Changelog

Version 2.15 (15-Mar-24)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to v2.15
  • Update: LayerSlider to v7.9.11
  • Update: Theme preparation for PMPro v3.0
  • Update: Added notice to Comment element settings if theme comment features have been disabled
  • Update: Add notices in Comment element where rating templates have been inserted
  • Update: Can now allow only PMPro membership levels to post comments
  • Update: Added option to hide Member Type tabs in Members Directory (GhostPool Core > Site Settings > BuddyPress > Members Directory)
  • Tweak: Demo importer styling improvements
  • Fix: Deprecated htmlspecialchars() notice would appear when page setting textareas were empty
  • Fix: Previously reimported data would be edited when importing new data
  • Fix: Member Type tabs were incorrectly counting inactive members
  • Fix: Question tab was not working in Customer Review demo
  • Fix: Featured review data was not being removed from associated hub when it wasn’t featured anymore
  • Fix: Sticky posts were interferring with featured review IDs

Version 2.14 (01-Mar-24)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to v2.14
  • Update: Added ghostpool_show_all_members_if_admin filter to show all members in Members Directory for admin
  • Tweak: Minor UI improvements to demo importer
  • Fix: Adding a second set of criteria in the Profile Fields Filters setting was not working
  • Fix: Profile Fields Filters settings were conflicting with BP Profile Search plugin
  • Fix: If you set an optional profile field in Profile Fields Filters setting you could not unselect it
  • Fix: Gauge rating circle styling issues

Version 2.13 (25-Feb-24)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to v2.13
  • Fix: Posts in categories that have sub categories were not showing when filtered by category
  • Fix: Paid Memberships Pro and BuddyPress style settings were being overwritten by original css files on some servers
  • Fix: Extended latin characters were not being correctly parsed in menus
  • Fix: Removed redundant widgets import from Modern Magazine demo
  • Fix: Attribute hierarchy warning on attributes with no previous hierarchy value set
  • Fix: Admins and current user were still showing in Members directory if both options were disabled

Version 2.12 (20-Feb-24)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to v2.12
  • Tweak: Improved Reviews page query so less memory is used
  • Tweak: Replaced deprecated mb_convert_encoding for menus
  • Fix: Importing Attributes prevented demo importer from completing
  • Fix: PMPro restricted message for logged out users was not showing 
  • Fix: Comment rating was not added to a post’s average user rating if it had no rating yet
  • Fix: Button element wasn’t hidden if it had no link

Version 2.11 (05-Feb-24)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to v2.11
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to v7.9.8
  • Update: Can now set custom sidebar template on individual posts/pages if the page template contains a Template Section element
  • Update: Attributes Filter element: Added Sort and Modified Date filters
  • Update: Attributes Filter element: Added option to automatically show child terms of specified term option so you don’t have to enter each term manually
  • Update: Items/Carousel/Slider/News Ticker elements: Added Date Range options to show posts between specific post and modified dates
  • Update: Added sort by comment count in sorting options
  • Update: Added “ghostpool_post_meta_custom_views_output” filter to show custom view count in Post Meta element
  • Update: Added new option to Attributes to enable hierarchy independently of Attribute “Enable archives” option
  • Tweak: Removed checkboxes and bulk actions dropdown from GhostPool Core > Reviews as served no purpose
  • Tweak: Now a maximum of 40 terms show on the main Attributes page to make it easier to navigate
  • Tweak: Filter ghostpool_items_attribute_meta_value can now be used to override date/time attribute values as well
  • Fix: Form element: Post submission login message html was being escaped
  • Fix: Large gap showing to the left in Elementor editor after latest Elementor update
  • Fix: Post Meta element: Divider settings were still showing when Format option was set to  Vertical
  • Fix: Heading element: Most/Least Views sort options were not displaying in frontend
  • Fix: Attributes Filter element: Select Field styling should have been styling input boxes as well
  • Fix: Theme Converter was not working with The Review theme
  • Fix: “gp-my-profile” class was being added to all pages for super admin
  • Fix: Youzify Member and Group widget item option buttons were being styled incorrectly

Version 2.10 (03-Jan-24)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to v2.10
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to v7.9.6
  • Update: BuddyPress 12.0.0 compatible
  • Update: Added “ghostpool_get_associated_review_id” and “ghostpool_get_associated_hub_id” filters
  • Update: Added $this argument to each element filter
  • Update: Post Submission Form: Added Heading data type option
  • Tweak: Post Submission Form: “ghostpool_custom_field_*_” removed from meta key name when “Name” field is used – if you are referencing custom fields created from your post submission form, newly created posts will have a different custom field name to posts that have already been created
  • Fix: Styling issues with BuddyPress Activity page comments
  • Fix: PMPro membership SQL syntax issue
  • Fix: Invalid comment schema
  • Fix: bbPress login form would open login popup instead of logging in
  • Fix: Post Submission Form: Placeholder text was not working in Select field
  • Fix: Incorrect parameters added to ghostpool_taxonomies_settings, ghostpool_menu_settings and ghostpool_metaboxes_settings filters
  • Fix: Conditional fields and hub_posts ajax data was not working with taxonomy term options
  • Fix: Post Submission Form: select2 CSS and Javascript was not being loaded

