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2.1.7 — March 31, 2025
  • Fixed Issue with date picker facet locale for Greek.
  • Fixed JS error when hiding a range facet with a reset button.
2.1.6 — February 17, 2025
  • Improved Admin term search by matching both name and slug.
  • Fixed Alignment issue with the breadcrumb icons in the card editor.
2.1.5 — December 17, 2024
  • Added Support for Kadence Post and Query Loop blocks.
  • Fixed Missing data source in facet settings for term and user fields.
  • Fixed Issue with the card editor sidebar with the latest version of Gutenberg.
2.1.4 — November 21, 2024
  • Fixed PHP warning with WordPress 6.7.1.
2.1.3 — November 19, 2024
  • Added PHP filter to disable the CSS filesystem.
  • Improved Prevent conflicts with custom queries in the admin plugin dashboard.
  • Fixed Issue with default options in the plugin settings panel.
2.1.2 — October 15, 2024
  • Added Class names to the markup of previous and next pagination buttons.
  • Added Support for WordPress 6.7 in the block editor.
  • Fixed Issue where column and row gap labels were inverted in blocks.
  • Fixed Missing translation support for the Paragraph and Button blocks.
  • Fixed Issue with block pseudo selectors (:hover,:focus,:active).
2.1.1 — October 1, 2024
  • Fixed Issue with dynamic tags in HTML/paragraph blocks.
2.1.0 — 26 August, 2024
  • Added Native support for filtering the Query Loop block with facets.
  • Fixed Overflow issue with the facet input icon and stroke width.
  • Fixed Issue where dynamic tags were stripped from certain HTML attributes.
  • Fixed Issue with custom field array values in conditions and dynamic tags.
  • Fixed Translation issue with typography "900 - Black" font weight.
  • Fixed Issue with the user order by parameter for grids.
  • Fixed Issue with negative spread values for CSS box shadows.
  • Fixed Issue with blank target on card block holders.
2.0.6 — 8 July, 2024
  • Added Compatibility with WordPress 6.6.
  • Fixed Remove text indent when the input icon is hidden.
  • Fixed Issue with carousel buttons not being properly auto-added in the layout.
  • Fixed Remove text indent when the input icon is hidden.
2.0.5 — July 1, 2024
  • Improved Handling of appending results in grids and templates.
  • Fixed Incorrect lifetime license plan displayed in plugin dashboard.
  • Fixed Issue with the default media overlay block in the card editor.
  • Fixed Issue with Rest API facet endpoint and logged-in users.
  • Fixed Missing default order (descending) for Sort facet.
2.0.4 — June 14, 2024
  • Added Beta option to change facet endpoint request (custom or Rest API).
  • Improved Automatically expand advanced settings when filled.
  • Fixed Issue with grid aspect ratio in case of missing value.
  • Fixed Issue with card color scheme on empty blocks.
  • Fixed Issue with card terms block and custom field order.
2.0.3 — May 31, 2024
  • Added Search Fields option for search facet (post/user content type).
  • Improved Override default grid order if Search Relevancy facet is enabled.
  • Fixed Issue with an infinite loop if the card's post content contains a grid.
  • Fixed Issue when searching draft posts in grid settings.
  • Fixed Issue with missing template value in block.
  • Fixed Error when formatting numbers for post/term/user counts in cards.
2.0.2 — May 24, 2024
  • Improved Custom block attribute argument added to render_callback.
  • Improved Automatically merges query strings and hash to Apply redirect URL.
  • Improved Add facet slug if missing in settings.
  • Fixed Wrong aspect ratio issue with Metro layout.
  • Fixed Wrong link target in card (interaction).
  • Fixed Wrong stylesheet directory on multisite.
  • Fixed Incorrect nested tax query clauses.
  • Fixed Incorrect domain name in some strings.
  • Fixed Data localized twice in the WordPress editor.
  • Fixed Issue with wrong custom field name in sort facet.
2.0.1 — May 16, 2024
  • Improved Sticky admin table header.
  • Fixed Incorrect URL scheme for CSS stylesheets.
  • Fixed Broken layout with horizontal card.
2.0.0 — May 13, 2024
  • Added Revamp of the admin interface with React.
  • Added Revamp dashboard to manage licence, indexer, content and add-ons.
  • Added Revamp card editor based on Gutenberg (as standalone).
  • Added Styles to customize the appearance of facets.
  • Added Responsive controls to the card editor.
  • Added Conditions to render blocks in a card.
  • Added Dynamic Tags to render data in a card.
  • Added Columns, Group, Row, Stack, Paragraph & Button blocks.
  • Added New controls to Post Terms block.
  • Added Support for custom CSS properties for cards.
  • Added Support for CSS variables throughout the plugin.
  • Added Child Of support for facet taxonomy source.
