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Quite simply, Connections Business Directory is one of the best business directory plugins available for WordPress. Its simplicity in design and function, vast array of unique features and versatility are the reasons more and more people are turning to Connections Business Directory for their directory needs. You can use Connections to create a simple address book, maintain a staff or member directory and run a business directory or link directory. Connections Business Directory was built bottom up to be as configurable as possible while providing the features you need. Read on to learn about some of the best features Connections Business Directory has to offer…

Features

Compatible with all themes including popular themes such as Avada, Divi, Enfold and OceanWP.
Compatible with most popular page builders such as Elementor, Beaver Builder, Brizy, Visual Composer, Fusion, SiteOrigin, etc…
Supports the WordPress Block (Gutenberg) Editor with the following blocks.
- Carousel Block :: Display your directory as a carousel.
- Directory Block :: Use this block to embed your directory in a page.
- Team Block :: It’s easy to use Connections to build your team page! Team Block is a full featured block with multiple layout styles. While premium team plugins can set you back $20 or more, Team Block is free for all Connections users.
- Upcoming List Block :: Use this block to display an upcoming list of anniversaries, birthdays or other events.
Highly rated support.
Continuously updated bringing you new features for free.
Dashboard admin page where you can see at a glance today’s anniversaries and birthdays as well as upcoming anniversaries and birthdays of members in your directory.
Multiple entry types from which to choose; such as individual, organization and family. The family entry type is unique to Connections. This entry type allows you to group individuals together as a family which makes Connections ideally suited for creating a church directory.
You control which entries are viewable to the public and which entries are private, viewable for logged in users only. You can even have entries set as unlisted so only admins can view them.
Repeatable fields for address, phone numbers, email, IM, social media, links and dates which allow you to add as much or as little as you need for each business in your business directory.
Hierarchical (nested) category support. Businesses and members in your business directory can be added to any number of categories.
Include a biographical text for an individual member or business description for each entry in your business directory using an easy to use rich text editor.
You can easily add a business logo or photo of the staff member for each entry in your business directory or staff directory. The photo and logo images are fully responsive with HiDPI (Retina) display support.
Scalable, manage directories which contain hundreds of thousands of entries.
CSV Export of addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and dates.
CSV Import of nested categories.
Role capability support.
Displaying your business directory on the frontend is as simple as putting a shortcode on a page. Don’t let this simplicity fool you. The shortcode provides a large array of options that are just too numerous to list. To learn more, go here.
SEO. Every entry in your business directory outputs following the hCard spec. Soon to be updated to following Schema.org.
Extensible and developer friendly.
Robust templating support with the Template Customizer. Several basic templates are provided to get you started with you business directory with many more premium templates available to really make your business directory shine.

Extensible

Here are some great free extensions (with more on the way) that enhance your experience with Connections Business Directory:

Utility

Toolbar :: Provides quick links to the admin pages from the admin bar.
Login :: Provides a simple to use login shortcode and widget.
Anniversary and Birthday Emails :: Add the ability to automatically send a customizable email to entries on their anniversary or birthday.

Custom Fields

Business Open Hours :: Add the business open hours.
Certifications :: Create and assign certifications to individuals in your directory.
Local Time :: Add the business local time.
Facilities :: Add the business facilities.
Income Level :: Add an income level.
Education Level :: Add an education level.
Languages :: Add languages spoken.
Hobbies :: Add hobbies.

Misc

Face Detect :: Applies face detection before cropping an image.

Premium Extensions

Authored :: Displays a list of blog posts written by the entry on their profile page.
Contact :: Displays a contact form on the entry’s profile page to allow your visitors to contact the entry without revealing their email address.
CSV Import :: Bulk import your data in to your directory.
Custom Category Order :: Order your categories exactly as you need them.
Custom Entry Order :: Allows you to easily define the order that your business directory entries should be displayed.
Enhanced Categories :: Adds many features to the categories.
Form :: Allow site visitor to submit entries to your directory. Also provides frontend editing support.
Link :: Links a WordPress user to an entry so that user can maintain their entry with or without moderation.
ROT13 Encryption :: Protect email addresses from being harvested from your business directory by spam bots.
SiteShot :: Show a screen capture of the entry’s website.
Widget Pack :: A set of feature rich, versatile and highly configurable widgets that can be used to enhance your directory.

