apa bibliography style gives undefined control sequence \visibility{cite}

Question

This is the first time I am using Biblatex, biber or APA.

The following works:

\documentclass[jou]{apa7}
\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblio.bib}
\title{test}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\textcite{Boaler:2016}.
\printbibliography
\end{document}

The following does not work:

\documentclass[jou]{apa7}
\usepackage[style=apa,backend=biber]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblio.bib}
\title{test}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\textcite{Boaler:2016}.
\printbibliography
\end{document}

The first error message I get is

 ! Undefined control sequence.
<argument>  \visibility 
                        {cite} \keypart { \namepart [use=true]{prefix} \name...
l.262 }

I am using TeXworks on Microsoft, uncertain about versions of stuff but I can probably find out how to check those that are likely to be the issue of the problem.

Answer 1

Your biblatex package is not the latest one. That command (\visibility{cite}) was introduced in version 3.18. You should be able to simply update the biblatex package in TeXLive or MikTeX. You should also make sure you are using the latest biber version (2.18) as it's paired with the biblatex version.