Product Updates and New Releases - January 2024

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Product Updates and New Releases - January 2024

1. Pearl Theme for Magento 2 

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

New Features:

  • Added a new theme_custom.css file in the web/css directory. This file ensures that added Custom CSS is loaded at the end and that no redeploy is necessary, regardless of the current Magento mode.
  • Updated the Google Fonts library to include all the latest Google Fonts and optimized the page inclusion process to match Google's recommendations.
  • Adjusted CMS Page custom inline JS script blocks to allow script tags, including tags with custom types, such as type="text/x-magento-init">.
  • Updated Social Icons and Logos used throughout the Pearl Theme to reflect the new Twitter/X Branding changes.
  • Newsletter - Updated Social Icons and Logos used in the Newsletter Popup extension to reflect the new Twitter/X Branding changes.
  • Owl Carousel & Banner Slider - Updated the Conditions-Based Owl Carousel type to allow the use of the Stock Status (Quantity) attribute as a display condition.
  • Product Labels - Added a new functionality that allows for duplicating an existing Product Label, with all the current settings/configuration options, via the Product Labels Grid.
  • Quick Cart - Updated the Quick Cart Coupon Code functionality to ensure there is no longer a page refresh when applying a discount code via the Quick Cart, enhancing the UX.

Fixes and Improvements:

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.
  • Fixed an issue that would cause various content blocks to render incorrectly when i tags were changed to em by content editors, such as the WYSIWYG editor.
  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Fixed a couple of minor CSS/styling issues that would sometimes cause elements on the Product Page to break on certain breakpoint resolutions, usually around 768 pixels.
  • Fixed an issue that would prevent the Parallax effect from functioning correctly in the Home Page V2 Sample Data.
  • Fixed an issue that would sometimes prevent the Search Popup from opening if the page wasn't finished loading.
  • Adjusted default admin settings to ensure Icon Boxes and Date Pickers are properly styled out of the box.
  • Added small adjustments to the JS Parser used alongside the Speed Optimization extension for performance improvements.
  • Ajax Catalog & Infinite Scroll - Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Ajax Catalog & Infinite Scroll - Added minor adjustments for increased compatibility with Varnish Caching in conjunction with the Google Analytics 4 extension.
  • Ajax Search Autocomplete - Fixed a bug that would cause HTML tags used in Product Description and Short Description fields to show up as unescaped plain text in the Search Results on the frontend.
  • Google Tag Manager - Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Layered Navigation - Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Layered Navigation - Added minor adjustments for increased compatibility with Varnish Caching in conjunction with the Google Analytics 4 extension.
  • Mega Menu - Fixed a couple of minor CSS/styling issues that would sometimes cause the Mega Menu to break on certain breakpoint resolutions, usually around 768 pixels.
  • Newsletter Popup - Added minor adjustments for increased compatibility with Varnish Caching in conjunction with the Google Analytics 4 extension.
  • Owl Carousel & Banner Slider - Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Product Labels - Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Quick Cart - Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Quick View & Ajax Cart - Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Recently Viewed Products Bar - Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Rich Snippets - Adjusted Product structured data to ensure backorder products with a quantity of 0 always display the correct stock status. Previously, in some cases, this would show as In Stock.
  • Rich Snippets - Adjusted Home Page structured data to ensure the website name is also included. The value displayed is taken from the Magento Admin website details configuration.
  • Rich Snippets - Fixed an error that would sometimes be thrown in cases in which the Rich Snippets extension would not have access to the website URL in order to parse it.
  • Rich Snippets - Fixed an error that would be displayed in Google Search Console with Social Login markups enabled.
  • Social Login - Fixed a bug that would cause the Social Login popup window to close prematurely in cases in which errors caused by incorrect app configurations were thrown.
  • Social Login - Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Social Login - Added minor code adjustments for increased compatibility with 3rd party extensions/functionalities.

Useful article: : How to upgrade Pearl Theme to latest version - step by step guide

 

2. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) With GTM Support for Magento 2

What’s new in v.1.12.15 - December 14, 2023

  • New Feature: Added support for Google Ads Cart Data, along with a Google Merchant Center integration upon Cart Data configuration. The extension automatically configures the Google Ads Conversion Tracking tag via the JSON container import.
  • New Feature: Extended the New Customer Data functionality to automatically update the Google Ads Conversion Tracking Tag in Google Tag Manager with the new settings via JSON container import.
  • New Feature: Added a new Magento Admin setting specific to the dataLayer Preview functionality that allows for setting specific IP ranges for which to display the dataLayer Preview box.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the Magento Admin when trying to process a refund. This would usually happen when attempting the refund for a product that no longer exists.
  • Added optimizations to account for various caching solutions, including Varnish.
  • Added various optimizations for ADA Compliance.

