Optimizer Dash

Defer FontAwesome Kit scripts for performance

Optimized ACF options loading and added cross-request caching

Improved caching on shortcode queries

Change dynamic CSS generation caching

Optimized Google Fonts API calls

Optimizations for PHP 8.2

Reduction in file system calls for reduced memory usage

New field for mobile submenu text colour

New field for alternating business hours text colour

Update styling for 3rd party forms after changes on their end

Fixed the "Exclude Children Posts" option for Grid 14

Fixed WPB Page Builder JS interfering with height calculations in Grid 6 script

Add missed backwards compatibility to some backend labels

Change ACF field initialisation order so CPT fields are registered earlier

Add full data migration and legacy support for old custom post type fields

Performance improvements to the Optimizer Dash admin pages

Hotfix: extra custom post type options fixed from the new Post Types admin page

Custom post type quick-edit repeater fields moved from Optimizer Dash to a new sub-menu admin page

Improved design and structure of the custom layout picker

Fixed Image Grid VC element failing to load when a page had more than one image grid

Hotfix: The Sections CPT is now recognised as a "backend" post type and should no longer be visible to non-admin users

Hotfix: Disabled WPB Page Builder's version of Font Awesome due to conflicts with other loaded versions

Make grid template gradient overlay opacities overridable for more customisability

Fix bug where custom holiday banner dates were taking the selected year into consideration by mistake

Automated unit and integration testing set up for some core functionality components

New custom backend field for choosing layouts

Layout screenshot generation for previewing layouts within Optimizer Dash

Rewrite of the plugin's build script, reducing plugin bundle size by 33%

Changed Business Optimizer logos to Optimizer Dash logos

Sort layout fields in Optimizer Dash with a natural alphabetical sort

The "Header Background Color" field now works properly/as expected

Fix navigation styling when a nav item was not a link

New standard sticky header options in Optimizer Dash

New Documentation page for all the forgotten/undocumented custom shortcodes

Accessibility improvement for the Hero Scroll Down Button element

"Selected in Optimizer Dash" post state now work with legacy layout fields (for backwards compatibility on old builds)

New Image Grid/Gallery page builder element to replace the old VC Image/Masonry Grids

Various new grid templates added for use in the Post Grid page builder element

New option to size post grid items by aspect-ratio

Admin toolbar now correctly shows the "Edit Layout" button

Layout post types now show the correct "Selected in Optimizer Dash" post state

Optimizer Dash integration with OpenAI

Add a search bar to the Post Grids page builder element

Add option to filter by taxonomy in the Post Grid page builder element

Add option to sort-by post date and last modified date in the Post Grid page builder element

Increased the plugin's minimum PHP version requirement to 8.1

Update plugin requirements for compatibility with Optimizer Theme 2.0

The Edit Hero toolbar button now works on "Pages" and "Posts"

The quick "Disable/Enable Row" buttons now works on inner rows

Fix "Edit/View" buttons on the Optimizer Page Content admin page

Hotfix styling on form labels being overridden by TailwindCSS defaults

Hotfix issue where post grids change the global $post object breaking future references to $post

New options in post grids for sorting/ordering

New option in post grids to limit the number of children posts specifically

Hotfix PHP warning within the plugin updater functions

Restrict access to WP standard REST API endpoints

Plugin will now self-disable if the Optimizer Child theme is not active

The "Edit Layout" admin bar button now respects a post's overriding layout

Several minor styling improvements/fixes to grid templates

Minor accessibility improvements to the new grid system

New bespoke post grid system with multiple new grid designs

Add TailwindCSS for use in all Optimizer Dash templates to make a future template design/development simpler and more uniform

New Post Heading element with post-type-specific prepend/append options

Ability to build an installable version of the plugin with a simple node command

CTAs no longer use a different default font to the rest of the site

Ability to choose a post's parent from inside Optimizer Dash's Posts tab

The list of posts in the "Posts" tab is now ordered hierarchically, so children posts appear under the parent

CTAs and navigation text now calculate text colour by luminance compared to it's background by default

Integration with Chxngelog API to have a dynamic changelog viewable inside the plugin

Add option to change the hero overlay opacity with a slider (like the homepage already has)

Add option to not use the featured image in a specific post's hero

Merged the "Titles" tab in Optimizer Dash with the "Section Content" tab

Fix broken text colours on mobile CTA in hover, focus and active states

Hotfix fatal error with mobile CTA links

Hotfix issue with WPB Page Builder not loading sometimes on Edit Post admin pages

Updated ACF Pro from 6.2.7 to 6.3.6

Add search bar to Optimizer Dash to search for fields

Globally customisable CTA buttons with pre-defined templates

"View All" mode added in the Dash

Multiple new button templates

Add a "Disable Row" button to Page Builder row controls

Set up default CTA hover effects using CSS filters

Homepage hero overly built into Optimizer Dash

Give CTA borders the CTA background colour if no specific border colour is given

Fix issue where an icon cannot be removed from floating CTA fields once set

Create an additional 4th default colour field

Livechat script built into development sites and togglable in Optimizer Dash

Add Edit/View buttons to the Optimizer Dash Section Updater

Improved styling of the Optimizer Dash Section Updater tab

New "Default Colours" system to override other colour options

Include draft posts in Optimizer Dash Page Content

Section Content reworked and now exists on the main Optimizer Dash admin page

Re-order fields in the Layout tab based on what is most often used

Only regenerate Optimizer Dash stylesheet on non-admin pages

Add field for a Careers form

Add toggleable default Careers form for development sites

Update ACF from 6.17 to 6.2.7

Hotfix CTA shortcodes after WP 6.5 update

Hotfix ACF shortcodes to allow <script> and <iframe> tags

Add a toggleable "Non-client" mode to disable certain paid/premium features

All form shortcodes automatically switch to a simple PHP contact form when non-client mode is enabled

