Changelog - August 2025

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000105923

New Features: 


  • Added a "Create" dropdown in the Admin to quickly create members, posts, subscriptions and coupon codes from any page in the Admin area.

  • Created a new Design Setting for the Website Announcement Message Add-On called "Show Close Button". When enabled, site visitors can close the announcement message on the frontend.

  • Released a new UI for the Admin Dashboard.

  • Updated the Admin Dashboard UI to display New Members Signups, Recent Logins, Top Profile and Post Views, and the Total Engagement Overview for sites that have the Member Profile Analytics Add-On active.

  • Added the ability to create custom "Business Toolkit" offers on the Mange Offers page in the Admin.

  • Added the ability to create a secondary hero section on the homepage, allowing users to easily include additional content next to the Hero Title without custom coding. Use the new feature here: Admin >> Settings >> Design Settings >> Homepage >> Secondary Hero Content (Optional) section

  • Created a new Design Setting called "Header Menu Item Alignment". This new settings allows the Top Header Mini Nav Menu to support dropdown menu items.

Enhancements / Fixes: 


  • Fixed an issue that prevented the "Featured Blog Articles Slider Hover/Active Background Color" Design Setting from working properly in some contexts on the frontend.
  • Updated the help text description for form fields when creating Menus in the Admin.

  • Released a set of minor fixes for the new Universal Search in the Admin.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the "Respect Membership Plan Search Priority?" Post type Setting from working properly on Event Search Results when the Auto-Recurring Events Add-On was active.

  • Implemented performance optimizations and bug fixes for the Import Business Data tool in Admin.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Advanced Setting keyword search from returning accurate results in some cases.

  • Updated the "Clone Account" feature on the Search Members page in the Admin to also clone member profile images along with the member's data.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented changing the status of member reviews on the Member Reviews page in the Admin in some rare cases.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to send individual emails from the Admin in some cases.

  • Updated the API to ensure creating, updating, or deleting widgets through the Brilliant Directories API are reflected on the site immediately.

  • Sidebar Settings are now displayed on the Web Page Builder page in the Admin when the Page Type Setting is set to "Member Search Results" or "Post Search Results".

  • Improved the Google Maps integration to ensure accurate results are returned when saving location data across the platform.

  • Created a new email variable called "Link To Profile" that includes the member profile link in email templates.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the category dropdown in the "Website - Lead Form - Get Matched" form from respecting the "Default Category Sort Order" setting in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that affected the ability to submit the "Website - Lead Form - Get Matched" form in some cases.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the system from clearing category dropdown selections when manually matching members with leads in the Admin.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the system from loading the version history module on Web Pages and Edit Post Settings pages in the Admin in some cases.

  • Improved how member sub and sub sub categories are saved in the Member Dashboard to ensure data consistency.

  • Addresses in Germany and Latvia will now be saved with the street number after the street name when fetched from Google Maps.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the "Menu Item Inline Attribute" and "Outer <li> Inline Attribute" Menu Settings from working properly on the frontend in some cases.

  • Implemented a security update to the Private Member Chat Add-On.
  • Updated the Admin modal pop-up to display in full-screen when using the new Quick Create action buttons.

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Newsletter Campaigns feature in the Admin to display an error message when calculating qualifying recipients in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that caused the Search Members logic to store the company name in the last_name variable when the member’s listing type is set to "Company" in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Google Sitemap Generator Add-On from generating sitemap files properly in some cases.

  • Fixed an issue with the Billing Date Format Setting not changing correctly when the Date Format Setting on the General Settings page in the Admin is updated.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Account Menu from toggling when viewing the Private Member Chat page on the Member Dashboard from a mobile device in some cases.

  • Updated the Bootstrap Theme - Category Groups - Member Categories widget to include a keyword search field. Also added support for filtering top and sub-categories by using the category parameter in the URL (e.g., /categories?category=Keyword).

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the system from respecting the Billing Email Settings when creating an invoice using the "Quick Create" action buttons in the Admin.

  • Fixed an issue that caused discrepancies between individual invoice amounts and the Daily Admin Report email sent to the Admin of the site each day.

  • Added support for selecting Billing Cycles without enabling the "Email Member" setting when editing the Billing Email Settings in the Admin.

  • Updated the Main Title Text and Sub-Title Text Homepage Design Settings > Primary Hero Content Section to support using widget shortcodes for rendering widgets on the frontend.

  • In all, over 50 feature enhancements and software updates were released this month.