Total - Responsive Multi-Purpose WordPress Theme 5.18.1

ADDED Admin notice to remind you to activate your theme license to receive updates
ADDED “Internal Link” option to the Total Button “Onclick” setting so you can quickly search and link to any page on the site
ADDED Option to center the self-hosted row video backgrounds
ADDED Option to the “Post Comments” module to display the comments heading (hidden by default)
ADDED Customizer option under General Theme Options > Breadcrumbs to allow you to disable/enable the breadcrumbs when using the page header style with a background (previously disabled all the time)
ADDED aria-hidden tag to the self hosted WPBakery video background row option
ADDED aria-expanded tag to the mobile menu toggle icon
UPDATED add_theme_support HTML tag to support the new “script” argument in WordPress 5.3 which removes the “type=”text/javascript”” from js script loaded on the page
UPDATED Optimized RTL CSS so that theme will no longer load an extra wpex-rtl.css file for RTL sites. The theme now includes a style.css and style-rtl.css and WordPress will load the one needed. The same thing has been done for wpex-woocommerce.css, wpex-bbpress.css and wpex-visual-composer.css (also fixed some small RTL issues)
UPDATED Total admin panel CSS to match WordPress 5.3 new input styles (various buttons, inputs used in the Theme Panel sections)
UPDATED Mobile Menu sub-item toggles for better usability and accessibility. Sub-items will now open only when clicking on the “arrow” (if you want items to open when clicking the whole item this is possible with a little CSS which can be provided or by using the nav-no-click class on any menu item). This means there will no longer be any “duplicate” parent menu items displayed in subitems.
UPDATED Mobile Menus for better focus states when opening via the keyboard and added ability to close mobile menus when hitting the esc button
UPDATED WooCommerce Product “Image Swap” function so it will use the “Secondary Thumbnail” page setting for the hover affect if there is an image selected otherwise it will work as usual (displaying the first image used for the Gallery)
UPDATED Total load more button used in various Total modules such as the blog grid to prevent possible conflicts with incorrectly coded 3rd party plugins and added an extra layer of security
UPDATED Various Total custom WPBakery parameters for better access-ability (like the on/off switches)
UPDATED The wpml-config.xml file to make sure the Total Image module settings are defined
UPDATED The older localscroll- method of linking to sections on your site when the page loads so it will only scroll to the section if it has a data-ls_id attribute to prevent any possible exploits
UPDATED Modern Menu Widget to use an “down arrow” for parent menu items instead of the left/right arrow which makes more sense and will better match the updated mobile menus
UPDATED Total custom customizer fields to match new WordPress 5.3 input styles
FIXEDIssues with Elementor Theme Builder preventing the Header/Footer from working if either were disabled in the Customizer
FIXED Issues with the Header Builder causing the sticky header to not function past the mobile menu breakpoint
FIXED Issue where the WooCommerce shop page may insert stray p tags when using page builder elements instead of the default shop output – with this update comes a new ‘wpex_the_content’ filter which you can use in your child theme functions to sanitize any content coming from WordPress which will parse the content similar to ‘the_content’ but preventing any conflicts with 3rd party plugins
FIXED No results found search page layout issue
FIXED Issue with the Total button when set to opening an image it wasn’t loading in lightbox
FIXED Loading gif not showing when opening up the page builder
FIXED Extra 10px spacing at the end of the social icons in the top bar
REMOVED Default gradient background on WPBakery “custom” buttons

• ADDEDTheme Panel setting to enable/disable the theme meta=generator tag with the current theme version in the site head tag
• ADDEDNotice to the instagram widget explaining changes on instagram that could prevent the widget from working and upcoming changes to instagram that will prevent access to displaying your instagram feed on a 3rd party site
• ADDEDCustomizer setting under Header > Logo so you can enter a mobile “offset” which would be used if your logo is fairly large and it’s overlapping any content on the side (mobile toggle or mobile menu icons).
• ADDEDVisibility options for the row top/bottom shape dividers
• ADDEDOption to the Navbar module when the filter is enabled so that you can enter the ID for the default active term
• ADDEDNew filter “vcex_post_type_grid_get_categories” to the Post Types Grid module to override the categories list output
• ADDEDCustomizer option under WooCommerce (Total) > Styling to alter the background of the black hover add to cart button on WooCommerce product entries
• ADDEDNew filter “wpex_get_header_styles_with_sticky_support” so if you are creating a custom header via a child theme which overrides the default header, you can still enable the sticky header settings in the Customizer and javascript
• ADDEDNew filter “wpex_get_header_styles_with_aside_support” so if you are creating a custom header or want to make use of the header aside content on any header you can alter the array of supported header styles via your child theme
• ADDEDThe aria-hidden tag to header menu dropdown arrows
• ADDEDNew classname “main-navigation-ul” to the main menu for use with the new style header for developers since the dropdown-menu class is removed in this header style to prevent theme styles from being added to the dropdowns
• ADDEDAbility to use some keywords as “values” when building an “Advanced Query” using a Total theme module such as the Post Types Grid – these keywords are current_post, current_term, current_author and current_user (so for example if you wanted to get all posts from the current user you could use &post_author=current_user in your query)
• ADDEDNew “Dev” header style. This function inserts the logo, menu, mobile menu and header aside content into the header area but without any styling if you wanted to style the header from scratch via your child theme
• ADDEDOption to the Total “Image” option so you can enable local scroll for the link
• UPDATEDTotal Image Slider modules for better accessibility (tab support for arrows, bullets, thumbnails)
• UPDATEDTheme actions currently hooked to wp_footer moved to wpex_outer_wrap_after to prevent possible conflicts with 3rd party landing page plugins
• UPDATEDSelect font size to 16 on mobile to prevent zoom on mobile devices when clicking select boxes
• UPDATEDWooCommerce checkout to scroll to the top when there are warnings displayed on the checkout after clicking the submit button
• UPDATEDTheme breadcrumbs to comply with newer structured data testing rules
• FIXEDIssue with some Customizer settings showing when they shouldn’t (such as the header aside settings showing up when header one is selected)
• FIXEDIssue with lightbox titles displaying a scrollbar
• FIXEDSmall horizontal “jump” when opening lightbox items
• FIXEDGallery lightbox not working with the “single image” module
• FIXEDIssue with WordPress toolbar going over the sticky header
• FIXEDDebug error when activating the Events Calendar Community Addon Plugin on single events
• FIXEDDesign issues with the “Your cart is currently empty.” notice on the WooCommerce cart from the previous update
• FIXEDIssue with the max-width option in WPBakery rows when added inside a Section module set to stretch
• FIXEDImage Slider layout issue when disabling the “Thumbnail Carousel” setting
• FIXEDIssue with Top Bar Social Alternative content element being added to the page if the Customizer setting had empty space saved
• REMOVED75% max-width added to site logo when entering a custom mobile menu breakpoint to keep consistency with default logo design

