Responsive Theme Changelog
Let’s see What Changes are being going on in Responsive Theme
Version 6.3.4
New
- Added controls to configure footer menu link colors.
Improvement
- Revamped the global color palette to connect more controls with global color settings.
Fix
- Fixed an issue where border-radius controls in the RAE plugin were not updating correctly.
- Fixed a scroll issue occurring while customizing Elementor templates.
Version 6.3.3
New
- Introduced a new “General” section in the Theme Customizer by consolidating existing settings into a single, better-organized panel.
Improvement
- Reorganized and restructured Customizer settings, including the Button panel, Primary Menu sections (General & Design) and refined Header -> Primary Menu color controls for a cleaner and more intuitive user experience.
- Updated default sidebar settings on fresh installations for improved initial theme setup.
Fix
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 6.3.2
New
- Added support for an additional color in the global color palette for handling button hover related styles.
Improvement
- Cleaned up and refined the global color palette by removing unused color options.
Fix
- Resolved mobile header issues.
- Addressed PHP deprecated notice related to usage of ${var} syntax in the Responsive theme.
- Fixed Customizer layout conflicts with Starter Templates plugin.
- Resolved styling issues where LifterLMS styles were affecting LMS and EduKids starter templates.
Version 6.3.1
Fix
- Fixed CSS for Gutenberg Page and Post editor.
- Fixed a bug that was throwing an error while logging in.
- Changed the range of the content width slider in Customizer > Global Settings > Layout > Container Width.
Version 6.3.0
New
- Introduced the Mobile Footer Builder – footer elements can now be configured separately for mobile/tablets and desktop.
Improvement
- Restructured the global color palette.
Fix
- Fixed an error which was causing the Footer Builder to disappear while editing Footer Widgets.
- Fixed an error which was causing theme’s layout padding values to override Responsive Block Addons’ (RBA) padding values.
- Added a label for Opacity control in all color control fields.
Version 6.2.9
New
- Introduced the Mobile Header Builder
- Introduced new Mobile specific Contact Info, Social, Header Button, Header Widgets, Header HTML elements
- Introduced the Off Canvas Panel and Off Canvas Menu location along with Toggle Button element for Mobile screens
Version 6.2.8.1
Fix
- Accessibility issues reported by reviewer for ‘Accessibility Ready’ tag.
Version 6.2.7
New
- Added Sidebar width control options for Shop and Single Product Page in Woocommerce.
- Added more customization settings for theme footer widgets.
Improvement
- Added options to set custom logo width options for laptop, tablets, mobiles.
- Revamped visiblity settings for site title and tagline across laptops, mobile, tablets in Site Identity > Site Title and Logo Settings.
- Loading CSS for header and footer elements only when they are used.
Fix
- Fixed an issue with Different Logo for Mobile Devices option which was appearing even when no base logo was added.
- Fixed the issue of product card margin and padding not getting applied for flat and content boxed layouts.
Version 6.2.6
New
- Added an enable/disable toggle option to make logo and site title inline.
- Added options to load google fonts locally, preload the fonts if available, flushing existing font cache.
- Added customization settings for theme widgets.
Improvement
- Optimized the code to make lesser requests and improve the overall speed of the website.
Version 6.2.5
New
- Added retina logo upload option in Site Identity settings
Improvement
- Revamped the global color palette settings in customizer
Fix
- Fixed the _load_textdomain_just_in_time PHP notice
- Fixed issue with Responsive Plus plugin notice not closing when MailPoet plugin is active
Version 6.2.4
New
- Added ability to set up a Default Sidebar (position and width) in the Sidebar tab of Customizer.
- Added Default Sidebar position option support across Blogs/Archives, Single Blogs, and Pages
- Added separate Breadcrumbs option for Single Product and Shop Page in WooCommerce
Improvement
- Renamed Product Options to Single Product in WooCommerce Customizer.
- Rearranged menu items in WooCommerce Customizer for better usability
Fix
- Made compatible with Jetpack’s Related Post Feature.
