Salient | Creative Multipurpose & WooCommerce Theme 18.0

Added​

• Added Content Trail element (spawns images or text that follow the mouse cursor). View Documentation →.
• Added new Sticky Content Sectionsscrolling effect options:
  • Horizontal Scrolling
  • Layered Card Reveal
  • Stacking Effect
  • View Documentation →
• Added Auto width variant for "Contained" header style
• Added Gradient background blur option to Header Navigation when using Transparent effect
• Added Color Changing Background functionality to Row page builder element. View Documentation →
• Added "Chat Thread" page builder element — easily create animated chat-style UIs to showcase product features or highlight key interactions. View Documentation →.
• Added "Section" page builder element for deeper container-based layouts
• Added Responsive Flexbox layout controls for "Column", "Section", and "Carousel Item" elements — enables Bento Grid row functionality
• Added Responsive Height and Min Height controls for "Row" and "Column" elements
• Added new Global Sections location "In Navigation Top (Before Scrolling)" to create custom secondary headers
• Added Global Sections conditional functionality to show/exclude sections on specific posts
• Added Stretch alignment option for "Button" element
• Added new "Text with Inline Media" animation option
• Added option to inherit typography in "Text with Inline Media" page builder element
• Added new text animation options "Blur Reveal", "Fade"
• Added new text effect selector UI that shows animation previews
• Added Preload option for background images in "Row" and "Column" elements
• Added additional theme option for the "Column Spacing"
• Added Text Indent option to text blocks
• Added new toggle style "Animated Circle"
• Added object position controls to "Image" element
• Added caption display option to "Image" element
• Added "Auto" image sizing to "Featured Media Under Heading" single post header option
• Added new theme options panel UI
• Added search in theme options panel and refreshed admin panel design
• Added New performance theme options
  • Local Google Fonts
  • Optimize Top Level Images
• Added fluid typography theme options and support for selecting units (rem, em, or px) across all typography fields
• Added theme option to specify light text color globally
• Added theme option for Fancy checkbox styling
• Added theme option for off canvas icon line width
• Added new page transition theme option
• Added new social icon handling UI in theme options (reordering and custom icon uploads for Header, Footer, Off-Canvas)
• Added new options to "Milestone" element for animation type
• Added "Bottom Blur Gradient" mask type to "Column" and "Image" elements
• Added backdrop filter controls to "Inner Row", "Badge", and "Button" elements
• Added new "Badge" options — custom font sizing; border controls
• Added new "Button" options/styles
  • "Arrow Circle Animation" style
  • "Minimal Arrow Alt" style
  • Option to control animated Underline functionality
• Added css class .nectar-underline-target-paragraph to target lines of text that should be underlined when hovering over parent
• Added Support for svh, dvh, svw, dvw units
• Added new "Carousel Item" options — gradient overlays; flexbox layout controls; video backgrounds
• Added Strava social icon
• Added option to hide "Row" elements per device
• Added Full compatibility with Fluent Forms and enhanced styling
• Added new "Post Loop Builder" element options
  • Option to remove links from grid items
  • Button Text Color
  • Meta Gap
  • Excerpt Position
• Added new query and styling options for "Project Terms" page builder element
• Added Scrolling Text option for custom spacing between items
• Added Mask Edges to "Scrolling Text", "Carousel", and "Image Gallery" elements
• Added functionality to seamlessly expose bundled plugin updates to WP-CLI and auto-updaters
• Added 3 new demos
  • Harbor - Consulting
  • Signal - Marketing Agency
  • Tether - App
• Added 28 new Salient Studio Templates

Fixed​

• Fixed Lottie player animation range on frontend to render correctly
• Fixed Nectar Badge/Icon page builder elements now correctly use non-px values for margins
• Fixed Icon Selector page builder control to correctly scroll to selected icon
• Fixed incorrect accessibility warnings related to contrast ratios when using dark backgrounds with light text
• Fixed WooCommerce star icon clipping in "Price/Star Ratings on Hover" style
• Fixed WooCommerce single product images to correctly utilize image sizing from core Customizer option
• Fixed Image Comparison page builder element to not throw JS error when removing jQuery Migrate
• Fixed the "Simple dropdown" mobile menu sizing when using "Centered Menu Mobile Header"
• Fixed Mouse indicator positioning prior to mouse movement
• Fixed Custom colors added through "nectar_additional_theme_colors" filter to display in WPBakery color picker

Improved​

• Improved vertical alignment for fancy unordered list icons when using "Standard Dot" type
• Improved Frontend editor performance

