PistonUI

2.0.7

• New: Gutenberg Block Support – PistonUI now supports both Elementor AND Gutenberg block editor
• New: YouTube Popup block for Gutenberg with all Elementor widget features
• New: Video Hero block for Gutenberg with background video and overlay controls
• Improved: Plugin description and tags updated to highlight dual page builder support
• Improved: Centralized Gutenberg block development structure with shared node_modules
• Improved: Multi-entry webpack build configuration for efficient block compilation
• Security: Enhanced input sanitization across all AJAX handlers
• Security: Improved nonce verification for all admin actions
• Security: Added additional output escaping for user-generated content
• Security: Strengthened capability checks for premium features and template management
• Security: Updated file upload validation for template import/export
• Performance: Optimized asset loading for Gutenberg blocks (compiled build files only)
• Performance: Removed development dependencies from distribution package
• Compatibility: Tested and verified with WordPress 6.9 and latest Gutenberg version
• Documentation: Updated readme to clarify Elementor and Gutenberg compatibility
• Note: Development files (node_modules, package.json, package-lock.json, webpack.config.js) excluded from WordPress.org distribution

2.0.6

• Fix: Burger Menu widget JavaScript moved to external file to prevent code appearing as text in templates
• Fix: Menu widget JavaScript moved to external file to prevent code appearing as text in templates
• Fix: Both widgets now use get_script_depends() method for proper Elementor script loading
• Fix: Added data-burger-init and data-menu-init attributes to prevent double initialization

2.0.5

• Fix: Menu widget output escaping for WordPress security compliance
• Updated: User Profile widget SCSS for improved responsive alignment behavior

2.0.4

• Changed: Single Post Templates are now available as a free feature (no longer premium-only)
• Changed: Polar.sh license validation system temporarily disabled (simple premium toggle enabled)
• Improved: Premium activation now uses a simple enable/disable toggle in the License tab
• Updated: Template manager UI to reflect Single Post as a free template type
• Updated: Dashboard template cards to remove premium badge from Single Post Templates
• Note: Polar.sh license integration preserved in code for future re-enablement

2.0.3

• New: Info Card Carousel widget with Owl Carousel slider
• New: Repeater-based cards with image, title, description, and button fields
• New: Bottom border bar with customizable color, height, and border radius
• New: Image hover zoom effect with smooth transition
• New: Custom navigation arrows and dots (independent of Owl defaults)
• New: Full style controls for card, image, content, button, navigation, and dots
• New: Responsive slider settings with autoplay, loop, navigation, and dots options
• New: Equal card height option, hover-only nav/dots visibility, per-card border controls
• Fix: Scroll Reveal Cards and Full Page Scroll Reveal Cards JS moved to external files for CSP compliance
• Fix: Scroll reveal widgets initialize via Elementor frontend hooks, window load, and MutationObserver
• Fix: Added jQuery dependency and passive scroll listeners for better performance
• Fix: “Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘top’)” JS error in Scroll Reveal Cards and Full Page Scroll Reveal Cards widgets
• Fix: Scroll handler now re-queries DOM elements per frame to handle Elementor re-renders safely

2.0.2

• TikTok Videos Widget – Major update with new features:
  • New: Display Mode switcher – Slider (Owl Carousel) or Gallery Grid layout
  • New: Gallery Grid mode with responsive columns (1-8) and gap control
  • New: Gallery Bulk Import – select multiple images at once and apply to repeater items
  • New: Item Height control with responsive slider (px and vh units)
  • New: Image Size selector (Thumbnail, Medium, Medium Large, Large, Full) for performance optimization
  • New: Navigation Arrows show/hide toggle with SVG chevron icons
  • New: Pagination Dots toggle for slider mode
  • New: Autoplay toggle with configurable speed (500-10000ms)
  • New: Infinite Loop toggle for slider mode
  • New: Slider Gap control between items
  • New: Style Tab – Item border radius (dimensions), hover effects (none/scale/brightness/shadow)
  • New: Style Tab – Navigation arrow color, background color, and arrow size controls
  • Improved: Slider uses data-owl-config JSON attribute for cleaner initialization
  • Improved: Inline script initializes Owl Carousel per widget instance
  • Improved: Items without URL render image without anchor tag
  • Improved: Complete SCSS rewrite with shared card styles, slider mode, and gallery grid mode
• Sticky Content Widget – Smooth scroll fix:
  • Fix: Width flash when switching to fixed positioning
  • Fix: Smooth lerp interpolation (alpha 0.12) for left/width transitions
  • Fix: Bottom behavior – switches to absolute positioning so content scrolls away naturally
  • Improved: Three scroll zones (before/during/after) with proper state management
  • Improved: Subtle translateY motion effect during sticky state
• Improved: Complete readme.txt rewrite with professional plugin page structure
• Improved: Categorized widget listings with individual demo links and Free/Premium labels
• Improved: Numbered plugin features section with links to demos and documentation
• Improved: Expanded FAQ section with 10 comprehensive questions and answers
• Improved: Added “Why Choose PistonUI?” section highlighting key benefits
• Improved: Template Management System section with clear Free/Premium distinctions
• Improved: Installation instructions with Elementor and WooCommerce links
• Updated: Short description optimized for WordPress.org plugin search
• Updated: Widget demo URL (https://pistonui.com/widgets/)
• Updated: Documentation URL (https://pistonui.com/docs/)
• Updated: Stable tag to 2.0.2

