collection of free add-ons for FluentCommunity. I'm calling them "Packs" and they can be easily enabled/disabled and configured, adding extra functionality to your community.

IconPack - clean, stylish SVG icons for menu items, spaces, and custom links. Outlined and solid sets to start.

PWAPack - turn your community (or your whole website) into a Progressive Web App, with full control over the app manifest.

PushNotificationsPack - set up web push notifications for bell alerts, messages, and more. Pair it with PWAPack and members get updates on their phones.

WidgetPack - a simple, intuitive way to add custom widgets to the main Portal or specific Spaces.

Plus more tools and enhancements to follow over the coming months.

Got a specific request? Let me know 🙂

Hi,

I'd like to report a bug where deleting a file attachment from the
post editor does not fully remove it — the file remains visible in
the lesson space UI and is still accessible via its link.

Environment

• FCOM Pro: 2.5.0
• WordPress: 6.9.4
• PHP: 8.3.30
• Media storage: Cloudflare R2

Steps to reproduce

1. Upload a file to a lesson post in a Community space
2. Open the post editor and delete the file attachment
3. Save/update the post
4. Navigate to the lesson space

Expected behavior

• The file no longer appears in the lesson space
• The file is deleted from Cloudflare R2 storage
• Accessing the file link returns an error (file not found)

Actual behavior

• The file still appears in the lesson space even after clearing
  the browser cache
• The file link remains active and the file is fully accessible
  to members

Impact
This is a potential data management and privacy issue. Instructors
cannot reliably remove content they intend to delete — files intended
for removal remain exposed to members indefinitely.

It also suggests that Cloudflare R2 storage is not being cleaned up
on file deletion, which may lead to unintended storage accumulation
over time.

Thanks!

Hi,

I've encountered a reproducible bug where uploaded PDF files become
inaccessible to paid members when the filename contains Japanese
(multibyte/Unicode) characters.

Environment

• FCOM Pro: 2.5.0
• WordPress: 6.9.4
• PHP: 8.3.30
• Media storage: Cloudflare R2

What happens
Opening a protected file returns a SignatureDoesNotMatch error from
Cloudflare R2 instead of displaying the PDF.

Reproduced pattern

The workaround of zipping files under ASCII names confirms the issue
is isolated to filename encoding, not file content or permissions.

Root cause hypothesis
The Presigned URL generation appears to incorrectly handle non-ASCII
characters when building the canonical request for AWS Signature V4
(used by Cloudflare R2). This causes a mismatch between the string
that was signed and the string in the actual request.

The error XML from R2 shows the Japanese characters were URL-encoded
in the CanonicalRequest (e.g. 詩 → %E8%A9%A9), suggesting a
double-encoding or inconsistent encoding issue between signing and
requesting.

Impact
Any paid content uploaded with a non-ASCII filename is completely
inaccessible to members. This is a significant issue for sites
serving non-Latin-script languages (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic,
etc.).

