Seriously Simple Podcasting

Changelog

3.6.1

2024-11-05
[FIX] Fixed episode meta field styles

3.6.0

2024-11-04
[UPDATE] Display episode meta boxes in the sidebar
[FIX] Lifter LMS compatibility
[FIX] Fix player button styles for certain environments
[FIX] Code and security improvements

3.5.0

2024-09-11
[UPDATE] Enhanced UX/UI for Hosting (Castos connection) settings
[UPDATE] Display success and error messages for Castos connection
[UPDATE] Auto-disconnect SSP when users are disconnected on Castos
[UPDATE] Display Castos sync status after saving episodes
[UPDATE] Added filter for allowed tags in the feed description
[UPDATE] Removed the “1,000 Subscriber Challenge” from the settings sidebar
[FIX] Handle PHP exceptions in the ssp_readfile_chunked() function
[FIX] Catch potential PHP errors during episode file downloads
[FIX] Support additional classes in the player and podcast playlist blocks
[FIX] Use dark mode for the playlist block when dark mode is set in the settings

3.4.1

2024-07-31
[UPDATE] Improved and fixed synchronization with the latest version of Paid Memberships Pro.

3.4.0

2024-05-28
[UPDATE] Polylang compatibility
[UPDATE] Clear Castos API Credentials upon plugin deactivation
[UPDATE] Carry over podcast description to feed details when creating a new podcast
[UPDATE] Improved [podcast_episode] shortcode – possibility to show the latest episode
[FIX] Use podcast post type by default instead of post when importing from RSS
[FIX] Improved player rendering, allowing links in the player title
[FIX] Removed outdated plugin messages

3.3.1

2024-05-08
[FIX] Fixed the plugin activation issue in WordPress 6.5.3

3.3.0

2024-05-08
[UPDATE] Show the “Onboarding wizard” menu item for new users
[UPDATE] Improved scheduled episodes sync – maximum 3 attempts
[UPDATE] Hide player if no file provided
[UPDATE] Cache Castos ads settings
[FIX] Security improvements

3.2.0

2024-03-20
UPDATE SUMMARY: Improved WC Memberships integration, small fixes
[UPDATE] WC Memberships integration improvement – support multiple user plans
[FIX] Changed the feed image link to use the podcast archive page URL
[FIX] Removed outdated distribution links upgrade notice
[FIX] Accessibility: use alt text (if provided) for episode images in Castos player

3.1.1

2024-02-27
UPDATE SUMMARY: Elementor and Yoast SEO integration fixes, small improvements
[FIX] Removed the Elementor code showing in RSS feed
[FIX] Removed OnDemandEvent from the Yoast SEO schema graph
[UPDATE] Use the original file name for Castos files when downloading episodes
[UPDATE] Updated the plugin description

3.1.0

2024-02-22
UPDATE SUMMARY: Gutenberg block and security improvements, small fixes
[UPDATE] Gutenberg block for playlist player
[UPDATE] Possibility to use multiple player blocks
[UPDATE] Security improvements
[FIX] Yoast SEO integration fixes
[FIX] Fixed PHP errors

3.0.2

2024-02-09
UPDATE SUMMARY: Redirect non-existing feed URLs to the default feed
[FIX] Redirect non-existing feed URLs to the default feed
[FIX] Automatically create the default Podcast if it was not created during a previous plugin update
[FIX] Fixed Castos sync for the Bedrock architecture

3.0.1

• 2024-02-07
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Resolved PHP error in podcast Yoast SEO schema generation
• [FIX] Resolved PHP error on podcast pages if Yoast SEO plugin is enabled

