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Benevolence – Changelog

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Version 5.12

  • FIXED – Events
  • UPDATED – Premium Plugins

Version 5.11

  • FIXED – Events pagination

Version 5.10

  • UPDATE – Premium Plugins

Version 5.9

  • FIXED – Theme Option PHP 8 Errors

Version 5.8

  • UPDATED – Metaboxes
  • UPDATED – Pot File
  • UPDATED – Scripts
  • FIXED – other minor issues

Version 5.7

  • UPDATED – Premium Plugins
  • FIXED – Include stripe only if “wpl_activate_cc_payment” is ON

Version 5.6

  • FIXED – PHP error

Version 5.5

  • UPDATED – Premium Plugins
  • FIXED – Share Icons HTTPS

Version 5.4

  • UPDATED – Chart JS

Version 5.3

  • MOVED – Premium Plugin in theme

Version 5.2

  • UPDATED – Pot File
  • ADDED – Disable Widget Block Editor

Version 5.1

  • FIXED – Metabox spelling for pages

Version 5.0

Started to deprecate the OptionTree!

  • DEPRECATED – OptionTree Metabox
  • ADDED – Premium Plugin for Metabox (After update make sure to install all required plugins)
  • ADDED – Support for ‘custom-fields’ for Custom Post Types
  • FIXED – Block Image
  • FIXED – Masonry scss, because of a duplicate
  • FIXED – Translation for multiple Read More buttons
  • UPDATED – .pot file
  • UPDATED – Font Awesome

Version 4.7

  • FIXED – Pagination for Search Result
  • FIXED – Search Widget Icon

Version 4.6

  • ADDED – Option to order Slider by Post Menu
  • UPDATED – Pot file.

Version 4.5

  • ADDED – Option to select category template (list/grid) for Causes
  • ADDED – Option to select category template (list/grid) for Documents
  • ADDED – Option to select category template (list/grid) for Projects
  • ADDED – Option to select category template (list/grid) for Sermons
  • UPDATED – Pot File

Version 4.4

  • Updated – Font Awesome
  • UPDATED – Pot File
  • REMOVED – css.map
  • CLEANUP – SCSS files
  • FIXED – Share buttons colors
  • FIXED – Slider arrows
  • FIXED – Cause boxes
  • FIXED – Submenu width
  • FIXED – Sponsor arrows

Version 4.3

  • FIXED – Slider issue

Version 4.2

  • FIXED – Error caused by tgm

Version 4.1

  • FIXED – Mobile Menu
  • FIXED – Slider Caption
  • UPDATED – Pot File

Version 4.0

This is a major update! Updating from Version 3.2 to 4.0 will work perfectly. It’s require to change the icon names to correspond to Font Awesome Icon names.

  • ADDED – Compatibility with WordPress 5.6
  • ADDED – Font Awesome
  • ADDED – Compatibility with the last 2 browsers
  • OPTIMIZED – Website Speed
  • OPTIMIZED – CSS Files
  • FIXED – Google fonts flickering
  • FIXED – Stripe Error for Donations
  • FIXED – Home page Slider issue on refresh
  • UPDATED – Metaboxes
  • UPDATED – Multiple JavaScripts
  • UPDATED – Pot file
  • UPDATED – FlexSlider to 2.7.2
  • UPDATED – Owl Carousel
  • SUBSTITUTED – Different images with SVG files
  • DEPRECATED – Icomoon (We use font awesome instead. Please make sure you change icon names.)
  • DEPRECATED – HTML5 js
  • Other minor issues

Version 3.2

  • HOTFIX – is_checkout() when WooCommerce is not installed.
  • ADDED – wp_body_open()

Version 3.1

  • ADDED – Compatibility with WordPress 5.5
  • FIXED – Comments
  • FIXED – Other minor issues

Version 3.0

  • FIXED – Stripe forms on checkout (a Stripe Element will be inserted here.)

