### Version 2.0.1 Artemis (24th December 2014)

NEW FEATURES

- Added newsletter subscribtion box to get latest informations from ThemePunch
- Added option to set start filtering. Grids will only show elements of selected filter at the initial loading
- Added filter essgrid_query_caching to disable caching fully (set return value to false)
- Added support for Social Gallery WordPress Photo Viewer Plugin (Min. required Version: 4.0). Can be enabled in the Global Settings of Essential Grid

BUGFIXES

- Added transparency number format fix where the transparency could have a value like 0,5 instead of 0.5
- Fixed a bug where the inline search would not work correctly
- Fixed a bug where custom meta images could not be modified in the Grid Preview correctly

### Version 2.0 Artemis (12th December 2014)

NEW FEATURES

- Added option to set an specific Item Skin for each item in the Grid
- Added new Search Functionality
  - Global Search is now available, can be set on either any element by classes/ids or by adding elements with ShortCodes
  - New Navigation Element called Search, which allows to search withing the Grid Elements
- Added new Blank HTML element in Item Skin Editor. Paste HTML in here that will not be styles by Essential Grid
- Item Skin Editor has now the option to choose wether to use styling on a text/HTML element or not
- Added support for JackBox - Responsive Lightbox - WordPress Plugin (Min. required Version: 2.2). Can be enabled in the Global Settings of Essential Grid
- Added option to remove styling from text/HTML layers through the Item Skin Editor
- Added menu order for the start sorting
- Added post_url to available meta in Item Skin Editor
- Ajax can now also be selected in Layout Composition at Link/SEO
- Last Modified Date added to Grids
- Grids can now be set as favorite for a better user experience
- Grids can now be sorted by Last Modified Date and by favorites

CHANGES

- Adding now http:// or https:// to URL's if Link To URL is choosen and http/https is missing
- Changed filter essgrid_get_posts and added the current post ID as second argument
- Improved overall speed
- Order By None will now properly order by the given Post order
- Added slug of Category/Tag in Grid Settings to the list since a different Category/Tag can have the same Name but not the same slug

BUGFIXES

- Added fallback to images that can not get cropped. Original image will then be shown
- Fixed Tag List, now working correctly with "On Click" setting in Item Skin Editor
- Ajax Content Pre and Post Container now encodes HTML correctly

### Version 1.5.4 (21th November 2014)

NEW FEATURES

- 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

CHANGES

- 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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

CHANGES

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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

NEW FEATURES

- 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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

CHANGES

- 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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

NEW FEATURES

- 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

CHANGES

- 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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

NEW FEATURES

- 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

CHANGES

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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

NEW FEATURES

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

BUGFIXES

- Fixed Hover Animation Issues

### Version 1.1.0 (5th July 2014)

NEW FEATURES

- 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/

CHANGES

- 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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

CHANGES

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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

NEW FEATURES

- 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

CHANGES

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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

CHANGES

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

BUGFIXES

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

### Version 1.0.4 (29th April 2014)

NEW FEATURES

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

CHANGES

- Post excerpt will now be stripped of all tags

BUGFIXES

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

### Version 1.0.3 (28th April 2014)

NEW FEATURES

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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

CHANGES

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

BUGFIXES

- 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)

NEW FEATURES

- 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

CHANGES

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

BUGFIXES

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

### Version 1.0.0 (22th April 2014)