OnPoint Plugins

Advanced Sidebar Menu – Changelog

List of changes by version for the Advanced Sidebar Menu WordPress plugin.

PRO

9.9.1

  • Miscellaneous Node and package updates.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.8.2.

9.9.0

Full release notes.

  • Added new individual block icons.
  • Added new ordering options for "Display Posts."
  • Improved selection of post types in the Categories block.
  • Reduced block registration attribute size.
  • Fixed unexpected resetting of display everywhere options.
  • Fixed accordion icons during previews.
  • Fixed category count clicking browsing in previews.
  • Officially added support for PHP 8.4.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.8.1.

9.8.1

  • Upgraded DomPurify to version 3.2.4.
  • Upgraded ESLint to version 9.
  • Added PHP 8.4 to linting.
  • Required the basic plugin version 9.6.2+.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.8.0.

9.8.0

  • Provided color swatch indicators for closed style sections.
  • Added saving of the state of open/closed style sections per each block.
  • Turned off the refresh of previews when a style section is opened or closed.
  • Recommended but not required to use the basic plugin version 9.6.3+.

9.7.2

  • Fixed translation load order in WordPress 6.7.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.7.1.

9.7.1

  • Improved the block editing styles and CSS class targeting.
  • Introduced removeAccordion function on the accordions object.
  • Fixed accordion previews in Beaver Builder.
  • Fixed console error on pages with menus and form submissions.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.7.0.

9.7.0

  • Added support for the theme supported block styles.
  • Introduced sizing units for font sizes.
  • Introduced sizing units for border width.
  • Reconfigured menu styles to layout in 1 column.
  • Made menu styles sections collapsible.
  • Disabled HTML editor for blocks.

9.6.1

  • Improved the automated testing suite.
  • Improved deployment workflows.
  • Fixed sourcemap generation on production builds.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.6.2.

9.6.0

Full release notes.

  • Switched all uses of Widget_Abstract to the Widget interface.
  • Switched JS enqueuing to use the 'advanced-sidebar-menu/scripts/admin-scripts' action and align with the basic plugin.
  • Introduced the 'advanced-sidebar-menu/meta/page-meta/link-text' filter.
  • Fixed missing aria-expanded attribute on accordion icons.
  • Fixed the 'current-menu-ancestor' CSS class being assigned on category items
  • Added support for PHP based translations.
  • Dropped support for PHP 7.2 in favor of 7.4+.
  • Dropped support for React 17 in favor of 18+.
  • Bumped required PRO version to 9.4.0.
  • Bumped minimum required WordPress version to 6.2.0.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.6.0.

9.5.10

  • Fixed conflict with Gutenberg Panel in the Site Editor.
  • Fixed Advanced Sidebar block editor panel on post types which don't support the custom-fields.
  • Improved menu style scrollbar position in Firefox.
  • Added some global CSS classed for demo styling.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.5.5.

9.5.7

  • Provide unique HTML ids for category widgets multiple top level parents.
  • Begin conversation of Menu_Abstract to an interface.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.5.3.

9.5.6

  • Fixed conflict with the Thrive Architect plugin.

9.5.5

  • Fixed conflict with another plugin changing the value type of is_protected_meta.
  • Officially support PHP 8.3.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.5.2.

9.5.4

  • Fixed menus disappearing in widgets with obsolete post type settings.
  • Improved post type menu option validation.

9.5.3

  • Removed excluded pages and categories from the highest level parent selects.
  • Fixed empty menu displaying when always display is enabled with an excluded top level parent.
  • Fixed plugin URL in the plugin header.
  • Upgraded plugin update handler to the modern WordPress core system.
  • Introduced advanced-sidebar-menu-pro/walker/display-posts/children filter.
  • Bumped the required basic version to 9.3.2.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.5.0.

9.5.2

  • Fixed permissions for saving post meta.

9.5.1

  • Fixed issue with saving of meta box data when the exclude toggle is changed twice.
  • Fixed conflict with the Custom Fields Gutenberg panel.
  • Introduced migration script to resolve intended exclusions introduced in version 9.4.2.
  • Switching meta box registrations to WP core's __back_compat_meta_box config.
  • Improved excluded pages cache management.

