Spectra Team
July 13, 2023
Spectra

Version 2.7.0

We are pleased to announce Spectra 2.7, with the all new Push Content feature for Info-bars!

Not only does Spectra 2.7 come with this sleek new addition to the Popup Builder and quite a few tweaks and improvements, but we’ve significantly reduced the size of the plugin itself!

Bundled with a size reduction of more than 25%, an increase in performance, and absolutely no compromise on style – This update is the one you and your website have been waiting for.

Feature:

  • Popup Builder – Added a new Push Content feature for info bars.

Improvements:

  • Performance – Significantly reduced the plugin zip size by over 1 MB after optimizing the Font Awesome v6 assets.
  • Forms – Added a full-width alignment option to the submit button.
  • Table Of Contents – Added the ability to expand and collapse the entire box by clicking the top portion or the title of the box.
  • Global – Added new compatibility with Spectra Pro.

Fixes:

  • Container – Resolved an issue wherein the text color of the Container was at a higher priority than those set for headings of blocks inside it.
  • Image – Resolved an issue in which the tablet and mobile border styles would not be applied as intended.
  • Buttons – Resolved an issue wherein the child responsive padding would not work as expected on the frontend.
  • Buttons – Resolved an issue in which the text color would not work as intended in FSE themes.
  • Buttons – Resolved an issue in which the space between the icon and text would not apply in RTL sites.
  • Call To Action – Resolved an issue wherein without inherit from theme for buttons, the mobile and tablet selectors styles would not work as intended on the frontend.
  • Icon – Resolved an issue in which the icon’s background and border color on hover would not work as intended.
  • Content Timeline – Resolved an issue in which the user-defined icon would not appear on new timeline items in the editor.
  • Forms – Resolved an issue in which the padding for input fields would not work as expected when the form style was set to underline.
  • Forms – Reworked the e-mail sending functionality to ensure that only one e-mail is sent when CC and BCC addresses are specified.
  • Marketing Button – Resolved an issue wherein the border-width and padding would not work as intended in the editor’s tablet & mobile view.
  • Table Of Contents – Resolved an issue in which the collapsible option would not work as intended in Astra’s Custom Layouts.
  • Testimonial – Resolved an issue with equal height on the frontend when 2 columns per slide were set.

Version 2.7.2

July 27, 2023

Fixes:

  • Forms - Resolved an issue in which some phone country-code colors would not work as intended in the editor.
  • Table Of Contents - Resolved an issue wherein the default padding not same in the editor and on the frontend.
  • Social Share - Converted anchor tags to span tags and removed unwanted attributes from the social links.
  • Display Conditions - Resolved an issue wherein the UAGDay attribute would persist in the code view after turning off display conditions.

Version 2.7.1

July 25, 2023

We are pleased to announce Spectra 2.7.1, with the much needed Asset Auto-Cleaner!

This nifty auto-cleaner for archived assets in Spectra ensures that only the assets that you need are being generated.

Now every time newer assets are generated, all the unused older assets are safely cleaned out.

Improvement:

  • Global - Added auto-cleaning for archived assets.

Fixes:

  • Heading - Resolved an issue in which the font-family would not render as required for highlighted headings.
  • Call To Action - Resolved an issue wherein additional button padding is not working responsively as intended in frontend.
  • Image Gallery - Resolved an issue wherein the "Load More" button would not appear on the frontend for the masonry layout with the button pagination type.
  • Separator - Resolved an issue in which the separator mobile width would not work as intended in the frontend.
  • Table Of Contents - Added support for Latin characters.
  • Global - Resolved an issue in which the font-family would not render as required on the frontend for certain blocks.
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Spectra Team
July 6, 2023
Spectra Pro

Version 1.0.0

New:

  • Introducing the Registration Form Block – Convert your visitors to members with this customizable Registration block!
  • Introducing the Dynamic Content Extension – Display texts and images dynamically across your site with Spectra blocks!

Feature:

  • Animations – Now you can set the delay and duration of each animation.
  • Animations – Now you can change the pacing of the animations with easing options.
  • Animations – Now you can choose to repeat animations on scroll.
  • Countdown – Now you can enable the new Evergreen Countdown mode.
  • Countdown – Now you can hide your Countdown timer once it ends, redirect your users to another URL, or even use it to reveal some hidden content.
  • Image Gallery – Now you can easily add Custom URLs for every image in your gallery.
  • Modal – Now you can use Triggers to choose when to display them.
  • Modal – Now you can add Off-Canvas display options.
  • Modal – Now you can choose between multiple block entry animations.
  • Modal – Now you can implement cookies to manage automatic triggering.
  • Modal – Now you can choose between multiple close icon placements and style settings.
  • Slider – Now you can alter the Slides Per View.
  • Slider – Now you can use Focus Mode to draw attention to the active slide.
  • Slider – Now you can add Custom Navigation to navigate the Slider on click of any other Spectra block.
  • Slider – Now you can add Navigation Slugs to individual slides.
  • Popup Builder – Now you can choose how the popups are triggered on a page.
  • Popup Builder – Now you can choose which posts/pages/CPTs to add or exclude each popup on.

Version 1.0.1

July 26, 2023

We are pleased to announce Spectra Pro 1.0.1 - Dynamic content just got a whole lot better!

Now you can control the dynamic content length, add dynamic locations to your Spectra Google Maps block, and so much more!

With improved compatibility between Dynamic Content and the Meta Box plugin, coupled in with an enhanced "Forgot Password" feature for the Login block and a few more improvements - There's no better time to upgrade to this version than now!

Improvements: 

  • Instagram - Added grid presets.
  • Login - Added the inbuilt Forgot Password feature and removed the custom link feature.
  • Slider - Added a new Gap Between Slides feature and removed the focus mode feature.
  • Dynamic Content - Improved the compatibility with the Meta Box plugin to show type-specific custom post meta.
  • Dynamic Content - Implemented automatic-append when no replaceable content is selected.
  • Dynamic Content - Added Dynamic Content support for the address field in the Google Maps block.
  • Dynamic Content - Added custom post meta support for Dynamic Content in FSE templates.
  • Dynamic Content - Added character length feature.
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Spectra Team
May 17, 2023
Spectra

Version 2.6.0

New:

  • Introducing the Popup Builder – Create sitewide Popups and Info Bars with ease!
  • Introducing the Animations extension – Give a new life to your page with some scroll-based entrance animations.
  • Introducing the Separator block – Divide your page content in style.