Version 6.2.3
New
- Added Related Posts feature with ordering, excerpt control, read more toggle, typography, and color options in Customizer.
- Added Product Background Color and Border Radius settings for WooCommerce Product Cards in the Shop page (Product Catalog Options tab)
- Added Live Search funtionality in header builder Search element.
Improvement
- Improved UX for Social Icons element in Header/Footer Builder by adding direct URL fields and removing dependency on Global Settings.
- Divided Transparent Header & Sticky Header Customizer panels into General and Design tabs for better usability
Fix
- Fixed logo cropping issue in Site Identity > Site Title & Logo settings (Different Logo for Mobile Devices) by enabling better cropping support.
- Fixed missing alt attribute issue for mobile logo in Site Identity > Site Title & Logo settings
Version 6.2.2
Improvement
- Made compatible with Responsive Plus plugin’s Site Builder Module.
Version 6.2.1
New
- Introduced a gradient color picker in the Customizer.
- Introduced a “Last Updated” setting for the Blog page and Single post meta.
Improvement
- Restructured the Sidebar menu in the Customizer for better workflow.
Fix
- Fixed an issue where Google Fonts were being loaded as a stylesheet even when not selected.
- Added the missing WooCommerce sidebar display setting in the Customizer.
Version 6.2.0
New
- Introduced a setting to Underline Content Links in Typography Panel.
Improvement
- Added two additional footer widget areas.
Version 6.1.9
Fix
- Fixed Typography font presets issue in the frontend.
- Fixed an issue where Paragraph Margin Bottom setting was applying on unintended areas in the frontend.
- Fixed border radius issue in the Header Builder Button element.
Version 6.1.8
Improvement
- Restructured the UI of Colors & Backgrounds and Typography customizer screen.
Fix
- Fixed Shop page responsiveness issue.
- Minor customizer UI fixes.
Version 6.1.7
New
- Added List/Grid Layout option setting in Blog/Archive customizer screen.
Improvement
- Restructured the UI of Blog/Archive and Typography customizer screen.
Fix
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 6.1.6
Improvement
- Enhanced the layout of default blog page.
Fix
- Fixed footer layout elements compatibility issue with Footer Builder.
- Fixed global button color overriding unintended buttons within the Gutenberg editor.
Version 6.1.5
Fix
- Resolved issue where both the primary menu and hamburger menu were visible at the mobile breakpoint.
- Addressed bugs related to certain customizer settings.
- Minor UI fixes.
Version 6.1.4
New
- Added a setting to change background color of menu and transparent header’s menu.
Fix
- Fixed menu going off screen in RTL mode.
- Resolved Global settings Layout border radius not working in customizer preview.
- Fixed backward compatibility issue of header widgets position, footer widgets padding and footer social icons stylings.
Version 6.1.3
New
- Introducing new elements for the Header Builder: Search, Contact Info and HTML.
Improvement
- Introduced Responsive Options for all three footer rows Layout setting in the footer builder.
Version 6.1.2
New
- Added a default template that automatically loads upon the first-time installation of the Responsive theme.
Improvement
- Enhanced compatibility between the theme’s Global Settings and the Gutenberg editor.
- Changed the Customizer form fields & buttons border width control to a 4-dimension box control for better customization.
Fix
- Resolved an issue where submenu items were displaying off-page.
- Resolved the vertical header alignment issue to ensure backward compatibility with the new Header & Footer Builder.
Version 6.1.1
New
- Introducing new elements for the Header Builder: Social, Button and WooCommerce Cart.
- Fonts Presets in Responsive theme customizer.
Fix
- Strengthen the backward compatibility for header widgets in Header Footer Builder.
Version 6.1.0
New
- Introduced the Header & Footer Builder in customizer.
Fix
- Fixed minor customizer issue with Responsive Elementor Addons Button widget.
- Fixed the customizer global typography settings not applying to Elementor Heading widget.
- Fixed the customizer global button padding and border settings not applying to Elementor Button.
Version 6.0.3
Fix
- Fixed the global styling for buttons not working in Elementor.
- Fixed the global setting form field – border width control visibility issue.
