MetaSlider Gallery Changelogs

MetaSlider Gallery Free Changelog #

The Free version of the MetaSlider Gallery plugin is available on WordPress.org. The changelog for the Free version is below:

The format is based on Keep a Changelog
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
[2.36.0] - 4 Aug, 2026
ADDED: Frame Border setting for the Carousel layout, so the frame stays visible when the carousel background matches the page, #550;
FIXED: Captions never displayed on the Carousel layout, #592;
FIXED: Noticeable lag when switching between photos on the Carousel layout, #542;
FIXED: Custom slide links from the MetaSlider Links tab were overridden by the gallery, #395;
FIXED: Rounded corners clipped the "Open in Gallery" button, icon and captions, #544;
FIXED: Grid and Masonry tiles downloaded far larger images than they display, #512;
[2.35.0] - 29 Jul, 2026
ADDED: Live preview for the gallery editor with a Preview / Arrange toggle and a Desktop / Mobile viewport switch, #455;
ADDED: Per-gallery Height control for the Grid and Justified layouts, #524;
ADDED: Caption Content source selector to pull captions from the manual field, the media caption or the media description, #563;
ADDED: Convert an existing MetaSlider slideshow into a gallery, #569;
CHANGED: Reorganized the gallery editor sidebar into a single-open accordion, #412;
CHANGED: Added front-end-matching icons to every gallery editor setting, #501;
CHANGED: Redesigned the caption editor with a navigable single-image modal and a per-thumbnail caption bar, #382;
CHANGED: Consolidated the lightbox-trigger toggles into a single "how visitors open images" control, #499;
CHANGED: Renamed the Settings submenu to "Global Settings" and brought button, icon and progress-bar appearance options onto each gallery, #536;
CHANGED: Redesigned the welcome flow with a new empty-state panel, #535, #502;
CHANGED: Made the "No images added yet" area clickable to open the media library, #541;
[2.34.0] - 8 Jul, 2026
ADDED: Per-gallery image styling — filters, rounded corners, border, shadow, opacity, and rotate/flip, #510;
CHANGED: Image Styles filters now also apply to the lightbox image and thumbnail strip, #523;
CHANGED: Updated the toolbar icons to match MetaSlider and added a New Gallery button, #375;
CHANGED: Justified galleries now stretch the final row to fill the width, #399;
FIXED: Fullscreen did not work with the carousel layout, #425, #431;
FIXED: Keep the Gallery admin menu next to MetaSlider when other plugins insert between them, #379;
FIXED: Small translation issues, including untranslatable gallery close and navigation labels, #507, #383;
[2.33.0] - 25 Jun, 2026
ADDED: Dedicated "Upgrade to Pro" page, #400;
ADDED: Pro upgrade prompts within the Gallery interface, #468;
ADDED: More per-gallery customization for the gallery window, including "Open in Gallery" button, icon and text options, #467;
ADDED: More ways to add images, including upload, media library, server folder and ZIP import, #454;
ADDED: Option to keep thumbnail navigation a consistent height, #398;
ADDED: Left and right margin settings, #347;
ADDED: Completed translations for all 28 languages, #452;
CHANGED: Rearranged and reorganized the gallery settings panel, #476;
CHANGED: Improved caption styling with new customization options, #413;
CHANGED: Apply caption text, color and background styling to gallery thumbnails and the gallery window, #493;
CHANGED: Hide related settings when "Show in Gallery Window" is disabled, #465;
CHANGED: Clarified the confusing Include / Exclude settings, #438;
CHANGED: Updated the Autoplay, Autoplay Slide Interval and Autoplay Progress Bar Color settings labels so it's clear they're connected, #491;
CHANGED: Include AI translation updates in the release workflow, #453;
FIXED: Gallery preview now matches the frontend layout, #503;