Improvements:

  • Heading – Added the functionality to move onto a new paragraph when pressing the enter key inside the Heading block.
  • Countdown – Added the Countdown block to the list of Core Blocks.
  • Typography – Added ‘Bebas Neue’ Google font in Font Families.

Fixes:

  • Container – Resolved an issue in which the content box width would not apply in the editor inside the column core block.
  • Container – Resolved an issue where the video/image background styling was not working as expected on the front-end.
  • Image – Resolved an issue where an error would occur when we try to crop the image.
  • Buttons – Fixed the issue in which the text hover color would apply to the icon when the icon is enabled.
  • Info Box –  Resolved an issue in which the prefix margin would not be applied on the front-end.
  • Forms – Fixed an issue on form submission failure in FSE themes.
  • Image Gallery – Resolved an issue wherein the carousel images would initially appear big on load.
  • Form – Resolved an issue in which the forms were not being submitted when the block is used inside the footer widget.
  • Masonry Gallery Extension – Resolved an issue in which the Masonry Gallery extension would not work as intended in the FSE.
  • Masonry Gallery – Resolved an issue in which the reset button did not work as intended.
  • Modal – Resolved an issue with the close button in Astra’s custom layout action hook `before_add_to_card_form`.
  • Modal – Resolved an issue wherein the alignment of the block moves to the center from the left when inside the Container.
  • Post Blocks – Resolved an issue wherein the Spectra Heading and Container blocks were not displayed in post excerpts.
  • Post Grid – Resolved a pagination bug in Post Grid that affected the other grid’s pagination.
  • Slider – Fixed an issue that was causing the Slider block to malfunction when used in the Full Site Editing (FSE) template and widget editors.
  • Table Of Contents – Updated the front-end preview UI to match in the “Inside Post/Page Content” type of Astra’s Custom Layout.
  • Table Of Contents – Resolved an issue wherein the gap between lists setting would not work as required on the front-end.
  • Tabs – Set the tab title default color to ‘inherit’ to prevent it from taking the link color from the theme.
  • Taxonomy List – Resolved an issue where the child taxonomy links would show the link of the parent taxonomy.
  • Multi-buttons Control – Resolved a console issue that occurs when setAttributes is not defined.
  • Custom CSS – Added support for Custom CSS on the front-end for WP Core blocks without requiring a Spectra block to be present.
  • Global – Resolved an issue wherein a PHP error would appear for the Full Site Editing (FSE) font compatibility feature.
  • Global – Fixed an issue wherein a Google error would appear when loading Google Fonts locally with a specific font weight and family set to default.
  • Global – Fixed a font resource URL breakage issue that occurs when the provided ‘google_font’ array contains a font family with an empty string.
  • Global – Updated dynamic styling to load in FSE (Full Site Editing) template pages in the front-end for reusable blocks.

Version 2.6.9

June 27, 2023

Improvements:

  • Post Grid - Added the option for normal pagination to disable Ajax-based pagination.

Fixes:

  • Forms - Resolved an issue in which the overall alignment would not work as intended when three forms are placed with different alignments.
  • Info Box - Removed the line-height inherit CSS to resolve an issue with extra spacing in the editor.
  • Info Box - Resolved an issue in which the bottom margin for the title would not work as intended on the frontend.
  • Popup Builder - Resolved an edge case issue with Astra global page layout.
  • Testimonial - Resolved an issue in which the arrows would overlap the content on mobile devices.

Version 2.6.8

June 22, 2023

Fixes:

  • Buttons - Resolved an issue in which the background color would appear transparent after installing the WooCommerce plugin.
  • Call To Action - Resolved an issue wherein an extra margin would appear above the heading of the Call To Action block in the Spectra One theme.
  • Form - Resolved an issue in which the submit button would appear differently on the frontend when no preset from the variation picker was selected.
  • Popup Builder - Resolved a conflict with Elementor that prevented users from opening a page in the Elementor page builder.

Version 2.6.7

June 14, 2023

Improvement:

  • Tightened the security of the plugin.

Version 2.6.6

June 12, 2023

Improvements:

  • Global - Added support for Spectra One's preview options.

Fixes:

  • Table Of Contents - Fixed the improper HTML markup/structure for the heading list.
  • Testimonial - Resolved an issue where the default Testimonial blocks were sharing the same background image.

Version 2.6.5

June 9, 2023

Fixes:

  • Buttons - Resolved an issue in which an error was thrown when the background color was set to gradient.
  • Buttons - Resolved an issue in which the background color gradient would not work as intended on the front end.
  • Call To Action - Resolved an issue in which an undefined variable warning would appear on the frontend.

Version 2.6.4

June 3, 2023

Fixes:

  • Buttons - Resolved an issue in which the button size would not work as expected in the editor after adding padding.
  • Resolved an issue with an invalid Google Maps API Key in the Embed URL implementation, ensuring functionality, and made the block dynamic for enhanced flexibility.

Version 2.6.3

June 1, 2023

Fixes:

  • Post Carousel - Resolved an issue in which the posts would not show up on the front end when the number of columns was greater than the number of posts.
  • Separator - Removed the block preview image from the Style Book.

Version 2.6.2

May 31, 2023

New:

  • Introducing the Inherit From Theme option - Choose to make buttons in Spectra blocks inherit their styles from the theme.

Improvements:

  • Icon List - Added the functionality to create a new list item when pressing the enter key inside the Icon List block.
  • Global - Updated the hover box shadow generation, added shadow transitions and added optional hover shadow separation.

