Salient WPBakery Page Builder

• Improved: Now WPBakery Page Builder is faster at least for 30%
  • Added: Equal height columns
  • Added: Vertical alignment of element within a column
  • Added: Vertical aligment of column within a row
  • Added: Fullscreen editing mode in backend editor
  • Improved: Single click License activation
  • Improved: Removed margins from row and now applied to content elements
  • Improved: All loaders are unified in VC interface
  • Removed: Guides on/off removed from backend editor
  • Fixed: ACF repeater field
  • Fixed: Presets for columns
  • Fixed: Ninja Forms
  • Fixed: WPML taxonomies (thanks to dev guys from WPML)
  • Fixed: Social button breaks ssl
  • Fixed: Template search
  • Fixed: Rem units in Design options
  • Fixed: Advanced TinyMCE support
  • Fixed: Icon display for nested shortcodes
  • Other minor improvements and fixes

• Added: Support for Advanced TinyMCE
  • Improved: Envato API changed to new version 2.0
  • Improved: ABSPATH check added to all php files
  • Improved: Filter in getParamTabsList method of the TTA added
  • Fixed: Post grid loads in http when using https
  • Fixed: Responsiveness in full height row
  • Fixed: Responsive Column Behavior
  • Fixed: Numbers of line chart displayed properly
  • Fixed: Text display on grid buttons
  • Fixed: Error 404 on vc-general on WP multi site install
  • Fixed: wp multisite hardcoded 'js_composer/js_composer.php', so impossible to use other plugin name
  • Fixed: Backend display proper column width
  • Fixed: Column offset resets after update
  • Fixed: Full image is broken on Firefox
  • Fixed: Error for non-logged in users
  • Fixed: Image Carousel display correctly
  • Fixed: Text element with animation is properly displayed in TTA
  • Fixed: Grid Element display price prefix $ per WooCommerce Settings

2015-10-22 - version 4.8

• New: Advanced Role manager for WPBakery Page Builder. Now you can fine tune access to WPBakery Page Builder functionality based on user roles
• New: New interface with template preview option in Default Templates and My Templates sections
• New: No need for license activation on localhost
• New: "vc_register_settings_preset" action is added. Theme authors can add elements presets through the inner API
• New: New design styles for Separator element
• New: Option to add icon to Separator element
• Improved: Single image element markup revises and improved
• Improved: UX improvements for "Save template" under the Templates section
• Improved: Load more button in grid now use latest VC button version
• Improved: Lighter and cleaner welcome screen on empty page
• Fixed: Protocol is replaced with // in css import (google fonts)
• Fixed: Loading of Google subsets
• Fixed: Display of icons for nested shortcodes
• Fixed: Post grid display if loaded from Templatera element
• Fixed: Fast switching between tabs
• Fixed: Autocomplete of categories (woocommerce)
• Fixed: Separator text moves to the next line when no space available

• Added: Compatibility with option to add ACF to page
  • Added: Video width and alignment controls
  • Added: Parallax speed parameter added
  • Added: Category and Author elements added to Grid Builder
  • Added: Link to author in Grid Builder
  • Update: License tab available with 'set as theme’
  • Update: TweetMe button updated to support new styles
  • Update: Fontawesome library updated
  • Update: Grid Builder templates include user templates
  • Fixed: Add Media image sorting in WYSIWYG
  • Fixed: Single image preview in Grid Builder
  • Fixed: WP Theme 2016 underline fix
  • Fixed: Tabs outline style fix
  • Fixed: Iconpicker icons rendering on category change
  • Fixed: ACF fields rendering in Grid Builder

2016-01-12 - version 4.9.2

• Fixed: "Editing an existing Post Grid, page IDs are displayed instead of titles."
• Fixed: Extra CSS class name for single image in post grid
• Fixed: Third elements not working in templates
• Fixed: WPBakery Page Builder button is now added even if psot doesn't support title
• Fixed: Yoast + single image without default value
• Fixed: Grid builder on multisite
• Fixed: 404 error on WP multisite
• Improved: Tab activation through menu (links on same page)
• Improved: PHP7 compatibility

2015-12-23 - version 4.9.1

• Improved: VC save action is fired on wp save_post instead of edit_post
• Improved: Some unneded files removed from package
• Fixed: Element is calling save method only if changes were made
• Fixed: svg image selection in single image element
• Fixed: image style in post grid is now applied correctly
• Fixed: Equal height in Safari

• Fixed: Bug in grid builder presets
  • Added extra ajax check

2015-09-29 - version 4.7.3

• Re: Backwards compatibility for images with custom link
• Added border for single image with external source
• Width of vc icon in "Add element" window fixed
• Presets saving mechanism optimized

