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# Uplifter 1.7.1 (September 26, 2026)

> What changed in Uplifter 1.7.1, released Saturday, September 26, 2026: payment plans, a step-by-step notification builder, part-payment with gift cards and credit, and more.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * **Released Saturday, September 26, 2026.**
  * **Payment plans arrive for clubs whose plan includes them.** Check **Settings > Organization > Features**. A feature marked **Not included** needs Uplifter support.
  * **Club staff see these updates in Uplifter too,** under **What's new** at the bottom of the admin dashboard sidebar.
  * **Some items need a plan feature,** such as **Gift Cards**, **Seasons**, **Memberships** or **Training** (achievements and evaluations).
</Note>

## For club staff

**Payment plans on programs.** A one-time, full-enrollment program can offer a deposit (which can be \$0) plus set installments on one schedule every family shares. Families pick **Payment plan** at checkout. Each later installment is its own invoice, charged to the card on file or paid from the family's billing page. Families get one grouped email when installments fail their last retry, and a heads-up three days before each. If **Payment Plans** shows **Not included** on **Settings > Organization > Features**, contact Uplifter support. See [payment plans](/club/programs-classes/offer-a-payment-plan).

**A step-by-step notification builder.** **Add notification** under **Settings > Communication > Notifications** opens a five-step builder: **Trigger**, **Scope**, **Audience**, **Content**, **Review**. Rules can target programs, seasons, categories or sessions, and **System Rules** lists every automatic email to reword or switch off. See [notification rules](/club/communications/how-do-i-create-a-notification-rule).

**Change a sold membership's pricing.** Edit a membership's price, billing interval or dates after members join, then choose what happens to members billed automatically: **Keep them on their current terms**, **Move them onto the new terms** or **Stop their automatic renewal**. See [editing memberships](/club/memberships/how-do-i-edit-a-membership-with-active-members).

**Attendance from the athlete profile.** On the **Attendance** tab, **Add Attendance** pre-marks an upcoming class, and past marks can be corrected, showing who last edited each. See [athlete records](/club/athletes-families/what-is-an-athlete-record).

**Achievements wait to be published.** New awards wait for someone with the **Publish Achievements** permission unless **Publish awards automatically** is on. Staff can award many athletes at once, levels can require achievements, and families get an **Achievements** page. See [achievements](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/athlete-earns-achievement).

**Seasons and closures.** Seasons can be archived and given an **Age cutoff date**. Program lists, reports and your club website filter by season, and rollover keeps coaches and teams. A closure can cover some facilities or spaces, or a time window, or be a **Calendar note** that closes nothing. Closures show on your club website; calendar notes do not. See [seasons](/club/programs-classes/organize-seasons-categories) and [closures](/club/programs-classes/schedule-holiday-closures).

**Waivers in more places.** Waivers can be required at signup or login and on passes and store products, and limited by age. Receipts can include signed waivers once you turn that on. See [requiring waivers](/club/programs-classes/require-waivers-medical-forms).

**Invoice lines that take effect when sent.** On a manual invoice, a program or membership line whose **Takes effect** is **When the invoice is sent** enrolls the athlete or starts the membership on sending, not on payment. See [invoices](/club/payments-checkout/create-and-send-an-invoice).

**Staff roles set a minimum.** A role's own permissions show **Granted by the role** and stay on. You toggle extras only. With **Custom**, which grants nothing on its own, you can switch every permission on or off. See [staff roles](/club/staff-operations/staff-roles-and-permissions).

**Discounts for whole seasons.** The discount wizard's **Whole seasons** picker covers a season's programs, including ones added later. See [discount targets](/club/discounts/control-what-a-discount-applies-to).

**Blocked addresses get no automatic emails.** Addresses blocked after bounces or complaints are skipped, and a skipped invoice email shows no **Email failed** label. See [bounced emails](/club/communications/what-happens-when-a-family-unsubscribes-or-an-email-bounces).

