What's New in Spectra

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.

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.

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.