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WPVS Legacy Theme Updates

Version 5.9.4

  • New setting for Video Genre / Categories. Load Episodes Only allowing users to display only episodes that belong in a genre instead of an entire Series.

Version 5.9.3

  • New Theme Updates Manager

Version 5.9.2

  • New Theme Updates Manager

Version 5.9.1

  • Added new setting in Appearance -> Buttons -> Play button text on single video pages
  • French language fix for My List

Version 5.9.0

  • Check if Yoast SEO Premium is active

Version 5.8.9

  • Added new setting in Appearance -> Customize -> Advanced -> Enable Smooth Scrolling

Version 5.8.8

  • Vimeo Player updates for primary and trailer videos. Now uses Vimeo Player SDK directly on HTML element vs iframe code.

Version 5.8.7

  • Minor CSS update for when admin toolbar is showing on Full Screen video page.

Version 5.8.6

  • Payment options HTML output bug fix when Full Screen Video page template is used.

Version 5.8.5

  • New shortcodes for displaying Single WPVS Video player. [wpvs_single_video video_id=”{video ID goes here}”]

Version 5.8.4

  • New shortcodes for displaying Actors or Directors. [wpvs_display_actors] and [wpvs_display_directors]

Version 5.8.3

  • Video Template updates to reflect WP Video Memberships plugin updates.

Version 5.8.2

  • Added Genre / Category Column to Video Post Type admin page.

Version 5.8.1

  • New optional WPVS Audio HTML (Embed) for Videos. Allows you to add custom HTML code for iframes and external audio sources.

Version 5.8.0

  • New optional WPVS Audio file for Videos. Allows you to add an audio only file so customers can listen only.

Version 5.7.9

  • Header logo css update to prevent cut off.

Version 5.7.8

  • wp_strip_all_tags wrapped around slide descriptions to prevent broken slider layout.

Version 5.7.7

  • Update to single-rvs_video.php template file to locate_template instead of defined DIR variable.

Version 5.7.6

  • JS video thumbnail ajax loading fix for HTML tags in descriptions.

Version 5.7.5

  • CSS flex-basis update on logo image.

Version 5.7.4

  • Theme JS update to fix logo resizing bug on mobile page load.

Version 5.7.3

  • Header CSS updates for logo sizing and alignment.

Version 5.7.2

  • Header CSS updates for logo sizing and alignment.

Version 5.7.1

  • New Page template: Page Builder (Blank)

Version 5.7.0

  • New option under Appearance -> Customize -> Advanced to Show Scrollbars.
  • Files updated: /includes/customize.php

Version 5.6.9

  • Fixed a bug where user purchases and rentals API request may return error if object data is missing.
  • Files updated: /rest/wpvs-rest-api-functions.php

Version 5.6.8

  • [netflix-category] shortcode now displays sub series categories to match category archive page thumbnails.
  • Files updated: /includes/custom-functions.php

Version 5.6.7

  • Bug fix where Seasons settings under WP Videos -> WP Videos was not showing.

Version 5.6.6

  • Desktop Menu and Logo sizing updates.
  • Fixed a bug where logo might end up appearing squished when deskop menu is too wide.
  • Desktop Menu width detection to automatically switch to mobile version when menu size is too wide for screen.

Version 5.6.5

  • [wpvs-theme-my-list] added to display customers My List videos in a horizontal slider.

Version 5.6.4

  • Tax query bug fix when exclude_terms parameter is included with Actors / Directors REST API request
  • file updated: /includes/wpvs-theme-rest.php

Version 5.6.3

  • Rating icons file_get_contents updated to file location instead of URL
  • Light theme featured area content blend fade color updated for improved blending.
  • *NEW settings under Appearance -> Customize -> Colours to change Featured Areas (including Netflix video page headers and drop down sections) background gradient color and text color.
  • file updated: /includes/global-variables.php, /includes/customize.php

Version 5.6.2

  • [netflix-category] shortcode bug fix for displaying Series within category slider rather than all episodes.
  • file updated: /includes/shortcodes.php

Version 5.6.1

  • Get user videos REST API fix where expected object data was array.
  • file updated: /rest/wpvs-rest-api-functions

Version 5.6.0

  • Small CSS changes for new WP Video Memberships Customer Membership list changes.
  • file updated: /css/dark.css

Version 5.5.9

  • Bug fix for REST API endpoints for sites using directory for WP installation.
  • file updated: /includes/shortcodes.php

