Changelog
Learn what Magazine Blocks is offering with each update in the free version.
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1.8.7
20-08-2026
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Security
- Escaped the News Ticker block’s internal ID attribute to close a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.
- Restricted Site Builder template management to Administrators to close an authorization bypass that let lower-privileged users take over site-wide templates.
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Security
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1.8.6
14-08-2026
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Added
- “Popular”, “Comments”, and “Modified Date” order-by options for Banner Posts, Featured Posts, Post List, Post Slider, and Grid Module blocks.
- Post/Highlighted style switcher to the Post Card panel in the Featured Posts block.
- Include/Exclude toggle and a new “Exclude Tag” option for Category and Tag filtering on all post-listing blocks.
- Hover tooltips to Post List’s Horizontal and Vertical Alignment controls.
- Default state and hover labels for Social Icons block’s Icon Alignment control.
- Helper note explaining why Column Gap has no effect when Social Icons alignment is set to “Space Between”.
- Placeholder and helper text for the CSS ID and Additional CSS Class(es) fields in the Advanced panel.
- Opt-in usage tracking to help prioritize future development.
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Improved
- Standardized the Post Options query field order across all post-listing blocks.
- Renamed the “Border” settings panel to “Border & Shadow” in Button, Image, Social Icons, Section, Icon, Column, and Category List blocks.
- Section block’s Horizontal/Vertical Alignment labels, icons, and tooltips for clarity.
- Post List block now only shows the Image Position control for Style 1.
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Fix
- Banner Posts block ignoring the selected Order By value on the frontend.
- “Popular” and “Comments” order-by options showing a blank block preview in the editor.
- “Popular” order-by option excluding posts with no recorded views.
- Excerpt limit not applying to posts with a manually-set excerpt.
- Post List block’s “Right” image position option not working.
- Post List block missing Post Box padding and border/border-radius options.
- Post List block’s Style 2 preset overflowing on narrow screens.
- Post List block’s Style 4 preset image sizing and content alignment.
- Post Video block’s featured image not sizing correctly.
- Removed the non-functional pagination option from the Banner Posts block.
- Post List’s Vertical Alignment control using the same icons as Horizontal Alignment.
- Missing borders between panels in the Global Settings sidebar.
- Template Builder’s template list showing a spinner instead of a skeleton loader.
- Template Builder’s Edit/Delete dropdown overflowing outside the panel.
- Pagination not applying on the frontend for Grid Module, Post List, Featured Posts, and Latest Posts blocks.
- Grid Module’s pagination preview rendering as an unstyled, slow list in the editor.
- Social Icons block’s Icon Alignment and Column Gap controls not updating visually in the editor.
- Category block settings not applying and category selection not persisting.
- Section block’s Horizontal Alignment “Center” icon matching Vertical Alignment’s icon.
- Section block’s Alignment and Row Gap labels breaking translation due to a wrong text domain.
- CSS ID and Additional CSS Class(es) fields in the Advanced panel not applying to the frontend for most blocks.
- Heading block dropping its custom CSS class on the frontend.
- Magazine Blocks Library panel icon not opening.
- Heading block showing a validation error when no global typography preset was set.
- Responsive condition panel’s grey overlay not matching the device being previewed.
- Banner Posts (and other blocks with a Random order option) disappearing in the editor when Order By is set to Random.
- Several CSS validation errors reported by the W3C validator.
- Settings could not be saved from any tab due to a validation issue in the Integrations tab.
- News Ticker block loading its script from both the free and Pro plugin when Pro is active.
- Latest Posts block pagination rendering as raw text, not updating posts, and misplaced in the layout.
- Banner Posts Style 10 second post inheriting the highlighted title’s font size on the frontend.
- Custom header/footer templates stripping scripts/styles and blocking block CSS from loading site-wide.
- Infinite recursion in the Post Content block causing a fatal memory error.
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Added
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1.8.5
22-07-2026
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Improved
- Migrated all blocks to the latest block API version for better compatibility with the WordPress block editor.
- General code quality, PHP 8.4 compatibility, and minor block display fixes across the plugin.
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Security
- Sanitized block style values to prevent malicious code from running via unescaped style output.
- Enforced AJAX nonce verification to block forged requests when saving block CSS.
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Fix
- Fixed a bug where importing the ColorMag Starter Templates demo could crash the block editor.
- Fixed custom header, footer, and page templates not being sanitized correctly in the Template Builder.
- Fixed duplicate confirmation dialogs appearing when deleting a template in the Template Builder.
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Improved
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1.8.4
02-04-2026
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Security
- Fixed authenticated stored XSS vulnerability in block attributes.
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Security
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1.8.3
03-11-2025
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Update
- Readme update.
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Update
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1.8.2
15-10-2025
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Fix
- Block editor CSS loading in the customizer area.
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Fix
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1.8.1
24-09-2025
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Added
- Theme Palette addition in color picker pop over.
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Added
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1.8.0
10-09-2025
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Renamed
- Featured Categories block to Split feed.
- Slider block to Post Slider.
- Modal Block to Pop up.
- Query setting to post options on all post blocks.
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Improved
- Global block settings structure.
- Architecture and Code Quality.
- UI for all Post Blocks’ preset menu.
- Default states of various blocks.
- Section & column block UI and UX.
- Block grouping in the block inserter area.
- Only shown styling settings for enabled elements for all blocks.
- UI-UX for weather block.
- Z index input type.
- UI-UX for the news ticker block.
- Max value of range sliders for font size.
- Default typography font weight from 500 to default (theme inherited).
- Disabled link clicked in the builder area.
- Post options setting placement.
