Release 2.6.6

= 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

Release 2.6.5

= 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.

Release 2.6.4

= 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 itunes:author should be author from feed details
• [FIX] Player subscribe icons

Release 2.6.3

= 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

Release 2.6.2

= 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

Release 2.6.1

= 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

Release 2.6.0

= 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

Release 2.5.3

= 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

Alpha 2.5.3

This is a pre-release build which should fix the issues with the new HTML player not using the url which counts stats, if the Stats add on plugin is installed.

In order to install this version

1. Click on the seriously-simple-podcasting.2.5.3-alpha-eafb1a5.zip link, to download the alpha plugin. Please don't download any of the source code options.
2. Go to the Plugins list in your WordPress Dashboard
3. If you are using a version of WordPress older than 5.5, please deactivate and delete the existing plugin (this will not delete your podcasts or podcast settings)
4. Click the Add new button
5. Click the Upload Plugin button
6. Click Browse, and select the alpha version of the plugin you downloaded to install it, then click Install Now
7. If you are using a version of WordPress equal to or newer than 5.5, and you didn't deactivate and delete the older version, WordPress will warn you that the plugin is already installed, click Replace current with uploaded
8. Once the new version is uploaded, please activate it as normal

Release 2.5.2

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)