3.0.0

• 2024-02-06
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Use Default Podcast term as the default feed and other improvements
• [UPDATE] Use Default Podcast term as the default feed
• [UPDATE] Show settings banner for Castos users
• [UPDATE] Made settings placeholders less visible to avoid confusion with values
• [UPDATE] Removed Second Line theme extension
• [UPDATE] Improved synchronization with Castos
• [UPDATE] Added alt text to the player loader image
• [UPDATE] 404 page for the not existing podcast feeds
• [UPDATE] Code refactoring
• [FIX] Fixed lost description formatting in Classic Editor
• [FIX] Do not use admin email as the default email in feeds

2.25.3

• 2023-12-01
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixed Seriously Simple Transcripts plugin support
• [FIX] Fixed a file button, that is used by Seriously Simple Transcripts plugin

2.25.2

• 2023-11-18
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixed missing iTunes Field labels
• [FIX] Fixed missing iTunes Field labels

2.25.1

• 2023-11-16
• [FIX] Castos original filename style fix

2.25.0

• 2023-11-16
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Save and display original Castos file name, V4V improvements, minor enhancements
• [UPDATE] Save and display original Castos file name
• [UPDATE] V4V: custom value and key
• [UPDATE] Added the date formatting filter
• [UPDATE] Refactoring: moved metabox fields to separate templates
• [FIX] Feed: fixed tag

2.24.0

• 2023-10-24
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Implemented Castos Ads, bug fixes
• [UPDATE] Implemented Castos Ads
• [UPDATE] Updated tag on episode level to true or false
• [FIX] Fixed enclosure not working for some customers from 2.23.0
• [FIX] Fixed infinite sync attempts for episodes with wrong file ID

2.23.0

• 2023-10-02
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Improved the Castos sync process
• [UPDATE] Improved the Castos sync process
• [UPDATE] Settings style improvements
• [UPDATE] Delete audio file data when the episode is trashed
• [UPDATE] Updated tag values
• [UPDATE] Code refactoring
• [FIX] Fixed WP assets conflict on widgets page

2.22.1

• 2023-09-13
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Support new Elementor API
• [UPDATE] Support new Elementor API ( version 3.16 )

2.22.0

• 2023-06-28
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Gutenberg Blocks improvements, added PHP filters
• [UPDATE] Added query and style options for Podcast List block
• [UPDATE] Changed Podcast List block name to Episode List
• [UPDATE] Changed max number of episodes in Castos Player settings to 500
• [UPDATE] Added new PHP filters: “ssp_album_art” and “ssp_no_album_image”.

2.21.0

• 2023-05-24
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixed media prefix regression, improved translation strings, use minified CSS
• [UPDATE] Improved translation strings
• [UPDATE] Improved getting remote feed functionality
• [UPDATE] Minor admin design changes
• [FIX] Use minified CSS and JS files
• [FIX] Fixed no media prefix in feed when gist to bypass passthrough URLs is used

2.20.3

• 2023-03-30
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Updated the supported WordPress version, minor improvements
• [UPDATE] Updated the supported WordPress version
• [UPDATE] Feed: removed deprecated keywords tag
• [UPDATE] Updated plugin description
• [UPDATE] Renamed Podcast to Episode when creating new episodes
• [UPDATE] Removed redundant index.scss file
• [UPDATE] Use local fonts for Onboarding Wizzard
• [UPDATE] Possibility for custom actions on save episode image event

2.20.2

• 2023-03-15
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fix for uncaught PHP error in the dashboard
• [FIX] Fix for uncaught PHP error in the dashboard

2.20.1

• 2023-03-10
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Audio file not redirecting fix
• [FIX] Audio file not redirecting fix

2.20.0

• 2023-03-06
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Migration for legacy file URLs, improvements and fixes
• [UPDATE] Migration for legacy file URLs
• [UPDATE] Post Duplicator plugin compatibility
• [UPDATE] Do not carry over the media prefix to subsequent podcasts
• [UPDATE] Added Dynamo Link to Episode Creation page
• [UPDATE] Improved podcasts listing page (added publishing dates, removed redundant columns)
• [UPDATE] Identify that NGINX may be an issue and surface instructions
• [FIX] Fixed duplicating prefix in RSS feed
• [FIX] Fixed some PHP warnings