Version 5.5.8

  • REST API bug fix for loading user video lists.
  • file updated: /rest/wpvs-rest-api-functions.php

Version 5.5.7

  • empty term_id debug error on Video Archives page fix.
  • file updated: /includes/scripts.php

Version 5.5.6

  • Video Thumbnail image loading bug fix for Series missing thumbnail image.
  • file updated: /js/video-ajax.js

Version 5.5.5

  • New optional See All link above slider setting. Enable setting under Appearance -> Customize -> Video Sliders
  • Font size adjustments for titles that adjust based on screen size.
  • file updated: /includes/custom-functions.php
  • file updated: /includes/customize.php
  • file updated: /css/layout.css

Version 5.5.4

  • Bug fix where multiple drop down detail sections load when cursor quickly hovers over multiple thumbnails.
  • file updated: /js/video-drop.js

Version 5.5.3

  • get_term_link update in the get video details function to return correct URL if WPML is being used.
  • file updated: /includes/custom-functions.php

Version 5.5.2

  • video-drop.js drop down details loading bug fix.

Version 5.5.1

  • New Actor and Director setting Series Layout to set whether the term archive page shows all Episodes or compacts Series thumbnails. (Only applies to Series that do not have Seasons).

Version 5.5.0

  • Actor and Director pages now filter Series episodes within the Drop Down details section, based on which episodes the current Actor / Director have been added to.

Version 5.4.9

  • Update for My List function on single episode pages allows users to add individual episodes to My List. The TV Show (Series) can still be added to My List using the Drop Down details for a TV Show thumbnail.

Version 5.4.8

  • Update to check if REST API request is for Genre / Category page or other taxonomy.

Version 5.4.7

  • Check for Series without Seasons in REST API Videos request. Fixes Cast and Director pages where all episodes were displayed instead of the Series.
  • Bug fix where Series drop down details episodes were empty if the latest Season had no episodes.

Version 5.4.6

  • Get show thumbnail size parameter update for shortcodes and gutenberg blocks.

Version 5.4.5

  • Gutenberg Editor update and admin CSS fixes.
  • NEW: Thumbnail Size setting for the WPVS Video Thumbnail Slider gutenberg block.
  • Added optional image_size parameter to the [netflix-category] shortcode. Accepts landscape, portrait or wpvs-custom-thumbnail-size. See VS Netflix Theme Shortcodes for details.

Version 5.4.4

  • Rentals and Purchases membership page loading updates.

Version 5.4.3

  • New REST API endpoint /mylist for adding and removing items to users My List. (Requires the WPVS Memberships plugin to be installed and activated)

Version 5.4.2

  • Yoast SEO Meta filters update.

Version 5.4.1

  • Flexslider CSS selector updates.

Version 5.4.0

  • CSS updates for drop down arrow positioning.

Version 5.3.9

  • CSS updates for drop down arrow if using the White theme.

Version 5.3.8

  • New video slide Info Height setting under Appearance -> Customize -> Video Browsing to adjust the height of excerpt text under thumbnail images.
  • CSS updates for video slides when using the Below settings for Video Thumbnail Info Position

Version 5.3.7

  • Drop down loading bug fix where multiple drop down sections were displayed.
  • Overflow hidden CSS fix for clean style video shortcode sliders when video content is set to appear below the slide images.

Version 5.3.6

  • Thumbnail Text Labels. Add or Edit a Video to add a Thumbnail Label to add text over top of the thumbnail image.

Version 5.3.5

  • WP Video Subscriptions License Key Activation Updates

Version 5.3.4

  • Continue Watching support for JW Player (requires JW Player license)
  • Autoplay next video support for JW Player (requires JW Player license)
  • Continue watching bug fix requests.

Version 5.3.3

  • Disable autoplay background trailer on mobile devices to prevent pop-up player.

Version 5.3.2

  • New Background Trailer setting for Videos. See Setup Guide

Version 5.3.1

  • Check for WPVS Memberships plugin and shortcode output bug fix.

Version 5.3.0

  • Load videos in Series / TV Show category without Seasons.

Version 5.2.9

  • Front page check for default page template

Version 5.2.8

  • Translation File updates

Version 5.2.7

  • Translation File updates

Version 5.2.5

  • Removed deprecated Vimeo thumbnail urls

Version 5.2.4

  • Default setting for Full Width Video under Appearance -> Customize -> Video Page Settings changed to enabled.
  • New .wpvs-hide-overflow class for removing additional scrollbars when full screen player or payment options are showing.
  • New setting for disabling the pause on hover Featured Areas effect under Appearance -> Customize -> Featured Area Sliders.

