Salient | Creative Multipurpose & WooCommerce Theme 18.0
v18.0 Major Release (11/25/25)
Added
- Added Content Trail element (spawns images or text that follow the mouse cursor). View Documentation →.
- Added new Sticky Content Sectionsscrolling effect options:
- 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
- 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"
