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1.12.7 – Jan 7, 2025

• added setting to prevent custom image sizes registration
• fixed block layout constrained on frontend

1.12.6 – Dec 19, 2024

• revert back block default attributes added in v1.12.5 as it crashes the block

1.12.5 – Dec 19, 2024

• added WP 6.7 compatibility fixes
• added more block support features: ariaLabel, colors, shadow, border and position
• changed registration of block assets to use enqueue_block_assets hook
• changed some block default attributes

1.12.4 – Sep 7, 2024

• added escaping to imageTag attribute in the AWB block to prevent xss vulnerability

1.12.3 – Mar 27, 2024

• fixed background settings display in Ghost Kit columns
• fixed parallax option enabled on block with Color background type

1.12.2 – Mar 9, 2024

• added support for private Vimeo videos hash in URL
• fixed play method play when endTime reached
• fixed rendering styles error in editor iframe and latest Gutenberg

1.12.1 – Nov 13, 2023

• improved EditorStyles component to use portals in WP editor
• fixed error in WP editor because of missing lodash dependency

1.12.0 – Nov 12, 2023

• added support for new Ghost Kit extensions
• removed Ghost Kit spacings fallback feature, use Gutenberg spacings instead
• fixed default AWB padding in editor
• changed attributes registration from JS to PHP

1.11.5 – Oct 26, 2023

• change block apiVersion to v3
• fixed parallax speed 0 in AWB block
• fixed JS error inside iframe in block editor

1.11.4 – May 17, 2023

• fixed JS error in TwentyTwenty and TwentyTwentyOne themes

1.11.3 – May 10, 2023

• fixed JS error when WPBakery FullHeight row used

1.11.2 – May 10, 2023

• improved Stretch script to use before-init event with provided elements – better performance
• fixed wrong column background calculation in WPBakery Page Builder

1.11.1 – May 9, 2023

• added support for Layout, Block Gap, Min Heigh and Typography settings in the (Gutenberg block)
• added support for gradients in background and overlay (Gutenberg block)
• added Fill option in background size setting
• added IntersectionObserver for Mouse Parallax to detect element in viewport (increased performance)
• added JS events to init internal components and for 3rd-party code
• added global JS object AWB
• improved srcset fix code to work with some popular lazy loading data attributes
• removed jQuery dependency from frontend script (less code required)
• removed Pro tab from plugin settings
• deprecated public function nkAwbInit, use AWB.init() instead
• fixed image blinking when disabled browser cache and added new elements or screen resized
• fixed empty FullWidth block setting in the GhostKit Column settings

1.10.0 – Dec 27, 2022

• added IntersectionObserver to detect element in viewport (increased performance)
• added support for Youtube Shorts
• added support for Vimeo high quality thumbnails
• improved rendering of Featured Image – use faster method without DOMDocument

1.9.4 – Aug 29, 2022

• fixed error on widgets screen

1.9.3 – Aug 27, 2022

• fixed shortcode builder “Enable on Mobile Devices” checkbox displaying for Local videos
• renamed Local Video to Self Hosted Video

1.9.2 – Aug 15, 2022

• fixed self-hosted video preview loading in block editor
• fixed Youtube / Vimeo video preview image loading in block editor

1.9.1 – Aug 11, 2022

• added fallback image url in Gutenberg block preview to display image faster when page loaded
• improved rest permissions check

1.9.0 – Jul 22, 2022

• added support for Featured Image in the block background
• added nk-awb classname to the block in editor
• fixed block preview in FSE templates editor
• fixed parallax re-rendering in the editor when the props were not changed
• removed will-change usage from parallax – fixed the warning in the inspector in Firefox browser

1.8.1 – Feb 19, 2022

• fixed tinymce error – Failed to initialize plugin: awb
• disabled block align fallback in block-based themes

1.8.0 – Feb 18, 2022

• dropped support for IE and old browsers
• added support for block-based themes and WordPress 5.9
• added Media Opacity and Background Color attributes to Gutenberg block
• changed block to Blocks API v2 (less wrappers in the Gutenberg editor)
• fixed block re-saving when image tag fetched
• fixed invalid CSS for WPBakery gaps
• removed usage of DOMContentLoaded for register block
• minor changes

1.7.7 – Dec 1, 2021

• added encode/decode to Gutenberg block image tag attribute
• fixed shortcode inserter color overlay selection
• fixed conflict with PublishPress Blocks plugin
• fixed React state change inside render callback

1.7.6 – Aug 31, 2021

• added WP 5.8 support

1.7.5 – May 12, 2021

• added accessibility attributes to background videos (tabindex, aria-hidden)
• fixed video start and end time save in block

1.7.4 – Mar 4, 2021

• tested up to WordPress 5.7
• moved to nk-crew GitHub repo

1.7.3 – Feb 8, 2021

• fixed TwentyTwenty and TwentyTwentyOne video styles conflict

1.7.1 – Jan 7, 2021

• added support for Gutenberg Wide alignment
• added support for row gaps in WPBakery Page Builder
• added GDPR compliance parameters to Youtube and Vimeo videos
• fixed blur images on mobile devices
• fixed deprecated jQuery ready event usage

1.7.0 – Sep 23, 2020

• added support for 3rd-party plugins, that adds WebP images
• fixed bug with clip images in Safari v14
• fixed image position when disabled parallax effect
• fixed video loop and image reset problem
• fixed JS deprecated notice
• additional styles for video elements (prevent click on video blocks)

1.6.7

• fixed color picker error in WordPress 5.5 and WPBakery Page Builder

1.6.6

• added support for WordPress 5.5

1.6.5

• added Gutenberg block inner blocks inserter (better UI)

