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Really Simple Featured Video

Every release of the free plugin on WordPress.org: Video Studio, Video Tools, analytics, WooCommerce support and all the fixes along the way.

FreeMinorLatest

1.1.0

New

  • Featured Video block for the block editor and Site Editor. Shows the featured video of the entry it is in, including inside Query Loops and templates, or of any other post you pick
  • Per block player settings: controls, autoplay, loop, mute, picture in picture, download and autoplay on hover, plus a featured image fallback and alignment, margin, border radius and shadow
  • [rsfv] and [rsfv_by_postid] accept controls, autoplay, loop, mute, pip, download and hover attributes
  • Analytics count block views and plays as Block

Improved

  • Requires WordPress 6.3 or newer

Fixed

  • [rsfv_by_postid] no longer shows the video of draft, private or password protected posts to people who cannot see them
  • Featured video of one post no longer shows in the featured image of a different post that a theme or plugin lists on the same page

FreeMajor

1.0.0

New

  • Video Studio. Auto generate featured videos from templates inside WordPress. It fills itself from the post or WooCommerce product, is made in your browser and is saved to your Media Library with a poster image
  • 7 templates: Text reveal, Image slideshow, Product card, Quote, News headline, Testimonial and Kinetic type, with live thumbnails of your entry in each
  • 16:9 in 720p or 1080p, and 1:1 square. Videos are kept under your site’s upload limit
  • Video Studio page under Video Tools. Pick an entry and Auto Generate Video in one step or Make in Studio, or show only entries without a video
  • Auto Generate Video and Edit in Video Studio in Video Tools > Manage Featured Videos
  • The Featured Video box tells you when a post changed after its video was made

Improved

  • License is now GPLv2 or later
  • 9:16 listed in the aspect ratio setting
  • The Sticky Video link field lists the supported video sites
  • Video Studio turns itself off on WordPress older than 6.2 instead of loading blank screens

Fixed

  • Saving an edit screen that was opened earlier no longer puts back an old video after the video was changed in Video Studio, Video Tools or another tab
  • Video Tools now shows videos saved before a video source was stored, as the site already plays them
  • A fatal error with the Codeixer product gallery when no product was loaded, and a PHP warning with Woostify

FreeMinor

0.90.0

New

  • Bulk upload tab in Video Tools for video files, embed links, and CSV or TXT import
  • Analytics report in Video Tools, with views and plays for the last 14 days
  • Analytics settings tab. Longer retention is a Pro option

Improved

  • Existing videos, settings, and player URLs are left unchanged on update
  • Admin labels now say Sticky Video instead of Floating Video
  • Settings Version Control tab renamed to Rollbacks
  • Help tab and PRO upgrade copy in admin
  • Refresh WordPress.org banners and icons
  • Uninstall removes analytics tables and scheduled cleanup

FreeMinor

0.85.0

Improved

  • Remove Jetix Store Toolkit sidebar promo card
  • Update Freemius SDK
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Rollback version GET parameter sanitization
  • Escaping and sanitization in video metabox and settings admin views
  • Embed URL validation and restrict to Youtube, Vimeo and Dailymotion across metabox, shortcode, WooCommerce, and floating video
  • Permission checks at settings save, theme compatibility AJAX, and Tools REST API
  • Tools page Important Note card button layout and spacing

FreeMinor

0.84.0

Improved

  • Add Lodestar theme engine promo
  • Update Freemius SDK
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.83.0

New

  • Added Woostify Theme Compatibility engine

Improved

  • Update languages file
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.82.0

New

  • Added Divi (Free) Theme compatibility engine

Improved

  • Show PROMO theme engines conditionally
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Divi Compatibility settings missing in some cases

FreeMinor

0.81.0

Improved

  • Make autoplay on hover css selectors extensible
  • Make floating video layouts extensible
  • Update languages file
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Autoplay on hover issue with embedded videos and url params

FreeMinor

0.80.0

New

  • Floating Video Elements – Display floating videos conditionally on any page or sitewide
  • Elementor widget for Really Simple Featured Video

Improved

  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.72.0

Improved

  • Post Type and Per Page filters now persist across sessions
  • Add Featured Video Management panel links throughout the Plugin
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Video Status now correctly reflects selected source type

FreeMinor

0.70.0

New

  • Added Tools page with Manage Featured Videos feature
  • Video preview, poster, and thumbnail management from one place
  • Search functionality with instant search for posts
  • Deep linking support for Tools page tabs via URL hash
  • Extensibility system with filters and actions for developers

Improved

  • Hide admin notices on Tools page for cleaner UI
  • Update translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.58.0

Improved

  • Update translation files
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Flatsome theme support for when no Woo gallery images

FreePatch

0.57.5

New

  • Adds Flatsome Theme’s Product Vertical Layout support

Improved

  • Update translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.57.0

New

  • Adds Youtube Shorts Video support

Improved

  • Update translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreePatch

0.56.2

New

  • Added New settings PROMO page

Improved

  • Update settings components and styles
  • Update translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.56.0