Updated​

• Updated Salient Core to v3.1
• Updated Salient WPBakery to v8.6.1
• Updated Salient Demo Importer to v1.8
• Updated Salient Portfolio to v1.8.4
• Updated Salient Nectar Slider to v1.7.8
• Updated element naming for clarity
  • "Split Line Heading" → "Animated Text"
  • "Call to Action" → "Button"
  • "Button" → "Legacy Button"

v17.3.1 (7/26/25)​

Added​

• Added latest Google fonts
• Added missing aria roles to Page Header and Single Post Content
• Added WooCommerce 10.0.x compatibility

Fixed​

• Fixed YouTube video backgrounds to load properly
• Fixed JS error when changing tabs which contain parallax elements
• Fixed accessibility issues with header navigation search
• Fixed Centered Logo Between Menu Alt header layout megamenu layer issue
• Fixed WooCommerce legacy cart styling when using WooCommerce 10.0.x
• Fixed Salient Menu Options to be visible to custom admin level roles

Updated​

• Updated Salient WPBakery to v8.4.2
  • Fixed Default template logic
• Updated Salient Core to v3.0.8
  • Fixed WPBakery color picker to render correctly in Safari

v17.3.0 (6/13/25)​

Added​

• Added WooCommerce 9.9.x compatibility
• Added landmark roles for improved accessibility
• Added ability to tab-select "Single Testimonial" elements for improved accessibility
• Added option for three columns in the "Post Loop Builder" element on tablet and mobile viewports
• Added Google Pay icon option for page builder elements
• Added theme options to define custom Left Header format width and padding
• Added option to keep the "Row" page builder element's sticky functionality persistent on mobile devices
• Added support for custom category ordering in the "Post Loop Builder" element using the Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order plugin

Fixed​

• Fixed column link option when a global section is set as a megamenu display
• Fixed page header video background loading on mobile devices when using the Delay JavaScript Execution theme option
• Fixed "Post Loop Builder" to prevent duplicate anchor links for improved accessibility
• Fixed "Post Loop Builder" deep linking to support filters containing ampersand symbols
• Fixed "Nectar Slider" element width when using a left header and the No Header page template

Updated​

• Updated Salient WPBakery to v8.4.1
• Updated Salient Core to v3.0.7
• Updated Salient Portfolio to v1.8.2

v17.2.0 (4/18/25)​

Added​

• Added WordPress 6.8 compatibility
• Added WooCommerce 9.8 compatibility
• Added "Team Member" mini bio, and "Image" link to WPML config
• Added ability for CPTs to utilize "Infinite Scroll" pagination on archives
• Added option for "Fit to Container" expansion in "Image" element to automatically fill the available space in parent column
• Added screen reader text option to "Video Lightbox" element
• Added vc_line_chart and vc_round_chart to "salient_register_core_wpbakery_els" filter
• Added support for shortcode rendering in "Horizontal List Item" element
• Added no follow option for "Horizontal List Item" element cta button

Fixed​

• Fixed PHP warning in enqueue scripts
• Fixed WooCommerce checkout overflow to allow for scrolling when using "Smooth Scroll" theme option
• Fixed "Page Submenu" element padding to match global container
• Fixed "Tabs" page builder element vertical material style padding on mobile
• Fixed Portfolio template PHP warning
• Fixed sub heading typography when using "Box Roll" header effect

Updated​

• Updated Salient Core to v3.0.6
• Updated Salient WPBakery v7.8.2

v17.1.0 (2/22/25)​

• Added WooCommerce 9.6.x compatibility
• Added option to disable "Stacked" effect for mobile devices in "Post Loop Builder" element
• Added new filter 'nectar_is_blog_archive' to allow overrides on archives for page header
• Added option to disable Page Header > Box Roll effect on mobile devices
• Added option to allow Blog single content width to inherit from global container width

Fixed​

• Fixed columns from jumping on load when using delayed JS execution + backdrop blur filter
• Fixed "Toggle Panels" scroll-to functionality on desktop when using Accordion style
• Fixed Flickity "Image Gallery" page builder element when used inside of the "Tabs" element
• Fixed accessibility issues with a few theme icons to utilize the appropriate role
• Fixed accessibility with the "Portfolio" page builder element > project links
• Fixed Yoast SEO sitemap to automatically exclude Global Sections by default
• Fixed automatic excerpt to render text from "Split Line Heading" page builder elements

Updated​

• Updated Salient Core to v3.0.5
• Updated Salient Portfolio to v1.8.1

v17.0.7 (1/17/25)​

• Added heading render tag to "Post Loop Builder" page builder element. You can now specify the typography and render tag separately.
• Added new filter `nectar_default_fancy_box_image_size` to programmatically specify the global default image size for various page builder elements.

