Version 6.8.1 Changelog

Version released on Nov 10, 2026

Custom post type slugs: If a slug was set to “0” in the theme settings, it’s now removed as intended, so those post URLs will change on update.

Added 5

  • Added: Shade and opacity options when selecting a global color from the color palette in the Customizer and theme elements (select a color, then click it again to adjust it).
  • Added: Goodreads, Mastodon, Substack, Trustpilot and Google Maps social profile options.
  • Added: Total Theme section under Tools > Site Health > Info for troubleshooting license, theme and plugin updates.
  • Added: Term Color Taxonomy setting for Post Types Unlimited post types.
  • Added: Loop Order option to the Post Next/Prev element.

Updated 13

  • Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to 9.1.
  • Updated: Total Theme Core to 2.8.1.
  • Updated: Templatera to 2.6.0.1.
  • Updated: Slider Revolution to 6.8.1.
  • Updated: Theme icon font and Elementor Theme Icons library now include every theme icon.
  • Updated: Theme icons library with 68 new icons, including payment brands (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Stripe, Klarna, Afterpay), Airbnb, Booking.com, Strava, and icons for medical, food, education, sports and travel sites.
  • Updated: Bundled plugins now show their icons on the Plugins and WordPress Updates screens.
  • Updated: Plugin install errors on the Plugins panel now link to the Site Health troubleshooting info.
  • Updated: Plugins panel handling of errors that occur after a plugin has finished updating.
  • Updated: License and update requests for better compatibility with hosts that filter API traffic.
  • Updated: License detection with new staging and development domain patterns.
  • Updated: WPBakery Row, Column, Section and Text Block edit windows so the Element ID field comes before Extra Class Name.
  • Updated: Slim Mode to remove the new WPBakery 9.1 Button element.

Fixed 19

  • Fixed: WPBakery 9.1 “std” deprecated notices.
  • Fixed: WPBakery 9.1 backend and frontend editor styling issues, including RTL.
  • Fixed: WPBakery 9.1 backend editor element previews.
  • Fixed: WPBakery 9.1 scroll animations script conflict.
  • Fixed: WPBakery 9.1 adding a second class attribute to the html tag, which broke Classic Styles and color scheme classes on WPBakery pages.
  • Fixed: WPBakery Patterns library staying in its loading state after inserting a pattern.
  • Fixed: Post Cards Post Gallery and Attachments queries showing regular posts when “Render with Ajax” is enabled.
  • Fixed: Bullets element not rendering dynamic variables and custom fields.
  • Fixed: Bullets element custom icons and list role missing on list items or lists with attributes.
  • Fixed: Post Next/Prev element showing the same post when used with the Post Types Order plugin.
  • Fixed: Buttons with a visibility or hidden class still showing inside flex containers.
  • Fixed: The Events Calendar date overlay error when editing cards and templates.
  • Fixed: Missing quote in the Blog 21 card markup.
  • Fixed: Linked card templates and card overlays converting tags that start with “a” (abbr, article, aside, audio) into spans.
  • Fixed: Card modal templates not being translated with WPML and Polylang.
  • Fixed: Comment count in the comments title for posts with 1,000+ comments.
  • Fixed: Custom post type slugs not being removed when the slug is set to “0”.
  • Fixed: Missing spaces between link attributes in the top bar item shortcode.
  • Fixed: PHP warning when deleting imported demo menu locations.

Removed 1

  • Removed: The WPBakery Customer Center link from the plugins screen when WPBakery is in theme mode.

New Hooks

totaltheme/post/term_color_taxonomy
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