New

  • Re-written Rollback feature

Improved

  • Hide submit button at version control tab
  • Removed old plugin settings menu for good
  • Hide all notices and other things at plugin settings page
  • Remove dormant/unused code
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Early translation calls throwing warnings

FreeMinor

0.55.0

New

  • Added Download control toggle for Self-hosted videos

Improved

  • Theme compatibility engine status auto-refresh at settings
  • Use one self-hosted video controls getter for the whole plugin
  • Rename option labels for better discovery at settings
  • Autoplay on hover out of beta
  • Updated promo form at settings sidebar
  • Removed Get Pro tab from settings
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Self-hosted videos Picture-in-Picture control toggle not working as expected

FreeMinor

0.54.0

New

  • Brand update

Improved

  • Update Freemius SDK
  • Load Freemius SDK via Composer
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Keep old Freemius files to avoid fatal errors on update

FreeMinor

0.53.0

New

  • Added Electro theme support engine

Improved

  • Update translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.52.0

New

  • Add external video url support for External products
  • Add external video url support for External products toggle at settings

Improved

  • Update translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.51.0

Improved

  • Logo size at settings
  • Update translation files
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Autoplay on Hover not working for Youtube Embeds on Multisite Subdirectory
  • Autoplay on Hover script not taking in Video type toggles

FreeMinor

0.50.0

New

  • Video Autoplay on Hover feature
  • Add New Menu structure and redirect for old menu
  • Add Plugin Rollbacks feature
  • Add Version Control settings tab for Rollbacks
  • Add Video poster support for self-hosted video

Improved

  • Update old logo at settings
  • Hide submenus under settings page sidebar menu
  • Update Freemius SDK
  • Updated translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.32.0

Improved

  • Minor bug fixes

FreeMinor

0.31.0

Fixed

  • Hotfix remove unused function call

FreeMinor

0.30.0

New

  • Added support for Bricks builder

Improved

  • Updated translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.29.0

New

  • Registers a WP Script localize handler class

Improved

  • Update CIX Woo Product Gallery slider overrides
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.28.0

Improved

  • Hotfix: Last release didn’t bump the primary plugin version

FreeMinor

0.27.0

New

  • Added support for Ollie and respective theme compatibility engine

Improved

  • Updated translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.26.0

New

  • Added support for Savoy and respective theme compatibility engine

Improved

  • Updated translation files
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • In The7 theme getting Video flipped with alt image on hover at Woo Shop

FreeMinor

0.25.0

New

  • Added support for The7 and respective theme compatibility engine

Improved

  • Updated translation files
  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Flatsome theme compatibility issues at Woo Single Product Gallery

FreeMinor

0.24.0

Improved

  • Updated translation files

Fixed

  • Incorrect Controls toggle output at WooCommerce videos

FreeMinor

0.23.0

New

  • Flatsome theme compatibility engine

Improved

  • Child themes causing Parent themes to get ignored via Theme Compatibility engine selector
  • Improved Twenty-Twenty Five theme compatibility
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.22.0

New

  • Setting to toggle videos at Blog single posts

Improved

  • Other minor changes

Fixed

  • Setting to toggle videos at Blog archives

FreeMinor

0.21.0

Improved

  • Update Freemius to latest version
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.20.0

New

  • Add support for Twenty-Twenty Five theme

Improved

  • Other minor changes
  • Updated translation files

FreeMinor

0.17.0

New

  • Add support for Lay theme

Improved

  • Update Freemius SDK to v2.9.0
  • Other minor changes

FreeMinor

0.16.0

New

  • Add support for Hestia, Neve, Go, Kadence, Astra, GeneratePress and Storefront themes
  • Add select2 and use at Theme compatibility engine selector

Improved

  • Add video shortcode wrapper class
  • Other minor changes
  • Updated translation files

Fixed

  • TPProductImageFlipper products loop not working right with Video toggles
  • Incorrect theme slug variable at Theme Provider

FreeMinor

0.15.0

New

  • Add Support for Product Image Flipper by TP Plugins
  • Add support for Product Gallery Slider plugin by Codeixer
  • Help Tab at Settings page
  • Shows Theme Engines from Pro plugin for Promo

Improved

  • Improve plugin provider for function based loading
  • Improved settings page
  • Redirect to settings page on first install
  • Other minor changes
  • Updated translation files

Fixed

  • Filter for wp_kses overriding existing allowed_html tags

FreeMinor

0.14.0

New

  • Divi compatibility settings tab
  • Plugin Banner and logo

Improved

  • Renamed WooCommerce default gallery video thumbnail filter
  • Update Freemius SDK to v2.7.4
  • Other minor changes
  • Updated translation files