Fixed​

• Fixed Salient Menu Options -> Custom "Hover Color" to take effect for all navigation configurations
• Fixed "Milestone" page builder element to allow "Motion Blur" style to utilize specified render tag typography
• Fixed Delay JS warning when using hash-style routing links in header navigation
• Fixed Brand Icons added via the Salient Menu Options to display in mobile menu correctly
• Fixed Placeholders in "Image Gallery" page builder element

Updated​

• Updated Salient Core to v3.0.4

v17.0.5 (11/21/24)​

• Added ability to use "Additional Brands" icon set in Salient menu options
• Added Bluesky social media icon

Fixed​

• Fixed Salient Custom Branding → Logo to work correctly with WordPress v6.7+
• Fixed header nav menu item hover trigger area when using a Global Section for megamenu
• Fixed JS warning with animated anchor links when using `#/anchor` format
• Fixed Firefox notices in console about "glyph bbox" in font icons
• Fixed page header to not load video on mobile when "Disable Video Backgrounds On Mobile Devices" theme option is active
• Fixed Off Canvas Menu icon click event to function consistently on iOS tablets when using "Slide Out From Side Hover Triggered" style

v17.0.2 (9/23/24)​

Added​

• Added theme option to control Smooth Scrolling strength

Fixed​

• Fixed Page Full Screen Rows first section animations when using "Delay JavaScript Execution" theme option
• Fixed Row videos backgrounds to position correctly on mobile devices
• Fixed Modals to allow scrolling when Smooth Scrolling theme option is active
• Fixed iOS horizontal overscroll issue when using "Stack" Post Loop Builder > Display Type

Updated​

• Updated Lottie player script to latest version

v17.0 Major Release (9/17/24)​

Once you've updated your theme, make sure to also update your Salient plugins to get access to the features listed below.

Added​

• Added new Portfolio Demos Quantum and Layered
• Added ability to create mega menus via Global Sections
• Added functionality to allow video backgrounds to utilize parallax scrolling
• Added smooth scrolling (Lenis) theme option
• Added option to specify roundness in "Text with Inline Media" page builder element
• Added option to specify image size in "Text with Inline Media" page builder element
• Added new options to "Sticky Content Sections" page builder element
  • Type: (Sticky Scroll Pinned Sections, Sticky Media, Scrolling Content)
  • Effects: (Scale, Blurred Scale, Stacking Effect)
  • Link Options + Link Indicators
  • Section Navigation
• Added autorotate > Ticker direction in "Carousel" page builder element
• Added options to specify Font Size + Font Color in "Icon List" page builder element
• Added Salient Custom Branding plugin with options to set the following:
  • Theme Name
  • Theme Author / Author URI
  • Theme Description
  • Theme Image
  • Theme Logo
  • Toggle theme features (Template Library, Theme Version, Theme Panel Footer links)
  • WordPress Login Branding
• Added "Stack" layout for "Post Loop Builder" page builder element
  • Animation effects: (Overlapping, Scale, Blurred Scale)
• Added Custom meta fields (repeater) to "Post Loop Builder" page builder element
  • Select from any custom meta key to render
  • Create custom formats to display the custom field values in with before/after text
• Added functionality to render Project videos in "Post Loop Builder" page builder element
• Added option to exclude current post in "Post Loop Builder" page builder element
• Added new Masonry options when using 2 column layout in "Post Loop Builder" page builder element
• Added Single Portfolio Global Section display locations for
  • Before Single Project Content
  • After Single Project Content
• Added modern page transitions powered by the View Transitions API
  • Transition Effects: Fade, Gradient Wipe, Reveal From Bottom
• Added "Horizontal List Item" Page builder element options
  • Border Color
  • Border Animation
  • Responsive Columns
• Added new "Project Categories" Page builder element
• Added option to remove Single Project navigation
• Added option for "Header Link Hover" > "Text Reveal" animation effect
• Added New "Body Border" theme options
  • Choose from Fixed vs. Scrolling Vignette
  • Persist on Mobile
• Added option to specify custom class name to "Icon" page builder element
• Added new "Circle Pulse" option to "Icon" page builder element
• Added option to select icon style for Off Canvas Menu trigger
• Added hover color option for "icon" page builder element
• Added screen reader text option for "Nectar Slider" slides
• Added "Pulsating Circle" option to "Icon" page builder element
• Added Min/max font sizing for "Call To Action" page builder element

Fixed​

• Fixed "Split Line Heading" page builder element > Opacity scroll effect with Delay JavaScript execution
• Fixed "Remove Post Author" on Featured Media Under Heading
• Fixed "Simple Dropdown" Menu off canvas menu invalid anchor warning
• Fixed accessibility issues on "Split Line Heading" page builder element
• Fixed accessibility issues in "Call To Action" page builder element
• Fixed EM units to be utilized correctly in "Row" page builder element padding

Updated​

• Updated Salient Demo Importer to v1.7
• Updated Salient Portfolio to v1.8
• Updated Salient Core to v3.0
• Updated Salient Nectar Slider to v1.7.7
• Updated Salient WPBakery to v7.8.1