Changelog

May 27, 2020
🔥 more SearchWP 4.0 compatibility tweaks
🔥 facetwp_template_use_archive hook (for using shortcode templates on archive pages) now supports the global search page
🐞 pager facet "Load more" now accounts for preloaded vars
🐞 ignore empty $_GET vars (props Jenny)

May 6, 2020
🔥 the facet "Count" setting now accepts -1
🔥 added $context arg to the facetwp_facet_sources hook
🔥 only capture FacetWP-related $_GET vars when preloading
🐞 layout builder - issue with link tags inheriting the parent element's border styles
🐞 the facetwp_temp table doesn't exist in rare cases
🐞 typo preventing payment meta from being accessed correctly
🐞 added upgrade routine to fix issue causing the URL prefix to switch unexpectedly from "fwp_" to "_" on older installs
🐞 added IF EXISTS to DROP TABLE clause to prevent MySQL warnings
⤴️ sample.json (for clean installs)

April 21, 2020
🔥 rebuilt the plugin updater. It's now *significantly* faster, and only requires one request to fetch *all* update data (regardless of how many add-ons are installed!)
🔥 removed the GitHub dependency for add-on updates
🔥 add-on changelogs now appear in the "Plugin Info" modal
🔥 changed default URL prefix from "fwp_" to "_"
🐞 only run check_ajax_referer when necessary (fixes WooCommerce issues)

February 21, 2020
See 3.5 highlights
‼️ PHP 5.6+ is required
‼️ ACF 5.0+ is required (if using Advanced Custom Fields)
‼️ The WP REST API is required (the deprecated wp_ajax fallback was removed)
🆕 the Indexer now uses a temp table to prevent front-end downtime!
🆕 added "Any" option for Radio facets
🆕 added "Copy shortcode" button for templates
🆕 added "Default label" setting to the pager facet (for the "Per page" feature)
🆕 FacetWP_Request class for request handling (and for preload logic)
🔥 Admin UI - better styling of the "Name" field for facets and templates
🔥 Query builder - added "DATE" custom field type, much better date support
🔥 removed deprecated mysql_real_escape_string fallback for older PHP versions
🔥 accessibility.js support for search facet placeholders
🔥 prevent #hash clicks when FacetWP is in use
🔥 better styling for layout builder "Color" fields
🔥 "pager" and "per_page" shortcodes now use Pager facet logic (DRY principle)
🔥 Query builder - replaced vue-multiselect with vue-select
🔥 removed the "Spin" loading animation, improved the default loader (Fade)
🐞 filtering error when a pager facet is in use
🐞 pager facet was breaking the selections shortcode (on pageload)
⤴️ libs (flatpickr 4.6.3, noUiSlider 14.1.1, SortableJS 1.10.2, Vue 2.6.11, Vue.Draggable 2.23.2)
⤴️ translations

December 20, 2019
🔥 accessibility.js support for aria-label
🔥 accessibility.js support for the user selections box
🐞 reverted search facet readonly during refresh (and increased auto-refresh delay from 250ms to 500ms)

November 20, 2019
🆕 pager facet type - create pagination, result counts, a "load more" button, or a "per page" box all within the admin UI
🆕 added now and today placeholders to the Query Builder
🆕 added "Featured" data source (WooCommerce)
🔥 adjusted admin UI styling to more closely match WordPress 5.3
🐞 preserve proper order when using a search facet
🐞 remove count from Dropdown user selection labels
⤴️ noUiSlider and jQuery Autocomplete
⤴️ translation sources

November 6, 2019
🔥 admin UI tweaks
🐞 disable slider handles momentarily during refresh (prevents excess ajax calls)
🐞 disable search facet momentarily during refresh

October 1, 2019
🆕 added 3 Layout builder dynamic tags: {{ post:id }}, {{ post:name }}, and {{ post:url }}
🔥 only autoload the necessary FacetWP wp_options
🐞 issue with resetting slider values
🐞 "Stop indexer" button now works properly

August 23, 2019
🔥 refactored layout builder ACF support
🔥 better admin UI support for code-based facets / templates
🔥 code-based facets / templates aren't saved to the DB unless explicitly "unlocked" via the UI
🔥 better json_encode() handling of invalid UTF-8 characters for sites on PHP 7.2+
🔥 FWP.reset() now accepts a string, array, or object
🐞 autocomplete input type changed to text to fix cross-browser inconsistencies
🐞 User selections feature was incorrectly resetting an entire facet
🐞 display issue with hierarchical checkboxes having "Show expanded" enabled
🐞 explicitly set "orderby" => "term_order" when a facet is sorted by Term Order
⤴️ FontAwesome 5.10.1

August 9, 2019
🆕 facetwp_load_a11y hook to enable accessibility support
🆕 facetwp_woocommerce_support_categories_display hook to render facets on WooCommerce product category display pages (experimental)
🆕 Proximity - facetwp/geolocation/success and facetwp/geolocation/error JS hooks to get the status of geolocation requests
🔥 Layout Builder - better ACF support
🔥 FWP.reset() can now reset all facets, a single facet, or an array of facets
🔥 Admin - prevent loading image size "crop" values to prevent extra queries
🔥 prevent the facetwp_settings_last_index wp_option from being autoloaded
🔥 refactored nummy.js (JS number formatter) to support bigger values
🐞 Query builder - width issue for the post type selector box
🐞 prevent the WP GDPR plugin from breaking things
🐞 wrong Spanish translation
⤴️ flatpickr 4.6.2

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