  • Added Term Depth support for facet taxonomy source.
  • Added Include/Exclude controls for custom fields as data source.
  • Added Show Current Terms to display current archive terms in facets.
  • Added Conditional Actions for facet (hide/reveal & disable/enable).
  • Added Conditional Cards for grids (attach cards conditionally).
  • Added Support for Multiple order values in grids.
  • Added Support to include and exclude terms in grid.
  • Added Support for GDPR friendly Bunny Fonts.
  • Added Grid, Card, Facet & Style demos to the importer (Browse Demos).
  • Added New setting to apply a facet style globally.
  • Added New facet block control to apply a style locally.
  • Added New settings API to easily add controls to the plugin.
  • Added PHP filter to register custom SVGs for the card editor.
  • Added Icons in several setting controls (grid, card and facet).
  • Added Requires at least & Requires PHP header Requirements.
  • Added CSS minifier for cards and styles.
  • Added Use of CSS variables for facets, cards and lightbox in the plugin stylesheet.
  • Improved Automatically adds carousel buttons and page dots in grid layout.
  • Improved Rendering facet blocks in the WordPress editor.
  • Improved Support for indexing with HTTP authentication.
  • Improved Facets can be indexed from the facet overview table.
  • Improved Facet source now combines all data sources in a single field.
  • Improved Preserve imported identifiers wherever possible.
  • Improved Reduce the size of frontend JS scripts by around 20%.
  • Updated Google Fonts library.
  • Updated French translations.
  • Changed Listing, label, and counter are now styled independently for each facet.
  • Changed Remove shortcode menu button for styles in admin table.
  • Changed Full-width layout for admin tables and control panels.
  • Changed PHP 8.0 is recommended and compatible up to version 7.x.
  • Changed WordPress 6.0 or higher is required.
  • Fixed CSS conflict between facet toggle and range slider.
  • Fixed Card editor layout issues with WP 6.0.
  • Fixed Incorrect aria-label in plugin menu.
  • Fixed Typo error in aria-label of pagination facet.
  • Fixed PHP 8.3 deprecation notices.
  • Fixed Incorrect redirection from WordPress navigation menu.
  • Fixed Minor responsive CSS issue in the admin interface.
  • Fixed Issue with the layout of group block in the card editor.
  • Fixed Issue with certain style settings not correctly saved.
  • Fixed Duplicate CSS color declarations in dynamic stylesheets.
  • Fixed Overflow issue with facet style preview iframe.
  • Fixed Vertical layout issue with the buttons facet when the list is expanded.
  • Fixed Prevents inserting empty metadata tags in cards.
1.9.0 — April 2, 2024
  • Added Compatibility with WordPress 6.5.
  • Added Backward compatibility with V2.
  • Fixed PHP warning when activating WP Grid Builder V2 beta.
1.8.2 — February 7, 2024
  • Fixed Issue with user role block in cards.
  • Fixed Issue with term slug block in cards.
1.8.1 — December 6, 2023
  • Updated Twitter/X social icon.
  • Fixed Error with template and is_main_query argument outside archive pages.
  • Fixed Issue with output buffering when filtering custom queries.
1.8.0 — November 2, 2023
  • Added Compatibility with WordPress 6.4.
  • Added Support for Youtube Short videos.
  • Updated JavaScript libraries and facets assets.
  • Fixed Issue with product variation prices.
1.7.9 — September 1, 2023
  • Fixed Arbitrary PHP function call with templates (Security Fix).
  • Fixed Grid settings issue with nested custom fields.
  • Changed Removal of fallback for the old way of declaring templates (deprecated since v1.4.0).
1.7.8 — August 22, 2023
  • Changed Ajax endpoint Url from relative to absolute.
  • Fixed Issue with select control in WordPress editor.
1.7.7 — June 29, 2023
  • Fixed Overflow issue with grid carousel layout.
  • Fixed Issue when focusing interactive elements in a carousel.
1.7.6 — May 25, 2023
  • Improved Support for value "0" in facets for ACF checkbox, radio and select field.
  • Improved Render of "0" numeric value in card custom field block.
  • Improved Filesystem to generate assets (grid and facet stylesheets).
  • Improved License activation/deactivation status code.
1.7.5 — April 5, 2023
  • Improved Facet color options support choice name as choice value.
  • Fixed Issue with card builder and latest version of Google Chrome.
  • Fixed JavaScript warnings in the admin interface.
1.7.4 — March 20, 2023
  • Improved ACF shortcodes rendering in cards during filtering.
  • Changed Indexer hook priorities to ensure correct indexing.
  • Fixed Issue with webp format and background image in cards.
1.7.3 — February 12, 2023
  • Fixed Issue with the installation and updates of add-ons.
1.7.2 — February 6, 2023
  • Added Compatibility with PHP 8.2.
