Premium [XenCustomize] News Publisher 2.3.13

XenCustomize News Publisher v2.3.13 is released!​

We’re happy to release XenCustomize News Publisher v2.3.13, a major update focused on News Ticker improvements, native RSS export, better admin control, and performance optimization.

This version introduces native RSS export for both the main News Publisher index and news categories, along with new admin options to control feed availability, item limits, ordering, content mode, and thumbnail inclusion. This makes it much easier to syndicate your News Publisher content to RSS readers, aggregators, bots, and external services.

A large part of this update is dedicated to the News Ticker. Admins now have much more control over how the ticker behaves, including headline limit, cache lifetime, autoplay interval, thumbnail display, source categories, heading visibility, and mobile-specific thumbnail handling.

We have also added a new account preference option that allows users to hide the ticker when the admin chooses to allow that flexibility.

Behind the scenes, v2.3.13 also delivers an important performance upgrade to the News Ticker. Its loading flow, query handling, visibility filtering, caching strategy, and indexing have all been improved to reduce unnecessary database overhead and make ticker usage much more efficient, especially on larger sites.

To make all of these growing features easier to manage, the News Publisher options page has also been reorganized into clean tabbed sections, including dedicated areas for News Ticker and RSS Export settings.

This is a strong and meaningful update for News Publisher, bringing both powerful new capabilities and quality improvements across the addon.

• Added native RSS export for the News Publisher index and news categories.
• Added new admin options to control RSS feed availability, item limit, feed order, content mode, and thumbnail inclusion.
• Added a new admin option to control how many latest headlines are shown in the News Ticker.
• Added a new admin option to control the News Ticker cache lifetime.
• Added a new admin option to control how often the News Ticker automatically cycles headlines.
• Added a new admin option to show or hide thumbnails in the News Ticker.
• Added a new admin option to limit the News Ticker to selected source categories.
• Added a new admin option to allow users to hide the News Ticker from their account preferences.
• Added a new account preference so users can choose whether to show the News Ticker when the admin allows it.
• Improved the News Ticker layout on small screens for a cleaner mobile presentation with better headline readability.
• Added a new admin option to control whether the News Ticker heading label is shown on desktop, mobile, both, or hidden entirely.
• Added a new admin option to hide News Ticker thumbnails on narrow mobile screens when desired.
• Reorganized News Publisher admin options into tabbed sections to make related settings easier to find, including dedicated tabs for News Ticker and RSS export options.

• Optimized the News Ticker loading flow so ticker data is only prepared for valid public HTML requests where the ticker is enabled and viewable.
• Refactored the News Ticker query to use a leaner fetch process, removing unnecessary per-visitor relation joins and reducing database overhead.
• Updated News Ticker visibility checks to use viewable category IDs instead of permission cache joins inside the ticker query.
• Added permission-combination-aware ticker caching and refined it to use XenForo simple cache for broader compatibility across different installations.
• Added automatic ticker cache invalidation when news content changes.
• Added a composite database index to improve News Ticker lookups for visible news ordered by publish date.

The following templates have had changes:

• core_xcu_nwp.less
• xcu_nwp_card_grid.less
• xcu_nwp_expanded_list.less
• xcu_nwp_standout_card_grid.less
• xcu_nwp_news.less
• xcu_nwp_news_list_macros
• xcu_nwp_news_ticker
• xcu_nwp_news_ticker.less
• xcu_nwp_rss_content
• xcu_nwp_option_macros

• When upgrading, please make sure you overwrite all addon files with the latest version files.
• After upgrading, please check your Outdated Templates page and either revert or merge/integrate these templates to ensure that all new changes are applied.