New Features
- Added new Source Type “Streams” (fetch YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, flickr, Twitter, Facebook content)
- Added new Item Skins for Social Streams
- Added new Demo Grids for Social Streams, can be imported in the import/export page
- Improved Grid Drawing processes to get smoother and quicker results
- Added option to display standard WordPress Galleries as Essential Grids
- Added support for recommended “Post Types Order” Plugin
- Added support for only selecting a Post Type without Category or Tag
- Added Option to add Filter that are not selected as an taxonomy
- Added filters and actions in the whole plugin
- Added option to turn on/off the Essential Grid Example Posttype
- Added sorting by title, date and more for Custom Grids
- Added YouTube/Vimeo/HTML5 Default Poster Options in Poster Orders Tab
- Added option for Lazy Load, to show blurred thumbnails before loading the actual image
- Added option for infinite scroll, to remove the “Load More” button
- Added option to show/hide element only if LightBox is loading a Video
- Added option to add Image Ratio also to Masonry Grids
- Added Media Filter for Images in Grid Settings
- Added Align Vertical and Horizontal options for Grid Elements
- Added Image Draw Options like Cover and Contain Mode, and Repeat, Repeat-x, Repeat-Y and No-Repeat Mode for Grid Elements
- Added new option to set Minimum Height of Masonry Content containers per Grid
- Added option to choose background-fit for Skins and for each Item
- Added option to choose background-position for Skins and for each Item
- Added option to choose background-repeat for Skins and for each Item
- Improved Lazy Load Speed and Processes
- Added Width, Height, MinWidth, MinHeight, MaxWidth and MaxHeight options for Lightbox Elements
- Lightbox AutoPlay, AutoPlaySpeed and Preload Image Amount options added
- Added support for all common qTranslate plugins
- Added option to change the Custom Post Type name/handle through filters
- Added confirm message in Item Skin Editor if an element is deleted
Bugfixes
- Highly improved loading speed for big amounts of elements in Grid
- Added a few fixes which will prevent the plugin from beeing broken if invalid HTML markup is added to Item Skins
- Fixed a bug where the search may not work in Custom Based Grids
- Fixed a bug where WPML could not translate the widget title
- Lightbox will now work properly if global caching is enabled
- Fixed a bug where the AND relation for posts may not work properly
- Fixed WooCommerce Add To Cart bug
- Fixed a bug in ShortCode Generator where in a Custom Grid, it did not work properly if you select an existing Grid for predefined settings
- Changed database creation to fix most of the “Empty Ajax Response” issues
- Fixed advanced filter issues
- Removed tags that were shown using the Cat. List element
- Fixed an UTF8 bug fetching the excerpt
- Fixed import issues with Navigation Skin and Global Styles
- Fixed JavaScript error occuring in WordPress comment edit page
- Fixed bug in Custom Grids not beeing able to set Cover Meta link
- Fixed cyrillic characters not working with filters
- Fixed Lightbox Gallery Filter Based on Current page and Filter Based on All Pages issue, where Gallery Mode without adding Filters was not working well.
- Fixed DropDown zIndex issues where Dropdown buttons was overlapping each other
- Fixed DropDown Click Event handling on Mobile Devices
- Fixed Media Zoom Effect Bug where Media disappears after Mouse Leave Event
- Fixed offset not working if used in “Additional Parameters”
- Fixed a bug where the custom class was missing the Post ID for custom CSS rules
- Fixed a bug where removing the image in Custom Grids was not possible
- Fixed a bug where multiple Quick Grids would not show up
- Fixed a bug with loading ajax content in combination with Visual Composer
- Removed title attributes from Backend Input fields to prevent conflicts with other plugins
- Fixed WooCommerce bug introduced in latest WooCommerce version
- Infinity Scroll issue fixed after swapping between Filters
- Fixed Bug where Videos disappeared after Sorting the sinle Items in Grid
- Essential Grid in Ajax Container fails to navigate between Contents due a Sector Failure has been fixed
- Fixed Bugs in Video API where Videos were not stopping / playing based on user Interactions
- Fixed disappearing Video Contents during Playback and Filter callbacks
- Fixed Gallery, Content, Product based Detail Lightbox
- Fixed HTML5 videos for lightbox
- Fixed HTMl5 Video Sizing Issues in LightBox
- Fixed Cobbles Jumping Effect on Filter change
- Fixed Gallery Height issues on Filter Change by Cobbles and Masonry Elements
- Fixed issue with showing similiar elements Multipe times in Lightbox
- Fixed Thumbnail Size Issues in Lightbox
- Fixed FullScreen Slide Out Skin issues
- Fixed missing thumbnails in Lightbox for HTML5 videos
Changes
- General overhaul of the Documentations at http://essential.themepunch.com/documentation
- Opening the LightBox will no longer set the scrollposition to 0. This can be changed again through a new option in the LightBox tab.
- Enabled Link Meta and all type of metas from Ess. Grid to be used with the filters.
- Reduced database queries up to 80%
- Renamed Essential Grid Example Post Type from “Ess. Grid Posts” to “Ess. Grid Example Posts” (Slug remains the same so no posts are lost)
- Backend Ajax Request Visualisation
- Moved Media Poster Settings next to Media Source for Better Understanding
- Moved Global Settings to an own SubMenu
2.1.0 Artemis