  • Fixed Issue with facet toggle button with several instances of the same grid.
  • Fixed [hidden] CSS fallback rule to avoid conflicts with third-party plugins.
  • Fixed Missing CRON indexing fallback in some contexts.
1.7.1 — December 21, 2022
  • Improved Strips style/script content from the excerpt when fully displayed.
  • Fixed Issue with Google Fonts and regular/400 weight in the card builder.
  • Fixed Issue with text position in Dropdown facet in Firefox.
1.7.0 — October 12, 2022
  • Added Number facet to filter by min and/or max values.
  • Added Gutenberg classname attribute support in template block.
  • Fixed Conflict with pagename argument in main index query.
  • Fixed Rendering issue of card block with empty custom fields.
  • Fixed JavaScript race condition issue when refreshing facets.
  • Fixed Notification message when paging and loading more content.
  • Fixed Issue with WooCommerce and custom order with grids.
  • Fixed Issue with indexer's progression calculation.
1.6.9 — September 5, 2022
  • Added Support for query string in Apply facet redirect URL.
  • Added Total number of results found in the facet refesh response.
  • Improved Notification message (aria) when results are updated.
  • Fixed Issue with the main query in author archive pages.
1.6.8 — August 1, 2022
  • Added Support for Facet, Grid and Template blocks in FSE editor.
  • Added Archive Template option for Grid block in FSE editor.
  • Added Possibility to create option prefixed by "wpgb-content" in Facet block.
  • Improved Detection of Query Loop block using the filter custom queries method.
  • Fixed Issue rendering select block control in the FSE editor.
1.6.7 — June 9, 2022
  • Improved Detection of custom Ajax endpoints.
  • Fixed Issue with prefiltered grids and Apply facet.
  • Fixed PHP 8.1 deprecation notices.
1.6.6 — May 2, 2022
  • Updated Flatpickr library used for date picker facet.
  • Changed Relevanssi search limit in WordPress search template.
  • Fixed Issue with reset facet and dynamic query string on render.
  • Fixed Issue with range slider rounding values with large numbers.
  • Fixed Issue with facet term order and WooCommerce custom taxonomy.
  • Fixed Issue with lightbox button and Elementor page transitions.
  • Fixed Issue with default date in facet date picker on open.
1.6.5 — March 22, 2022
  • Added Support for the translation of custom url in the card builder.
  • Updated Flatpickr library used for date picker facet
  • Fixed Issue with Relevanssi highlighting and nested queries from grid shortcodes.
  • Fixed Issue with range values not properly formatted in selection facet.
  • Fixed Issue with HTML entities in autocomplete results.
  • Fixed Issue with date picker JS script and IE11.
1.6.4 — February 11, 2022
  • Updated PHP filter wp_grid_builder/indexer/term_query_args to better translate facets.
  • Fixed Issue with term query arguments when indexing taxonomy facets.
  • Fixed Issue with the indexing progression in the facet settings.
  • Fixed Issue with duplicates in the WooCommerce sale price card block.
  • Fixed Issue with WooCommerce prices without tax in facets.
  • Fixed Issue with shortcode editor button not available in some contexts.
  • Fixed Display issue with select field (multiple) in the card builder.
1.6.3 — January 14, 2022
  • Updated JavaScript libraries and facets assets.
  • Fixed Prevent throwing exceptions with history state when origin is not the same.
  • Fixed Issue with Relevanssi and custom search result snippets.
1.6.2 — December 6, 2021
  • Fixed Conflict with the terms highlighted by Relevanssi in the cards.
  • Fixed Conflict with SearchWP and custom WP_Query.
  • Fixed Restore default post status of grids.
1.6.1 — November 24, 2021
  • Fixed Issue with carousel buttons not being correctly sized if too small.
  • Fixed Carousel dragging issue with Safari on IOS 15.
  • Fixed Missing term order option for the sort facet.
  • Fixed Wrong slug for Meta Box add-on.
1.6.0 — October 5, 2021
  • Added Support for upper source with Range Slider and Date Picker facets.
  • Added Support for compare type with Range Slider and Date Picker facets.
  • Fixed PHP notices from WordPress 5.8 when rendering grids/facets in Gutenberg.
  • Fixed Issue with WP All Import and WooCommerce products when indexing.
  • Fixed Prevent items from being added to the cart when filtering.
  • Fixed Issue with search template and WooCommerce ordering.
1.5.9 — July 27, 2021
  • Added Support for WooCommerce taxonomy term order for facet choices.
  • Changed Support for inline CSS styles for preview and fallback mode.
  • Fixed Issue with ACF time picker field format used in facet choices.
  • Fixed Issue with First Media Content option and mp3 format.
1.5.8 — May 24, 2021
  • Improved Support for Relevanssi search based on users.
