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This documentation tracks released plugin behavior. Versions are listed without invented release dates.

2.4.9

  • Scoped nested Loop Grid and Loop Carousel Relationship/Post Object queries to the active Repeater or Flexible Content row that owns the selected field path.
  • Preserved every row's configured post order, including repeated instances of the same Flexible Content layout.
  • Kept an empty active row authoritative so it cannot inherit selections from another row.
  • Preserved real related-post context inside virtual row Loop Items and kept later Flexible Content mappings stable through nested rendering.
  • Kept top-level and out-of-row Relationship queries on their existing aggregate source-object behavior.

2.4.8

  • Restored the ACF Repeater Text Before, After, and Fallback controls in Elementor's actual dynamic-tag registration path.
  • Added the ACF Options Page fallback when a Loop Item's selected preview post has no rows, while keeping populated preview posts authoritative.

2.4.7

  • Added native Before, After, and Fallback controls to the ACF Repeater Text tag.
  • Applied Before and After only to populated values, treated zero as populated, and returned Fallback by itself for empty values.
  • Left image, URL, gallery, file, and other structured-value tags unchanged.

2.4.6

  • Fixed ACF Link subfields using the Link URL return format dropping fragment-only links such as #information-we-collect.
  • Preserved root-relative URLs while continuing to sanitize scalar URL values through WordPress.
  • Left absolute URLs, email links, media fields, relationships, taxonomy links, previews, and frontend row context behavior unchanged.

2.4.5

  • Fixed Automatic context using a Loop Item's saved Preview Post on normal frontend requests instead of the actual queried post.
  • Limited saved Elementor Preview Post resolution to Elementor edit and preview modes.
  • Kept Loop Item editor previews on their selected sample post while frontend widgets use the viewed post's own rows.

2.4.4

  • Fixed Repeater dynamic tags rendering empty values when the selected Preview Post existed only in the current editor user's Elementor autosave.
  • Resolved the active Loop Item through Elementor's autosave-aware document API while preserving the published-document fallback.
  • Kept the override limited to authenticated Elementor AJAX requests for this plugin's Repeater tags.

2.4.3

  • Fixed Repeater dynamic tags rendering empty values when Elementor's editor-side tag request used the Loop Item template instead of its selected preview post.
  • Persisted explicit ACF row-schema changes before reloading the editor preview.
  • Invalidated stale Repeater dynamic-tag preview cache entries without altering unrelated dynamic-tag settings.

2.4.2

  • Fixed trailing Repeater Loop Grids rendering empty dynamic values when Elementor normalized a negative virtual row ID to an existing positive Theme Document ID.
  • Preserved each virtual row and the surrounding WordPress query through Elementor's Loop Item preview lifecycle.
  • Added no saved-setting renames, removals, or migrations.

2.4.1

  • Updated the paid Pro trial from 3 days to 7 days to match the current Freemius checkout configuration.
  • Kept the payment-method requirement and existing plan, license, and entitlement behavior unchanged.

2.4.0

Editor-only Context Inspector

  • Added an opt-in Troubleshooting panel to Elementor Loop Grid and Loop Carousel.
  • Added provider, resolved object, row source, row-count, and representative-row metadata to Free and Pro.
  • Added Pro-only stable paths, Flexible Content mappings, Relationship/Post Object resolution, row-query state, filter state, pagination, and signed-refresh status.
  • Kept the inspector disabled by default and out of the preview canvas and frontend.

Security and validation

  • Required an authenticated nonce plus permission to edit the active Elementor document.
  • Accepted only a strict widget-settings allowlist and excluded row values, field values, signed render tokens, credentials, and nonces from responses.
  • Added PHPUnit, PHP 7.4 compatibility, PHPStan, package-boundary, and real Loop Grid/Loop Carousel browser coverage.

