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Advanced Post Block · Version history

Advanced Post Block changelog and version history

Latest version
2.5.2
Oct 26, 2026 (14 days ago)
Releases
107
since 2021
In the last year
20
about one every 18 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 202110 releases
  • 202222 releases
  • 202325 releases
  • 202427 releases
  • 20258 releases
  • 202615 releases

202615 releases

  1. Advanced Post Block 2.5.2Latest

    • Security: Read More Icon: Custom SVG icons are now sanitized on the server and again in the browser before they are rendered. Scripts, animation triggers, and event handler attributes are removed, closing a stored XSS that a Contributor could trigger from a post (reported by Patchstack).
    • Security: Accordion Layout: The custom Up/Down indicator icons go through the same SVG sanitization.
    • Security: Block Output: Block settings embedded in the front-end markup are now hex-encoded, so saved HTML entities can no longer turn back into live markup in the browser.
    • Fix: Admin Dashboard: Quick links (Open Editor, ShortCode Generator) no longer contain a double slash and now open the correct admin screens.
    • Fix: Admin Dashboard: The dashboard script no longer throws an error when the Freemius opt-in screen is shown in its place.

  2. Advanced Post Block 2.5.1

    • New: Template Library: Imports and favorites now help rank the most popular templates – only reported when you allow usage tracking.
    • Improvement: Translations: The admin dashboard, block settings, and front-end labels (view counts, comment links, ticker navigation) are now fully translatable.
    • Fix: Slider: The Autoplay Delay labels used the wrong text domain and could not be translated.

  3. Advanced Post Block 2.5.0

    • New: Magazine 2 Layout: A full-width hero post above a responsive grid of the remaining posts, with its own Magazine Grid Layout selector, column and gap controls, and a responsive hero min-height.
    • New: Load More Button: A third Load More type that appends the next posts in place, with a custom button label and a loading state.
    • New: Exclude Sticky Posts: Completely remove sticky posts from any query.
    • New: Meta Author Link: Link the author name to their author archive.
    • New: Meta Date as Time Ago: Show the post date as “3 days ago” instead of a fixed date.
    • New: Meta Reading Time: Show the estimated reading time in the meta row, with a custom label.
    • New: Post View Count: Display tracked post views in the meta row.
    • New: Meta Separator Color: Give the separator character between meta items its own color.
    • New: Category Badge Spacing: Padding and border radius controls for the on-image category badge.
    • New: Image Grayscale: Apply a grayscale filter to the feature image, on normal state and on hover.

  4. Advanced Post Block 2.4.0

    • New: Magazine 1 Layout: The hero-plus-sidebar magazine layout is now free – pair a large featured post with a scrollable list of secondary posts, with its own sidebar list layout and responsive hero min-height.
    • New: Overlay Half Content Sub Layout: Text sits over the bottom half of the image behind a soft gradient.
    • New: Load More / Pagination: Numbered pagination and prev/next navigation – with custom labels, alignment, colors, active/hover colors, padding, spacing, and back-to-top on page change.
    • New: Query Controls: Select Pages as a post source, filter posts by tags, skip posts with Post Offset, and target exact posts with Include Posts and Exclude Posts.
    • New: Element Sorting: Drag and drop to reorder the title, meta data, and excerpt inside each post.
    • New: Feature Image Size: Pick any registered image size (thumbnail, medium, large, full) for faster pages.
    • New: Fallback Image: Set a default image shown when a post has no featured image.
    • New: Title Limit: Trim titles by word or character count.
    • New: Meta Separator: Add a custom character between meta data items.
    • New: Image Hover Radius: Animate the feature image corner radius on hover.

  5. Advanced Post Block 2.3.0

    • New: Accordion Layout: Added a new collapsible Accordion layout to display posts as expandable panels – great for FAQs, docs, and long-form lists. Includes Classic and Card Stack themes, single open mode, expand-icon controls, and full styling.

  6. Advanced Post Block 2.2.2

    • New: Template Library: Browse and import professionally designed post layouts with one click using the new Template Library button in the editor toolbar – complete with search, filters, and live preview.

  7. Advanced Post Block 2.2.1

    • Update: Admin Dashboard: Improved UI with better feature organization.