Premium Templates

Connections Business Directory comes with a couple templates to get you started which fully support the Template Customizer. In addition to these free templates there are many premium templates available to take your business directory the level visually.

Circled :: A simple but bold template specifically designed for displaying small team or staff directory.
cMap :: Our most popular go to template for a business directory and chamber of commerce business directory, featuring full Template Customizer support.
Excerpt Plus :: Simple design which features a directory entry name, photo thumbnail and excerpt.
Gridder :: Another simple but bold template which displays the directory in a grid layout. Perfect for displaying a small team or staff directory
Slim Plus :: Specifically designed to take up as little space on the page as possible.
Tile Plus :: This template was purposely designed to display the directory in a grid or column layout.

Developer Friendly

Open development on Github.
Access to 180 action hooks and over 300 filters … and counting.
Term API.
Custom Metabox and Fields API.
Template Engine and API.
Fragment Cache API.
Log API (stateless and stateful).
Admin Notices API.
Email API.
Settings API.

Connections Business Directory has a very flexible template engine. The loading of template and CSS are context aware. This means you could create specific templates that load when a user visits a specific entry, category, postal code and more.

Templates and CSS overriding is very granular and update safe. Check out these links for the details:

Languages

Connections Business Directory has been embraced around the world and has been translated by its users in the following languages.

Arabic [60% Complete]
Catalan [52% Complete]
Croatian (Croatia) [22% Complete]
Danish [31% Complete]
Danish (Denmark) [29% Complete]
Dutch (Netherlands) [49% Complete]
Finnish [78% Complete]
French (France) [90% Complete]
German (Germany) [86% Complete]
Greek (Greece) [69% Complete]
Hebrew (Israel) [61% Complete]
Hungarian (Hungry) [52% Complete]
Italian (Italy) [58% Complete]
Norwegian [13% Complete]
Persian (Iran) [52% Complete]
Polish (Poland) [52% Complete]
Portuguese (Brazil) [77% Complete]
Portuguese (Portugal) [24% Complete]
Romanian (Romania) [69% Complete]
Russian (Russia) [40% Complete]
Serbian (Latin) [2% Complete]
Spanish (Latin America) [49% Complete]
Spanish (Mexico) [99% Complete]
Spanish (Spain) [99% Complete]
Sweden (Swedish) [96% Complete]
Turkish (Turkey) [58% Complete]

Credits:

Connection Business Directory was based off LBB, „Little Black Book“; which was based on Addressbook, both of which can be found in the Plugin Directory.
vCard class is a modified version by Troy Wolf.
Update Notice in plugin admin inspired by Changelogger 1.2.8 by Oliver Schlöbe.
Screen Options class by Janis Elsts.
$.goMap() jQuery Google Maps Plugin by Jevgenijs Shtrauss.
MarkerClustererPlus jQuery Google Maps Marker Clustering Plugin by Gary Little.
Validation jQuery plugin by Jörn Zaefferer.
Chosen jQuery plugin by Harvest.
qTip jQuery plugin by Craig Thompson.
Email and URL validation methods by Gizmo Digital Fusion.
Social media icons by WPZOOM.com; license CC BY-SA 3.0.
iTunes icon by Paul Robert Lloyd; license Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Podcast icon by schollidesign; license GNU/GPL.
CSS theme and image used for the jQuery UI Datepicker by helenhousandi.