2.19.0

• 2022-12-06
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Player and RSS feed improvements
• [UPDATE] Use Media File Prefix in player links
• [UPDATE] Dynamo: prefill podcast and author name
• [UPDATE] Player: possibility to slow down the episode speed
• [UPDATE] RSS feed: do not show podcast:locked tag if it’s off
• [UPDATE] RSS feed: allow h2, h3, h4, h5, label tags
• [FIX] Player: speed button style fix

2.18.0

• 2022-11-09
• UPDATE SUMMARY: WooCommerce Memberships integration, Value 4 Value, minor improvements and fixes
• [UPDATE] WooCommerce Memberships integration
• [UPDATE] Feed: Value 4 Value settings
• [UPDATE] Feed settings: added link to Dynamo tool
• [UPDATE] Feed speed improvements and cache improvements
• [UPDATE] Podcast list block: option to show player below excerpt
• [UPDATE] Feed: updated plugin links
• [FIX] Fixed possible plugin translation issue
• [FIX] Fixed mixed up podcast funding values
• [FIX] Fixed fatal error when $response_object->message is not a string
• [FIX] Added audible image to Elementor subscribe links block

2.17.0

• 2022-10-11
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Sync and import improvements
• [UPDATE] Sync to Castos improvements
• [UPDATE] Feed import improvements
• [UPDATE] Possibility to import podcast data (cover art, title, description etc) when importing an RSS
• [FIX] Fixed file upload problem on Posts Post Type Episodes
• [FIX] Fixed duplicated player meta fields in shortcode [podcast_episode]
• [FIX] Fixed updating file metadata when locally hosted file is updated

2.16.2

• 2022-09-06
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Compatibility improvements and fixes
• [UPDATE] Updated Elementor compatibility
• [UPDATE] Podcast List block: added featured image size option
• [UPDATE] Disabled wrong podcast feed URL meta tag
• [FIX] Fixed duplicated player meta for Podcast List block

2.16.1

• 2022-09-02
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixed Thrive Apprentice conflict, security improvements
• [UPDATE] Security improvements
• [FIX] Fixed Thrive Apprentice conflict

2.16.0

• 2022-08-25
• UPDATE SUMMARY: MemberPress Integration, player screen readers accessibility, fixes
• [UPDATE] MemberPress Integration
• [UPDATE] Improved player screen readers accessibility
• [UPDATE] Improved Paid Memberships Pro integration
• [UPDATE] Improved Lifter LMS integration
• [UPDATE] Do not import locked RSS feeds
• [UPDATE] Import episode images when importing RSS feed
• [FIX] Fixed compact player meta fields
• [FIX] Fixed duplicated player block in Elementor
• [FIX] Fixed PHP warnings
• [FIX] Removed redundant special characters escaping in RSS feed

2.15.2

• 2022-08-04
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixed duplicated player meta data for the shortcode
• [FIX] Fixed duplicated player meta data for [ss_player] shortcode

2.15.1

• 2022-08-03
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixed the feed redirection bug
• [FIX] Fixed the feed redirection bug

2.15.0

• 2022-08-02
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Option to adjust player colors, PMPro sync improvements, player improvements
• [UPDATE] Option to adjust player colors
• [UPDATE] PMPro: bulk subscribers synchronization improvements
• [UPDATE] Show notification for plugin review
• [UPDATE] Made onboarding steps translatable
• [UPDATE] Added distribute links to onboarding, step 4
• [UPDATE] Gutenberg: show meta data underneath player
• [UPDATE] Elementor: possibility to Enable/Disable Player Metadata
• [UPDATE] Added option for Audible podcast URL
• [UPDATE] Settings language improvements: renamed author to host
• [FIX] Fixed episode image synchronization with Castos
• [FIX] Fixed canonical feed URL

2.14.2

• 2022-06-27
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixed custom feed template support
• [FIX] Fixed custom feed template support

