Changelog v.11

v.11.7.0 (May 18, 2023)

New Features:
1. Introduced a widget for inserting SVG images with color customization.
2. "The7 Image" widget was added.
3. Added "The7 Post Taxonomies" widget for displaying categories and tags.
4. Introduced "The7 Heading" widget.
5. New "The7 Masonry & Grid Loop" widget.
Improvements:
1. Enabled default variation in "Products Masonry & Grid".
2. Login/logout widget - introduced color change for sticky.
3. Added "%" to image opacity input (to avoid confusion).
4. Added "%" unit for decoration height and border-radius in Menu widget.
5. Updated WooCommerce 7.7.0 templates.
6. Updated UK_uk language file.
7. Added The7 widgets to the recommended list for post-building.
8. Updated info regarding PHP versions in style.css.
Bugfixes:
1. No animation on the "add to cart" buttons in shop widgets.
2. Decoration color change is not working when scrolling to an active item in the Horizontal Menu widget.
3. "Hotel Booking" plugin buttons shift issue.
4. Wrong image height animation on page load.
5. Menu item with an anchor doesn't get activated on scroll.
6. Indicator color change issue in the Vertical Menu widget.
7. Horizontal Menu. The first divider is missing; decoration animation timing issues.  
8. Missing animation on SVG icons in Tabs.
9. Mega-menu images are not showing up in a floating header.
10. Visibility issue of +/- icons on the Cart page on Linux systems.
11. Overlay hover regression in the Posts Masonry & Grid widget.
12. Undefined array key "svg_icon" error.
13. Desktop masonry columns are working incorrectly.
14. Removed console.log() in /dt-the7/js/compatibility/elementor/gallery-scroller.min.js.
Other minor improvements and changes.

 

v.11.6.4 (Apr 14, 2023)

Bugfixes:
1. Fixed issue with attribute filters not being imported.
2. Resolved issue with widget animations not working on slides when 2+ slides are displayed on one screen in the template slider.
3. Fixed broken image proportions issue in Safari on mobile devices.
4. Corrected invalid button HTML in "The7 Image Box Grid" widget.

 

v.11.6.3 (Apr 12, 2023)

Improvement:
Enhanced coloring of SVG icons in widgets.
Bugfixes:
1. Fixed broken menu text gradient.
2. Resolved The7 Loop Slider container collapsing issue when removing widgets.

 

v.11.6.2 (Apr 11, 2023)

Improvement:
CSS validation for better WP Rocket compatibility.
Bugfixes:
1. Fixed product hover image bug in Safari.
2. Corrected issue with lazy loading background for SVG images remaining visible at all times.

 

v.11.6.1 (Apr 5, 2023)

We have ensured that the theme is compatible with WordPress 6.2.
Bugfixes:
1. The7 Slides are now translatable with WPML.
2. Added the required second argument to the 'get_the_excerpt' filter.
3. Fixed the fatal error: Uncaught TypeError caused by array_key_exists().
4. Addressed the XSS vulnerability in the legacy "DT Flickr" widget (by removing it). Please note that this was only a theoretical threat, as exploiting it required a bad actor to already have admin access.

 

v.11.6.0 (Mar 22, 2023)

New Features:
1. The7 Carousel Loop widget.
2. The7 Login/Register Form widget for WooCommerce.
Improvements:
1. Added responsive image size selection to most The7 widgets.
2. Improved carousel arrows and bullets settings.
Bug Fixes:
1. Vertical Menu doesn't react to taps on Samsung devices.
2. Scroll to anchor functions incorrectly when carousel widget(s) are present on a page.
Other minor improvements and changes.

 

v.11.5.1 (Mar 10, 2023)

Improvements:
1. Removed stale “Added To Cart” state setting in Product widgets.
2. Renamed “Out Of Stock” to just “Out” in the Add To Cart widget.
3. Updated it_IT translation.
Bug Fixes:
1. Thumbnails for the WC product categories occasionally failed to be imported.
2. The7 used deprecated elementor.saver.on feature.
3. Simple Posts widget content width was wrong on mobiles.
4. Currency sign color differed from the price color.
5. Undefined property: WP_Post_Type $term_id in ...categories-list.php.
5. Slider JS error.
7. Right arrow on the product images gallery would slide images back.
8. Missing gap between image and text in the mega menu.
9. Submenu images were still visible even if “Menu Icon” was “hidden”.
10. “The7 Testimonials Carousel” widget’s image right margin did not work.

