Plugins

WP Social Media Slider Changelog

Last updated July 1, 2020

1.4.10

• Add support for Facebook API updates

1.4.9

• Add support for Instagram API updates

1.4.8

• Add support for Instagram API updates

1.4.7

• Add support for Facebook’s API version 3.3

1.4.6

• Add the wpsms-all-posts filter for modifying the list of posts to be shown

1.4.5

• Add the standard image resolution to Facebook post objects
• Update default Facebook API version to v3.2

1.4.4

• Fix bug causing ‘Get Access Token’ button to not work for Facebook
• Update Facebook access token retrieval to use API v3.2

1.4.3

• Update Instagram settings to support Instagram API changes. Check out the Setting up Instagram section of the docs to learn about the changes and how you may need to update your settings. If you want to display multiple Instagram accounts on your site, refer to the “Optional Step: Displaying Additional Sliders of Other Instagram Users” section at the bottom of the Setting up Instagram section of the docs.
• Add wpsms-twitter-tweet, wpsms-twitter-reply, and wpsms-twitter-retweet classes to Twitter posts

1.4.2

• Make checkbox class names more unique to avoid conflicts

1.4.1

• Update name of EDD plugin updater class to avoid conflicts with other plugins

1.4.0

• Switched to new license server hosted by laternastudio.com

1.3.7

• Fix bug related to empty shortcode attributes

1.3.6

• Update URL used for Instagram authentication

1.3.5

• Add a Cache Info panel to the settings, for cache related information and operations

1.3.4

• Fix bug causing some sliders to not refresh the cache
• Fix bug causing Twitter to sometimes not retrieve images with posts

1.3.3

• Updated social media urls to use secure urls (https)

1.3.2

• If AJAX Cache Refresh is enabled, posts will now be preloaded from the cache before page load. This removes the need for a separate AJAX request if the cache is still valid. If AJAX Cache Refresh is disabled, posts will still be preloaded if the cache hasn’t expired.

1.3.1

• Fix error when incomplete Facebook credentials are provided
• Facebook no longer stores the active access token in the session

1.3.0

• The Facebook PHP SDK was updated from version 3.2.3 to version 5.4
• Fixed bug causing the Remove Duplicates setting to stay turned even when disabled
• Greatly reduced the number of Facebook API calls
• Various other small bug fixes

1.2.4

• Fix bug related to multiple sliders ont he same page with AJAX refresh enabled

1.2.3

• Update to Owl Carousel 2.2.1
• Make it possible to not load the Owl Carousel core files (if, for example, they are already loaded on your site). To skip loading it you can add a filter on wpsms_public_js_filename and return the value wpsms-public-no-owl.min.js. Similarly, to skip loading the core Owl Carousel CSS files, add a filter on wpsms_public_css_filename and return wpsms-public-no-owl.css.

1.2.2

• Update the Facebook code so that, by default, it will only collect posts created by the page itself. If customer posts on the page are desired, those can be accessed by the new wpsms-facebook-feed filter.
• Clean up code and remove unnecessary log calls

1.2.1

• Fix bug preventing Instagram access token retrieval while plugin license not activated
• Replace date_default_timezone_set() with a more widely compatible solution

1.2.0

• Tested and ensured support for WordPress 4.6.1
• Now supports multiple sliders on the same page
• Improved compatibility with other plugins using Twitter OAuth
• Fixed loader not properly fading out
• Absense of license no longer blocks function of the plugin; it only enables updates.

1.1.10

• Tested and ensured support for WordPress 4.6

1.1.9

• Fixed duplicate settings headings caused by WordPress update
• Added a setting called “Remove Duplicates” that will hide more than one occurrence of a post. Example: when using a service like Buffer a post will be posted to multiple social networks. The Remove Duplicates setting will make sure that only one copy of that post is shown. Messages are considered duplicates if they have 75% or more similarity–which helps messages to count as duplicates even if the messages were slightly modified for each network.

1.1.8

• Tested and ensured support for WordPress 4.5

1.1.7

• Fix bugs caused by update to Facebook API
• Added better access token functionality to prevent unanticipated token expiration
• Fixed bug that caused access tokens to expire

1.1.6

• Facebook now gives a more informative error message when it can’t connect
• Fixed an error causing Twitter ampersands to not display correctly

1.1.5

• Fixed a bug that was causing the failed retrieval of some extended access tokens
• Updated some code to improve compatibility with some other plugins
• Read more links all now open in a new window/tab

1.1.4

• Added the ability to use an access token for Facebook

1.1.3

• Fixed a conflict that occured if another theme or plugin was loading TwitterOAuth
• Added shortcode parameters for overriding social media options
• Improved compatibility with PHP 5.2.x

1.1.2

• The post cache is forced to refresh if settings were updated
• Added System Status information
• Added connection status indicators to the admin panel (incl. error information)
• Fixed bug that caused Facebook pages without a username to load incorrectly
• Fixed bug that affected displaying an equal number of posts per social network

1.1.1

• Re-worked Facebook post display to keep it more consistent with other social networks
• Added option to omit posts under a set length
• Added option to shorten long posts and offer a “Read More” link
• Added a few more actions and filters
• Fixed bug that occasionally caused links to be incorrect

1.1.0

• Fixed a bug that occurred older versions of PHP

1.0.9

• Added option to enable/disable retweets
• Added option to enable/disable replies
• Fixed bug that caused Twitter to return incorrect number of tweets
• Improved compatibility with older versions of PHP

1.0.8

• Added log data option to the admin settings.

1.0.6

• Re-worked code structure.

1.0.3

• The first stable release.