Fixes:

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.