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Changelog

A complete history of updates, improvements, and fixes for PageBuilder Compact (Joomla & WordPress).

Release notes

Beta Releases:

1.0.0 – Beta Offical
Improved: Element Settings Search
  • Customisable Via Settings 
  • Can be set to specific areas (elements, sections, rows, columns, modules) or Specific Elements if not all

Alpha Releases:

v1.6.0 — February 2026

New: WordPress Support

  • Full WordPress port — PageBuilder Compact works on both Joomla and WordPress
  • Same feature set, settings panel and configuration options across platforms
  • WordPress plugin installs into wp-content/plugins/ and integrates with YOOtheme’s customiser automatically

New: Element Settings Search

  • Search and filter fields within the Settings tab of any element, section or row
  • Search by field label, tooltip description, checkbox text or current input value
  • Category dropdown to narrow results to a specific settings section
  • Results counter shows “Showing X of Y settings” while searching
  • Clear button resets the search and restores all fields

New: Edit Builder Widget Button (WordPress)

  • “Edit Builder Widget” button appears on widget element panels in the builder
  • Opens the widget’s builder layout directly — no separate admin navigation needed
  • Button automatically appears for builder widgets and is removed for non-builder widgets

Improved: “Visible on This Page” for WordPress

  • Builder widgets now appear correctly in YOOtheme’s “Visible on this page” filter
  • Includes widgets from footer, toolbar and header positions

Improved: Search Accuracy

  • Search no longer matches all dropdown options — only the currently selected option is searched
  • Prevents false positives when common words like “left” or “default” appear in option lists
  • Settings tab detection uses tab name instead of index position for reliability
v1.5.0 — January 2026

New: Feature Toggle Settings

  • Individual enable/disable toggles for Search & Filter, Section Accordions, and Module Builder Buttons
  • Disable features you don’t use without affecting the others

Improved: Deep Content Search

  • Search works with all element types including Grid Pro items, custom elements and nested content
  • New node tree traversal finds content at any depth in the builder structure

Fixed: Feature Toggle Stability

  • Fixed initialisation bug when toggling features off and on
  • State flags now correctly reset in all code paths
v1.4.0 — January 2025

New: 60+ Customisation Options

  • All settings moved from CMS plugin params into YOOtheme Pro’s native settings panel
  • Over 60 configurable options for colours, typography, spacing, effects and animations
  • Every visual aspect of the plugin interface is now customisable

New: Settings Export & Import

  • Export your complete configuration to a JSON file
  • Import settings on another site or use as a backup
  • Per-field reset buttons for individual settings
  • “Reset All Settings” button to restore all defaults

New: Custom CSS Editor

  • Full CSS code editor for additional customisations
  • Rules are injected after plugin styles for guaranteed priority
  • Target elements with .yo-customizer and .bm-* class selectors

Fixed: Module Visibility

  • Fixed Vue reactivity caching that prevented “Visible on this page” from refreshing
v1.3.0

New: Section Accordions

  • Collapsible sections with individual toggle buttons
  • Collapse All / Expand All controls
  • Element count badges showing number of elements per section
  • Section states saved per page and restored on return

New: Search & Filter Controls

  • Text search across section names, element names and content
  • Section filter dropdown
  • Element type filter
  • Match highlighting with distinct colours for name vs content matches
v1.2.0

New: Edit Builder Module Button

  • “Edit Builder Module” button added to module element panels (Joomla)
  • Opens module builder layout directly from the sidebar
v1.1.0

Fixed: “Visible on This Page” for Builder Modules

  • Builder modules now correctly appear in YOOtheme’s visibility filter
  • Invisible DOM markers injected into the preview iframe for detection
v1.0.0 — Initial Release

Features

  • Basic module detection in YOOtheme Pro builder
  • Foundation for future enhancements

Changelog format

New = feature added • Improved = behaviour/performance update • Fixed = bug fix


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