 

v.11.5.0 (Feb 21, 2023)

New features:
1. Log in / log out widget.
2. Universal categories list widget with post type selection.
Improvements: 
1. Images lazy loading was completely reworked and optimized. This improves performance on page scroll.
2. "resize" event was split into separate "resizeWidth" and "resizeHeight" events; debounced resize events were improved. All leading to significant performance improvements on window resize and screen orientation change.
3. Images cropping in various widgets was transferred from JavaScript-assisted to CSS-only. This improves performance on page loading. 
4. "aspect-ratio" CSS attribute was added to most images on the server side. This prevents responsive images from collapsing on page loading, thus improving user experience. 
5. Slides overlay transparency is now responsive.
6. "Add to cart" and product variations icons in the Carousel and Grid & Masonry widgets are now responsive. 
7. Icon, Icon Box, and Image Box widgets were extended with a number of additional settings.
Bug Fixes:
1. "Blink" on changing images on hover in shop widgets.
2. Product Images Carousel. Image zoom on hover was disabled on mobile devices.
3. Scroll to anchor works incorrectly when there is a carousel widget(s) on a page.
4. Custom Post Type category meta is missing when a widget displays the current query.
5. Fixed "Uncaught TypeError: json_decode(): Argument #1 ($json) must be of type string."
6. Shop Carousel and Grid & Masonry widgets. Settings for label variations are always visible. 
Other minor improvements and changes.

 

v.11.4.1 (Jan 26, 2023)

Improvements:
1. Improved PHP 8.1 compatibility
2. Google fonts list updated
3. Images loading in carousel widgets overhauled. 
4. Carousel widgets rebuilt to use CSS variables.
Bug Fixes:
1. WooCommerce. Service message is missing on a single product page after adding a product to a cart.
2. Elementor. FontAwesome Pro fonts are missing in the mega menu icon picker.
3. WooCommerce. The quantity field is displayed even for products sold individually. 

 

v.11.4.0 (Jan 17, 2023)

New Features:
1. Products list widgets:
- variations appearance;
- variations can now be added to the card right for lists;
- work on mobile devices;
- progress indicator on adding product to a cart;
- etc., etc.
2. Popups:
- "fit to screen" now properly works on mobile devices; 
- max-height setting added to "fit content";
- custom scrollbar settings.
3. Mini cart widget was completely reworked. Confusing layout options are gone. Now you only have the min- and max-height settings. The widget automatically figures out its appearance based on the visitors' screen/device. Also, custom scrollbar settings were added.
4. "Sticky" sections now have a new [experimental] feature: show/hide on scroll. 
Improvements:
1. Add an accessibility description field for the "The7 Icon" widget.
2. Off-screen content pre-loading in carousel widgets.
3. Widgets appearance during the page loading process. 
4. Product Gallery. "Zoom" icon upload option added. 
Bug Fixes:
1. Vertical Menu. Spare space for dropdown indicators sometimes throws off the layout.
2. WooCommerce pages doubling on import of the demo content. 
3. Horizontal Menu > Mobile menu icon. The size setting is not working when using a .svg icon. 
4. Product Gallery > Arrows. The size setting is not working when using .svg icons. 
5. Slider. Issues with .svg icons.
6. Default quantity arrows are visible in FireFox.
7. Shop Categories. Issues with the encoding of captions. 
8. "Inline" .svg images have spare spaces.
9. Carousel widgets. Lazy-loading images are not loading if the first action is scrolling the carousel back. 
10. Sections "unstick" sometimes is not happening on fast scrolls. 
11. Image Box. Incorrect image width with short captions.
12. Incorrect description in WooCommerce login form.
Other minor improvements and changes. 

