Category: Plugins

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.

We’re excited to announce that version 1.9 of SiteOrigin Premium introduces the Mirror Widgets addon. Create a widget once, use it everywhere. Update it and the changes reflect in all instances of the widget. The Mirror Widget addon is perfect for information or functionality that you’d like to insert in several places but manage in a single location.

Add beautiful, customizable hover text overlays with animations to your images. Hover overlays are great for galleries, portfolios or any image that would benefit from displaying information on hover. Overlays can be deployed in seconds using the predefined light/dark themes or fully customized using the wide array of style and animation options.

We’re excited to announce the SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle now includes the latest version of Font Awesome 5. Font Awesome is the most popular of the six icon libraries included in the Widgets Bundle. The upgrade from Font Awesome 4.7 to 5.6.3 introduces 675 new icons for you to use and enjoy in your designs.

The Tooltip addon for SiteOrigin Premium is here! Tooltips appear on hover or mouse click and are a great way to display additional image information without taking up space. To see the Tooltip addon in use, view the demo and hover over any of the images.

Gutenberg has made massive strides in 2018. It continues to evolve into what we hope will be a worthy core editor later this year with the release of WordPress 5.0. We’re doing our bit for the Gutenberg future of WordPress by adding compatibility to all our products. This will be available as a free update before Gutenberg is merged into the WordPress core.