Brando WordPress Theme is constantly being updated with new functions, features and updates, you can view all recent update information as shown in below.
ver. 2.6 (21.03.2024)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and remove those plugins and then again install those to have latest plugins version.
- Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 6.4.3 except Gutenberg - Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 7.5 version and tested for theme compatibility - Upgraded Redux framework to latest version of 4.4.14 - Added Font Awesome latest version 6.5.1 library and icons - Added Disable row option in the row and inner raw shortcode to disable specific raw - Upgraded language POT files
ver. 2.5 (17.11.2023)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and remove those plugins and then again install those to have latest plugins version.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 6.4.1 except Gutenberg - Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 7.2 version and tested for theme compatibility - Upgraded Redux framework to latest version of 4.4.9 - Added Telegram and Spotify social media profile in the team member, testimonial and coming soon shortcodes - Upgraded language POT files - Fixed some minor JS and CSS issues
ver. 2.4 (25.08.2023)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and remove those plugins and then again install those to have latest plugins version.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 6.3 except Gutenberg - Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 7.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Upgraded Redux framework to latest version of 4.4.5 - Added Font Awesome latest version 6.4.2 library and icons - Upgraded language POT files - Fixed some minor JS and CSS issues
ver. 2.3 (22.06.2023)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and remove those plugins and then again install those to have latest plugins version.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 6.2.2 except Gutenberg - Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.13.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Upgraded language POT files - Fixed some minor JS and CSS issues
ver. 2.2 (29.04.2023)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and remove those plugins and then again install those to have latest plugins version.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 6.2 except Gutenberg - Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.11.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Upgraded Redux framework to latest version of 4.4.0 - Added Font Awesome latest version 6.4.0 library and icons - Upgraded language POT files - Fixed under construction page is not working with the maintenance mode - Fixed some minor JS and CSS issues
ver. 2.1 (24.12.2022)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and remove those plugins and then again install those to have latest plugins version.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 6.1.1 except Gutenberg - Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.10.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Upgraded Redux framework to latest version of 4.3.21 - Added Font Awesome latest version 6.2.1 library and icons - Upgraded language POT files - Added theme compatibility for PHP 8.1 - Fixed PHP notice was thrown by WPBakery Page Builder shortcodes - Fixed some minor JS and CSS issues
ver. 2.0 (01.09.2022)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and remove those plugins and then again install those to have latest plugins version. Also please make sure to take full backup of your database before update to avoid any theme settings related data loss as we have update Redux framework in this theme update.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 6.0.2 except Gutenberg - Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.9.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Upgraded Redux framework to latest version of 4.3.17 - Added Font Awesome latest version 6.1.2 library and icons - Upgraded language POT files - Added Telegram, Ok, Viber, WhatsApp and Skype social service into Theme Settings > Social Sharing Links - Removed google plus, delicious and tumblr social service from Theme Settings > Social Sharing Links - Fixed soft deprecated WordPress PHP function - Fixed CSS issue contact form response message overlapping - Fixed missing placeholder images in the demo import - Fixed PHP notice was thrown by theme and addons - Fixed some minor JS and CSS issues
ver. 1.9 (22.07.2021)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.8 except Gutenberg - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.7.0 version and tested for theme compatibility
ver. 1.8 (02.06.2021)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.7.2 except Gutenberg - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.6.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added Font Awesome latest version 5.15.3 library and icons
ver. 1.7.12 (29.12.2020)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.6.0 except Gutenberg - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.5.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Added PlaysInline option for HTML5 Video - Fixed: Fixed animation issue for Progress Bar Style2 - Fixed: Fixed some minor JS and CSS issues
ver. 1.7.11 (10.10.2020)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.4.1 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added Font Awesome latest version 5.15.1 library and icons - Fixed: Fixed some minor CSS issues
ver. 1.7.10 (16.09.2020)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.5.1 except Gutenberg - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.4.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Added PHP 7.4 compatibility - Added: Added scroll to top for non ajax portfolio post pages - Changed: Changed under construction logic - Fixed: Fixed some minor CSS issues
ver. 1.7.9 (15.08.2020)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons plugin in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete this plugin and then again install it to have latest plugin version.
- Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.5 except Gutenberg - Remove theme default Favicon icon from theme setting and theme directory - Fixed some minor css and jQuery issues
ver. 1.7.8 (07.08.2020)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons plugin in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete this plugin and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.4.2 except Gutenberg - Added: Added Font Awesome latest version 5.14.0 library and icons - Added: Added an option to change All filter in Portfolio Filter Shortcode - Changed: Changed preview site url and added https - Fixed: Fixed author meta in Blog Post Slider Shortcode
ver. 1.7.7 (11.06.2020)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.4.1 except Gutenberg - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.2.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Added Font Awesome latest version 5.13.0 library and icons - Fixed: Fixed preview image notice for custom meta data in add/edit category and taxonomy pages - Fixed: Fixed element page header issue in Wedding demo
ver. 1.7.6 (04.12.2019)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.3 except Gutenberg - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.0.5 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Added Font Awesome latest version 5.11.2 library and icons - Added: Added an option to change text for day, hours, minutes and seconds in the timer shortcode - Added: Added an option to add footer logo url in theme settings as well as page level settings - Added: Added an option to hide breadcrumb title from breadcrumb list - Fixed: Custom image issue in counter shortcode - Fixed: Cursor issue for the portfolio - Fixed: Fixed some other minor CSS issues
ver. 1.7.5 (05.06.2019)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.2.1 except Gutenberg - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 6.0.3 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: H1 in page title area - Added: Sticky header color option for center logo header style - Added: Show/Hide option for testimonial quotes - Added: Mailchimp form instead of Newsletter Manager plugin as that plugin is removed from WordPress.org - Added: Mailchimp form option in import demo data - Fixed: Featured image not showing in portfolio detail page - Fixed: Fixed some minor css issues
ver. 1.7.4 (14.03.2019)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.1.1 except Gutenberg - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 5.7 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Masonry type in image gallery shortcode - Added: Option to disable footer for 404 page - Added: Options to change text for days, hours etc.. for countdown timer - Added: Option to show scroll to top button in mobile - Added: Option to change gradient color in portfolio shortcode - Fixed: Issue of slider editing in WPBakery frontend editor - Fixed: Fixed some minor css issues
ver. 1.7.3 (07.12.2018)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 5.0 except Gutenberg - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 5.6 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Added Font Awesome latest version 5.5.0 library and icons - Fixed: Removed open / close invisible text in hamburger header - Fixed: Fixed page title background image upload issue at page level settings - Fixed: Fixed some minor css issues
ver. 1.7.2 (03.11.2018)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 4.9.8 - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 5.5.5 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Added No Transition setting in row and column shortcode to avoid any transition issues with any other plugins - Fixed: Fixed logo upload problem in menu for center logo header style - Fixed: Fixed issue of custom newsletter code not working in coming soon block - Fixed: Fixed issue of page level custom css added was not working in Ajax popup type post - Fixed: Made equal height and carousel slider working together
ver. 1.7.1 (30.07.2018)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 4.9.7 - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 5.5.2 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Added Font Awesome latest version 5.2 library and icons - Added: Added Page title color options in Theme Settings - Added: Added Sidebar color options in Theme Settings - Added: Added an option in Theme Setting to set onepage menu offset - Added: Added an option to Reset post meta in Post/Page/Portfolio - Changed: Updated all latest jquery except bootstrap - Fixed: Button without button title text will not display in frontend - Fixed: Fixed issue of JS error in one page menu if url is empty
ver. 1.7 (13.06.2018)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons plugin in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete that plugin and then again install it to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 4.9.6 - Added: Added new home page demo for application landing page - Added: Added Font Awesome latest version 5.0.13 library and icons - Added: Added some more icons for social sharing - Added: Added css style for all default fields for contact forms - Added: Added font weight and subsets selection for selected Google font family in theme settings - Changed: Updated OWL to OWL 2.3.4 and added animation and loop options - Changed: Updated Brando child theme also to accommodate priority of OWL jQuery rendering to make it work in case of child theme usage - Fixed: Fixed some element issues in WPBakery front-end editing - Fixed: Fixed issue of Ajax popup font style