2.14.1

• 2022-06-23
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixed radio button settings
• [FIX] Fixed radio button settings

2.14.0

• 2022-06-20
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Renamed Series to Podcasts, improved transcripts features, other improvements
• [UPDATE] Renamed Series to Podcasts, renamed appropriate menu items
• [UPDATE] Added settings for changing Podcasts (Series) slug
• [UPDATE] Improved UX/UI for the Podcast (Series) settings
• [UPDATE] Filtering by Podcast (Series) for Elementor Recent Episodes widget
• [UPDATE] Filtering by Podcast (Series) for Elementor Episode List Widget
• [UPDATE] Podcast 2.0 namespace: added podcast:transcript tag
• [UPDATE] Prepared plugin for PHP 8.1 (removed FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING)
• [UPDATE] Show correct images in podcast overview column “Image”
• [UPDATE] Possibility to disable PodPing notification
• [UPDATE] Hide Disconnect Castos checkbox if site is not connected to Castos
• [UPDATE] Gutenberg settings to hide any block from feed
• [UPDATE] Elementor: feed hidden settings for Text Editor and Transcripts
• [UPDATE] Include more info link about PodPing
• [UPDATE] Added a generator tag to SSP feeds
• [UPDATE] Removed confusing synchronization between SSP and Castos private settings
• [UPDATE] Renamed Castos token to Castos key
• [UPDATE] Updated feed details Learn More links
• [UPDATE] Code refactoring
• [FIX] Fixed notification error
• [FIX] LifterLMS: fixed potential sync issue

2.13.0

• 2022-04-18
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Podping notification when feed is updated, code refactoring, minor improvements
• [UPDATE] Podping notification when feed is updated
• [UPDATE] Code refactoring: moved podcast CPT functions to a separate controller
• [UPDATE] PMPro integration: possibility to enable/disable integration with settings
• [UPDATE] Changed the contributing guide from GitHub to GitLab
• [FIX] Fixed Elementor episode list widget in compact mode
• [FIX] Bug fixed: Yoast integration critical error
• [FIX] Fixed the Twitter share URL
• [FIX] Fixed intermittent update episode error

2.12.0

• 2022-03-29
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Lifter LMS integration, improvements for Yoast SEO and PMPro integration, minor fixes
• [UPDATE] Lifter LMS integration
• [UPDATE] Yoast SEO integration improvements
• [UPDATE] Added a filter to dynamically change Castos API token
• [UPDATE] Show private podcast feed URLs in Paid Memberships Pro dashboard
• [FIX] Elementor Castos player episodes limit fixed
• [FIX] Fixed periodical disappearance of the podcast audio field

2.11.0

• 2022-02-04
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Support WordPress 5.9, improved Castos player widget
• [UPDATE] Filter inline episode styles and scripts in RSS feed
• [UPDATE] Castos player Gutenberg widget – possibility to set current and latest episode
• [UPDATE] Made share/subscribe text fields in the player to be read-only
• [UPDATE] Send Post Excerpt to Castos when selected, not post content
• [UPDATE] SSP Settings banner style improvements
• [UPDATE] Site speed optimization (removed redundant styles)
• [FIX] Empty tag fixed
• [FIX] Fixed Gutenberg Castos Player block not showing in editor after save
• [FIX] Removed player HTML code from RSS feed in case Elementor Player block was used

2.10.0

• 2022-01-17
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Yoast Schema integration, ability to set a podcast to private, other improvements
• [UPDATE] Yoast Schema integration
• [UPDATE] Ability to set a podcast to private
• [UPDATE] Added restriction to upload to feed details only images with 1:1 dimension ratio
• [UPDATE] Ignore WP “more tag” in feed and Castos synchronization
• [UPDATE] Feed redirection improvements
• [UPDATE] Added tile for Paid Memberships Pro integration in the Extensions tab
• [FIX] Elementor plugin broke SSP settings page style
• [FIX] Redundant quotes in player buttons
• [FIX] Opening extension in a new window didn’t work if Elementor was installed