  

3. OWL Carousel and Slider

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • New Feature: Updated the Conditions-Based Owl Carousel type to allow the use of the Stock Status (Quantity) attribute as a display condition.
  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

4. Google Analytics Enhanced Ecommerce UA GTM Tracking

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

5. Quick View & Ajax Cart (both free and PRO versions) 

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

6. Rich Snippets schema.org (both free and PRO version)

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Adjusted Product structured data to ensure backorder products with a quantity of 0 always display the correct stock status. Previously, in some cases, this would show as In Stock.
  • Adjusted Home Page structured data to ensure the website name is also included. The value displayed is taken from the Magento Admin website details configuration.
  • Fixed an error that would sometimes be thrown in cases in which the Rich Snippets extension would not have access to the website URL in order to parse it.
  • Added small Facebook Open Graph Compatibility adjustments to account for changes made by Facebook to the "in stock" and "out of stock" parameters.
  • Fixed an error that would be displayed in Google Search Console with Social Login markups enabled.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

7. Mega Menu

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed a couple of minor CSS/styling issues that would sometimes cause the Mega Menu to break on certain breakpoint resolutions, usually around 768 pixels.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

8. Full Page Scroll

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

9. Instagram Widget Advanced

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

10. Lazy Loading Enhanced

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

11. CMS Product Reviews Widget

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

12. Smart Product Tabs

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

13. SEO Page Title Overwrite

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

14. Maxmind Fraud Prevention

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • New Feature: Added Maxmind scoring via all API versions for orders placed via the Magento backend as well. This feature can be enabled/disabled via an admin configuration option.
  • Fixed an error that would, in certain cases, be thrown when updating customer email addresses in the Magento backend with the extension enabled.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

15. CMS Block Scheduler

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

16. Enhanced Quick Cart

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • New Feature: Updated the Quick Cart Coupon Code functionality to ensure there is no longer a page refresh when applying a discount code via the Quick Cart, enhancing the UX.
  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

17. Google XML Sitemap

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

18. Enhanced Multi-Store Multi-Brand

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

19. Custom Thank You Page

What’s hot in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

20. Ajax Catalog and Infinite Scroll

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Added minor adjustments for increased compatibility with Varnish Caching in conjunction with the Google Analytics 4 extension.
  • Added small adjustments to the JS Parser used alongside the Speed Optimization extension for performance improvements.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

21. Ajax Search Autocomplete

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed a bug that would cause HTML tags used in Product Description and Short Description fields to show up as unescaped plain text in the Search Results on the frontend.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

22. Email Template Editor with Gmail Markup Support.

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

23. Layered Navigation

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Added minor adjustments for increased compatibility with Varnish Caching in conjunction with the Google Analytics 4 extension.
  • Added small adjustments to the JS Parser used alongside the Speed Optimization extension for performance improvements.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

24. Enhanced Newsletter Popup - FREE

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • New Feature: Updated Social Icons and Logos used in the Newsletter Popup extension to reflect the new Twitter/X Branding changes.
  • Added minor adjustments for increased compatibility with Varnish Caching in conjunction with the Google Analytics 4 extension.
  • Added small adjustments to the JS Parser used alongside the Speed Optimization extension for performance improvements.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

25. Advance Category Sorting

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

26. Product Labels - New, Sale, Discount

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • New Feature: Added a new functionality that allows for duplicating an existing Product Label, with all the current settings/configuration options, via the Product Labels Grid.
  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

27. Recently Viewed Products Bar

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

28. Social Login

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed a bug that would cause the Social Login popup window to close prematurely in cases in which errors caused by incorrect app configurations were thrown.
  • Added various optimizations for ADA compliance to ensure a high degree of compatibility and increased scores across testing platforms.
  • Added minor code adjustments for increased compatibility with 3rd party extensions/functionalities.
  • Added a minor translation adjustment for the Reset Password text on the frontend.
  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

29Advanced Wishlist and Share

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

30User Profile

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

 

31Speed Optmization

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

  • Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.