Hey everyone,
I’m happy to announce that Classic Monks v1.1.6 is now live!
This release includes a total of 10 targeted improvements:
- 4 new features
- 6 critical fixes
- Security hardening and stability improvements across various hosting environments
Key Highlights
Comprehensive Login Page Styling - You can now fully customize the WordPress login experience to match your brand directly within Classic Monks, without needing an extra plugin. Design controls include form borders, custom shadows, navigation link styles, and notice message appearance for a premium, white-labeled login screen.
Classic Feedback Dynamic Data for Bricks - Added full dynamic data support with new tags for vote counts, ratios, and totals. These work flawlessly inside Bricks Query Loops for building dynamic rating systems.
WP-CLI & cPanel Stability - Fixed a fatal error that occurred in WP-CLI contexts (like cPanel staging environments) when the Bricks Builder theme was inactive.
Folder Manager Flexibility - Added two new configuration toggles: a “Show in Admin Menu” option for post types without a category taxonomy, and a “Use Default Category” toggle for posts and WooCommerce products that rely on native WordPress category taxonomies.
Security Hardening - Custom login URL handling has been hardened with parameter whitelisting, strict redirect validation, and reserved path conflict detection.
Complete Changelog
| Area | Change | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Login Page | Added comprehensive login page styling options including form borders, shadows, navigation links, and notice message appearance | Added |
| Bricks Builder | Added Classic Feedback dynamic data support with tags for vote counts, ratios, and totals that work inside Bricks Query Loops | Added |
| Folder Manager | Added “Show in Admin Menu” toggle for post types without category taxonomy | Added |
| Folder Manager | Added “Use Default Category” toggle for post and product types using native WordPress category taxonomy | Added |
| Code Manager | Fixed fatal error “Class ‘CM_Snippet’ not found” when saving CSS snippets by adjusting class loading order | Fixed |
| Bricks Builder | Fixed fatal error when Bricks is not active to handle WP-CLI contexts (cPanel staging) where Bricks classes aren’t available | Fixed |
| Folder Manager | Fixed post type saving issue where settings were not being persisted properly | Fixed |
| Dynamic Data | Fixed option keys for wishlist and recently viewed counts to ensure correct feature detection | Fixed |
| Menu Manager | Added quick post nav to feature detection for consistent admin menu loading | Fixed |
| Security | Hardened custom login URL handling with parameter whitelist, redirect validation, and reserved path conflict detection | Security |
Special Thanks
This release was made possible by detailed feedback, bug reports, and feature requests from our dedicated users:
- Aleksa Piljevic - Comprehensive testing feedback covering custom login URL 404 issues, login lockdown logging visibility, missing email 2FA option, Quick Post Nav menu visibility, and SMTP settings
- Tony Lygnersjö - Feature request for Classic Feedback dynamic data in Bricks loops, login page styling controls (border/form styling), toolbar manager bug reports, and media category bulk move functionality
- Yann Ott - Bug report: Snippets Manager fatal error with missing “CM_Snippet” class when saving CSS snippets (Forum #31)
- Tanja Kropf - Feature request: “Show in Admin Menu” option for folder management
- Jacob L. - Bug report: Bricks Builder fatal error during cPanel WordPress manager login
Your detailed videos, screenshots, and forum posts are instrumental in making Classic Monks better for everyone! 
Let me know what you think once you’ve updated!
Cheers,
Joy