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Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0.0

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Holy under-the-hood improvements Batman! This release feature a heavy reworking of the code that powers the administrative interface. While there isn’t much to show for it right now, the ground work has been laid to revamp how the settings importing/exporting works. Additionally, the core breadcrumb trail class now supports multidimensional breadcrumb trails. Note that this doesn’t mean it generates them, internally, it allows non-hierarchical terms to be handled more gracefully. On top of the under-the-hood changes, several bugs were fixed in this release.

PHP8 compatibility has been improved (the REST controller no longer throws an error). Widget settings not saving/taking effect in WordPress 5.8+ has been fixed as well. Lastly, an error in how the position count worked was fixed for when the output order of the trail is set to reverse.

Internally, the way settings work has changed significantly. Rather than saving the entire set of setting values to the database, only non-default values are now saved. As part of this, a new filter, the bcn_opts_update_to_save filter was added to allow control of the non-default values before saving. The change in what is saved to the database helps with future updates, allowing sites that use the default value for a setting to keep up with the latest settings changes without having to manually make changes.

Lastly, a few notes on potential messages and behaviors that may be seen. Immediately after migrating settings on the Breadcrumb NavXT settings page, you may see a notice about unknown settings. Under normal circumstances, this will disappear after re-loading the page. It is a result of the settings updater removing old settings from the database (since only non-default values are now saved). Additionally, if the labels for the settings tabs are missing, it is likely that you are also running WP Lynx, or some other plugin that uses an old version of adminKit. At this point of time, you’ll have to either update those plugins, or deactivate them. Finally, if you use any of the Breadcrumb NavXT extension plugins, you should update these plugins prior to updating to Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0.

-John Havlik

Breadcrumb NavXT Multidimension Extensions 2.7.0

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Announcing the immediate availability of Breadcrumb NavXT Multidimension Extensions 2.7.0. This is a preliminary release to introduce support for Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0. Attempting to use prior versions of Multidimension Extensions with Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0 will result in PHP errors, so it s recommended that you update Multidimesnion Extensions before updating to Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0.

You can grab Breadcrumb NavXT Multidimension Extensions from the WordPress.org plugin repository.

-John Havlik

Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0 and Premium Extensions

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Over the past few weeks, various Breadcrumb NavXT extensions have been updated in preparation for Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0. Today, the last batch of extension updates are being released. The following extensions are now ready for Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0:

Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0 is scheduled for release within the next two weeks. It is critical that any extension plugin in use is updated to a version compatible with Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0 before updating Breadcrumb NavXT to 7.0. Due to extensive, under-the-hood changes to the admin interface for Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0, it is not compatible with older versions of the extensions.

Users with valid and activated license keys should receive an update notification within the WordPress dashboard and be able to use the update mechanism to update (just like with any plugin in the WordPress.org repository). Note that this release has a phased rollout. Currently, the release is available to half of the active licensed installs. Starting on 11/29 the release will be available to all active licensed installs. If you run into any issues, please open a support ticket.

-John Havlik

Breadcrumb NavXT Menu Magic 2.2.0

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Announcing the rollout of Breadcrumb NavXT Menu Magic 2.2.0. New in this version is support for Custom Post Type Archive menu items. Additionally, this is the first version to be compatible with Breadcrumb NavXT 7.0.

Users with valid and activated license keys should receive an update notification within the WordPress dashboard and be able to use the update mechanism to update (just like with any plugin in the WordPress.org repository). This release will be a phased in release, that will be made available to a quarter of active licensed installs each day through 11/21 where it will be made available to all active licensed installs. If you run into any issues, please open a support ticket.

-John Havlik

Breadcrumb NavXT Paths 1.8.1

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Announcing the rollout of Breadcrumb NavXT Paths 1.8.1. This release contains a bug fix that prevented Breadcrumb NavXT Paths from working on sites with Breadcrumb NavXT 6.x.

Users with valid and activated license keys should receive an update notification within the WordPress dashboard and be able to use the update mechanism to update (just like with any plugin in the WordPress.org repository). This release will be a phased in release, that will be made available to a quarter of active licensed installs each day through 11/21 where it will be made available to all active licensed installs. If you run into any issues, please open a support ticket.

-John Havlik