* Enhance - Smoother "scroll to top" animation.
* Enhance - The site title show/hide option is now a simple on/off toggle.
* Enhance - The search box now responds instantly when you click the search icon.
* Enhance - Media library scripts now load only on the widgets screen instead of on every admin page.
* Enhance - Usage-tracking preference set in ColorMag (free) now carries over when you upgrade to Pro.
* Enhance - Less background work on every page load (migration flags no longer auto-load) for better overall speed.
* Enhance - Faster loading on pages that display random posts (replaced ORDER BY RAND() with a lighter offset-based query).
* Enhance - Pages load faster by reusing saved styles instead of rebuilding them on every visit (dynamic CSS is cached and refreshed on Customizer save).
* Dev - Simplified the Block 10 widget render by removing a redundant condition.
* Dev - Removed an unused get_css() stub method and orphaned html5shiv polyfill files.
* Dev - Removed a 2.4 MB duplicate Font Awesome bundle in favor of the already-loaded minified version for lighter page loads.
* Fix - Issues in the random post widget.
* Fix - Layout overflow when using Elementor.
* Fix - Welcome notice background color issue.
* Fix - Changing the Body font size also resized buttons.
* Fix - Hamburger menu icon not displayed at 768px screen width.
* Fix - Images and text overlapped the sticky header while scrolling.
* Fix - Removed the developer debug button from the production dashboard.
* Fix - Sliders and news tickers reloading repeatedly, causing slowdowns.
* Fix - Added a proper label to the mobile menu button for screen readers.
* Fix - The automatic monthly cleanup of cached fonts now runs as expected.
* Fix - Formbricks feedback survey not loading due to a wrong environment ID.
* Fix - Border color issue in the header search box and "search again" field.
* Fix - Sorting was silently disabled in the Elementor post widget due to a typo.
* Fix - Transparent Header option had no effect when the header builder was active.
* Fix - Dashboard stability improvements (fixed blank/disappearing dashboard issues).
* Fix - Hidden character (UTF-8 BOM) in migration files that could crash the dashboard.
* Fix - Advanced blog post layout not working correctly in ColorMag Pro v5.2.0 and above.
* Fix - Fatal error on the ColorMag dashboard when the Freemius SDK submodule was missing.
* Fix - 404 error for the icon-font stylesheet (colormag-econs.css) in the Elementor editor.
* Fix - White-label custom theme name was not reflected in the Customizer "Active theme" label.
* Fix - Removed a dead editor.js file that caused a 404 error in the Customizer and block editor.
* Fix - Shop "Add to cart" button did not inherit the configured button background and text color.
* Fix - White-label branding now uses a proper WP_Theme wrapper instead of a fragile internal hack.
* Fix - Logo picker not opening on the white-label settings page (media library wasn't loaded there).
* Fix - WooCommerce add-on plugins (Subscriptions, Bookings, and others) no longer lose their styling.
* Fix - Global color picker Hex field showed the wrong value when the Primary Color used a palette swatch.
* Fix - A large Body font size inflated the WooCommerce quantity field and single-product "Add to cart" button.
* Fix - Site title dependent settings were hidden on initial Customizer load even though the toggle was enabled.
* Fix - Search bar on the search results page did not inherit the configured search bar background and text color.
* Fix - Dark mode stylesheet was loaded for all visitors even when dark skin / color switcher wasn't in use; now loaded only when needed.
* Added - Excerpt option for Single Post.
* Added - Hide Category option in the Featured Posts (Style 4) widget.
* Dev - Security audit of the codebase.
* Dev - Added PHP 8.5 and WordPress 6.8+ compatibility.
* Tweak - Updated header redirection.
* Tweak - Removed an empty "Contact Us" tab.
* Tweak - Updated theme description and documentation icon.
* Tweak - Added step increments to range slider controls in the Customizer.
* Tweak - Refined info-text design and fixed typos, brand names, and grammar.
* Tweak - Used asset version instead of timestamp for admin stylesheet cache-busting.
* Tweak - Limited builder option database writes to the admin area for better performance.
* Tweak - Replaced technical terms with simpler, non-technical wording and clearer Customizer labels.
* Tweak - Declared GPL-2.0-or-later license for the bundled Customind framework and updated its build.
* Fix - Category title height issue.
* Fix - ColorMag dashboard page issues.
* Fix - WooCommerce checkout layout issue.
* Fix - Blog title font size not changing.
* Fix - Sticky footer and sticky header issues.
* Fix - Heading migration and a footer builder option.
* Fix - Right-side gap and footer bottom scroll issues.
* Fix - H3 and H4 sharing the same default font size (24px).
* Fix - PHP warning (foreach() argument) in Elementor widgets.
* Fix - Color Switcher widget gear icon not opening its settings.
* Fix - UI breaking in the color palette dropdown (HEX, RGB, HSL).
* Fix - Search button color not reflected in the search box dropdown.
* Fix - Post Elements / Post Meta sorting not working on Single Post.
* Fix - Image position could not be changed on Single Post and Blog pages.
* Fix - Header Builder page is broken when accessed from Appearance → Header.
* Fix - Inconsistent design between Header Builder types and the Footer Builder.
* Fix - Sanitized footer copyright shortcode output to prevent admin-stored XSS.
* Fix - Social icons (X, Instagram) not displayed with their official brand icons.
* Fix - Activate License button remains disabled after entering a valid license key.
* Fix - Sanitized unauthenticated AJAX inputs (page number, category ID, post title).
* Fix - Escaped category titles and news ticker post titles to prevent XSS / stored XSS.
* Fix - Skin color change not reflecting in the Customizer preview (previously required a reload).
* Fix - Restricted REST API meta auth_callback to the edit_post capability (privilege escalation).
* Fix - Switched OpenWeatherMap API call to HTTPS and disclosed the external service in readme.txt.
* Fix - Submenu toggle issue in mobile view.
* Fix - Video iframe not displayed in TG Videos Widget issue.
* Fix - Header builder social component default style issue.
* Fix - Header builder search and news ticker component issue.
* Fix - Submenu toggle issue in mobile view.
* Fix - Video iframe not displayed in TG Videos Widget issue.
* Fix - Header builder social component default style issue.
* Fix - Header builder search and news ticker component issue.
* Added - 6 new Typography Presets for font selection.
* Added - Option to add/delete custom color palettes.
* Added - "Header Media" as a top item in the customizer navigation.
* Added - "Site Identity" to the main customizer navigation list.
* Renamed - "Header Builder" to "Header".
* Renamed - "Content" to "Post Content".
* Renamed - "Footer Builder" to "Footer".
* Renamed - "Container" to "Layouts".
* Moved - "Page Element" options to respective menus.
* Moved - "Page Header" to "Post Content".
* Moved - "Breadcrumb" to "Additional".
* Moved - "Transparent Header" to "Header".
* Moved - "Sticky Header" to "Header".
* Moved - "Sticky Footer" to "Footer".
* Improved - Updated color palette design.
* Improved - Enhanced Color Palette presets.
* Improved - Set default colors for different sections to global colors.
* Improved - Global color handling in preset, color picker, and added tooltips for color name.
* Improved - Separated sidebar layout options into container and sidebar layout.
* Improved - Merged default layout from "Sidebar" and "Container" into "Layouts".
* Improved - Page-specific sidebar and container layout options to respective page in "Post Content"
* Improved - Page setting sidebar and container layout options to respective page
* Improved - Dark mode skin color handling.
* Improved - Redesigned Post Content blog section with tabbed design and layout options.
* Improved - Enhanced design of presets and tabs in "Page Header".
* Improved - Removed "Sidebar" in Global after moving its contents to respective places.
* Improved - Removed "Page Element" after moving its items to respective places.
* Improved - Removed "Header & Navigation" after moving its items to respective places.
* Feature - Option to change mobile menu color and typography.
* Feature - Option to change mobile sub menu background color and typography.
* Fix - Header layout 2 style issue.
* Fix - WordPress 6.6 issue.
* Feature - Option to change primary section widget title typography.
* Feature - Option to display/hide excerpt in TG:feature post style 3 and 5.
* Fix - Post navigation style 3 responsive issue.
* Update - Fontawesome V4 to V6.
* Fix - Image reveal class PHP issue.
* Fix - WooCommerce responsive issue.
* Update - Compatibility with WPML plugin.