Version 1.5.4 (21th November 2014)

• Added cobbles pattern option
• Added option to add additional images to the lightbox: WooCommerce Gallery, Content Images and Content Gallery Images
• Added option to change between WP_Query() and get_posts() in Global Settings

• Changed table structure of the grids table for custom grid improvements
• Updated PunchFonts to version 1.0.1 and added ability to use useso.com for google related fonts through filter

• Filter dropdown & list can not be correctly mixed
• Fixed a bug where pages where not correctly shown in grids
• Fixed a bug which may not transfer Custom Skin Rules to the items

Version 1.5.3 (14th November 2014)

• Speeded up site loading
• Order By and Order Direction will now be also working using the posts="" attribute in Essential Grid shortcodes

• Fixed Hide Markup on Load bug
• Fixed Lazy Loading bug when Videos were added in Grid
• Fixed Filtering issues on Frontend
• Fixed first Animation on elements
• Fixed Grid Initialisation with Video Items in Grid
• Fixed a bug with multiselect not beeing saved correct
• Fixed a bug where pages may not be found correctly
• Fixed a bug where number comments for example would not be shown if they were 0
• Fixed a bug where in custom grids the lightbox image would not be original size

Version 1.5.2 (30th October 2014)

• Added option for multiple filtering, to set the relation to OR or AND
• Added new button in preview to directly go to post/page edit
• Added Close Button and Navigation Button for AJAX Loaded Content

• Fixed badly positioned Even Images in Grid if Lazy Loading was enabled
• Fixed AJAX Scroll Issues
• Fixed AJAX Close Button
• Fixed AJAX Content Height Animation issues
• Removed double link if link is set on cover
• Added new action to delete cache if needed after a post gets created through mobile devices
• Fixed a bug where the shortcode gets inserted two times automatically through the Quick Grid Creator
• Fixed a bug with Visual Composer that the alias is not written

Version 1.5.1 (17th October 2014)

• Replaced demo images with different placeholders to reduce plugin size from ~2MB to less than 1MB
• Activating the plugin a second time will now no longer add default fonts again

• Fixed a bug in Custom Grids where filter would only show the text list / dropdown
• Fixed a bug where Custom Grids that are random sorted will not properly work with Load More set to Infinity Load

Version 1.5.0 (15th October 2014)

• Added Ajax Content Loading on user interaction
  • Avaliable Contents to load: Post Content, Vimeo, YouTube, HTML5, SoundCLoud, Images like Featured, Alternate and First Content
  • In combination with the latest Slider Revolution version, a Slider can also be loaded through ajax (Slider Revolution version 4.6.1 or newer)
  • The container that receives the content can be set to bottom, top or also be inserted as an ShortCode anywhere on the page.
  • An Ajax Callback can be set on the ajax request
  • A JavaScript file can be loaded on the ajax request
  • A CSS file can be loaded on the ajax request
  • Custom CSS can be inserted for the Ajax Container
  • Pre and Post content can be set as a wrapper to the container (HTML possible)
• Navigation Layout improvements for Post Grids:
  • Unlimited Filter panels can now be added
  • Filters can now also have meta values set. Available Metas can be selected from the List
  • All Layout elements can also be dragged into the external tab. This will enable the usage of ShortCodes for the element to set it anywhere on the page
• New option to create Meta References.
  • This is used to reference to an existing meta key outside of Ess. Grid
  • This is only needed to be able to sort Grids by some custom meta value
  • For sorting reasons, the Ess. Grid metas now have the option to be alphabetic or numeric (This is just for the sorting - alphabetic will sort: 1, 10, 12, 2 - numeric will sort: 1, 2, 10, 12)
• Advanced and Simple Rules Editor Added in Item Skin Editor for ELement Visibility
  • Build complex show/hide rules for Layers in a easy to use editor
  • Hide/Show Layers depending on Meta Setting available through the Advanced Rules editor
  • Hide under Height option in Item Skin Editor added for Layers
  • Hide under Height/Width option to select to either use display or visibility
• Option to change the Load More text added
• Option to show/hide the number of items that can be loaded at Load More
• Option to scroll to top, if pagination has been clicked, added
• Right To Left (RTL) option now available in Grid Settings
• Sorting By Meta values added
• Advanced Shortcode Creator now also available through Visual Composer
• Added "Edit Active Skin" button into Grid Overview for faster editing of Item Skins
• Improved item limits in Custom Grids with additional warnings and other tweaks