2.9.9

• 2021-12-15
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Bug fixes and improvements
• [UPDATE] Elementor recent episodes widget – added settings and improved styles
• [UPDATE] Elementor recent episodes widget – option to show image from Episode Image field
• [UPDATE] Elementor recent episodes widget – fixed not showing the last episode bug
• [FIX] Gutenberg Podcast List block pagination fix
• [FIX] Fixed archive-podcast.php template
• [FIX] Fixed bold text after saving plugin settings

2.9.8

• 2021-11-18
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Bug fixes and improvements
• [UPDATE] Possibility to change the tag via ssp_feed_item_args filter
• [FIX] Feed analytics prefixes fix

2.9.7

• 2021-11-15
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Bug fixes and improvements
• [FIX] Fixed audio files with special chars not downloading
• [FIX] Fixed the player being sent to Castos content
• [FIX] Fixed the player disappearing on Elementor

2.9.6

• 2021-11-09
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Integration with Paid Memberships Pro, bug fixes and improvements
• [UPDATE] Integration with Paid Memberships Pro
• [FIX] Fixed the file download bug

2.9.5

• 2021-10-29
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixes for settings and Elementor widgets
• [FIX] Elementor Episode List widget pagination fix
• [FIX] Placeholders for series feed settings fix
• [FIX] Series feed details settings: upload and remove cover art fix

2.9.4

• 2021-10-27
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Updating series feed details removes all details fix
• [FIX] Updating series feed details removes all details fix

2.9.3

• 2021-10-27
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Feed and player improvements, code refactoring, bug fixes
• [UPDATE] Possibility to order feed items by “Recorded date” field
• [UPDATE] Feed series: link to series URL instead of the home page
• [UPDATE] Plugin settings code refactoring
• [UPDATE] Possibility to translate podcast player elements
• [FIX] Player: download file improvements
• [FIX] Fixed Seriously Simple Transcripts file upload error

2.9.2

• 2021-10-12
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Elementor widgets improvements, bug fixes, code refactoring
• [UPDATE] Show Elementor widgets for PHP 5.6
• [UPDATE] Code refactoring: added separate controllers for widgets and shortcodes
• [UPDATE] Code refactoring: renamed some functions and constants
• [UPDATE] Feed redirect improvement: 302 redirect for first 48 hours, then 301 redirect
• [FIX] Fix Elementor widget icons for the recent Elementor update
• [FIX] Modifying SSP_CPT_PODCAST caused settings page to disappear
• [FIX] Fixed onboarding wizard permissions bug

2.9.1

• 2021-09-14
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Feed author tag fix
• [FIX] Fix for the feed author tag

2.9.0

• 2021-09-13
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Podcast 2.0 tags, bug fixes
• [UPDATE] Podcast 2.0 namespace – podcast:GUID
• [UPDATE] Podcast 2.0 namespace – podcast:funding
• [UPDATE] Podcast 2.0 namespace – podcast:locked
• [UPDATE] Added rel=”noopener noreferrer” to external links in player
• [FIX] Removed CDATA from tag
• [FIX] Fixed looping episode issue
• [FIX] Fixed setting “Source for publish date” not working for series feeds
• [FIX] Fixed some feed category names
• [FIX] Castos player block pulled only latest 10 episodes

2.8.2

• 2021-09-01
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Support PHP 8.0, bug fixes, feed code refactoring
• [UPDATE] PHP 8.0 support
• [UPDATE] Gutenberg HTML player block improvements and fixes
• [UPDATE] Code refactoring for podcast feed
• [FIX] Empty podcast tags fix – in some cases tags didn’t show the episodes
• [FIX] Minor plugin translation improvements
• [FIX] Fixed player CSS issues (style conflicts with some themes)

