The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle version 1.17.0 migrated the Post Carousel widget from in-house JavaScript to the Slick carousel library. Since then we’ve added a series of useful new settings and features you may have missed.
The SiteOrigin Premium Mirror Widgets addon allows you to create a widget once and use it everywhere. SiteOrigin Premium version 1.19.0 add the ability to insert Mirror Widgets using a shortcode. Mirror Widget shortcodes can be inserted into any page, post, or widget allowing for greater content management flexibility.
The SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle version 1.17.9 adds a consent prompt option to the Google Maps widget. User consent is required before loading the Google Maps API for sites complying with regulations like DSGVO, or GDPR. The consent prompt settings are located at Plugins > SiteOrigin Widgets > Google Maps: Settings.
Page Builder is now compatible with RankMath in both the WordPress Classic and Block Editor. For those unfamiliar, RankMath is a popular up and coming SEO plugin with a strong focus on content analysis. RankMath support was first added to Page Builder in version 2.11.1.
We’re excited to announce that Page Builder version 2.11.0 greatly improves Yoast SEO compatibility in the Classic and Block Editor. In the Classic Editor, we’ve extended content analysis to all widgets, previously only a predefined list of core WordPress and SiteOrigin widgets were analyzed. In the Block Editor, we’ve introduced content analysis to the SiteOrigin Layout Block.
January and February saw the release of several updates of varying sizes with the Widgets Bundle update being the largest. In this post, I’ll briefly cover what was included in those updates. Thanks to all of our users, especially those that assisted with feedback and feature requests.