Changelog

Learn what Magazine Blocks is offering with each update in the free version.

  • 1.8.7 20-08-2026
    • 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.
  • 1.8.6 14-08-2026
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
  • 1.8.5 22-07-2026
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
  • 1.8.4 02-04-2026
    • Security
      • Fixed authenticated stored XSS vulnerability in block attributes.
  • 1.8.3 03-11-2025
    • Update
      • Readme update.
  • 1.8.2 15-10-2025
    • Fix
      • Block editor CSS loading in the customizer area.
  • 1.8.1 24-09-2025
    • Added
      • Theme Palette addition in color picker pop over.
  • 1.8.0 10-09-2025
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
  • 1.7.2 04-07-2025
    • 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.
    • 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.
  • 1.7.1 30-06-2025
    • Added
      • New Category Block.
      • New Featured Image Block.
      • New Post Title Block.
      • New Post Content Block.
      • New Post Meta Block.
  • 1.7.0 24-06-2025
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Enhancement
      • Advertisement Block.
      • Grid Module Block.
      • Update the Facebook Community link on Join Our Community section dashboard.
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