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The many possible faces of your business directory. Connections Business Directory supports templates. This screenshot showcases (left to right) Excerpt Plus, Circled, Gridder, Tile Plus and Slim Plus.
Another screenshot showcasing the different templates that can be used to style your business directory. Left to right; Circled, cMap and Gridder.
The Dashboard admin page. A snapshot of important information about the business directory.
The Manage admin page. Here you can manage all the entries within the address book.
The Add New Entry admin page. From here you can add new entries to the addressbook.
The Categories admin page. Add as many categories as you wish to the directory. Categories do support parent/child relationships.
The Templates admin page. Here you choose which template that the business directory should use when displaying the directory.
The Settings admin page where you can configure the business directory options.
The Role and Capabilities admin page. Here you can assign which roles have which capabilities in viewing and managing the directory.
The Tools :: Export admin page contains many different CSV export tools to allow you to easily export the data from your business directory.
The Tools :: Import admin page allows you to quickly bulk import nested categories into your business directory.
In the event that you need support the Tools :: System Information admin page contains all the information needs about your directory installation which can be easily and quickly shared.
Need to move the configuration of your business directory from one site to another? The Tools : Settings Import/Export admin page allows you to do it with zero fuss. This will even migrate the Template Customizer settings applied to template and any of the settings for the premium extensions.

Blocks

This plugin provides 4 blocks.

connections-directory/carousel: Carousel
connections-directory/shortcode-upcoming: Upcoming
connections-directory/team: Team
connections-directory/shortcode-connections: Directory

SOS

A comprehensive list of FAQs can be found here.

How do I install Connections?

Installation instructions can be found here.

Using the WordPress Plugin Search

Navigate to the Add New sub-page under the Plugins admin page.
Search for connections business directory.
The plugin should be listed first in the search results.
Click the Install Now link.
Lastly click the Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.

Uploading in WordPress Admin

Download the plugin zip file and save it to your computer.
Navigate to the Add New sub-page under the Plugins admin page.
Click the Upload link.
Select Connections Business Directory zip file from where you saved the zip file on your computer.
Click the Install Now button.
Lastly click the Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin.

Using FTP

Download the plugin zip file and save it to your computer.
Extract the Connections Business Directory zip file.
Create a new directory named connections directory in the ../wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Upload the files from the folder extracted in Step 2.
Activate the plugin on the Plugins admin page.

How do I display the business directory on my site?

We have a QuickStart available that’ll walk you thru the most basic setup. Basically all you need to do is, create a page, and add the [connections] shortcode and then start adding entries to your directory.

Will it work with my theme?

Connections Business Directory has been designed to work with any theme.

Is Connections Business Directory translation-ready?

Yes it is. Connections Business Directory comes with many user supplied translations. We use Transifex to manage translations. This service make it easy for us manage and easy for you to translate. To read more, see this page.

Is Connections Business Directory compatible with WordPress Multisite?

Yes it is. However, do not Network activate Connections. Activate it on only the subsites that you wish to use Connections.

Is it possible to share entries with other sites within a WordPress Multisite installation?

Yes this is possible but there is a special setup required to do so. It is recommended this is done before added entries to your business directory.

Activate Connections Business Directory the primary site.
Add define( 'CN_MULTISITE_ENABLED', FALSE ); to your wp-config.php file. NOTE: If you have added any entries to any of your subsites, that data will be lost as Connections will read the directory entry data from the primary site’s database tables.
Activate Connections Business Directory on the subsites you wish to use Connections.

What are the requirements to run Connections?

WordPress version: >= 4.4
PHP version: >= 5.2.4 ( >= 7.0 is highly recommended)
NOTE: Upgrading from version 0.6.1 and newer only, is supported. Previous version must upgrade to 0.6.1 before upgrading to the current version.

