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July 2026 Release Notes | Plumm

July 2026 Release Notes

Overview

This release delivers significant enhancements across Security, API Access, People, Timesheets, Rota, Reviews, Surveys, Task Scheduling, Device Management, Wellbeing, Reporting, Hire, Learn, and Money. The focus of this release is on strengthening security, expanding automation, improving reporting and integrations, streamlining recruitment and learning workflows, and delivering platform-wide performance and usability improvements.

API Access Management (New)

We've introduced a brand-new API Access Management module, providing developers with a centralised hub to securely manage API access, explore available endpoints, and integrate seamlessly with the Plumm platform.

Developer API Portal

The new Developer Portal provides everything required to build and manage integrations in one place.

    • Generate and manage secure API keys directly within the platform.
    • Securely create, rotate, and revoke API keys whenever required.
    • Built-in guidance for securely storing and managing API credentials.

Comprehensive API Reference

Developers can now browse the complete Plumm API from a single interface.

    • Interactive API documentation covering all available endpoints.
    • Organised endpoint categories for easier navigation.
    • View endpoint descriptions, request methods, and response information.
    • One-click copy functionality for endpoint URLs.
    • Built-in Play feature to test API endpoints directly within the platform.

API Playground & Testing

Testing integrations is now faster and more efficient.

    • Execute API requests directly from the documentation.
    • Validate responses before implementing integrations.
    • Simplifies development and reduces integration time.

Rate Limits & Error Documentation

New developer resources make API integration easier and more reliable.

    • Dedicated Rate Limits documentation to help developers optimise API usage.
    • Comprehensive error reference with detailed response codes and troubleshooting guidance.
    • Improved validation messages to simplify debugging during development.

Audit Logging

Improve visibility and governance across API usage.

    • Comprehensive audit logs for API key management activities.
    • Track API key creation, updates, regeneration, and deletion.
    • Improved traceability for administrative actions.

Enhanced Security Controls

Built with security and governance at its core.

    • Support for IP Whitelisting to restrict API access to trusted locations.
    • Improved validation and security checks across API management.
    • Guidance on securely storing API keys and protecting sensitive credentials.
    • Enhanced controls to help organisations meet governance and compliance requirements.

Key Benefits

    • Centralised management of all developer API resources.
    • Faster integration with third-party applications.
    • Improved security through API key management and IP Whitelisting.
    • Simplified API testing and troubleshooting.
    • Greater visibility through comprehensive audit logging.
    • Enhanced developer experience with modern documentation and built-in testing tools. 

Security

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Improvements

We've further strengthened platform security by enhancing the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) experience.

    • Improved OTP verification process for a smoother login experience.
    • Enhanced verification security and authentication controls.
    • Better handling of verification attempts and validation.
    • Improved authentication reliability across web and mobile platforms.
    • Additional security enhancements to help protect user accounts and organisational data.

People

Employee profile management has been expanded to improve data quality and workforce administration.

    • Added County as a new field across employee profiles and staff imports.
    • Added an 18-week probation period option to support additional probation policy requirements.
    • Improved consistency between employee profiles, imports, and reporting.

Timesheets

Several improvements have been introduced to simplify timesheet management and approvals.

    • Introduced multi-level approval workflows, supporting both standard and custom approval chains.
    • Improved permission management for greater flexibility and governance.
    • Standardised time formatting throughout the platform for a more consistent user experience.
    • Enhanced approval process and overall usability.

Rota

Workforce scheduling continues to evolve with enhancements focused on performance, usability, and efficiency.

    • Improved rota scheduling performance for faster loading and processing.
    • Enhanced scheduling workflows to improve workforce management.
    • General usability improvements across the Rota module.
    • Additional stability and performance optimisations.

Hire (ATS)

This release introduces significant improvements across recruitment workflows, candidate management, and interview scheduling.

Talent.com Integration

    • Added integration with Talent.com, allowing jobs to be published directly from Plumm Hire.

Bulk Candidate Import

    • Introduced bulk CV import, supporting up to 1,000 CVs per upload with unlimited repeat imports.
    • Candidates can now be imported directly into an active job pipeline without first importing them into the Candidate Pool.

Interview Scheduling

    • Completed end-to-end Google Calendar integration for interview scheduling.
    • Face-to-face interviews now automatically synchronise with Google and Outlook calendars for candidates, interviewers, and panel members.

Candidate Experience

    • Improved candidate application forms with clearer required and optional fields.
    • Enhanced email formatting across recruitment communications.
    • Improved performance for electronic signature documents.
    • Delivered numerous UI/UX enhancements, stability improvements, and bug fixes across the Hire module.

Learn (LMS)

Learn continues to evolve with new administration capabilities, improved reporting, and better performance.