ver. 1.6.1 (09.04.2018)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons plugin in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete that plugin and then again install it to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 4.9.5 - Added: Added Envato hosted environment check
ver. 1.6 (20.03.2018)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 4.9.4 - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 5.4.7 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Upgraded Redux framework to latest version of 3.6.8 - Added: Added H1 in logo for front / home page, which can be switched on / off also - Added: Added an option to show featured image in post listing always instead of post type behaviour like audio, video, quote - Added: Added some more color options in shortcodes and theme settings - Added: Added custom margin / padding settings in all possible shortcodes for different devices - Added: Added feature to show / hide post category in breadcrumb - Added: Added option to show full content instead of excerpt only in post listing and archive pages - Added: Added title and subtitle typography settings in all the shortcodes - Changed: Menu will always stay in vertical middle in case of bigger logo also - Fixed: Custom color not working in Ajax popup - Fixed: Retina logo width and heigh not working in some cases - Fixed: Hover color not affecting for active menu item in center logo header style - Fixed: Section Heading shortcode left border was not working - Fixed: In portfolio lightbox popup gallery same item was repeating twice - Fixed: In gallery, portfolio, blog list if thumbnail is selected then it was displaying thumb in grid and popup gallery also instead of showing original big image in popup - Fixed: Fixed some frontend editor styling issues
ver. 1.5.2 (15.12.2017)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete those plugins and then again install them to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 4.9.1 - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 5.4.5 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Added new home page demo for corporate - Added: Added compatibility for latest XYZ Newsletter plugin to make form actions working properly - Added: Added link feature in team shortcode - Added: Added category in post detail page - Added: Added category and tag in portfolio detail page - Added: Added option to display / hide call to action sidebar in header - Added: Added hover color change option in Portfolio shortcode style 4 - Added: Added an option of external link in portfolio post - Added: Added an option in Coming Soon shortcode to add any 3rd party newsletter form code instead of theme default newsletter box - Added: Added options to have 5 and 6 columns in Image Gallery shortcode - Added: Added options to show / hide post meta separately in theme settings and related shortcodes - Added: Added border color option in Button shortcode - Added: Added option to show / hide pagination for post listing in theme settings and Blog List shortcode - Added: Added an option to auto hide or remain visible hamburger pull menu when any link is clicked - Fixed: Fixed contact form success message minor styling issue - Fixed: Fixed styling issue in Employment content block to have year line fill the whole column - Fixed: Fixed issue of portfolio shortcode and image gallery shortcode not working in the same page - Fixed: Fixed issue of multiple portfolio shortcodes in the same page - Fixed: Fixed styling issue to make VC default Image Carousel Slider shortcode working fine - Fixed: Fixed issue to make image gallery load fine when added inside a tab
ver. 1.5.1 (14.06.2017)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons plugin in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and delete that plugin and then again install it to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 4.8 - Added: Added possibilities to add video in all styles of Single Image/Video Block shortcode - Added: Upgraded theme included Brando Addons plugin to latest of 1.5.1 version - Added: Added email and some other social media links option in Team Member shortcode - Added: Added compatibility for The Grid plugin - Changed: Changed the way of theme custom jQuery implementation to avoid conflict with any other plugin jQuery - Changed: Separated all custom shortcode map files instead of having all mapping code in one file - Fixed: Fixed issue of some minor styling in VC frontend editing - Fixed: Fixed issue of opacity option not working in Image Slider shortcode style 3 - Fixed: Fixed issue of mobile menu icon and background color not working
ver. 1.5 (15.05.2017)