Umsagnir

wmjamesltd 27. febrúar, 2020

I am creating a business directory on my real estate website with the cMap template. I had an issue with the mapping function not working on my Realtor IDX search function with the Connections activated. Steven was able to find a work around that enabled both the IDX maps & the cMap mapping to work properly. I couldn't be happier. Great guy to work with!

artistannabanana 26. febrúar, 2020

We're using this for a church directory and it's working just fine! I had some issues and their developer was quick to respond and fixed my problems - my website's faults, not software faults. Very happy to have his help.

bbolawole 7. febrúar, 2020

Excellent Plugin Excellent Support

limitlessly 29. janúar, 2020

I've been using this plugin for over a year on a site. It's been great and the quick response from the support team is wonderful. Awesome plugin!

devidia 14. janúar, 2020

We use it for the private knowledge base of our group in order to display a list of the staff and all informations needed by our team. We took the import CSV extension and a template. Also, the support is very good !

10. janúar, 2020

Purchased Connections after a disastrous experience with another plugin. This one worked, right out of the box. Pre and post purchase questions were handled promptly and personally by the developer, who solved a particularly vexing issue. Thanks for a great product and for great service.

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Steven

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Complete Changelog can be found here.

9.4.5 02/17/2020

TWEAK: Change the default map tile provider from Wikimedia to OSM for the address geocoding in the admin.

9.4.4 02/07/2020

TWEAK: Set OpenStreetMap Tile Server URL to https.
TWEAK: Set Wikimedia OpenStreetMap Tile Server URL to https.
TWEAK: Limit OpenStreetMap min/max zoom to levels with acceptable loading times.
TWEAK: Switch default map tile server from Wikimedia to Nominatim as the Wikimedia map tiles seem to be failing to load.
DEV: Update LeafletJS to 1.6.0.
DEV: Update LeafletJS Control.Geocoder to 1.11.
DEV: Update LeafletJS GoogleMutant to version 0.8.0.
DEV: Include LeafletJS Layer Headers plugin as a vendor library.
DEV: Add additional check for photo path when creating a vCard.
DEV: Update dist files.

9.4.3 01/31/2020

TWEAK: Improve loading speed of the Carousel block.
TWEAK: When querying by cn-char, pass thru wp_unslash() and use only first character if more than one are passed thru query var.
DEV: Update node and npm.
DEV: Run npm update.
DEV: Update dist files.

9.4.2 01/22/2020

BUG: Check to ensure slug not found warning is not generated when displaying entry social network icons.

9.4.1 01/20/2020

TWEAK: Style tweaks to the Carousel Block to improve its display presentation.
BUG: Check that array is returned for carousels in post meta.