Update all Twitter logos to X logos

Make form embed fields embeddable more than once on a page

Ability to delete posts from Optimizer Dash Post Type fields

Add "Pages" post type to the Page Content admin page

Hotfix frontend Sections admin controls z-index

Gracefully handle case where a post being edited in Page Content no longer exists

Fix bug where newly created posts gets immediately deleted in Optimizer Dash Post Types

Add frontend admin Edit buttons on sections

New widget to list posts of a given post type

Re-order fields in the Business Info tab based on what fields are most often used

Move mobile menu toggle colour options to the Layout tab in Optimizer Dash

Various minor fixes/improvements

New SwiperJS WPB Page Builder element for smooth image carousels

Add 9/11 Memorial banner to the Holiday Banners list

Support for WPB Page Builder's new Page Javascript feature

Update the master Statcounter script

Hotfix issue rendering images with spaces in the file name

Add various new options for navigation customisation

Add option to add icons to floating CTAs

Load Optimizer Dash styles as a cacheable CSS file

Updated ACF from 6.1.6 to 6.1.7

Fix bug with additional CTA repeater fields not saving correctly

New Optimizer Dash Sections with custom WPB element

New "Back to Top" button custom WPB element

New Before/After slider custom WPB element

New "Scroll Down Button" custom WPB element

Add the overriding hero feature to "Pages" post type

Support for easy Google Adwords and Analytics integration

Allow bulk-editing for post content position field

Add Jump-To quick links at the top of the Post Type tab

Add support for 3rd party reviews platform integration

Fix issue where admin toolbar Post Edit buttons were sometimes wrong

Misc bug fixes and code refactors

Add quick links to Optimizer Dash and current homepage hero/body to admin toolbar

Add a "Landing Page" mode to Pages

Add option to disable the theme's hardcoded subfooter

Update ACF plugin to 6.0.6

Hide/Remove unnecessary links from admin toolbar

New Optimizer Dash Holiday Banners

Add option to have heroes specific to a post type

Add ACF Font Awesome Field plugin for future use

New colour option for page separators

Single homepage CPT split into two separate "Homepage Hero" and "Homepage Body" CPTs

Additional mobile navigation colour options for more customisability

Add a close button to the Layout Preview overlay

Add ability to specify a header to be specific to the homepage only

Update ACF plugin to 6.0.4

New Optimizer Dash Settings admin page

Add ability to bulk toggle Published/Draft on post types in the post type repeater fields

New Navigation tab in Optimizer Dash with fields specific to customising the header navigation

Various styling fixes and improvements

Fix conflict with admin menu order caused by the Siteground Cachepress plugin

Two new customisable extra custom post types

Enable ability to set opacity on all colour fields

New Favicon message field to warn when a favicon has not been set in the theme

Ability to set the WordPress title and tagline from Optimizer Dash

Add toggleable development mode Statcounter script

Import/Export Optimizer Dash fields through a new interface

Various bug fixes and improvements to the recently added Custom Fonts feature

Render backend-only custom post types on an empty template for previewing

Add noindex metadata to backend-only custom post types

Whole new custom interface for handling site-wide fonts

New font system integrated with Google Fonts

Allow for font files hosted by 3rd parties outside of Google Fonts

Lock the Optimizer Dash admin page when it's being edited by another admin user

Improve the whole projects file structure for better maintainability

Page Content admin screen added to bulk-edit Optimizer Dash CPT content fields

Add new Layout CPTs to separately control the layout of other CPTs such as Services, Locations, Industries, etc

New method for pushing database data/schema updates out with a code deployment

New Opening Hours field and an option to use the AIOSEO opening hours instead

Changelog page added for future use

Services and Locations post type title, slug and featured image are now bulk-editable inside the Dash

All posts now use the Featured Image has the Hero image

New "Default Hero Image" field to set all heroes to single standard image when nothing else is set

New fields for "Floating CTAs" including various options for customisation

New colour customisation fields for both desktop and mobile navigation

Custom CSS field in Optimizer Dash now allows shortcodes

Update ACF to version 5.12.2

Fixed broken styling for the reviews 3-column template

New "Reviews" system and templates in Optimizer Dash along with an option to use 3rd party embeddable reviews instead

New ability to create "additional CTAs" with repeater fields in Optimizer Dash

New ability to add custom social icons outside of the default few

Automatically clear Siteground cache upon saving Optimizer Dash

Refactor and improve Custom CSS field code

New system to run DB update scripts with plugin version changes

Social media icons preview so you can see the style of icons chosen

CTA fields changed to ACF's "Link" type field

A lot of general refactoring and code clean-up for better efficiency and easier maintenance

Add automatic updates via the Github API

Add a bunch of new granular styling options/fields for CTAs

Add Post States for selected posts on post list admin pages to be able to see which post has been selected in the Dash

Fix undefined index notices with color picker fields

Fix repeater fields failing to load properly

New Custom CSS tab in Optimizer Dash for custom site-wide styles

Add new social icon system including a shortcode and multiple different icon sets

Add a new type of ACF field for inputting/writing code

Upgrade the included ACF plugin to PRO

Fix issue with featured image overrides not always working

Basic plugin set up

8 core header and footer templates