  • Fixed Issue with query orderby clause on WooCommerce archive pages.
  • Fixed Issue with onchange event and range slider facet.
  • Fixed Issue with user email block converting email address to url.
1.5.7 — April 28, 2021
  • Improved Default date in facet date picker on open (selected/current/max date).
  • Improved Active/full price blocks display the price suffix set in WooCommerce.
  • Fixed Issue with media player and flexible card media with Masonry layout.
  • Fixed Issue with SearchWP and the media library in grid view when searching.
  • Fixed Issue with output buffering when filtering custom queries or archive results.
  • Fixed Issue with Selection facet not taking into accord all selected choices.
  • Fixed Issue with hierarchical facets and included/excluded taxonomy terms.
  • Fixed Issue with Relevanssi when filtering custom queries.
  • Fixed Issue with WooCommerce order on archive pages.
  • Fixed Issue with excluded facets from Apply facet.
  • Fixed Conflict with Elementor lightbox script.
1.5.6 — March 15, 2021
  • Fixed Conflict with search query when no post type is defined.
  • Fixed Issue with choice count always displayed with autocomplete and asynchrounous combobox.
  • Fixed Issue with Geolocation and Map facets showing selected values in selection facet.
1.5.5 — March 10, 2021
  • Added Oxygen add-on in add-ons list (plugin dashboard).
  • Fixed Issue with WooCommerce price order and the sort facet.
  • Fixed Issue with the main query on index blog page.
1.5.4 — March 01, 2021
  • Improved Allow to cache empty facets when not filtered.
  • Improved Behaviour of facet choices in disabled state.
  • Improved JSON detection in response when filtering custom content.
  • Improved WhatsApp social sharing button now contains the post link.
  • Fixed Issue with SearchWP and facet choices in search template.
  • Fixed Issue with Google Map marker icons not clickable in some cases.
  • Fixed Issue with Query Monitor plugin when filtering custom queries.
  • Fixed Regression where facet IDs were incorrectly typed.
1.5.3 — February 9, 2021
  • Improved Error handling (JSON response) when filtering custom or archive content.
  • Improved Automatically expand children in checkbox treeview from query string.
  • Improved Preload dynamic assets (CSS/JS) of facets when necessary.
  • Fixed Conflict with color picker input and AMP for WP plugin.
  • Fixed Non-composited animations of the range facet skeleton loader.
  • Fixed Issue with Range Slider facet when min/max values are equal.
  • Fixed Issue with WooCommerce variable prices and Range Slider facet.
  • Fixed Issue with querySelector and HTML attribute value from buttons.
  • Fixed Issue with WP filesystem when using non direct method.
  • Fixed Issue with Selection facet and integers used as facet value.
1.5.2 — January 11, 2021
  • Added Scroll to top option (with offset) for pagination facet.
  • Improved Keywords highlight when using SearchWP as facet search engine.
  • Improved Display a JS error when facets are placed inside custom content.
  • Updated Flatpickr library used for date picker facet.
  • Fixed Issue when sorting WooCommerce products by average rating.
  • Fixed Issue with plugin/add-ons and WordPress auto-update feature.
  • Fixed Issue with Per Page facet allowing to pass excessive values.
  • Fixed Issue with Date Facet when single date selection is cleared on close.
  • Fixed Issue with Date Facet when selected dates are outside min/max date range.
1.5.1 — December 15, 2020
  • Added Option to easily filter archive pages and custom queries with facets having as grid name "wpgb-content".
  • Improved HTML caching of facets when they are present on different archive templates.
  • Fixed Issue with asynchronous combobox when passing lang parameter from Polylang or WPML.
  • Fixed Issue when importing .json file generated by the plugin (text/plain mime type issue).
  • Fixed Issue with French translation and the number of activated licenses (plugin dashboard).
  • Fixed Conflict with CSSTidy library and PHP constants.
1.5.0 — November 23, 2020
  • Added Color Picker facet to visually filter by colors/images.
  • Added A-Z Index facet to filter by starting letter or number.
  • Added Rest API routes (for developers) to fetch and search facet choices.
  • Added Compatibility with PHP 8.0.0 and WordPress 5.6.
  • Fixed Issue with instant Search facet and trailing whitespaces.
  • Fixed Issue when grid images have missing width and/or height.
  • Fixed Issue with default combobox label not correctly translated.
  • Fixed Issue when rounding image aspect ratio in grids.
  • Fixed Issue with range slider and right-to-left layout.
  • Fixed Issue with several selection facets with different slugs.
  • Fixed Issue with rating facet and PHP 5.6.
1.4.3 — October 19, 2020
  • Fixed Issue when installing add-ons from plugin dashboard.
  • Fixed Wrong French translation when installing add-ons.

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