Version 2.19.0 of WordPress Libs is now available for public use. This was the biggest release we have had in a while for this library. Many features were introduced and improved, bugs were squashed, and redundancies were combined. All around improved REST and meta support. WordPress 5.5 is required to take advantage of many of the enhancements. It's not required but recommended to update to WP 5.5 when updating to version 2.19.0. Option Page Enhancements CMB2 uses a special mapping … [Read more...]

Version 2.17.0 of WordPress Libs is now available for public use. This release focused on getting everything ready for CMB2 version 2.7.0. It also includes many bug fixes and compatibility improvements. CMB2 2.7.0 CMB2 released version 2.7.0 back in January. Since it took a year for that release to be ready, we wanted to wait a while to make sure there were not going to be any quick follow-up bug fixes before we implemented it. Now that we are confident it is ready for prime time, we've … [Read more...]

Version 5.4 of @lipemat/js-boilerplate is now available and ready for use. This version focused on enhancing security and using the latest ESLint configurations. Version 12+ of node In response to this security advisory, this package will now require version 12+ of node. Switch to @wordpress/eslint-plugin Previously we were using eslint-config-wordpress as our starting point for the ESLint configuration. With the release of Gutenberg, that configuration has been deprecated in … [Read more...]

Version 2.16.0 followed fairly quickly after version 2.15.0 so this post will cover the highlights from both versions. 2.15.0 was all about enhancing/streamlining the meta repo and related mutator trait. Version 2.16.0 adds a long desired persistent method to the memoize trait. Open last used tab after saving CMB2 options page. Now, saving option pages with tabs will bring you back where you left off after saving instead of reloading with the first tab active. Meta repo … [Read more...]

Version 5.2 of @lipemat/js-boilerplate is now available for public use. Extensions The most exciting feature of this release is the ability to add other packages as extensions. When you find yourself extending this library's configurations in the same way often, you can now create a package for your projects to extend. Extensions override configurations the same way as local overrides. Create a new node package which contains whatever normal modules, types, scripts, etc. you would … [Read more...]

This is the 70th release we have done with this library since it became WordPress-Libs. This release was all about working with resources; taking the repetitive requirements from scripts and styles and making them stable and accessible. New Utility Class for working with colors: We're finding more and more the need for translating colors from rgba to hexadecimal or vice versa. This is most often used for adding or removing transparency from a color set somewhere in the admin. For example, … [Read more...]