- Fixed the background image bug.
- Removed the ‘Enable On Singular’ breadcrumb option.
- Fixed the sidebar toggle buttons are not working.
- Fixed the color not working in – Global Settings > Typography > Design > h2 font color.
- Fixed the global settings are overriding the sidebar background color settings.
Version 6.0.2
Improvement
- Uses ARIA roles on incompatible elements.
- Added search template style setting
Fix
- Fixed breadcrumbs itemListElement issue in Rich test results.
- Fixed breadcrumbs compatibility issue with yoast SEO.
- Fixed related settings visibility issue while navigating to the breadcrumbs option.
- Fixed responsive theme page option settings not working.
- Fixed the layout images in width from global settings.
- Fixed Activate button in notification not working.
Version 6.0.1
Improvement
- Added control to redirect to Site Title and Logo in Site Identity.
Fix
- Fixed Breadcrumbs itemListElement issue in Rich test results.
Version 6.0.0
Improvement
- Improved UI of customizer Typography control and Background Image control.
- Improved UI of customizer Form Fields border width and radius controls.
- Minor UI changes.
Fix
- Fixed Breadcrumbs visible on Home page after disabling.
- Fixed View Pro features visible in customizer after upgrading to Pro.
Version 5.1.2
Improvement
- Moved the header footer scripts to global settings.
- Moved footer customizer social links to global settings.
Version 5.1.0
New
- Support for Secondary Menu.
Improvement
- Improved UI of customizer color picker.
- Restructured Page, Blog/Archive, Single Post and Sidebar customizer screens.
- Restructured Site Identity, Site Title and Site Tagline customizer menus.
- Restructured the cutomizer WooCommerce and Scroll To Top menu.
- Minor UI changes.
Fix
- Minor bug fixes.
Version 5.0.9
Improvement
- Changed the customizer background color.
- Restructured the customizer footer settings.
- Customizer UI changes for better navigation.
- Improved UI of customizer color palette.
Version 5.0.8
Changed
- Changed the customizer background color.
- Restructured the customizer settings into two tabs – General and Design
Fix
- Post Editor: Layout option not working.
Version 5.0.7
Changed
- Made compatible with latest Responsive addons for Elementor for theme builder locations.
Fix
- Colors and background settings of cart options not working with latest WooCommerce Cart Blocks.
- Enable Cross-sells customizer option not working with latest WooCommerce Cart Blocks.
- Disable Cart Fragments customizer option issue.
Version 5.0.6
Fix
- Minor UI changes.
- Fixed menu item hover style zoom in effect not working.
- Fixed cart and checkout container issue.
- Fixed other minor bug fixes.
Version 5.0.3.1
Fix
- Enhanced Security: Strengthened the codebase to further protect your website.
Version 5.0.3
Change
- Minor UI Changes
Fix
- Fixed the vulnerability of unauthorized modification of footer text.
Version 5.0.2
Change
- Changed Theme successful installation welcome banner notice.
Fix
- Fixed header menu items alignment issue.
Version 5.0.1
Fix
- Customization link opening in new tab.
- Responsive theme Page options alignment issue.
Added
- Added customizer settings for adding padding to Hamburger menu icon.
- Added padding options for product shop page.
- Added customizer setting for editing Copyright Footer.
Version 5.0.0
Feature
- Introduced customizer settings to control inside and outside padding in Global, Blog Archives, Single Post and Sidebar menus.
- Introduced Sticky header in theme customizer. Now you can make header sticky from the free Responsive Theme.
- Introduced new customizer settings for Blog Archive layout: Desktop Layouts, Date box styling, Post pagination.
- Introduced new customizer setting for Single Post to enable disable Author Profile Box.
- Introduced new Footer elements in theme customizer.
- Introduced customizer setting to hide Responsive theme copyright in footer.
Change
- UI Changes.
Version 4.9.8
Added
- Introduced a new dedicated menu for the Responsive Theme in the admin dashboard.
Version 4.9.7
Added
- Introducing LifterLMS user dashboard compatibility in the Responsive theme. Added alignment options for LifterLMS user dashboard menu and course columns.