Version 2.9 (28-Nov-23)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to v2.9
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to v7.9.4
  • Update: Added ghostpool_comments_reply_title_label filter to Comments element
  • Update: Added ghostpool_sorting_values filter – add new sorting options
  • Update: Added ghostpool_sorting_query filter – add new sorting query
  • Update: Included latest version of select2 script
  • Fix: Additional widget spacing was being added to imported demos
  • Fix: Number of styling issues in Socializer demo
  • Fix: Number of styling issues with BuddyPress and rtMedia
  • Fix: rtMedia buttons were not hidden on Activity element as they do not function
  • Fix: Error 500 notice when saving Elementor template when using BP Activity element
  • Fix: BuddyPress widgets were not styled correctly when Youzify was not activated
  • Fix: Unused “Allow Comments” option in BP Activity element
  • Fix: Youzify was not shown as optional plugin for Socializer demo
  • Fix: BuddyPress Access settings were not accessible when Youzify was activated
  • Fix: Some text fields were not full width on Paid Memberships Pro register form
  • Fix: Paid Memberships Pro tables were not responsive
  • Fix: Items Element: Ajax loading of posts caused pagination to flicker
  • Fix: Fatal error on BuddyPress profile pages when Activity component was disabled
  • Fix: Criteria ratings were not always converted to numerical values when calculating average rating
  • Fix: PMPro Levels: HTML code was not working in description

Version 2.8.1 (13-Oct-23)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.8.1
  • Fix: Login email was not being sent out to user
  • Fix: Post Meta element: Only one term was displayed per taxonomy

Version 2.8 (13-Oct-23)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.8
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider 7.8.0
  • Update: Button element: Added %SITE_URL% support to button link option
  • Update: Form element: Added uniqid to end of login url to help bust server caches
  • Update: Post Meta element: Add option to add term colour to individual terms links
  • Update: Added filter ghostpool_attribute_SLUG_hierarchical to disable category display for individual an attributes
  • Update: Author Info Box: Add option to add website name so you can still add a separate label for the Website field
  • Update: Author Info Box: Added option to disable full width of fields so they can be aligned next to each other
  • Update: Author Info Box: Added options to style field labels and values globally
  • Update: Author Info Box: Added options to control background, border, border radius, box shadow, padding options for individual fields
  • Fix: Author Info Box: Paid Membership Pro option was not showing level name
  • Fix: Heading element: Horizontal line through text alignment option was not working
  • Fix: Comment form was not shown for logged out users if the multiple comments option was disabled
  • Fix: Importing Display Conditions and Attributes .txt files from Tools page was not working
  • Fix: Items element: Page would jump when filtering items
  • Fix: In the Template Editor dropdown menu, if page had no page template, the “Current Page” link was added to template section above it 
  • Fix: Styling issues in multiple demos 
  • Fix: Theme’s version of Paid Memberships Pro checkout.php file was not up to date

Version 2.7 (30-Aug-23)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.7
  • Update: Post Submission Form: When a user submitted post is deleted any newly created terms and media of this submitted post are also deleted
  • Update: Post Submission Form: Added option to show child categories of parent category
  • Update: Advanced Tabs: Added styling options for tabs menu
  • Update: Added %SITE_URL% support to login, register, lost password url options
  • Update: Attributes that have archives now show category interface instead of tags interface on posts/pages
  • Update: Added “ghostpool_post_meta_post_date” filter to change post date output in Post Meta element
  • Fix: Items element: Items were not fading in smoothly when filtering
  • Fix: Template Editor was shown in admin bar even if user didn’t have permission to edit templates
  • Fix: Incorrect text domain used in BuddyPress theme template files
  • Fix: Missing text domain in text
  • Fix: Heading element: Sort By and Taxonomy values were not being remembered when using Attributes filters
  • Fix: Heading element: Responsive text alignment was not working
  • Fix: BuddyPress profile percentage match was covering online indicator in small avatar view

