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Version 1.5.3

Fixed
  • Episode numbers not displaying in some cases

Version 1.5.2

Added
  • Icon for podcast platforms which can be recognized and displayed in the Subscribe menu(Amazon, Rumble)
Improved
  • Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.3 (yes, it’s safe to update your theme)
  • Tested compatibility with PHP8
Fixed
  • Episodes section on Front page not showing sidebar for Layout G
  • PHP warnings on search template that appeared in specific cases
  • Several minor styling issues

Version 1.5.1

Added
  • Added tiktok, parler, amazon, rumbler icons
Improved
  • Tested compatibility with WordPress 6.0 (yes, it’s safe to update your theme)
Fixed
  • Gallery popup option not working in WP 5.9+
  • Theme options presets not working on Kirki 4.0+

Version 1.5

Fixed
  • WP 5.8 issue with specific settings to separate podcast episodes and regular blog posts
  • Play button not working on episodes page template
  • Sidebar Ads display issues
  • Several minor styling issues

Version 1.4

Improved
  • WordPress 5.8 compatibility tweaks (yes,you can update your theme)
  • Several onpage SEO tweaks (added noopener tag to several target=”_blank” attributes)
Fixed
  • Elementor page problem fixed
  • Several minor styling issues

Version 1.3.2

Added
  • New Apple Podcast Icon
  • Episodes listing page template
Fixed
  • WP 5.7 Gutenberg editor font size problem
  • Several minor styling issues

Version 1.3.1

Added
  • >Icon for podcast platforms which can be recognized and displayed in the Subscribe menu(Whooshkaa)
  • >Support for (Whooshkaa)(Theme Options -> Podcast -> Player)

Version 1.3.0

Added
  • Improved: Your website now loads faster because of Google Fonts optimization (switch to new Google Fonts API)
  • Added: Several icons for podcast platforms which can be recognized and displayed in the Subscribe menu(Deezer,Captivate.fm, Transistor.fm)
  • Added: Support for Deezer, Captivate.fm, Transistor.fm(Theme Options -> Podcast -> Player)
  • Added: Show name is now displayed in the audio player – beside the episode
Fixed
  • Fixed: Static home pagination problem
  • Fixed: Share functionality on Ajax load inside Meks Audio Player
  • Fixed: Several minor styling issues

Version 1.2.2

Added
  • Improved: WP 5.5 Compatibility tweaks
  • Added: Support for Castos podcast hosting

Version 1.2.1

Added
  • Full Support for Buzzsprout (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> Player)
  • Improved: Custom area functionality

Version 1.2

Added
  • Power Add: Users can pick and add more Custom areas (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Front Page -> General -> Number of custom content sections )
  • Power Add: Users can display content from desired page inside Custom area (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Front Page -> Custom content -> Pull custom content from )
  • Several icons for podcast platforms which can be recognized and displayed in the Subscribe menu(iHeart, TuneIN, Overcast, Ausha, Anchor, Megaphone.fm, iVoox, Simplecast, BuzzSprout )
  • Support for Simplecast, iHeart, TuneIN, Anchor.fm, Ausha embeds (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> Player)
  • Option to have custom order of Shows (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> Shows -> Shows to display)
  • Option to limit description on Shows (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> Shows -> Display description -> Description excerpt limit)
  • Authors page template option to display guests (Page template: Authors -> Display data from: Host authors / Guests authors)
Fixed
  • Pagination problem, including infinite scroll pagination problem
  • Multiple authors problem on mobile
  • Several minor styling issues including IE fixes

Version 1.1

Added
  • Option to switch logic which separates episodes from regular posts if you are using Podlove or Seriously simple podcasting WordPress plugins (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> General)
  • Option to modify the player height (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> Player)
  • Option to display Download button for audio episodes inside the player (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> Player)
  • Several icons for podcast platforms which can be recognized and displayed in the Subscribe menu (Mixcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, Libsyn, Spreaker, Cadence13, Podomatic, Blog Talk Radio )
  • Another “blank” section on the home page which can display any custom content (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Front Page)
  • Options to choose alternative background color for Featured area and Welcome area on front page (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Front Page)
  • Support for Megaphone.fm, BuzzSprout and iVoox embeds (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> Player)
  • Option to enable the play button/icon over the episode thumbnail in all episode listing layouts (Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> Episode Listing Layouts)
Fixed
  • Play button not working on the page template which listed all shows
  • Several minor styling issues

Version 1.0.1

Fixed
  • Several minor styling issues
  • template-functions.php throwing errors on specific server/PHP configurations

Version 1.0

  • Initial release
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