=== Cryout Featured Content ===
Contributors: Cryout Creations
Tags: theme, cpt, custom post type, featured
Requires at least: 4.5
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 1.3.0
License: GPLv3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

This is a companion plugin for Cryout themes adding the custom post type used by the theme's landing page boxes, blocks and text areas.

== Description ==

This is a companion plugin for Cryout themes adding the custom post type used by the theme's landing page boxes, blocks and text areas.

== Installation ==

= Automatic installation =

The companion theme is capable of automatically installing the plugin.
1. Navigate to the theme's administration page under Appearance and make sure a valid license key is entered in the License section.
2. In the same administration page switch to the Plugins section and click the Install button in the Cryout Featured Content box.
3. The plugin will be automatically installed and activated. If you get any "403 Forbidden" error message double-check that the license key is correct.

= Zip installation =

1. Download the plugin zip file from your account.
2. Navigate to Plugins > Add New in the dashboard.
3. Click Upload Plugin, select the `cryout-featured-content.zip` file and click Install Now
4. Activate the plugin.

= Manual installation =

1. Download the plugin zip file from your account.
2. Extract the `cryout-featured-content.zip` file on your computer
3. Upload the `cryout-featured-content` folder to your site's `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
4. Activate the plugin from WordPress' plugins list.

== Changelog ==

= 1.3.0 =
*Release date - 2026.02.22*

* Rewrote initialization to resolve the '_load_textdomain_just_in_time() was called incorrectly' notice introduced by WordPress 6.7
* Added glyphs to indicate content element types in the dashboard lists
* Added hints in dashboard lists for empty category and type
* Improved sanitization of input data and escaping of output data
* Tested for compatibility with WordPress 6.9
* Bumped required PHP version to 7.0

= 1.2.3 =
*Release date - 2024.08.30*

* Fixed 'Creation of dynamic property' deprecation warnings with PHP 8.3
* Bumped tested WordPress version to 6.6

= 1.2.2 =
*Release date - 2024.04.30*

* Enabled block editor on content elements - to disable set the 'cryout_blobs_blockeditor' filter to 'false' or use the Classic Editor plugin
* Tested for compatibility with PHP 8.1 and 8.2
* Bumped tested WordPress version to 6.5

= 1.2.1 =
*Release date - 2022.12.30*

* Bumped tested WordPress version to 6.1
* Bumped required PHP version to 5.6

= 1.2 =
*Release date - 2019.10.30*

* Improved workflow to automatically select the type parameter when adding a new post of specific type
* Revised custom post type and taxonomy registration parameters to enable visibility by multilingual plugins (WPML, Polylang) but hide the posts and categories from public frontend views
* Fixed strict standards warnings: non-static method CryoutFeaturedContent_Blobs::pll_post_types() / CryoutFeaturedContent_Blobs::pll_taxonomies() should not be called statically
* Optimized update check functionality 
* Added GDRP-related privacy policy info
* Fixed some invalid translation textdomains and added .pot file
* Bumped required WP version to 4.5 and PHP to 5.3

= 1.1 =
*Release date - 2018.10.09*

* Added preliminary Polylang multi-language support
* Added dashboard notification for typeless featured content items

= 1.0 = 
*Release date - 2018.03.04*

* Cleaned up dev code

= 0.9 =
*Release date - 2017.12.13*

* Initial release