Version 5.2.3

  • Minor button CSS changes on Netflix style video page

Version 5.2.2

  • New Customizer settings in Appearance -> Customize -> WPVS Memberships.
  • New setting to display Starting at {lowest price} text instead of Play button when members do not have access to a video.

Version 5.2.1

  • New JW Player support
  • See our new JW Player Setup Guide on how to setup JW Player embedded videos.

Version 5.2.0

  • get_template_directory_uri() fix for Child Themes calling SVG Rating files.

Version 5.1.9

  • WPVS Video Categories, Actors, Directors and Tags added back to Quick / Bulk Edit Tools in admin.

Version 5.1.8

  • Title Image and Thumbnail Image selection bug fix.
  • Check that allow_url_fopen is enabled for file_get_contents of SVG rating icons.

Version 5.1.7

  • Search Result link fix for sub folder WordPress installs

Version 5.1.6

  • REST API URLs fix for sub folder installs
  • Files Changed: /includes/scripts.php

Version 5.1.5

  • New Video Rating setting under Videos -> Add New / Edit -> Video Information. Video ratings can also be undated using the Quick Edit or Bulk Edit tool.

Version 5.1.4

  • Theme Option and Menu saving bug fix.

Version 5.1.3

  • Minor admin CSS updates for Membership Settings

Version 5.1.2

  • New setting under Appearance -> Customize -> Homepage Settings -> Show Contiue Watching

Version 5.1.1

  • TV Show categorie loading fix for Grid layout.
  • Include Genre / Category og:image in Yoast SEO meta.

Version 5.1.0

  • Video Categories Widget Link Fix

Version 5.0.9

  • Improved video loading on Grid view browsing pages.
  • Theme now loads Grid View browsing pages from the API Data instead of admin-ajax requests.

Version 5.0.8

  • New Setting in Appearance -> Customize -> Video Sliders to optionally disable lazy loading for slider images.

Version 5.0.7

  • New WPVS Theme Full Section Block for the WordPress Gutenberg Editor. Guide: https://wpvideosubscriptions.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046329014
  • New WPVS Video Thumbnail Slider Block for the WordPress Gutenberg Editor.
  • User Drop Down menu display name update.
  • Translation files updates

Version 5.0.6

  • Navigation Menu Walker Updates
  • Full Width Menu Hover Updates
  • Password Protected Videos template fix

Version 5.0.5

  • REST API WPVS fields bug fix

Version 5.0.4

  • Home page and Browsing page thumbnail loading updates: Lazy loading for better performance
  • Improved video loading requests and placeholders.

Version 5.0.3

  • Recently Added Widget Updates: Show / Hide video Genre / Category, Show / Hide video Actor.

Version 5.0.2

  • Theme Activation Access Updates / 5.0.0 Bug Fix

Version 5.0.1

  • Theme Sidebar Widget Updates

Version 5.0.0

  • WP Videos plugin is no longer required when using the VS Netlix theme or other WPVS Themes. The WP Videos plugin should be deactivated after upgrading to version 5.0.0 of the VS Netflix Theme.

Version 4.4.9

  • Video Meta Box data admin display fix for Thumbnail and Title images.

Version 4.4.8

  • Genre / Category ordering updated.

Version 4.4.7

  • Bug fix for loading TV Show background image in drop down area.

Version 4.4.6

  • New setting for Video Title Image: Optionally display an Image or Logo above video descriptions instead of a Title.
  • New setting for TV Show Title Image: Optionally display an Image or Logo above TV Show video descriptions instead of a Title.
  • Bug fix for drop down info on window resize for Slider category layout pages

Version 4.4.5

  • New Class functions added to help fix autoplay next video ordering in TV Series.

Version 4.4.4

  • Update TV Shows category overview. TV Shows are now displayed in a grid, rather individual sliders.
  • Additional Episodes within Drop Down section updates and ordering.
  • Seasons can now be ordered using the Order under Videos -> Genres/ Categories -> Edit.
    • Note: The parent Category needs to have its Subcategories Order set to Order.
  • Continue Watching progress bars now display globally on all browsing sliders.

Version 4.4.3

  • New theme setting Appearance -> Customize -> Footer -> Copyright Text.
  • Add Actors & Directors to TV Shows to display TV Show thumbnails on Actor & Directory pages instead of all of episodes. Videos -> Actors / Directors

Version 4.4.2

  • Appearance -> Customize -> Typography -> Disable Fonts removes Google Font loading script.