Version 2.6 (29-Jun-23)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.6
  • Update: Post Submission Form: Users can now add new terms to taxonomies via input field
  • Update: Post Submission Form: Added Select2 support to select field
  • Update: Post Submission Form: Added Classes setting to add custom class to each field
  • Update: Comments: Added “ghostpool_comment_rating_field_template” filter to change comment form rating template ID
  • Update: Comments: Added “comment_list_rating_template” filter to change comment list rating template ID
  • Update: Attributes Filter: Added “ghostpool_attributes_filter_option_values” and “ghostpool_attributes_filter_terms” filters to have more control over custom option values
  • Update: Advanced Tabs: Added “ghostpool_advanced_tabs_tab” filter to modify tabs
  • Update: Post Submission: Added “ghostpool_post_submission_form_has_error” and “ghostpool_post_submission_form_error_codes” filters to add custom error messages
  • Update: Added “ghostpool_sorting_name” filter to change sort by text
  • Update: Attributes Filter: Add Select2 support to dropdown menus
  • Update: Attributes Filter: Can now filter byPost Title
  • Update: Attributes Filter: Can now filter via textual input (typed data must be an exact match)
  • Tweak: “Most/Least Helpful” sort by option text changed to “Most/Least Likes” for consistency
  • Tweak: Comments: Sort Options changed from “Highest/Lowest Rating” to “Highest/Lowest Rated”
  • Fix: Non-members were not showing in Members Directory when allowed to
  • Fix: Page would scroll when clicking navigation in menus
  • Fix: Post Submission Form: Required Taxonomy dropdown fields weren’t flagged as required by browser
  • Fix: Comments: Form did not reduce in opacity when submitting comment
  • Fix: Up/Down Voting: Down vote label hover settings were not working
  • Fix: Attributes Filter: Dropdown menu widths were exceeding parent container
  • Fix: BuddyPress notification button moving off screen on smaller devices on smaller devices

Version 2.5 (08-Jun-23)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.5
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to 7.7.7
  • Update: Added option to disable theme comment features under Elementor > Settings > Integrations
  • Fix: Container was showing below BuddyPress member avatars when empty if user is logged out
  • Fix: BuddyPress Member/Group styling issues
  • Fix: rtMedia styling issues
  • Fix: “Move To Separate Line” for after text in Post Meta element option was not working
  • Fix: Removed duplicate “After Text” setting in Post Meta element
  • Fix: get_page_by_title function is deprecated
  • Fix: Paid Memberships Pro checkout styling issues
  • Fix: Asterisks not added to required Paid Memberships Pro fields created via plugin settings

Version 2.4 (09-Feb-23)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.4
  • Update: Clicking pagination links now takes you back to the top of the Items element
  • Fix: Issues with using Gutenberg typography settings on some of the default blocks
  • Fix: Display issue with Akismet spam button on Activity page 
  • Fix: Clicking “Add Another” for Category conditions on Display Condition page was not working
  • Fix:  Disabling link on menu items prevented dropdown menu icon from showing

Version 2.3 (25-Jan-23)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.3
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to 7.6.8
  • Fix: Activity element Maximum Items option was not working
  • Fix: Activity not being loaded for Activity element since BuddyPress 11.0
  • Fix: Deprecated notices for “register_widget_type”
  • Fix: Items elements column number, horizontal and vertical gaps were not being handled correctly

Version 2.2 (19-Dec-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.2
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to 7.6.7
  • Tweak: Plugins custom messages will now be displayed in login/registration forms
  • Fix: Some login/registration form messages were not being displayed
  • Fix: Couldn’t click on input/select repeater fields on mobile devices
  • Fix: Online indicator was not displaying user’s status correctly in some circumstances
  • Fix: Carousel was not working when loaded in anything but first tab of Advanced Tabs element

Version 2.1 (01-Nov-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.1
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to 7.5.3
  • Update: Added width, placeholder and readonly attributes to text area field
  • Fix: Video thumbnails not loading in Carousel element
  • Fix: Zero site ratings were not displaying in Show Rating element or in Site Rating meta field
  • Fix: Issue with video resizing in Items element when using pagination
  • Fix: Custom Templates option on post/page showing in the wrong place
  • Fix: Child themes couldn’t override individual theme BuddyPress templates
  • Fix: PHP notice generated by popup templates
  • Fix: When no unit was specified for the dropdown menu width and max width an error occurred
  • Fix: Heading element taxonomy filter not working on category pages
  • Fix: Heading element sorting filter not working on category pages with custom order already set
  • Fix: Good and Bad points container was shown even when points were empty
  • Fix: Alignment issues with dropdown menu links and dropdown icons

Version 2.0 (12-Sep-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 2.0
  • Update: Added 4 new demos – Dating, Fitness, Newspaper and Listings
  • Update: Added new default demo upon new installation
  • Update: Added BuddyPress styling options (GhostPool Core > Site Settings > BuddyPress)
  • Update: Added custom BuddyPress member filtering options
  • Update: Added BuddyPress Members and Groups elements
  • Update: Added Paid Memberships Pro styling options (GhostPool Core > Site Settings > Paid Memberships Pro)
  • Update: Sync profile data between Paid Membership Pro and BuddyPress
  • Update: Restrict access to BuddyPress features based on membership level
  • Fix: Header with 0px scroll to fixed positioning was not displaying

