What's New in Spectra

Fixes:

• Hardened the security of the plugin. Props: Patchstack
• Container – Resolved an issue wherein container background images would not render as intended during site migration.
• Admin – Resolved an issue in which a deprecation notice would be shown on PHP v8.2 and above.

Improvement:

• Info Box – Changed the Info Box icon position dropdown to a multi-control.

Fixes:

• Call To Action – Resolved an issue wherein the buttons would not be aligned as intended.
• How To – Resolved an issue in which the responsive heading font-sizes would not work as intended.
• Image Gallery – Resolved an issue wherein the lightbox would not work as intended within Containers.
• Post Blocks – Resolved an issue wherein text-formatting for buttons would appear as HTML tags on the front-end.
• Price List – Resolved an issue in which the title bottom margin, row, and column gaps would not work as intended in the responsive editor.

Improvements:

• Global – Enhanced the reusable block functionality for the following blocks: Google Maps, How To, Icon List, Inline Notice, Lottie, Marketing Button, Modal, Popup Builder, Post Grid and Post Carousel.

Fixes:

• Container – Resolved an issue in which the link tag would not work as intended on the front-end.
• How To – Resolved an issue in which the minimum minutes setting would be unskippable.
• Post Blocks – Resolved an issue in which the responsive styling would not work as intended in the editor.

Improvements:

• Container – Added an image overlay option for the background.

Fixes:

• Container – Resolved an issue wherein the blocks inside Containers would appear underneath the Container’s overlay when set.
• Container – Resolved an issue in which the flex properties would not work as intended in the frontend for the Image and Heading blocks in nested Containers.
• Modal – Resolved an issue in which the Modal would not open in Astra’s quick-view popup for WooCommerce products.
• Post Blocks – Resolved an issue wherein taxonomies were not accessible to the Shop Manager role.
• Separator – Resolved an edge-case issue in which the responsive alignment would not work as intended.
• Table Of Contents – Resolved an issue in which Latin characters in a heading would prevent the links for that specific heading from working.
• Table Of Contents – Resolved an issue wherein the collapsible setting would not work in the editor when enabled.
• Table Of Contents – Resolved an issue wherein regenerating assets would cause the Table Of Contents to appear empty in FSE.
• Global – Resolved an issue wherein a PHP warning could occurred in a few cases on some websites.

Fixes:

• Form – Resolved multiple styling issues on the frontend.
• Image Gallery – Resolved an issue wherein the lightbox feature would not work after setting up pagination.
• Global – Resolved a significant issue of multiple _uag_page_assets entries in the database when using an FSE theme.

Improvements:

• Container – Added an opacity setting for the overlay of the image and video background types.
• Info Box – Added heading tag settings for the prefix.
• Info Box – Added an inherit-from-theme option for the text-type CTA.
• Form – Added an inherit-from-theme option for the submit button styling.
• Global – Enhanced the reusable block functionality for the following blocks: Review, Content Timeline, Post Timeline, Price List, Separator, Social Share, Star Rating, Table Of Contents, Taxonomy List, Team, Testimonials.

Fixes:

• Call To Action – Resolved an issue in which the bottom margins of the title and description would not work as intended for Tablet and Mobile devices on the frontend.
• Blockquote – Resolved an issue wherein having ‘#’ or ‘@’ symbols in the description would result in the removal of content following the symbols when shared on Twitter.
• Post Carousel – Resolved an issue wherein the carousel dots would not appear centered.
• Social Share – Resolved an issue wherein the gap between icons would add unwanted margins to the sides of the wrapper.
• Testimonials – Resolved an issue wherein the Testimonial dots would not appear centered.
• Global – Resolved an issue that was encountered when updating to WordPress 6.3 on some websites.
• Global – Resolved an issue wherein the color-picker default icon would not appear in WordPress 6.3.
• Admin – Resolved an issue in which an undefined record could appear on the Instagram integrations page.

Improvements:

• Popup Builder – Added a quick-view button in the Popup Builder’s admin table.
• Global – Enhanced the reusable block functionality for all Spectra Pro Blocks.

We are pleased to announce Spectra 2.7.4 – With WordPress 6.3 Compatibility!

This update comes ripe with UI improvements across the board, and fixes to enhance your website building experience!

But here’s the best part – You can safely update your website to WordPress 6.3 without having to worry about Spectra’s compatibility – we’ve handled that in this update for you.

This is your sign, update Spectra now!

Improvements:

• Core Blocks – Implemented responsive typography font-size units.
• Image – Added a new Custom Size feature, which will maintain the dimensions set when the image is replaced!
• Popup Builder – Moved page-level settings into block-level panels.
• Testimonial – Added a vertical alignment option for equal-height content.
• Global – Added a fresh new look for preset icons and rearranged some settings.
• Global – Updated the variation picker and media placeholder UI.
• Global – Enhanced the reusable block functionality for the following blocks: Container, Blockquote, Counter, FAQ, Forms.

Fixes:

• Call To Action – Resolved an issue wherein the line-height of the title would not appear responsive in the frontend.
• Forms – Resolved an issue wherein the submit button would not utilize the padding set in the customizer.
• Inline Notice – Updated inconsistent default padding and removed unwanted top-margin in the editor and the frontend.
• Testimonial – Resolved an issue in which an extra margin would appear for the content in the mobile view.
• Global – Resolved an issue in which the spacing between the text and the icon in buttons would not be applied as intended in RTL mode for certain blocks.

Improvements:

• Core Blocks – Enhanced the reusable block functionality for all Core Blocks, with the exception of the Container.
• Global – Optimized the editor performance and stability.

Fixes:

• Global – Prevented a fatal error for non-block-based themes in WordPress versions below 5.9.0.