9.4 01/17/2020

FEATURE: Introducing the Carousel block.
NEW: Introduce the cn_pagination_links_args filter.
NEW: Introduce support for the categories_in and categories_exclude parameters for the REST API.
NEW: Add entry image types and sizes to REST API response.
NEW: Add entry phone numbers to the REST response.
NEW: Add entry email addresses to the REST response.
NEW: Add entry social networks to REST response.
NEW: Add entry excerpt to the REST response.
NEW: Add parameters to the entry REST API controller to limit excerpt length to support the carousel block.
TWEAK: CSS tweaks to the Team block for improved display.
TWEAK: Update the hierarchical term checklist control to use the CheckboxControl.
TWEAK: Tweak image meta default for quality to match WP core.
TWEAK: Minor CSS tweak to the admin add/edit entry form for better display in WordPress 5.3.
TWEAK: The entry REST response data should only include the raw data in the edit context.
TWEAK: Add lazyload parameter to the getImage method.
TWEAK: Remove !important flag from a few CSS styles for pagination.
TWEAK: Add another couple styles tp keep themes from breaking links in maps.
TWEAK: Add OSM copyright to the Wikimedia map tile service provider.
TWEAK: Add original as preset image size option when getting entry photo for display.
TWEAK: Add the scaled and preset preset option for resting and entry logo.
TWEAK: Ensure the $atts variable passed by WordPress for the shortcode callback is always an array.
TWEAK: Make CSS selectors for social network icons less specific to allow usage in other locations in Connections.
BUG: Add toggle-indicator class so WP styles the toggle correctly.
COMPATIBILITY: The EasyTimetable plugin seems to be globally setting image visibility to hidden instead of using a selector to affect only itself. Add CSS to help ensure Connections images visibility is set to visible.
OTHER: Update the jQuery Validate library to version 1.19.1.
OTHER: Update FontAwesome dependencies.
DEV: Second pass at the carousel block.
DEV: Update dist files.
DEV: Another pass at the carousel block.
DEV: Bump test to version 5.3.
DEV: Add trailing semicolon.
DEV: Introduce the EntryName and EntryImage Block Editor components.
DEV: Remove trailing space.
DEV: Update the css-loader and cssnano webpack dev dependencies.
DEV: Remove unused code from entry REST endpoint.
DEV: Rename method that prepares images for REST response.
DEV: phpDoc corrections.
DEV: Remove extra spaces.
DEV: Update package dependencies and dev dependencies.
DEV: Add drop shadow support to the carousel block.
DEV: CSS tweaks for mobile display of the carousel block.
DEV: Correct color indicator labels in the style section.
DEV: Add slider border color, radius and width options to carousel block options.
DEV: Add support to carousel block to control excerpt length.
DEV: Move the isNumber function from the edit method in the carousel block to its own utility function.
DEV: CSS selector change to match CSS selector used on frontend so arrows will have the assigned background color.
DEV: Add noinspection flag.
DEV: Add template parameters default values and filter to allow other plugins to hook into.
DEV: Rename utility JavaScript file.
DEV: Add support for image border color, width and radius options to the carousel block.
DEV: Default border width and radius to 0 for the carousel slide.
DEV: Fix fatal error when adding a new carousel block.
DEV: Minor CSS tweaks to the carousel block.
DEV: Add support to allow user to choose either the entry photo or logo.
DEV: Correct misspelling in a phpDoc comment.
DEV: Refactor the REST response for entry images to allow response to be altered with passed query parameters.
DEV: When rendering on site frontend the drop shadow should default to false.
DEV: Correct overflow display issue in the block editor.
DEV: Add support to the carousel block to change the image shape from square to circle.
DEV: Correct bug preventing a new carousel from being placed in a post.
DEV: Add support for setting the image crop mode in the carousel block.
DEV: Code cleanup of the carousel block.
DEV: Fix display of image when set as circle in carousel block on mobile device.
DEV: Break blocks JavaScript into two files, one for public and for editor.

9.3.2 10/28/2019

NEW: Add support for limit and category REST API parameters.
TWEAK: More user friendly error message when license status check fails.
TWEAK: Change Google Maps URLs from http to https.
TWEAK: Ensure the Log post type is excluded from WP search results.
OTHER: Lay foundation for the Entry store for the new block editor.
OTHER: Initial work on the new carousel/slider block to display directory entries.
DEV: Update NPM.
DEV: Update Babel Core.
DEV: Update WordPress Style Lint Config.
DEV: Add spacing to webpack.config.js.
DEV: Add rules for processing CSS and fonts to webpack.config.js.
DEV: Update package-lock file.
DEV: Update dist files.

9.3.1 10/02/2019

TWEAK: Add the loading=“lazy“ tag to support Chrome 76+ of Chrome which supports native lazy loading of images.
TWEAK: Add timestamp to admin JS version so Chrome will load changes.
TWEAK: Set max height of category div to 100% to allow variable height.
BUG: Fix addon plugin install link for multisite.
BUG: Add a check if var is an array and the key exists exists before using it.
BUG: Change target selector for jQuery UI Resizable for the Category metabox so the drag handle does not scroll when scrolling thru the list of categories.
DEV: Update dist files.

9.3 08/23/2019

TWEAK: Add an info box on the Connections Dashboard admin page to improve discoverability of the free addons.
REST API: Introduce the ../wp-json/cn-api/v1/settings/ REST API endpoint.
REST API: Introduce cnSettingsAPI::getRegisteredRESTOptionProperties().
REST API: Update the schema for all registered settings checkbox fields for better validation and sanitization for the Settings REST API endpoint.
REST API: Couple minor tweaks to the Entry REST endpoint.
OTHER: Remove the TSL logo from the assets.
DEV: phpDoc correction.

