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2.1.0

Improvements

• Consolidated block registration, styles, and interactivity scripts for better performance
• New “Default Order” panel on inherit-mode Query Loop blocks
• Shared Licenses admin page across Groundworx plugins
• REST relevance fallback scoped to post-type endpoints only

Bug Fixes

• Fixed filter-orderby dropdown not closing on radio selection
• Fixed REST orderby fallback breaking taxonomy and user endpoints

2.0.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed duplicate filter blocks in custom-select dropdowns not showing checked state (namespace scoping issue with Interactivity API)
• Fixed s URL parameter being removed on manual submit when the search input is empty, breaking search page context
• Fixed filter-text clear button auto-submitting when the parent Filters block has autoSubmit disabled
• Fixed WordPress 6.9 Interactivity Router disabling unrelated stylesheets after filter navigation, breaking carousels, backgrounds, and other content outside the query loop
• Fixed category_name and tag array query vars causing warnings in WordPress core functions

Enhancements

• Custom Select Dropdowns: Auto-close on radio selection for Filter Terms, Filter Orderby, Filter Woo Rating, and Filter Woo Stock
• Default Order: New always-visible ToolsPanel on Query Loop block for setting default sort order on inherit-mode queries
• Default Order: Bidirectional sync between Query Loop Default Order panel and Filter Orderby block — changes in either are reflected instantly
• Default Order: Editor preview now reorders posts when the default order is changed
• Global Search: Clicking outside no longer collapses the panel when quick links or search results are visible
• Filter Text: Search clear and submit button colors now inherit form input text color

2.0.0

Settings Page

• New admin settings page under Groundworx menu — all search configuration in one place
• Search Mode toggle: Off (default WordPress search), Suggested Links (standard search with relevance-powered suggestions), or Global (full relevance ranking across global search and Query Loop blocks)
• Post type and taxonomy exclusions with transfer list UI
• Search relevance weights for title, excerpt, taxonomy, and content fields with per-post-type overrides
• Proximity settings: exact phrase boost, nearby words boost with configurable distance, and distant match filtering — all with per-post-type overrides
• Dictionary management with custom words, stems, synonyms, and compound word boost
• Maintenance panel with manual search index rebuild
• License management moved into settings page

Global Search

• New block: Global Search — site-wide search with inline suggestion results powered by the weighted search index
• New block: Global Search Dropdown — site-wide search with suggestion dropdown
• New block: Search Input — search field with label and submit button for Global Search blocks
• New block: Autocomplete Dropdown — autocomplete suggestions panel for Global Search blocks
• New block: Suggested Searches — generates keyword phrases from post content, ranked by relevance
• New block: Search: Post Types — select post types for search suggestions
• New block: Search: Taxonomies — select taxonomies for search suggestions
• New block: Search: Profiles — select author roles for search suggestions
• New block: Suggested Links — container for suggested link results that navigate directly to matching content
• New block: Quick Links — container for pre-configured links displayed before the user starts typing
• New block: Link — a single quick link with URL and label

Search Index

• Custom search index with weighted relevance scoring across title, excerpt, taxonomy terms, and content
• Proximity-aware ranking: exact phrase matching, nearby word boosting, and distant match filtering
• Dictionary with stemming and synonym support for improved recall
• Automatic index updates on post create, edit, and delete
• Per-post search exclusion and relevance boost controls via Quick Edit and Bulk Edit

Per-Post Search Controls

• Search boost column in post list tables — adjust individual post relevance from Quick Edit and Bulk Edit
• Exclude from Global Search option per post via Quick Edit and Bulk Edit

Enhancements

• PHP 7.4+ support (previously required PHP 8.2)
• Filter Text and Filter Orderby blocks updated to work with the search index and relevance settings
• Custom select dropdown display option for Filter Terms
• Internationalization: full i18n support with translatable strings across all PHP and JS

Breaking Changes

• Filter Text: Autocomplete modes renamed — “Words” is now “Suggested Searches” and “Posts” is now “Suggested Links”. Existing blocks with autocomplete enabled will need to be re-selected in the block settings.
• Filter Text: Search columns — The “Include Content” toggle has been replaced with a multi-select Search Columns control (title, content, excerpt). Existing blocks default to searching all three columns.
• Filter Text: Search mode removed — The keyword/phrase search mode toggle has been removed in favor of the global search index settings.

