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DinoMatic WP Themes Akurai Akurai Changelog

Akurai v4.5.0

🌟 New Features

  • Added a dedicated Bonus post type so each bonus offer gets its own page with a full URL, indexable content (SEO), and a hero (bonus value, promo code with copy button, CTA, terms).
  • Related bonuses section on bonus pages — select up to 3 similar bonuses to display them at the bottom of bonus pages.
  • Linked Bonuses on review pages — a new toggle on every review lets you show a bonus grid below the main content. Choose specific bonuses in the multiselect box or leave it empty and the theme auto-pulls all bonuses linked to that review.
  • Bonus page Customizer options — control button text, "Read review" link text, the "From" label before the logo, the placeholder text when there's no promo code, etc. from Appearance → Customize → Bonus Options.
  • Bonus REST API — two new endpoints: list all bonuses (/akurai/v1/bonuses/) or fetch a single bonus by ID (/akurai/v1/bonuses/{id}).

Read more at https://dinomatic.com/posts/akurai-450-bonus-cpt

Akurai v4.4.0

🌟 New Features

  • Added a new Comparison Table block to display 2–3 reviews side-by-side in a structured table. Choose which rows to show (rating, bonus, deposit limits, license, payment methods, product categories, and more), apply review brand colors to the header, and control alignment, terms display, and CTA buttons.
  • Added a dedicated REST API under /akurai/v1/ with two endpoints: fetch a single review by ID (/reviews/{id}) or query a paginated list of reviews (/reviews). Both return all key review fields including ratings, bonuses, terms, payment methods, and offer data.

🛠️ Technical Changes

  • Replaced php-cs-fixer with Laravel Pint, keeping formatting consistent across the theme with a lighter setup.

Akurai v4.3.2

🌟 New Features

  • Added Customizer controls to rename the post hero labels (Published on, Reading time, Comments, Categories) so they can match your site language.
  • Live preview now updates hero visibility and text instantly while tuning single-post settings in the Customizer.

🎨 UI/UX Updates

  • Refined the post hero meta layout with clearer label targets and a dedicated comment icon for the discussion count.
  • Reordered single-post controls in Customizer to make the display options easier to scan and adjust.

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Added the missing icon for the hero comments count section.

Akurai v4.3.1

🔧 Improvements

  • Enhanced SVG icon loading with child theme support fallback, ensuring icons display correctly when using child themes.
  • Improved review dropdown interactions by adding hover events for country, payment method, and offer selectors.

🛠️ Technical Changes

  • Updated dependencies.
  • Streamlined ACF plugin initialization code.

Akurai v4.3.0

🌟 New Features

  • Added three fresh display styles for the Recent Posts block, giving more flexibility when spotlighting new content.
  • The same styles can also be used for archive pages.

🎨 UI/UX Updates

  • Refined the archive and author page layouts so post listings read more smoothly and look consistent across the site.
  • Tidied up the available widgets and footer widget areas to make content slots easier to manage and keep pages cleaner.

🔧 Improvements

  • The theme now clearly states the required WordPress and PHP versions, helping you avoid platform mismatches before updating.

🛠️ Technical Changes

  • Upgraded the theme's design toolkit to Tailwind CSS v4 and aligned the CSS config so future styling tweaks stay consistent.
  • Moved JavaScript bundling to esbuild, which keeps asset builds fast and the packaged files lean.

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Resolved caching on geo-targeted affiliate links so they always serve the correct destinations.
  • Stopped banner logos from shrinking unexpectedly on certain layouts.

Akurai v4.2.5

🔧 Fixes:

  • Fixed issue that (sometimes) prevented translating review pages with Polylang

Akurai v4.2.4

🔧 Improvements:

  • Add new option to set target blank for banner template left area button,
  • Adjust themes page heading line heights
  • Update dependencies

Akurai v4.2.3

🐛 Bug Fixes:

Fixed issue with Review Offer block Button URL field

Akurai v4.2.2

🌟 New Features:

  • Added author block to pages
  • Added new customizer options for pages
  • Added author image support in posts

🔧 Improvements:

  • Fixed issue with grid load more button
  • Made grid_item and list_item methods public for better accessibility

🛠️ Technical Changes:

  • Updated version number to 4.2.2
  • Added new customizer section for page options
  • Improved code structure and organization

🐛 Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed grid item rendering issue

This release focuses on enhancing the author experience by adding the author blocks to pages, allowing for better content attribution and author visibility. A new customizer section has been introduced specifically for pages which can later be filled with page specific customizations. The update also includes several UI improvements and bug fixes, particularly addressing issues with the grid load more button and author image display.

