Changelog

Version 3.2

—  February 07, 2024

  • Maintenance: Various fixes and improvements were made for consistency

Version 3.1

—  February 01, 2024

  • Maintenance: Compatibility updates for WordPress 6.4.3

Version 3.0

—  January 30, 2024

  • Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce 8.5
  • New: Auto Update: The theme can be updated automatically
  • New: Envato’s Update plugin is no longer needed to update the theme

Version 2.7

—  December 15, 2023

  • New: Dedicated Admin Dashboard

Version 2.6

—  December 10, 2023

  • Maintenance: Compatibility updates for WooCommerce 8.4
  • Maintenance: Compatibility updates for WordPress 6.4
  • WP Bakery was updated to v7.2
    • New: Copy/Paste functionality introduced for rows and elements to copy page-wide, site-wide, and between different websites
    • New: WPBakery AI assistant for text and code generation available in Beta
    • New: WPBakery AI assistant support for 3rd party add-ons available in Beta
    • Fix: “Load more” buttons work properly in the grid elements
    • Fix: Initial tips and helpers are displayed properly
    • Fix: Undo/Redot button states are displayed properly
  • Various fixes and improvements were made for consistency

Version 2.5

—  August 04, 2023

  • WP Bakery was updated to v7.0
    • New: Blank page layout for landing pages or empty canvas
    • New: Custom JavaScript option for the site and page scope
    • New: Toggle container element
    • New: Pricing table element
    • New: Notification center for WPBakery in WP Admin
    • Update: New WPBakery branding and UI/UX improvements
    • Fix: Single image element works properly with dynamic content (ACF)
    • Fix: Compatibility with PHP 8.1 and 8.2 improved
    • Fix: Custom color attribute works properly in the Separator element

Version 2.4

— May 22, 2023

  • Compatibility updates for WordPress 6.2.2
  • Compatibility updates for WooCommerce 7.7

Version 2.3

— January 23, 2023

  • Compatibility updates for WordPress 6.1.1
  • Compatibility updates for WooCommerce 7.3
  • Updated TGM Plugin Activation

Version 2.2

— October 7, 2022

  • PHP Compatibility updates

Version 2.1

— September 13, 2022

  • Compatibility updates for WordPress 6.0.2
  • Compatibility updates for WooCommerce 6.8.2
  • Minor fixes

Version 2.0.8

— July 25, 2022

  • WordPress 6+ compatibility updates
  • Various minor fixes

Version 2.0.7

— April 12, 2022

  • WordPress 5.9 compatibility updates
  • Bundled plugins updated

Version 2.0.6

— September 06, 2021

  • Fixed: Scroll issue on mobile menu offcanvas
  • WordPress 5.8 compatibility updates

Version 2.0.5

— July 20, 2021

  • WordPress 5.8 compatibility updates

Version 2.0.4

— May 31, 2021

  • Fixed: Blog Layout 1 post content
  • Fixed: Various minor styling updates were made for design consistency

Version 2.0.3

— April 15, 2021

  • New Option: Transparent Header – Use Alternative Logo in Sticky Header
  • Fixed: Offcanvas open/close issue

Version 2.0.2

— March 16, 2021

  • WordPress 5.7 compatibility updates

Version 2.0.1

— February 2, 2021

  • Fixed: PHP error on theme update

Version 2.0

— February 1, 2021

We’re proud to announce the release of merchandiser2, a major update that improves the theme and makes it fully compatible with the native Block Editor, also known as Gutenberg. It also includes lots of improvements and the most popular user requests as new features, making in future-proof for WordPress and WooCommerce.

merchandiser 2 drops the support for WPBakery’s Page Builder in favor of the new, native WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg), which means faster loading times as well as a new block-based Theme Demo.

