2.1

• Update the block to use the block.json file and other new features.

2.0

• Refactor the entire plugin to use an object-oriented programming paradigm.
• Upped the lowest PHP version supported to 7.0.
• Tested to work with WordPress 5.7.1.

1.9

• Added Gutenberg block to show the breaking news banner in a post.
• Switched the CSS to use flexbox for better display of the banner.
• Added a Gulp process for better export of the plugin.
• Tested with WordPress 5.3.

1.8.1

• Changed to load internal posts to link over to the WP REST API to avoid fatal errors.
• Changed required WordPress version to 4.7.

1.8

• Added color options for the background of the body section and the text.
• Tested to work with WordPress 4.8.

1.7

• Tested to work with WordPress 4.7.

1.6

• Added: Breaking News shortcode to put a breaking news banner inside a post.
• Tested to work with WordPress 4.6.

1.5

• Added: Breaking News widget that allows users to display the breaking news banner in the sidebar.
• Added: Translations for French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
• Tested to work with WordPress 4.5.

1.4

• Added option to change background color of “Breaking News” half of the banner.
• Tested to work with WordPress 4.4

1.3.1

• Removed ‘http:’ from the functions to enqueue the Google fonts

 1.3

• Tested to work with WordPress 4.3
• Fixed vertical margin for “Breaking News” text to even it out.
• Added a line-height of 1.2 for text on the right side to even it out.

1.2

• Added: Option for users to select whether the link will be internal or external.
• Added: A select option of posts for the user to select if it’s an internal link.

1.1

• Added: default value of 1 for the time limit.
• Added: wp_reset_query at the end of the jm_breaking_news function to keep the banner from interfering with the page query.
• Changed: the left side font to Oswald.
• Changed: the right side font to Lato.
• Changed: the left side background to #C42B2B.
• Changed: the right side background to #252525.

 1.0

• Initial Release