v1.4.0 - 2026-10-29
⚠️ * Note - Requires PHP 7.4+ and Elementor 3.5.0+. Sites on older PHP stay on 1.3.4.
🔵 * Update - Grid columns, slides and card height now follow your Elementor breakpoints, custom widths and extra devices (Laptop, Tablet Extra) included. The page now matches the editor preview.
⚠️ * Note - With the default breakpoints, 576-767px screens now use the Mobile value (was Tablet), and 769-1024px sliders and 992-1024px grids use Tablet (was Desktop).
🔵 * Update - With Elementor's Optimized Markup on, widgets no longer print the inner "elementor-widget-container" box. Custom CSS that targets it needs updating.
🔵 * Update - "Published in Last days" now works with every "Posts to Show" order except Custom.
🟢 * Add - New Welcome page (AnWP Post Grid > Welcome) with all 16 widgets, screenshots, demo links and a quick start.
🟠 * Fix - Card height now applies exactly as typed (like 255).
🟠 * Fix - In the Elementor editor, an untouched grid or slider showed its Desktop columns on Tablet and Mobile.
🟠 * Fix - Grids with "load more" crashed on PHP 8 when "Posts Offset" was left empty.
🟠 * Fix - Classic Grid showed the video/gallery icon and the custom post icon on top of each other, and Light Grid's hover background had no effect with Style F.
v1.3.4 - 2026-10-17
🔒 * Security - Security and stability hardening. Updating is recommended.
🔵 * Update - "Load more" and pagination now load posts through the WordPress REST API. If a security plugin blocks the REST API for logged-out visitors, allow the anwp-pg/v1 routes (see the FAQ).
🟠 * Fix - Category background and text colors had no effect in Flex Slider. They apply now.
v1.3.0 - 2024-05-16
added new option "Border" (style, color, width) in all widgets
added "Show Author" option in Classic Grid & Classic Slider
v1.2.1 - 2024-02-12
fixed Light Grid image has incorrect proportions in some situations
fixed removed some deprecation code
v1.2.0 - 2023-06-30
added excerpt Typography controls in "Classic Grid" and "Classic Slider"
fixed some slides are not visible (CSS conflict with Elementor Pro)
v1.1.0 - 2023-03-12
added support for Swiper v8.4 (Experiments and Features)
added sort by Title option
improved minor styles improvements
support for Swiper v8.4 (Experiments and Features)
sort by Title option
v1.0.0 - 2022-11-06
fixed slider arrows not visible on "Inline Font Icons" experimental feature active
fixed category color picker doesn't work in WP6.1
improved minor improvements
v0.9.0 - 2022-04-03
removed IE support (CSS styles)
added option "Image Rendering". Since v0.9.0 <img> tag is used (better support for image lazy load plugins)
added new widget "Flex Slider" (with initial image aspect ratio)
added new option "Continuous loop mode" in "Simple Slider" and "Classic Slider"
added possibility to sort by latest and oldest modified date
added Custom Post Type support
Custom Post Type support
Possibility to sort by latest and oldest modified date
Image Rendering option
v0.8.7 - 2022-03-15
fixed category filter disappears with installed Elementor Pro 3.6
fixed Swiper slider conflict with some plugins
v0.8.5 - 2021-10-19
fixed rendering author name
added Category ordering in Post Card
added option to Enable Mutation Observer. Use it to fix slider rendering in hidden areas on initialization (e.g.: tabs)
fixed not working Post Card Height (px) for mobile and tablet with "Load More" and "Pagination"
added new excerpt options (number of words, allow HTML, excerpt source) in Classic Blog, Classic Grid, and Classic Slider
Category ordering
Option to Enable Mutation Observer
New excerpt options
v0.8.4 - 2021-07-15
added related posts option in Query [Feature Request #1267]
added Hero Block fallback query option (when posts less than 5)
Related posts option
Hero Block fallback query option
v0.8.3 - 2021-05-05
added new special IDs Selector for posts, categories, tags, authors
added possibility to set custom Post Card Height for mobile, tablet, and desktop
added new "Exclude by Author" argument in Query section
added new option to open links on new tab ("AnWP Post Grid" >> "Settings")
Custom Post Card Height for mobile, tablet, and desktop
New "Exclude by Author" argument
New option to open links on new tab
New special IDs Selector
v0.8.2 - 2021-03-26
added 'Category Text Color' option in Simple Slider, Simple Grid and Hero Block
added 'Post Title Color' and 'Post Meta Color' options in Light Grid
added 'Category Text Color', 'Post Excerpt Text Color', and 'Post Meta Text Color' options in Classic Grid, Classic Slider, and Classic Blog
v0.8.0 - 2021-03-06
added new option "Default Featured Image" in "AnWP Post Grid" >> "Settings"
added custom "Post Icons" option in "AnWP Post Grid" >> "Settings"
fixed Swiper (slider) is loaded properly when Elementor's "Improved Asset Loading" is set to Active
improved prefixed grid CSS classes to prevent conflicts with some themes
removed default video and gallery post format icons. Use more powerful new "Post Icons" options.