  8. Advanced Post Block 2.2.0

    • New: Advanced Title Customization: Choose specific SEO title tags, align text perfectly, and set custom hover colors for a professional look.
    • New: Enhanced Image Controls: Set custom dimensions, adjust borders, radius, and shadows, and add smooth hover animations for better image presentation.
    • New: Refined Metadata & Badges: Position categories above content, set custom hover colors, and adjust category badge margins.
    • New: Interactive Container Design: Shadow effects, hover borders, and background hover support for article blocks and content areas.
    • New: Engaging “Read More” Buttons: Sleek arrow icons and smooth hover animations to guide your visitors.
    • New: Dynamic Excerpts: Custom hover color support for post excerpts to match your brand’s style.

  9. Advanced Post Block 2.1.0

    • New: News Ticker Layout: Added a new professional news ticker layout (Free).
    • New: News Ticker Options: Enhanced News Ticker with direction, speed, and animation controls (Pro).
    • New: Magazine Layouts: Introduced Magazine 1 and Magazine 2 layouts for editorial-style post displays (Pro).
    • New: Magazine Min Height: Added a responsive minimum height setting for the magazine hero post (Pro).

  10. Advanced Post Block 2.0.8

    • New: List – Left Even Odd Sub-Layout: Added a new alternating left-aligned list layout for visually distinct even/odd post rows.
    • New: List – Right Even Odd Sub-Layout: Added a new alternating right-aligned list layout for visually distinct even/odd post rows.
    • Fix: Fixed the issue of posts not loading in the frontend.

  11. Advanced Post Block 2.0.7

    • New: Query Preset: Introduced a query preset option to select from predefined query configurations, making it easier to set up common post queries.
    • New: Taxonomy Relation: Added a new setting to select the relation (AND/OR) between different taxonomy filters, providing more advanced control over the post query.
    • New: Search Query: Introduced a search field in the block settings to filter posts by a specific search term, allowing for more precise content display.
    • New: Author Filter: Added the ability to filter posts by specific authors, allowing for more personalized content curation.
    • New: Exclude Sticky Posts: Introduced an option to exclude sticky posts from the query, providing better control over post visibility.
    • New: Post View Tracking: Introduced post view tracking to display posts by popularity.
    • Update: AJAX Post Fetching: Implemented AJAX-based post fetching in the editor/backend for a more reliable and faster loading experience.
    • Fix: Security Hardening: Enhanced security by restricting license access, improving XSS protection, and enforcing strict type casting for query parameters.

  12. Advanced Post Block 2.0.6

    • New: Added a Layout Selector for new blocks to improve the initial setup experience.
    • New: Added helpful descriptions and tooltips to various complex settings in the block sidebar.
    • Fix: Critical performance issue resolved in the editor by refactoring data-fetching logic to significantly reduce store calls and prevent infinite loops.
    • Update: Optimized data retrieval for authors, taxonomies, and comments to improve overall editor responsiveness.
    • Fix: Improved fallback Grid layout display to ensure blocks render correctly even if initial configuration is missing.

  13. Advanced Post Block 2.0.5

    • Add: ShortCode feature for free users – Easy shortcode support for displaying posts anywhere on your site.
    • Update: Admin Dashboard – Improved UI with better navigation and clearer feature organization.
    • Fix: Critical performance improvements and bug fixes.

  14. Advanced Post Block 2.0.4

    • New: Infinite Scroll – Auto-load posts as users scroll down.
    • New: Navigation Pagination – Add next/previous buttons for manual browsing.
    • New: Load More Button – On-demand post loading with a clickable button.

  15. Advanced Post Block 2.0.3

    • Update: Remove unwanted data from posts query

20258 releases

  1. Advanced Post Block 2.0.2

    • Fix: Fix offset query issue
    • Update: Add more options in Order by Query.

  2. Advanced Post Block 2.0.1

    • Update: Custom Post type label
    • Update: Add additional class for pagination page numbers

  3. Advanced Post Block 2.0.0

    • Fix Post Type Issues
    • Update SDK
    • Change UI
    • Admin Dashboard

  4. Advanced Post Block 1.16.1

    • Fix Pagination issue

  5. Advanced Post Block 1.16.0

    • Update Upgrade Page
    • Fix other users premium unlock issue
    • Update SDK

  6. Advanced Post Block 1.15.4

    • Update SDK.