FIXED: Some settings did not show or hide correctly for the Showcase layout, #482;
FIXED: "Columns (mobile)" setting was ignored and fell back to the desktop Columns value, #396;
FIXED: Copy shortcode did not work on non-HTTPS sites, #463;
[2.32.3] - 10 Jun, 2026
FIXED: Gallery image clickthrough when Open in Gallery button is enabled, #466;
CHANGED: Gallery Pro links, #469;
[2.32.2] - 8 Jun, 2026
ADDED: Disable Gallery Window Setting, #411;
FIXED: Gallery images doesn't follow Image Size Setting, #460;
FIXED: "MetaSlider Gallery" category blocks lightbox, #442;
FIXED: Authors can see the Gallery menu link, #451;
[2.32.1] - 2 Jun, 2026
ADDED: Allow users to customize the thumbnail border and hover color, #374;
FIXED: Sanitize image captions before rendering to prevent XSS via lightGallery data-sub-html, #388;
FIXED: Require manage_options capability in gallery duplication handler to prevent authorization bypass, #389, #392;
FIXED: Align REST gallery preview endpoint permission with gallery management policy, #390;
FIXED: Remove lightGallery license key from named JS global to prevent exposure to site visitors, #393;
[2.32.0] - 28 May, 2026
ADDED: Allow users to choose the color for the progress bar, #421;
CHANGED: Update settings and UI text from "lightbox" to "gallery", #391;
CHANGED: Rename "Rotate" feature to "Rotate and Flip" to reflect available actions, #403;
CHANGED: Reorganize settings panel between Free and Pro features, #401;
CHANGED: Update Pro feature description tooltips, #404;
FIXED: Captions missing in MetaSlider slideshow when "Open in Gallery" button is enabled, #380, #409;
FIXED: Pro features cannot be disabled from settings, #402;
FIXED: Content filtering settings incorrectly affecting gallery display, #415;
[2.30.0] - 14 May, 2026
ADDED: Gutenberg block for inserting galleries in the block editor, #310;
ADDED: Showcase layout, #223;
ADDED: Allow users to choose the image size displayed in the gallery window, #249;
ADDED: Per-slideshow gallery window settings, #361;
ADDED: Usage column on the gallery list showing which posts and pages embed each gallery, #363;
ADDED: Click to copy shortcode on the gallery list and editor pages, #323;
ADDED: Duplicate button in the gallery editor toolbar, #324;
ADDED: Edit link in the WordPress admin toolbar for galleries, #321;
CHANGED: Remove the word "Lightbox" from all user-facing labels and descriptions, #346;
CHANGED: Replace "lightbox" with "gallery" in MetaSlider slideshow settings panel, #362;
CHANGED: Update plugin description and free/pro naming to MetaSlider Gallery, #348;
CHANGED: Translation updates for Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, #354;
CHANGED: Translation updates for Japanese, #353;
CHANGED: Translation updates for Spanish, #350;
CHANGED: Translation updates for ES, FR, IT, #344;
CHANGED: Add missing translation strings across all supported languages, #358;
CHANGED: Update readme.txt on WordPress.org, #352;
CHANGED: Plugin icon updated, #345;
[2.23.0] - 28 Apr, 2026
ADDED: Create a basic post type for MS Galleries, #308;
ADDED: Allow users to enable or disable the gallery window on individual slides, #298;
ADDED: Offer an icon instead of "Open in gallery window", #299;
ADDED: Allow users to customize "Open in gallery window", #311;
FIXED: gallery window icon doesn't work with custom color schemes, #295;
FIXED: Featured image option doesn't work correctly, #300;
FIXED: Autoplay description text, #297;
FIXED: Layout labels are too long sometimes, #326;
CHANGED: Plugin name updated to MetaSlider Gallery, #312;
CHANGED: Plan for menus and settings, #313;
CHANGED: Rename Hash URLs to Unique Image URLs, #282;
CHANGED: Clarify width and height settings, #294;
CHANGED: Change the default settings for "Open in gallery window", #320;
CHANGED: Move title field to the left, #319;