9.5.0

Full release notes.

  • Switched to CSS class targeting instead of id targeting for widget styles.
  • Introduced deactivate callbacks to clear caches when the plugin is deactivated.
  • Improved default values for widget settings.
  • Introduced full array shapes for widget settings.
  • Prevented child items from displaying if the top level parent is excluded.
  • Added Required Plugins header to signify the basic plugin is required.
  • Converted deprecated block registering args to WordPress 6.1 version.
  • Fixed the page meta box not showing when using the classic editor plugin.
  • Fixed issue with pages unintentionally being excluded.
  • Included excludedCategories in debugging information.
  • Added support for global exclusion overrides when debugging.
  • Fixed PHPCS minimum_wp_version configuration.

9.4.2

  • Converted "Advanced Sidebar" meta box to proper Gutenberg panel.
  • Split REST API extending to a new \Advanced_Sidebar_Menu\Api\Rest\Page class.
  • Removed no longer needed __Search_Shim.
  • Fixed issue with block styles loading.
  • Updated Node to version 20.
  • Updated Yarn to version 4.
  • Bumped the required WordPress version to 6.1.0.
  • Tested to WordPress 6.4.3.

9.4.1

  • Fixed translation loading in blocks.
  • Improved CSS and JS linting.
  • Fixed dynamic property usage in nav menu items.
  • Fully support PHP 8.2.

9.4.0

  • Dropped support for PHP 7.0 in favor of 7.2.
  • Bumped minimum supported WordPress version to 6.0.0.
  • Improved backgrounds when accordions are enabled but blocked styles are not.
  • Added user feedback in "include highest" accordion option when highest are disabled.
  • Removed all uses of the deprecated @wordpress/elements package.
  • Bumped the required basic version to 9.1.0+.

9.3.1

  • Passed block attributes and supports to JavaScript as well as PHP.
  • Fixed issues with block previews in WordPress 6.4.
  • Fixed issue with accordion icon value not being available in existing blocks.
  • Updated PHPStan level to 8 and fixed all warnings.

9.3.0

Full release notes.

  • Converted accordion icons to SVG instead of dashicons.
  • Fixed links as open/close when category counts are used.
  • Converted accordion JS to Webpack driven structure.
  • Modernize and refactor accordion JS.
  • Replaced deprecated keyCode uses with code.
  • Deprecated asm_pro in favor of advancedSidebarMenuPro.
  • Fixed all ESLint and Stylelint notices.
  • Updated the Node version to 18.
  • Aligned supported browsers with WordPress core.
  • Introduced 'advanced-sidebar-menu/widget-options/accordion/icon-styles' filter
  • Deprecated the Accordion::load_assets method.
  • Loosely required the basic version 9.3.1+.

9.2.2

  • Converted links to open/close into a <ul> for better accessibility.
  • Added notice on network plugins page if basic version is not available.
  • Removed deprecated Meta\Title class.
  • Removed invalid license admin banner notices.
  • Ported CSS from widgets to blocks instead of relying on the legacy widget styles.
  • Loosely required the basic version 9.3.0+.
  • Tested to WordPress 6.3.2.

9.2.1

  • Fixed color pickers in Beaver Builder.
  • Improved field styles in Beaver Builder.
  • Made legacy widget's JavaScript more reliable.

9.2.0

Full release notes.

  • Introduced search and select for excluded items.
  • Added icon hover color option for accordions.
  • Updated links to various documentation.
  • Introduced JS unit tests for even more stability.
  • Added default values to most block attributes.
  • Updated block attribute TS definitions to accurately reflect default values.
  • Updated TS to version 5.
  • Loosely update the minimum required version of the basic plugin to 9.1.0.

9.1.9

  • Added links to documentation in the plugins list.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.3.1.

9.1.8

  • Improved help labels for links as open/close.
  • Added graceful fallback for $_POST being set on the front end.
  • Improved excluded pages sanitization.

