Announcing the immediate availability of Breadcrumb NavXT Multidimension Extensions 2.5.3. This version improves compatibility with the upcoming Breadcrumb NavXT 6.3. Changes in Breadcrumb NavXT 6.3’s setting page results in older versions of Breadcrumb NavXT Multidimension Extensions producing a blank settings tab.
You can grab Breadcrumb NavXT Multidimension Extensions from the WordPress.org plugin repository.
Announcing the immediate availability of Breadcrumb NavXT Paths 1.5.2. This version fixes a bug that caused PHP errors to be thrown by the post metabox when a preferred term was not found for a taxonomy.
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).
-John Havlik
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Announcing the immediate availability of Breadcrumb NavXT LearnDash Extensions 1.0.2. This version fixes a PHP warning present when working with newer versions of Breadcrumb NavXT.
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).
-John Havlik
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This is the first, and hopefully only, bug fix release of the 6.2 branch of Breadcrumb NavXT. One bug was fixed in this release. In 6.2.0 changes introduced into the default settings handling code for Custom Post Types contained a bug relating to the handling of hierarchical CPTs. This bug manifested itself as PHP warnings on the frontend, on the settings page, and as “the following settings were not saved” messages in the settings page.
Additionally, the default template for unlinked breadcrumbs has been modified to include a span element wrapping the title. This makes the markup of the individual breadcrumbs consistent in that they are wrapped in a span element.
As always, you can grab the latest version of Breadcrumb NavXT from the Breadcrumb NavXT page. If you experience any issues with this version of Breadcrumb NavXT, please leave a comment on this post detailing the issue.
-John Havlik
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Holy pre-Gutenberg Block introduction release Batman! Originally, 6.2 was to contain a Gutenberg Block, however it did not make the release. New in 6.2 are two filters (bcn_register_rest_endpoint and bcn_breadcrumb_assemble_json_ld_array), and support for following a primary (post parent hierarchy) and then secondary hierarchy (specified in the Hierarchy option for the post type).
A few bug fixes were included in this release. A bug preventing the settings reset option under the help drop down from working was fixed. A cause of PHP warnings to show up on the custom post type and custom taxonomy settings immediately after upgrading/migrating the settings to a new version was fixed.
Several behavior changes were made in this release. The biggest involves the REST API endpoints no longer being enabled by default. Additionally, the default templates were changed for two reasons. The first was to simplify and clarify the translatable content. The second was to improve Schema.org BreadcrumbList compatibility. As part of these changes, the default unlinked breadcrumb templates no longer contain span elements, or any Schema.org BreadcrumbList markup. This fixes an issue seen in the Google Structured Data Testing Tool.
As introduced in 6.1, the REST API was enabled by default. In 6.2, this changes. Now, individual Breadcrumb NavXT REST API endpoints must be requested via the newly introduced bcn_register_rest_endpoint filter. This provides a method for plugins using the Breadcrumb NavXT REST API to request and expose only the endpoints that are needed. Note that the BCN_DISABLE_REST_API constant can still disable the Breadcrumb NavXT REST API and takes priority over the new filter.
These changes were made in an effort to decrease the attack surface of Breadcrumb NavXT and were prompted by concerns raised by Janek Vind. Previously, the author endpoint could be used to find usernames based on user ID if the display name was kept as the username. While WordPress itself will make this information available, some users employ methods to prevent WordPress from making this information public. Hence, changes were made to the default behavior in Breadcrumb NavXT
This newly introduced option for post types (except pages), allows for hierarchies that start with the post parent and once that hierarchy has been exhausted follows the post hierarchy option. This allows attachment like behavior for custom post types.
As always, you can grab the latest version of Breadcrumb NavXT from the Breadcrumb NavXT page. If you experience any issues with this version of Breadcrumb NavXT, please leave a comment on this post detailing the issue.
-John Havlik
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