New Features
  • Full Block-Editor (Gutenberg) compatibility
  • New Block Based Theme Demo
  • Color options for Mega Menus
Improved Design
  • Improved design for all Blog Layouts
  • Updated Quick View design
  • Updated Pagination Styles
  • Improved mobile design
  • Improved Widget Styles
  • Various style improvements
Performance Improvements and Maintenance Work:
  • Removed various code libraries that became redundant
  • Updated all existing libraries to their latest version
  • Removed various or rewritten the code for various functions
  • Various image files were replaced with CSS graphics
  • Fixed a few translation strings
  • Retested RTL theme compatibility
  • Retested and improved WooCommerce compatibility
  • Retested and improved functionality with WPBakery Page Builder
  • Retested and improved functionality with Elementor

⚠️ Make sure to update Merchandiser’s Extender plugin as well along with the theme. Feel free to reach out to our support team if you need help updating.

Version 1.10.1

— October 08, 2020

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 6.4.1

Version 1.10.0

— September 14, 2020

  • Fixed: Mini-Cart — Product Images are being stretched
  • Fixed: Related Products — Broken styles when masonry shop layout is selected
  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 6.4.0

Version 1.9.18

— September 10, 2020

  • Fixed: Product Quickview – gallery display issue

Version 1.9.17

— September 9, 2020

  • Maintenance: Compatibility updates for WooCommerce 4.5.0

Version 1.9.16

— August 24, 2020

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 6.3.0

Version 1.9.15

— August 6, 2020

  • Maintenance: Compatibility updates for the upcoming WooCommerce 4.4.0
  • Maintenance: Compatibility updates for the upcoming WordPress 5.5

Version 1.9.14

— May 6, 2020

  • Maintenance: Compatibility with WooCommerce 4.1.0
  • Maintenance: Various minor styling fixes and improvements
  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to its latest version

Version 1.9.13

— March 18, 2020

  • Retested WooCommerce 4.0 Compatibility
  • Improved: Removed the Kirki Framework for Customizer options in favor of native WordPress controls
  • Improved: Google Fonts integration
  • Fixed: Various minor styling updates were made for design consistency

Version 1.9.12

— January 21, 2020

  • Compatibility updates for the upcoming WooCommerce 3.9

Version 1.9.11

— December 13, 2019

  • Compatibility updates for YITH WooCommerce Wishlist; 

Version 1.9.10

— December 13, 2019

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to version 6.1
  • Fixed: Sorting icon display issue
  • Custom styles minification
  • Various maintenance tasks, small styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency.

Version 1.9.9

— October 30, 2019

  • Block Editor: Various styling fixes and improvements
  • Maintenance: WooCommerce 3.8 Compatibility
  • Maintenance: Compatibility with upcoming WordPress 5.3
  • Maintenance: Various styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency

Version 1.9.8

— September 16, 2019

  • Fixed: Post tags display issue
  • Fixed: Coupon overlay issue in Checkout page
  • Styles for WooCommerce store notice
  • Various maintenance tasks, small styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency.

Version 1.9.7

— August 19, 2019

  • Updates on compatibility with WooCommerce 3.7.
  • Bits of code were rewritten for compliance with the updated Envato Marketplace coding guidelines.

Version 1.9.6

— August 8, 2019

  • Compatibility with WooCommerce 3.7 (scheduled for release on August 12, 2019).

Version 1.9.5

— August 3, 2019

The current version is a small maintenance update that shouldn’t result into any actual changes. Bits of code were rewritten for compliance with the updated Envato Marketplace coding guidelines.

Version 1.9.4

— July 29, 2019

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to version 6.0.5
  • Fixed: Footer widget title color
  • Small header style improvements

Version 1.9.3

— June 25, 2019

  • Fixed: Footer menu text color issue
  • Fixed: Left mobile offcanvas close button issue

Version 1.9.2

— June 19, 2019

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to version 6.0.3
  • Fixed: Notifications close button issues
  • Fixed: Posts order issue on mobile for Blog – Default Layout
  • Fixed: Header icons display issue
  • Various maintenance updates for Envato’s WP requirements compliance

Version 1.9.1

— May 30, 2019

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to version 6.0.2
  • Fixed: Header icons display on Microsoft Edge
  • Various maintenance tasks and improvements were made for consistency

Version 1.9

— May 7, 2019

What’s new in 1.9? This is a maintenance and optimization update aiming to improve the overall performance of the theme. Various theme-specific custom features were migrated in the Extender plugin for better portability (when changing themes) and optimization purposes.