CHANGED: Make the gallery title field required, #322;
CHANGED: Tooltips, #318;
CHANGED: Translation updates for ES, FR, IT, #293;
CHANGED: Translate into more languages, #307;
CHANGED: ES-FR-IT translation updates for Metaslider-gallery window FREE and PRO on weblate, #327;
[2.22.0] - 28 Jan, 2026
FIXED: Fix toolbar icon CSS selector affecting share dropdown icons, #261;
FIXED: Include the MetaSlider logo, #283;
CHANGED: Hash URLs, #282;
CHANGED: Move sidebar setting to a new panel, #285;
[2.21.0] - 20 Jan, 2026
ADDED: Test for accessibility, #1245;
ADDED: Store plugin version and path in db, #264;
ADDED: Pro Ads/Tab on Free, #262;
ADDED: Pro Features promos, #263;
FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #258;
FIXED: Add Recursion Guard, #268;
FIXED: Duplicate images, #269;
FIXED: Dealing with small images, #236;
FIXED: gallery window still being applied to a slideshow even if not enabled, #260;
FIXED: Disable gallery window in thumbnails navigation, #191;
FIXED: First Carousel Slide Shows Cropped Image in gallery window, #270;
FIXED: Check Woocommerce products/gallery, automatic mode doesn't seem to work, #266;
FIXED: Cursor is not a "mouse hand" for images below a gallery, #208;
[2.20.0] - 20 Nov, 2025
ADDED: Detect Pro Version, #242;
FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #241;
FIXED: Allow users to change icon colors, #252;
CHANGED: Match the MetaSlider settings, #179;
CHANGED: Text updates for Behavior tab, #238;
CHANGED: Text updates for Appearance tab, #237;
CHANGED: Allow users to show the images in a larger size?, #214;
REMOVED: Close Button Position Setting, #248;
[2.12.0] - 30 Oct, 2025
ADDED: Redirect on install, #222;
ADDED: Skip over items inserted in the page, #213;
FIXED: gallery window appears on WooCommerce products even when disabled, #220;
FIXED: Enlarge on click instructions are not correct, #216;
CHANGED: Update Appearance Tab, #219, #218, #217;
CHANGED: Automatic Mode/Manual Mode, #221;
[2.11.1] - 16 Oct, 2025
CHANGED: Plugin Version, #210;
[2.11.0] - 16 Oct, 2025
ADDED: Allow users to move the "Close" button and "Open in gallery window" button, #183;
ADDED: Add Ability to Change "Open in gallery window" text in button, #127;
ADDED: Allow users to switch to include or exclude, #174;
FIXED: Post type exclusions not finding all post types, #196;
CHANGED: Description accuracy, #188;
CHANGED: Include the MetaSlider logo, #170;
CHANGED: Add padding to right of settings area, #173;
REMOVED: Translating screenshots, #184;
[2.10.0] - 29 Sep, 2025
ADDED: Different settings for different post types, #121;
ADDED: Add an option to hide or show slide Image Title Text, #132;
ADDED: Add ability to use MetaSlider slide to show gallery window instead of button, #128;
ADDED: Add settings for manual options, #155;
ADDED: Add settings for button text colors, #162;
CHANGED: Behavior Tab should be for all options (manual and automatic), #152;
FIXED: Custom HTML: Images are zoomed in gallery window when using mobile portrait, #104;
FIXED: Layer Slides: Open in gallery window button overlaps with Play / Pause button, #119;
FIXED: Layer Slides: Text layers are too big when on mobile (portrait and landscape), #105;
FIXED: gallery window not working on content-based videos, #157;
FIXED: Menu conflict when Firelight gallery window is installed, #142;
FIXED: Vimeo with lazyload enabled, #83;
[2.0.0] - 24 Jul, 2025
ADDED: LightGallery.js implementation with built-in gallery window
functionality, #70;
ADDED: Admin settings page with color customization options, #49;
ADDED: Thumbnail navigation toggle, #58;
ADDED: Video support for local and external videos with Video.js
integration, #85;
ADDED: WordPress "Enlarge on click" override functionality, #50;
ADDED: CSS per MetaSlider theme for better mobile compatibility, #77;
ADDED: Tab focus accessibility on "Open in gallery window" buttons, #86;