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<Error>
<Code>SignatureDoesNotMatch</Code>
<Message>The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your secret access key and signing method.</Message>
<StringToSign>AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 20260523T090708Z 20260523/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request 81159417291576cd5641cd08b05ba66d2ecbeefc77924d349ee410edb1ebdd19</StringToSign>
<StringToSignBytes>41 57 53 34 2d 48 4d 41 43 2d 53 48 41 32 35 36 0a 32 30 32 36 30 35 32 33 54 30 39 30 37 30 38 5a 0a 32 30 32 36 30 35 32 33 2f 75 73 2d 65 61 73 74 2d 31 2f 73 33 2f 61 77 73 34 5f 72 65 71 75 65 73 74 0a 38 31 31 35 39 34 31 37 32 39 31 35 37 36 63 64 35 36 34 31 63 64 30 38 62 30 35 62 61 36 36 64 32 65 63 62 65 65 66 63 37 37 39 32 34 64 33 34 39 65 65 34 31 30 65 64 62 31 65 62 64 64 31 39</StringToSignBytes>
<CanonicalRequest>GET /community/fluentcom-oisxSpB7cK20UI1nXoDyO6KE4Ti53egW-fluentcom-upp-poetical-tractatus-%E8%A9%A9%E6%8A%84%E7%AE%8B.pdf X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=593ac2a32e26dc4180e0449005a1d24a%2F20260523%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260523T090708Z&X-Amz-Expires=900&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host host:tokyobigaku-academy.7f15927586a77eb1044bcd29267c6502.r2.cloudflarestorage.com host UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD</CanonicalRequest>
<CanonicalRequestBytes>47 45 54 0a 2f 63 6f 6d 6d 75 6e 69 74 79 2f 66 6c 75 65 6e 74 63 6f 6d 2d 6f 69 73 78 53 70 42 37 63 4b 32 30 55 49 31 6e 58 6f 44 79 4f 36 4b 45 34 54 69 35 33 65 67 57 2d 66 6c 75 65 6e 74 63 6f 6d 2d 75 70 70 2d 70 6f 65 74 69 63 61 6c 2d 74 72 61 63 74 61 74 75 73 2d 25 45 38 25 41 39 25 41 39 25 45 36 25 38 41 25 38 34 25 45 37 25 41 45 25 38 42 2e 70 64 66 0a 58 2d 41 6d 7a 2d 41 6c 67 6f 72 69 74 68 6d 3d 41 57 53 34 2d 48 4d 41 43 2d 53 48 41 32 35 36 26 58 2d 41 6d 7a 2d 43 72 65 64 65 6e 74 69 61 6c 3d 35 39 33 61 63 32 61 33 32 65 32 36 64 63 34 31 38 30 65 30 34 34 39 30 30 35 61 31 64 32 34 61 25 32 46 32 30 32 36 30 35 32 33 25 32 46 75 73 2d 65 61 73 74 2d 31 25 32 46 73 33 25 32 46 61 77 73 34 5f 72 65 71 75 65 73 74 26 58 2d 41 6d 7a 2d 44 61 74 65 3d 32 30 32 36 30 35 32 33 54 30 39 30 37 30 38 5a 26 58 2d 41 6d 7a 2d 45 78 70 69 72 65 73 3d 39 30 30 26 58 2d 41 6d 7a 2d 53 69 67 6e 65 64 48 65 61 64 65 72 73 3d 68 6f 73 74 0a 68 6f 73 74 3a 74 6f 6b 79 6f 62 69 67 61 6b 75 2d 61 63 61 64 65 6d 79 2e 37 66 31 35 39 32 37 35 38 36 61 37 37 65 62 31 30 34 34 62 63 64 32 39 32 36 37 63 36 35 30 32 2e 72 32 2e 63 6c 6f 75 64 66 6c 61 72 65 73 74 6f 72 61 67 65 2e 63 6f 6d 0a 0a 68 6f 73 74 0a 55 4e 53 49 47 4e 45 44 2d 50 41 59 4c 4f 41 44</CanonicalRequestBytes>
<SignatureProvided>086a5628f19a60ed1521f4561eeb745424b65cb2958e3a3e7ca084e54d2f639f</SignatureProvided>
</Error>

Thanks!

I wake up every morning and say God, thank you for making fluent community available.

Everything about it is so amazing, unbeatable, and well-structured...

More people should be aware of this great community plugin...

Can you consider adding in future option Order by Latest activity? We have now filter alphabetically, Newest, Oldest. For me it is not enough to choose space to join.

I am looking for idea / solution how to handle Paywall system on my website.

• Whole website must not be accessible for visitors, registered users only can see everything
• Whole website will work for paid members only. You pay monthly / yearly subsciption, you can access site. Without active subscription you will see only login / payment from
• Bots and Crawlers must be able to access site to not broke SEO
• How to handle membership system without any additional plugins? I have Fluent CRM free version, can it be handled by this plugin only with user tags? Or is it necessary to have something like Paid Membership pro or something similar?
• I would like to use Fluent Cart Pro to handle all payments, reminders for expiration etc.

Any ideas how to make this system easily and realiable?

What happens if I give a member/profile admin assess to schedule posts then I take away there admin role, what happens to the scheduled posts?

What's everyone doing for an iOS app? Lazy Coders has Fluent Community Mobile, but I'm after my own app. However, don't know React and all of that jazz. I'm a filmmaker, not a coder.

Lazy Coders also has Appza which seems pretty cool. Also found out about Two Birds and their native non-wrapper app.

Basically, I don't want to dump a ton of time into the wrong solution. Really wish Fluent had a recommended app that had their "blessing" so we could just invest in that direction. Shahjahan Jewel do you have any input here? Thanks so much.