  7. Advanced Post Block 1.15.3

    • Update SDK.

  8. Advanced Post Block 1.15.2

    • Only load essential content or excerpt.

202427 releases

  1. Advanced Post Block 1.15.1

    • Current Post Exclude option for every condition.

  2. Advanced Post Block 1.15.0

    • Fix Pagination issue

  3. Advanced Post Block 1.14.9

  4. Advanced Post Block 1.14.8

  5. Advanced Post Block 1.14.7

  6. Advanced Post Block 1.14.6

  7. Advanced Post Block 1.14.5

  8. Advanced Post Block 1.14.4

  9. Advanced Post Block 1.14.3

  10. Advanced Post Block 1.14.2

  11. Advanced Post Block 1.14.1

  12. Advanced Post Block 1.14.0

  13. Advanced Post Block 1.13.9

  14. Advanced Post Block 1.13.8

  15. Advanced Post Block 1.13.7

  16. Advanced Post Block 1.13.6

  17. Advanced Post Block 1.13.5

  18. Advanced Post Block 1.13.4

  19. Advanced Post Block 1.13.3

  20. Advanced Post Block 1.13.2

  21. Advanced Post Block 1.13.1

  22. Advanced Post Block 1.13.0

  23. Advanced Post Block 1.12.9

  24. Advanced Post Block 1.12.8

  25. Advanced Post Block 1.12.7

  26. Advanced Post Block 1.12.6

  27. Advanced Post Block 1.12.5

202325 releases

  1. Advanced Post Block 1.12.3

  2. Advanced Post Block 1.12.2

  3. Advanced Post Block 1.12.1

  4. Advanced Post Block 1.12.0

  5. Advanced Post Block 1.11.4

  6. Advanced Post Block 1.11.3

  7. Advanced Post Block 1.11.2

  8. Advanced Post Block 1.11.1

  9. Advanced Post Block 1.11.0

  10. Advanced Post Block 1.10.9

  11. Advanced Post Block 1.10.8

  12. Advanced Post Block 1.10.7

  13. Advanced Post Block 1.10.6

  14. Advanced Post Block 1.10.5

  15. Advanced Post Block 1.10.4

  16. Advanced Post Block 1.10.3

  17. Advanced Post Block 1.10.2

  18. Advanced Post Block 1.10.1

  19. Advanced Post Block 1.10.0

  20. Advanced Post Block 1.9.9

  21. Advanced Post Block 1.9.8

  22. Advanced Post Block 1.9.7

  23. Advanced Post Block 1.8.5

  24. Advanced Post Block 1.8.4

  25. Advanced Post Block 1.8.3

202222 releases

  1. Advanced Post Block 1.8.2

  2. Advanced Post Block 1.8.1

  3. Advanced Post Block 1.8.0

  4. Advanced Post Block 1.7.9

  5. Advanced Post Block 1.7.8

  6. Advanced Post Block 1.7.7

  7. Advanced Post Block 1.7.6

  8. Advanced Post Block 1.7.5

  9. Advanced Post Block 1.7.4

  10. Advanced Post Block 1.7.3

  11. Advanced Post Block 1.7.2

  12. Advanced Post Block 1.7.1

  13. Advanced Post Block 1.7.0

  14. Advanced Post Block 1.6.9

  15. Advanced Post Block 1.6.8

  16. Advanced Post Block 1.6.7

  17. Advanced Post Block 1.6.5

  18. Advanced Post Block 1.6.4

  19. Advanced Post Block 1.6.3

  20. Advanced Post Block 1.6.2

  21. Advanced Post Block 1.6.1

  22. Advanced Post Block 1.6.0

202110 releases

  1. Advanced Post Block 1.4.2

  2. Advanced Post Block 1.4.1

  3. Advanced Post Block 1.4.0

  4. Advanced Post Block 1.3.3

  5. Advanced Post Block 1.3.2

  6. Advanced Post Block 1.3.1

  7. Advanced Post Block 1.3

  8. Advanced Post Block 1.2

  9. Advanced Post Block 1.1

  10. Advanced Post Block 1.0

Questions about Advanced Post Block’s releases

What is the latest version of Advanced Post Block?

2.5.2, released on Oct 26, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Advanced Post Block updated?

20 releases in the last year, about one every 18 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from May 2021.

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