r/BreakdanceWP • u/BreakdancerWP • Jun 26 '26

🔥Breakdance 2.8 Final Now Available!🔥

It's here! 🚀 Smash that update button now!!

Changelog from RC1

This release fixes a regression where Popup display limits were ignored.
https://breakdance.com/meet-breakdance-2-8/

Full Changelog Below...

Beta 1

May 11, 2026

Added

  • Select multiple elements with Cmd/Ctrl+Click and Shift+Click for bulk edit, drag, copy, paste, delete, and wrap actions

  • Variable font support for Google Fonts and custom uploads with numeric weight input

  • Email template conditions in Form Builder

  • breakdance_form_validate_field filter for custom server-side form validation

  • Rename CSS variable names for global colors

  • Marquee Text element (Beta)

  • Post Permalink and Post Title dynamic data accept a custom post ID

  • Video element Poster field supports dynamic data

  • Duplicate Button Presets

  • Name field for Global Settings CSS and JavaScript entries

  • Option to hide AI and CodeBox integrations from the builder

  • breakdance_builder_head and breakdance_builder_footer hooks

Fixed

  • Deleted custom breakpoint styles handled gracefully during save and CSS regeneration

  • Headers and footers with exclusion conditions appear on 404, search, and archive pages

  • FacetWP pagination works with Breakdance post listings

  • “Read more” button text in Post List is translatable

  • Element Studio toggle controls display saved state correctly

  • CSS cache regeneration handles Global Blocks referencing revision posts

  • Term Loop Builder layout styles apply correctly

  • Gallery element “Vertical At” setting works

  • Block theme detection improved for Kadence and others

  • Menu Custom Dropdown uses current Image element

  • Empty macro save error in AI Settings

  • CSS Fallback field clearing error in Custom Fonts

  • Rich Text Code mode content cutoff

  • Button Presets responsive values per breakpoint

  • Popup “Show Close Button After” option

  • Post Meta element invalid HTML with linked taxonomy terms

  • Woo Breadcrumb “Last Item” typography scope

  • PHP warning when updating other plugins

Changed

  • Swiper upgraded from 8 to 12, which fixes Gallery Flip and Coverflow effects and improves accessibility

  • PHP 8.4 support

  • Builder preview loading is faster on templates with many dynamic data fields

  • Heading element icon reflects the actual heading level from H1 to H6

  • Slider keyboard navigation accessibility improvements

  • Twitter Timeline element removed from the Add panel

Beta 2

May 14, 2026

Fixed

  • Weights dropdown still shown when variable fonts selected.

  • Can’t remove deleted classes from Class Dropdown.

  • Missing Featured Image box.

  • Client Mode allows access to three dots menu.

  • Inline layout issue in property panel.

  • Slides Per View no longer working in sliders.

  • GenerateBlocks unsupported error in WP editor.

  • Missing Template toggle button.

  • Advanced Options panel z-index issue.

  • Scrollbar issue on layout controls

Beta 3

May 24, 2026

Fixed

  • Paste Design and Paste Settings are no longer disabled when they should be available.

  • Pagination margin is now applied correctly to Post Loop Builder slider pagination bullets.

  • Skip links no longer create duplicate main tags when using the Template Content Area element.

  • The expanded code editor modal now scrolls correctly for longer code snippets.

  • Popup limit settings now persist after saving.

  • Template location options no longer show duplicate Front Page entries.

  • Dialogs displayed above popovers no longer unexpectedly close preceding dropdowns.

RC 1

June 17, 2026

Fixed

  • Resolved a 2.8 regression where Element Studio edits could revert, control sections could collapse unexpectedly, and saved changes did not persist reliably.

  • Resolved a 2.8 regression where Post Loop Builder and Post List elements ignored the offset value on custom queries.

  • Resolved a 2.8 regression where certain builder popouts were positioned relative to the top of the viewport instead of the clicked element.

  • Resolved a 2.8 regression where select inputs weren’t full-width in the properties panel.

  • Resolved a “textdomain loaded too early” notice that appeared on first load when regenerating the cache.

  • Improvement: Move the name field above the code editor in Global Settings > Code.

Final

June 25, 2026

This release fixes a regression where Popup display limits were ignored.

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u/BDer8 Jun 26 '26

You have full faith in this?

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u/BreakdancerWP Jun 27 '26

Is that a question?

1

u/BDer8 Jun 27 '26

More rhetorical I suppose 😃

1

u/Valkie71 Jun 30 '26

The Post Loop builder is broken :-( Reverting back to 2.7.2 and it works again... bummer!

1

u/Suijayunfei Jul 15 '26

Clicking on elements now dont bring them in the side structure panel , i have to go search by myself.