MetaSlider Changelogs

The format is based on Keep a Changelog recommendations
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

= [2.30.0] – 02 Nov, 2023 =

• FIXED: Error in console in main theme editor screen, #249;
• FIXED: Creating slides trigger an error from Local videos, #241;
• FIXED: Minimum Free plugin version notice design for consistency, #245;
• FIXED: Wrong message when selecting a video instead of an image as cover, #192;
• FIXED: Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated, #232;
• FIXED: Creation of dynamic property deprecations, #233;
• FIXED: Local video javascript warnings “Player is already initialised”, #266;
• FIXED: Local videos duplicated instances when slideshow effect is “slide”, #267;
• FIXED: Local videos with autoplay and mute enabled can’t be unmuted through user action, #265;
• FIXED: Local video update is overridden when clicking save button, #268;
• FIXED: Local video requires 2 taps to play in mobile, #273;
• ADDED: External video slide type, #194;
• ADDED: Scroll to bottom after adding a new slide, #225;
• ADDED: Captions/subtitles to Local videos, #227;
• ADDED: Allow to disable date range for schedule, #238;
• ADDED: 1 week to “To” date by default, #246;
• ADDED: crossorigin attribute support to Local videos, #260;
• CHANGED: Schedule UI: #156, #195, #250, #252;
• CHANGED: Set 5.0 as minimum WP version, #231;
• CHANGED: Default end time for Daily constraint, #264;
• CHANGED: Update VideoJS to 8.6.1, #272;

= [2.26.0] – 05 Sep, 2023 =

• FIXED: Remove warning for Thumbnail / Filmstrip in Theme editor, #205;
• FIXED: Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property in PHP 8.2, #189, #114;
• FIXED: Improve Theme editor preview display, #197;
• FIXED: Improve Theme editor’s Custom arrows select buttons, #199;
• FIXED: Don’t allow to choose videos when selecting the image in Layer slides, #190;
• FIXED: “Add to slideshow” button should be disabled when no image has been selected, #152;
• FIXED: Force background CSS properties for notices, #182;
• FIXED: wp_enqueue_style was called incorrectly for notice CSS, #218;
• ADDED: Explanation for dual color boxes in Theme editor, #207;
• ADDED: GDPR support for Google Fonts in Theme editor, #202;
• CHANGED: Allow to customize caption font, color, size, etc. in Theme editor, #129;
• CHANGED: Move Theme editor’s “Slideshow” settings to the bottom, #209;
• CHANGED: Dropdown acts funny with long slideshow names in Theme editor preview, #198;

= [2.25.0] – 19 Jul, 2023 =

• FIXED: Edit Vimeo slide image, #131;
• FIXED: Spacing between select and code field, #127;
• ADDED: Javascript translations support, #174;
• CHANGED: Move jQuery TubePlayer plugin to modules/youtube, #169;
• CHANGED: Move video.js to modules/local_video, #170;
• CHANGED: Improve the notice message for people who only have the Pro plugin, #144;
• CHANGED: Theme editor screens, #155;
• CHANGED: Updated translations for ES, FR, and IT, #163;

= [2.24.0] – 29 Jun, 2023 =

• FIXED: Consistency across input fields design, #147;
• FIXED: Design for warning when choosing libraries different to Flexslider, #151;
• ADDED: Local Video slide type, #97;
• CHANGED: Updated POT file, #153;

= [2.23.0] – 25 May, 2023 =

• FIXED: PHPCS errors, #134;
• FIXED: Background image link not working, #93;
• FIXED: Lazy load and controls not working for YouTube slides created (without saving) in 2.21 and below, #126;
• FIXED: Controls not working for Vimeo slides created (without saving) in 2.21 and below, #125;
• FIXED: Make width settings optional in JavaScript output for Layer Slides, #136;
• ADDED: POT file, #69;
• ADDED: alt text for thumbnail images, #16;
• ADDED: Display Slide ID next to slide type, #91;
• ADDED: Delete permanently option for trashed slides, #139;
• CHANGED: “Add-on” Pack to just “Pro” in terminology, #94;

= [2.22.0] – 04 May, 2023 =

• ADDED: Support for YouTube Shorts, #28;
• FIXED: Default saved settings when adding a new YouTube slide, #59, #105, #118;
• FIXED: Default saved settings when adding a new Vimeo slide, #115;
• FIXED: Background color in play button on focus in Twenty Twenty-One theme in YouTube slides, #112;
• FIXED: Error when adding youtu.be URLs, #106;
• CHANGED: Vimeo and YouTube text changes, #108, #106;