• Added "always visible" as option to Layers animation for further clarifications how to set up that an Layer will always be visible
• Further adjustments for multisite installations
• Updated english .mo/.po language files
• Changed "No More Item for Selected Filter" to "No More Items for the Selected Filter"
• Forcing now color picker styles to be loaded by the plugin on WordPress post/page editor
• Removed the class additions for "a" tags if the source of the element is Text/HTML
• jQuery UI 1.11.1 will be used for Skin end Grid Editor to avoid Drag and Drop failures

• iOS8 blurry images and content fix added
• Fixed a bug where the Link to Javascript setting did not print anything
• Fixed a bug with WPML and Custom Post Types where categories will not be listed correctly
• Fixed a bug where custom shortcodes may brake if alias and related/latest/popular is choosen
• Fixed a bug where custom grids could not be saved if the choosen skin had no elements inside of it
• Fixed a bug with WPML and the integrated caching
• Fixed a bug with random sorting and the integrated caching
• Fixed a bug where cobbles sizing may be lost for a post if it is used in more than one grid
• Fixed a bug where Grid import may not work correctly
• Fixed a bug where categories from custom post type would not be linked correctly
• Fixed a bug where the loader/spinner was behind the container if it has an own color (on iPhone i.e.)
• WPML in combination with cache now working properly
• Further cache improvements at Post publishing
• MultiSite compatiblitly improved on many ways
• Video without Image Cover can now be edited properly in the Preview Grid
• Order by Random now working properly in combination with caching
• Import/Export quick selection of all, fixed for custom meta and fonts
• Visual Composer compatibility fix for Frondend Editor
• Drafts/Unpublished Posts are now excluded from the output
• Masonry hover content can now be set to push the content to not fall under the footer and be invisible for example
• Fixed Rotate Scale animations
• RotateScale animation fixed
• On import the date will now only be added to the imports if append is chosen and the element exists
• Links on Cover not covering the whole Item fixed
• Video Playback only shows a black box fixed for iOS 7.1
• Fixed a bug where the full cover was not written if there were no elements added to the center dropzone of the Item Skin
• JavaScript error opt.silence not defined fixed in the backend
• Change load_plugin_textdomain() to point to the correct folder
• Custom Grids can now be saved while using an Item Skin that has no content elements in it
• Custom Grids can now use filter as dropdown

Version 1.2.0 (25th August 2014)

• Added an Advanced Shortcode Creator inside of posts.
  • Create only with a few quick ready to use grids out of your post, page
  • Create grid based on popular posts, recent posts, related posts within 3 clicks
• Added the possibility to create Grids based on Search results
• Added option to give each grid a unique ID through the Grid Settings
• Added option to create grid based on gallery shortcode like: [ess_grid alias="your-alias"][gallery ids="1,2,3,4,5,6"][/ess_grid]
• Improved Speed
• Added cache system to improve overall speed. Can be enabled through the Global Settings
• Added Query Caching, which will aute Cache Queries and recreate them if Posts, Grids or any other part of the Grid has been changed.
• Added filter essgrid_set_cpt to disable Custom Post Type Ess. Grid Posts
• New Media Sources: First Content Vimeo, YouTube, HTML5 and Soundcloud
• Added option to choose default image if the post meets no criteria for a cover image

• Changed the code so that random sorting does work with Custom Grids

• Fixed an issue that made some backends slowing down
• Fixed an hover css issue where only the the css of the last element got written to document
• Fixed a bug where Filter would not be shown correctly in certain settings

Version 1.1.1 (26th July 2014)

• Updated Animation Engine
• Added new Layer and Media Animation like Zoom To Slide, Short Slides, Scale left/right, Zoom To Default etc.