Version 1.18 (03-Sep-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core to 1.12
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to 7.3.0
  • Update: Added option to query by individual authors in Items/News Ticker/Slider/Carousel elements
  • Tweak: Recommended plugins now only shown on demo plugin installation pages
  • Fix: Game Affiliate demo attributes were not being imported correctly
  • Fix: Minor issues with demo styling
  • Fix: Incorrect Search Button element popup box alignment
  • Fix: Items element columns number not retained if matching default settings

Version 1.17 (18-Aug-22)

  • Update: Frontend Template Editor dropdown menu redesigned to improve ease of use
  • Update: Added loading icon/image options to Comments, Items and Post Submission Form elements
  • Fix: Post Submission Form element –  Required media fields would not generate error message if left empty when submitting form
  • Fix: Post Submission Form element –  No error message was shown when leaving required TinyMCE text editor field empty
  • Fix: Post Submission Form element –  Style issues with with field error messages
  • Fix: Post Submission Form element –  Media was not being uploaded to site
  • Fix: Voting up/down on comments as logged out user was not saved
  • Fix: Could not vote up/down more than once per page
  • Fix: Editing comment up/down votes without rating in backend caused fatal error
  • Fix: Template Editor dropdown menu not showing templates for some users
  • Fix: Display Conditions Page Templates dropdown menus were showing redundant “Default” option
  • Fix: When activating BuddyPress from within demo importer, BuddyPress Data would not be automatically checked
  • Fix: Minor stying fixes

Version 1.16.1 (10-Aug-22)

  • Update: Added support for custom breakpoints in Heading, Items, Image Gallery, Show Comments elements and Gutenberg editor
  • Update: Added Typography option for submit button in Add Rating and Comments elements
  • Update: Added ability to display ads from the Advanced Ads plugin in the Advertisement element
  • Tweak: Minimum rating error message is now shown if trying to rate below minimum value when submit button is enabled
  • Fix: Error/success messages were not styled in Add Rating element

Version 1.16 (01-Aug-22)

  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to v7.2.5
  • Update: Added new page setting to hide featured item on individual post/page
  • Update: Add Rating element: Added option to display submit button for single ratings
  • Update: Post Meta element: Can now display the number of followers for each post/page (existing followers prior to this update will not have been counted)
  • Tweak: Heading element: Improved Horizontal Line Through border styling options
  • Fix: Scrolling header was not working correctly on smaller devices
  • Fix: Post Navigation element: Transition effect not working on link hover
  • Fix: Error thrown if non-number was used in number fields
  • Fix: Popup close button was not always displaying
  • Fix: Popup did not open on mobile for non anchor elements with selector
  • Fix: Could not close popup if no animation was selected
  • Fix: Error was thrown with BuddyPress member widgets and BuddyBoss plugin

Version 1.15 (05-Jul-22)

  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to v7.2.4
  • Update: Stats element – Added option to now manually set column number and change this depending on window size
  • Update: Stats element – Added option to display icon above and below stats
  • Update: Stats element – Added options to show numbers of specific post types from specific taxonomies/terms
  • Update: Taxonomies element – Added option to add taxonomies on same line
  • Update: Button element – Added option to change alignment of text within button
  • Update: Nav Menu element – Added option to change menu icon position and size
  • Update: Items element – Added option to change load more text
  • Update: Post Submission Form element – Can now add Number field type
  • Update: Post Submission Form element – Added option to change field widths
  • Update: Post Meta element – Added before/after text styling options
  • Update: Post Meta element – Added option to add monetary formatting to price field
  • Update: Post Submission Form element – Can now add option values without name if you want them to both be the same value
  • Update: Attributes Filter element – Added option to filter items by post date
  • Update: Post Meta element – Added option to add change avatar link
  • Tweak: Popup exit animation improvements
  • Tweak: Page loader image now includes width and height properties
  • Fix: Post Submission Form element – Multiple values were not saved from multi value Select and Checkbox fields
  • Fix: Post Submission Form element – Changing Select and Checkbox field values were not being updated on edit submission page 
  • Fix: Add another affiliate box didn’t clear urls
  • Fix: URLs were being duplicated when adding multiple items in Affiliates/Slider/Carousel/Stats/Post Meta/News Ticker elements
  • Fix: Post submission Form element – Specific taxonomy terms were not shown if empty taxonomy field left empty
  • Fix: Post Submission Form element – Multiple selections were not working when field required
  • Fix: Post Submission Form element – fixed issue with custom field names and values being named incorrectly
  • Fix: Items element – No items found message did not strip slashes
  • Fix: Standard comments were not being displaying after submitting comments
  • Fix: Issues with editing comment rating in backend
  • Fix: Items element – Pagination was not always showing when it should

User Notes

  • User needs to update Stats element Columns setting

Version 1.13.3 (08-Jun-22)

