Introducing a new premium feature: Revisions. Have a peace of mind knowing that your slider edits are always safe and you can revert back unwanted changes or faulty saves at any time. This feature serves not just as a backup solution, but a complete version control system where you can visually compare the changes you have made along the way.
ADDITIONAL CHANGES:
- Improved compatibility with *really old* and outdated slider versions.
- Fixed rare issues when copy-pasting layers across slides and sliders.
- Improved Auto-fit option in Slider Builder.
NEW FEATURES
IMPROVEMENTS
- Added option to choose whether the slide link should be on top or underneath layers.
- The Template Store can now import slider packs. Stay tuned, they're arriving soon!
- The System Status now checks the install location of LayerSlider and warns you about potential issues (if any).
- Added slide deeplink names to the LayerSlider API.
BUG FIXES
- Lots of improvements in importing sliders.
- The premium features notification now lists the exact premium features being used in sliders.
- Important security fixes.
- Fixed slide linking that has accidentally been broken by our previous update.
- Fixed an issue in IE11, which caused the browser to jump to the top of the page after slide change in some cases.
- Fixed video overlay image position preview on the admin interface.
NEW FEATURES
IMPROVEMENTS
- Introducing a new premium feature: Blend modes. Blend modes are an easy way to add eye-catching effects and is one of the most frequently used features in graphic and print design.
- The admin UI now warns against potential issues when selecting certain options, which are commonly misunderstood and would result unexpected behavior.
- Added OSD notifications for certain keyboard shortcuts (e.g. Ctrl/Cmd + S for saving the slider) and a corresponding setting under Screen Options to enable/disable this feature.
- Added layerslider_root_url filter to override paths. Check the Developer Documentation for more information.
BUG FIXES
- Improved compatibility with older sliders.
- Improved handling of font variants when importing Google Fonts from templates.
- Certain number input fields are now stepping in more appropriate intervals when pressing the arrow buttons.
- Updated and extended some parts of the documentation.
- A massive update for multimedia layers:
- Fixed video size and positioning issues, which was present in rare edge cases.
- Fixed occasional playback issues with videos being on the first slide.
- Fixed the slideshow not progressing forward in cases when there was only one video layer on the slide.
- Hiding a media layer with the Device support feature will now also disable media playback on the corresponding devices. In addition, background videos will also show the video poster image as a fallback. This enhances user experience on mobile devices that has limited playback capabilities due to OS/browser restrictions.
- Various minor bug fixes and improvements.
- Fixed image chooser when using the "Use post image" option.
- Fixed the "Use post URL" option in linking fields.
- Fixed the Slider Settings -> Appearance -> Global background image option to always use the appropriate URL.
- Fixed the "Use GreenSock (GSAP) sandboxing" option not always taking effect.
- Fixed an issue that could empty your Google Fonts collection when reinstalling the plugin.
- Fixed a rare issue that affected users trying to change settings in the Advanced Settings section without having sliders.
- Fixed issues caused by applying text transitions on non-text layers
- General UI and under the hood improvements and bug fixes