Fixes:

  • Container - Fixed an issue where setting a text color for a heading from a child container would affect all other headings on the page.
  • Call To Action - Resolved an issue in the responsive view wherein the button would become taller when using an additional button.
  • Forms - Resolved an issue in which the custom class for Forms block uag-col-2 was not working as intended on the front end.
  • Image Gallery - Removed the additional bottom spacing in the masonry layout that would appear on certain themes.
  • Image Gallery - Resolved an issue in which the masonry layout would appear stacked for a brief moment on load.
  • Image Gallery - Resolved an issue in FSE themes wherein the lightbox would have an extra top margin on the front end.
  • Post Carousel - Resolved an issue in which preset layout 4 would not show as a slider on the front end.
  • Post Carousel - Resolved an issue in which the carousel would appear as a grid for some time on load.
  • Post Carousel - Resolved an issue in the FSE ( Full Site Editing ) template in which the arrows would overflow the page.
  • Table Of Contents - Resolved an issue in which the Table Of Contents block would overflow the Container in Full Site Editing (FSE) themes.
  • Table Of Contents - Resolved an issue in which the uagb-toc-hide-heading class would not work on core heading blocks in the front end.
  • Taxonomy - Resolved an issue in which the number of columns would not work as required for responsive devices on the front end.
  • Team - Resolved an issue in which the alignment would not function properly when the Team block is used in RTL mode.
  • Spectra Custom CSS - Resolved Conflict with Astra Custom Layout Sticky Settings.
  • Global - Resolved an issue in which the CSS would not load in the front end in edge cases.
  • Global - Resolved an issue wherein the border would overlap parts of the background images and gradients.

Version 2.6.1

May 19, 2023

Improvement:

  • Added Premium Templates in Template Kits library.

Fixes:

  • Admin Dashboard - Added missing i18n support for some strings.
  • Admin Dashboard - 'Activate all' and 'Deactivate all' previously had no impact on the status of Animations extension.
  • Animations Extension - Resolved the 'Error loading' issue for dynamic blocks that was caused by animation attributes.
  • CF7 Designer - Resolved an issue with CF7 Styler where CSS of custom classes were not being applied correctly to multiple column fields.
  • Image Gallery - Resolved an issue in which the 'show on hover' border color for bar-type captions would not work as intended.
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Spectra Team
April 25, 2023
Spectra

Version 2.5.0

New:

  • Spectra now has support for the all-new Spectra Pro!

Improvements:

  • Global – Improved the editor performance.
  • Global – Added Advanced options in Gradient Component.

Fixes:

  • Container – Resolved an issue where the heading tags were not inheriting the color from the theme or the Container.
  • Container – Removed Z-index restrictions that caused Image Gallery Lightboxes to get overlapped by other content.
  • Container – Handled the full-width issue encountered with the Neve theme on the front-end.
  • Container – Fixed settings link control’s unlink functionality.
  • Heading – Removed the extra padding that was visible in the editor.
  • Image – Resolved an issue where the width and height tags would not appear when an image is uploaded.
  • Image – Removed the extra spacing and fixed the escaping container size issue in FSE themes.
  • Image – Resolved an issue in which the image sizing was incorrectly set for mobile devices on the front-end.
  • Countdown – Fixed separator line-height mismatch between the editor and the front-end.
  • Forms – Resolved an accessibility issue wherein the field labels for date and toggle child were missing.
  • Image Gallery – Replaced the null array focus list with an optimized object.
  • Image Gallery – Updated the carousel gap to work as required.
  • Modal – Removed the trigger alignment option for automatic, custom ID and custom class trigger types.
  • Post Carousel – Resolved an issue in the TwentyTwentyone theme wherein the hover styles for arrows and dots were mismatched in the editor and front-end.
  • Post Carousel – Resolved an issue in which the gap between posts was not visible when only 2 posts were present.
  • Slider – Updated dot color setting to avoid taking the background color of arrows.
  • Table Of Contents – Resolved an HTML validation issue in the HTML validator.
  • Advanced Columns – Resolved an issue in which the border radius was not getting applied in the front-end.
  • Controls – Updated control UI to render seamlessly when in RTL mode.
  • Spacing Control – Removed the capability to set negative values for width and border radius settings.
  • Typography Control – Removed the capability to set negative values for line height and font size settings.
  • Global – Resolved an issue in which fonts would not load in the customizer when Spectra blocks are used in Astra theme’s header/footer section.
  • Global – Updated the mobile settings to inherit tablet setting values in the editor instead of inheriting desktop values.

Version 2.5.1

April 28, 2023

Features:

  • You can now add Google Fonts to Block Based Themes from Spectra Dashboard.

Fixes:

  • Counter - Added support for use within Slider (previously not working within Slider when it's set to infinite loop).
  • Buttons - Gap settings on Mobile preview is taking desktop value as default.
  • Modal - Container background do not get border radius.
  • Modal - Background not applying properly when custom width is set.
  • Resolve an issue of PHP error appear for block-based widget editor.
  • Table Of Contents - Removed the console warning that was thrown for an empty collapsible Table Of Contents block.
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Spectra Team
March 15, 2023
Spectra

Version 2.4.0

New:

  • Introducing the Countdown block that will help you generate hype and create a sense of urgency among your audience, during product sales or releases!
  • Introducing the Icon block that allows you to add FontAwesome 6 icons on your website with tonnes of styling options.

Feature:

  • Image Gallery – Added a new lightbox feature with all the essential customizability that you’ll need.

Improvements:

  • Performance – Optimized the editor performance for all Spectra Blocks.
  • Performance – Improved the archive page speed.
  • Image Gallery – Added a dropdown to select the image size for all the images in the gallery.
  • Custom CSS – Disabled the option for “on page-level CSS”.
  • Typography – Added Fahkwang and Jost Google Fonts in Font Families.
  • Typography – Added Zen dots Google font in Font Families.
  • Display Conditions – Added a “Day” option to display Spectra blocks on specific days.