 

v.11.3.0 (Dec 23, 2022)

Improvements:
1. FVM plugin integration integrity check.
2. JavaScript onload performance improvements. 
3. Icons settings added to the Vertical Menu widget.
Bug Fixes: 
1. Issue with spacing below the price in product variations.
2. (accessibility) Empty link error for "the7-popup-button-link" button.
3. 2024 shortcode doesn't work in Elementor.
4. Products list. The "Gradient" option is not working for image hovers. 
5. Issue with the "up" button shape when .svg icon is used.
6. Carousel widgets, items being "cut off" in certain settings combinations.
7. Strikethrough line not being centered on the old price in the Price widget. 

 

v.11.2.2 (Dec 12, 2022)

Improvement:
The "scrolling offset" setting (for anchor navigation) was added to Theme Style > General Appearance.
Bug Fixes:
1. The mobile menu is visible on the page loading.
2. Product grid and Carousel widgets are broken when used in tabs or mega menus.
3. If a menu item has a submenu and a mega menu assigned to it, both will be displayed.
4. Multiple minor issues with search widgets.
5. Shop categories widget causing horizontal scrolling to appear when used in popups. 
6. PHP notice in product categories. 
7. product gallery main image ratio glitch \+ arrows z offset
8. "Preserve image proportions" option is not working properly in the product gallery.
9. Add to cart. Products with custom attributes are not properly indicated when out of stock. 
10. Duplicated drop-down arrows in selects.
11. Expanded search button acts as an empty anchor link (and causes the page to jump to the top). 
12. Visual issues with the Hotel Booking plugin date-picker.
13. Default WPB button with gradient is not working.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

 

v.11.2.1 (Nov 25, 2022)

Improvement:
Vertical Menu widget. The option to show/hide menu items icons was added.
Bug Fixes:
1. Margin settings are not working correctly in the Shop Categories widget.
2. Issue in Testimonial Carousel widget with navigation arrows positioning.
3. Simple Products Carousel and Grid widgets. The sale price is not displaying correctly.
4. Shop login form. Minor visual issues with the button.  
Other (even more minor) fixes and changes :)

 

v.11.2.0 (Nov 22, 2022)

New Feature:
The7 Slider widget (beta). The slides can be created and edited with Elementor like regular templates.
Improvements:
1. Mega Menu will not close when clicking inside of it. It allows using tabs and other interactive widgets (beta) inside Mega Menu.
2. All The7 widgets containing the "number of columns" setting now have the setting to adjust the "wide desktop" responsiveness point. 
3. Navigation arrows in photo scrollers can now be centered relative to images; the corresponding arrow can now be hidden when reaching the scroller beginning/end. 
Bug Fixes:
1. The7 Product Images. Images are not visible when thumbnails are disabled.
2. Theme Styles > Typography. Links styling doesn't work.
3. "Add to cart" doesn't work if a product attribute consists of multiple words.
4. SVG "arrow down" image loads even if it is not displayed in the menu.

 

v.11.1.2 (Nov 9, 2022)

Improvements:
1. PHP 8.1 compatibility
2. Compatibility with WooCommerce 7.1.0 templates
Bug Fixes:
1. Photo Scroller. Custom height setting is not available on mobile devices.
2. Product Review. Some CSS styles are missing.
3. Jitter in sticky headers with certain settings combinations.
4. Posts Masonry & Grid. The inner shadow setting on images is not working.

 

v.11.1.1 (Nov 3, 2022)

Bug fixes:
1. Elementor templates are not working when used inside tabs more than once. 
2. "Tribe Events Сalendar" plugin compatibility issue. 