Version 4.4.1

  • Bug fix for video reviews where 5 stars may display when there are 0 reviews.

Version 4.4.0

  • add_theme_page admin update

Version 4.3.8

  • Resume video slider hover effect after closing drop down details section
  • Video Category / Genre Title and Description update
  • Fixed bug where Seasons drop down would show and display Top level categories even if the current category has no Seasons

Version 4.3.7

  • Undefined variable on related videos fix

Version 4.3.6

  • Undefined variable on Single Video page fix

Version 4.3.5

  • Featured Area admin script loading fix

Version 4.3.4

  • Related Videos template video ordering bug fix

Version 4.3.3

Version 4.3.2

  • Translation files added for Italian (it_IT)

Version 4.3.1

  • Alphabetical video order to reflect WP Videos plugin update

Version 4.3.0

  • Default home page fix when user is logged in and video term in My List doesn’t exist.

Version 4.2.9

  • Translation file updates

Version 4.2.8

  • Updated deprecated filter login_headertitle to login_headertext

Version 4.2.7

  • Theme CSS styling updates.
  • New Theme Setting “Show More Videos Below Content” under Appearance -> Customize -> Video Page Settings. (Appiles to Standard and YouTube video layouts only.

Template Files Updated:

  • /single-rvs_video.php
  • /template/single-video-standard.php
  • /template/single-video-youtube.php

Version 4.2.6

  • New Video option for custom slide link and open in new tab.

Version 4.2.5

  • New Video Thumbnail Info Position theme option under Appearance -> Customize -> Video Browsing. Optionally display video info below thumbnail instead of overlay.
  • New Full Desktop menu layout option. Add CSS class “wpvs-theme-full-menu” to Top Level menu items to enable.

Version 4.2.4

  • Single video and category purchase box CSS fix.
  • Featured Areas fallback background image for devices that do not support video autoplay. (Prevents blank featured slide background).

Version 4.2.3

  • Episode slider initialize fix.

Version 4.2.2

  • Displays additional episodes for TV Show series in drop down video section.

Version 4.2.1

  • Featured Area slides now sortable: Simply drag and drop slides (left or right) to re-order.

Version 4.2.0

  • Video page template updates to reflect new WPVS Customer class

Files Updated:

  • /single-rvs_video.php

Version 4.1.9

  • Video page template updates to reflect to WP Video Memberships Access Options

Files Updated:

  • /single-rvs_video.php
  • /template/single-video-standard.php
  • /template/single-video-youtube.php
  • /template/single-video-netflix.php

Version 4.1.8

  • New My List slider for home page. Enabled / Disable under Appearance -> Customize -> My List
  • New Recently Added Shortcode: [wpvs_display_recently_added]

Version 4.1.7

  • Translation file updates and Spanish (Mexico es_MX) added

Version 4.1.6

  • includes/dynamic-slider.php quote fix

Version 4.1.5

  • includes/custom-ajax.php bug fix
  • includes/dynamic-slider.php string fix

Version 4.1.4 Version 4.1.3

  • Load user video tracking script update

Version 4.1.2

  • Fixed a bug where custom player HTML and JS code would not save on new video trailer creation

Version 4.1.1

  • User tracking JS fix
  • Responsive video wrapper JS update for Gutenberg embeds

Version 4.1.0

  • Vimeo and YouTube player playback updates due to autoplay changes and restrictions

Version 4.0.9

  • Duplicate drop down information on mobile bug fix

Version 4.0.8

  • Mobile menu open updates

Version 4.0.7

  • Video Slide Links to bug fix

Version 4.0.6

  • Featured Area Vimeo mute and autoplay fix. (Users must interact with players before mute can be disabled required by Vimeo)
  • Featured Area custom iFrame for video option. Allows for Live Streaming and other HTML embed code to be used for Featured Area backgrounds.

Version 4.0.5

  • Account Purchases and My List Video Category / Genre link fix.

Version 4.0.4

  • New query string parameter for single video purchase direct link: Add ?purchase=1 to the end of any video page URL (page must be using the Netflix video page layout).

Version 4.0.3

  • Translation file updates: Added es_AR support.

Version 4.0.2

  • Filter Genre / Category REST API requests to display TV Shows only: (/wp-json/wp/v2/wpvsgenres?tvshows=1). Include “tvshows=1” in your request URL.