9.2 08/16/2019

NEW: Register settings with the WordPress REST API.
TWEAK: Remove the featured partners metabox from the Dashboard.
TWEAK: Remove the Featured partners section from the Connections group on the Add New Plugins admin page.
BUG: Fix the results displayed on the Connections group on the Add New Plugin admin page.
REST API: Add schema properties to all core settings options so they will be registered with the core WordPress REST API.
I18N: Update POT file.
I18N:Update MO files.

9.1.1 08/05/2019

BUG: The Directory block should call the same callback as the shortcode so the login required message can be displayed.
BUG: Ensure when setting a preferred contact detail that it does not cause an empty value to be added.
BUG: Remove test CSS from Directory block.
TWEAK: Check for valid array before attempting to pull a value by key in cnArray::pull().
I18N: Update POT file.
I18N: Update MO files.
DEV: phhDoc correction.

9.1 07/22/2019

NEW: Introduce cnEntry_Social_Network.
NEW: Introduce cnEntry_Social_Networks.
TWEAK: Add cnEntry_Social_Networks and cnEntry_Social_Network to the dependency registry.
TWEAK: Refactor cnEntry to utilize cnEntry_Social_Networks when working with social networks attached to entries.
TWEAK: Limit the requested fields in the page select editor control to the id, parent and title fields to limit processing for faster responses from the server.
TWEAK: Add code to fix the copy entry action. Needs additional testing, leave the action disabled for now.
DEV: phpDoc corrections.

9.0.2 07/10/2019

BUG: Fix hard coded URL fetching the brand icons.
DEV: Update build dependencies.
DEV: Update dist files.

9.0.1 07/02/2019

TWEAK: Extra checks to help ensure no PHP notices are generated by the new social media network fieldset options.

9.0 07/02/2019

FEATURE: Introduce the Social Network filedset config options.
TWEAK: Tweak display of social media icons a bit in the Team Block for improved display.
TWEAK: Add rel="noopener" to social network and website links for increased security.
BUG: Incorrectly applying the link type options filter to the date type option.
DEV: Fix typos in inline code comments.
DEV: Update dist files.

8.44.1 06/12/2019

BUG: Prevent PHP notice from being shown in some cases.

8.44 06/11/2019

NEW: Introduce the cn_frontend_enqueue_styles action.
TWEAK: Clear cached response after plugin update check to ensure when an addon plugin is updated it will not continue to display as an updated is available.
TWEAK: Pass the require attribute to the checkbox field type.
TWEAK: Add required attribute to the select field.
TWEAK: Move class prefixing to occur before adding the required class.
TWEAK: Add error styles to then entry form checkboxes.
TWEAK: Bump max WP version in dependency checker.
TWEAK: Use webpack to bundle admin CSS.
TWEAK: Break out the brandicon and fonticon picker CSS into their own files and import them into the admin CSS file.
TWEAK: Remove the brandicon CSS from the frontend CSS file and and import the brandicon CSS file instead.
DEV: Continue laying the foundation for the font icon picker support for the social network settings.
DEV: Update dist files.

8.43 05/17/2019

TWEAK: Do not save previous entry query results in an array. Doing this made doing REST changes have odd results.
BUG: Check for WP_Error before calling cnCountry::getDivisions() to prevent a potential fatal PHP error.
BUG: Ensure the permalink option for an entry image is converted to a bool.
BUG: When loading Gmagick, properly set the default image quality.
BUG: Additional checks to prevent PHP notices when using the default geocoder.
OTHER: Readme tags tweaks to stay within proposed plugin guidelines.
DEV: Remove unused code.