9.1.7

  • Allow selecting from more than 10 top level parent pages.
  • Improved PHPCS scanning.
  • Improved PHPStan scanning.
  • Improved unit testing for WordPress 5.8.
  • Included the screen and section information in ErrorBoundary data.

9.1.6

  • Updated browser list support.
  • Improved block script reliability.
  • Improved is_webpack_running method.
  • Improve constant definitions.

9.1.5

  • Fixed CSS for style settings in WordPress version 6.1+.
  • Required basic version 9.0.5+.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.2.2.

9.1.4

  • Fixed data-level on category menus larger than 3 levels.
  • Fixed uses of the selected template tag.

9.1.3

  • Improved extendability by removing all private access modifiers.
  • Improved plugin update handler.
  • Fully support PHP 8.1.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.2.0.

9.1.2

  • Improved excluded menu items filter.
  • Switched to static uses of class constants to improve extendability.
  • Switched to full namespaced constants within the basic version.
  • Improved PHPCS definitions.
  • Fixed conflict with Polylang Pro plugin.

9.1.0

Full release notes.

  • Introduced show post counts option in category menus.
  • Introduced exclude category field on category edit screen.
  • Introduced category title field on category edit screen.
  • Improved caching of excluded items.
  • Improved support for custom post types in navigation menus.
  • Fixed translates in block fields.
  • Deprecated the Meta\Title class.

9.0.2

  • Restored advanced-sidebar-menu-pro/accordions/loaded JS event. @ticket #9633
  • Added aria-label to accordion icons for screen readers. @ticket #10961
  • Tested to WordPress core version 6.1.1.

9.0.1

  • Introduce isScreen helper to make screen conditionals cleaner.
  • Improved unit tests.
  • Tested to WordPress core version 6.1.0.

9.0.0

Full release notes.

  • Introduced Gutenberg blocks.
  • Improved accordion icons.
  • Improved translations.
  • Improved Elementor support.
  • Removed all deprecated functionality.
  • Required basic version 9.0.0+.
  • Required WordPress Core 5.8.0+.
  • Drop support for PHP 5.6 if favor of PHP 7.0+.
  • Numerous bug fixes.

8.9.2

  • Made "Use links for open/close" more reliable.

8.9.1

  • Fixed issue with accordions in navigation menus.
  • Fixed issue with CSS classes not being complete.

8.9.0

Full release notes.

  • Introduced Navigation::is_excluded for checking if a navigation item is excluded.
  • Introduced Navigation::get_objects method for simple sharing of an Objects instance.
  • Introduced advanced-sidebar-menu/menus/page/is-excluded filter.
  • Introduced advanced-sidebar-menu/menus/category/is-excluded filter.
  • Introduced advanced-sidebar-menu/menus/navigation/is-excluded filter.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.0.0.

8.8.1

  • Introduced Item::get_parent_id method.
  • Introduced Item::get_level method.
  • Enhanced Objects::is_in_current_hierarchy method to consider the parent and menu items.
  • Casted Item::menu_item_parent to int for consistency.
  • Added levels support to Item::get_parent.

8.8.0

Full release notes.

  • Required basic version 8.8.0+.
  • Implement universal 'menu-item' style CSS classes to all menus.
  • Prevented excluding conflicts of menu items when using multiple widgets on the same page.
  • Introduced Objects::is_in_current_hierarchy method.
  • Introduced Objects::remove_items_not_in_hierarchy method.
  • Introduced Objects::get_top_level_items method.
  • Enabled PHPCS caching.
  • Required WordPress core version 5.4.0+.
  • Tested to WordPress 5.9.3.

8.7.1

  • Fix "Click to show styles" button in widget forms.
  • Tested to WordPress 5.9.2.

8.7.0

Full release notes.

  • Added link title to REST API responses.
  • Added excluded to REST API responses.
  • Included a warning within widgets when the basic version needs an update.
  • Fixed some text casing.
  • Tested to WordPress 5.9.

