GiftXtore – Jewelry WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Version 1.8.1

• Fixed Add "if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) { exit; }" guard to all theme PHP files to prevent direct file access.
• Fixed Add nonce check to AJAX handler bzotech_load_ajax_tool_panel().
• Fixed Sanitize/clamp $_GET number, posts_per_page, page inputs (archive.php, index.php, search.php, top-filter.php, shop/product-list ajax handlers...) to prevent abuse via invalid values.
• Fixed Harden Bzotech_Template::load_view()/load_view_assets() against path traversal.
• Fixed Escape output with esc_html()/wp_kses_post() in ajax tool-panel HTML and yith-compare-button.php icon output.
• Fixed Fix fatal TypeError on PHP 8 when AJAX json_decode() returns null (new bzotech_decode_ajax_json() helper).
• Fixed Fix "session already active" PHP warnings by guarding session_start()/session_destroy() with session_status().
• Fixed Fix double-encoded Google Fonts URL.
• Fixed Fix body-background option type (Redux/metabox), reworked to unified "background" control.
• Fixed Fix mega menu init timing (hooked to init instead of running at file load).
• Fixed Fix Redux config loading too early (deferred to init hook).
• Fixed Fix undefined $item_wrap/$item_inner notices in post/product grid templates.
• Fixed Fix Redux 4.x saves the post meta of fields registered in Redux_Metaboxes::$fields.
• Improved Migrate icon library from Font Awesome to Line Awesome across templates, post-meta output and social icon maps.
• Improved Migrate product gallery/image sliders from Slick to Swiper.js (single product detail templates, quick view) — added 3 missing detail-minimal-style1/2/3.php templates to match the other demo styles.
• Improved Migrate image/video popups from Magnific Popup to Fancybox (Instagram gallery, popup video).
• Improved Consolidate & minify frontend CSS/JS into fewer bundled files (base-style, elementor, side-wide, style, custom-style) for fewer HTTP requests.
• Improved Add no_found_rows to WP_Query calls (search, related/latest products, ajax pagination, widgets) for better query performance.
• Improved Cache repeated option/meta lookups with static vars + object cache for tax attributes.
• Improved Add loading="lazy" to product swatch images.
• Improved Add preconnect hints for Google Fonts.
• Improved Load jquery-elevatezoom only on single product pages; drop unused scripts (slick, magnific-popup, accordionSlider, modernizr, hoverdir, TimeCircles, jcarousellite, mCustomScrollbar, owl.carousel, jquery-ui-tabs/slider) and their library files.
• Improved Preload Elementor header/footer widget CSS/JS earlier to fix missing styles on first load.
• Improved Remove layout-shift "opacity:0" preload rule that could hide page content.
• New Plugin Bzotech Core 2.3
• New Plugin Bzotech Elementor 2.2
• Removed Remove unused Elementor Slider "Accordion" style and its settings (widget still available with all other styles; existing content built with the Accordion style will need to be rebuilt with another slider style).
• Removed Remove unused Elementor "Image Choose" and "Ajax Select2" custom controls (not referenced by any widget).
• Removed Remove the theme's old built-in demo importer and legacy Customizer (Option Tree) integration, superseded by the current import flow.
• Removed Remove unused post-like feature script and dead owl-carousel slider functions (bzotech_owl_slider, bzotech_all_slider — no markup used them).

Earlier versions

• 1.8.0 (5 June 2026): 1 fixed