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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Version 8.8 of the Advanced Sidebar Menu plugin is now available and ready for general use. This version focused on creating universal CSS classes between all 3 widgets and introduced several new helper methods. Universal CSS Classes From the beginning, the 3 widget types treated CSS classes a little differently. While some CSS classes were common, such as has_children and children, some of the CSS classes used to target a menu item's state were different across widget types. Each … [Read more...]

Version 8.7 of the Advanced Sidebar Menu plugin is now available and ready for general use. This version included several miscellaneous enhancements. REST API Enhancements On each supported post type, an "Advanced Sidebar" meta box has always been available for changing a page's title in the menus or excluding a page from all menus. This meta box information is now available under the meta key of REST API responses. The provided REST data will look something like this: Widget … [Read more...]