Version 9.0.0 of both the basic version and the PRO version of Advanced Sidebar Menu are now available with support for Gutenberg blocks! Gutenberg blocks documentation may be found here. A Long Road To Get Here The first version of the Advanced Sidebar Menu plugin was released back in 2011. Over the past decade literally hundreds of tweaks and improvements have been made to the UX and functionality of the widgets to version 8.9. Turns out, if you want to take massively intuitive … [Read more...]
Gutenberg Block Editor – Translating TypeScript
WordPress versions 4.9 and below allowed you to translate text in your JavaScript by passing JSON objects via wp_localize_script. While this system works great it has some limitations. With the release of WordPress 5.0, support was introduced to allow developers to translate their theme or plugin directly within JavaScript. Translating in JavaScript has some nice benefits: You add your text in the React components where it is used so you don't have to map objects to strings.Translations … [Read more...]
Go Live Update Urls – Version 6.7
Version 6.7.0 of Go Live Update Urls plugin is now available and ready for general use. This version focused on providing more information when domain tests fail. Unable to Verify Whether This Site is Accessible There are a few cases where the plugin is unable to verify whether a new URL will be accessible on the current site after update. These cases include but are not limited to: The Old URL does not match the current site's domain.Really nothing to check here as we're not … [Read more...]
Advanced Sidebar Menu – Version 8.9
Version 8.9 of the Advanced Sidebar Menu plugin is now available and ready for general use. Version 8.9 focused on proving a more robust API for working with excluded menu items. Excluding of Individual Items From the beginning, it has always been possible to provide a list of excluded ids to the various widgets using filters or settings. This version introduced the ability to target specific ids for exclusion without requiring a list of all excluded. New Filters Each widget now … [Read more...]
Retrieving Account Access For a Discontinued Email
A relatively common occurrence is for a user on your organization to purchase a plugin license using their personal email address instead of a shared email. This works fine until the user leaves your organization and their email is removed. If you know the password of the plugin account you may log in and change the email address under Account Details. The following process will allow you to regain access to the plugin account as well as change the email address to a shared … [Read more...]
Go Live Update Urls – Version 6.6
Version 6.6.0 of Go Live Update Urls plugin is now available and ready for general use. This version focused on upgrading React and Node behind the scenes to modernize the codebase and improve performance. What's New? This is great question! Version 6.6 had very little effect on the UX since the last version. Think of it as more of a major maintenance release. The Go Live plugin is a very powerful tool. It is critical we keep the plugin up to date and functioning correctly. We … [Read more...]