JNews Update 12.0.0

Here is an explanation of some updates in JNews version 12.0.0.

• • • Add new JNews – FAQ element
    • Added an option to share posts to ChatGPT and Perplexity AI for article summarization in the JNews – Social Share plugin
    • Add an option to automatically clear the cache data when a new post is published
    • Add an option to not render the comment section in single posts
    • Add an option to exclude visited posts in the JNews Module
    • Add JNews Gallery Block in Gutenberg editor
    • Add an option to automatically publish posts submitted via JNews Frontend Submit
    • Registering JNews element for WPML translation

Add new JNews – FAQ element

In this version, we’ve added a new element called JNews – FAQ, which allows you to display an FAQ list as an accordion on your website.

If you activate the JNews – JSONLD plugin, the FAQPage schema will automatically be added to your page. If you only want to include the FAQPage schema on your page without displaying the FAQ element itself, you can enable the Hide on Frontend option in the JNews – FAQ element.

The JNews – FAQ element can be added using Gutenberg, Classic Editor, Elementor, or WPBakery Page Builder. Below is an explanation of how to use the JNews – FAQ element.

• Gutenberg Editor
  In the Gutenberg editor, you can add the JNews – FAQ’s block to your post/page. Then, you can add your questions and answers within the JNews – FAQ Item block, which is automatically added inside the JNews – FAQ’s block.
  To add a new item to JNews – FAQ’s, you can select the JNews – FAQ’s block by clicking on it or by clicking the Select FAQ Parent block button in the block editor sidebar of the JNews – FAQ Item.
  
  Once the JNews – FAQ’s block is selected, you can add a new item by clicking the + button on the Block Toolbar or by clicking the Add new FAQ item button in the block sidebar.
  
• Classic Editor
  If you’re using the Classic Editor, you can add the JNews – FAQ element by clicking the Toolbar Toggle button, then clicking the JNews - FAQ button.A pop-up will appear to help you create the JNews – FAQ shortcode.
  To edit an existing JNews – FAQ, select the entire JNews – FAQ shortcode, then click the `JNews – FAQ` button again.
  
• Elementor
  In Elementor, you can add it simply by inserting the JNews – FAQ element into your post or page, then edit it as you wish.
  
• WPBakery Page Builder
  To add JNews – FAQ in WPBakery, you can insert the JNews – FAQ Wrapper element into your page.
  
  After that, within the Wrapper element, you can add the JNews – FAQ Item element and edit it as you wish.
  

Added an option to share posts to ChatGPT and Perplexity AI for article summarization in the JNews – Social Share plugin

In this version, we’ve added new buttons that allow you to share your website page URL to ChatGPT or Perplexity. You can add them to your list of social share buttons by navigating to:
JNews > Customize Style > Social, Like & View > Social Bar, View & Like > Share Bar Social Icon

We’ve also added an Additional AI Prompt option that lets you include extra prompts to be appended after the default article summarization prompt.

Add an option to automatically clear the cache data when a new post is published

If you’re using Object Cache on your website, such as Redis or Memcached, the queries in JNews elements are stored in the cache, and the query results will only be updated when the cache expires or when you manually clear your object cache. This caching behavior may cause newly published posts not to appear immediately in the JNews Element post list because the cache hasn’t been refreshed yet.

In this version, we’ve added a Flush Cache On Publish option under JNews > Customize Style > Additional Option > Query Option.

By enabling this option, the cache of JNews elements will be automatically cleared every time you publish a new post.

Add an option to not render the comment section in single posts

In the previous version, the comment section was rendered as long as the post had the Comments option enabled. If users didn’t want to display the comment section on all posts, they had to manually disable the Comments option for each post.

In this version, we’ve added a Show Comment Section option under JNews > Customize Style > Single Post Option > Single Post Option, allowing you to hide the comment section in your post template without having to disable the Comments option on every post.

Add an option to exclude visited posts in the JNews Module

In this version, we’ve added an Exclude Visited Post option in the Content Filter menu of the JNews – Module element. This allows you to exclude the post currently being viewed by the user from the list of posts displayed in the JNews – Module.

For example, if you add the JNews – Module element to the sidebar of your single post page and you don’t want the currently viewed post to appear in the JNews – Module, you can simply enable the Exclude Visited Post option in that element.

Before enable the Exclude Visited Post option

Before enable the Exclude Visited Post option

Add JNews Gallery Block in Gutenberg editor

Previously, the JNews Gallery element could only be added through the Gallery option in the Classic Editor. If users were using Gutenberg as their post editor, they needed to add the JNews Gallery via the WordPress Classic block.

In this version, we’ve added the JNews – Gallery block, allowing users who use Gutenberg as their post editor to add the JNews Gallery directly through the provided JNews – Gallery block.

Add an option to automatically publish posts submitted via JNews Frontend Submit

In this version, we’ve added an option that allows posts submitted by users through the Frontend Submit menu to be published immediately. Previously, posts were held for review before being published by the site admin through the admin dashboard.

You can configure this option in the JNews > Customize Style > Frontend Submit > Frontend Submit Setting > Post Status menu.

Please make sure you have already updated the JNews – Frontend Submit plugin to v12.0.0

Registering JNews element for WPML translation

In this latest version, JNews elements such as JNews – Module, JNews – Hero, and others have been configured to support WPML String Translation. If you’re using the WPML plugin to create a multilingual website and want to use the WPML String Translation tool to translate each page or post, you’ll now see fields that allow you to translate the strings within JNews elements.