8.42.1 05/13/2019

NEW: Introduce the cn_export_add_bom filter.
BUG: Correct regression from last update which could cause icon font conflicts.
BUG: Correct the brandicon version when enqueuing the CSS.

8.42 05/10/2019

NEW: Introduce cnRetrieve::getEntryBy().
COMPATIBILITY: Rename the icomoon font-family to Connections-Brandicons to prevent naming conflicts with theme’s and other plugins which have not renamed their icomoon icon font libraries.
COMPATIBILITY: Dequeue the Striking theme CSS on the Connections admin pages.
TWEAK: Readme.txt tweaks.
TWEAK: Check if object property is an array before counting to prevent PHP warnings.
TWEAK: Tweak admin CSS enqueuing to enqueue on the required CSS on specific Connections admin pages.
TWEAK: Admin CSS tweaks to ensure Brandicons and FontAwesome do not conflict on the Connections admin pages.
OTHER: Remove commented out HTML code from the settings admin page.
OTHER: Bump Tested up to version 5.2.
OTHER: Continue laying the foundation for the font icon picker support for the social network settings.
OTHER: Update minified admin CSS files.
BUG: Correct social networks fieldset settings ID.
DEV: phpDoc correction.
DEV: Update dist build files.

8.41.2 05/02/2019

TWEAK: Do not clear the addon update check cache when doing addon status check. This causes unnecessary addon update checks to occur.
TWEAK: Since supplied last_checked property is being restored before returning the transient data in update checks, no need to set it with time().

8.41.1 05/02/2019

TWEAK: Use the cached last_checked value from the cn_update_plugins option instead of the value supplied by WordPress since third party plugin libraries alter it in a way that can cause excessive plugin update checks.
TWEAK: Restore timeout value for license status checks.
TWEAK: Remove the action to clear the cn_update_plugins option when wp_clean_plugins_cache() is called to reduce frequency of addon update checks.

8.41 04/30/2019

NEW: Add option to display country names in the address country autocomplete in either English or in their native translation. The later being the default which matches core WordPress when displaying country names for the site language preference.
TWEAK: Tweak to expiration of cached extension status checks.
OTHER: Update EDD-SL Plugin Updater library from 1.6.14 to 1.6.18.
TWEAK: Do not subtract the timeout value from time when setting up the last checked property.

8.40.2 04/26/2019

TWEAK: Update the user agent to match the extension plugin info request.

8.40.1 04/25/2019

TWEAK: Tweak to expiration of cached extension update checks.
DEV: Reverse change to composer.json.

8.40 04/19/2019

NEW: Add brand font icons and use webpack to process the frontend CSS.
NEW: Update the social media icons to use the brandicons.
TWEAK: Default image quality should be 82 not 80 to match WP core.
TWEAK: Remove the legacy/advanced single entry template option.
TWEAK: Suppress the display of the „Custom Fields“ metabox by default on new installations matching core WordPress which hide its „Custom Fields“ metabox by default unless enabled by the current user.
OTHER: Remove the WP REST API shims since they are no longer required as Connections require WP >= 4.7.12 (WP REST API was added in WP 4.7).
OTHER: Bump minimum required PHP version to 5.6.20 to match WP 5.2.
OTHER: Include the Font Awesome index source maps.
OTHER: Start laying the foundation for the font icon picker support for the social network settings.
BUG: Ensure the permalink setting for the entry image respects the permalinks setting.
DEV: Update clean-webpack-plugin.
DEV: Manage Chosen and Picturefill 3rd party vendor assets using npm/webpack.
DEV: Update Chosen and Picturefill 3rd party vendor asset paths when registering with WP.
DEV: Manage Fontawesome and fontIconPicker 3rd party vendor assets using npm/webpack.
DEV: Remove npm as project level dependency.
DEV: Update the npm autoprefixer dependency.
DEV: Update the package.json engine for npm.
DEV: Commit the updated package-lock.json file.
DEV: Use @wordpress/default as the babel-loader-default.
DEV: Match core WordPress autoprefixer config.