  • Update: Added ability to add your own YouTube API key in the Videos Playlist element
  • Tweak: Popup URLs now support “?popup=” as “?page=” doesn’t work on all servers when URL is entered directly into address bar
  • Fix: PHP warnings in Advanced Tabs element
  • Fix: Theme templates were being indexed by search engines
  • Fix: Issues with Post Navigation element styling
  • Fix: Incorrect site settings being imported from demo importer

Version 1.13.2 (27-May-22)

  • Tweak: Cleaned up and removed redundant Popup Settings
  • Fix: Comment ajax was not working
  • Fix: Members homepage redirect was not working
  • Fix: Custom CSS option was conflicting with Elementor Pro
  • Fix: Popup custom classes option was not working correctly
  • Fix: Popup styling was not always being loaded
  • Fix: Popup exit animation was not working

Version 1.13.1 (24-May-22)

  • Fix: Advanced Tabs element was not adding endpoints to URLs
  • Fix: Featured Item element URLs were being duplicated

Version 1.13 (23-May-22)

  • Update: Moved all theme options to Elementor Site Settings page (accessible from GhostPool Core > Site Settings)
  • Update: Template settings now moved to separate Display Conditions page
  • Update: Added option to edit average user rating and up/down votes from GhostPool Core > Reviews page
  • Update: Added option to delete up/down votes separately from user rating data from GhostPool Core > Reviews page
  • Update: Replaced Section element Placeholder Image option with full Placeholder Background option
  • Update: Added %POST_URL%, %HUB_URL%, %HUB_SLUG% and %POST_SLUG% for custom URL option in Button element
  • Fix: Comments with ratings below minimum and above maximum would sometimes get posted
  • Fix: Deleting a comment that was never approved would remove user rating from post when it was never added in first place
  • Fix: Pages with bbPress shortcodes would be treated as bbPress page
  • Fix: Featured image background in Section element was not showing in Elementor editor
  • Fix: Link Properties on Section element were not hidden when Featured Image wasn’t selected
  • Fix: Custom CSS option was not working
  • Fix: Post terms were not displaying on theme templates with Elementor Pro dynamic tags

Version 1.12.2 (13-May-22)

  • Update: Custom field link properties options added to Section, Slider, Carousel and Featured Items elements
  • Tweak: RTL support for padding and margins under Advanced tab for all elements
  • Tweak: CSS for elements inside popups now added to CSS file instead of within body of page
  • Fix:  %HUB_ID% and %POST_ID% were not working in Button element links anymore
  • Fix: Page Transition site settings were not working

Version 1.12.1 (11-May-22)

  • Tweak: Moved inline alignment CSS for Elementor from body to header of site
  • Fix: style.css had validation issues
  • Fix: Template Shortcode Gutenberg block was not working
  • Fix: Add Another button for multi field repeater options on posts/pages not working
  • Fix: Templates multi field repeater not showing remove button and edit button correctly in some cases

Version 1.12 (10-May-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core plugin to v1.7
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to v7.2.1
  • Update: New and improved Template Editor admin bar menu to easily see all the templates used on the current page
  • Update: Added option to change Single Post template based on category post is in from GhostPool > Settings > Templates
  • Update: Added nofollow and new window options to all Button element link types 
  • Update: Added option to control what filters are shown in comment order dropdown filter
  • Update: Added filter “ghostpool_post_meta_release_date” so you can translate the months output in release date
  • Update: Added filter “ghostpool_comment_date_time” to change comment date/time in comments
  • Update: Added new profile menu link options under Appearance > Menu (Profile Avatar option has been deprecated)
  • Update: Added PMPro Required Level display option to Post Title element
  • Update: Added new data options to Post Meta element: date modified, current user PMPro level, post PMPro required level and current user custom meta field
  • Update: Added wrap around and horizontal gap options to  Carousel element
  • Update: Added option to disable column wrapping on mobile devices in Section element
  • Update: Added video lightbox support to Button, Featured Item, Carousel and Slider elements
  • Update: Added ability to control visibility of all elements from Advanced Tab based on user logged in/out, within post subtype and whether associated with hub
  • Update: Added Blend Mode option to Heading element
  • Update: Can now control gap between breakdown bars in Show Rating Breakdown element
  • Update: A backup of your theme and style settings (kit.txt and settings.txt) are now stored so you can role back to previous settings after installing new demo
  • Update: Added dropdown dummy content in Elementor editor for Nav Menu element when no real links added
  • Update: Added full hover options to all elements with existing hover options e.g. change typography and text shadow on hover state of links 
  • Update: Added Widget Settings to Elementor Site Settings
  • Tweak: Default styling for elements removed from element options and added to style.css 
  • Tweak: Added before/after user voting text options to Add Rating element
  • Tweak: Can now add a custom field link to Section element backgrounds
  • Tweak: Videos not able to be loaded in Videos Playlist element no longer shown
  • Fix: is_plugin_active fatal error would occur for some users
  • Fix: Missing None option in Template options in multiple elements
  • Fix: AggregateRating schema rich snippet was not hidden when ratingCount is 0 as required by Google
  • Fix: Advertisement element images were always using full image dimensions
  • Fix: Error was generated when adding links to numbers in Stats element
  • Fix: The hover effect was not working on featured images when auto height option used in Featured element
  • Fix: Lightbox option not functioning correctly in Button element
  • Fix: Menu text longer than dropdown menu was cut off
  • Fix: Members homepage redirect was not working correctly
  • Fix: Ajax filtering/pagination was not retaining taxonomy settings
  • Fix: Comments were shown in reverse order when filtering comments by date
  • Fix: Trashing comments was not removing rating data from post
  • Fix: Average rating of each criterion via comment form was not being calculated correctly
  • Fix: Add Rating element criteria ratings were not being added to posts user average rating
  • Fix: Custom attributes now work in element links added via the URL field
  • Fix: Email notifications were not being sent when user submitted or edit post submission
  • Fix: When remove user rating data via Reviews page up/down votes were showing as being reset to 0
  • Fix: Unfollowing individual games would sometimes unfollow all games
  • Fix: Spam clicking Up/Down Voting would allow you to vote more than once

