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SlingBlocks · Version history

SlingBlocks changelog and version history

Latest version
1.8.1
May 23, 2026 (5 months ago)
Releases
17
since 2021
In the last year
2
about one every 29 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.0
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20211 release
  • 20227 releases
  • 20232 releases
  • 20243 releases
  • 20252 releases
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. SlingBlocks 1.8.1Latest

    • Improved: Minor improvements in icon block. (#216)
  2. SlingBlocks 1.8.0

    • Compatible upto WordPress 7.0

20252 releases

  1. SlingBlocks 1.7.0

    • Compatible upto WordPress 6.8.1
    • Improved: Plugin security improved. (#210)
    • Fixed: UI issues with blocks sidebar. (#206)
    • Fixed: Prevent overriding global post if the post is not created using gutenberg for FK checkout. (#204)
  2. SlingBlocks 1.6.0

    • Compatible upto WordPress 6.7
    • Fixed: Security enhancements. (#198)
    • Compatibility with Gutenberg standalone plugin. (#199)

20243 releases

  1. SlingBlocks 1.5.0

    • Compatible upto WordPress 6.6
    • Security: Fixed a security issue related to container block. Restricted Tag name modification in API for logged in user contributor role. (#190)
  2. SlingBlocks 1.4.1

    • Security: Fixed a security issue related to text block. Restricted Tag name modification in API for logged in user contributor role. (#184)
  3. SlingBlocks 1.4.0

    • Compatible upto WordPress 6.5
    • Fixed: Countdown block: Timezone issue fixed. (#177)
    • Fixed: Button block: Alignment issue with secondary text fixed. (#173)
    • Fixed: WordPress dependency issue fixed (#179)

20232 releases

  1. SlingBlocks 1.3.0

    • Compatible upto WordPress 6.4.1
    • PHP 8.1 related fixes done. (#161, #170)
    • Improved: Heading block: Links adding some extra space, fixed. (#166)
    • Fixed: Column block: width increased when padding gap added, fixed. (#156)
    • Fixed: Video tag css fixed position corrected. (#157)
    • Fixed: Countdown block: Before and After text css improved. (#163)
  2. SlingBlocks 1.2.1

    • Compatible upto WordPress 6.2.0
    • Added: Added support for custom color in Color Palette. (#153)
    • Improved: Custom font code improved in blocks to handle breakages. (#139)
    • Improved: Compatibility improved with FunnelKit Checkout. (#143)
    • Fixed: Button icon alignment code improved. (#145)
    • Fixed: Re-rendering issues with reusable blocks, fixed. (#150)
    • Dev: Filter hook ‘bwf_custom_google_font_names_list’ added to add or remove Google Fonts. (#141)

20227 releases

  1. SlingBlocks 1.2.0

    • Compatible upto WordPress 6.1.0
    • Added: Icon List block: “px” unit setting is added for selection. (#129)
    • Fixed: FunnelKit Funnel Builder: Store checkout page CSS conflict resolved. (#126)
    • Fixed: An issue found with button outline setting, fixed. (#135).
  2. SlingBlocks 1.1.5

    • Fixed: Kadence theme, older version compatibility fix.
  3. SlingBlocks 1.1.4

    • Compatible upto WordPress 6.0.2
    • Added: Compatibility with Kadence theme.
    • Added: Added support for ‘Alata’ font.
    • Improved: Usability improvements and editor responsive related improvements done.
    • Fixed: Issues with the live preview.
  4. SlingBlocks 1.1.3

    • Compatible with WordPress 6.0.0
  5. SlingBlocks 1.1.2

    • Fixed: Removed WithState deprecated react hook.
    • Fixed: Blocks toolbar deprecated warning message.
    • Improved: Countdown Timer Block.
    • Improved: Some google fonts were missing, added.
  6. SlingBlocks 1.1.1

    • Improved: Evergreen Countdown Timer Session logic based on cookies. (#48)
    • Fixed: Text field wasn’t working in Advanced Heading block, fixed. (#68)
  7. SlingBlocks 1.1.0

    • Compatible with WordPress 5.9.0.
    • New: Countdown Timer, new block is added.
    • Improved: Row block renamed to Container block with few new options, overall experience improved.
    • Improved: Blocks styling tab settings readability improvements.
    • Improved: Blocks UI/UX improved. Manage padding visually in the Guten editor.
    • Improved: Icon List block: Some CSS improvements.
    • Improved: z-index component updated, experience improved.
    • Fixed: Some PHP warnings, resolved.

20211 release

  1. SlingBlocks 1.0.0

    • Initial release

Questions about SlingBlocks’s releases

What is the latest version of SlingBlocks?

1.8.1, released on May 23, 2026 (5 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.0 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is SlingBlocks updated?

2 releases in the last year, about one every 29 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from October 2021.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in SlingBlocks’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.