Summary of significant changes to Unitheme in 2025

Version 4.18.3.a

New features and improvements:

[+] On the banner list page “Marketing → Banners”, a “Clone banner” option has been added, allowing banners to be duplicated.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] On the banner list page “Marketing → Banners”, an “Add banner group” option has been added, allowing banners to be grouped. In banner settings, you can now assign a banner to a created group. When adding a banner to a block, searching banners by group is now available.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] Advanced banners now support displaying products inside them (“Object inside (Image, Video, Products) → Displayed object → Products”). Three product display templates are available: Grid, Compact items, Thumbnails.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] Advanced banners now include a banner preview feature. You can now view a banner without placing it in a layout block.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] For advanced banners with a mask of type “Add mask → Semi-transparent (smooth fade)”, a new “Fade direction” setting has been added. This setting lets you manually specify the direction from the darkened (colored) area to full transparency.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] For all mask types in advanced banners (under “Additional banner settings → Add mask”), it is now possible to select the mask color with transparency control.

For more details, see the documentation section.

Changes to existing functionality:

[*] It is now possible to upload images or videos immediately when creating an advanced banner. Previously, this was only available after saving the banner.

[*] Advanced banner settings have been reorganised for better usability:

• The padding field has been split into separate fields for each side
• Color fields now include a link to an external color picker tool
• New presets have been added

[*] Product lists using the “AB: Light scroller” template now include arrow navigation.

[*] Banner blocks with the “AB: Advanced banner (multiple banners in a row)” template and “Native scroller” navigation type now have arrow navigation.

[*] Blog post blocks with the “AB: Blog: Latest posts” template now have a new design option.

Version 4.18.3.b

New features and improvements:

[+] The fixed panel with filters and categories is now available on all devices. It can be controlled in theme settings under “Category” → “Enable fixed panel with ‘Categories’ and ‘Filters’ buttons” for desktop and tablet views. Horizontal filters now display in a single row with scroll and navigation arrows that appear when filters exceed the available block width.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] In the “Categories / Refine category” block, new settings have been added: Show product count in category, Limit subcategories on second level, Limit subcategories on third level. These allow limiting the number of displayed subcategories and showing product counts.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] In color scheme settings under “Containers → Header”, a new “Height for horizontal menu (px)” setting has been added, allowing adjustment of the horizontal menu area height in the header.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] In theme settings under “Product lists”, the “Price display format” option now offers eight formats. Coloring and positioning of price-related elements have been updated for all formats.

[+] In theme settings under “Product”, a new “Highlight out-of-stock variations” option has been added. Out-of-stock variations will appear less contrast and crossed out. The setting allows disabling this behavior.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] In theme settings under “Show more”, a new “Show number of loaded products” setting has been added. It displays the number of products loaded per iteration in the “Show more” button. Works only with “Load on button click” paginator mode and the first iteration of “Semi-automatic” mode.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] In color scheme settings, a new “General → Tab styling” option has been added with four tab design variants.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] In the admin panel on “Marketing → Banners”, bulk grouping and ungrouping of banners is now possible.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] For advanced banner background images, support for multiple image versions with automatic selection based on screen resolution has been added when the “HiDPI support” module is active (Retina display support).

[+] Advanced banners now support adding background videos for different languages.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] Advanced banner preview now includes auto-login and automatic saving of selected settings on page reload.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] On product pages, the “Add to wishlist” button in the variations list now shows its current status.

[+] On the cart page, it is now possible to copy a product’s code/SKU.

[+] A setting to switch category page appearance per device has been added. It allows setting individual category page templates for each device type.

For more details, see the documentation section.

Changes to existing functionality:

[*] In theme settings under “Product”, the “Display sticky ‘Buy’ block” setting is now available for all devices and allows choosing top or bottom positioning. The panel design has also been updated.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[*] The “Round corners for interface elements” color scheme setting has been updated with three options: “Do not use”, “Slight rounding”, “Strong rounding”. This provides more flexible control over element rounding.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[*] In the admin panel banner list, group expansion state is now preserved.

[*] “Product combinations” module – block design has been updated.

[*] Menu blocks – setting order and logic (position, titles, descriptions/tooltips) have been revised.

Version 4.18.4.b

New features and improvements:

[+] “Product reviews” module. On product pages, reviews have received a redesigned look and new functionality:

• Overall statistics and rating with an interactive histogram (filter by rating)
• Global period filter (track quality changes over time)
• “Verified buyers only” filter
• Gallery of all user images with detailed view in a separate window
• New sorting options, including by rating
• Separate blocks for most helpful positive and negative reviews (based on helpful votes and rating)
• Display of purchased variation info (only for verified buyers)
• Helpful tags: “Verified purchase” and “Used for more than X months”
• Ability to share a direct link to a specific review
• New “Load more” pagination

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] In theme settings under “Product lists”, a new “Variation display type: do not show, colors, thumbnails” setting has been added. It allows showing variations by color (as swatches or thumbnails) in “Grid” and “List without options” views. Hovering or clicking a swatch/thumbnail instantly displays the corresponding variation with all its data. The “Maximum number of displayed product variations” setting helps limit the number shown.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] For color-type features, it is now possible to assign a second color or image (texture/material) to a variant.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] On “Products → Filters → Color filter”, the “Number of displayed filter variants before scrolling” setting now allows limiting the number of visible color options before the “Show more” button appears.

For more details, see the fourth step of the guide.

[+] Advanced banners now include “Object inside (Image, Video, Products) → Object position (image, video, products)” setting, allowing vertical and horizontal positioning of the inner object. The previous “Vertical position for (Images, Video, Products)” setting has been removed; its value will be migrated to the new setting on existing banners after update.

For more details, see the documentation section.

[+] Advanced banners now have “Banner background settings → Background position” setting, allowing vertical and horizontal positioning of the background.

For more details, see the documentation section.

Changes to existing functionality:

[*] Template performance has been optimized for all devices.

[*] In theme settings under “Product lists → Grid view settings / List without options view settings”, the “Display brand” option now also allows showing the brand name (displayed before the product title).

For more details, see the documentation section.

[*] All product page templates have been updated: column structure and sizes, element positioning and responsiveness.

[*] Improved responsiveness of header elements (for more flexible positioning), top and bottom sticky panels (including the “Buy” button panel), and related navigation components across devices. Content rendering has also been optimized.

[*] The bottom sticky panel is now always visible (if enabled) and no longer hidden or replaced by the “Buy” button panel.

[*] Improved design and responsiveness for product pages, variations and features, blog articles, and customer account sections.

[*] Horizontal filters with expanded variant lists now calculate maximum height and include vertical scrolling to prevent overflow when many variants are present.

Version 4.18.4.c

Changes to existing functionality:

[*] In product reviews, swiping through images in the review gallery on mobile devices now automatically advances to the next review.

[*] On product pages, long product titles (more than three lines) now expand from truncated state on click instead of hover for better user experience.

[*] On product pages, display of selected variations has been improved for all combinations of “Allow negative quantity” and “UniTheme2 → Product → Highlight out-of-stock variations” settings.

[*] Category, vendor, and article review designs have been updated to match product review styling.

[*] Tab appearance and responsiveness on mobile devices have been improved.

Version 4.19.1.a

[+] Added support for CS-Cart 4.19.1.