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Fun fact: There have been over 131 releases of Marketers Delight since 2015!

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Marketers Delight 5.2.2 18 changes

Released: March 3, 2021 | read announcement →

NEW: Add breadcrumbs to the top of all posts and pages
Style: Improved spacing for better mobile readability and overall reduces layout CSS weight and complexity
Dropins: Compatibility updates to Docs (1.0.1) and Glossary (1.2.2)
Security: Replaces the_title and the_content filters on various text areas with new md_text_field sanitize function. This is for better security and to avoid plugins incompatibility
MD Share and Optins admin panel UI improvements
You can now add author boxes to posts even if the global author box option is not enabled
CTA Box title changed from large font size to medium font size on content-sidebar layouts, when used in the content box
Fixes share icons width if comments button is disabled from any position
Moves logo image markup above site title in templates/logo.php
New columns-triple helper class
You can now set email input labels and submit button to empty with md_email shortcode and function
Simplified templates/archive-title.php template markup
The md_password_form function is now pluggable so you can create your own password template
Reduced z-index on .alignX CSS classes from 10 to 5
Render featured video custom markup with do_shortcode
Halved the top spacing of .content-box on the default style
Prevents top floating bars from covering the MD admin bar on load
Fixed Edit page URL render on category pages in the MD Admin Bar Dropin

Marketers Delight 5.2.1.x 5 changes

Released: January 29, 2021

Resolves error messages when all popups are deleted
Removes z-index on .button classes, reduces .image-overlay z-index to 0 to prevent stacking issues.
Applies menu links color settings to .header
Simplifies .logo and .site-title CSS selectors
Fixes Admin bar header submenu CSS glitch

Marketers Delight 5.2.0.x 13 changes

Released: December 31, 2020

Use ul class="list-check style-bullets"... for a new list check style
Added .button.yellow helper class.
New filter: md_filter_logo_alt to enable the secondary logo on any given page
Adds nofollow attribute to relevant share icons
Prevents button in header menu from changing to active color if on linked to page
Fixes potential warning message on the Bookshelf
You can now use HTML in the md_popup text="" shortcode
Applies equal shadow to .quote-box class
Fixed issue when multiple clone fields in meta box inserts content to wrong group
Glossary 1.2.1: Removes byline and pagination, ensures all glossary terms appear on archive page
Fixed error with category featured image in certain positions
Makes sure "before headline" category featured image shows in correct position when set
Removes empty inline style from single and category pages when header cover featured image not set

Marketers Delight 5.2 27 changes

Released: October 24, 2020

Stream: Comments now enabled on stream posts! You can also keep comments disabled entirely from the settings panel. Edit existing posts to enable comments from the "Discussion" meta box
Stream: Embed your stream feed with customizable settings with the new Stream Widget
Stream: Add Sticky Posts to the top of your Stream feed in the post editor
Stream: Simplified date and embeds system
Stream: Multi-author Stream threads. Different users can contribute to a Thread attached to any Stream post for a multi-user status/update.
Stream: New layout and sidebars controls on the Stream settings page
Stream Article markup improvements
Share: Add comments icon with counter to share bar
Share: Nofollows all social media links
Share: Like buttons and share icons template more easy to reuse around site
Optins: Show or hide hide CTA's, floating bars, and popups whether users are logged in or not.
Optins: New CTA box location "After Sidebar"
WooCommerce: Removes shadows and blocky elements from shop archive when Minimal design mode enabled.
New: New font icons for Telegram, Slack, TikTok and other icons. See the font icons library for a full list
New: Organized widget names by new label "MD → Widget Name"
New: Adds hidden "comments" label text to comments count byline. Unhide with CSS.
Fixed: Updated color scripts for WordPress version 5.5
Fixed: Bug with excerpt filter that hid excerpt text on custom post types
Fixed: Adjusted CSS so header submenu links colors apply
Fixed: Removed sidebar gap and turned layout back to full page when sidebar widget area has no widgets
Developer: More flexible parent theme to child theme template finder with new md_template() function
Developer: More flexible parent theme to child theme CSS files finder with new md_css() function
Developer: You can now set default values with md_setting(), md_post_meta(), md_term_meta(), and md_meta() functions return empty values
Developer: You can now register widgets with the widgets method when extending the md_api class
Developer: Simplified comments template loading, removes templates/comments/comments-list.php template with templates/comments/comment.php
Developer: Moved all templates and CSS files from the lib folder into their respective folder in the dropins directory. Child theme overrides still work thanks to md_template() enhanced template finder
Developer: New filter to remove aggressive MD formatting margin add_filter( 'md_filter_disable_format_fix', '__return_true' );

Marketers Delight 5.1.2 6 changes

Released: June 22, 2020

Fixes a few minor glitches on the Popups live preview designer
Fixes a WordPress glitch where a custom blog homepage uses the first published post ID instead of its own page
Added MailerLite pixel tracking code
Fixes image uploader on AJAX actionw when widgets added/updated
Removes image file references for the deprecated add-image.jpg file
MD5.1.2 fixes the embarrassing double byline bug on the teasers loop template