  • Fixed: Header Transparency issue on archive pages
  • Fixed: Predictive search display issue on Safari browsers
  • Merchandiser Extender Plugin updated to 1.3
    •  Adds: the ‘Social Media’ section in Customizer allowing for easy management of links to social media profiles. The icons are being displayed in the footer area and can be  displayed in pages using the Gutenberg Block or the WPBakery Page Builder element (functionality transferred from the theme).
    • Adds: Theme-specific WPBakery Page Builder elements: Slider, Banner, Blog Posts, Title, Social Media profiles (functionality transferred from the theme).
    • Adds: Upload header images for WooCommerce product categories (functionality transferred from the theme).
    • Adds: Theme-specific ‘Additional JS’ section in Customizer allowing for site customization with custom JavaScript code
    • Adds: Theme-specific social sharing buttons for WooCommerce products

Version 1.8.9

— April 19, 2019

  • WooCommerce 3.6 compatibility updates

Version 1.8.8

— April 5, 2019

  • WooCommerce 3.6 compatibility updates

Version 1.8.7

— March 18, 2019

  • Gutenberg Editor Style Improvements

Version 1.8.6

— February 14, 2019

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 5.7
  • Setup Wizard UI facelift
  • Fixed: Off-canvas login not being scrollable on small desktop screens
  • Fixed: Add to Cart notifications not displaying on product page when logged out

Version 1.8.5

— January 30, 2019

  • Styling improvements for the native block elements;
  • ‘Merchandiser Extender’ plugin update (1.2) improving Merchandiser specific blocks;
  • Updated Kirki (Customizer Options Framework) to its latest version;

Version 1.8.4

— December 10, 2018

  • WordPress 5.0 Compatibility

Version 1.8.3

— November 29, 2018

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 5.6

Version 1.8.2

— November 1, 2018

  • Fixed outdated templates in WooCommerce 3.5.1
  • Various maintenance tasks, small styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency.

Version 1.8.1

— October 16, 2018

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 5.5.5

Version 1.8

— October 10, 2018

  • Improvement: Compatibility updates for the upcoming WooCommerce 3.5
  • Fixed: simple PayPal button in mini-cart with WooCommerce PayPal Checkout Gateway plugin

Version 1.7.1

— September 20, 2018

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 5.5.4

Version 1.7

— August 17, 2018

  • Groundwork for Gutenberg Compatibility
  • Merchandiser Extender plugin. Upon theme update a notification will suggest that the new plugin should be installed. The plugin improves compatibility with the upcoming Gutenberg WordPress editor, making the current page builder elements (Posts Grid, Sliders, etc) available as Gutenberg Blocks as well.
  • Fixed fonts issues in Customizer
  • Updated child archive – added functions.php
  • Various maintenance tasks, small styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency.

Version 1.6.7

— June 09, 2018

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 5.5.2
  • Fixed a Categories Grid bug limiting categories to a maximum of 12
  • Improved mobile search, closes when tapping outside
  • New option for Alternative Logo height
  • Various maintenance tasks, small styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency and compatibility purposes across browsers and devices.

Version 1.6.6

— June 25, 2018

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 5.5.1

Version 1.6.5

— June 20, 2018

  • WPBakery Page Builder updated to Version 5.5

Version 1.6.4

— June 13, 2018

  • [NEW] Updated theme font controls with new, GDPR compliant ones; updating will preserve your current font settings
  • GetBowtied Tools is no longer required for setup & updates; Instead the theme will use a built-in setup wizard and rely on Envato Market plugin for theme updates
  • Adjusted styles on Checkout page
  • Adjusted styles for Checkout Terms & Conditions checkbox

Version 1.6.3

— May 18, 2018

  • WooCommerce 3.4 compatibility
  • Improved styles for Stripe Payments plugin
  • Fixed an issue with Registration page password strength & improved styling
  • Fixed some bugs with ajax searching and improved results image quality
  • Removed a wild gap on the checkout / order received pages

Version 1.6.2

— February 21, 2018

  • WooCommerce 3.3.2 compatibility

Version 1.6.1

— February 13, 2018

  • Fixed an issue with clicking ajax search results
  • Fixed some styling issues for grouped products

