1.8.8

• Fixed release workflow fetching release-notes-tool from stale master branch instead of main, which caused GitHub Release notes to be truncated.
• Added copy-to-clipboard button for external source IDs in Settings, making IDs easier to select and copy. [#254]
• Improved external source layout with ID displayed in a distinct box on its own row.
• Added diagnostic timing instrumentation to the events API for debugging slow external source requests. Append &debug=1 to see per-call timing breakdown.
• Improved performance of external source fetching by parallelizing HTTP requests. Sites with multiple external sources will see significantly faster load times.
• Changed external source event type dropdown from "Select an event type" to "All Event Types" to clarify that leaving it blank fetches all types.
• Added support for comma-separated event types in the REST API (e.g., event_type=Activity,Service), enabling a single external source to fetch multiple event types in one request.
• Fixed admin events list page taking minutes to load when many events exist by caching service body lookups instead of making an HTTP request per row.
• Added server health check warning on settings page when PHP curl extension is missing, which causes significantly slower external source requests.

1.8.7

Merge pull request #253 from bmlt-enabled/fix/announcement-flyer-uplo…

1.8.6

• Fixed custom URLs in announcements having ampersands incorrectly HTML-encoded, causing links with query parameters to fail. [#249]

1.8.5

• Fixed external feed events not displaying service body names correctly. [#234]
• Fixed events and announcements remaining visible after their scheduled end time passes. Previously only the end date was checked, ignoring the end time. [#237]

1.8.4

• Added custom URL/link support for announcements with selectable icons. [#227]

1.8.3

• Fixed ampersand and other HTML entities not displaying properly in announcement sidebar widget titles. [#222]
• Fixed multiple announcement shortcodes on same page having conflicting dismissal state and overlapping bell icons.
• Added tag AND/exclusion syntax documentation to announcement shortcode.

1.8.2

• Added category_relation parameter (AND/OR) for event list and announcement shortcodes to control multi-category filtering.

1.8.1

• Added start and end time fields for announcements in addition to dates.
• Added announcement sort order options via shortcode attributes (orderby, order) and widget settings. Sort by date, title, or created date.
• Some styling improvements

1.8.1-beta1

• Added start and end time fields for announcements in addition to dates.
• Added subscriber management with edit/delete functionality in admin Subscribers page.

1.8.0

• Added email subscription feature for announcements via [mayo_subscribe] shortcode with double opt-in.
• Added [mayo_announcement_form] shortcode for public announcement submissions with start/end date fields.
• Added support for linking announcements to external events from other Mayo sites.
• Added service body tagging for announcements.
• Added single announcement template page at /announcement/{slug}.
• Added "Hide past events" filter to linked events modal (checked by default).
• Fixed linked event search on the announcement page.
• Improved calendar view to show more events per day with compact styling.
• Added instant hover tooltips on calendar events showing time, location, type, and service body.