2.8.1

• 2021-08-13
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Hotfix: player play button not working
• [FIX] Player play button was not working

2.8.0

• 2021-08-12
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Playlist Player renovation, bug fixes
• [UPDATE] Playlist player improvements, consistent with the standard player
• [UPDATE] Playlist player widget now includes more setting options
• [UPDATE] Improved the process of getting an image for the player, removed featured image from it
• [UPDATE] Removed redundant HTML when Share or Subscribe buttons were disabled
• [FIX] Player displayed the default podcast title instead of the Series title
• [FIX] Reusable blocks disappeared from feed
• [FIX] Notice error when using Rest API
• [FIX] Character codes being displayed instead of special symbols
• [FIX] Conflict between SSP and The Events Calendar Plugin

2.7.3

• 2021-07-26
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Strip all feed tags except allowed if it displays the episode post content, minor fixes
• [UPDATE] Strip all feed tags except allowed (

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2.7.2

• 2021-06-11
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Hotfix for the “Exclude series from default feed” by default option
• [FIX] Reverted “Exclude series from default feed” to the previous state
• [FIX] Select “Exclude series from default feed” by default ONLY for the new series

2.7.1

• 2021-06-10
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Updated the onboarding wizard video, UX improvement
• [UPDATE] Updated the onboarding wizard video
• [UPDATE] Added the video to the plugin description
• [UPDATE] Removed the old welcome page
• [FIX] When creating a new Series, select “Exclude series from default feed” by default

2.7.0

• 2021-05-20
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Onboarding wizard, bug fixes
• [UPDATE] Onboarding wizard
• [FIX] Fixed the gutenberg fatal error
• [FIX] Fixed the Undefined index: link warning
• [FIX] Fixed the conflict with the Progress Counter Block plugin

2.6.6

• 2021-05-11
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fixed the Elementor icons missing issue, minor improvements
• [FIX] Elementor subscribe icons missing fixes
• [UPDATE] Do not request player file on page load
• [UPDATE] Added religion subcategory

2.6.5

• 2021-05-07
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Fix the feed error for the case if the author name has punctuation.
• [FIX] Fixed the feed error for the case if the author name has punctuation.

2.6.4

• 2021-05-04
• UPDATE SUMMARY: HTML player improvements and fixes, feed images fixes
• [UPDATE] Changed images validation settings
• [UPDATE] Options to disable the subscribe and share button in the player
• [UPDATE] Options for displaying the player meta data
• [UPDATE] Make player translatable
• [UPDATE] Include alt attribute in web player
• [UPDATE] Make HTML5 player to be the default one
• [FIX] Show series feed image in the feed
• [FIX] Settings UI: cover image is not being shown after image upload
• [FIX] Excerpt for content:encoded tag
• [FIX] Value for should be author from feed details
• [FIX] Player subscribe icons

2.6.3

• 2021-04-19
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Roles and capabilities improvements, no image issues fixes
• [UPDATE] Added podcast capabilities
• [UPDATE] Added series capabilities
• [UPDATE] Added two roles for managing podcasts
• [FIX] Users with manage_podcast capability couldn’t change the plugin settings
• [FIX] Series image not displaying in series feed
• [FIX] Feed cover image not displaying in the player

2.6.2

• 2021-04-06
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Podcasts synchronization improvements, RSS images
• [UPDATE] Delayed episode uploading to Castos
• [UPDATE] Added helper text to Series area
• [UPDATE] HTML player style improvements
• [UPDATE] Check the Cover Image size dimensions upon upload
• [UPDATE] Added episode specific image to RSS feed
• [FIX] Showing notifications when the episode is added or updated (classic editor)
• [FIX] When the post is duplicated it is not synchronized with Castos