Version 2.9

  • FIXED – Mobile Viewport

Version 2.8

  • TESTED – WordPress 5.3
  • FIXED – Responsive issues happening for some devices
  • FIXED – Past Event Widget
  • IMPROVED – Visual Design for the Event Box
  • FIXED – Other Minor issues

Version 2.7

  • HOTFIX – Update regex for Object Injection check

Version 2.6

  • FIXED – Language menu animation
  • FIXED – Pagination for Documents taxonomy
  • UPDATED – Events Calendar

Version 2.5

  • UPDATED – Theme Options
  • FIXED – Single Post Sermon

Version 2.4

  • UPDATED – Theme Options
  • FIXED – Enable Author selection for Custom Post Type
  • FIXED – Gallery for Causes, Events, Gallery, Ministries, Projects and Sermons

Version 2.3

  • HOTFIX – Theme Options Save Message

Version 2.2

  • ADDED – Animation for sponsors
  • ADDED – The download link for Audio Sermons
  • ADDED – Category option when add a new CPT (7)
  • FIXED – Rootline Styles
  • FIXED – Address Widget, added more tags for a better styling
  • FIXED – The number of months for events to display
  • FIXED – Gutenberg Gallery style
  • FIXED – PHP 7.2 errors (create_function)
  • FIXED – Other Minor Issues

Version 2.1

  • ADDED – SVG Support for Logo
  • ADDED – Option to add Content for Staff Grid Template
  • UPDATED – Icons
  • UPDATED – Order for Sponsors
  • UPDATED – Address Widget
  • FIXED – Staff Grid Template
  • FIXED – Few Gutenberg Styles

Version 2.0

Started the transition to WordPress 5.0

  • ADDED – Gutenberg Compatibility
  • TESTED – WordPress 4.9.8
  • FIXED – Consent Error
  • FIXED – Other minor Issues

Version 1.1.14

  • UPDATED – Event Calendar
  • ADDED – GDPR Compliant

Version 1.1.13

  • FIXED – Instagram Widget

Version 1.1.1

  • FIXED – Custom Query for all Custom Post Types

Version 1.1.11

  • FIXED – Slider
  • FIXED – Spelling Issues
  • FIXED – Past events recording and display
  • FIXED – WooCommerce Cart URL
  • IMPROVED – Web font loader
  • IMPROVED – Use the WordPress timezone instead of UTC to display events
  • UPDATED – Instagram Widget API

Version 1.1.10

  • ADDED – Directions to event address
  • ADDED – Add Google Calendar widget
  • ADDED – Widget – Text Enchanted
  • ADDED – Link to slider title & description
  • ADDED – Enable anonymous payments
  • ADDED – Option to display/hide comment count in posts widget
  • ADDED – Category descriptions to archive pages.
  • ADDED – Latest donations widget
  • ADDED – EVENTS, Pagination for archive, Upcoming and past events pages, with options in Theme Options & Metaboxes
  • ADDED – Nicer URLs for upcoming and past events pages
  • ADDED – Offset, limit and sorting options to events getting the function to facilitate pagination
  • MOVED – Getting events for the above 3 pages into library.php so they can be accessed early (for example, for generating 404s, like WP does for normal posts)
  • MOVED – Events loop into inc-events-loop.php
  • MOVED – Webfont to JavaScript
  • IMPROVED – Ensured everything uses get_query_var instead of $_GET
  • IMPROVED – General calendar
  • IMPROVED – Theme options
  • UPDATED – Google Maps script
  • UPDATED – POT File
  • UPDATED – WooCommerce 3.0 changes
  • UPDATED – OptionTree PHP7.0
  • UPDATED – Footer
  • FIXED – Events Widget
  • FIXED – Check whether any events have been found before running
  • WP QueryFIXED – JS
  • FIXED – Slider Animations
  • FIXED – Correct strings for single cause page
  • FIXED – Past/Upcoming events title
  • FIXED – Hide Donate on Cause widgets
  • FIXED – RTL Support
  • FIXED – Events category
  • FIXED – Menu
  • FIXED – Table styling
  • FIXED – Imagesloaded Include
  • FIXED – Breadcrumbs
  • FIXED – Other Minor Issues