2.0.1

• Enhanced: Setup wizard with sequential plugin installation to prevent conflicts
• Enhanced: One-at-a-time installation prevents simultaneous downloads causing timeouts
• Security: Fixed all WordPress coding standards warnings for nonce verification
• Security: Added wp_unslash() before sanitization across all input handling
• Security: Removed debug error_log() statements from production code
• Improved: Better error handling and UI state management during plugin installation
• Improved: Added phpcs ignore comments for intentional slow queries and WooCommerce hooks
• Documentation: Added widget gallery link (https://pistonui.com/widgets/)
• Documentation: Added comprehensive docs link (https://pistonui.com/docs/)

2.0.0

• MAJOR RELEASE – Premium Architecture & Advanced Features
• New: Premium Features System with activation controls and premium-only widgets
• New: Feature Showcase widget – Left/right image positioning with comprehensive content sections
• New: User Reviews widget – Customer testimonials display with rating stars and flexible layouts
• New: Full Page Scroll Reveal Cards widget – Advanced scroll-triggered animations
• New: Products Masonry Grid widget – Perfect masonry layout with gap control and responsive design
• New: Products Grid Pagination widget – Built-in pagination with AJAX loading
• New: Quick Cart widget (Premium) – Hover-activated cart dropdown with AJAX updates
• New: Single Product widget (Premium) – Enhanced product display with advanced customization
• New: Burger Menu widget – Mobile hamburger menu with WordPress menu integration
• Improved: Template Management System v2.0 with Elementor Canvas auto-set and better rendering
• Improved: Admin Dashboard Modern UI v2.0 with highlight colors, card layouts, and responsive design
• Improved: Accordion widget v1.1 with CSS-based smooth animations (no jQuery slideUp/slideDown)
• Improved: Sticky Content widget v1.3 with smooth scroll fix and better positioning logic
• Improved: Products Masonry Grid v1.4 with complete layout fixes and reliable CSS application
• Improved: Rich Title widget with repeater-based content builder for mixing text, images, and videos
• Improved: YouTube Popup widget with ripple effects and modal functionality
• Enhanced: Premium template types (Popup, Checkout, Single Post, Single Product) with restrictions
• Enhanced: Pre-build templates system with premium access controls
• Enhanced: Widget management with premium locks and status indicators
• Enhanced: SCSS architecture with individual widget stylesheets
• Security: Fixed WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions violations – replaced rand() with wp_rand(), unlink() with wp_delete_file(), strip_tags() with wp_strip_all_tags()
• Security: Fixed WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput violations – added wp_unslash() for proper input sanitization
• Security: Fixed WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput violations – properly escaped all output using esc_html(), esc_attr(), wp_kses_post()
• Security: Added direct file access protection to notice.php and premium/premium-activation.php with ABSPATH checks
• Enhanced: All icon HTML output now properly escaped while preserving necessary markup
• Enhanced: All CSS output from wp_strip_all_tags() properly escaped
• Enhanced: Paginate links and product category lists properly sanitized
• Fix: Template CSS issues and Elementor Canvas default template setting
• Fix: JavaScript execution in Elementor for Quick Cart and other interactive widgets
• Fix: Masonry grid card sizes and gap control on frontend
• Fix: Smooth scroll behavior and width flash prevention in Sticky Content
• Improved: Code quality and WordPress.org plugin repository compliance
• Improved: Better security practices across all widget files