ADDED Shape Divider options for the WPBakery Rows & Sections (top and bottom shape options) – video sample
ADDED Typography option in the Customizer for the Total Heading Module which is generally used a lot when creating pages with the page builder so you can easily change all headings design from here
ADDED New filter “wpex_get_lightbox_settings” that can be used to change the default theme lightbox options via a child theme outside the scope of the available options already under Appearance > Customize > General Theme Settings > Lightbox
ADDED New “[wpex_lightbox_scripts]” shortcode which can be used to enqueue the lightbox css and js scripts if needed anywhere on the site (for child theme edits you can use the wpex_enqueue_lightbox_scripts function instead of the shortcode)
ADDED “Inline” Option for Total Button Lightbox type dropdown which can be used to display any element on the page via a popup (new documentation link coming soon)
ADDED Ability to use a custom field named “fixed_header_start_position” to set a custom fixed header start position if needed on different pages
ADDED New “wpex_hook_footer_bottom_top” and “wpex_hook_footer_bottom_bottom” action hooks which run outside of the footer bottom inner content (so they are full-width)
ADDED “Always Hidden” option for visibility dropdown which can be used to completely hide WPBakery content that you might want to display via javascript
ADDED Image Overlay options to the “Recent News” and “Categories Grid” modules
ADDED Option to the Post Types Carousel module so you can display “Categories” just like the Post Types Grid module
ADDED Slider Revolution 6 zip file inside the plugins folder when downloading the full theme package from ThemeForest – this plugin isn’t going to be updated quite yet via the WP dashboard until it becomes more “established” but we are including version 6 for those looking to try it out
UPDATED WPBakery to version 6.0.5
UPDATED Total Theme Core to version 1.0.4
UPDATED Templatera to version 2.0.3
UPDATED Reduced the size of the main theme total.min.js file from 145kb to 66kb
UPDATED Theme lightbox. Removed older “iLightbox” script which has been deprecated and using the newer and better “Fancybox” script. The new lightbox will load conditionally only if needed (you can use the wpex_enqueue_lightbox_scripts in a child theme if needed to load the lightbox js and CSS) in order to slim down the default theme JS and CSS files keeping things well optimized and your site faster
UPDATED Footer bottom to include new “footer-bottom-flex” element around the copyright and menu so if you want to add extra content to the wpex_hook_footer_bottom_inner action hook you can do so after priority 15 and your element will not be included in the default flex box model and added two new hooks “wpex_hook_footer_bottom_top” and “wpex_hook_footer_bottom_bottom” which trigger outside the #footer-bottom-inner element
UPDATED “Title Margin” Page Setting so if you have the page header title set to “hidden” in the Customizer and have added a custom “Hidden Page Header Title Spacing” this page setting can be used to reset this added spacing
UPDATED Translatable text using “…” to use … instead
UPDATED Optimized WooCommerce single product lightbox javascript (theme now uses a single js file for all possible product types as opposed to the previous 3 different scripts)
UPDATED Menu shopping cart will not automatically switch to the “overlay” style when using the header overlay function so you can still use the dropdown style when the overlay header is enabled
UPDATED Overlay Header will use the default header menu dropdown styles by default unless you specify a custom dropdown style in the page settings
UPDATED WooCommerce messages to include a border/outline and display buttons such as “view cart”
FIXED Issues with load more pagination on the blog
FIXED Custom sidebar option not working correctly in the Post Types Unlimited plugin
FIXED WPML translation issues with Total grid filter links showing all categories when using the “Include Categories” setting to define the categories you want displayed
FIXED Issue with lightbox not working on single blog posts when enabled in the Customizer
FIXED Border color with tables inserted into the site footer
FIXED Debug error when Tribe Events Community addon plugin is enabled
FIXED Issue with footer columns when using custom widths not resetting to 100% on small mobile devices
FIXED Issue where you could not change the “Overlay Header Dropdown Style” page setting to “Default” and was reverting to “Black”
FIXED Issue where it could be tricky to hover over wpbakery editor tools in the front-end editor when using the overlay background function
FIXED Design issues in the cart dropdown for certain header styles when product titles were very long
FIXED Issue with post thumbnails displaying on audio format posts by default (should be disabled by default)
FIXED Custom accent color not being added to the cart page total price
REMOVED Title tag on term links for (post meta categories and image overlays that display categories/terms) as this is not needed and causes warnings in accessibility checkers