Version 1.1.9

  • UPDATED – Full Calendar
  • FIXED – Color Setting for the Calendar
  • FIXED – Language Setting for the Calendar
  • FIXED – Calendar’s Post Names

Version 1.1.8

  • ADDED – Stripe Integration (Now is possible to receive donation via Credit Cards)
  • ADDED – Dashboard Charts for (Donation for Top Causes, Donation for all Causes, Cause Donation Performance)
  • ADDED – Load calendar events via AJAX to prevent slow downs
  • ADDED – HTML to Address Widget
  • ADDED – HTML to Contact Widget
  • ADDED – Allow content to Calendar templates
  • ADDED – View all url to WPlook posts Widdget
  • REMOVED – Admin scriptsUPDATED – POT file
  • FIXED – Google Maps API key type fix
  • FIXED – Google maps documentation link
  • FIXED – Compatibility with the WPlook Shortcodes plugin
  • FIXED – Typo
  • FIXED – Current page parent Link
  • FIXED – Translation for date strings
  • FIXED – Google fonts enqueue
  • FIXED – other minor issues

Version 1.1.7

  • ADDED – Duration to past and current event templates;
  • ADDED – New Google Maps integration;
  • ADDED – Function to ensure repeating events exist and are not being spoofed;
  • FIXED – Past events Widget;
  • FIXED – Event URL;
  • FIXED – Move comment reply script into headerdata.php;
  • FIXED – JS issues;
  • FIXED – Other minor Issues;

Version 1.1.6

  • ADDED – Theme option to hide project status box;
  • ADDED – Compatibility with WordPress 4.5+;
  • ADDED – New Instagram Widget;
  • ADDED – Contact details URLs in the address widget;
  • FIXED – Pretty events URL;
  • FIXED – Other minor issues;
  • FIXED – Event date selector;
  • IMPROVED – WooCommerce compatibility;
  • UPDATED – FullCalendar;
  • UPDATED – Pot File;

Version 1.1.5

  • ADDED – Option to hide the slider when CPT slider is deactivated;
  • HOTFIX – Past Events;
  • HOTFIX – Fix slow repeating events queries;
  • FIXED – Past Events (Calendar display);
  • FIXED – Translation;
  • FIXED – Display private posts;
  • FIXED – Table design;
  • UPDATED – Option Tree 2.6.0;

Version 1.1.4

  • HOTFIX – Recurring Events;

Version 1.1.3

  • ADDED – Recurring Events (Beta);
  • ADDED – Option to hide Project Author;
  • ADDED – Share Buttons (Google+);
  • ADDED – Event by category;
  • UPDATD – Event Widget;
  • UPDATED – Event Calendar;
  • REMOVED – Past Events;
  • FIXED – Responsive issues;
  • FIXED – Other Minor issues;

Version 1.1.2

  • ADDED – Compatibility with WordPress 4.4;
  • ADDED – an Option to hide the goal amount;
  • ADDED – Translation for FullCalendar;
  • UPDATED – Event Functionality. We changed the date and time to a new date picker. After the update you have to change all events date;
  • FIXED – Sermon Category URL rewrite;
  • FIXED – Translation accordingly with WordPress 4.4;
  • REMOVED – Events category;
  • FIXED – Other minor issues;

Version 1.1.1

  • UPDATED – Full Calendar to 2.5.0;
  • FIXED – Cause forms;
  • FIXED – Default Header Image for Home page template;
  • FIXED – Responsive Logo;
  • FIXED – Google Maps
  • FIXED – Footer widget menu styling;
  • FIXED – Contact Form Responsive
  • FIXED – Other minor issues