1.3.7

• New: Added Image Background support for Video Hero widget

1.3.5

• Security: Fixed OutputNotEscaped warning in Burger Menu widget
• Security: Replaced wp_redirect with wp_safe_redirect for better security
• Standards: Fixed variable prefixing in uninstall.php
• Compatibility: Updated “Tested up to” version to 6.9

1.3.3

• New: Burger Menu Widget with WordPress menu integration
• New: Smooth transitions and overlay for mobile menu
• Improved: Responsive design controls

1.3.2

• Fix: Frontend CSS loading issues on non-Elementor pages
• Fix: jQuery definition errors in admin
• Fix: PHP 8.2+ compatibility (dynamic properties)
• Fix: WordPress 6.4+ deprecation warnings
• Improved: Admin dashboard performance and styling

1.3.1

• New: Header/Footer override system
• Improved: Better theme compatibility (hiding default headers/footers)
• New: Body classes for custom template states

1.3.0

• New: Template Management System
• New: Custom Post Type for templates with display conditions
• New: Elementor Integration for template design
• New: Admin interface for managing templates

1.2.4

• Fix: Scroll Reveal Cards widget – Critical fix for live WordPress servers (inline script now executes properly)
• Fix: Changed from wp_add_inline_script to inline script tag to ensure JavaScript runs on frontend
• Fix: Added proper script dependency registration for widget
• Fix: Improved DOM ready detection for better compatibility
• Improved: SCSS opacity transition for smoother card reveal animation

1.2.3

• Fix: Scroll Reveal Cards widget – Critical JavaScript scoping issue that caused layout breaking on live sites
• Fix: JavaScript now properly scoped to widget instance using unique widget ID to prevent conflicts
• Fix: Replaced inline script tag with wp_add_inline_script for better WordPress compatibility
• Fix: Changed from ES6 arrow functions to ES5 for broader browser compatibility

1.2.2

• Fix: Scroll Reveal Cards widget – Corrected HTML structure for button anchor tag to ensure proper validation
• Improved: Code quality – Scanned and verified all 21 widgets for HTML structure integrity

1.2.1

• Fix: Dashboard “Activate All” toggle now properly activates all 16 core widgets (was missing 6 widgets in JavaScript array)
• Fix: WordPress coding standards compliance – All output properly escaped for security
• Fix: Replaced deprecated file functions with WordPress filesystem API (WP_Filesystem)
• Fix: Added missing translators comment for internationalization
• Improved: Code quality and WordPress.org plugin repository compliance

1.2.0

• New: Skills Tabs widget – Tabbed interface with progress bars, icons, and descriptions for showcasing skills or services
• New: Rich Title widget – Advanced title builder with inline text styling (highlight/underline), images, videos, and line breaks
• New: Scroll Reveal Cards widget – Animated cards that reveal on scroll with customizable effects
• New: Feature Cards widget – Responsive card grid for displaying features with icons, titles, and descriptions
• New: Counter Stats widget – Animated counter statistics with icons and customizable styling
• New: Video Hero widget – Full-width hero section with background video support
• Improved: Dashboard widget management with better organization and master toggles
• Improved: Overall performance optimizations and code structure
• Enhanced: Better responsive controls across all widgets
• Note: Template import/export feature temporarily disabled for WordPress.org submission

1.1.0

• New: YouTube Popup widget with modal video player, custom thumbnail, ripple effect, and ESC/overlay close
• New: Sticky Content widget with smart scroll detection (before/during/after zones), mobile auto-disable, and width/gap controls
• New: Image Comparison widget for before/after visuals with a draggable handle
• New: Posts Grid widget for listing recent posts with query and layout controls
• Improved: Accordion animations rebuilt with pure CSS transitions for perfectly synchronized open/close
• Improved: Elementor editor compatibility and asset registration
• Fix: Minor UI/UX issues and stability improvements

1.0.2

• Improved: Smart dependency notice – Now shows only missing plugin buttons (Elementor/WooCommerce)
• Improved: Dependency notice can be permanently dismissed by clicking close button
• Improved: Notice is hidden completely when both Elementor and WooCommerce are installed
• Enhanced: Better user experience with conditional plugin installation prompts

1.0.1

• Added: Sliding Text Bar widget – Animated marquee/ticker with customizable direction, speed, rotation, and styling
• Added: Logo Slider widget – Responsive logo carousel with Owl Carousel support
• Improved: Widget management and dashboard controls

1.0.0

• Initial release to WordPress.org