ADDED: Icon hover color picker option, #114;
FIXED: gallery window animation smoothness when opening/closing, #41;
FIXED: Arrows and close button visibility on mobile/tablet, #43;
FIXED: Thumbnail navigation overlapping main image, #58;
FIXED: Slide images being always linked, #62;
FIXED: Clear button alignment issues, #72;
FIXED: Color picker functionality without MetaSlider installed, #75;
FIXED: PHPCS errors and security issues, #89;
FIXED: External video loading issues, #107;
FIXED: Post feed "Open in gallery window" button clickability on mobile,
#106;
FIXED: Custom HTML slide display issues, #101;
FIXED: Layer slide text sizing on mobile, #105;
FIXED: MetaSlider theme compatibility (Radix, Databold, Highway), #91,
#109;
FIXED: Close button display on desktop, #45;
FIXED: Unable to save disabled "Open in gallery window" setting, #42;
CHANGED: Made gallery window addition automatic for better UX, #38;
CHANGED: UI improvements and dropdown labels, #60;
CHANGED: Menu and save button design consistency, #113;
[1.13.4] - 14 Mar, 2025
CHANGED: Remove discontinued gallery window plugins on description list;
[1.13.3] - 13 Mar, 2025
CHANGED: Remove active installation stats on readme;
[1.13.2] - 10 Jul, 2024
ADDED: metaslider_admin_notices hook, #26;
[1.13.1] - 12 Oct, 2021
FIXED: gallery window setting is broken if using MetaSlider v3.27.13, #18;
CHANGED: Remove Extendify library;
[1.13.0] - 13 Jul, 2021
CHANGED: Update the library.
[1.12.2] - 7 Jul, 2021
FIXED: Bug fixes.
ADDED: Adds option to disable the library.
[1.12.1] - 17 May, 2021
FIXED: Bug fixes.
[1.12.0] - 28 Apr, 2021
ADDED: Adds access to the Extendify template and pattern library.
[1.11.3] - 22 Aug, 2020
CHANGED: Updates readme and team account info.
[1.11.2] - 09 Apr, 2020
CHANGED: De-prioritizes recommendation for Responsive gallery window by dFactory due to inactivity.
[1.11.1] - 14 Aug, 2019
FIXED: Fixes issue where the setting wouldn't save properly.
[1.11.0] - 8 Jul, 2019
ADDED: Adds support for Gallery Manager Pro.
[1.10.4] - 30 Apr, 2019
CHANGED: Adds unique class name to admin notices.
[1.10.3] - 04 Jan, 2019
FIXED: Fixes a bug where WP-Featherlight would not load as a gallery.
[1.10.2] - 14 Jul, 2018
CHANGED: Updates settings page for WP gallery window 2 to match their update.
[1.10.1] - 16 Mar, 2018
FIXED: Updates how gallery window plugins are checked for activation.
FIXED: Addresses a bug that checks for previous slider settings.
FIXED: Removes an incompatible gallery window plugin (duplicate name).
[1.10.0] - 16 Mar, 2018
ADDED: Adds support for additional gallery window plugins.
CHANGED: Refactors gallery window to clean up attribute function.
CHANGED: Refactors various parts of the code to extract supported plugin data.
CHANGED: Extracts the class MetaSlidergallery windowPlugin to its own file.
CHANGED: Changes the logic for check if the plugin is install and active.
CHANGED: Adds a CSS class to the container that identifies the active gallery window plugin.
CHANGED: Adds filters to let users manipulate the plugin use.
CHANGED: Refactors gallery window to clean up attribute function.
[1.9.3] - 14 Nov, 2018
CHANGED: Fix checks to slide URL.
FIXED: FooBox Pro compatibility update.
FIXED: Updates the FooBox Profile name.
FIXED: Update Gallery Manager plugin settings.
[1.9.2] - 26 Jan, 2018
CHANGED: Update translation strings.
CHANGED: Adds warning message when no gallery window is active.
[1.9.0] - 28 Mar, 2017
FIXED: Simple gallery window use slide caption instead of attachment caption.
[1.8.0] - 16 Mar, 2017
FIXED: Update slide image URL to comply with new slide post type.
[1.7.0] - 09 May, 2016
FIXED: Removes defunct gallery window Plus plugin link (thanks to @Hendrik57).
[1.6.0] - 01 Apr, 2015
ADDED: Adds support for FooBox Image gallery window and WP gallery window 2 *Pro* versions.