Akurai v4.2.1

🌟 New Features

  • Added author block support for review pages
    • New option to display author information at the bottom of review pages
    • Configurable through theme customizer
    • Seamless integration with existing author block component
  • Added comprehensive changelog file
    • Complete history of all releases from 1.0.0 to 4.2.0
    • Detailed documentation of features and improvements

🎨 UI/UX Updates

  • Improved Instagram SVG icon formatting and structure
  • Better breadcrumbs handling and display

🔧 Improvements

  • Enhanced code organization and maintainability
    • Cleaner template structure
  • Improved breadcrumbs functionality
    • Better error handling for invalid categories and tags
    • More robust handling of blog page ID
    • Enhanced URL validation
    • Better fallback text for untitled items

🛠️ Technical Changes

  • Updated repository URL in package.json
  • Removed unused upload script from package.json
  • Added new customizer field for author block display on review pages
  • Updated hooks to include author block in review page template
  • Added version number to admin stylesheet registration
  • Enhanced breadcrumbs error handling and validation

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed code formatting issues in review template files
  • Resolved template structure inconsistencies
  • Fixed potential issues with breadcrumbs on invalid or deleted pages
  • Improved handling of missing or invalid category/tag data

This release focuses on adding author block support to review pages, improving breadcrumbs functionality, and maintaining a comprehensive changelog. The changes ensure better integration of author information in review pages while enhancing overall code quality and maintainability.

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[4.2.0] - 2025-04-06

  • Add new author block to post pages.
  • Fix issues for upcoming WP update
  • Other minor fixes, updates and internal improvements

[4.1.0] - 2025-03-14

  • Change icons for review offers such as sportsbook, casino, etc.
  • Fix and update other icons
  • Other minor fixes and internal updates

[4.0.2] - 2025-02-20

  • Add new "Simple CTA Block" pattern
  • Fix issues with previous patterns
  • Other minor fixes and internal updates

[4.0.0] - 2024-12-14

This is a major version with fresh design, a lot of fixes and improvements, more details here New demo websites: @foreach (demoUrl('akurai') as $name => $url) @endforeach

[3.1.6] - 2024-04-20

  • Add "order by" option to recent posts block
  • Add theme dashboard widget
  • Fix issue with Search Form on Banner Template
  • Fix RTL Fixes
  • Other internal updates

[3.1.5] - 2024-03-13

  • Add option to add "load more button" to tables and grids
  • Add support for nested sub-menus
  • Improve demo imports
  • Other internal updates

[3.1.4] - 2024-01-21

  • Accessibility improvements
  • Other internal updates

[3.1.3] - 2024-01-06

  • Add new styles to "Reviews List" block
  • Add a filter for adding wpautop for the Classic Editor
  • Other internal updates

[3.1.2] - 2023-09-19

  • Add filters that will allow users to choose which logo (small, large) to use on blocks - Docs
  • Fix an issue with not being able to set permalink anything other than /%postname%/
  • Fix an issue with missing rel and target attributes on Banner page template
  • Improve two-line header styles
  • Other internal improvements and updates

[3.1.1] - 2023-04-18

  • Add new option to use a custom Google fonts
  • Add new option to use a custom Bunny fonts
  • Fix issue with rating values
  • Add option to add rel="sponsored" to affiliate links
  • Add option to include reviews on author pages
  • Many internal improvements and updates

[3.1.0] - 2022-12-14

  • Add One Click Demo Import support - Docs
  • Add more font families for different languages
  • Many internal improvements and updates

[3.0.0] - 2022-10-26

  • Add new page template - Banner template
  • Add new review page template - Banner template
  • Add new block - Table Flex
  • Add new block - Review Finder
  • Add new layout for single post pages
  • Add new fields for offer-specific affiliate links
  • Add new call-to-action links to review page blocks
  • Remove sidebars by default, making all pages 100% wide, option to use sidebars with templates
  • Design refresh
  • Many internal improvements and updates

[2.4.0] - 2022-08-01

  • Add custom taxonomies - categories and tags - to reviews
  • Add option to display all reviews within a chosen category in tables and grids
  • Add option to display all reviews with a chosen tag in tables and grids
  • Minor fixes and internal improvements

[2.3.1] - 2022-07-14

  • Minor fixes and internal improvements

[2.3.0] - 2022-04-04

  • Add filters to tables and grids
  • Add new review fields - Additional Info Fields (New, Popular, Fast Payouts, etc.)
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