2015-09-22 - version 4.7.2

• "Undefined index" notice in tabs, tour, accordion removed (for cases when vc_remove_param() was called)
• Bottom border in image gallery fixed
• now works in mobile view tabs
• Backwards compatibility for images with custom link
• Minor css improvements and fixes

2015-09-16 - version 4.7.1.1

• Fixed: CSS conflict with Ninja Forms

2015-09-15 - version 4.7.1

• Improved: Dependency are now called whe preset is selected for element
• Improved: Old Tabs, Accordions and Tours removed from default templates
• Fixed: Direct link to tabs (tour or accordion)
• Fixed: Raw HTML (Cannot read property 'trim' of undefined)
• Fixed: Nested elements saving in template
• Fixed: Remove params function call and Notice: Undefined variable
• Fixed: Html tags entered in text block now are decoded and not converted to actual tags
• Fixed: LESS regeneration after plugin version increment

2015-08-28 - version 4.7

• Compatibility with WP 4.3
• New: Element Preset mechanism added (Save, Set as Default)
• New: More predefined layouts added
• New: Param Window and other window update
• New: Param Window is resizeable
• New: Pageable Content Element based on Tabs added
• New: Single Image Zoom option added to On Click Action
• Improved: Pie Chart element has new WPBakery Page Builder colors
• Improved: Separator width values added
• Improved: Custom Heading has H1 tag as an option
• Improved: Single Image and Image Gallery Source for External Image Added
• Improved: Single Image element uses caption from Media Library or input (for External Images)
• Improved: Single Image and Image gallery has same options under On Click Action
• Improved: Design Options added to all elements
• Improved: Border radius added to Design Options
• Improved: Progress Bar uses param group for values
• Fixed: Limit for acceptance of ACF field in Grid removed
• Delay of CSS animations reduced
• Minor bugfixes and improvements

2015-07-23 - version 4.6.2

• Custom CSS class added for Tour, Tabs, Accordions
• Syntax in js file changed for better minifying support
• ACF limit in grid removed
• Single image target initialization in edit screen fixed

2015-07-11 - version 4.6.1

• Fixed: Cannot redeclare hex2rgb()
• Icons per page set to 200 in message box element
• Changed syntax in js_composer_front.js - now W3 Total Cache should not have problems with minifying
• Compatibility with PHP 5.2.4 added
• Fixed: Woo Rating count in grid
• Fixed: Post image element in grid
• Fixed: Pinterest button height

2015-07-02 - version 4.6

• New: Full screen row height
• New: Chart elements (Pie, Doughnut, Line, Bar)
• New: YouTube background for row
• New: Tabs element
• New: Tour element
• New: Accordion element
• New: Image overlay filters - enhance your images with awesome color overlays
• Improved: New cleaner shortcodes (default values are not stored in the [shortcode])
• Improved: UI for param group
• Improved: Alt tags for images
• Improved: Responsive options added to inner columns
• Improved: Custom heading element. Cleaner markup, option to choose font from theme
• Improved: Icon element now accepts custom color
• Improved: Outline button now accepts custom color for border
• Improved: Shortcode mapping process speed improvements
• Fixed: Removed taxonomy db call from map.php (speed improvements)
• Fixed: WP SEO + VC "Page slug changes if a shortcode with custom WP_Query used"
• Fixed: Loading js files in vc-gallery.php
• Fixed: Design options work when loaded from Templatera

2015-06-16 - version 4.5.3

• prettyPhoto updated to 3.1.6 - latest stable and secure version

2015-05-18 - version 4.5.2

• Performance: Removed call to get taxonomies from vc_map and now it is called via ajax only when it is needed
• Fixed: slug changing when Yoast SEO plugin activated
• Fixed: Unwanted gap in Grid when full width row is used
• Fixed: Design Options now are loaded from templates too
• Fixed: Custom inline styles from WYSIWYG editor now can be saved in templates
• Fixed: All product categories now are accessible in VC
• Fixed: Path for loading "imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js"
• Resolved: Conflict with Owl Carousel

2015-04-30 - version 4.5.1

• Improvements with stretch row logic
• Grid pagination isn't hiding "add to column" control in Fronend editor
• Grid filter logic improved
• JS script logic for templates improved
• Bug with wpLink fixed
• WPBakery Page Builder settings link in multisite fixed

