UI Overhaul, New Features & Performance Gains
This major update introduces a completely redesigned dashboard with a modern UI, powerful search, and helpful new features like keyboard shortcuts and toast notifications. We’ve also implemented extensive backend performance optimizations, smoother navigation, and a critical security fix to provide a faster, more secure, and enjoyable user experience.
- Revamped Dashboard UI with modern design system and quick stats
- Added Search functionality for Widgets and Features with real-time filtering
- Added Toast notification system for better user feedback on save
- Added keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+F to search)
- Added Antimanual and Jobus plugins to the recommended plugins list in the dashboard.
- System Requirements section with zebra striping and better visibility
- Sidebar navigation active states and hover effects
- Refined typography, spacing, and micro-interactions across the dashboard
- Dashboard page redesigned with enhanced UI and overall user experience.
- Dashboard now remembers and keeps the last opened tab active for smoother navigation.
- Admin classes now load conditionally to reduce unnecessary frontend overhead.
- Plugin installer optimized to avoid heavy filesystem scans and reduce load time.
- Removed unconditional Plugin_Installer loading on the frontend for better performance.
- Archive queries optimized by removing unbounded posts_per_page overrides.
- Extensive backend performance optimizations applied across core plugin components for faster execution and lower resource usage.
- XSS vulnerability in the image helper function by properly sanitizing attribute inputs.
- Logic issues resolved and internal documentation improved with WPCS coding standards compliance.