You may see borders added to the input field in existing Search Form elements. To fix this edit the relevant templates and set the Input Field border to 0.

You may see an increase in the bottom margin of Show Rating elements. To fix this edit the relevant templates and set the Rating Container margins to 0.

Version 1.11 (25-Mar-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core plugin to v1.6
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider plugin to v7.1.3
  • Update: Added option to insert menu divider before or after menu item
  • Update: Template Editor renamed to Template Editor
  • Tweak: Replaced default Slide In Menu and Popup open/close icons with HTML/CSS
  • Fix: Error would occur when trying to delete multiple active templates at once
  • Fix: Elementor errors/notices were being generated by latest Elementor update
  • Fix: Not all matching items shown in search results
  • Fix: Average site rating not being added with submitted user posts via Post Submission Form
  • Fix: Import demo Preview links were not working
  • Fix: Ajax pagination would return wrong items if adding spaces between comma separated terms in Items element

Version 1.10 (17-Mar-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core plugin to v1.5
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider plugin to v7.1.2
  • Update: Added Sort option on taxonomies
  • Update: Added option to upload secondary featured image in Post Submission form
  • Update: Members Homepage now labelled on Pages list
  • Update: Can now select Members Homepage as template display condition from GhostPool Core > Display Conditions
  • Update: Added option to show current user display name via Post Meta element
  • Update: Added option to set custom Page Template on individual posts/pages to use custom template (replaces need for an empty template)
  • Update: Added shift up hover effect option to featured image element
  • Update: Can now change avatar height in Show comments, Recent Comments, Comments and Author Box elements
  • Update: Add new divider option for menu items (Appearance > Menus), styling for this added to Nav Menu element
  • Tweak: Only show delete post link if user has correct permissions
  • Tweak: Can now submit post submission without content or title fields
  • Tweak: Added URL to author for Article schema rich snippets
  • Fix: Incorrect width of input fields in taxonomy and posting settings
  • Fix: User did not appear logged in after using login form in some cases
  • Fix: Unfollowing all items would show all posts on unfollow page
  • Fix: Fatal error would occur when running Huber and Gauge importer in some cases
  • Fix: Featured image from BuddyPress page not showing in Section element
  • Fix: Comment text didn’t preserve <p> tags
  • Fix: Default terms were not assigned to post if no matching user selected taxonomy available in Post Submission form
  • Fix: Unapproving a comment did not remove comment rating from post
  • Fix: Incorrect author name was shown in Author Box element in some cases
  • Fix: NaN rating was shown in Showing Rating Breakdown element average rating via ajax
  • Fix: Popup entrance/exit animations had stopped working
  • Fix: Decimal places were not working for average user rating in Show Rating element
  • Fix: Icon alignment was not working in Slide In Menu element
  • Fix: Menu items without links were not using correct styling
  • Fix: The Edit Template button was not working in Elementor Editor in some cases

Version 1.9.1 (15-Feb-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core plugin to v1.4.1
  • Update: Improvements to UI on GhostPool Core > Display Conditions page
  • Update: Improvements to UI on Template Editor pages
  • Fix: Uninstalling demos was not working
  • Fix: Resetting theme settings was not clearing Template settings

