How to Publish Release Notes in Product Roadmap

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Customers who see what you shipped trust what you promise next. Write a change log entry for each release, list what changed with a badge for each type, and show it on a page. You need the free Product Roadmap plugin. It takes about two minutes. It shows steps one, two, three and four of the full video, Publish release notes customers read.

Step one. Add a change log entry. Open the Change log menu, then Add New. Each entry is one release. Give it a title. In Release Details on the right, set the Version, the Release Date and the Release Type. Products and Change Types in the same sidebar file the entry under a product and a type.

Step two. Add the changes. Below the editor, the Change log Items box lists what changed in this release. Each row has a Type, such as New Feature, Enhancement or Fix, and a Description in plain words. Click Add Item for the next row, then Publish. The release appears on your change log page.

Step three. Review the Change log Types. On this tab, each type is a coloured badge, with a Name and a Slug. New Feature, Enhancement, Fix and Security are ready to use. Edit changes a badge name or its Text Color and Background. Manage All Types adds your own, for example Performance.

Step four. Show the change log on a page. Add the short code roadmap change log to any page. This is the result, as a visitor sees it. Each release lists its changes with the badges you set. The short code also takes limit, to show only the latest entries. And collapsible, which folds each version until a customer opens it. Every release, told plainly. For the whole job, watch the full video, Publish release notes customers read.