8.6.1

  • Simplify the widget names.
  • Simplify the meta box name.
  • Tested to WordPress version 5.8.3.
  • Improved unit testing.

8.6.0

Full release notes.

  • Exclude hierarchical posts from category widgets set to exclude in page meta box.
  • Improve PHPDocs for Title class.
  • Added excluded pages to debug information.
  • Fixed CSS classes for current_page_parent and current_page_ancestor.
  • Removed dangling ADVANCED_SIDEBAR_MENU_PRO_OPTIONS_DIR constant.

8.5.2

  • Support accordions in Elementor popups.
  • Improved category order by "Created" handling.
  • Removed deprecated text/css for <style> tag.
  • Fixed doubling of accordion icons in Elementor editors.
  • Gracefully handle no longer registered taxonomies.

8.5.1

  • Sync styles between classic, block, and customizer widgets.
  • Improved color picker styles.
  • Improved widget interactions.
  • Fixed "Click to show styles" buttons in customizer.

8.5.0

Full release notes.

  • Support WordPress version 5.8.
  • Support Gutenberg widgets screen.
  • Requires basic version 8.6.0+.

8.4.0

Full release notes.

  • Support clicking menu links to open/close accordion sections.
  • Improved accordion accessibility with outlines.
  • Reorganize widget columns to make them more even when expanded.
  • Partially modernized the accordion's JavaScript.
  • Improved default accordion settings handling.
  • Fix conflict with WPML return types.
  • Require basic version 8.5.0+.
  • Tested to WordPress 5.7.2.

8.3.1

Full release notes.

  • Improved translation documentation.
  • Improved update endpoint version handling.
  • Tested to WordPress 5.7.0.

8.3.0

Full release notes.

  • Added translations for French (fr_FR).
  • Added translations for Spanish (es_ES).

8.2.2

  • Introduce advanced-sidebar-menu/menus/navigation/is-displayed filter.
  • Improved handling of excluded pages in navigation menus.
  • Support filtering of navigation menu title.

8.2.1

  • Fully support auto-update system.
  • Fix grandchild indents when using blocked styling and set number of levels.

8.2.0

Full release notes.

  • Add support for hover styles.
  • Add support for border widths.
  • Greatly improved widget labels, descriptions and styles.
  • Improved accordion icon placement.
  • Improved accordion icon widget interactions.
  • Support blocked styling borders on all levels.
  • Improved Beaver Builder and Elementor styles.
  • Make all references to post type of taxonomy match widget settings.

8.1.4

  • Tested to WordPress version 5.5.3.
  • Improved code style.
  • Improved internal tooling.

8.1.3

  • Improved widget style settings position.
  • Provide widget excluding pages information.
  • Update endpoint improvements.

8.1.2

  • Fix conflict with Beaver Builder and WordPress 5.5.
  • Require WordPress version 5.0.0+.

8.1.1

  • Officially stop supporting PHP version 5.5 in favor of 5.6.
  • Support WordPress version 5.5.1.

8.1.0

Full release notes.

  • Support changing link title on all supported post types.
  • Support excluding a page using a checkbox on all supported post types.
  • Extend "current page parent only" functionality to include grandchild levels.
  • Update labels and descriptions for "current page parent only" related options.
  • Tested to WP version 5.5.0.

8.0.2

  • Fix bug with widget options duplicating in front-end builders.

8.0.1

  • Fix bug with super old limit levels data.

8.0.0

Major version update. See migration guide if you are extending the plugin's functionality via action, filters, or calling plugin classes.

Full release notes.

  • Entirely new code structure.
  • Require version 8.0.0+ of basic plugin.
  • Removed all deprecated code and filters.
  • Improved filter and action names.
  • Improved performance.

Basic

9.7.1

  • Established a migration plan for removing the WidgetWithId interface.
  • Improved GitHub Actions workflows security.
  • Updated node packages to resolve vulnerabilities.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.8.2.

9.7.0

  • Added new individual block icons.
  • Reduced block registration attribute size.
  • Introduced new Attribute class for block attributes.
  • Required PRO version 9.7.2+.
  • Officially added support for PHP 8.4.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.8.1.