= [2.21.0] – 07 Mar, 2023 =

• FIXED: Fixed Preview button error, #87, #85;
• FIXED: Fixed the layer slides not finding local videos, #84;

= [2.20.0] – 01 Dec, 2022 =

• FIXED: Fix Post Feed order by The Events Calendar data, #60;
• FIXED: Fix daily constraint feature under schedule tab, #53;
• CHANGED: Change signature of filter “metaslider_post_feed_args” passing $slider as the 5th argument, #50;

= [2.19.1] – 02 Nov, 2022 =

• FIXED: Fixed warning in the admin saying the plugin is not compatible with WP 6.1;
• CHANGED: Update simba-plugin-manager-updated to 1.8.15, and plugin-update-checker to 4.13.*;

= [2.19.0] – 11 Oct, 2022 =

• FIXED: Code review improving output escaping and input data sanitization, #51;
• CHANGED: Update simba-plugin-manager-updated to 1.8.15, and plugin-update-checker to 4.13.*;

= [2.18.8] – 26 Sep, 2022 =

• FIXED: Fix Vimeo thumbnails not updating, #44;
• FIXED: Fix YouTube thumbnails not updating, #35;
• FIXED: Fix error 404, file not found: metaslider-pro/modules/layer/assets/codemirror/mode/xml/xml.js, #43;
• CHANGED: Added and updated translations for ES, FR, and IR (Thanks to @wocmultimedia), #30;

= [2.18.7] – 16 Sep, 2022 =

• FIXED: Fix the auto-hiding slides, #39;

= [2.18.6] – 15 Sep, 2022 =

• FIXED: Fix some Italian language strings;
• FIXED: Fix the Schedule tab after MetaSlider v3.27.9;
• FIXED: Fix the taxonomies tab after MetaSlider v3.27.9;
• FIXED: Fix typos in the readme file;
• FIXED: Fix output escaping on the admin notice;
• FIXED: Fix nonce validation on a few ajax requests;

= [2.18.5] – 30 May, 2022 =

• REMOVED: Remove warning about not tested WP version.
• CHANGED: Bump min WP version to v4.6.
• CHANGED: Bump min PHP version to 5.6.
• CHANGED: Change test with WP 6.0.
• CHANGED: Stick library jquery-tube-player on v2.12.2 to fix conflicts while building the file.
• CHANGED: Update Simba Plugin Manager library from vv1.8.9 to v1.8.14.

= [2.18.4] – 26 Jan, 2022 =

• CHANGED: Test with WP 5.9.

= [2.18.3] – 22 Jul, 2021 =

• FIXED: Removes the playlist parameter that YT no longer accepts

= [2.18.2] – 11 Mar, 2021 =

• CHANGED: Updates “Tested To” number to remove WP warning message.

= [2.18.1] – 25 May, 2022 =

• CHANGED: Updated the tested WordPress version to 6.0;

= [2.18.0] – 05 Aug, 2019 =

• FIXED: Updates UI elements and updates icon set (FA was causing issues on some hosts)

= [2.17.0] – 10 Sep, 2019 =

• ADDED: Adds ability to loop Vimeo videos
• CHANGED: Updates check for plugin file location
• CHANGED: Updates jQuery to work with WP 5.5 (while maintaining backwards compatibility)
• FIXED: Add polyfill for WP4.4 wp_add_inline_script
• FIXED: Fix issue where Vimeo settings weren’t saving
• UPGRADE NOTE: You can now loop your Vimeo videos endlessly. A recommended update for all.