Fixes:

  • Container – Resolved the full-width issue when adding a Container block inside the Slider block.
  • Container – Resolved an issue where the content was misaligned vertically when the background type was set to “video”.
  • Image – Resolve an issue that was encountered when the Gutenberg plugin was activated.
  • Image – Updated the image dimensions width & height box as per the Spectra UI guidelines.
  • Buttons – Fixed the stack orientation and responsive alignment settings not working as expected on the front end.
  • Info Box – Resolved an issue where the icon was misaligned on tablet/mobile when padding was added.
  • Info Box – Updated the CTA hover styling on the front end.
  • Call To Action – Resolved an issue where the additional button’s icon color was not changing on hover in the front end.
  • Forms- Resolved an issue where the form submit throws a success message without adding the “To” email address field.
  • Forms/Tabs/Table Of Contents – Resolved an issue where the JS throws an error in the console on blog/home page.
  • Post Timeline – Resolved an issue where the left padding was not applicable on the front end.
  • Team – Resolved an issue where images were not working as expected on responsive device presets.
  • Display Conditions – Fixed the undefined key/index when the Operating System is set to none.
  • Responsive Conditions – Updated slanted lines visibility for Counter and Slider Blocks.
  • Responsive Conditions – Slanted lines not visible for Post timeline and Content timeline Blocks.
  • Global – Updated Border Settings to remove all Border CSS when set to “default”.
  • Global – Excluded BR Tags from buttons’ text.
  • Global – Cartflows templates throw an error in the editor’s Spectra Page Settings.
  • Global – Fonts were not loading on the 404 page when Spectra blocks were used in the Astra theme’s header/footer.

Version 2.4.2

April 25, 2023

Fixes:

  • Container - Updated default content width for block-based themes to wide Size.

Version 2.4.1

April 3, 2023

Improvements:

  • Updated Spectra to work with WordPress 6.2 and Full Site Editing (FSE) themes.
  • Added filter to enable/disable core responsive condition.
  • Resolved the Spectra blocks editor spacing conflict with the Blocksy theme.

Fixes:

  • Image - Resolved an issue where the image caption was visible twice in the editor when a caption is enabled.
  • Inline Notice - Resolved an issue where the content color and typography were not working in the editor.
  • Modal - Resolved an issue where the Info box as an inner block was not loading in the Modal when Gutenberg was activated.
  • Social Share - Optimized PHP code for legacy users causing an error due array_merge() parameter issues.
  • Taxonomy List - Added the missing translation for the Select string in the PHP code.
  • Post Grid - Resolved an issue where pagination was not visible inside the editor.
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Spectra Team
January 12, 2023
Spectra

Version 2.3.0

New:

  • Introducing the Slider block that allows you to make almost anything into a carousel, a good way to grab attention!

Improvements:

  • Added support for Astra’s 4.0 theme menu position next to the Dashboard in admin.

Fixes:

  • Container – Adding padding to paragraph cause uneven space and cross the boundary of container on responsive devices.
  • Container – Background video goes out the boundary of the container if we have rounded corner.
  • Image Gallery – When adding any of the HTML code or adding the link, the visibility of that caption gets changed to always visible
  • Image Gallery – Broken links were shown in the gallery on frontend when added to caption.
  • Icon List – Disable link for the list item, it turns on the toggle again.
  • Testimonial – Carousel dots overlapping on below blocks in the mobile device.
  • Post Grid – Undefined array key issue.
  • How-To – Image is not visible when image selected from Image control.
  • Image – Does not wrap with paragraph.
  • Tabs – Container get hidden inside tabs body whenever use.
  • Global – Buttons – Removed the WP default allowedFormats from the toolbar.
  • Global – SVG Icons for blocks look big after switching to responsive devices inside the editor.
  • Deprecated: Global – Removed deprecated toolbar and multiline for rich text.

Version 2.3.5

February 3, 2023

Improvements:

  • Global - Removed Backward compatibility of button padding for old users from multiple blocks.
  • Global - Updated SVG icons rendering conditions & optimized the loading.

Fixes:

  • Container - Full height and Fixed background Image not working properly on the editor.
  • Info-Box - CTA padding not working on responsive devices.
  • Heading - Disabling heading and sub-heading hides the separator.
  • Forms - Using form inside inner blocks, it was showing an error on submit.
  • Background control - Image has the wrong units for custom positioning.

Version 2.3.4

January 25, 2023

Improvements:

  • Updated Gutenberg Templates Library.

Version 2.3.3

January 24, 2023

Fixes:

  • Post Block - PHP comment appears on the front end.

Version 2.3.2

January 23, 2023

Security Fix:

  • Props to Patchstack for reporting security issues. Those are fixed in this release. Plus we’ve hardened security in other areas of the plugin.

Improvements:

Modal - Added presets for a button trigger.

Fixes:

  • Forms - Multiple Form Submit AJAX-related issues.
  • Gradient Picker - Block encounters an error when using gradient picker for Spectra block when Gutenberg is activated.
  • Timeline - Unable to set connector Icon Background Size to zero.

Version 2.3.1

January 20, 2023

Fixes:

  • Info-Box - Margin unit set to px after refresh in editor.
  • Post Block - First post is getting empty when post block used on shop page.
  • Background processing issues in some cases.
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Spectra Team
December 27, 2022
Spectra

Version 2.2.0

New:

  • Introducing the Modal block that will help you to show your own customized popups on the page and turn your visitors into subscribers and leads!

Improvements:

  • Global – Added hover color accessibility to the Spectra block with a button.
  • Counter – Bar Layout – Added toggle to flip/swap the positions of the bar and title.

Fixes:

  • Container – Resolved the issue where the list items overflow inside a Container on responsive devices.
  • Image – Resolved the issue where the alignments are ineffective inside a Container on the front end.
  • Buttons – Page scroll to the top when the hash link is added and refresh on click when the hash is removed.
  • Post Grid – Equal Height is not functional in the Post Grid block.
  • Tabs – Removed the WP default Link option from the toolbar for the tabs title field.
  • Testimonial – Block break when we reduce the number of testimonials to 2.
  • Block Transform – The theme pallet color for the default theme does not carry forward when block transform.
  • Global: Typography – Resolved Google font console errors.
Spectra Team
December 7, 2022
Spectra

Version 2.1.0

New:

  • Introducing the Counter block with layouts that will help you flaunt your stats in a cool way!
  • Introducing the Image Gallery block with extensive customizability, as well as the all-new perfectly-tiled layout!
  • Introducing the ability to add custom CSS directly at the page level!