**More accurate reports.** **Tax Collection** subtracts refunded tax, **Revenue by Program** has a **GL Code** column, and **Participants** has **Age** and **Born** filters. Dates follow your club's time zone, several finance reports are corrected, and capped reports say so. The **Class Lists** print can also put each group on its own page (**One page or tab per group**). See [financial reports](/club/money-payouts-accounting/financial-reports-revenue-tax-receivables).

**Credit, gift cards and copies.** **Add credit** is now **Adjust credit**, which can also deduct, with **Undo** (see [guardian profiles](/club/athletes-families/whats-on-a-guardian-profile)). A **Gift Card Activity** report lists every value change, gift cards can hold a **Staff note**, and **Copy from Existing** brings a program's coaches along. See [gift card balances](/club/gift-cards/reconcile-gift-card-balances) and [creating a program](/club/programs-classes/create-a-program).

**React to updates.** React with an emoji to **What's new** updates and bell announcements, and see each update's **Feature requests in this update**. See [what's new](/club/get-set-up/whats-new-in-uplifter).

## For coaches

**Registers show more.** Medical details sit behind **Show medical information**, **Trial** and **First class** badges appear, and a label flags anyone owing a waiver. See [taking attendance](/coaches/coach-your-day/take-attendance-for-a-class).

**Evaluation dates and release timing.** You choose the evaluation **Date** (never a future day). A template's **When families see these evaluations** setting publishes results by hand, immediately or after set days, and families can open **Attempt history** on skill cards. See [creating an evaluation](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/create-custom-evaluation) and [evaluation templates](/club/staff-operations/evaluation-templates).

## For families

**Pay part of an invoice with a gift card or credit.** Use part of a gift card or account credit and pay the rest by card. Partially paid invoices can be paid online. Staff can do the same from **Take payment**. See [paying with a gift card](/families/families-payments-billing/pay-with-a-gift-card).

**Pay off a payment plan early.** On your billing page, **Pay off plan** pays the installments you pick, up to all of them. A notice warns if your card expires before an installment. See [paying an order](/families/families-payments-billing/pay-an-order-that-is-due-or-overdue).

**Receipts that add up.** Subtotal, tax, service fee and surcharges add up to the total, in your club's time zone. See [receipts](/families/families-payments-billing/get-a-receipt-for-my-payment).

**Custom questions on one step.** Account, order and per-athlete questions appear together at checkout, and each required answer is checked. See [registration details](/families/families-registering/information-needed-to-register).

## Smaller fixes

* The athlete **Programs** tab shows **Enrolled** apart from **Start Date**.
* Whole-day event tickets stay valid until the day ends.
* Switching one-time billing to a repeating one clears the old one-time price.
* **Take payment** appears on partially paid invoices.
* Analytics cards that would show only zeros are hidden.
* The website cookie notice is shorter: essential cookies and analytics, never advertising.
* **Set Active** on a waitlisted enrollment asks how to bill first.
* Failed refunds on invoices from your previous system say why and suggest another destination.
* Invoice status filters match their badges, and a **Charged back** filter is new.
* Cash or e-transfer checkout orders can later be paid online, paying the card or bank fee.
* Family custom questions work in the family portal, even at clubs without a public website.
* The campaign guardian balance merge field shows only what the family owes your club.
* The event form drops an unsaved **Price** field; ticket types set the price.
* The **Guardians** list loads for very large clubs.
* Session-picked campaign audiences include full-program athletes.
* Imports from Uplifter 1.0 or another system are faster, stop safely, and carry fees, waitlist order, per-class programs and session times more faithfully.

**Previous:** [Uplifter 1.7.0](/whats-new/uplifter-1-7-0)

**Related:** [Latest updates](/whats-new) · [How do I let families pay for a program with a payment plan?](/club/programs-classes/offer-a-payment-plan) · [How do I create a notification rule?](/club/communications/how-do-i-create-a-notification-rule)