= [2.16.0] – 23 Dec, 2019 =

• ADDED: Allow daily time constraints on scheduled slides

= [2.15.2] – 05 Dec, 2019 =

• FIXED: Fixes an issue where YouTube URL wouldn’t update properly
• FIXED: Fixes an issue where the “lazy load” option on YouTube remained on

= [2.15.1] – 04 Oct, 2019 =

• ADDED: Allows YouTube to be loaded from a different domain
• CHANGED: Adds various UI and RTL enhancements
• CHANGED: Removes internal options from post feed code snippet list
• FIXED: Fixes an issue where the calendar and time helper don’t show
• FIXED: Fixes an issue where the post feed slide would not render on initial add

= [2.15.0] – 17 Oct, 2019 =

• CHANGED: Updates classname on layer container to avoid a CSS conflict
• FIXED: Fixes Vimeo issue when slideshow has autoplay disabled
• FIXED: Updates RTL language styles to address layout breaks
• FIXED: Adds additional attribute required by iOS for background video autoplay
• FIXED: Adds origin fix for YouTube videos loading in iframe

= [2.14.0] – 26 Jul, 2019 =

• ADDED: Adds a CSS manager module to allow users to add custom CSS
• CHANGED: Removes is_admin requirement when saving slides
• FIXED: Fixes scheduling query when another theme plugin alters the initial query

= [2.13.2] – 21 Mar, 2019 =

• CHANGED: Removes some ancient code for compatibility with PHP < 5.1
• FIXED: Fixes a bug where some Vimeo video URLs render wrong video because of the wrong regex used
• FIXED: Fixes a bug where Nivo Slider captions disappear

= [2.13.1] – 20 Mar, 2019 =

• FIXED: Fixes a bug where some users will see an error with Youtube

= [2.13.0] – 19 Mar, 2019 =

• ADDED: Adds lazy loading to YouTube videos
• CHANGED: Updates bundled updater class dependency to latest series (1.6.*)
• FIXED: Updates computed ratio on videos to work with locale settings

= [2.12.0] – 13 Dec, 2018 =

• ADDED: Adds the ability to update a video url
• ADDED: Adds the ability to mute a video on start
• FIXED: Updates various Vimeo functionality to match their API changes
• FIXED: Updates various YouTube functionality to match their API changes
• DEPRECATED: Remove showinfo option to hide title on YouTube video (https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters#release_notes_08_23_2018)

= [2.11.0] – 17 Nov, 2018 =

• FIXED: Fixes issue where some themes would break the slides query
• FIXED: Hides private and password protected post slides by default

= [2.10.1] – 30 Oct, 2018 =

• FIXED: Fixes a bug where some slides were not properly being hidden
• FIXED: Fixes a bug where Vimeo slides report a fatal error

= [2.10.0] – 25 Oct, 2018 =

• ADDED: Adds option to make thumbs more responsive
• CHANGED: Now requires MetaSlider base plugin 3.10.0+
• FIXED: Fixes bug where jQuery $ is not defined

= [2.9.2] – 28 Sep, 2018 =

• FIXED: Fixes bug where some slides would not save properly

= [2.9.1] – 26 Sep, 2018 =

• FIXED: Fixes bug where some slides scheduled with the standalone plugin previously would break
• FIXED: Fixes bug where thumbs and filmstrip would show even when not scheduled

= [2.9.0] – 24 Sep, 2018 =

• ADDED: Adds ability to schedule a slide by day of the week
• ADDED: Adds a clock showing the server time on the schedule tab
• CHANGED: Changes schedule query method to remove slow query
• FIXED: Fixes how plugin handles when original schedule class is found
• FIXED: Fixes bug when adding extra JS parameter hooks

= [2.8.0] – 12 Sep, 2018 =

• ADDED: Adds ability to change layer slide background
• ADDED: Adds schedule functionality
• ADDED: Adds the ability to toggle a slide’s visibility
• CHANGED: Improves videos ratio code
• FIXED: Adds specificity to the default selector

= [2.7.3] – 15 Dec, 2017 =

• CHANGED: Fixes Youtube slide markup
• FIXED: Adds and updates text-domain for translation support

= [2.7.2] – 28 Nov, 2017 =

• FIXED: Fixes ability to navigate External Slide tabs

= [2.7.1] – 14 Nov, 2017 =

• ADDED: Allow a slide to be restored after deletion
• ADDED: Attempts to make the UX elements more obvious
• CHANGED: Changes the description and team name
• CHANGED: Turkish translation. Provided by Ali Sabri Gök
• CHANGED: Adds better update handling by checking version numbers
• FIXED: Allow for https image URLs

= [2.7.0] =

• ADDED: Add caption field to External Slides
• CHANGED: New Pro slides will be added as a custom post type