New option "Default Featured Image"
Post Icons
v0.7.1 - 2020-12-13
added Settings: category color picker option to set initial color
added Category limit option in all widgets (possibility to show more than one category)
New Tutorials
Category Color Option
Category limit option
v0.6.5 - 2020-10-28
added option to choose card hover effect (darken & scale or only darken) in "Hero Block", "Classic Grid", "Simple Grid", "Light Grid" (section "Styles & Layout")
fixed category background color is not applied in "Hero Block", "Simple Slider", "Classic Slider"
fixed incorrect vertical-align of the slider arrows in "Simple Slider" in some cases
Card hover effect
v0.6.4 - 2020-10-16
added pagination in "Classic Grid", "Classic Blog", "Simple Grid" and "Light Grid"
added a new option in posts query "Exclude by Category"
Pagination
"Exclude by Category" option
v0.6.3 - 2020-08-18
added new options in Classic Blog:
- post title color,
- post meta vertical margin,
- post meta background color,
- post image width (1/2 or 1/3).
added new options in Classic Grid and Classic Slider:
- post title color,
- text align, post meta vertical margin,
- post meta background color,
- “read more” button.
“Read more” button
v0.6.2 - 2020-07-03
added new Classic Blog widget
added widget header option to the most widgets
Classic Blog
Widget Header option
v1.1.0 - 2026-10-29
⚠️ * Note - Requires PHP 7.4+. Sites on older PHP stay on 1.0.5.
🚀 * New Feature - Hex Grid widget: posts as interlocking hexagon tiles with image, title, category and date. Responsive columns, "load more", pagination and the header category filter included.
🔵 * Update - Mosaic Slider slides and the card height in Mosaic, Card and Hero Slider and Zooming Grid now follow your Elementor breakpoints, custom widths included.
🔵 * Update - With Elementor's Optimized Markup on, Premium widgets no longer print the inner "elementor-widget-container" box. Custom CSS that targets it needs updating.
🔵 * Update - Parallax Grid loads its 3D effect library from the plugin instead of the jsDelivr CDN - no third-party request on your pages.
🟡 * Performance - Public pages no longer load every custom taxonomy term on each visit.
🔵 * Update - The Welcome page (AnWP Post Grid > Welcome) now shows the Premium changelog and a Premium Support button.
🟠 * Fix - Post Format and Custom Taxonomy Term filters now work together. Grids that use both may now show fewer posts.
🟠 * Fix - Premium widgets dropped onto an empty page in the Elementor editor didn't start until the page was reloaded.
🟠 * Fix - Card height now applies exactly as typed (like 255).
🟠 * Fix - Simple Ratio Grid with "load more" crashed on PHP 8 when "Posts Offset" was left empty.
v1.0.5 - 2026-10-17
🔒 * Security - Security and stability hardening. Updating is recommended.
🔵 * Update - The header filter, "load more" and pagination now load posts through the WordPress REST API. If a security plugin blocks the REST API for logged-out visitors, allow the anwp-pg/v1 routes (see the FAQ of the free plugin).
🔵 * Update - Updated included libraries.
🟠 * Fix - "Load more" after a header filter click could show a post twice when the widget uses an offset.
🟠 * Fix - Category color settings had no effect in Mosaic Slider and Simple Ratio Grid.
v1.0.3 - 2024-12-17
v1.0.2 - 2024-12-17
v1.0.1 - 2024-02-13
added new option "Rotate On Touch" in Parallax Grid
added new option "Border" (style, color, width) in Parallax Grid
v1.0.0 - 2024-02-12
fixed the widget's JS files failing to load in some rare situations
added Custom taxonomy support
improved removed some deprecated code
added new Parallax Grid
Parallax Grid
Custom taxonomy support
v0.9.1 - 2023-07-05
Simple Ratio Grid is based on Simple Grid but has some specific features:
- min image width
- image aspect ratio
- grid-gap in pixels
v0.9.0 - 2023-03-12
added new Scale Grid widget
added support for Swiper v8.4 (Experiments and Features)
Slale Grid widget
v0.7.2 - 2021-12-17
fixed Slider doesn't work with active "Improve Asset Loading" in Elementor v3.5
fixed support for "mobile card height" and excerpt options in "Widget Header - Category Filter"
v0.6.3 - 2021-05-11
improved News Ticker widget:
-- fixed slider not working when not enough posts;
-- added Pause on Hover argument
-- added Navigation
-- increased max distance between slides to 500
v0.6.2 - 2021-05-05
added possibility to set custom Post Card Height for mobile, tablet, and desktop
v0.6.1 - 2021-03-26
added support for "load more" and pagination in "Widget Header - Category Filter"
added 'Post Title Color' and 'Post Meta Color' options in News Ticker
fixed "category limit" option doesn't work with "Widget Header - Category Filter"
v0.6.0 - 2021-03-06
fixed Swiper (slider) is loaded properly when Elementor's "Improved Asset Loading" is set to Active
v0.5.1 - 2020-12-13
added Category limit option in all widgets (possibility to show more than one category)
fixes minor improvements
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