2.3.0

Row search and sorting Pro

  • Added opt-in search across selected scalar Repeater and Flexible Content row fields.
  • Added stable text, number, and date sort choices with configurable public labels and default directions.
  • Added number/date minimum and maximum filters plus Flexible Content layout filtering.
  • Added optional, widget-isolated URL state for multiple Loop Grids and Loop Carousels.
  • Applied taxonomy filtering, search, ranges, and sorting before one final pagination step.
  • Kept all controls disabled by default and existing Loop Item markup unchanged.

2.2.1

Elementor editor compatibility Pro

  • Fixed an HTTP 500 while Elementor generated global Loop Grid and Loop Carousel control configuration.
  • Stopped reading widget instance settings while Elementor was still constructing the control schema.
  • Kept legacy Relationship/Post Object selectors editable without migrating saved settings.

2.2.0

Product name

  • Renamed the customer-facing product to Dynamic ACF Repeater for Elementor, following Elementor's trademark guidance.
  • Preserved the installed folder, main plugin file, WordPress.org slug, text domain, Freemius identity, saved settings, and internal identifiers so existing sites update in place.

Deep Relationship and Post Object queries Pro

  • Added stable field-key paths through Groups, Flexible Content layouts, nested Repeaters, and mixed structural paths.
  • Flattened posts selected across nested rows, removed duplicates, and preserved the first configured occurrence and field order.
  • Added the same Relationship query controls to Loop Carousel.

2.1.0

Elementor Pro Taxonomy Filter integration Pro

  • Added an opt-in bridge between repeater taxonomy subfields and Elementor Pro's Taxonomy Filter widget.
  • Preserved Elementor Pro's Taxonomy Filter markup, styles, URL state, multi-select behavior, pagination, and Load More controls.
  • Kept the existing built-in custom filter and all saved settings unchanged when the Elementor Pro integration is not enabled.

2.0.1

Compatibility

  • Restored the established field-provider behavior: Secure Custom Fields and Advanced Custom Fields Pro are both supported through their shared runtime API.
  • Kept Elementor as the only hard WordPress.org dependency because the dependency header cannot express alternative providers.

2.0.0

Relationship queries Pro

  • Preserved Elementor posts-per-page and pagination when resolving Relationship or Post Object fields from the current SCF/ACF object.
  • Kept selected posts in field order without routing them through Repeater virtual-row pagination.

Nested row sources Pro

  • Added stable field-key paths for Repeaters nested inside Repeaters, Flexible Content layouts, and Group fields.
  • Flattened matching child rows in source order while preserving their complete row/index path and formatted SCF/ACF values.
  • Kept existing top-level Repeater widget settings and saved Loop Items backwards compatible.

Flexible Content templates Pro

  • Added the ACF Flexible Content skin to Loop Grid and Loop Carousel.
  • Added one opt-in Loop Item mapping control for each discovered Flexible Content layout.
  • Added explicit default-template fallback and skip-unmapped behavior without inserting frontend buttons, panels, or other visual markup.
  • Suspended Elementor's position-based Alternate Templates only while the data-driven skin renders, then restored the saved setting.

Elementor editor

  • Added row-schema choices for nested Repeaters and individual Flexible Content layouts in Loop Item document settings.
  • Limited dynamic-tag field choices to the selected layout schema.
  • Added representative nested/layout values to Loop Item editor previews through the same resolver used on the frontend.

Validation

  • Added PHPUnit coverage for source discovery, stable selectors, nested path flattening, layout schemas, and virtual-row values.
  • Added real WordPress browser coverage for per-layout output, nested rows, mapping controls, and Loop Item preview data.

1.2.1

  • Removed plugin-generated buttons from Loop Items and removed the editor diagnostic overlay.
  • Restored the lightbox to a dim overlay containing the cloned Loop Item, with no generated title, white panel, toolbar, or footer.
  • Kept nested links and form controls interactive while non-interactive item clicks open the lightbox.
  • Prevented site-wide button styles from adding backgrounds, borders, or rounded shapes to close and previous/next controls.

Elementor editor

  • Applied width, height, padding, overlay, navigation, and close-control changes to an already-open lightbox preview.
  • Restored Content Height sizing on the cloned Loop Item and its background-bearing Elementor root.
  • Preserved Loop Carousel item deduplication and editor document-handle access without adding template markup.

