Advanced Text Background Padding is no longer being applied since the 6.9 update

[lroberts846]

lroberts846

December 20, 2025 at 3:01 pm

Advanced Text Background Padding is no longer being applied to the frontend since the 6.9 update.
I do see it when editing a post on the backend. However when I open the webpage, it is not being applied. I’ve included two screenshots of this.

Advanced Text Background Padding
Advanced Text Blocks do not use the same Global Left/Right Padding system as Row Layout Blocks. However, when you apply a background color to an Advanced Text Block, Kadence automatically adds default padding:

Top: 1.25 em
Bottom: 2.375 em
This ensures that the text does not sit directly on the edge of the background, keeping the content readable and visually balanced.

I don’t see a way to fix this in appearance>general>layout. I’ve included a screenshot of that setting.

Troubleshooting done so far:

Rolled Kadence blocks plugin back to the November release. Problem still occurred.
Applied Kadence blocks update for WP 6.9 again.
Cleared browser cache.
Cleared server cache.
Switched to 2025 theme and then back to Kadence theme.
Disabled all plugins and reenabled one at a time.
Switched back to the previous version of WP. Problem still occurred.

I can only conclude the the problem probably lies in WP or Kadence. The only thing I haven’t tried is removing CSS – not sure if that would affect it.

Let me know if you need access. My site is not live yet. Thanks.

Here’s the CSS. The list bullet ones are applied to blocks only, not globally.

/* Restore default nested list bullet styles */
ul ul {
list-style-type: circle; /* level 2 */
}

ul ul ul {
list-style-type: square; /* level 3 */
}

.offscreen {
position: absolute !important;
width: 1px !important;
height: 1px !important;
padding: 0 !important;
margin: -1px !important;
overflow: hidden !important;
clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0) !important;
white-space: nowrap !important;
border: 0 !important;
}

@media (max-width: 1024px) {
#secondary {
display: none;
}
.content-area {
width: 100%;
}
}

.list-bullet-red {
–bullet-color: #921612;
}

.list-bullet-blue {
–bullet-color: #311B92;
}

.list-bullet-gray {
–bullet-color: #718096;
}

.list-bullet-medblue {
–bullet-color: #3D95E6;
}

/* Apply the bullet color */
.list-bullet-red li,
.list-bullet-blue li,
.list-bullet-medblue li,
.list-bullet-gray li {
color: inherit; /* keep normal text color */
}

.list-bullet-red li::marker {
color: var(–bullet-color);
}

.list-bullet-blue li::marker {
color: var(–bullet-color);
}

.list-bullet-gray li::marker {
color: var(–bullet-color);
}

.list-bullet-medblue li::marker {
color: var(–bullet-color);
}