After two weeks of testing, feedback, and improvements based on the 2.1-beta release, we’re excited to announce that the final Bricks 2.1 is now available as a one-click update from your WordPress dashboard and as a manual download from your Bricks account.
This stable release includes all features introduced in Bricks 2.1-beta plus a range of essential fixes, refinements, and improvements based on your feedback.
In case you’ve missed the 2.1-beta announcement, here’s a short list of the highlights:
Bricks Components as Blocks (Gutenberg)
Wireframes & Design Sets
Global Queries & Query Manager
Query Data from APIs
Create & Update Posts Via Frontend Forms
Fluid Typography Generator
New Map Element: Leaflet (OpenStreetMap)
User Activation
Tabs → Accordion on Mobile
Theme Styles: Caption Styling
For a complete list of all the Bricks 2.1 highlights, including the release videos and links to the accompanying documentation, visit
https://bricksbuilder.io/release/bricks-2-1-beta/
What follows are the highlights and the complete list of changes since the beta release.
Form: New field type “Gallery”
Use this new form field type to map your ACF, Meta Box, or Woo product galleries (use postmeta _product_image_gallery) to your form field when creating or updating a post through your form.
Query Loop: New “Performance” controls
You can now toggle performance-related query arguments for no_found_rows, update_post_term_cache, and update_post_meta_cache straight from the Query Builder UI:
Components: WPML integration
You can now translate your components with WPML.