Version 4.0.1

  • Recently Added home page update and fix. Use new “Hide from Recently Added” setting for videos to hide individual videos from Recently Added on the home page

Version 4.0.0

  • Continue Watching for customers (automatically displays at the top of the Default home page for logged in Users ( Currently supported for Vimeo, WordPress and YouTube videos only). See Continue Watching for Custom Players for setting up continue watching using a custom video player.
  • New option for Genres / Categories to set how subcategories are ordered: Title: (Default) or ID: (Creation Date). Sorting by ID will fix a bug where “Season 11” displays before “Season 2”
  • Homepage Recently Added update to display TV Show thumbnails once instead of multiple episodes or videos

Version 3.9.9

  • Custom Trailer Player HTML and JS editor fixes

Version 3.9.8

  • Updates to reflect new Actor and Director ordering

Version 3.9.7

  • Featured Area YouTube autoplay fix

Files Changed:

  • /includes/dynamic-slider.php

Version 3.9.6

  • Featured Area Cinematic Aspect Ratio Option for video backgrounds

Files Changed:

  • /includes/dynamic-slider.php
  • /admin/dynamic-slider-admin.php
  • /css/featured-slider.css

Version 3.9.5

  • Customizer check for WP_Customize_Code_Editor_Control Class

Files Changed:

  • /includes/customize.php

Version 3.9.4

  • Gutenberg CSS Updates
  • Gutenberg Editor CSS Updates

Files Changed:

  • /page_full-stretched.php
  • /style-editor.css
  • /css/gutenberg.css
  • /includes/custom-posts.php

Version 3.9.3

  • Customizer Custom CSS and JS Editor Update
  • Gutenberg CSS Updates

Files Changed:

  • /includes/customize.php
  • /css/gutenberg.css

Version 3.9.2

  • Trailer Custom HTML saving fix on Add New video

Files Changed:

  • /js/trailer-video.js

Version 3.9.1

  • Updated Single Video Page templates (Neflix, Standard and YouTube

Files Changed:

  • /template/single-video-netflix.php
  • /template/single-video-standard.php
  • /template/single-video-youtube.php
  • single-rvs_video.php

Version 3.9.0

  • Featured Slider loading fix
  • Desktop Logo setting fix

Files Changed:

  • /js/slider.js
  • /includes/customize.php

Version 3.8.9

  • YouTube and Vimeo Trailer input field updates

Files Changed:

  • /js/trailer-video.js

Version 3.8.8

  • Login page customization settings: Appearance -> Customize -> Login Page
    • Background image setting for Login page
    • Hide Register link on login page

Files Changed:

  • /includes/customize.php

Version 3.8.7

  • Full Screen Access payments page width fix

Version 3.8.6

  • Mobile Menu overflow CSS fix

Version 3.8.5

  • Featured Area Example Fix and Update

Version 3.8.4

  • Release Date and Video Length (WP Videos Update)

Version 3.8.3

  • Recently Added Videos on Netflix Video page update

Version 3.8.2

  • Featured Area line breaks for descriptions
  • Featured Area shortcodes for adding to any content area.

Version 3.8.1

  • Mobile video slider height fix

Version 3.8.0

  • Browse Category drop down gap fix

Version 3.7.9

  • Updates SSL Fix

Version 3.7.8

  • Gutenberg CSS Updates
  • New Alignment and Button size settings for Featured Slides

Version 3.7.7

  • Update request bug fix

Version 3.7.6

  • Translate file updates
  • YouTube Social Link option added to Appearance -> Theme Options -> Social Media

Version 3.7.5

  • Gutenberg CSS customization for theme. Disable Gutenberg CSS loading in Appearance -> Customize -> Advanced
  • New button customization options in Appearance -> Customize -> Buttons
  • Google Tag Manager setting in Appearance -> Theme Options -> Google Tracking
  • Cookie Notice Integration in Appearance -> Theme Options -> Google Tracking: Cookie Notice Setup Guide

Version 3.7.4

  • Wrapper css transition update.

Version 3.7.2

  • New logo sizing and image options in Appearance -> Customize -> Site Identity.
  • Header Logo, Menu and Icon updates

Version 3.7.1

  • Thumbnail and Featured Image updates for WP Videos update.

Version 3.7.0

  • Featured Area JS updates to prevent video sizing cutoffs.

Version 3.6.9

  • Custom trailer player HTML and JS editor updates.
  • Custom CSS and JS editor updates. Appearance -> Customize -> Advanced

Version 3.6.8

  • Translation file updates.