Packaging

  • Kept the Freemius source header neutral while identifying licensed premium installs as PRO without duplicating the suffix.

1.2.0

  • Added Automatic, Current Post, Queried Object, and Options contexts to Free.
  • Added Current User and explicit post, user, taxonomy-term, or Options contexts to Pro.
  • Restored lightbox opening in AJAX-rendered Loop Grid and Loop Carousel editor previews.
  • Restored Pro lightbox Style controls for both loop widgets.
  • Preserved non-post SCF/ACF object IDs through virtual rows and signed filter requests.
  • Avoided enqueueing frontend dependencies during editor AJAX and REST render responses.
  • The visible editor diagnostics and per-item trigger buttons introduced here were removed in 1.2.1.

1.1.0

Security

  • Replaced arbitrary public document rendering with signed, expiring render contexts bound to published content and an owned Loop Grid or Loop Carousel widget.
  • Blocked anonymous private, draft, password-protected, malformed, and cross-document render requests with controlled REST errors.
  • Changed editor REST permissions from generic edit_posts checks to edit_post checks for the requested document.

Correctness and Pro improvements

  • Removed a site-wide SQL rewrite that stripped post__not_in exclusions from unrelated queries.
  • Added request-local, collision-safe virtual row IDs and row-level pagination for current-object Repeaters.
  • Fixed empty Relationship queries, preserved Relationship field order, and corrected multi-term OR filtering.
  • Corrected media, URL, Relationship, Taxonomy, and multi-value dynamic-tag formatting.
  • Scoped multiple filters to their owning widget and prevented stale responses from replacing newer results.
  • Consolidated feature registration behind the active Freemius entitlement and updated Freemius SDK to 2.13.4.
  • Expanded automated Free/Pro package-boundary, PHPUnit, WordPress runtime, and Playwright coverage.

1.0.91

  • Fixed a visual overflow regression in Free and Pro.

1.0.9

  • Fixed Pro registration for the ACF Repeater Form options field.
  • Added general Free and Pro stability improvements.

1.0.8

  • Added the Pro ACF Repeater Select Elementor Form field with dropdown, radio, and checkbox presentation.
  • Added Relationship and Post Object query support for fields directly inside a top-level Repeater.
  • Normalized nested Relationship results to post IDs.

1.0.7

  • Added Pro support for ACF Link fields with URL, Link Title, and Link Target tags.
  • Added Pro Color and Icon tags.
  • Improved Gallery normalization for IDs, URLs, arrays, and objects.

1.0.6

  • Added drag ordering for taxonomy filter terms, instant updates, and an optional deep-link URL.
  • Added the Pro ACF Repeater Field display condition.
  • Fixed default-filter active styles and custom filter parameter names.
  • Added Number support to the Pro Text tag.

1.0.5

  • Fixed lightbox element-visibility flicker in Pro.

1.0.4

  • Fixed taxonomy filters for Options Page Repeaters and array-based Taxonomy subfield values.
  • Added custom URL parameters, empty-term display, default terms, filter dividers, term descriptions, and expanded filter style controls.

1.0.3

  • Fixed the Free Loop Grid limit that showed only the first ten Repeater rows.
  • Added the Options Page fallback when the current post has no rows.
  • Added Pro Loop Carousel support.

1.0.2

  • Fixed multiple Loop Item templates so each could access its selected Repeater field.
  • Improved Repeater value retrieval.
  • Added Pro support for multiple repeater-powered Loop Grids on one page.

1.0.1

  • Added Query Current Post Only and improved editor preview post handling.
  • Refactored Pro taxonomy filtering for current-post rows, aggregate Repeater rows, and parent-post taxonomy states.

1.0.0

  • Initial Elementor Loop Grid integration for top-level SCF/ACF Repeater rows.
  • Added Free Text, Image, Original Post Title, and background-image workflows.
  • Added the first Pro media, Relationship-query, lightbox, taxonomy-filter, and visibility capabilities.

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