DailyAzerothNews Changelog

0.5.0 - 2026-06-25 - Community Posts

Added

• Added community posts to the main article detail view so selected community topics open like regular news articles.
  • Filtered community posts by their own locale so each addon language shows matching community topics.
• Added community topic metadata in the detail view, including replies, likes, views, and last activity when available in bundled data.
• Added community-only data generation support for Korean and Traditional Chinese forum posts.

Fixed

• Fixed the fallback minimap button position so it no longer covers the minimap center.

0.4.0 - 2026-06-04 - Mythic+ Digest

Added

• Added Daily Mythic+ digest support under PvE: Dungeons when bundled data includes digest entries.
• Added WORLD region handling so global digest entries can appear for existing addon users.

Fixed

• Fixed generated addon image filenames to avoid missing texture references from long normalized image paths.
• Fixed generated Lua table keys for numeric or non-standard field names.
• Fixed WORLD region initialization so it is enabled once for users with existing saved filters.
• Fixed the 0.4.0 CurseForge changelog content before release.

0.3.1 - 2026-06-01 - Patch Fixes

Fixed

• Fixed StaticPopup edit box compatibility with current World of Warcraft clients.
• Fixed StaticPopup text field compatibility with current World of Warcraft clients.
• Fixed CurseForge release packages missing generated news images.

0.3.0 - 2026-05-31 - Read Tracking

Added

• Added per-character read tracking for news entries.
• Added unread markers in the news list.
• Added article actions to mark a news entry as read or unread.
• Added a "Mark All Read" action for the current feed.
• Added unread count and glow indicator to the minimap button.
• Added unread glow around news cards in the feed.
• Improved minimap unread glow shape to better match the round button.
• Added unread NEW indicators to sidebar sections with unread news.
• Added dynamic news card heights to prevent long titles and excerpts from overlapping metadata.
• Moved news card metadata below the excerpt so it follows dynamic card content.

0.2.0 - 2026-05-30 - Localization Fixes

Fixed

• Fixed sidebar section localization when changing the addon language.
• Added compatibility for addon data generated before and after the DailyAzerothNews data global rename.
• Restricted legacy data compatibility so posts/constants are not registered as news sources.
• Fixed generated Lua data when article text ends with ], which prevented Portuguese news from loading.

0.1.0 - Initial MVP Release

DailyAzerothNews is now available as an in-game newspaper for World of Warcraft.

Added

• Newspaper-style interface for reading World of Warcraft news in-game.
• Daily generated news data bundled with the addon.
• Support for multiple locales: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.
• Localized static addon UI labels and buttons.
• Region metadata and region filtering.
• Article detail view with original source link.
• Blizzard source placeholder images.
• Post image support when source posts include images.
• Minimap button for opening the newspaper.
• Slash commands: /dan, /dailyazerothnews, and /dailyazeroth.
• Settings panel with scale, language, and region options.
• Community Posts placeholder for future website/community integration.

Notes

• The addon does not fetch live data while you play.
• News is generated before release and bundled into the addon package.
• This is a fan-made project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment.