Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion

Changelog

6.0.0

• Modify: Optimized frontend svg fonts loading.
• Modify: Dropdown podcast selection for already displayed podcasts.
• Modify: Minor fixes on video podcast player.
• Modify: Perform deep search even if all episodes are displayed.
• Add: Share button on video podcast player.
• Add: Option to use custom fields to dynamically supply several player attributes.
• Pro: Option to create podcast player from audio attachments.

5.8.0

• Modify: Auto update podcast using cron.
• Modify: WP coding standards minor fixes.
• Modify: Support for aac audio extension.

5.7.0

• Modify: Collection of additional podcast data
• Modify: Minor fixes and feature improvements.

5.6.0

• Modify: Simplification of subscribe links display method
• Modify: Compatibility check with WP 5.9
• Error Fix: CSS and functionality fixes.

5.5.0

• Add: Option to display full content in place of excerpt.
• Modify: Improvements in the admin page tools.
• Error Fix: PHP 8.0 Depricated notice fix

5.4.0

• Add: New method to add podcast subsciprtion links
• Modify: Design improvements in Modern display style

5.3.0

• Add: New display style for podcast player.
• Error Fix: Minor fixes and feature improvements.
• Error Fix: cURL 60 error with anchor podcasts.

5.2.0

• Error Fix: Removed jQurey depricated functions.
• Error Fix: Modified subscription badges.

5.1.0

• Error Fix: Custom cover image in shortcode not working.
• Error Fix: Pro specific sticky player fixes.
• New: Pro specific episodes import feature.

5.0.1

• Error Fix: Player not visible on Elementor edit screen.

5.0.0

• Error Fix: Styling of the player
• Error Fix: Styling of episodes when featured image is hidden.
• Error Fix: Disable auto scrolling for wider players.
• Modify: Play rate changed from 0.5 to 0.8
• Modify: Pro player styling and functionality improvements

4.9.0

• Error Fix: Feed details fetch in widgets using JS.
• Modify: Compatibility with WordPress 5.8
• Modify: Improvements in player design and icons.

4.8.0

• Error Fix: Issues with Podcast player live search.

4.7.0

• Error Fix: Issues with Ajax plugin compatibility
• Error Fix: Open feed and website link on new page
• Error Fix: Hide data option compatibility with mmerrorfix

4.6.0

• Error Fix: Elementor content issue with pro version
• Error Fix: Ajax loading compatibility for podcast player
• Modify: Hide Audio Tag on front end to prevent exposing audio URL.

4.5.0

• Modify: Option to hide podcast related data from front source code.
• Error Fix: Compatibility error with Seriously simple podcasting.

4.4.0

• Error Fix: Fix for image URL validation function.
• Error Fix: Fix for fethching feed items using Ajax.

4.3.0

• Error Fix: Compatibility with IE11
• Error Fix: Handle getting srcset of image if srcset is false.
• Error Fix: Removed jQuery depricated functions.
• Modify: More options in default sticky player tool (pro)
• Modify: Compatibility test with WordPress 5.7
• New: Bulk single player display tool (pro)

4.2.0

• Modify: Remove compatibility codes for PP Pro versions before 1.9.0
• Modify: Plugin’s documentation links update.
• Add: Added a filter to display custom error message on feed fetch failure.
• Add: Settings for episode date time zone modification.

4.1.0

• Modify: Improvements in Podcast player settings
• Modify: Compatibility tested with WordPress 5.6
• Add: Improvements in sticky player tool (pro)
• Add: Option for compatibility with Ajax specific websites

4.0.0

• Error Fix: Styling error fixes
• Error FIx: Minor PHP error fixes
• Add: Additional tools support for pro player.

3.9.0

• Error Fix: Compatibility with lazy load plugin (Autoptimize and similar).
• Error Fix: Create playlist from local episodes having single filtered feed pp in content.
• Error Fix: Playbackrate not working when playing next episode.
• Error Fix: PP button color styling.
• Add: Support for additional CSS classes feature for podcast player block.
• Add: Option to set excerpt length as number of words OR number of characters.

3.8.0

• Error Fix: Download and display correctly sized responsive images.
• Error Fix: Show download button on top level, if sharing links are hidden.
• Modify: Excerpt words split by regex to handle any type of white space.
• Add: Subscription buttons on single audio player.

3.7.0

• Error Fix: removed jQuery deprecated ‘ready’ event.
• Error Fix: Proper sorting of episode filter list.
• Error Fix: Add a filter to load js and css on all pages. (For ajax websites)
• Error Fix: Minor error in shortcode implementation.
• Add: Button to copy episode link to clipboard.
• Removed: Removed email button in sharing links.

3.6.0

• Compatibility check with WordPress 5.5
• Minor CSS improvements and bug fixes

3.5.0

• New: Option to change auto feed refresh interval.
• Modify: Make caching older episodes optional and removed by default.
• Modify: Improve plugin options functions.
• Error Fix: Minor JavaScript related error fixes.
• Error Fix: Improved method for feed index check and refresh.
• Error Fix: Fix in fetching feed data in widget’s admin screen.
• Error Fix: Combine all player instances inline css and put them at the bottom of the page.
• Error Fix: Override customization in feed data before applying mod filters.

3.4.0

• New: Spotify subscribe button
• New: Dropdown list of podcast in feed updation tool
• Modify: Update translation strings pot file
• Modify: Move podcast player settings page out of settings section.
• Modify: Add action links to the free version.
• Modify: Template override for pro templates.
• Modify: Improve plugin’s readme file, cover images and screenshots.
• Error Fix: Elementor and ACF support reinstated.