Improvements:

  • Heading – Added sub-heading and separator position settings.
  • FAQ – Added background size, background color and border stylings for the toggle icon.
  • Post Grid – Added a setting to show buttons on equal height.
  • Post Grid – Added a setting to toggle image aspect ratio.
  • Post Grid – Added an equal height option for featured images.
  • Matrix Alignment Control – Added the new Matrix Alignment Control to match the Spectra UI.
  • Number Control – Added the new Number Control to match the Spectra UI.
  • Global – Updated Block Previews for All Spectra Blocks in the Editor.
  • Code – Added Automatic Block Prioritization and Organization.

Fixes:

  • Forms – Added email address labels.
  • Icon List – Resolved an issue in which the links were getting disabled for icon list children.
  • Marketing Button – Resolved an issue where setting the background type as transparent or gradient results in the block encountering an issue.
  • Post Carousel – Resolved an issue where the block breaks on the front end when a background image is set.
  • Post Grid – Resolved an issue where enabling the show taxonomy toggle did not show taxonomy on the posts in the editor.
  • Responsive Border Control – Resolved an issue where buttons from multiple blocks were not inheriting the theme’s style.
  • Responsive Border Control – Repositioned the misaligned reset control button in all border settings.
  • Responsive Border Control – Resolved an issue where the border stylings do not work as expected for responsive devices.
  • Select Control – Adjusted this control to properly align with other setting controls.
  • Text Control – Changed the default label.
  • Global – Resolved an issue where the hover stylings of buttons in multiple blocks were not working in the editor.

Version 2.1.1

December 14, 2022

Improvements:

  • Call To Action - Added a width option for the CTA buttons.
  • Forms - Added a gradient background option for the submit button.
  • Table Of Contents - Added unique IDs for headings that have the same text.
  • Typography Control - Allowed negative values for letter spacing.

Fixes:

  • Container - Resolved an issue where the boxed container width would break when inside other blocks.
  • Container - Resolved an issue in which the background image position control goes missing when the viewport is changed.
  • Forms - Resolved an issue wherein settings a checkbox with a required condition would enforce the user to check all the checkboxes before submitting the form.
  • Marketing Button - Implemented support to make the background and hover colors persist for older users (V1.25.6).
  • Post Carousel/Masonry - Resolved an issue where the featured images for posts were not visible.
  • Post Carousel - Resolved an issue in which the static CSS was not loaded on the front end.
  • Separator Control - Removed the unwanted space that was added when the separator is used.
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Spectra Team
August 17, 2022
Spectra

Version 2.0.0

New:

  • Redesigned UI/UX controls of Spectra blocks.
  • Introduced a new, beautiful & fast Spectra admin dashboard powered by React.
  • Block Presets – Introducing Preset for the most used block.
  • Control Presets – Added Preset for Box-Shadow, Button, and Inner container.
  • Copy Paste Styles – Added Copy/Paste styling feature for Core Gutenberg blocks & Spectra blocks.
  • Introducing the Coming Soon mode feature.
  • Introducing Allow only Selected fonts, Load fonts locally & Preload fonts feature.
  • Introducing new border control which allows users to set borders to Top/Bottom/Left/Right in all directions.
  • Introducing Automatic Block Recovery.
  • Introducing Font Awesome 6 Support.
  • Added global Container Padding option on admin dashboard.
  • Added global default Content Width for container on admin dashboard.
  • Introducing Collapse Panels.
  • Introducing Blocks Editor Spacing.
  • Added support for block-based widget editor.
  • Z-index extension for Spectra block.
  • Container – Introducing container block with advanced flex property feature.
  • How-To – Separate child “Step” for how-to instead of info-box.
  • Image – Introducing image block with advanced features.

Global Improvements:

  • Responsive setting wherever needed.
  • 4-way border control.
  • 4-way spacing control for padding/margin.
  • Refactored the Spectra blocks’ code & improved editor performance drastically.
  • Typography control – Added text-transform, text-decoration, letter-spacing and font-style options.

Improvements:

  • Template – Enable Templates Button on admin dashboard.
  • Display Condition & Responsive Visibility – Enable/Disable option for Spectra extensions on admin dashboard.
  • Removed jQuery dependency from Spectra blocks.
  • Forms – Global reCAPTCHA setting option on admin dashboard.
  • Heading – Hide option for heading text and description.
  • Heading – Text shadow, gradient color option for Title
  • Heading – Color option when link added to heading text.
  • Heading – Highlight the heading text feature.
  • Heading – Background color option classic and gradient.
  • Buttons – Multiple Typography option for Text in the parent.
  • Buttons-child – Enable/disable Icon option.
  • Buttons-child – Add “nofollow” to the link option.
  • Buttons-child – Remove Text option.
  • Buttons-child – Separate Typography option for the child.
  • Buttons-child – Background transparent/color/gradient option.
  • Buttons-child – Box-Shadow option.
  • Info-box – Enable/disable Icon/Image option.
  • Info-box – Allow P tag in Title.
  • Info-box – Icon option View( Stacked/Framed ), Shape( Circle/Square ).
  • Call To Action – Enable the Additional Button option.
  • Blockquote – Moved Twitter Username field inside Tweeter Icon Tab.
  • Icon List – Icon Position before/after.
  • Team – Title Span/Div tag support.
  • Table of content – Added Marker View Bullet/Number.
  • Table of content – Added Title below Separator Style.
  • Marketing Button – Show Description toggle option
  • Star Rating – Enable the Title option.
  • Star Rating – Star Position option.
  • Moved File Source option in block setting.
  • Post Layout – Offset Starting Post option
  • Post Layout – Show Meta Icon option
  • Post Layout – Overall Border option
  • Post Layout – Overall Box shadow option
  • Post Layout – Added Taxonomy Styling option, show taxonomy above title option and layout normal/highlighted.
  • Social Share Parent block Color and background color option

Fixes:

  • Multiple issues in multiple blocks.

