SERIES GRID AI CONTENT ASSISTANT (SLIDER LAYOUT DEMO)

Series Grid Plugin for WordPress

Display your posts in a responsive grid with layout, style, and AJAX options.

Shortcode Example

Features

• Grid, list and slider layouts
• Fallback image support
• Style variants (soft, bordered)
• Author and tag display
• Excerpt length control
• AJAX “Load More” functionality
• Gutenberg block integration
• Admin settings for default options

📄 CHANGELOG.txt

Version History – Series Grid

[3.1.0] – 2025-07-29

Added

• Horizontal Grid Layout (Free): Added a new “Grid Image Position” option in the Basic tab with three settings: “Top” (classic vertical layout), “Left”, and “Right” (new horizontal layouts). This allows for a more compact, list-style presentation within the grid.

Changed

• Admin UI: The “Grid Image Position” setting is now context-aware and only appears when the “Grid” layout is selected, preventing confusion.
• Admin UI: Added clear warning messages in the admin panel to inform users that the introtext is automatically hidden in horizontal layouts for design purposes.

Improved

• CSS for Horizontal Layout: Completely rewrote the CSS for the new horizontal layouts to use a robust, fixed-width image and flexbox for clean alignment. The design is now more compact and visually appealing.
• Responsive Behavior: In horizontal grid mode, the layout now automatically switches back to a vertical (image on top) stack on mobile devices for better readability.
• Social Sharing Buttons: Redesigned the CSS for social sharing buttons to display horizontally with even spacing, improving their appearance in all layouts.

Fixed

• CSS Conflict: Resolved a critical CSS conflict where the padding-top method for aspect ratios was breaking the new horizontal flexbox layouts.
• Introtext Behavior: Ensured that the introtext is reliably hidden in horizontal layouts, preventing it from breaking the design.

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[3.0.0] – 2025-07-28

Added

• Show/Hide Introtext (Free): Added a global option in the Basic tab to show or hide the introtext across all layouts (Grid, List, Slider).
• Introtext on Hover (PRO): Added a new PRO feature for the Grid layout that hides the introtext by default and reveals it with a smooth expand/collapse animation when the user hovers over an item.

Changed

• Plugin Version: Bumped the version to 3.0.0 to ensure cache busting, forcing browsers to load the latest CSS for the new hover effect.

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[1.3.0] – 2025-07-19

Added

• Complete Joomla module feature parity – All features from Joomla mod_seriesgrid now available
• Category filtering – Filter posts by specific category IDs
• Featured posts only – Option to display only featured posts
• Sort options – Sort by date (newest), title (A-Z), or random
• Show category – Display post category with optional link
• Show date – Display post publish date
• Image extraction – Extract first image from post content if no featured image
• Fallback color – Custom background color for posts without images
• Image height control – Set custom image height for list and slider layouts
• Hover effects – Show title on hover, show intro text on hover (grid only)
• Lazy loading – Optional lazy loading for images
• AJAX loading – Placeholder for future AJAX implementation
• Custom empty message – Customize message when no posts found
• Organized admin panel – Settings grouped into Basic, Display, and Advanced sections

Improved

• Font size system – More specific CSS selectors with !important flags for reliable font sizing
• Template structure – Complete rewrite of all templates with proper fallback handling
• CSS architecture – Comprehensive responsive design with mobile-first approach
• Image handling – Robust fallback system with color/image options
• Code organization – Cleaner code structure with better variable sanitization

Fixed

• CSS loading – Added proper wp_enqueue_style() for asset loading
• Fallback image – Corrected field name from ‘fallback’ to ‘fallback_image’
• Layout switching – Proper template switching between grid/list/slider
• Font sizes – Fixed font size application with more specific CSS selectors
• Variable scope – All template variables properly defined with fallbacks

Technical Improvements

• WordPress standards – Full compliance with WordPress coding standards
• Sanitization – Proper sanitization of all user inputs and outputs
• Performance – Optimized query handling and template loading
• Accessibility – Improved semantic HTML and ARIA attributes where appropriate

v1.2.0-dev – July 2025

• Added admin settings panel
• Integrated Gutenberg block editor
• Full grid/list/slider template support
• AJAX “Load More” refinement
• Modular structure cleanup

v1.1.1-final – June 2025

• Fixed fallback image display
• Enhanced excerpt trimming
• Cleaned shortcode attributes

v1.1.0 – Initial release

• Responsive grid and list layout
• Shortcode and basic templates