Good morning, good afternoon, good evening! It’s time for v3.1, which includes a Community Contribution related to footer menus, an image placeholder for Author blocks, a brand new Topic Link block, upgrades, bug fixes and more. Let’s get to it:
Features 🛠️
PLANET-7646 Add placeholder image to Author block
To fix the weird aligning that happened when there was no author image, there’s now a standard placeholder.
PLANET-6692 Create the Topic Link block
New! A topic link block that can be included on a Post page. Assign it a category and make it your own with an image.
PLANET-7735 Register footer menus as theme locations ⭐
Community contribution!
Previously, the menus in the footer (Footer Primary, Footer Secondary, Social) were only defined by naming convention, which didn’t work for multilingual sites. This has been changed. Now, the menus are registered as theme locations, making sure the admin can select what menu to show in the footer, independent of menu names.
PLANET-7721 Upgrade WPML to 4.6.15
Compatibility with the other plugins has been tested, so it’s time for an upgrade of the WPML plugin. Say hello to 4.6.15.
Bug Fixes 🐞
PLANET-7730 Bottom page navigation block: WPML markup shows up on frontend
And that has been fixed!
🤕 Don’t let bugs run free! Make sure to report them here.
Heads Up on Important Migration 🚨
We are fully migrating the Covers Content Block to the Posts List Block for a better experience! With this new block, you get the benefits of the old block plus dynamic filtering by categories, tags, and post types.
FAQs:
- Will all the Covers Content locks get replaced automatically?
Yes, the transition is automatic. - Will all features of the Covers Content block still work?
Yes, the Posts List Block supports all existing features. - Will the old Covers Content block still be available?
No, it will no longer be available after the 20th January. Please use the Posts Lists Block instead. - What are the benefits of migrating to a new block?
Unlike the Covers block, the Posts Lists block supports dynamic filtering by categories, tags, and post types. It’s also more customizable in general. - Where can I learn more about the migration?
Please see the below links to the Slides and recording of the Community Call we did in November explaining the migration. Slides: link | Recording: ASIA/MEA/EUR | Recording: AME/MEA/EUR– - How can I check the migration went smoothly for my website? You can already check as early as now if the migration looks correct on your dev site. Please keep an eye out for any bugs and report them in this thread.
Heads-up 📡
PLANET-7635 Move remaining code from blocks plugin
PLANET-7676 Change Anti-Flicker Snippet to VWO
PLANET-7691 Upgrade Playwright to latest version
PLANET-7707 Update Node.js to v20