- Added new typography, colors and background settings in the Responsive theme customizer.
Version 4.9.6
Change
- Changed UI for alignment controls from dropdown menu to icon buttons.
Version 4.9.5
Feature
- Added separator icon options to Breadcrumbs settings.
Fix
- Minor Bug Fixes.
Change
- Minor UI Changes.
Version 4.9.2
Feature
- Introducing performance based modules for Typograpy, Colors and Backgrounds, WooCommerce. With the introduction of modules, you can enable/disable settings from Responsive Pro plugin as required.
Fix
- Minor Bug Fixes.
Version 4.9.1
Feature
- Introducing the white labelling feature for Responsive theme.
Version 4.8.8
Feature
- Added option to adjust the width of Logo.
- Added option to adjust width of different sidebars in Sidebar menu.
Added
- Added the “Help” tab in welcome dashboard.
- Added Useful Plugins Icons in welcome dashboard.
Version 4.8.7
Fix
- Scroll to Top icon hover color not working
- Sidebar Heading color not working.
- Different logos for mobile device options not working.
- Hamburger submenu issue on the desktop.
- Few changes as per coding standards.
Version 4.8.1
New
- Moved the Breadcrumb settings in the customizer.
Fix
- SKU was not visible on woocommerce single product page.
Version 4.8.0
New
- Added Libre Franklin, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Courier Fonts to the Standard fonts.
Version 4.7.9
New
- Moved the Global settings to top in the customizer
Fix
- Hamburger menu alignment.
- Changed the button text for installing the Responsive Starter Templates plugin.
Version 4.7.5
Fix
- Fallback font for standard typography fonts
- Dropdown Icon Size for Mobile Menu
Version 4.7.4
Fix
- compatibility with Responsive Elementor Addons for theme builder locations
Version 4.7.3
Fix
- typography setting in customizer became empty on custom font deletion or Responsive Pro deactivation.
Version 4.7.1
New
- Changed the layout of the settings in the Main Menu section of the Header panel.
Fixes
- ‘Mobile Menu Settings’ in the Main Menu section of the Header panel are hidden on the desktop view.
- Incorrect callback assigned for ‘Main & Mobile Menu Colors’ separator in the Main Menu section of the Header panel.
- PHP notices are displayed on the front-end when the WooCommerce ‘Shop’ page is set as homepage.
Version 4.7.0
New
- Added option to adjust the height of the Primary Header
- Added option to adjust the height of the Transparent Header
- Added option to enable/disable header bottom border
- Added option to enable/disable transparent header bottom border
- Added new section for Site Title under Header panel in the customizer
- Added new section for Site Tagline under Header panel in the customizer
- Added new button in the Header Widgets section which redirects to Header Widgets editor section of the customizer
- Customizer restructure
Version 4.6.5
New
- Added option for WooCommerce filter button color and button text color
- Added option for WooCommerce default sorting text and input background color
Fixes
- When top menu or sub menu clicked which has external link to be opened in the new tab, the submenu remains opened on the current page
- “-moz-available” value applied to “width” property of the home widget parent wrapper is not working as expected
Version 4.6.4
Fixes
- Console error for footer widget areas with WordPress 5.8
- Custom fonts are not visible in the Customizer typography
Version 4.6.3
New
- Improve Customizer Speed with react based controls.
- Added hook for custom header and footer in child theme.
Fixes
- Changed – responsive_wp_title() to responsive_title() instead.
- removed wp_filesystem() dependent code from typography.
- Shop Page Sidebar, Product Page Sidebar not working unless Blog Page Sidebar & Single Post Sidebar are not enabled.
- Elementor Page for Product Archive shows multiple Product Title & Add to Cart Button.
- Console error related to the floating bar when a product page is designed using Elementor template.
- Last item in menu should be actually last item even if menu cart icon is enabled.
- When user tabs through dropdown menus, previous unfocused dropdowns should be hidden & only focused dropdown should be expanded.
- Issues with ‘Spread Menu and Last Item’ option with different header settings after enabling last element in menu.