3.3.0

• Modify: Major codebase changes.
• Modify: Excerpt length change option for default layout.
• Modify: Admin Page and Backend improvement.
• Modify: Load script only if podcast player is displayed on a page.
• Modify: Better support for elementor editor screen.
• Error Fix: Podcast player script to handle defer loading of dependencies.
• New: Option to add rel attributes to all external links in episode content.

3.2.0

• Error Fix: Fallback to old good data if feed returns error (for non admins).
• Error Fix: Featured images are too big for small and medium players
• Modify: Remove old legacy player related codes
• Modify: Playpause button styling improvements
• Post fetch method compatibility with Powerpress and Seriously simple podcasting
• Seasons filter checkbox (if applicable)
• Episode list checkbox to display specific episodes only

3.1.0

• Error Fix: Accessibility and RTL audit and error fixes
• Modify: Elementor edit screen compatibility
• Modify: Podcast search feature improvements.
• Add: Option to use a custom field name in place of feed url.

3.0.0

• Error Fix: Floating time text invisible on dark background color.
• Modify: Podcast header information button improvements
• Modify: Podcast player overall design improvements
• Add: Mini podcast header for default and Catalogue layouts
• Add: Show episodes list by default on mini player.
• Add: Option to add Apple and google subsciprtion links

2.9.0

• Error Fix: Legacy player episode description overflow if there is no search field.
• Error Fix: Social sharing link only share mp3 even if episode link is available.
• Error Fix: Proper screen-reader only (offscreen) class for social sharing icons.
• Add: Add buffering icon on play pause button.
• Add: compatibility for various premium options.

2.8.0

• Error Fix: Error in feed URI encoding.

2.7.0

• Error Fix: Error in feed URI encoding.

2.6.0

• Add: Preserve older podcast episodes even they are removed from RSS feed.
• Modify: Modify & Improve backend CSS, JS and PHP codes.
• Add: Support new functionality in Podcast Player Pro.

2.5.0

• Error Fix: Play episodes where audio URL contains query strings.
• Error Fix: Encode audio URI to properly parse episode URL.
• Add: Set custom cover image as video’s cover image on page load.
• Add: Support for new features in Podcast player pro.

2.4.0

• Error Fix: Undefined variable in widget update function.
• Error Fix: Play audio files even if media url contains query strings.
• Error Fix: Minor typographical error in front-end message.
• Error Fix: Fixed background color for Play-Pause button if cover image is available.
• Modify: Display HTML in episode description transcript.
• Modify: Custom sanitization and caching of feed data.
• Modify: Podcast player widget backend code cleanup.
• Modify: Additional css for heading elements in episode description.
• Modify: Minimum PHP requirement has been changed to PHP 5.6+

2.3.0

• Modify: Accessibility improvements.
• Modify: License changed from GPL2+ to GPL3+.
• Add: Display episode featured image on play pause button.
• Add: Podcast player pro version compatibility.

2.2.0

• Error Fix: Podcast episodes not playing properly.

2.1.0

• Error Fix: No podcast player block if legacy player is activated.
• Error Fix: Legacy player fatal error.
• Error Fix: Episode list wrapper height in legacy style correction.
• Modify: Hide close option if header is visible by default.

2.0.0

• Add: Option to modify audio playback rate.
• Add: Additional podcast player display layout.
• Modify: Major structural changes in backend codes to make plugin more flexible.
• Modify: Major changes in backend functions.

1.9.0

• Bug Fix: Semi colon and other basic html display error in podcast title.
• Bug Fix: Always load mmerrorfix in header to avoid conflict with other plugins.
• Modify: Display podcast author on narrow width player.

1.8.0

• Bug Fix: Player not fetching correct media enclosure (if multiple media enclosure).
• Bug Fix: Wrong episode ID in initially loaded episodes.

1.7.0

• Bug Fix: Styling breaks if more than one player editor block is added.
• Bug Fix: Episode title in Media controls overflow the container.
• Bug Fix: Minor RTL styling error fixed.
• Add: Option to hide podcast header.

1.6.0

• Add: episode author to the episode list.
• Add: RTL languages support
• Add: Podcats Episodes sort and filter options.
• Add: Option to display a single podcast episode.
• Add: Add podcast player editor block

1.5.0

• Bug Fix – Fallback to media src if share link is not available.
• Modify – Major styling changes in Podcast Player.
• Modify – Use a custom font stack for the player to reduce font inconsistancy.

1.4.0

• Bug Fix: Button element styling issue resolved.
• Bug Fix: Bug due to Mediaelement class mutation by mediaelement-migrate script
• Bug Fix: Podcast episode list height on large sreen.
• Bug Fix: Increasing simplebar-placeholder width inside flexbox.
• Remove: Repititive PHP scipt removed from class-podcast-player-display.php
• Remove: Cleaner script removed as it is not required.
• Modify: Minor PHP script improvements.
• Add: Options to download or share podcast episode.
• Compliance with latest WordPress coding standards.

1.3.0

• Implement OOJS and es-next with webpack and babel setup.
• Scrollbar re-position on load more episodes.
• Styling improvements
• Styles modifications for compatibility with various themes
• Script for removing blank text nodes.

1.2.0

• Improved media player style and functionality.
• Improved podcast player styling.
• Support for video podcasts.
• Ajax load more episodes in real time.
• Ajax live search episodes
• Display episode content in the player.
• Additional options to show or hide player elements.

1.1.0

• Option to choose mediaelement.js or html5 audio player.
• Fetch external cover images from url (using shortcode).
• Auto fetch feed items from feed url.
• Podcast player widget’s ux improvements.
• Change player layout css for larger wrappers.
• Minor css improvements.

1.0.0

• First version.