Version 1.9 (09-Feb-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core plugin to v1.4
  • Update: Added nofollow and new window options to affiliate links
  • Update: Can now also show comments only from current post, user or post author in Show Comments element
  • Update: Added new filter to Post Meta element to change comma separator (ghostpool_post_meta_taxonomy_separator)
  • Tweak: Self hosted videos now will use featured image as video thumbnail
  • Tweak: Popups now open when URL is typed directly into browser window or clicked outside of website
  • Tweak: Lightbox option removed from Section element as not supported
  • Tweak: Added author URL to Google rich snippets
  • Fix: Author Box element was showing user details for first user on all author pages
  • Fix: Section element was not displaying placeholder image on all author pages
  • Fix: If post had an up/down vote then you couldn’t vote on comments
  • Fix: Login, registration and lost password form recaptcha was not working with reCaptcha by BestWebSoft plugin
  • Fix: Plugins auto inserting content into login, register and lost password was not working correctly
  • Fix: Lightbox was not functioning correctly in Featured Item element
  • Fix: Link post format links were not being used in Section element
  • Fix: Display issues when using ajax filtering/pagination with self hosted videos
  • Fix: Comments reloaded via ajax were not showing all of the original data 

Version 1.8 (28-Jan-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core plugin to v1.3
  • Update: Added new Carousel element
  • Update: Added logged in to vote label styling options to Add Rating element
  • Update: Added option to exclude terms from Tax Query settings in Items and Slider elements
  • Update: Taxonomy and post format fields in Post Submission Form can now show placeholder text
  • Update: Added new filters to Comments element (ghostpool_comment_list_meta, ghostpool_comment_list_text, ghostpool_comment_filters_query_key, ghostpool_comment_filters_query_compare, ghostpool_comment_filters_query_type)
  • Tweak: Up/Down Voting element now shows voted status more clearly
  • Tweak: Improved display of active template indicator on Template Editor pages
  • Tweak: Better way of calculating user rating data if multiple users vote at same time
  • Fix: WPML translated theme templates were not being used when switching languages
  • Fix: Logged out users can no longer add ratings multiple times
  • Fix: Logged in to vote label in Add Rating element was not displaying
  • Fix: Not all popups were being loaded on pages due to conditions hierarchy
  • Fix: Quick edit data not shown on Template Editor page
  • Fix: Theme converter was not transferring hub and video categories to converted posts
  • Fix: Could still vote on Up/Down Voting element when you do not have permission to
  • Fix: Comments could not be submitted on some servers
  • Fix: “Disable Page Scrolling” popup option was not working correctly
  • Fix: Post Submission Form wouldn’t submit if taxonomy field was required and the default value wasn’t changed
  • Fix: Release Date and Price filters were not showing in Heading element filters
  • Fix: Lots of issues with comment pagination and filtering not working as expected
  • Fix: Critical error generated when no endpoints added on new install
  • Fix: Add Gallery post setting was not showing image previews
  • Fix: Comment form label containers were still shown when no label text was added
  • Fix: TGMPA class would generate error on posts in the backend for users who did not have plugin permissions
  • Fix: BP Activity element would generate fatal error if BuddyPress was not activated
  • Fix: Featured Item element cropping position was not working
  • Fix: Theme templates in Templates Library were not working in Elementor 3.5.0+
  • Fix: Theme’s BuddyPress CSS was not being loaded

Version 1.7 (11-Jan-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core plugin to v1.2
  • Update: Added “ghostpool_post_meta_custom_field” filter to change output of custom field post meta data
  • Update: Added “ghostpool_template_conditional_value” filter to condition_check function so user can add custom conditions
  • Fix: Theme and style settings were reset to default when activating another theme while GhostPool Core plugin was active
  • Fix: Custom header and footer code were not displaying
  • Fix: Frontend functions file was not loaded
  • Fix: Images smaller than thumbnail size were not working with media field type
  • Fix: Lightbox error on Featured Item element
  • Fix: Styling issue with multi repeater field type
  • Fix: Advanced Tabs jQuery was not working in Elementor editor
  • Fix: Attributes filter dropdown option values couldn’t start with same value
  • Fix: Video post subtype was not shown in post submission form
  • Fix: Gallery, video and audio file upload issues with post submission form

Version 1.6 (03-Jan-22)

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core plugin to v1.1
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to v7.0.7
  • Update: Added option to disable ajax pagination in Items element
  • Update: Added option to associate forums/topics with hubs
  • Update: Added friend requests count to BuddyPress Friends menu item
  • Update: Templates used on frontend now shown as active on Template Editor page
  • Tweak: Removed default hub endpoints from demos not using hub tabs
  • Fix: Javascript in theme elements in backend editor not working

Version 1.5.1

  • Update: Updated GhostPool Core plugin to v1.0.1
  • Fix: When activating theme for first time getting critical error
  • Fix: Post types options now show post types excluded from search e.g. bbPress forums, topics, replies

