Happy Break Holiday monday for you that observe it. In the meantime, we have a new BD update, taking us to RC1. Still not to be used in production - you know the drill!

Grab it from the portal. Enjoy! 🚀

Latest changes: -

Fixed

• Popups now render and behave correctly on the front end. Fixed a regression introduced in 2.7 beta 1 where popups appeared unstyled below the footer. Also fixed popup triggers (scroll, exit intent, timed, etc.) not firing, and the “show close button after” option being ignored.

• Shop Filters and Widgets dropdowns now show correctly in the builder. Fixed a regression introduced in 2.7 beta where the Shop Filters and Widgets elements showed empty dropdowns. They now appear as expected.

• Slider sync now works correctly with thumbnails and controller modes. Synced sliders were not staying in sync when swiping or clicking thumbnails, particularly with loop/infinite enabled. Swiper was also upgraded from v8 to v12.

• Masonry layout now reflows correctly after Load More adds new posts. New posts added via Load More now appear in the correct positions without overlapping or misalignment.

• Skip links no longer wrap global blocks inside post loops with extra main tags. Enabling the “Skip Link” accessibility option caused every global block in a post loop to be wrapped in a <main> tag, producing invalid HTML. The wrapper now only applies to the root page content.

• Quickstart onboarding wizard now loads correctly. Fixed a regression introduced in 2.7 beta 1 that prevented the onboarding wizard from loading.

There's also the changes from the first beta, just in case you missed that: -

Added

• “Skip to main content” accessibility link (WCAG 2.4.1), enabled by default on new installs.
• Accessibility improvements across sliders and elements (reduced motion for autoplay and transitions, aria labels, and button semantics).
• Design Library visibility settings in admin and builder.
• Dynamic data fields for WooCommerce Regular Price and Sale Price.
• Slider sync controls for Swiper-based elements.
• Button “Control Slider” action includes Gallery and WooCommerce Products List elements in slider layout.
• breakdance_should_override_template filter for developers to control template overrides.
• Autocomplete setting for form fields and breakdance_form_field_input_attributes hook for developers.
• WP-CLI commands for cache clearing, URL replacement, settings import/export, license management, theme toggle, and system status.
• Button preset styles for form elements (Form Builder, Login, Register, Forgot Password, Comment).

Fixed

• Breakdance templates no longer interrupt TranslatePress and MemberPress ReadyLaunch output.
• Masonry layouts relayout as images load to avoid overlaps and gaps.
• Custom image sizes generate reliably without resize errors.
• ACF URL fields set as dynamic background images now render on the frontend.
• Load More button styling updates immediately in the builder preview.
• Stacking indicator reflects the true layout direction.
• Menu Builder custom dropdown arrow icons display correctly in the builder preview.
• Form webhook actions correctly report 4xx HTTP errors instead of showing success.
• Temp directories auto-recreate on check, preventing false “missing directories” warnings after server reboots.
• Preferences panel accessible when editing Global Styles from the Settings page.
• Element Studio “Disable Wrapper HTML Tag” checkbox retains its saved state after reload.
• Template conditions modal scrolls within the viewport when many conditions are added.
• Quick Navigator clears the search field after switching pages.
• PHP Dynamic Data field handles array bracket syntax correctly in code snippets.
• Dynamic data field attributes remain editable after reloading the builder.
• Element renaming in the Structure panel registers spaces correctly while typing.
• WooCommerce My Account Addresses page displays with correct layout.
• Nonce transients no longer accumulate for non-builder users, and upgrading cleans up existing entries.
• Pulse Dot element maintains its size inside flex containers.
• Image With Zoom element handles transparent images without the zoomed version showing through.
• Global Block inline editing stays in sync on slow servers, handling empty blocks and unsaved changes correctly.
• “Has Taxonomy” condition’s “Is none of” operand works correctly in template conditions and Post Loop queries.
• Filter Bar sets aria-selected on the active filter button for assistive technologies.
• Gallery element lightbox works correctly when using the Multiple type.

Changed

• Product Price is now labeled as Product Price Range for combined pricing.
• Performance debugger setting text clarifies troubleshooting-only usage.
• AnalyticsWP notice removes the free-version mention.
• Onboarding and Home footers use X branding and the new link.
• Custom Query warning text clarifies that Total Posts must be equal to or greater than Posts Per Page.
• WooCommerce template overrides updated for WooCommerce 10.x compatibility.
• Plugin zip reduced from 12.3 MB to 6.0 MB by excluding source maps and development artifacts.
• Scrolling animation attribute uses direct property lookup instead of Twig evaluation in the builder.
• Builder dark mode scrollbars match the dark theme on macOS and Windows.