1.2.0

New Features

• Filter Text: Autocomplete with two modes — Words (bigram-aware word completion) and Posts (matching post titles as clickable links)
• Filter Text: Phrase search mode for exact phrase matching
• Filter Text: Context-aware autocomplete that respects active taxonomy and meta filters
• Filter Text: Autocomplete includes content toggle — match words from post content in addition to titles

Enhancements

• Filter Text: Reorganized editor sidebar into three panels — Search Query, Autocomplete, and Label
• Filter Text: Search clear (×) now always navigates to remove the search param instead of relying on empty-submit
• Filter Woo Price: Price tier radio list now supports all layout modes (inline, stacked, custom-select, responsive dropdown)
• Filters: Removed auto-search-while-typing behavior — search now requires explicit Enter or Submit

Accessibility

• Filter Text: Full WAI-ARIA combobox pattern for autocomplete (role, aria-expanded, aria-controls, aria-activedescendant, aria-autocomplete, live region announcements)
• Filter Text: Proper label-input association via <label for> and unique IDs
• Filter Terms: Added aria-label to native select elements
• Filter Orderby: Added aria-label to native select element
• Filter Woo Price: Added aria-label to range slider inputs and tier select
• Filter Woo Rating: Added aria-label to native select element
• Filter Woo Stock: Added aria-label to native select element
• All blocks: Ensured unique HTML IDs when multiple Query Loops with filters appear on the same page

Bug Fixes

• Filter Active: Now recognizes all search key variants (keyword, phrase, extended content)
• Filter Text: Fixed autocomplete DOM elements not cleaning up during enhanced pagination morphs
• Autocomplete REST endpoint: Added null safety for posts with empty titles

1.1.1

• Updated Filter Woo Stock block icon

1.1.0

• New Block: Filter Active — displays currently applied filters as removable pills with customizable label, layout, and “Clear All” link
• New Block: Filter Clear — dedicated clear-all button with full border, typography, and spacing support
• New Block: Filter WooCommerce Price — slider and price tiers modes with custom select/dropdown layouts
• New Block: Filter WooCommerce Rating — star rating filter with configurable display and “Show Stars” toggle
• New Block: Filter WooCommerce Stock Status — filter by stock status with single/multiple selection and customizable options
• New Block: Filter WooCommerce On Sale — checkbox or toggle to filter sale items
• Filter Submit: Added full border, typography, shadow, and spacing block support
• Filter Clear: Added full border, typography, shadow, and spacing block support
• Rating Stars: Stars now inherit text color via currentColor for better theme compatibility
• i18n: Fixed textdomain to groundworx-query-filters across all blocks and PHP files
• Updater: Fixed PHP warning for undefined stdClass::$version property in plugin details modal

1.0.3

• Filter Terms: Fixed filtering on taxonomy archive pages switching the queried object/template/title to the filter taxonomy instead of the archive taxonomy
• Filter Terms: Renamed URL params for custom taxonomies to {taxonomy}_name / {taxonomy}_id to avoid collisions with WordPress registered query vars
• Filter Terms: Switched custom taxonomy filtering in inherit mode to use tax_query instead of setting individual taxonomy query vars
• Filter Terms: Added queried object preservation on taxonomy archives to prevent get_queried_object() from re-resolving to filter taxonomy

1.0.2

• Filter Terms: Fixed taxonomy dropdown on taxonomy archive templates (taxonomy-{slug}) not showing taxonomies registered only on custom post types
• Filter Terms: Taxonomy dropdown now detects the archive taxonomy’s post types and shows all taxonomies that share those post types

1.0.1

• Filter Orderby: Added groundworx/filter_orderby_options-{post_type} filter for registering custom sort options via PHP (supports meta fields, multiple sort fields, and callbacks)
• Filter Orderby: Auto-fix Query Loop’s orderBy when switching to a post type that doesn’t support the current sort (e.g., resets menu_order to date for posts)
• Filter Orderby: Fixed defaultOrderBy reset logic to validate independently when post type changes

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Filters container with Query Loop connection
• Filter Terms, Filter Text, Filter Orderby, Filter Submit, and Filter Active blocks
• Multiple display styles and auto-apply support