CBX Changelog & Release Note

CBX Changelog & Release Note helps you create and display well-organized changelogs for your WordPress themes, plugins, or digital products.
Keep your users informed about every update, improvement, and fix — directly inside your WordPress site.

This plugin lets you easily add, manage, and showcase version histories with a clean interface and developer-friendly structure.

🧩 Developed by Codeboxr

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💡 If you think a feature is missing, let us know — we actively add new features based on user feedback.
Install the free version on a dev site and explore all features.

✨ Core Features

• Create and manage changelogs and release notes for your themes, plugins, or projects.
• Embed all releases or a single release via shortcode.
• Markdown syntax supported for changelog text.
• Option to show or hide labels and release dates (since v1.0.6).
• Seven predefined issue labels: Added, Fixed, Updated, Improved, Removed, Deprecated, Compatibility.
• Two display layouts for frontend presentation.
• Clean, responsive frontend design compatible with all default themes and Hello Elementor.

🧱 Widgets & Page Builders

• Classic WordPress Widget (since v1.0.6)
• Gutenberg Block support
• Elementor Widget (since v1.0.6)

🧩 Shortcodes

• [cbxchangelog id="post_id"]
• [cbxchangelog id="post_id" release="release_number"]

💎 CBX Changelog & Release Note Pro Features

👉 Get the Pro Addon

• Add changelogs to any post type (built-in or custom)
• Add a WooCommerce tab to display changelogs in product pages
• Auto integration with any post type (appends changelogs automatically)
• Two additional display layouts
• Dokan integration (since v1.1.2)
• Export/import all settings or individual setting tabs (since v1.1.1)
• Reset settings for specific tabs (since v1.1.1)
• Import from a WordPress readme.txt file (since v1.1.7)

1. Upload or install the plugin via Plugins → Add New in WordPress.
   (See WordPress documentation)
2. Activate CBX Changelog & Release Note from the “Plugins” menu.
3. Go to CBX Changelog & Release Note in the admin menu and configure your settings.
4. Create new changelogs and embed them using shortcodes or widgets.
5. Try the Pro Addon for advanced features.

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   Dashboard view of changelog editor

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   Frontend display of changelogs

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   Elementor widget for changelogs

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   Settings page

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   Example of markdown-formatted release note

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2.0.10

• [updated] Composer and autoload based implementation
• [updated] Core Js vendor library updated
• [updated] Plugin Check 1.7.0 compatible
• [updated] Pro addon less than 1.2.4 will not work with this core plugin
• [new] Need Pro Addon version 1.2.4 or higher

2.0.9

• [Updated] Language file loading optimized for WordPress.org-hosted plugins
• [Updated] PHP version check and plugin loading improved

2.0.8

• [Fixed] PHP compatibility check during plugin load
• [Updated] WordPress 6.8 compatibility confirmed
• [Updated] Pro Addon v1.2.3 released

2.0.7

• [Fixed] Elementor ordering issue (support thread)
• [Updated] WordPress 6.8 compatibility confirmed
• [Updated] Elementor widget icon refreshed

2.0.6

• [Fixed] Display logic bug for feature notes and error messages

2.0.5

• [Fixed] Markdown to HTML multi-line parsing
• [Updated] Pro Addon v1.2.1 released
• [Updated] All shortcodes, widgets, and blocks refreshed

2.0.4

• [Updated] Support page news section
• [Updated] Pro Addon v1.2.0 released
• [Improved] Miscellaneous enhancements

2.0.3

• [Updated] WordPress 6.7.2 compatibility confirmed
• [Updated] Pro Addon v1.1.9 released
• [Improved] Admin UI consistency
• [Updated] Removed extra modifications on non-CBX post types

2.0.1

• [Fixed] Missing method getPaginatedRows()
• [New] Show labels grouped by type
• [Updated] All widgets updated
• [Improved] Helper methods added

2.0.0

• [Fixed] Dashboard saving issue for single changelog
• [New] Added “Resync Release Number” features (top-to-bottom and reverse)
• [New] Bulk delete all releases from the dashboard

1.1.10

• [Fixed] Changelog saving order issue from edit screen

1.1.9

• [New] Added count parameter in shortcode (0 = all changelogs)
• [Updated] Dashboard now supports “Add changelog at top/bottom” buttons
• [Updated] Widgets updated for count parameter

1.1.8

• [Fixed] Dashboard autosave “Connection lost” error

1.1.7

• [Fixed] Order issue in changelog edit screen
• [New] Added order_by="id" parameter (release ID based ordering)

1.1.6

• [New] Redesigned dashboard
• [Updated] Plugin check v1.3.1 compatibility
• [Updated] WordPress 6.7.1 compatibility
• [New] SVG icons added

1.1.5

• [New] Changelog dates now use WordPress date translation (date_i18n)

1.1.4

• [Updated] Uninstall process now fully cleans plugin data

1.1.3

• [Updated] Settings field library optimized for single and multi-select