We are pleased to announce the release of jDownloads 4.0.52 Stable.
jDownloads 4.0.52 is a maintenance update focused on frontend performance and user flow improvements.
The main technical change in this release is an optimization in CategoriesHelper.php. The internal queries used to calculate file counts and subcategory counts were revised to significantly improve loading times, especially on sites with larger category trees. In practical testing, this resulted in a clearly faster frontend. In addition, a redirect issue in the site DownloadController was fixed. In affected cases, users were not always redirected back to the intended internal page after login. This behavior has now been corrected.
jDownloads 4.0.52 is therefore a recommended maintenance update for existing 4.x installations, particularly for sites with large category structures or frontend download flows that depend on proper login redirects.
A final release of jDownloads 4.1 is planned for the next few days and will include further improvements and ongoing compatibility updates.