[1.5.0] - 30 Jan, 2015
ADDED: Adds support for FooBox Image gallery window and Responsive gallery window by dFactory.
[1.4.0] - 15 Dec, 2014
FIXED: Hides dependency warning in admin if WP Video gallery window is activated (reported by and thanks to: vfontj).
[1.3.0] - 28 Oct, 2014
ADDED: Adds support for Fancy Gallery gallery window plugin (suggested by and thanks to: Zim1).
[1.2.0] - 17 Sep, 2014
ADDED: Support for additional gallery window plugins.
[1.1.0] - 22 Aug, 2014
FIXED: Array assignment compatibility PHP < v5.4 (reported by and thanks to: andrea_montuori).
[1.0.0] - 15 Aug, 2014
ADDED: Initial version.

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MetaSlider Gallery Pro Changelog #

The Pro version of the MetaSlider Gallery plugin is available for subscribers here on MetaSlider.com. The changelog for the Pro version is below:

The format is based on Keep a Changelog
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
[1.4.0] - 29 July, 2026
ADDED: Download sizes, visitors can choose which size to download from the lightbox, #113;
ADDED: Likes, visitors can heart images from the lightbox toolbar, with counts shown in the gallery editor, #117;
FIXED: Pager and other Pro lightbox settings now live-update in the gallery editor preview, #147;
FIXED: Autoplay Slide Interval label has no tooltip in the gallery editor, #148;
FIXED: Ship only runtime files in the release package, sanitize admin request input, and count one like per visitor per image, #153;
FIXED: Survive lightGallery calls without settings, and resolve the plugin's own path for updates, #154;
CHANGED: Match the gallery editor setting icons to the front end, #142;
CHANGED: Remove admin code and styles for markup that no longer exists, and declare the plugin's WordPress and PHP requirements, #155;
[1.3.0] - 8 July, 2026
ADDED: Image protection to deter downloading of gallery images, #107;
FIXED: Require base MetaSlider Gallery >= 2.32.1, #82;
FIXED: Show Autoplay Progress Bar Color as blank instead of white when unset, #103;
CHANGED: Rearrange Pro settings, #105;
CHANGED: Clarify connected Autoplay setting labels, #104;
CHANGED: Include AI translation updates in the release workflow, #102;
CHANGED: Translation updates, #135;
[1.2.0] - 28 May, 2026
ADDED: Progress bar color picker for Autoplay plugin, #74;
ADDED: Social network selection for Share plugin, #52;
ADDED: Per-gallery pro settings on MetaSlider Slideshow, #1;
FIXED: Escape admin notice URLs and sanitize message output, #79;
FIXED: Add nonce verification to gallery pro settings save handler, #80;
FIXED: Remove dev Composer packages from release package, #81;
CHANGED: Reorganize settings between Free and Pro, #85;
CHANGED: Update Pro feature description tooltips, #88;
CHANGED: Remove requirements section from Pro plugin readme, #86;
CHANGED: Translation updates, #75, #76;
CHANGED: Skip get_plugins() call when plugin data is already cached, #31;
[1.1.0] - 30 Apr, 2026
ADDED: Gallery Settings panel for per-gallery pro controls, #60;
ADDED: Enable Auto Play automatically when lightbox opens, #19;
FIXED: Toolbar doesn't show when "Open in Lightbox" is disabled, #69;
FIXED: Autoplay description text, #57;
FIXED: Fullscreen z-index, #53;
FIXED: X button is too white, #51;
CHANGED: Remove the word "Lightbox" from plugin name, #68;
CHANGED: Change Hash URLs to Unique Image URLs, #48;
CHANGED: Translation updates ES-FR-IT, #55;
CHANGED: Translate into more languages, #58;
[1.0.0] - 12 Dec, 2025
ADDED: Initial release;
ADDED: Zoom functionality;
ADDED: Fullscreen support;
ADDED: Rotation controls;
ADDED: Hash URL support;
ADDED: Autoplay slideshow;
ADDED: Social sharing;
ADDED: Pagination dots;
ADDED: Automatic update system;