    • Added the ability to bulk assign and unassign users from courses.
    • Introduced reporting for assigned course users.
    • Significantly improved page load performance across Learn, including the Overview and Course Library.
    • Resolved loading issues that could previously result in server errors, improving reliability.
    • Added multi-select filters to reports for more flexible analysis.
    • Released new training courses across the course library.
    • Delivered a range of UI/UX improvements and general enhancements across Learn.

Money

Several payroll improvements have been introduced to improve reporting accuracy and payroll processing.

    • Enhanced multiple payroll reports and resolved reporting-related issues.
    • Employees with an active contract end date are now correctly included within the current payroll cycle.
    • Leavers with contract end dates are now accurately reflected across payroll reports.
    • Resolved issues affecting P45 and P60 generation.
    • Delivered a range of payroll bug fixes, stability improvements, and overall platform enhancements.

1-on-1s

The 1-on-1 module has been enhanced to improve auditing and mobile accessibility.

    • Complete audit trail for meeting creation, updates, and management.
    • Improved activity logging for better governance and visibility.
    • Enhanced mobile experience for managing and participating in 1-on-1 meetings.

Reviews

The Reviews module has been enhanced with improved auditing, navigation, and reporting capabilities.

    • Expanded activity logging for Review Forms.
    • Review tasks now include direct links to the relevant review page or form, allowing users to quickly access and complete assigned reviews.
    • Improved reminder scheduling to support timely review completion.
    • Enhanced review exports for easier reporting and analysis.

Surveys

A range of reporting, export, and audit improvements have been introduced to Surveys.

    • Enhanced Survey Results with improved visualisation and reporting.
    • Added Department and Location grouping options when viewing survey results.
    • Survey Heatmaps can now be downloaded as a PDF document for easier sharing and analysis.
    • Expanded activity logging across survey management.
    • Improved survey email notifications.
    • Enhanced export functionality and reporting performance.
    • General performance improvements throughout the Surveys module.

Task Scheduling

Task Scheduling now provides improved audit capabilities.

    • Enhanced activity logging for task creation, updates, assignments, and scheduling.
    • Improved visibility into task lifecycle changes for administrators and managers.

Device Management

Managing company devices is now faster and more efficient.

    • Added support for bulk device assignment through import.
    • Improved performance when managing large device inventories.
    • Enhanced reliability of device import processes.

Therapy & Sessions

Organisations now have greater flexibility when managing employee wellbeing sessions.

    • Individual therapy session caps can now be configured and managed directly from My People.
    • Gives organisations greater control over employee wellbeing allowances.
    • Simplifies ongoing session management.

Reports

Reporting capabilities have been expanded with additional reports and improved analytics.

    • Introduced new Attendance report templates.
    • Enhanced the Working Hour Summary report.
    • Improved Attendance & Absence reporting.
    • Added a new Average Years of Service report to support workforce planning and reporting.
    • General reporting improvements for accuracy and performance.

Platform Improvements

This release also includes extensive quality improvements across the platform.

    • Hundreds of bug fixes across HR, Payroll, Hire, Learn, Reviews, Surveys, Attendance, Time Off, and Rota.
    • Improved UI consistency aligned with the Plumm Design System.
    • Faster page load times and optimised performance across both web and mobile applications.
    • Enhanced audit logging and activity tracking across multiple modules.
    • Improved email templates and notification reliability.
    • Better accessibility and responsive behaviour throughout the platform.
    • General stability, security, and usability improvements across all modules.

Mobile App

This release delivers significant improvements across the Plumm mobile application, bringing greater feature parity with the web platform while enhancing performance, security, and usability.

Enhanced Mobile Security

    • Improved authentication reliability, verification flow, and account protection.

Rota & Workforce Management

    • Enhanced Team Rota functionality with support for managing multiple shifts per day.
    • Improved shift scheduling, validation, and conflict handling.
    • Better rota performance and user experience across mobile.
    • Implementation of multi level approvals for timesheet.

Timesheet

  • Implementation of multi level approvals for timesheet on Mobile.

    User Experience Improvements

      • Delivered extensive UI refinements across the application.
      • Improved loading performance and navigation.
      • Enhanced theme consistency throughout the app.
      • Improved keyboard handling and form interactions.
      • Optimised loading indicators, placeholders, and empty states.
      • Numerous accessibility and usability improvements.

    Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements

      • Resolved a wide range of issues across Rota, Reviews, Learn, Attendance, Dashboard, Tasks, Profile, Wellbeing, and Authentication.
      • Improved application stability and responsiveness.
      • Enhanced overall performance to provide a smoother, faster, and more reliable mobile experience.