1.6.4

• fixed GhostKit 2.10.0 and WordPress 5.4 compatibility issues

1.6.3

• fixed stretch script calculation with the latest Ghost Kit Grid

1.6.2

• added shortcode inserter in Classic block in Gutenberg
• fixed background integration for Ghost Kit Grid and Columns
• fixed WPB column background position

1.6.1

• added parallax and video preview in Gutenberg editor
• added support for Ghost Kit Custom CSS extension
• updated Jarallax library to 1.12.0
• fixed Jetpack conflict with parallax images
• fixed color picker in the latest Gutenberg
• fixed deprecation warnings in the latest Gutenberg

1.6.0

• added Focal Point picker in block background settings
• added Lazy Loading for background videos
• changed block background img tag output (fixes bug, when user with Editor permission save background image and block crashed)
• fixed background image jumping on mobile devices when scroll
• fixed reusable block error

1.5.10

• fixed WPBakery Page Builder FullWidth Row background position

1.5.9

• fixed WPBakery Page Builder Row background position

1.5.8

• fixed Gutenberg editor background preview for Pattern images
• fixed Ghost Kit Grid columns background image after WP demo import

1.5.7

• fixed JS error if Ghost Kit plugin is not installed
• fixed Gutenberg background preview

1.5.6

• added support for Ghost Kit Grid and Column blocks. See live
• added support for Ghost Kit 2.0 update
• added Loop option in Gutenberg block for videos
• fixed editor background preview styles in alignfull block
• fixed AWB video play without parallax on mobile devices
• minor changes

1.5.5

• added file types limitations in image and self hosted videos selection

1.5.4

• updated Conditionize script
• fixed usage of deprecated PanelColor

1.5.3

• fixed image fetch error in Gutenberg 4.2
• changed color picker to Gutenberg component

1.5.2

• removed default paddings from AWB shortcode, keep it only for Gutenberg block

1.5.1

• fixed selected image preview in Inspector

1.5.0

• added default padding to the AWB block on frontend and in Gutenberg editor
• added spacing options (paddings, margins) in Gutenberg block
• added initialization AWB for dynamic content (AJAX loading)
• improved editor styles with GhostKit grid
• registered additional image sizes
• fixed mouse parallax on mobile devices (acceleration calculated properly now)
• fixed Gutenberg 4.0 number attribute type automatic convert
• fixed Gutenberg 4.0 AWB block border
• fixed image height calculation when block height > than window height
• updated conditionize vendor script

1.4.10

• added Reset button to Color Picker in Gutenberg block
• updated icons in Gutenberg block
• fixed disable on mobile devices checkboxes in WPBakery Page Builder
• fixed Vimeo autoplay on mobile devices
• fixed self hosted video url building string in Gutenberg block

1.4.9

• added Full Height option in Gutenberg AWB toolbar
• added fallback for align full. If the theme don’t support align-wide, AWB will still show the button for it
• added some helpful controls in Gutenberg block toolbar
• changed icon to svg in Gutenberg block

1.4.8

• fixed JS error “only one instance of babel-polyfill is allowed” in Gutenberg editor

1.4.7

• added support for Gutenberg 3.7.0
• added wp_admin > Settings > AWB page
• added settings to disable parallax on mobile devices and in some browsers
• updated Jarallax and object-fit-images scripts
• removed Video Volume option since browsers don’t support autoplay with sound https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/09/autoplay-policy-changes
• fixed compatibility with WordPress Import/Export content (Gutenberg)
• fixed drag event on image backgrounds (without parallax)

1.4.6

• added support for Gutenberg 3.4.0
• added support for Ghostkit Indents extension (you can add paddings and margins to AWB block)
• fixed JS error when select image with specific image size title

1.4.5

• fixed js error toUpperCase of undefined in Gutenberg editor
• minor code improvements for Gutenberg blocks
• changed jquery ready event to DOMContentLoaded

1.4.4

• improved Gutenberg backgrounds preview
• fixed conflict with YouTube Embed Plus plugin

1.4.3

• updated Jarallax to 1.10.3

1.4.2

• fixed adding styles from WPBakery Page Builder “Design Options” tab in AWB shortcode

1.4.1

• updated Jarallax to 1.10.2

1.4.0

• added support for Gutenberg blocks builder
• added option to disable video on mobile devices
• fixed WPBakery Page Builder and Stretch row JS error on mobile devices
• fixed WPBakery Page Builder icon position
• updated Jarallax to 1.10.1

1.3.2

• updated Jarallax to 1.9.1

1.3.1

• fixed parallax resize inside stretched WPBakery Page Builder row

1.3.0

• added video volume option
• added video always play option
• added background image size option (support for pattern backgrounds)
• added background image position option
• changed background image to <img> tag with srcset support
• changed scripts enqueue to registration first (prevent some themes to override scripts)
• updated jarallax plugin
• updated wp-color-picker-alpha plugin to support WordPress 4.9

1.2.4

• improved mouse parallax (removed GSAP, now this is pure CSS animation)

1.2.3

• fixed url escaping in style attribute

1.2.1

• fixed stretch columns in some situations
• prevent stretch column when row is stretched

1.2.0

• added support for WPBakery Page Builder column background
• added icons with images and overlay in WPBakery Page Builder backend view
• small fix for stretch option

1.1.1

• added Mouse Parallax support with GSAP
• added support to wrap selected content in default MCE shortcode
• fix for safari image z position

1.0.1

• fixed Vimeo videos autoplay
• fixed video iframe – reset some styles like max-width
• fixed parallax for speed > 1 (wrong calculation)
• fixed self hosted video mute and loop
• fixed showing Self hosted videos if image is not set
• fixed video set aspect ratio (in some situations added black lines)

1.0.0

• Initial Release