What’s new in FacetWP 3.8
FacetWP is a major rewrite that contains some potentially breaking changes, especially if you’re using any custom hooks that depend on jQuery. Please make sure to test 3.8 on a staging site.
Removal of jQuery dependency
FacetWP 3.8 no longer requires jQuery. We’ve added a UI setting to let you continue loading jQuery if needed (for backwards compatibility).
New JS helper library
There are still some jQuery methods that are better / less verbose than their (ES6) equivalents. For those cases, we built a small javascript utility library (called fUtil) to fill in the gaps. fUtil includes methods such as .each()
, .find()
, .on()
, .off()
, .trigger()
, and .clone()
.
For .each()
, jQuery uses (key, val)
, but fUtil and native JS both use (val, key)
. This ordering difference means that you may need to tweak any custom jQuery loops.
fUtil is less than 2KB minified, compared with jQuery + Migrate which adds up to ~35KB.
More JS rewrites
- fSelect – we’ve rebuilt this library from scratch to be even faster and lighter.
- fDate – introduced in 3.7.1, we’ve continued to refine and optimize the code.
- fTip – we built this tooltip library to replace
jquery-powertip
, which relied on jQuery. - fComplete – this new autocomplete library replaces
jquery-autocomplete
and is blazingly fast. - nummy – we’ve updated our number formatting library to use modern ES6 javascript.
Other highlights
- FacetWP now sends raw data via AJAX for greater efficiency (and less overhead)
- Update checks are now made over HTTPS
- We’ve added “Settings” data to Debug Mode for easier troubleshooting
- The majority of FacetWP’s front-end javascript code has been rewritten and optimized
Need to downgrade?
This is a major update, so we wanted to provide a way to downgrade if needed. You can download the prior version (3.7.4) within the facetwp.com account dashboard.