2.6.1

• 2021-03-05
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Improvements, bug fixes for the 2.6 release
• [UPDATE] Change right sidebar in settings
• [UPDATE] Custom user role/podcast capabilities
• [FIX] HTML player broken embed link
• [FIX] Episode image missing title
• [FIX] Player is not playing if the JS file is placed in the header
• [FIX] Player is not playing if more then one player codes appear on the same page
• [FIX] Audio files are not shown in the media library
• [FIX] Uploaded cover image overwrites the audio file settings

2.6.0

• 2021-02-22
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Improvements to the episode functionality
• [UPDATE] Improvements for the trash and copy podcast actions, when using a Castos account
• [UPDATE] Add episode specific image cover image to Episode Details fields
• [UPDATE] Add episode specific image cover image to Episode Details fields for Podcast enabled Posts
• [UPDATE] General code improvements and clean up

2.5.3

• 2021-02-09
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Bug fixes for the 2.5 release
• [UPDATE] Updates the Castos Player fonts to be loaded locally, not from Google Fonts
• [FIX] Fixes an issue in the plugin settings where a specific Distribution link value doesn’t save.
• [FIX] Fixes an issue where videos no longer play in the Castos Player
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where the Castos Player loads on non audio enabled posts
• [FIX] Fixes an issue where Castos Player links don’t count properly towards the plugin Stats
• [FIX] Fixes a PHP8 Compatibility issue

2.5.2

• 2020-12-17
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Bug fixes for the 2.5 release
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where specific widgets and shortcodes were not rendering the player
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where leaving all Distribution Items unchecked causes a PHP error
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where loading the Block Editor assets causes a PHP notice
• [FIX] Fixes various spelling errors in the plugin (props ihatehandles)

2.5.1

• 2020-12-08
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Podcast Episode bug fixes for the 2.5 release
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where podcast_episode shortcode was broken and causing fatal errors
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where the compact player added some unnecessary additional html tags

2.5.0

• UPDATE SUMMARY: Implements version 2 of the HTML5 player, and various smaller bug fixes
• [UPDATE] Replace all regular instances of the HTML5 media player with the updated version
• [UPDATE] Replaces the media player custom styling with options for either dark or light mode
• [FIX] Fixes a bug in the Castos episode sync process where it would sync the raw post_content
• [FIX] Fixes a bug in the Podcast List block, where specifying a custom read more link wouldn’t work as expected.
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where the Podcast Distribution Upgrade message would show even on new installs
• [TWEAK] Updates a message displayed to the user when the fileupload JavaScript can’t be loaded, to be more explanatory

2.4.2

• 2020-11-17
• [FIX] Fixes a bug from the 2.4 release, where the ss_podcast shortcode doesnt render the meta data

2.4.1

• 2020-11-16
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Bug fixes for the 2.4 release, as well as two previously submitted PRs
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where the media player css affects normal subscribe links
• [FIX] Fixes a PHP warning being reported relevant to the Elementor Templates on the iterations page
• [FIX] Fixes a bug in the Elementor Subscribe Buttons widget, where selecting a series did not display the correct buttons
• [FIX] Fixes a bug in the Elementor Media Player widgets, related to using the Latest Episode
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where using the ss_podcast shortcode renders the media player incorrectly
• [FIX] Changes the dynamic podcast list block to use get_permalink() instead of the episode guid. (props mikelittle)
• [NEW] Added “Play/Pause”, “Rewind 30 Seconds”, and “Download Epsiode” anchor text for elements in the HTML5 player, for better accessibility with screen readers. (props edequalsawesome)

2.4

• 2020-11-09
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Adds support for the Elementor Page Builder, by adding Elementor specific podcasting widgets. Changes how the Feed Subscribe links are managed in the Plugin Options, which requires a data upgrade
• [NEW] Adds Podcast specific widgets for Elementor: Media Player, Castos Player, Subscribe Buttons, Recent Episodes and Episode List.
• [NEW] Adds Podcast specific Elementor Templates: Podcast Landing page, Podcast Subscribe Page and Podcast Single Episode Page
• [UPDATE] Upgrades the Subscribe/Distribution links Options process
• [UPDATE] Moves the HTML player settings to their own tab

2.2.3

• 2020-08-19
• [FIX] Update the custom REST API endpoints which where throwing a _doing_it_wrong notice.