Version 1.1.0

  • ADDED – Compatibility with WordPress 4.3
  • ADDED – Update Notifier;
  • ADDED – Target _blank options for Sponsors;
  • ADDED – Categories for Ministries CPT;
  • ADDED – New option to hide/display share icons on pages;
  • ADDED – Contact Form 7;
  • ADDED – Instagram Widget;
  • ADDED – 4th level to the main menu;
  • ADDED – Translation for Widget titles;
  • ADDED – New Screenshot;
  • IMPROVED – Event Widget functionality;
  • UPDATED – Option Tree to 2.5.5
  • UPDATED – Google Calendar
  • FIXED – Translation for Shop title
  • FIXED – Header image
  • FIXED – Sermons Archive Icons
  • FIXED – Video URL on Sermon List
  • FIXED – Translation for Custom Widgets
  • FIXED – Sermons tabs
  • FIXED – Caption for Galleries
  • FIXED – Make a donation fields size
  • FIXED – Page title
  • REMOVED – Contact Form

Version 1.0.9

  • ADDED – Compatibility with WordPress 4.2
  • FIXED – Customizer color
  • FIXED – Other minor issues
  • FIXED – Translation
  • UPDATED – Option Tree to version 2.5.4

Version 1.0.8

  • ADDED – Video title on sermons page
  • ADDED – Menu 4 levels
  • UPDATED – Full Calendar to 2.3.1
  • FIXED – Event calendar time format
  • FIXED – Default gallery format
  • FIXED – Video on sermons page
  • FIXED – Other minor issues

Version 1.0.7

  • ADDED – New a new grid template to display projects;
  • ADDED – Option to hide pledges from the menu;
  • ADDED – Phone number in the toolbar;
  • ADDED – Style for Instagram Icon in the toolbar;
  • ADDED – URL to all icons for sermon widget;
  • ADDED – Multiple videos to the sermon page;
  • ADDED – Translations for Post Type names;
  • FIXED – Capitalization in the menu;
  • FIXED – Archive event order;

Version 1.0.6

  • UPDATED – OptionTree Update to 2.4.6;
  • FIXED – Other minor Issues;

Version 1.0.5

  • ADDED – Link to logo image
  • ADDED – Option to hide the info box for causes
  • ADDED – Add hierarchical subcategories for Documents
  • ADDED – Date format for Past and Upcoming Events
  • ADDED – Date format for event start time
  • ADDED – Google fonts compatible with Vietnamese language
  • FIXED – Translation Issue in WPML
  • FIXED – The slider font size
  • FIXED – Translation
  • FIXED – Scroll menu on Mobile
  • FIXED – Past Events Order
  • UPDATED -FullCalendar and Fixed the issue with Google Calendar, API v3.
  • UPDATED – OptionTree Update to 2.4.5
  • REMOVED – reCapcha

Version 1.0.4

  • FIXED – A few minor Issues;

Version 1.0.3

  • UPDATED – Full Calendar
  • ADDED – Google Calendar Template
  • ADDED – Submenus for pages
  • ADDED – Search Option in the toolbar
  • FIXED – Social links on staff page will open in a new window
  • UPDATED – HTML template
  • FIXED – Other minor Issues;

Version 1.0.2

  • ADDED – Option to hide featured Image on single posts;
  • ADDED – Option to hide Author on single post and on blog template;
  • ADDED – Option to hide Date on single posts and on blog template;
  • ADDED – Option to hide Categories on single post
  • HOTFIX – Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active() on some servers;
  • HOTFIX – PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP On causes widget;
  • FIXED – Other minor Issues;

Version 1.0.1

  • ADDED – Option to hide the breadcrumb;
  • ADDED – Template with left sidebar;
  • ADDED – Compatibility WooCommerce;
  • ADDED – Compatibility with Revolution Slider (Revolution Slider is not Included)
  • ADDED – New preload image;
  • FIXED – Search box design;
  • FIXED – Other minor Issues;

Version 1.0.0

  • First release!