Marketers Delight 5.1.1 21 changes

Released: May 31, 2020

Block editor CSS has been rewritten and optimized to support the latest version of Gutenberg. Adds support for many of the same helper classes to the Blocks Editor (.mb-double, .block-double, .text-center, and others). (see forum thread
Adds new Tertiary and Action colors to your Brand Colors design settings in MD > Site Design
Re-adds foundational markeup schema to body, header, article, sidebar, footer, menu (see forum thread)
Adds full Custom Template support to all built-in popups templates
Change the h1-h4 tag on all CTA boxes in MD > Optins > Call to Actions
Headline text color now applies to all title tags in MD > Site Design > Colors
Adds new user-friendly labels to help you find the proper connection details from a supported 3rd party service in MD > Integrations
Removes shadow from WooCommerce template (see forum thread)
Deprecates .has-text-color class as it conflicts with other text colors. Default text always inherit from the body tag
Fixes share text encoding (see forum thread)
Massive admin template and settings reorganization, far more logical file structure
MD /dropins/ folder moves to lib/dropins
You can now use shortcodes in the Popups Custom Template builder field.
All email forms will always fallback and use default email form set in MD > Call to Actions until you set it to a custom email list anywhere else
Email form widget settings cleaned up and simplified, adds notice if no email data found
Adds loading status and success message to MailerLite forms. Thank you page URL setting also available
Fixes issue where media uploader didn't show after widgets are first created (now loads media script on widget AJAX save refresh)
Ensures links in featured image header are always proper contrast colors
Renames generated admin blocks-editor.css to block-editor.css
Adds proper font weight settings to Header in MD > Site Design > Fonts & Typography
Adds new md_css() function to include CSS templates from parent theme or child theme override

Marketers Delight 5.1 16 changes

Released: May 3, 2020 | read announcement →

NEW: Powerful new blog and category loop settings in MD > Site Design > Content
NEW: Blog Blocks loop template is now built-in with precise customization settings
NEW: Take full control of your post bylines with new toggle options, post avatar, and last updated date
NEW: Add call to actions after the X post in any loop
NEW: Set your own custom 404 page template in MD > Settings > Site Tools
Add sidebar to posts and categories have been split into their own respective options
New excerpt length and read more text settings
The Image control in the Call to Action builder has been moved to its own "Image" tab with new left/right/center alignment controls
You can now use shortcodes in the custom HTML embed for Floating Bars, Popups, and CTAs
Template file updates: loop-teasers.php, byline.php, loop.php, text.php
New byline template folder with itemized template files for each byline item
New byline hooks, filters, and templates for powerful customization methods
Deprecated md_has_teasers function
Deprecated and removed loop-search.php template
Adds tabs and accordion scripts to MDJS file
Adds new md-icon-tags font icon

Marketers Delight 5.0.9 11 changes

Released: April 13, 2020 | read announcement →

Cleaned up post box markup and radically simplified CSS and hook order for post styles
Updates Page Leads, Gallery Blocks, Testimonials, Video Gallery, Glossary, and Related Posts Dropins
Connects a few missing Floating Bar fields when created from post editor
Deprecated markup schema (use SEO plugin as better alternative)
Updated md_integrations filter to make adding new integrations easiere
Updated comments templates to support tabbed comments and other template changes
Adds new .md-icon-book font icon
Apply the new .spin class to make any elements spin infinitely!
Prevents header dropdown menus from hiding beneath buttons
Moves sidebar CSS to new css/sidebar.php file
Fixes like button counts on categories

Marketers Delight 5.0.8 2 changes

Released: April 2, 2020

Updates ActiveCampaign API (deleted old library)
Fixed Like increment issue when total equals 0

Marketers Delight 5.0.7 4 changes

Released: March 30, 2020

Adjusts featured image cover left/right spacing on has sidebar layouts.
Moves popups closer to top of window
Adds color class to popup trigger on main menu
Updates WooCommerce hooks

Marketers Delight 5.0.6 11 changes

Released: March 25, 2020

New "Minimal Design" mode removes all "blocky" elements from your site's design including borders, shadow, and uses only your site's background color for the content box.
New option to remove sidebar from showing on blog homepage
Adds Header Top/Bottom spacing controls back to MD > Site Design > Header
Smoother typography and layout spacing adjustments
Moved share icons to show after featured image if image is set to "Before Headline"
Made Twitter icon blue again
Fixed order of pagination load
Allows imags to be saved to custom MD widgets again
Fixes warning message after saving Floating Bars
Ensures buttons always inherits body font
Randomize order of books loading in bookshelf

Marketers Delight 5.0.x 7 changes

Released: March 18, 2020

Note: These are rapid releases to fix bugs from the major MD5.0 update
All Site Design settings now save your custom values
Added the post nav back to the end of all blog posts
Fixed bug where author box was always showing. Go to MD > Site Design > Content > Author Box to enable sitewide
Updated Builder template with .format class and MD hooks
Fixed clearfix bug in WooCommerce styles
Fixed misaligned arrow button styles