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Orchid v0.18.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-12-09 // over 4 years ago

  • 🚀 Orchid 0.18.0 contains many new and breaking changes, which are briefly outlined in these release notes. Be sure to review the Migration Guide for a complete list of breaking changes and how to address them.

    🆕 New Features

    • 🆕 New OrchidTest library, for running integration tests of custom Orchid components.
    • Diagnosis Mode for detecting broken links in your site.
    • 📇 Meta Components improve workflow for adding asset-only components and other metadata to pages.
    • 🔌 Algolia Docsearch native integration
    • 📚 Introduction of experimental OrchidSourceDoc, to replace existing code documentation plugins (currently an opt-in feature).
    • ➕ Addition of Predefined Collection Archivesfor easier creation of archives based on familiar page collections.

    👌 Improvements and Bugfixes

    • 0️⃣ Components are now rendered using the Pebble embed tag by default, making it easier for themes to add wrapper markup
    • ✅ Orchid is now being tested on JDKs 8, 9, 10, and 11
    • itemId is now a static property of pages and can be viewed from the Admin Panel
    • 📚 Completely redesigned documentation site, with a new logo and a new domain
    • 🚚 Repo has been moved to the @orchidhd Github organization