What's New in Spectra

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Improvement:

• Tightened the security of the plugin.

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.

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.