- Dropdown icon css broken on wp forms.
- Unable to update ‘About Me widget image’
- bbPress All Forums Page, Box background color should not be applied to forum rows. It should be applied only to the boxed page outside the forums list table.
Version 4.6.2
New
- Added stack option for mobile menu
- Added hover style option for menu items
- Added Menu Hover Background color option and Sub-Menu Hover Background color option
- Added Submenu container top offset
- Added option to hide footer copyright on particular device
- Added option to hide footer widget on particular device
- Added option to align footer widgets
- Added option to hide breadcrumb on a particular page
Fixes
- Main Menu – Dropdown icon
- Blog page sidebar goes below the content in IE
- Added space between tags in meta items
Version 4.6.0
New
- Added option for floating add to cart bar on single product pages
- Added option to open copyright link in new tab
- Added a new widget : About Me
Fixes
- Footer – Default link should not apply to Powered by text
- Main Menu – Accessibility issue for submenu in smaller devices
- Fixed dropdown icon not appearing when no menu is set
Version 4.5.5
New
- Main Menu – Added Submenu container border option
- Main Menu – Added Submenu divider option
- Toggle Button Style added for Primary Header
- Toggle Button Label added for Primary Header
- Introduced background image options
- Option to hide/show ‘tags’ on blog page and single post page
- Add Paragraph Margin Bottom Option
Fixes
- Main Menu – If last item in menu is button, global button settings should apply to it
- Main Menu – Toggle button displayed at wrong location in customizer
- Breadcrumbs issue with sub categories
Version 4.5.3
New
- Hide the Last Item in Menu on Mobile Device
- Different Logo for Mobile Devices
- Option to Disable Menu
- Bottom Border width for Primary Header
- Transparent header Bottom Border Size
- Breadcrumb Spacing
- Add Paragraph Margin Bottom Option
- Footer – Border Size, and Border Color
Fixes
- WooCommerce sidebar position not working for the category page
- On Custom homepage, make the alt tag dynamic
- Submenu in mobile devices now open on arrow click
Version 4.5.1
New
- Option to open social links in new tab
Fixes
- Search icon in the sidebar is not aligned when padding is applied from customizer
- WooCommerce sidebar is not appearing on the Cart and Checkout page
- Mobile Menu breakpoint is set to 767
Version 4.5.0
New
- Restructured Customizer to improve the usage
Fixes
- PHP warning while adding or updating a post
- Removed h3 class from the site title
Version 4.4.6
Fixes
- Search icon added for the search widget in the sidebar.
- Table cells border for Cart page
Version 4.4.5
New
- Feature to add link to copyright text in the footer
Fixes
- Mini cart widget in header fixed after Ajax based Add to Cart action in WooCommerce
- Active Sub Menu Link color not getting reflected after changes in customizer
- WooCommerce Sidebar responsiveness issues on WooCommerce pages
- Table cell border were not displayed for default theme templates
- WooCommerce Checkout page display issues on mobile devices
- Single Product page responsiveness issue when there are multiple gallery images
Version 4.4.4
New
- Added Color Options for Active Menu and Submenu.
Fixes
- Removed description on product pages.
- Accessibility issues for the menu.
- Changed design of Checkout Page ( Increase width from Customizer/Woocommerce/Checkout )
Version 4.4.3
New
- Added search icon in Main Menu.
Fixes
- Removed excluded categories posts from single post navigation.
Version 4.4.0
New
- Header Widgets color for transparent header.
- Responsive page options to set transparent header, content width, sidebar position and layout style for each page separately.
Fixes
- Gutenberg Template – Mobile Responsive issue.
Version 4.3.9
New
- New option to add Retina Ready logo.
- Responsive is now WPML compatible.
Fixes
- Conflict with Plugin ‘WP Mailto Links’.
Version 4.3.7
New
- Option to set different colors for header and menu in the transparent header.
- Option to hide and show copyright icon and year
Version 4.3.5
New
- Added color Skins to use different color scheme across the website
Improvement
- Faster Customizer Performance – Typography changes in customizer speed improved using a partial refresh.