• Fixed Hover Animation Issues

Version 1.1.0 (5th July 2014)

• Added Drop Down Layout for filtering of categories and tags to frontend
• Sort with Drag&Drop the order of filters
• Show / Hide filters one by one.
• Categories and subcategories can be selected in mixed mode also
• HTML5 audio can now be added like HTML5 videos. The mp4 field will now be shared with audio
• Spinner can now be disabled for each Grid
• Option in Grid Settings added to load only a certain amount of entries
• Option in Global Settings added to insert all JavaScript into the footer
• Option in Global Settings added to choose wether or not hammer.js should be loaded
• New developer option to disable the hammer.js on installation
• New developer option to disable all notifications and the activation area. More information at http://www.themepunch.com/home/plugins/set-essential-grid-as-theme/

• Added Tabs in Metas for better usability in Posts and Pages
• Added pagination for the Grids Overview page
• Added alt tag in images, using the alt text from wordpress image settings
• Removed placeholder in "Purchase code" to prevent confusions
• Renamed Aq_Resize script for preventing conflicts with other themes/plugins that modified the script
• Updated GreenSock Engine to 12.1
• Protected Mode for GreenSock for ThemePunch Plugins added. No more conflict between any other plugins / themes and ThemePunch Tools
• Lag Smoothing Enabled

• Available Layers inserting into an Item Skin now checks correctly the hover checkbox if it was set on the Layer.
• Fixed a bug where the combination of Post & Pages did not work correctly.

Version 1.0.8 (12th June 2014)

• Code Snippet change for VC Tabs
• Punch Fonts compatibility with Slider Revolution

• Fix for: show tag list.
• Fix for: Custom Meta in Custom Grid not working properly.
• Fix for: Custom Meta images not selectable/removeable.
• Fix for: Custom Grid sometimes showing no elements in FrontEnd.

Version 1.0.7 (21th May 2014)

• Added new tab to Grid Settings called API/JavaScript for custom JavaScript and API functionality
• Added new metas to use inside of meta field for posts
• Post ID can now be retrieved in Skins through Item Skin Editor
• Added Link Target in Item Skin Editor for Layer Settings and Layout Composition under Link/SEO tab

• Added check if hammer.js is already included
• Updated the included documentation

• Fix for LightBox gallery not working if Filters are not present in the navigation
• Fix for widgets not working
• Fix for WPML in combination with Pages
• Fix for filter not working in some languages
• Fix for Custom Grid - Custom Metas not working properly
• Fix for Custom Grid were accent characters could be broken in frontend
• Fix for Custom Grid were Grid will not be shown on frontend
• Post excerpt will now be stripped of all tags again (was in wrong 1.0.5 again)

Version 1.0.5 (2nd May 2014)

• Added possibility to use an array syntax in the additional parameters that were introduced in 1.0.4

• Fix for the output of the category list of custom taxonomies
• Fix for Custom Grids lightbox

Version 1.0.4 (29th April 2014)

• Added possibility to insert additional parameters to wp_query through the Grid Settings under Source

• Post excerpt will now be stripped of all tags

• Custom Grid fix where elements got duplicated by clicking on Refresh Preview

Version 1.0.3 (28th April 2014)

• Added new Link/SEO tab in Item Skin Editor under Layout Composition: Set links on the whole media or cover area!

• LightBox will now always show the original image, even if thumbnail sizes are choosen as source under "set image source type"
• Custom Metas are correctly replaced now with values set in posts
• Cobbles will now show the right ratios in frontend

Version 1.0.2 (25th April 2014)

• "Set Image Source Type" now lists also custom created image thumbnail sizes

• Drag & Drop fix in Item Skin Editor for Elements with force !important
• Font Family Fix with missing stripslashes, resulting in Font Family like \"Open Sans\"
• Element order fix in Item Skin Editor if more than ten Elements existed in the same dropzone
• Shadow not saving correctly in Item Skin Editor fixed
• Fix for some installations where the WordPress Media Libary could not be opened within our plugin
• Small adjustment in grids on Custom Grid selected with Custom Metas where the grid could break
• Small adjustment in Grid Create Editor that categories are not empty on first visit
• Updated link to online documentation

Version 1.0.1 (23th April 2014)

• Added settings in cobbles for Posts/Entries to be up to three entries in width and height
• Added multiple selection of images in custom grid

• Grid preview will now be refreshed in Custom Grid after changing settings of an Entry

• Fixed a behavior where creating a new grid may break the preview

Version 1.0.0 (22th April 2014)