Beaver Builder version 2.9

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2.9 "Coyote" - 03/19/2025

Beaver Builder 2.9 is here! This is a major update and will be released as the official download on the My Account page first. Remote updates to all existing sites will begin soon.

Please check out the Release Post for highlights of what's new or the "About this Release" doc for all of the details.

Enhancements

  • Box Module: Added new multi-layer background field
  • New re-written color/gradient pickers to nearly all color fields
  • Outline Panel: Added a search/filter option and the ability to add/edit labels inline
  • Container modules such as Box are no longer wrapped in a row when dropping into the layout
  • All Basic modules no longer have module wrapper divs
  • Added the ability to use a selection of modules as blocks in the block editor
  • ACF: Add ACF URL fields to Video Module embed field connections (#1518)
  • Box Module: Add background color field (#3973)
  • Box Module: Add auto option for aspect ratio (#3174)
  • Box Module: Add additional tooltips for some fields, set grid rows to 1 track(#3919)
  • Countdown Module: Add field connection support to time field (#3743)
  • Subscribe Module: Constant Contact integration has been upgraded to use v3 of their API. V2 of their API has been deprecated (#1899)
  • List Module: Allow rendering of basic HTML tags in the Heading field (#3862)
  • Nofications Center: revamp it and change it to What's New (#3049)
  • Posts Module: Add option for enabling equal height of Posts Featured Images for Masonry and Column layouts (#534)
  • Posts Module: Add aspect ratio as an option for images when Equal Height Images are used
  • Add sanitization to node attributes (#1654)
  • Outline Panel: Add title and change position of panel when content panel is pinned to the right (#3793)
  • Row Settings: make width responsive (#733)
  • Saved Nodes: Enable some information in the Publish metabox that was previously hidden (#3846)
  • Add new advanced setting to force module wrappers (#3744)
  • (a11y)Content Slider: Add aria-current for current item in dot navigation (#3583)
  • Add support for auto sizes for lazy loaded images in WP 6.7 (#3735)
  • Add Global Colors to Block Editor colors (#3188)
  • Icon & Icon Group Module: Adjust default spacing of new modules dropped on the page
  • Update code field script (Ace)
  • Show a modal when you've been logged out of WordPress(#2585)
  • Global Colors: when duplicating a color, add copy to label (#3567)
  • Subscribe Module: Add support for tags in the Active Campaign integration (#3198)
  • Performance: make sure expensive query doesn't run when Themer is not active (#3616)
  • Performance: debug mode query optimizations (#3334)
  • Add a modal when issues are detected that would interfere with the iFrame UI (#2736)
  • Debug Mode: Add menu counts (#3623)

Bug Fixes

  • (a11y) Video Module: fix tabbing to video when lightbox is in use (#2987)
  • Accordion Module: Fix label text color being overridden by Global Styles link color (#3642)
  • ACF Blocks: Fix issues with display of prepending/appending text in our UI (#2775)
  • Box Module: Fix issue with units not working at different breakpoints (#3504)
  • Box Module: fix setting visibility to never display breaking preview (#3698)
  • Box Module: fix setting min width on empty children not working (#3103)
  • Fix fatal error when using global colors in some compound fields with PHP 8+ (#3952)
  • Box Module: Fix flex layout getting broken when column uses center vertical alignment (#3801)
  • Menu Module: Fix tabbing/focus issue with the Flyout Menu (#3672)
  • Customizer: prevent internal post type and taxonomies from showing in the menu editor (#3915)
  • Gallery Module: Fix smooth scroll when used in a row with animation (#3548)
  • Heading Module: Increase specificity for text-transform styling (#1657)
  • HTML Module: adjust spacing of field connection icon
  • Outline Panel: adjust color of title when using dark mode (#3948)
  • Outline Panel: Fix not being able to drag a row below the last row if that last row is expanded and not collapsed (#3860)
  • Outline Panel: Don't show colon if option deselected in Box Module (#3819)
  • Photo Module: Fix notice when using cropping (#3824)
  • Posts Module: Fix layout not previewing correctly when used as a block (#3564)
  • Posts Module: Fix fatal error if Themer is inactive
  • Photo Module: Fix enable link to Photo page not working (#3769)
  • TEC: Fix Posts Module ignoring the TEC setting for "number of events to show per page" (#1858)
  • Fix conflict with Search & Filter plugin query interfering with query on WooCommerce Shop/Product Archive (#3923)
  • Fixed incorrect position when dropping container module node templates into a row position
  • Fix conflict with Estatik Pro when dropping modules on the page (#3945)
  • Hide "Add New" button for Saved Columns in the WP Admin (#3942)
  • Smooth Scrolling: fix smooth scrolling when there's a gallery module above the target section (#1403)
  • Fix PHP warnings if a theme does not register color names (3956)
  • Fix PHP warning for null post_type on class-fl-theme-builder-rules-location.php (#3917)
  • Fix rendering of node attributes when using non-string scalar values (#3920)
  • Fix PHP warning for feeds (#3917)
  • Fix Global Box modules being empty when inside another node (#3871)
  • Fix templates being exposed in WP Sitemaps (#3864)
  • Fix bxSlider compatibility with FSE themes (#3788)
  • Fix link field field connection covering checkboxes (#3671)
  • Fix row styles not live previewing (#3599)
  • Fix pinned builder class remaining after publishing layout (#1455)
  • Fix global columns settings not opening in the parent menu (#3886)
  • Various fixes for dragging and dropping container modules and dropping modules inside container modules
  • Fix settings panel when pinned not being stacked at max width (#3590)
  • Box Module: fix split header preset to avoid nested photo modules (#3604)
  • Subscribe Module: add some default headers (#1431)

Changes

  • Adjustments to the plugin action links in the WP Admin (#3950)
  • Various API changes for container modules to support Beaver Themer's new Loop module.

Developer

  • Update PHPCS for WPCS 3 (#3395)
  • Add filter fl_builder_loop_terms_args for terms_query and add $settings to args (#3901)
  • Add filter to disable minification fl_builder_minify (#3867)
  • Global Styles: Add fl_builder_before_generate_global_css hook to add CSS selectors
  • White Labeling: Add fl_builder_theme_branding filter for theme branding
  • Photo Module: Add fl_builder_photo_classes filter for image classes
  • Add support for preview of an image to repeater fields (#3208)
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