Version 1.6.0

— February 8, 2018

  • Compatibility with WooCommerce 3.3.1

Version 1.5.9

— February 2, 2018

  • Backwards compatibility with WooCommerce 3.2.6

Version 1.5.8

— January 30, 2018

  • Compatibility with WooCommerce 3.3

Version 1.5.7

— January 15,  2017

  • Fixed an issue with quickview and Internet Explorer
  • Updated some styles for ajax search
  • Fixed an issue with the mobile cart

Version 1.5.6

— January 3,  2017

  • Fixed a styling issue with the quantity input field

Version 1.5.5

— November 13,  2017

  • Upwards compatibility with WordPress 4.9
  • [FIX] Fixed an issue with tablet landscape view and sticky footer

Version 1.5.4

— October 10, 2017

  • Updated some templates for WooCommerce 3.2

Version 1.5.3

— September 22, 2017

  • Upwards compatibility with WooCommerce 3.2
  • Updated Kirki framework to 3.0.9
  • Updated Visual Composer to 5.3
  • Fixed a style issue on the order received page

Version 1.5.2

— July 26, 2017

  • Fixes some compatibility issues with Visual Composer 5.2, the Products by Category, Products – Custom List and Single Product elements are working as intended again
  • Updated Kirki
  • Tweaked predictive search to better account for product visibility
  • Some minor style fixes on My Account page
     

Version 1.5

— June 23, 2017

  • Compatibility for upcoming WooCommerce 3.1
  • Tweaked some styles

Version 1.4.5

— June 7, 2017

  • Updated some string translations
  • Fixed a visual issue with the search bar
  • Updated some widget styles for WP 4.8

Version 1.4.4

— April 25, 2017

  • Fixed an issue with ajax search
  • Fixed an issue with VC Title element not displaying the correct color
  • Fixed an issue with the mobile mini cart
  • Fixed an issue with mobile search styles
  • Fixed a bug with wishlist page on mobile
  • Updated a translatable string

Version 1.4.2

— April 13, 2017

  • WooCommerce 3.0.2 has updated more templates – and so have we

Version 1.4.1

— April 9, 2017

  • Outdated WooCommerce templates

Version 1.4

— April 4, 2017

  • Compatibility with WooCommerce 3.0
  • Visual Composer 5.1 included in theme package
  • Added a new theme feature: Ajax searching; can be enabled via theme options
  • Removed the restriction for cross sells items; the theme will display as many cross sells as are set 2 per row
  • Fixed a number of styling issues when reverting the theme’s color scheme to dark background / light font
  • Fixed an issue with being unable to disable shop page title
  • Fixed an issue with the remove product from cart button disappearing after a cart update
  • Fixed an issue with the close offcanvas button overlapping products on smaller screens
  • Fixed an issue with the change shop products per column button affecting other elements such as related products
  • Fixed an error with wishlist activated on IE11
  • Fixed an error on the checkout page

Version 1.2.4

— 20 January, 2017

  • Fixed product_page shortcode not working correctly

Version 1.2.3 

— 18 January, 2017

  • Fixes visual glitches related to logo in some isolated cases;
  • Fixes the quick view feature not working if there are no product images;
  • Fixes the add to cart button on Microsoft Edge;
  • Fixes and edge case related to comments with long author names;
  • As usual, various other styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency and compatibility purposes across browsers and devices.

Version 1.2.2 

— 15 November, 2016

  • Fixes deprecated functions in Visual Composer 5.0 to prepare it for future updates;

Version 1.2.1 

— 14 November, 2016

  • Tested for compatiblity with WooCommerce Brands;
  • Rewritten Cart Items Counter for better performance;
  • Fixes the Pay order which got broken styles in some cases;
  • As usual, various styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency and compatibility purposes across browsers and devices.

Version 1.2 

— Pending / 07 November, 2016

  • Updated Demo with New Pre-Built Layouts;
  • New Blog Layouts;
  • New Default Premium Webfonts;
  • New Categories Grid Styles;
  • New Option that allow you to add your own custom text for sales and out of stock;
  • As usual, various styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency and compatibility purposes across browsers and devices.