Deprecated:

  • Advanced Columns, Section, WP-Search, Post Masonry, Contact Form 7 Designer, and Gravity Form Designer block.
  • Removed Spectra extension i.e. responsive condition, display condition from the core block.
  • Table of content – Removed Scroll Animation Delay.

Version 2.0.16

November 22, 2022

Improvements:

  • Admin Dashboard - Updated Spectra Core Blocks to prevent them from being disabled.

Fixes:

  • Buttons - Eliminated validation errors when we add a "nofollow" to the link.
  • Info Box - Resolved an issue where the title gets disabled in the editor when setting the title tag as a paragraph tag.
  • Post Blocks - Resolved an issue in which the "spectra/v1/all_taxonomy" Rest API gets called multiple times in the editor.
  • Tabs - Updated the second preset to behave as shown in the preset preview.
  • Team - Prevented social icon styling options from being shown when the social icons are disabled.
  • Global - Resolved an issue where the editor layout shifts towards the right when clicking on any block settings.
  • Global - Resolved an issue where Spectra component stylings get overridden in the customizer block editor.
  • Code - Resolved an issue in which the "uagb_spectra_font_awesome_polyfiller" AJAX gets called multiple times.

Version 2.0.15

November 16, 2022

Improvement:

  • Info Box - Added Responsive feature to the Info Box icon width setting.
  • Info Box - Added a background type selector for the call-to-action.
  • Info Box - Added a toggle to show/hide the call-to-action icons.
  • Call To Action - Added support to edit the button labels directly in the editor.
  • Call To Action - Added a toggle to show/hide the button icon.
  • FAQ - Added a background type selector for the question-answer container.
  • Forms - Added a background type selector for the submit button.
  • Post Carousel/Grid/Masonry - Added support to edit the button labels directly in the editor.
  • Post Carousel/Grid/Masonry - Added a background type selector for the call-to-action.
  • Post Carousel - Added a background type selector.
  • Post Timeline - Added support to edit the button labels directly in the editor.
  • Responsive Conditions - Added slanted lines to identify hidden blocks for each device type in the editor.
  • Text Control - Updated and Implemented a new and improved Text Control across Spectra settings for a more consistent user interface.
  • Global - Implemented CLS for all the blocks which have an image tag.
  • Global - Updated the highlighter color for Spectra blocks.
  • Global - Updated How To and Table Of Content block labels in the editor and the admin dashboard.
  • Responsive Conditions - Added uag_reponsive_conditions_compatible_blocks js filter to add the responsive conditions compatibility for third-party blocks.

Fixes:

  • Image - Resolved the issue where the negative margins are ineffective inside a Container.
  • Info Box - Resolved an issue with the title being disabled in the editor when the paragraph tag is used.
  • Call To Action - Resolved the second button CSS style issue on the front end.
  • Marketing Button - Resolved the issue with the Blocksy Theme where the block does not remain in the stacked order.
  • Post Carousel/Grid/Masonry - Resolved the article tag class conflict with the TranslatePress plugin.
  • Table Of Contents - Resolved an issue regarding the marker alignments.
  • Tabs - Resolved the aria mismatch issue with Lighthouse.
  • Presets - Updated presets to remove the override for background color, box-shadow color, text content and even selected icons.
  • Responsive Conditions - Resolved an issue where the responsive conditions do not save when using a Legacy Block.
  • Global - Removed the deprecated "__experimentalGetSettings" and used "getSettings" for date controls.
  • Global - Resolved the scroll-to-specific-block feature not working when switching between desktop/tablet/mobile.
  • Global - Prevented most blocks from encountering an issue with the react hook "withSelect".
  • Admin Dashboard - Prevented the font selection dropdown from getting cut off when expanded.

Version 2.0.14

November 8, 2022

Improvement:

  • Compatibility with WordPress 6.1.
  • Container - Equal height setting in the Parent container.
  • Post Block - Woo Commerce Products (CPT) not getting in Post Type.
  • Block Transform - Transform from core Paragraph/List to Spectra Heading/Blockquotes.
  • Post Blocks - Optimize the loading of Post Terms.
  • Table of content - Added overall block alignment option.
  • Info Box - Option to disable step links.

Fixes:

  • Image - Throws validation issue when toolbar link feature is used.
  • Button - Box shadow stylings are not working as expected on frontend.
  • Tabs - Plus button height was not the same as other tab buttons on the editor.
  • Tabs - Tabs border is inconsistent inside the editor and on the frontend.
  • Marketing Button - Backward Compatibility title color and hover issue on the frontend.
  • Post Carousel/Masonry- Taxonomy stylings are not working as expected in different layouts.
  • Post Masonry - Row gap and column gap label changed.
  • Post Masonry - Column Gap was impacting another post masonry, post grid, post carousel blocks.
  • Post Carousel - Column gap was not identical on the frontend after upgrading from v1.25.6 when an image is set as background.
  • Post Carousel - On reducing or increasing Post per page all items sticks to each other in editor.
  • Post grid - In the editor, the Read more button border-radius is not working on hover.
  • Forms - Phone country code text overlapping for mobile view in frontend.
  • Forms - Phone height and size enlarged issue on the editor.
  • Forms - Fixed phone dropdown icon position on the frontend.
  • Forms - Translation of select field text on the frontend.
  • Forms - Removed the required string and toggle button from the form block.
  • Forms - Toggle field size not working on responsive devices.
  • Forms - Settings uneven spacing issue and Hide border colors when style set to default.
  • Forms - Checkbox throws an issue in the console when the required toggle is ON.
  • Copy Paste Styles - Removed hover color for disabling paste style text.
  • Twenty Twenty-One Theme Issues - Button styling is not working correctly on both sides.
  • Resolved undefined PHP issue for block attribute.
  • Info Box - After drag and drop, block SVG looks bigger for a second.
  • Icon List - Disable link not working properly on frontend for old users.
  • Table Of Contents - Empty heading list, throwing a console error on the front end.
  • Review Schema - Added an aggregate rating in Type Software Application type.
  • Call To Action - Button was not the same as frontend when it is selected as text.
  • Call To Action - Selected preset looks different after refreshing in page on the editor.
  • Testimonial - Slider does not slide the content when returning from last slide to first slide.
  • Table Of Contents - Reusable headings are not listed in TOC on the frontend.
  • Timeline - Connector does not show color without an icon when scrolling.
  • Resolved Buttons should consider button text as a string instead of HTML in multiple blocks.
  • Container - Does not work properly when it is used inside the cover block.
  • Image - Hover on the border for normal image layout is not working.
  • Table Of Contents - Page was not scrolling to the headings on the frontend for some edge cases.
  • Translation for default text was missing for some blocks.
  • Z-Index extension is not working for the dynamic blocks.
  • Content flickering in the editor when hovering over it.
  • Container - Page freezes when we select and move multiple blocks at once to the container.
  • Advanced Column - Core image block caption alignment issue.
  • Admin Dashboard - Toggle not working properly in RTL mode.
  • Mobile CSS overrides desktop CSS inside the customizer.
  • Spectra block editor CSS conflict with other plugins
  • Desktop icon for responsive control move to the left from their position.
  • Container - Child container gets unwanted margin applied when boxed and content boxed layout is selected in the editor when Astra theme is activated.
  • Spectra CSS conflict due to which date picker of post scheduler does not show the navigation.
  • Icon list - Icon Alignment top and middle not working as expected if we increase font size.
  • Container - Breaks when the background is a video and classic overlay is selected.

Version 2.0.13

September 29, 2022

Fixes:

  • Icon List - Bold/Italic style tag visible in an aria-label attribute.
  • Icon List - Text Alignment is not working properly on the front end.
  • Form - Backward Compatibility Stylings Issue on the editor.
  • Advanced Column - Paragraph block wrapping with the image when image size and position are changed.
  • Advanced Column - Image was not getting aligned center on the front and the editor.
  • Call To Action - Button CSS conflicts with the Newspaper theme.
  • Customizer was frozen when theme blog settings were changed.
  • Review Schema - Star ratings do not reflect on the front end like the editor when multiple review blocks are used.
  • Review Schema - Stars appear left in the editor and right on the front end when clicked.
  • Table of Contents - Adding uagb-toc-hide-heading class to exclude heading from TOC list not working on front-end.
  • Container - Z-index was not applied on the front end.
  • FAQ - Throwing an undefined style issue in the console when an HTML anchor is used.
  • Info Box - Removed default image width for new users while maintaining a default width of 120px for old users only.

Version 2.0.12

September 16, 2022

Improvement:

  • How to block - Option to disable step links.
  • Forms - Added 'Required' toggle for Accept field/sub-block.
  • Content Timeline - Changed default description.
  • Media Picker - Updated Video Icon.
  • Post Carousel - Gap between Content & Dots functionality.

Fixes:

  • Price list - Heading are causing overlap on mobile on front-end.
  • Forms Toggle - Changed default label from 'Name' to 'Toggle'.
  • Forms - Fixed alignment for required toggle button in Phone block and added spacing between toggle and the 'Required' label.
  • Content Timeline - Removed extra margin added to title and description by theme and core WordPress in editor and frontend.
  • Info Box - Images looked enlarged after upgrading to Spectra.
  • Form - Form is sending empty data after adding keys for ReCaptcha V3.
  • Forms - Required Toggle for the Checkbox field was not clickable in the editor.
  • Advanced Row - Border not visible for the backward users.
  • Price List - Changed default padding for images so that the image aligns with the title.
  • Responsive Border - Border width occasionally misbehaves when set to zero.
  • Price List - Columns settings are not working in the mobile editor.
  • Container - Shape divider background colour issue on the editor.
  • Responsive condition - Setting does not save when hide on multiple devices is selected.
  • How-To - Alignment for time and cost not working in the editor as well as on the front end.
  • Post Carousel and Masonry - Background Image overlay colour is not the same as the frontend.
  • Advanced Row - Border hover colour not working on the front end.

Version 2.0.11

September 8, 2022

Improvement:

  • Media Picker - Added Optional Label Display and Improved UI.
  • Updated copy-paste functionality logic for parent-child blocks.

Fixes:

  • Container - Child block's margin & padding gets removed in the editor.
  • Info Box - Description margin considers values for desktop, even for tablet and mobile devices (on frontend).
  • Table of content - When disable marker is enabled List style tab is not visible.
  • Star Rating - Padding/Margin was not working when the star position was set to “Before”.
  • Image: Image Size is not working as expected for images when drag and drop.
  • Table of Contents - Collapse table icon/button not working in the editor.
  • Advanced Columns - Border radius does not apply properly to the column and inner-column elements.
  • Forms - Phone field label is null on the email template.

Version 2.0.10

September 2, 2022

Fixes:

  • Responsive condition - Conflicting with the plugin using REST API block preview.

Version 2.0.9

September 1, 2022

Fixes:

  • Post Blocks - PHP notice if the number of columns are not set.

Version 2.0.8

September 1, 2022

Improvement:

  • Added Responsive and Display conditions settings to core blocks.
  • Updated admin dashboard UI.

Fixes:

  • Price List - Inside container price list not aligned properly on editor.
  • Image - Box shadow not applying to a valid element.
  • Section - Inner section block border not working properly on front-end.
  • Post Carousel/Grid/Masonry - Inaccurate font size for 'Read More' link was displayed in the editor for tablet preview (when mobile and tablet font sizes were set).
  • PHP notice for new users when they activate Astra theme.
  • Table of Content - Fixed collapsible icon alignment for frontend.
  • Heading - Set sub heading as enabled by default for old users.
  • Heading - Set default alignment of heading & sub heading as center for old users.
  • Footer Widgets - CSS was not loading for empty archive/category and 404 pages.
  • Media Picker - Updated Lottie and Video Icon Colors.
  • Advanced Columns - Column reverse functionality not working as expected on frontend for old user.
  • Post Blocks - Max Number of columns should not be dependent on number of posts.
  • Post Grid - Post overflows its proper column size.