2.2.2

• 2020-07-01
• [FIX] Remove unused CSS font style

2.2.1

• 2020-07-01
• [FIX] Remove unused CSS font style

2.2.0

• 2020-05-25
• [NEW] New Blocks! Standard Audio Player block and customisable Podcast List Block
• [FIX] Fixes a bug related to the HTML5 player icons conflicting with third party font icons like FontAwesome
• [TWEAK] Adds an episode number field to the series widget, to limit episodes loaded by series (props lordneeko)

2.1.1

• 2020-05-14
• [FIX] Fixes a bug which crashes sites using a version of WordPress older than 5.0

2.1.0

• 2020-05-11
• [NEW] Block Editor support – adds a Castos Player block to the block editor, for use on posts and pages
• [NEW] Minor UI message changes to the Hosting and Import settings
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where in some instances, Castos users experience problems syncing episode data to their Castos account
• [FIX] Fixes a bug in the Dashboard widget

2.0.4

• 2020-04-28
• [FIX] Reverts a change to the itunes:summary and googleplay:description tags introduced in 2.0.1

2.0.3

• 2020-04-23
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where, in some instances, the itunes:summary and googleplay:description tags contain invalid characters.

2.0.2

• 2020-04-22
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where, in some instances, the itunes:summary and googleplay:description tags contain invalid   characters.

2.0.1

• 2020-04-15
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where the RSS feed itunes:summary and googleplay:description tags don’t respect the RSS Feed settings for Episode description

2.0.0

• 2020-04-14
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Castos API updates, Series/Feed data improvements, Castos News dashboard widget, and various bug fixes
• [UPDATE] Updated Castos API connection and data sync for Castos account users
• [NEW] When creating a Series in the Series UI, the plugin will automatically add the Series name and description to the Feed settings Title, Subtitle and Description fields, respectively
• [NEW] If the user is connected to Castos, creating a new Series will automatically create a new Podcast in Castos
• [NEW] Adds Castos News dashboard widget
• [FIX] Fixed a bug where uploading a file to an existing Castos connected episode, would not update the file in Castos
• [FIX] Fixed a bug which broke series RSS feeds when using a custom feed slug. (props Maarten Hunink)
• [FIX] Fixed a bug where the Importers wouldn’t work on translated sites
• [FIX] Fixed a bug which raised a PHP notice when using the block editor on a “podcast” post type

1.20.13

• 2020-03-02
• [FIX] Fixed a bug in the RSS Importer that was importing post_content incorrectly (fix missing from 1.20.12)

1.20.12

• 2020-02-12
• [NEW] Added a setting to exclude series episodes from the default feed
• [NEW] Added Second Line Themes to the extensions page
• [UPDATE] Moved notifications to their own handler
• [FIX] Fixed a bug in the RSS Importer that was importing post_content incorrectly

1.20.11

• 2018-12-20
• UPDATE SUMMARY: Various community bug fixes and Castos hosting related improvements
• [FIX] Fix file size not showing in RSS feed bug. (props Josephus Paye II)
• [FIX] Fixes a bug related to the Music Commentary category not saving in Castos. (props Hugh Lashbrooke)
• [FIX] Fixes a bug where scripts and styles for HTML5 player showing up in footer even when standard player is selected. (props rghedin)
• [NEW] Added the ssp_podcast_playlist_track_data filter for track data in playlist shortcode. (props Hugh Lashbrooke)
• [NEW] Added ssp_enable_get_file_size and ssp_enable_get_file_duration filters to disable the file size and duration functionality via filters
• [TWEAK] Localised the PHP version error message for translations. (props Hugh Lashbrooke)
• [TWEAK] Add context to localisation of podcast URL slug to prevent …