- Single width control in image block.
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Added
- Layout menu for all blocks.
- Customization options for all heading presets.
- Animation options for news ticker block.
- Missing reset buttons throughout the plugin.
- Keyboard navigation toggle for Slider block.
- Arrow Position for Slider blocks presets.
- Card padding option in general for layout 2 style 1 preset in grid module block.
- Category position option in header meta for slider style 3 in slider block.
- Category margin option for header meta in slider block.
- Padding and Justification option for meta in slider block.
- Padding and border option for post title in slider block.
- Padding, background and border option for post box in slider block for slider style 3.
- Read time and view count option for meta in slider block.
- New Button Block.
- New Tabs Block.
- New Paragraph block.
- Category lists presets (Layout 2 Style 2, Layout 2 Style 3, and Layout 3 Style 2).
- New Preset Style 4 on Post Video Block.
- Advertisement Management System.
- Header Meta Position option in Slider block.
- Card Border and Box Shadow option in Slider block.
- Meta Separator option with customization (position, color, spacing) in Slider block.
- Card Padding option for Layout 2 Style 1 preset in Grid Module block.
- Category Position option in Header Meta for Slider Style 3.
- Category Margin option in Header Meta for Slider block.
- Padding and Border option for Post Title in Slider block.
- Arrow Position option for Slider block presets.
- Category Lists presets (Layout 2 Style 2, Layout 2 Style 3, Layout 3 Style 2).
- New Preset Style 4 in Post Video block.
- General Block and Post Block grouping.
- Option to control Heading across blocks.
- Option to control News Ticker type, speed, and autoplay.
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Fix
- Heading typography not working issue for layout 3 style 1 preset in post list block.
- Header meta margin not working when category position is inside image in post list block.
- Meta icon color not working in layout 2 style 1 preset in grid module block.
- Update wrapper for arrows border and box shadow options on slider block.
- Change opacity type from string to number in Image Block.
- 3-digit fields requiring multiple backspaces
- Color contrast issues on toggle buttons.
- Global colors not reflecting on responsive mode.
- Dimension control value not clearing.
- PopUp Block height option issue.
- Link clickable issue in editor.
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Renamed
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1.7.2
04-07-2025
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Added
- Separator header meta styles for highlighted post and post box in featured posts block.
- Meta Typography option for highlighted post in featured posts block.
- Typography option for read more in featured posts block.
- Padding and margin option for post title in featured posts block.
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Fix
- Meta separator displaying even when separator is disabled in featured posts block.
- View all not displaying in bottom position in frontend in featured posts block.
- Text hover color of read more not applying in read more icon in featured posts block.
- Border displaying even when enable border option of read more is disabled in featured posts block.
- Text hover color of view all not applying in view all icon in featured posts block.
- Border displaying even when enable border option of view all is disabled in featured posts block.
- Radius option in image not working in layout 2 style 1 preset in featured posts block.
- Image height and width option not working in layout 5 style 1 preset in featured posts block.
- Image width not working for all presets in post list block.
- Image height not working for layout 2 style 1 preset in post list block.
- Post content issue in frontend in post list block.
- Update featured image block name to post image.
- Fix- Icon color and link color of meta not applied to read time and view count in featured posts block.
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Added
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1.7.1
30-06-2025
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Added
- New Category Block.
- New Featured Image Block.
- New Post Title Block.
- New Post Content Block.
- New Post Meta Block.
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Added
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1.7.0
24-06-2025
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Fix
- Image hover animation issue in frontend of banner posts block.
- Heading Border option not working properly for all presets in heading block.
- Style option in typography default not working issue.
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Added
- New Site Builder Feature.
- Template Library implementation.
- New Breadcrumbs Block.
- Typography option for excerpt in grid module block.
- Enable-disable comment and meta position option for header meta in grid module block.
- Number list option along with its presets in grid module block.
- Post card background, padding and border options in featured posts block.
- Separate style options for highlighted post and post box header meta in featured posts block.
- Featured Posts Layout 6 preset in featured posts block.
- Layout 4 Style 1 and Style 2 preset in banner posts block.
- Layout 5 Style 1 and Style 2 preset in banner posts block.
- Excerpt position option in banner posts block.
- Post content alignment, padding and overlay option in highlighted post and overlay option in post box for Layout 5 Style 2 preset in banner posts block.
- Post box wrapper style section with background, padding, margin and border option for Layout 5 Style 2 preset in banner posts block.
- Post box padding option in banner posts block.
- Preset 3 in post video block.
- Meta position option in post video block.
- Overlay option for highlighted post and post box in post video block.
- Highlighted post content padding option for preset 3 in post video block.
- Separate header meta controls for highlighted and post box in featured posts block.
- Header meta position and margin option in featured posts block.
- Column 3 option for layout 1 preset 1 in featured posts block.
- Icon option in the Read More section of the Featured Posts block, including options for icon color, spacing, and size.
- Featured Posts Layout 6 preset in featured posts block.
- Highlighted post height option in banner posts block.
- Container option for layout 5 style 2 preset in banner posts block.
- Justification and Padding option for meta in grid module block.
- Post box controls (background and border option) for layout 2 style 1 preset in grid module block.
- Post title padding and border option in grid module block.
- Time customization option on DateTimePicker component.
- Heading Border after option for layout 6 and layout 7 preset in heading block.
- Heading padding option for all presets in heading block.
- Heading margin option in heading block.
- Typography option for sub heading in heading block.
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Enhancement
- Advertisement Block.
- Grid Module Block.
- Update the Facebook Community link on Join Our Community section dashboard.
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Fix