= [2.6.8] =

• ADDED: Add ‘allowfullscreen’ Vimeo attribute

= [2.6.7] =

• FIXED: Force https vimeo urls
• FIXED: Workaround wptexturize and wpautop by removing && from video JavaScript
• FIXED: Apply Smart Pad to post feed slides
• FIXED: Apply metaslider_flex_slider_image_attributes and metaslider_responsive_slider_image_attributes filters to laye slides

= [2.6.6] =

• FIXED: Fix PHP notice (wp-updates.com check)
• FIXED: Fix black thumbnails (YouTube Player Update)
• FIXED: Allow empty i tags in layer editor
• FIXED: Fix PHP notice (deleting vimeo slide)

= [2.6.5] =

• ADDED: Add metaslider_tubeplayer_protocol filter
• REMOVED: Remove TGM Plugin Activation class
• FIXED: Fix bug with multiple post feed slideshows and filmstrip thumbnails
• FIXED: Fix Vantage bug with YouTube first slide autoplay

= [2.6.4] =

• ADDED: Add white as an option for text color in the layer editor
• FIXED: Fix empty color block showing in the color picker

= [2.6.3] =

• CHANGED: Update TGM Plugin Activation class to latest (Security fix)

= [2.6.2] =

• FIXED: Fix post feed captions

= [2.6.1] =

• ADDED: Add URL parameter to metaslider_layer_video_attributes filter
• ADDED: Add ability to use ‘metaslider_post_feed_image’ custom field to override featured image
• ADDED: Add metaslider_layer_editor_font_sizes and metaslider_layer_editor_colors filters
• FIXED: Fix conflict with slideshow parameters and post feed slides containing slideshows
• FIXED: Fix post feed slide delete button

= [2.6.0] =

• ADDED: Add change slide image option to vimeo, youtube and layer slides
• ADDED: Video background option added to layer slides

= [2.5.1] =

• FIXED: Fix post feed slide warning
• FIXED: Use $ instead of jQuery in dynamic JS
• FIXED: Allow links to be clicked in layers when a background image url is specified
• FIXED: Fix YouTube slide error with R. Slides

= [2.5.0] =

• ADDED: Add {thumb} template tag to post feed
• ADDED: Add External URL slide type
• CHANGED: Move classes from to
• for flexslider slideshows
• CHANGED: Change autoload from private to public
• FIXED: Hide events without thumbnails from post feed
• FIXED: Refactor method for generating thumbnails

= [2.4.6] =

• ADDED: Add metaslider_flex_slider_filmstrip_parameters filter
• FIXED: Hide layers until slideshow is ready
• FIXED: Re-crop thumbnails when original image is re-cropped

= [2.4.5] =

• ADDED: Add filter for post feed args – see https://gist.github.com/tomhemsley/100930dafd179bae2d1d
• FIXED: Run post feed content filter before the default tags have been parsed
• FIXED: Fix Responsive Slides second animation flash

= [2.4.4] =

• FIXED: Fix layer background link functionality
• FIXED: Return filtered CSS correctly
• FIXED: Don’t clone layers without animation
• FIXED: Fix navigation defaulting to thumbnails

= [2.4.3] – internal =

• ADDED: Add actions for youtube & vimeo iframes

= [2.4.2] =

• FIXED: Show warning in layer editor when no layer is selected
• FIXED: Fix layer editor styling

= [2.4.1] =

• FIXED: Fix downscale only setting
• FIXED: Fix layer scaling initiation code

= [2.4.0] =

• ADDED: Theme Editor refactored: Caption text align added
• ADDED: Theme Editor refactored: Caption border radius added
• ADDED: Theme Editor refactored: Custom Prev / Next arrows added
• ADDED: Theme Editor refactored: Enable or disable arrow / bullets / navigation custom styling
• ADDED: Post Feed slides improved: Custom templates added
• ADDED: Post Feed slides improved: WooCommerce support added
• ADDED: Post Feed slides improved: Filters added for output (in line with standard image slides)
• CHANGED: CKEditor updated to 4.4 (IE11 fixes)
• FIXED: Avoid wpautop errors with Layer Slides
• FIXED: Video slides now use jpeg mime type to avoid getID3 errors
• FIXED: Post Feed slides, call wp_reset_query after thumbnail extraction
• FIXED: Layer Editor: process qTranslate shortcodes
• ADDED: Added ‘Loop’ options for Flex & Nivo Slider
• FIXED: Fix HTTPS video previews
• FIXED: Check slideshow width and height before launching layer editor
• FIXED: Layer Slide scaling JS extracted to it’s own jQuery plugin