2015-04-27 - version 4.5

• New: Parallax option for row added
• New: IDs for rows
• New: Param type "Hidden" available in shortcode mapper. Now you can preset shortcodes value and it will be not editable in VC interface (hardcoded)
• New: Button element rebuilt from scratch. Extremely flexible with many options (Old buttons are still available but you will see deprecated message)
• New: Call to action element rebuilt from scratch
• New: Design Options section is powered by LESS technology (it actually compile less on save). This gives us proper tools to take Design options to the next level in the next updates
• New: Guide tour for user who start using VC for the first time
• New: VC Welcome page which is shown on plugin activation/update
• Link attribute works with WP 4.2
• Yoast compatibility improvements
• Shortcode mapper user experience and ux improvements
• VC Settings moved to the top level in WP Dashboard
• License activation improvements now you can activate VC on the same domain (same url) again
• Add to cart option is added to the VC Grid Builder
• Traditional Chinese translation added. Thanks to ming xuan li
• Various bug fixes and small improvements
• All javascript and php files now share same coding standards (formatting)

2015-04-21 - version 4.4.4

• Compatibility with WordPress 4.2 added

2015-03-12 - version 4.4.3

• Color picker z-index increased
• Proper image gallery re-initialization after dragging
• Negative values can be saved in Design options now
• Single image now has circle and round styles
• "Author" role is added in the user group settings
• "$" sign can be used in title in masonry grid
• Shortcode mapper parsing shortcodes correctly now
• Quotes (") can be used in the Custom heading element
• Row stretching works as expected now
• Japanese translation added. Thanks to evange
• Position after cloning element is correct now
• Auto rotate tabs works now
• "h3 element converted to p tag if template is saved in frontend editor" fixed
• "1/3 + 2/3" layout is added in grid builder
• 3D shadow look improved for single image element
• Yoast now is parsing content of VC
• vc_load_default_templates_action returned
• Custom query works properly in grid builder now

2015-01-28 - version 4.4.2

• Extra CSS class can be used in grid elements now
• Single image styles fixed
• added action "vc_load_default_templates_action"
• vc_add_default_templates() fixed
• Added compatibility for older Layer slider
• Background dissapearing in row on child element deleting fixed
• Message box backwards compatibility added
• Grid builder ajax stability improved
• Css tpl for Design options regenerated
• Custom query in Grid builder handles correctly ampersant and quote marks
• Compatibility with jwplayer improved
• Compatibility with ACF improved

2015-01-19 - version 4.4.1

• Posts Grid (and other grids) are working on homepage
• NextGen gallery working
• Shareaholic plugin working
• Related posts plugin working
• Revolution slider working
• Removed br tags that were inserted inside the div tag by third party filter
• vc_is_inline() working as expexted again

2015-01-16 - version 4.4

• Bulgarian translation added. Thanks to: Valentin Val
• New elements added: Grid, Masonry Grid, Media Grid, Media Masonry Grid
• Grid Element builder added
• Element replaced: Toggle element replaced with new version
• Element replaced: Message box replaced with new version
• Tab (groups) are fixed in content element edit
• New filter added: vc_wpb_getimagesize
• Improvements for German translation - .mo, .po files updated
• Separator thickness option and alignment added
• Predefault template list updated
• Blank page layout updated
• Button 2.0 has alignment option "centre"
• Compatibility and automapping with Ninja Forms introduced
• Icon Element: Icon Element
• Woo Commerce shortcodes are automapped
• Autocomplete param added
• custom_markup param added
• Filter available: vc_custom_markup_render_filter
• Drag icon for column added
• Accordion title replacement bug fixed
• Row can be stretched: full width, full width with content, full width with content (no paddings) Note: This won't work with overflow: hidden
• EasyTables is fully compatible with WPBakery Page Builder Frontend
• Compatibility with Yoast SEO
• Multiple fields param group added
• Undefined offset warning removed if single image with incorrect id
• Shortcode automapper regexp improved for better handling shortcodes without params
• Welcome screen typography following WPBakery Page Builder design
• Saving post with custom Query overriding title and slug bug fixed
• Tour element autorotate option fixed
• Mixed content errors in https mode removed
• custom.css file will be loaded only if it has content
• Nested Shortcode "as_child" parameter when set to "except" fixed
• ... and more

2014-09-10 - version 4.3.4

• WP 4.0 improvements
• Cloning row with tabs fixed
• Cloning single tab in frontend editor fixed
• Untranslated strings found and now outputed with __() and _e()
• Custom CSS in Settings page converted > to special char fixed
• IE8 compatibility improved. vc-ie8.css added. Thanks to AJ Clarke
• Using front-end editor turns off the comments fixed
• Persian translation added. Thanks to: Ali Mohammadi | www.bestit.co