[2.2.2] - 2022-01-18

  • Add option to display posts pagination with page numbers [ docs ]
  • Improve navigation menus on mobile screens
  • Improve Google fonts loading
  • Fix an issue with AMP class names appearing as plain text
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

[2.2.1] - 2021-09-10

  • Fix issue related some blocks not rendering on review pages
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

[2.2.0] - 2021-08-30

  • Add new Review Countries block
  • Add (optional) sticky buttons to review pages on smaller screens
  • Add support for new WP block based widgets
  • Add 2 new blocks to be used as widgets [ docs ]
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

[2.1.0] - 2021-06-17

  • Add footer navigation
  • Add footer gambling logos
  • Add missing translation options for some strings used in tables and other shortcodes
  • Add option to automatically display the current year in footer copyright text
  • Other minor improvements

[2.0.5] - 2021-03-05

  • Add options to enable/disable review ratings schema.org markup and customize its options
  • Improve posts navigation
  • Fix issues with rating stars not displaying correctly
  • Other minor changes and improvements

[2.0.4] - 2020-11-23

  • Add new "Bonus List" block for review pages
  • Fix styling issues in WP dashboard
  • Update dependencies
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

[2.0.3] - 2020-10-04

  • Add 100% RTL support
  • Add new font families support
  • Improve string translations and multilingual support
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

[2.0.2] - 2020-09-06

  • Add option to change SVG icons in theme blocks [ blog post ]
  • Add option to add images to Terms and Conditions section (such as 18+, etc.)
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

[2.0.1] - 2020-06-01

  • Add new Links Group block to help organize the content easier [ docs ]
  • Add new customizer options group - Posts Options - to adjust posts related settings [ docs ]
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

[2.0.0] - 2020-05-10

  • Add AMP Support
  • Add schema.org markup for FAQ blocks
  • Add new Lazy Image block
  • Add new layout for Recent Posts blocks
  • Add option to display/hide featured image on review pages
  • Improvements on how images are displayed
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes

[1.1.5] - 2020-04-06

  • Add option to add "Review Link" to "Akurai Single Review Widget"
  • Add option to link "Review Logo" to review page, or affiliate website by default in "Akurai Reviews Widget"
  • Other minor improvements

[1.1.4] - 2020-03-16

  • Fix the issue of not properly updating the theme
  • Other minor improvements

[1.1.3] - 2020-03-12

  • Add new option to display terms and conditions on Hero templates
  • Adjust and improve styles for default WP blocks
  • Update dependencies
  • Other minor improvements

[1.1.2] - 2020-01-17

  • Add new option make the site header sticky
  • Make Hero page templates available for regular pages
  • Improvements to string translations for review pages
  • Option to use sportsbook names in shortcode links
  • Other minor improvements

[1.1.1] - 2019-11-23

  • Add new option to choose between 5 and 10 rating stars
  • Improvements to review stars rich snippets
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

[1.1.0] - 2019-10-09

  • Minor bug fixes and improvements

[1.0.9] - 2019-09-10

  • Add Breadcrumbs ( docs )
  • Other minor improvements

[1.0.8] - 2019-08-11

  • Add an option to set/change review page slug
  • Enable adding hyperlinks to terms and conditions texts
  • Other minor improvements

[1.0.7] - 2019-07-16

  • Minor bug fix

[1.0.6] - 2019-07-16

  • Add terms options to widgets: Long, AJAX on click or hover
  • Add terms options to review lists block: Long, AJAX on hover
  • Accessibility improvements, better support for screen readers
  • Other minor improvements

[1.0.5] - 2019-06-29

  • Add an option to load terms and conditions in shortcodes/blocks via AJAX request on hover
  • Fix button hover transition issue on FireFox
  • Other minor improvements

[1.0.4] - 2019-06-24

  • Add new Extended Reviews Table block/shortcode
  • Add option to load terms and conditions in shortcodes/blocks via AJAX request
  • Add several button hover effects and options to choose different effects for different buttons
  • Other minor improvements

[1.0.3] - 2019-06-19

  • Add new templates for homepage: Hero & Hero Full Screen
  • Add option to display a Table on top of homepage default template
  • Add option to display Review page Heros in 1 or 2 columns
  • Add option to display Review page heading above or below the Hero
  • Other minor changes

[1.0.2] - 2019-06-06

  • Add new block for FAQs
  • Add new block for Sliders
  • Other minor changes

[1.0.1] - 2019-06-01

  • Add option to filter posts in "Recent Posts" block/shortcode by category
  • Add options for body and content area background colors and images
  • Other minor changes

[1.0.0] - 2019-05-01

Initial Release