January 2026
The month focused on a major infrastructure overhaul and the expansion of UI component capabilities, including the introduction of mobile sliders and tabs.
Development Infrastructure and Tooling
A significant portion of the work involved upgrading the development ecosystem. The team migrated the package manager from Composer and npm to Bun and adopted the Airfleet Framework plugin as a core dependency across the suite. This shift necessitated increasing the minimum PHP version to 8.2 and Node.js version to 24. Additionally, internal tooling was updated, including migrating SCSS imports to @use syntax and updating linters and configuration files.
UI Components and Block Enhancements
Several UI blocks received new features and design improvements. Mobile slider capabilities were added to People, Text and Media, and Columns blocks, allowing for responsive layouts on smaller screens. The Accordion plugin gained color selection options for active and inactive tabs. New Tabs blocks and patterns were introduced, alongside a "Media on Top" layout option for CTA blocks. Button styles were expanded with new Dark and Light variations, and the Text plugin received enhanced Tagline styling options.
Performance and Script Management
Performance optimizations centered on lazy loading and script execution. A two-layer lazy loading system was implemented