Fixed

  • FSE Blocks at WooCommerce Shop and Archive pages not working right

FreeMinor

0.12.0

New

  • Elementor compatibility settings tab
  • WooCommerce Product CPT support enabled by default

Improved

  • New and improved Settings Page UI
  • Other minor changes
  • Updated translation files

FreeMinor

0.11.0

Improved

  • Other minor changes
  • Update Freemius SDK to v2.7.2
  • Updated translation files

Fixed

  • Elementor template header logo getting replaced in some cases

FreeMinor

0.10.0

New

  • Global settings tab for options that apply sitewide
  • Add rsfv_allowed_html filter at allowed html array for easy mods

Improved

  • Restructure plugin and theme providers
  • Other minor changes
  • Compatibility with WordPress v6.5.x
  • Update Freemius SDK to v2.7.0
  • Updated translation files

FreeMinor

0.9.0

New

  • WooCommerce settings now migrated to its own tab
  • Promo settings for supporting active development

Improved

  • Updated translation files
  • Other minor changes

FreePatch

0.8.6

New

  • Support for Elementor and Elementor Pro Posts/archive widgets
  • Override wp_kses_post allowed html array for videos

Improved

  • Updated translation files

Fixed

  • Shortcode output markup for spacing between attributes

FreePatch

0.8.5

New

  • Support for Salient Theme WPBakery Builder with Post Loop Builder element
  • Hide all plugin notices from Settings page

Improved

  • Default featured video markup getters
  • Updated translation files

Fixed

  • Hide WooCommerce product page placeholder thumbnail when with featured video only

FreePatch

0.8.4

New

  • Support for Astra Pro WooCommerce module with Vertical and Horizontal product galleries
  • Featured video checkers and getters

Improved

  • Featured video display checks
  • Major code changes

FreePatch

0.8.2

New

  • RSFV Pro announcement at sidebar

Improved

  • Minor code changes

FreePatch

0.8.1

New

  • Support for Pro add on

Improved

  • Improve supported CPT options
  • Improved markup handlers
  • Minor code changes

Fixed

  • Warning at reading $product
  • Warning at reading post_type
  • Empty $url variable warnings

FreeMinor

0.8.0

New

  • Add TwentyTwenty Four Theme support
  • Support for PHP 8.1
  • Bumped min required WordPress version to v6.0

Improved

  • Update Freemius SDK to v2.6.1
  • Minor code changes
  • Compatibility with WordPress v6.4.x

Fixed

  • Settings checkbox not being respected when saved
  • Duplicate thumbnails being shown at Woo product single pages
  • Embed URLs not being shown when directly copy/pasted
  • Core themes support

FreePatch

0.7.2

Improved

  • Update Freemius SDK to v2.5.10

FreePatch

0.7.1

Improved

  • Other minor code improvements

Fixed

  • Default self hosted video controls
  • WooCommerce placeholder images appearing below featured video

FreeMinor

0.7.0

New

  • Custom post types support (Available via settings)

Improved

  • Update Freemius SDK to v2.5.8
  • Code improvements

Fixed

  • Default video playback controls
  • Default Theme Compatibility engine throwing error at frontend

FreeMinor

0.6.0

New

  • Theme Compatibility Engine and controls at settings
  • Integrations and controls at settings
  • WooCommerce shop archives now supported
  • Directly copy and paste Youtube, Vimeo and Dailymotion video urls at embeds

Improved

  • Update Freemius SDK to v2.5.6
  • Remove settings sidebar
  • Core FSE themes support and fallback for classic themes
  • Compatibility with WordPress v6.2.x

Fixed

  • Video autoplay in iOS devices
  • Settings page throwing error in some cases
  • Other minor fixes
  • Missing textdomain in strings

FreePatch

0.5.5

Improved

  • Compatibility up to WordPress 6.0.1
  • Minor code improvements
  • Update settings sidebar

FreePatch

0.5.4

Improved

  • Update translation .pot file

Fixed

  • Fix styling issue at edit screen

FreePatch

0.5.3

Improved

  • Improve security issues as per WPCS standards
  • other code improvements

Fixed

  • Fix shortcode issues

FreePatch

0.5.2

Improved

  • Update Freemius version to v2.5.0rc-2 for security issue
  • Improve code as per WordPress Coding Standards
  • Other code improvements

Fixed

  • Fix metabox not showing as per Enabled CPT types at settings

FreePatch

0.5.1

Fixed

  • Fix missing updater file

FreeMinor

0.5.0

New

  • Adds Youtube, Dailymotion & Vimeo support

Improved

  • Update settings page
  • Other code improvements

FreePatch

0.0.3

New

  • Add option for Video controls, loop, mute & picture-in-picture at Settings
  • Added Freemius for better customer feedback & support

Improved

  • Other minor improvements

FreePatch

0.0.2

New

  • Add Settings action link at plugins page

Fixed

  • Fix array_keys throwing error when post_types option empty

FreeMajor

0.0.1

New

  • Initial release