 

v.11.1.0 (Oct 31, 2022)

New:
Adding and displaying icons in menu items was completely overhauled. Icons can be added in the Appearance > Menus. But all settings for icons appearance are now located in the menu widgets. 
Improvements:
1. Up-sales and cross-sales added to product queries. 
2. Option to display related products from a specific category/subcategory was added to the product list widgets.
3. Menu cart. Typography settings were added for the product quantity. 
4. Product counter. An alignment setting was added.
5. Autoplay was enabled for a video in the WPB Fancy Media lightbox.
6. Shop filter widgets with toggles. Separate settings for borders, background, paddings, margins, etc., were added both for the toggle and content areas. 
Bug Fixes:
1. The7 prevents the native Elementor header from displaying on the CPT archive (Lodgix).
2. Drop-down arrow overlaps the number in the Booking plugin.
3. Carousel widget. The option to center arrows relative to images is not working.
4. "Hamburger" menu icon is visible on the page load.
5. Broken border in the Image Box widget.
Other minor improvements and fixes.

 

The7 Elements v.2.7.1

Improvements:
1. Post Type Builder. Add setting to show/hide thumbnail admin column.
2. Post Type Builder. Make the "Excerpt" field active by default.
Bug Fix: 
Extra spaces in the "Read more" button code in The7 custom post types in WPBakery shortcodes. 

 

v.11.0.3 (Sep 30, 2022)

Bug Fix:
An issue with the Icon Box Grid width.

 

v.11.0.2 (Sep 29, 2022)

Bug Fix:
Theme Options are disabled after theme update if "My The7" settings have never been saved before.

 

v.11.0.1 (Sep 29, 2022)

Bug Fixes:
1. Button shadow does not work in Theme Styles.
2. Collapse sidebar filter does not work.
3. JS error on "Page Layout" refresh when using Simple posts in the footer template.
4. Images don't resize on orientation change.

 

v.11.0.0 (Sep 25, 2022)

New Features:
1. Starter screen (appears on The7 registration) with an option to automatically set up The7 for building Elementor-based websites from scratch. 
When choosing this option, The7 will automatically install the required plugins, choose optimal settings, create Global Fonts and Colors (Design System), add basic templates (blog, shop, archives, etc.) and template parts (header, footer, mobile menu, etc.), import minimal dummy content, etc. In other words, do all the prep work we usually do before creating a new demo. 
2. Settings presets optimized for Elementor and WPBakery were added to The7 > My The7. 
3. Option to disable old Page Templates and other features not required for Elementor-based websites was added under The > My The7, Settings.
4. Option to disable the icon font built into The7 was added under The > My The7, Settings.
New and Updated Demos:
1. New "Blank" demo (https://the7.io/blank/). Handy if you are building a website from scratch without using a pre-made thematic demo.
2. "Elementor Shop" demo (https://the7.io/elementor-shop/) was completely overhauled. 
All other demos were updated to use new features.
Improvements:
1. All icons used in the theme were switched from the icon font to .svg.
2. Numerous minor improvements to forms styling (checkboxes and radio-buttons styling; styling for the Product Reviews widget; buttons icon spacing; etc.). 
3. Numerous minor improvements to the Mini Cart widget (title and buttons background; min-height for title background; spacing after the last item; etc.).
4. "Gap" element in TinyMCE text editor is now editable. 
5. Search widget now has the "clear" button.
6. Arrows in the Product Images widget now support .svg's; have responsiveness and spacing settings. 
7. Toggles in the Product Filter widget now have hover and active color settings. 
8. Numerous minor improvements to the Photo Scroller widget.
9. Mega menu margins can now be set in "em" and "rem" units. 
10. "Normalize resize event on mobile devices" setting was added to Elementor Site Settings (works the same as in the Theme Options).
Bug Fixes:
1. "Apply Coupon" button has wrong height on mobile devices. 
2. "dt-the7/woocommerce/myaccountform-login.php" template is outdated.
3. Image Box widget grid layout is broken in some settings combinations. 
4. Minor appearance issues with the Product Revies form.
5. Position of 3+ level indicator in Shop Categories widget.
6. Header can't be excluded from 404 Page template.
7. Active product filters widget, icon size misses the "px" and "em" units. 
8. Collapsible sidebar. The Product Categories dropdown is not visible with certain settings combinations.
9. Carouse widgets. Animation is missing with .svg arrows. 
10. "Current subcategories" mode doesn't work in "The7 Product Categories Grid".
Other minor improvements and changes.