Simple Sitemap changelog.

Added global Compact, Comfortable, and Custom sitemap spacing controls, plus per-block and per-shortcode item and nested-level overrides.

Added an optional linked parent at the root of the Child Pages block, matching the established `[simple-sitemap-child title_li="@"]` workflow.

Added Pro separator lines to the Child Pages block and `separator="true"` to `[simple-sitemap-child]`.

Added Pro compact, exact square featured-image thumbnails to `[simple-sitemap-child]` with `image="true"` and a bounded `image_size`.

Unified spacing inheritance across every sitemap block and shortcode while retaining all existing output until a setting or instance override is selected.

Expanded the product guide, complete reference, product page, and live demos for the new spacing and licensed Child Pages controls.

Replaced the legacy welcome screen with a professional Home dashboard, guided sitemap creation, Quick Start steps, and a comprehensive licensed feature explorer.

Added direct links from specialist feature cards to matching live examples for custom content, taxonomies, navigation menus, archives, WooCommerce products, and advanced layouts.

Added a concise feedback prompt that opens the contact form with a Simple Sitemap feedback summary ready to send.

Fixed Author Archives so sites whose published content belongs to the administrator account no longer show an empty sitemap.

Improved sitemap spacing, hierarchy, tab presentation, link contrast, and responsive readability without changing saved content or renderer markup.

Made documentation, changelog, demo, and support destinations edition-aware so licensed customers reach Pro-appropriate resources.

Made the plugin self-contained, with no separate framework plugin required.

Basic include/exclude post and page ID filters are now available in the Free edition.

Added searchable content selection and a dedicated Child Pages block.

Added opt-in bounded linked pagination to Content and Grouped Sitemap blocks and shortcodes.

Added Pro Taxonomy Terms, Navigation Menu, Archive Links, and WooCommerce Product Sitemap blocks.

Added hierarchical custom-post-type Child Pages, per-section Content settings, and opt-in SEO noindex and multilingual providers in Pro.

Added privacy-conscious support diagnostics and explicit Free/Pro support routing.

Added three starter patterns and a task-first Quick Start for creating a sitemap page.

Improved output escaping and guarded malformed saved block settings to prevent editor failures.

Restored the taxonomy upgrade prompt and corrected accessible admin/editor controls.

Added semantic keyboard and ARIA behavior to tabbed sitemaps without changing their saved content or server-rendered HTML.

Kept custom post-type labels attached to the selected post type in the editor.

Corrected grouped taxonomy ordering, limits, term errors, and private-content authorization.

Improved block-editor compatibility and previews while preserving dynamic front-end output.

Reduced the work required to build grouped sitemaps without changing their HTML.

Updated nonce checks on post duplication feature.

Localization issues.

Corrected validation of saved settings.

Updated plugin to be compatible with WordPress 6.5.

Included reported security fixes.

Fixed sitemap group block/shortcode.

Restored reliable sitemap previews in the block editor.

Corrected a missing editor dependency.

Updated to be compatible with WordPress 6.4.3.

Updated to be compatible with PHP 8.3.0.

Included a security update for licensing and plugin updates.

Links for group sitemap block were not displaying.

Excerpt content were not stripping content containing shortcodes.

Inspector panel label partially hidden.

Security related fixes and updates.

Exclude page along with its all child pages.

Fixed bug affecting include/exclude term attribute. Affected edge cases when category slugs used with 'hyphens'.

Enqueue error on admin widgets page.

Sanitize non-supported sitemap shortcode attributes.

Sticky Post was always included when including a single post in a sitemap shortcode or block.

Styles not enqueued for sitemap shortcodes.

Added compatibility with WP 6.x.

You can now override the dynamically generated sitemap ID with a static ID of your choosing.

Block CSS is now only loaded on pages that include a sitemap block.

Included a security update for licensing and plugin updates.

The 'post_type_label_font_size' and 'sitemap_container_margin' attributes in the sitemap blocks/shortcodes are now set to an empty string by default to blend in better with the current active WordPress theme.

The 'visibility' attribute is now set to 'false' by default so private posts/pages won't appear in the sitemap list unless it's set to true.

The 'visibility' attribute is now set to false by default so private posts/pages won't appear in the sitemap list unless this is set to true.

The 'post_type_label_font_size' attribute is now set to empty by default (was previously '1em') to blend in better with the current active WordPress theme.

The 'sitemap_container_margin' attribute is now set to empty to blend in better with the current active WordPress theme.

Fixed compatibility issue with PHP 8.0.

Improved sitemap block rendering (using new ServerSideRender component).

FIX: Nofollow links were always enabled. These are now OFF by default and can optionally be enabled if required.

Added block setting for nofollow links. Enable/disable nofollow links directly.

FIX: Undefined index 'page_excerpt_length'.

NEW: Added 'show_excerpt' and 'page_excerpt_length' shortcode attributes to <code>[simple-sitemap-child]</code> (see docs).

NEW: Added 'page_excerpt_length' shortcode attribute to <code>[simple-sitemap]</code> (see docs).

Fix: Horizontal sitemap trailing separation character on last sitemap item for pages removed.

Fix: Page depth setting not saving.

Fix: Plugin settings heading styles broken because of EDD license renewal nag notice.

Some minor bug fixes and improvements.

Initial plugin release of the new pro version.

Complete plugin overhaul.

Two new blocks added to replace existing shortcodes.

Shortcodes are still available though.