9.6.5

  • Added PHP 8.4 to linting.
  • Required the PRO version 9.6.1+.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.8.0.

9.6.4

  • Improved labels and positions in block settings.
  • Added original plugin author to the readme.
  • Updated dompurify to version 3.2.4 to resolve dependency vulnerabilities.
  • Improved Core::get_template_part to return breadcrumb through reference instead of direct echo.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.7.2.

9.6.3

  • Introduced advanced-sidebar-menu.blocks.preview.attributes filter.
  • Improved security of node packages.
  • Improved deployment workflow.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.7.1.

9.6.2

  • Improved block style handling during previews.
  • Disabled HTML editor for blocks.
  • Introduced is_server_side_render helper method on block abstract.
  • Improved isolation of passing block attributes to widget arguments.
  • Fixed double up of block shadow in previews.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.7.0.

9.6.1

  • Introduce JEST unit testings for the basic version.
  • Improved the automated testing suite.
  • Improved deployment workflows.
  • Fixed sourcemap generation on production builds.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.6.2.

9.6.0

  • Introduced Widget/WidgtId and Widget/WithWidgetId interfaces.
  • Introduced Widget/WidgetIdAccess and Widget/Checbox traits.
  • Improved debug handling in the browser.
  • Introduced advancedSidebarMenuDebug helper function.
  • Added support for PHP based translations.
  • Fixed ‘current-menu-ancestor’ CSS class on category menus.
  • Dropped support for PHP 7.2 in favor of 7.4+.
  • Dropped support for React 17 in favor of 18+.
  • Bumped required PRO version to 9.4.0.
  • Bumped minimum required WordPress version to 6.2.0.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.6.0.

9.5.2

  • Provided unique HTML ids for category widgets with multiple top level categories.
  • Continued work on converting the Menu_Abstract to an interface.
  • Fixed click handling of menu previews in the block editor.
  • Fixed fatal error when is_plugin_active is not available.
  • Implemented PHPStan array shapes for block classes.
  • Improved falsey conditions in the Utils::is_empty method.
  • Officially added support for PHP 8.3.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.5.3.

9.5.1

  • Improved the plugin readme.
  • Improved the translation headers.
  • Improved the List_Pages cache.
  • Added support to live previews using a playground blueprint.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.5.0.

9.5.0

  • Introduced is_truthy utility method.
  • Introduced get_post_type_label utility method.
  • Introduced is_empty utility method.
  • Introduced Menu interface and began promoting Menu_Abstract to it.
  • Introduced Utils_Interface to guarantee the existence of shared methods.
  • Included classic editor state in debug information.
  • Fixed the missing dashicons shown in the Preview component inside iframes.
  • Fixed PHPCS minimum_wp_version config.
  • Switched widget classes to trait/interface based structure.
  • Introduced full array shapes for widget settings.
  • Improved default widget settings.
  • Prevented conflicts with theme styles and widget fields.
  • Fixed excluding of child items if the top level parent is excluded.
  • Converted deprecated block registering args to WordPress 6.1 version.

9.4.3

  • Updated all block’s api version to 3.
  • Updated Node to version 20.
  • Updated Yarn to version 4.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.4.3.
  • Required PRO version 9.2.0+.

9.4.2

  • Fixed translation loading in blocks.
  • Improved CSS and JS linting.
  • Introduced ‘advanced-sidebar-menu/block-wrapper-attributes’ filter.
  • Fully support PHP 8.2.

9.4.1

  • Dropped support for PHP 7.0 in favor of 7.2.
  • Bumped minimum supported WordPress version to 6.0.0.
  • Improved block preview link handling.
  • Required PRO version 9.1.8+.

9.3.4

  • Passed block attributes and supports to JavaScript as well as PHP.
  • Fixed issues with block previews in WordPress 6.4.
  • Fixed issues with widget transformations in WordPress 6.4.
  • Improved styles of legacy widget’s info panel.
  • Updated PHPStan level to 8 and fixed all warnings.

