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Current version 2.0.0View Changelog

Changelog for WooCommerce Live Text Preview

2.0.0 31 August 2026

  • Added 'Allow positioning', 'Allow rotation' and 'Allow resizing' field settings so customers can drag, rotate and resize the text preview on the image
  • Added 'Preview area' field setting to constrain and clip the interactive text preview to a drawn area
  • Added 'Custom Google Fonts' field setting to override the global font list per field
  • Added 'Auto size text' field setting to enable auto sizing per field
  • Added 'Force single line' field setting
  • Added 'Subfields on same row' setting to show the customer font family and/or alignment controls beside the text input
  • Added 'Inline font placeholder' setting for the font selector when shown on the same row as the text input
  • Added 'Include field name in subfield headings' setting to show or hide the field name prefix on customer subfield headings
  • Added 'Exclude "Default theme font"' setting to remove that option from the customer font selector
  • Moved: translation files from /src/languages to /languages
  • Updated translations for Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian) and Spanish

1.5.8 9 July 2026

  • Added X offset and Y offset field settings for layered image

1.5.7 3 July 2026

  • Fixed incorrect Google Font weight on page load
  • Updated apaou_composite_image_x_offset and apaou_composite_image_y_offset filters

1.5.6 2 June 2026

  • Updated improved y-axis alignment in layered image

1.5.5 19 May 2026

  • Fixed layered image sometimes does not appear in Cart and Checkout when using blocks
  • Fixed when Auto Size Text is enabled, text size is reset when window is resized
  • Updated improved text alignment in layered image

1.5.4 12 May 2026

  • Fixed apaou_gallery_container and apaou_layer_parent filters are now called in Product Extras for WooCommerce (PEWC) to add Blocksy theme support for the text preview layer
  • Fixed text preview layer not visible on Blocksy theme product pages

1.5.3 22 April 2026

  • Added apaou_gallery_first_image filter

1.5.2 15 April 2026

  • Fixed composite image not displayed as thumbnail when Cart and Checkout pages use blocks
  • Fixed some Google fonts are not loaded on the frontend
  • Updated pewc_field_visibility_updated and pewc_group_visibility_updated handlers now only over the affected field/group

1.5.1 3 March 2026

  • Added custom class on text layer based on Field Class setting
  • Updated admin UI improvements

1.5.0 4 February 2026

  • Added apaou_selected_google_fonts_array filter
  • Fixed text size discrepancy on composite image for wide base images and if Auto Size Text is enabled
  • Updated compatibility with Add-Ons Ultimate 4.0

1.4.4 9 December 2025

  • Added $item parameter to apaou_all_fonts filter
  • Fixed auto size text not getting applied to the composite image

1.4.3 3 December 2025

  • Added Auto size text setting
  • Updated reduced frequency of licence update checks

1.4.2 26 November 2025

  • Updated add focus to detect when to auto-scroll

1.4.1 28 October 2025

  • Fixed PHP deprecated notice when using WooCommerce 10.3
  • Fixed Text Preview layer interfering with some themes' product images layout
  • Updated use selected frame as base image for composite image

1.4.0 20 October 2025

  • Added option to create a composite image
  • Added apaou_create_composite_image and apaou_initialize_timeout filters
  • Fixed Text Preview not responsive

1.3.8 18 March 2025

  • Fixed Text Preview layer remains hidden if field is inside a group that has conditions
  • Fixed PHP warnings if Edit options is enabled
  • Fixed alignment value is not passed back to the product page when editing options from the cart

1.3.7 21 January 2025

  • Added apaou_focus_text_layer_image jQuery trigger

1.3.6 18 December 2024

  • Fixed Text Preview field values not getting filled on the product page if Edit options is enabled
  • Fixed gray box appears in admin area on some RTL sites

1.3.5 23 October 2024

  • Fixed Text Preview layer remains hidden if global Text Preview field does not have conditions

1.3.4 10 October 2024

  • Fixed Text Preview layer remains hidden if field is initially hidden

1.3.3 23 September 2024

  • Fixed preview box not working when apaou_preview_on_image filter is set to false

1.3.2 7 August 2024

  • Added apaou_move_field_description and apaou_move_character_counter filters
  • Added apaou_disable_font_sort_frontend filter
  • Fixed customer fields break page layout when using Table group layout
  • Fixed default font not selected on product page when using specific Google fonts or custom font URLs
  • Fixed selected font not added to the cart when using specific Google fonts or custom font URLs
  • Fixed field price also added to child fields
  • Fixed custom font URLs added in the global settings are not added to the add-on field's settings
  • Fixed browser console errors
  • Fixed Text Preview layer not hidden when field is condition-dependent or variation-dependent
  • Updated moved field description and character counter closer to the input field
  • Updated display only chosen Google fonts in the field settings if applicable

1.3.1 4 July 2024

  • Fixed issue with Text Preview when changing line height on the product page if 'Customers can change the font size' is disabled
  • Fixed alignment and line height values not getting added to the cart

1.3.0 2 July 2024

  • Added text alignment and line height options
  • Added grid columns setting
  • Added disable Google Fonts option
  • Fixed auto-focus not working on some themes
  • Updated improved UI for custom fonts

1.2.0 6 May 2024

  • Added setting to select specific Google Fonts
  • Added update text color using Swatch field

1.1.11 16 January 2024

  • Updated EDD_SL_Plugin_Updater for PHP8.2 compatibility

1.1.10 11 September 2023

  • Updated compatibility with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage

1.1.9 25 July 2023

  • Fixed custom font, size, and colour are still added to the cart even if the Text Preview field has been hidden
  • Updated prevent left or right arrow keys on Text Preview fields from moving gallery images

1.1.8 24 April 2023

  • Added apaou_control_element filter
  • Updated minor changes to auto-focus on gallery frame when typing on a Text Preview

1.1.7 4 January 2023

  • Updated initialization of Text Preview is now triggered by an event, for compatibility with other plugins

1.1.6 5 October 2022

  • Added ability to choose the gallery frame to add the Text Preview layer to
  • Added auto-focus on gallery frame when typing on a Text Preview
  • Added z-index setting
  • Fixed width setting does not appear initially when a new Text Preview field is added

1.1.5 30 August 2022

  • Fixed some functions throw PHP Warnings

1.1.4 10 March 2022

  • Added z-index for text element
  • Added field ID to preview element
  • Added apaou_all_fonts filter
  • Added action on pewc_before_group_inner_tag_open
  • Fixed display per character fields on global page
  • Fixed does not prevent extra character in the preview layer when max chars is defined
  • Updated enqueue admin assets using URL

1.1.3 18 June 2021

  • Fixed missing custom font name in cart

1.1.2 17 June 2021

  • Fixed select2 issue on certain WooCommerce versions
  • Fixed hide inline text preview field when not required
  • Updated use PR_APAOU_BASE_URL when enqueuing assets

1.1.1 15 June 2021

  • Added filter to preview text with other fields, not on image

1.1.0 20 May 2021

  • Added ability to register custom fonts.
  • Updated plugin name

1.0.0 15 March 2021

  • First official release.
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