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 4.7.4 - Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 5.1.1 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Added link feature in some styles of Special Content Block, Features Box and Tab Content Block shortcodes - Added: Added feature of image thumbnail sizes in various shortcodes and theme settings to have user defined image sizes in the grid / list instead of original sizes and SRCSET implemented to improve page load speed - Added: Added feature of infinite loading of portfolio items in Portfolio shortcode grid using Load More button in the case of ALL filter mode - Added: Added option to change menu line and hover strikethrough line color for left vertical menu in theme settings - Added: Added option to mention number of testimonial view device wise in Testimonial Slider shortcode - Added: Added option and manage grid, title, etc... for landing page of portfolio posts - Added: Added feature to show main content sidebar first in the smaller devices when both sidebar layout is enabled - Added: Added google structured data for post, page and portfolio - Added: Added option to switch on / off sticky header in theme settings - Changed: Changed responsive style to make some images visible even in smaller devices - Changed: Changed to have VC editor by default enabled for post, page and portfolio post - Fixed: Fixed issue of not having proper offset for inner link when header / navigation is disabled - Fixed: Fixed issue of popup not closing on click in Popup shortcode with form style - Fixed: Fixed issue of not having active menu style for the existing page - Fixed: Fixed issue of not having Google map iframe responsive - Fixed: Fixed issue of display in VC frontend editing mode
ver. 1.4.1 (02.03.2017)
- Fixed: Fixed issue of text widget coming blank in demo import in PHP versions above 7.1
ver. 1.4 (28.02.2017)
- Added: Added compatibility for latest WordPress version of 4.7.2 - Added: Added feature in all related shortcodes and theme settings to upload custom icon image in addition to font awesome and et-line icons - Added: Added more color options for all shortcodes as well as in theme settings - Added: Added option to upload HTML5 local video in Video / Sound shortcode - Added: Added an option to allow full screen video for Youtube and Vimeo videos - Added: Added option in Row shortcode to have scroll to down feature - Added: Added options to switch on / off post meta like date, category and author - Added: Added an option in theme settings to change portfolio url slug for post, category and tag as per user's need - Added: Added an option to display full post content in default blog and Blog List shortcode - Added: Added option to switch on / off ALL filter and also make any category as default view instead of ALL in Portfolio shortcode as well as added filter category sorting feature - Added: Added close button at the bottom of Ajax portfolio post - Added: Added page title feature in theme settings separately for Default posts / blog page and Post archives / category / tag / author / search pages - Changed: Changed required styling to achieve proper front site look because of Google fonts update especially for montserrat font - Changed: Changed the excerpt display feature to show WP default excerpt first and if it is not added then take defined words from post content as excerpt - Changed: Enabled all VC default shortcodes and template feature - Fixed: Fixed issue of string translation for search result title text and ALL filter in portfolio shortcode - Fixed: Fixed issue of styling in password protected posts - Fixed: Fixed issue of indentation in post category sidebar widget when hierarchy option is activated - Fixed: Fixed issue of looping when adding Blog List shortcode in a post content when that post is available in the Blog List shortcode result also - Fixed: Fixed issue of infinite looping when the same page is assigned as front page and under construction page
ver. 1.3.2 (24.01.2017)
- Changed: Changed theme files permission to 644 and folders permission to 755 to make it properly working in all types of servers config
ver. 1.3.1 (01.12.2016)
NOTE: We have updated Brando Addons and WPBakery Page Builder plugins in this theme upgrade. So please deactivate and remove those plugins and then again install those to have latest plugin version.
- Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 5.0.1 version and tested for theme compatibility - Fixed: Fixed issue of icons not showing in VC frontend editing mode
ver. 1.3 (18.11.2016)
- Added: Upgraded WPBakery Page Builder plugin to latest of 5.0 version and tested for theme compatibility - Added: Upgraded latest font awesome library - Added: Added option to upload poster image for video in slider which can be visible in touch devices - Fixed: Fixed the issue of overlay content is not visible in iOS 10 and Safari in video slider - Fixed: Fixed issue of linkedin social media icon link in team member shortcode
ver. 1.2 (27.10.2016)
- Added: Added option to insert video in the image slider shortcode - Added: Added option in theme settings to switch on / off custom cursor in portfolio, upload custom cursor image and switch on / off the feature of closing popup on mouse click - Fixed: Fixed the issue of not able to login WP admin after under construction mode is enabled
ver. 1.1 (19.10.2016)
- Fixed: Corrected the issue of architecture page style in Safari browser - Fixed: Corrected menu names in import demo data - Fixed: Corrected issue of blog page style in Personal demo - Fixed: Corrected placement of custom CSS in head, so it can overwrite theme default CSS
ver. 1.0 (15.10.2016)
- initial release