Version 1.5

  • Update: Magzine Core plugin has been replaced by GhostPool Core plugin (Magzine Core should be automatically deactivated when updating the theme or activating the GhostPool Core plugin)
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to v6.11.9
  • Update: Added counter to BuddyPress notification and message menu items
  • Update: Added more notification counter styling options in Nav Menu element
  • Update: Added the ability to style and move Post Excerpt read more link onto a new line
  • Update: Can now filter by individual site and user criteria ratings in Attributes Filter element
  • Update: Can now display taxonomy/term images using Featured Items element
  • Fix: Horizontal scrolling on Customer Review homepage  on smaller devices
  • Fix: Clicking on the Add Gallery button does not open media window
  • Fix: Deleting a site rating from within a post so post has none doesn’t remove average site rating
  • Fix: Division by zero pagination error in Items element in some situations
  • Fix: Demo post tags and menu not deleted when uninstalling demo content

Version 1.4

  • Update: Checkmark now shows next to imported demos (only works on demos imported after this change)
  • Update: Added search box to GhostPool Core > Reviews page
  • Update: Added before and after title text options for Post Title element
  • Update: Added Contact Us page to Customer Review demo
  • Tweak: Only show WPForm styling options if using base and form styling WPForm option
  • Tweak: Improved consistency with hover/focus tab options on elements
  • Fix: News Ticker marquee scrolling off page on mobile devices in Tech Review demo
  • Fix: FontAwesome icons not showing on certain elements

Version 1.3

  • Update: Added Affiliates element
  • Update: Trending element renamed to News Ticker
  • Update: Added new slide animation to News Ticker (Trending) element
  • Update: Added offset option to Items, Slider, News Ticker (Trending) elements
  • Update: Added focus input field styling to Search Form and Search Button elements
  • Update: Add new Gutenberg block to load section templates
  • Update: Added avatar to Post Meta element
  • Update: Can now set column widths for individual items in columns
  • Update: Can now change the item template for specific items in Items element e.g. to add custom design for specific post or add advertisement
  • Tweak: FontAwesome fonts no longer loaded when not used
  • Tweak: Added more spacing around Gutenberg text editor
  • Fix: Error generated when saving profiles in backend
  • Fix: Current page not excluded in Items element on homepage
  • Fix: Dark overlay hover effect not working correctly
  • Fix: User ratings not being calculated correctly when using Add Rating element within page
  • Fix: Can still click on stars after adding rating

Version 1.2.1

  • Fix: Could not preview unpublished posts, pages and templates
  • Fix: Gutenberg errors generated when theme deactivated and plugin activated
  • Fix: Notice to update plugin to latest version not working

Version 1.2

  • Update: Added new user profile field to verify user
  • Update: Verify icon can be displayed in Comments and Show Comments elements
  • Update: Added option to not require review title, rating and good/bad points be filled in when submitting comment
  • Update: Message to login now shown in Comments element when user doesn’t have the correct user role to post
  • Tweak: Login form now redirects to the homepage when no custom redirect is set
  • Fix: Deleting comments doesn’t remove rating from posts average user rating
  • Fix: Images set to height of parent container not shown when selecting next page
  • Fix: When changing attribute name terms did not transfer to new attribute
  • Fix: Terms were not deleted when attribute was deleted
  • Fix: PHP 8 error when adding and editing comments with ratings
  • Fix: Items element set to load items from current query generated error when selecting next page in PHP 8
  • Fix: Show Comments element had redundant Format option

Version 1.1

  • Update: Added new Customer Review demo to Importer
  • Update: Updated LayerSlider to v6.11.8
  • Update: Added new Show Comments element
  • Update: Added new Google Maps element with the ability to display location data from custom fields
  • Update: Added new font icons to choose from
  • Update: Added ability to edit existing attributes
  • Update: Added options to only show specific post types and subtypes in search results (GhostPool Core > Settings > Taxonomies)
  • Update: Added option to add before/after text to user votes in Show Rating element
  • Update: Added option show/hide comment count title in Comments element
  • Update: Added options to style initial comment and replies separately in Comments element
  • Update: Added “No Comments Found Label” option to Comments element
  • Tweak: Added validation check to good/bad points comment fields
  • Tweak: Whole form hidden after post submission
  • Fix: Could not post reply to comment when good/bad points fields used
  • Fix: Comment form was not hidden if multiple comments disabled and user has a comment
  • Fix: Items element individual grid item styling used mobile styling on tablet devices
  • Fix: Author Info element author name wasn’t linking to profile and showing incorrect name in some cases
  • Fix: WPForms styling issues
  • Fix: Unicode characters were shown for post meta dividers sometimes
  • Fix: Post submission form did not create posts when using multi ratings

Version 1.0.2

  • Update: Theme now requires PHP 7.3 and above instead of PHP 7.4 to install theme

Version 1.0.1

  • Fix: Theme website templates post type not supported by WPML
  • Fix: Custom field text field not shown when selected in Featured Item element
  • Tweak: Permalink rewrite rules automatically flushed after installing theme and importing demos