Fixes
- Minor CSS Fixes for responsive devices.
Version 4.3.4
New
- Added Gutenberg blocks Compatibility.
Fixes
- Pagination on archive page.
Version 4.3.2
New
- Starter content for new users.
Fixes
- Breadcrumb shows random characters
- Minor CSS issues.
Version 4.3.0
New
- Added Framework Improvement.
- Added Improved Customizer Performance: Color Control, Font Control, Checkboxes, etc.
- Added RTL Support
- Added Option to update Sidebar Color
- Added Featured Image size controller option
Version 4.2.3
New
- Added accessibility ready support.
Fixes
- Coupon code is not working on Checkout page.
- Language translations – German
Version 4.1.8
New
- Added Language Translations
Fixes
- Removed redundant code from theme.
Version 4.1.7
New
- License for the Images and third party scripts.
- Translation Support.
Fixes
- Removed redundant code from theme.
Version 4.1.6
Fixes
- Removed redundant code from theme.
- Compatibility with Mega Menu plugin.
Version 4.1.5
New
- Option to add script in header and footer.
- Added translations for theme options page.
- Updated copyrights.
Version 4.1.0
New
- Added option to control content width of Single Page, Blog Page and Cart Page.
- Added Option to add menu toggle button in desktop by increasing width of Mobile Menu Breakpoint.
- Added Compatibility with latest Elementor.
- Added Option to add WooCommerce mini cart in menu.
- Added Option to enable WooCommerce cross-sells.
- Refactored Sticky Header option. Added to Responsive Pro plugin.
- Refactored Scroll to top option. Added to Responsive Pro plugin.
Improvement
- Optimized CSS and reduced bloat.
Fixes
- Removed deprecated page templates, widget areas and other theme elements.
- Removed the data-vocabulary schema (Google is going to stop support from April 6, 2020)
- Schema.org attributes for all the major markup elements.
- Breadcrumb compatibility with Yoast SEO.
- Mobile menu scrolling issue for dropdown items.
Version 4.0.4
Fixes
- Header Typography settings are not applied.
- Icon for submenu navigation.
- Default setting are not rendered in Customizer.
Version 4.0.3
Fixes
- Sale bubble styling for Woocommerce blocks in Gutenberg.
- CSS for blog page.
- CSS for header widgets.
- Background color issue for full width page template.
Version 4.0.2
Fixes
- If earlier layout is full-width-layout or full-width-no-box then default layout is set to fullwidth-content.
Version 4.0
New
- Separate layout options for pages.
- Header width option.
- Menu position options.
- Header and Footer widgets.
- Width option for sidebars.
Deleted
- Top Menu and the Sub-header Menu were removed.
- Removed rollback option.
- Deprecated page templates – Blog full post, Blog 3 Column, Blog Excerpt Summary, Content/Sidebar, Content/Sidebar Half, Sidebar/Content, Sidebar/Content Half, Landing Page, Sitemap.
- Removed widget areas – Left Sidebar, Left Sidebar Half Page, Right Sidebar, Right Sidebar Half Page, Gallery Sidebar, Colophon Widget, Footer Widget.
Fixes
- HTML markup changes.
Version 3.3
New
- Header padding option.
- Menu padding option.
Fixes
- Sub menu color issue.
Version 3.25
New
- Registered new sidebar for WooCommerce.
- Added WooCommerce shop page layout Options.
- Improved Accessibility.
- Added border color option of mobile menu.
Fixes
- Mobile menu related bugs.
Version 3.24
New
- Rollback functionality for theme.
- Mobile menu toggle button color option.
New
- Gutenberg editor support.
Fixes
- Home page template issue.
RAE Version 1.5.3
Improvement and Fix
- Improvement: Added particles background in flexbox containers.
- Fix: Fixed add display inclusion and exclusion conditions in theme builder.
- Fix: Fixed SVG icon for button widget.
- Fix: Fixed color and alignment styling in Product rating widget.
- Fix: Fixed Minor bugs and PHP warnings.