9.3.3

  • Fixed issue with blocks loading in WordPress 6.4.
  • Tested to WordPress 6.4.1.

9.3.2

  • Fixed deployignore configurations.

9.3.1

  • Improved select input styles in widget settings.
  • Introduced ‘advanced-sidebar-menu/scripts/admin-scripts’ action.
  • Aligned supported browsers with WordPress core.
  • Updated the Node to version 18.
  • Fixed all ESLint and Stylelint notices.
  • Loosely a requirement for PRO version 9.3.0.

9.3.0

  • Modernized legacy widget JS and CSS into the Webpack structure.
  • Reduce bundle size of admin resources.
  • Renamed CSS files with the “advanced-sidebar-menu” prefix.
  • Added support for collapsing info panels on page builders and theme customizers.
  • Updated the block apiVersion to “3”.
  • Tested to WordPress 6.3.2.
  • Greatly improved widgets styles in Beaver Builder and Elementor.

9.2.1

  • Introduced transform legacy widgets to blocks prompts.
  • Moved configurations to the root of the plugin and general modernization.
  • Made “Go PRO” callouts more tasteful and less intrusive.
  • Improved styles of the info panels in widgets and blocks.
  • Improved styles of buttons and fields in Beaver Builder.
  • Updated WP-PHPCS to version 3 and fixed all warnings.

9.1.0

  • Separated the exclude pages/categories field into a filterable component.
  • Updated links to various documentation.
  • Added default values to most block attributes.
  • Updated block attribute TS definitions to accurately reflect default values.
  • Updated TS to version 5.
  • Updated PHPCS scanning to version 3 of WP PHPCS standards.
  • Loosely update the minimum requirement for PRO to version 9.2.0.

9.0.11

  • Changed default limit of child pages to 200 instead of 100.
  • Simplified and improved the List_Pages::parse_args method.
  • Added links to documentation in the plugins list.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.3.1.

9.0.10

  • Fixed compatibility with Jetpack widget visibility.
  • Included the screen and section information in ErrorBoundary data.
  • Improved static analysis testing.
  • Improved unit testing for WordPress 5.8.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.3.0.

9.0.9

  • Fixed conflict with Stackable WordPress plugin in the theme customizer.
  • Improved block script reliability.
  • Improved handling of Elementor previews.
  • Improved error boundary informational messages.
  • Removed conflicts with POST method requests.

9.0.8

  • Disabled legacy widgets by default see docs.
  • Update browser list support.
  • Improved the widget/block transformation logic and types.
  • Removed dangling WordPress version < 5.6 requirements.
  • Tested to WordPress core 6.2.2.

9.0.7

  • Fixed data-level on category menus larger than 3 levels.
  • Included classic widgets flag in debug information.
  • Required PRO version 9.1.2+.

9.0.6

  • Improved extendability by removing all private access modifiers.
  • Fully support PHP 8.1.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.2.0.

9.0.5

  • Switched to static uses of class constants to improve extendability.
  • Switched to full namespaced constants.
  • Improved PHPCS definitions.
  • Improved translations.
  • Included help information for the category widget exclude settings.

9.0.4

  • Added “current-menu-ancestor” CSS class to Pages and Categories menus.
  • Introduced “advanced-sidebar-page” CSS class to Pages menus.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.1.1.

9.0.3

  • Fixed issue with styles not loading in Elementor.
  • Tested to WordPress Core 6.0.2.

9.0.2

  • Moved advanced-sidebar-menu CSS class to block widget wraps.
  • Introduced isScreen helper to make screen conditionals cleaner.
  • Included “Display each single post’s categories” option on the customizer screen.
  • Included PHP version in debug information.
  • Improved readme.

9.0.0

Full release notes.

  • Introduced Gutenberg blocks.
  • Improved translations.
  • Improved Elementor support.
  • Removed all deprecated functionality.
  • Required PRO version 9.0.0+.
  • Required WordPress Core 5.8.0+.
  • Drop support for PHP 5.6 if favor of PHP 7.0+.
  • Numerous bug fixes.