= [2.3.2] =

• FIXED: Post Feed: Fix Taxonomy restriction

= [2.3.1] =

• FIXED: Menu Order added to Post Feed Slide
• FIXED: Post Content (With Formatting) option added to Post Feed Slide

= [2.3.0] =

• FIXED: Filmstrip navigation option added (Flex Slider)
• FIXED: Layer Scaling options added

= [2.3-beta] – internal=

• ADDED: Layer Slide background link, SEO options
• CHANGED: Tabbed interface on all slides

= [2.2.8] – internal =

• FIXED: Orderby parameter on Post Feed slides

= [2.2.7] – internal =

• CHANGED: Add List item classes to slide types (flexslider only)

= [2.2.6] – internal =

• CHANGED: Add metaslider_post_feed_caption filter

= [2.2.5] – internal =

• FIXED: Vimeo auto play bug (When first slide is set to autoPlay)

= [2.2.4] =

• FIXED: Allow layers to scale up past 100%

= [2.2.3] =

• FIXED: Post Feed/Nivo Slider captions (for MetaSlider 2.6)

= [2.2.2] =

• FIXED: PHP Warnings

= [2.2.1] =

• FIXED: Invalid CSS

= [2.2.0] =

• ADDED: Auto Play setting for YouTube videos
• ADDED: Auto Play setting for Vimeo videos
• FIXED: Force CKEditor to use ‘en’ lang files
• FIXED: TGM Plugin activation check for MetaSlider Lite

= [2.1.2] – internal =

• FIXED: WPML: Check ‘is_plugin_active’ function exists before calling

= [2.1.1] – internal =

• CHANGED: Lang files removed from CKEditor to reduce plugin size
• CHANGED: Images in Layers given a max-width
• FIXED: Fix to work with ‘SvegliaT buttons’ plugin

= [2.1.0] – internal =

• FIXED: YouTube & Vimeo settings
• FIXED: Reset wp_query after post feed to fix comment setting on page

= [2.0.4] =

• FIXED: Responsive layer scaling

= [2.0.3] =

• FIXED: Strict warning for Walker Class compatibility (Since WP3.6 change)

= [2.0.2] =

• CHANGED: “Title & Excerpt” option added for post feed caption
• FIXED: Responsive slider – Pause Vimeo/YouTube when navigating to next slide

= [2.0.1] =

• CHANGED: Responsive Slides output tidied up for YouTube & Vimeo slides
• FIXED: Vimeo HTTPS
• FIXED: Hover Pause is now compatible with YouTube slides (Flex Slider)
• FIXED: Play/Pause video functionality and Auto Play (Flex Slider)

= [2.0.0] =

• ADDED: Thumbnail navigation for Flex & Nivo Slider
• CHANGED: Pro functionality refactored into ‘modules’
• CHANGED: Theme editor CSS output tidied up
• FIXED: YouTube thumbnail date
• FIXED: YouTube videos on HTTPS

= [1.2.2] =

• FIXED: Vimeo slideshows not pausing correctly

= [1.2.1] =

• CHANGED: Post Feed limit changed to ‘number’ input type
• FIXED: Vertical slides with HTML Overlay not working
• FIXED: YouTube & Vimeo slides not saving on some installations

= [1.2.0] =

• ADDED: WYSIWYG Editor Added to HTML Overlay slides
• ADDED: Plugin localized
• FIXED: Post Feeds now only count posts with featured images set

= [1.1.4] =

• FIXED: Fix for YouTube and Vimeo slides when thumbnail download fails

= [1.1.3] =

• FIXED: Youtube debug removed

= [1.1.2] =

• ADDED: Alt text added to HTML Overlay slide type
• REMOVED: “More Slide Types” menu item removed
• FIXED: PHP Short tag fixed
• FIXED: Theme editor CSS fixed
• FIXED: HTML Validation Fixes

= [1.1.1] =

• FIXED: HTML Overlay bug fixed when slideshow has a single slide

= [1.1.0] =

• ADDED: Theme Editor added
• CHANGED: Vimeo thumbnail loader now uses build in WordPress functionality

= [1.0.1] =

• FIXED: Hide overflow on HTML Slides (to stop animations from ‘leaking’ into other slides)

= [1.0.0] =

• ADDED: Initial Version