Version 1.1.5

— 13 September 2016

  • Fixed the My Account white space under the footer;
  • Fixed the styles of the Grouped Product;
  • Fixed the styles of VC Add to Cart element;
  • Fixed the cart icon color on mobiles;
  • RTL fixes and improvements;
  • As usual, various styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency and compatibility purposes across browsers and devices.

Important Update Announcement

Right after updating the theme to version 1.1.5, you should see there’s a new update available for the Get Bowtied Tools plugin, right under the Plugins section. The plugin was fully rewritten to make the installation and the maintenance of the theme easier.

What should you do?
After updating the plugin, you’ll get an error saying it was deactivated, and that’s because it was fully rewritten and WordPress considers it a different plugin now. You just need to activate it and you’re good to go. Watch a quick video walkthrough.

Version 1.1.4 

— 10 August 2016

  • New Customizer Option that allows you to enable/disable the quick view feature;
  • New Customizer Option that allows you to enable/disable the zomming features in the product page;
  • The blog categories will now display the description if the field is populated;
  • Disabling the My Account icon in the header on desktop now disables the mobile menu link as well;
  • Fixed the styling of the “Terms and Conditions” checkbox on the Checkout page which was breaking styles on smaller screens;
  • The Checkout inputs now have the same width in the mobile view;
  • As usual, various styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency and compatibility purposes across browsers and devices.

Version 1.1.3 

— 8 August 2016

  • Fixed a bug causing the Product Page to break when only 1 image is used.

Version 1.1.2 

— 03 August 2016

  • New Customizer option for enabling/disabling the shadow when hovering over the products in the shop catalog;
  • New Customizer option for adding spacing between the products in the shop catalog;
  • New Customizer option for setting up a different breakpoint for the mobile navigation;
  • Improved Compatibility with YITH Wishlist;
  • Rebuilt the Product Galleries to improve performance and cross browser compatibility;
  • Tested for compatibility with WooCommerce 2.6.4
  • As usual, various styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency and compatibility purposes across browsers and devices.

Version 1.1.1 

— 22 July 2016

  • Added support for YITH Wishlist;
  • Fixes outdated templates in WooCommerce 2.6.3.
  • Fixed a bug causing the WooCommerce notifications to overlap the sticky footer;
  • Fixed a bug leaving white space above the shop page in some mobile cases;

Version 1.1 

— 7 July 2016

  • New Product Category section in Customiser;
  • New Option to adjust the height of the Category Header Image;
  • Improved Styles for Header Category Image for both Desktop and Mobile;
  • New footer copyright note;
  • Fixed the My Account accent colors;
  • Fixed up-selling products not being displayed on the product page;
  • Improved mobile styles for cross-selling product in the cart page;
  • Improved styles for transparent png product imagery;
  • New option to disable the Back to Top button;
  • Fixed the paddings around the logo when used aligned to the left;
  • Fixed the Out of Stock label not showing up on product variations;
  • Improved the styles of the Quick View feature when using Catalog Mode;
  • Fixed the styles of the login form during Checkout;
  • Fixed the styles of the blog sidebar overlapping elements in some cases;
  • Improved the styles of the Checkout form;
  • Improved RTL Support;
  • As usual, various styling fixes and improvements were made for consistency and compatibility purposes across browsers and devices.

Version 1.0.3 

— 25 June 2016

  • Fixes the child theme asking for updates;
  • Fixed the styles inclusion for the child theme;
  • Embeded YouTube videos are now responsive;

Note: If the child theme you’re using is still asking for update, please reinstall the “GetBowtied Tools” plugin. Navigate to the Plugins section to deactivate and delete it, then you’ll be prompted to install it again, this will get you the latest version.

Version 1.0.2

— 21 June 2016

  • Fixes the product page error when there is only one image attached to the media gallery;
  • Fixed the Customizer loading issue when used in a child theme;
  • Fixes the update notification in the child theme;

Version 1.0.1

— 20 June 2016

  • This is just a small maintenance udpate that includes visual / front-end fixes for consistency and compatibility purposes across browsers and devices.

Version 1.0.0

— 19 June 2016

  • Initial Release;