2014-08-19 - version 4.3.3

• Edit elements in Accordion fixed
• Design Options: border params are not saved if you don't enter all 4 border widths
• Inner row margins updated for better UI
• Fixed layout highlighting setting with the same mask (case 1/3 + 2/3 and 2/3 + 1/3)
• Advanced Custom Fields + VC now can work together (without js error)
• ACE Editor and Option tree now work together (without js error)
• pt_BR locale updated
• de_DE locale file updated

2014-08-04 - version 4.3.2

• Force custom css regeneration upon plugin update. This will fix problem for users who used custom Design options and experienced "broken layout"

2014-07-31 - version 4.3.1

• Obsolete vc_spanX classes removed (caused problems for some users)
• Fixed: "llegal offset type in ... shortcodes.php"
• French translation updated

2014-07-29 - version 4.3

• UX improvements in Backend editor
• New: Offset option is added for columns
• New: Now you can add any number of columns inside row (it will be placed to the next line if there is not enough of space)
• New: Clone for columns
• New: Control your layout accross multiple devices. Now you can set different column width for mobile and desktop layouts
• New: Hide Columns on particular device
• New: Added support for mqTranslate (qTranslate fork which works with WP 3.9+)
• New: Row can be minimized in backend (to save space)
• New: Empty space content element
• New: Custom Heading content element
• New: Predefined layouts
• New: CSS syntax highlight added for Custom CSS option
• Fully reworked css for frontend and backend editor. Modular and divided across multiple less files
• CSS loading is moved to the wp_head();
• Other small fixes and improvements

2014-06-12 - version 4.2.3

• Isotope library updated
• Flexslider next/prev arrows fixed (font added)
• Single image now can accept relative urls
• Improvements with third party plugins

2014-06-03 - version 4.2.2

• Tabs: Auto generated IDs are back
• Localizations are loaded correctly now
• Pie chart element js error fixed
• Notifier about unsaved changes added to the Custom CSS box
• Custom CSS in Settings->WPBakery Page Builder->Custom CSS fixed
• CSS editor accept css3 units
• Removed "Activation notice" if vc_set_as_theme() called
• front_enqueue_css and front_enqueue_js added in vc_map() https://kb.wpbakery.com/index.php?title=Vc_map
• edit_post_link() caused problems in some themes - fixed
• Template has the html tags for rich text formatting double encoded fixed
• std param in maps improved logic
• Single image: reveal target if link is set

2014-05-27 - version 4.2.1

• vc_map() preloader fix. Thanks to Chris R for help in debugging

2014-05-21 - version 4.2

• Performance improvements
• Code structure changed, now everything is organized in folders
• Code revised and phpdoc comments added (soon generated documentation will be available)
• CSS icon will be shown at the "Gear" icon if there's custom css code
• WP autoupdater now works in WP Dashboard->Updates section too
• Default image changed for single image and image galleries
• New Tour slide now title changed from "Tab" to "Slide"
• Small fixes and improvements

2014-05-12 - version 4.1.3.1

• Typo in js code fixed, which prevented rows from cloning in backend editor

2014-05-09 - version 4.1.3

• Checkbox dependencies works now
• Dependencies logic is executed upon edit screen opening
• Textarea HTML is added in th shortcode mapper for use with content attribute
• z-index for modals is lowered
• Post grid: link to post works by default
• Auto suggestion in query builder now gives hint after 2 chars
• Message box and Warning box correctly displayed in the backend editor
• vc_add_param()/vc_remove_element() works again

2014-04-22 - version 4.1.2 WP 3.9 compatibilty update

• php warning/notices in mapper.php
• Read more text in post grid is now translable
• Autocomplete z-index in loop param increased
• Tiny MCE get active editor logic improved
• vc_add_param() and other helpers api functions are back to normal
• WP 3.9 select link in WYSIWYG editor works now
• When default text is removed from wysiwyg editor it will not be back on next edit

2014-04-17 - version 4.1.1

• z-index value for add element modal box increased
• Improved element stacking on mopbile devices
• Links now work in WP Text element
• WP Menus element is populated on init event now
• Removed console.log in js file
• IE10 fix for TinyMCE

2014-04-16 - version 4.1

• New: Shortcode Mapper, map any third party shortcode to WPBakery Page Builder with an easy to use interface
• New: Design options for Row, Columns, Text block, Single image and Video block elements. Add baackground color/image, paddings, border and margins. Tons of variations. You are a designer now!
• New: Now you can group your params in tabs
• White color for button added
• Colors are now visible as actual colors in the dropdowns instead of "plain names"
• Color picker have alpha chanel now
• .po/.mo files updated

2014-04-09 - version 4.0.5

• Compatibility with new TinyMCE version in WordPress 3.9 added
• Logic behind license activation button changed. Clicking activate button will save all fields
• Image carousel popup next/prev links show correct images