Version 2.0.7

August 26, 2022

Improvement:

  • Added Legacy Labels in the Editor Block Inserter.
  • Updated the design of inactive block/extension tabs in the admin dashboard.
  • Social Share Child, Icon List Child, How to, Review Blocks - Added missing alt attributes for img tags.

Fixes:

  • Table of Content - Updated Font Awesome 6 migration on front-end refresh.
  • Borders - Borders styling not saving for multiple blocks for new block case.
  • CTA - Disabled CTA links in editor.
  • Post Carousel - Slider dots overlapping on below blocks.
  • Container - Flex properties do not work when Container Width & Content Width both are set as full width.
  • Legacy block not visible on Blocks/Extension page after enabling setting.
  • Review - Enabling schema support does not give valid schema JSON on frontend.
  • InfoBox - Default btn padding issue on front-end for old users.
  • Container - Inner Container overflow if the custom widths is set in pixels.
  • Post carousel - Broken and throwing console issue on shop page.

Version 2.0.6

August 24, 2022

Fixes:

  • Testimonial - Bottom padding and gradient color not working on frontend.
  • Responsive preview in editor - Editor preview for mobile and tablets was not working across different languages.
  • Post Grid/Masonry/Carousel - Fixed hover color background leaking out of border radius.
  • Review - Fixed star size changing in editor, when text labels were long; Also reduced excess spacing between stars and delete icon for responsive preview.
  • Icon List - Font size and line height was not inherited from site/customizer settings.
  • Column-child - Migrate Border stylings on editor
  • Button - Default padding is not retained for old users on frontend.
  • Disabled Lazy Loading of Blocks Components in Editor to fix the chunkLoading error.
  • Copy Paste Styles - Updated logic to work using site's local storage.

Version 2.0.5

August 23, 2022

Fixes:

  • Inherit Heading Block Link Color from theme.
  • Post Grid - Pagination alignment not working on frontend.
  • Post Layout - Title content not visible after title HTML tag set to P.
  • Heading - Set default alignment for heading as center for old users.
  • Call to Action - Buttons Text not wrapping on smaller devices.
  • Updated Border styling on front-end in multiple blocks for old users.
  • Advanced Row (Section) & Advanced Columns - Background color and Video opacity issue for old users.

Version 2.0.4

August 21, 2022

Feature:

  • Added Enable Legacy Blocks option in Admin Dashboard.

Fixes:

  • Buttons - Text inside button not wrapping on small devices.
  • Automatic Block Recovery not working and block displays blank in editor when reusable block is present on the page.
  • FAQ - Enabling schema support does not give valid schema JSON on frontend.
  • Container - Fixed anchor bug (anchor wasn't working and the anchor value wasn't saved)
  • FAdvanced Row (Section) & Advanced Columns - Opacity not working for background image when image overlay type was set as gradient for old user.
  • Post Masonry & Post Carousel - When image position is set to background then content bottom padding is not applicable.
  • Tabs Child - Border not visible in editor for old users.
  • Tabs - Layout styles not displaying as they should for responsive devices.
  • Border backward compatibility issues on frontend in multiple blocks.

Version 2.0.3

August 19, 2022

Decision:

  • Instead of deprecating some blocks, we decided to call them "legacy" blocks. Legacy blocks work fine and will get support/bug fixes.

Improvement:

  • Removed deprecation notices from the settings of the blocks.
  • Added a setting to set default values for "column gap" & "row gap" in the container.

Fixes:

  • Advance Columns - Full-width layout not getting full width on the frontend.
  • Padding in some blocks were not visible in the editor for old user.
  • Post Grid - Content padding getting applied to post image.
  • Icon List - Fixed word wrapping and breaking behavior.
  • Info Box, Heading, Call to Action - overridden text color on frontend when used in the Cover Block.
  • Post Carousel, Grid, and Masonry - Disabled 'Read More' links in the editor and ensured pointer is shown on button hover.
  • Post layout - Title color turns white when background image position is set.
  • Table of contents - Headings not scroll when Cyrillic and English combination is used.
  • Backward Compatibility border issues on front-end in multiple blocks

Version 2.0.2

August 17, 2022

Fixes:

  • Compatibility issues with PHP version 7.2 and older.
  • Forms - Throws an error on drag and drop.
  • Icon List - Throws an undefined innerBlocks when drag and drop from block inserter.
  • Icon List - Throws an PHP Notice for old users.

Version 2.0.1

August 17, 2022

Improvements:

  • Updated the link to the intro video in Spectra's admin dashboard.

Fixes:

  • Updated disabled block icon colors in the Spectra dashboard.
  • Deprecated blocks were not working for old users.
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Version 1.25.0

New:

  • Introduced Wireframe Blocks.

Version 1.25.4

February 7, 2022

Fixes:

  • Fix: CSS was not applying on responsive devices.
  • Fix: Multi Buttons - Child settings were not visible in the editor.

Version 1.25.3

January 27, 2022

Improvements:

  • Improvement: Added compatibility with WordPress v5.9.

Fixes:

  • Fix: Masonry option was not visible for core/gallery.

Version 1.25.2

November 30, 2021

Fixes :

  • Fix: Block condition – Conflicting with plugin using REST API block preview.

Version 1.25.1

November 24, 2021

Fixes :

  • Fix: Block condition – Conflicting with WP Recipe Maker and Gravity Forms plugins.
  • Fix: Call to undefined function twentyseventeen_panel_count() when previewing another theme from the customizer.
  • Fix: Marketing Button – Validation issue when Title Tag set to p.
  • Fix: Table of contents – Removed empty li tags from Table of contents markup.
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