jetpack-videopress-plugin

1.6 - 2023-10-30

Added

• Added Divi Builder Compatibility.
• Added play button when the video block Show controls and Preview On Hover are enabled.
• Pick video block attributes from URL when pasting/inserting.
• Integrated video poster with Preview On Hover effect.

Changed

• Indicate full compatibility with WordPress 6.3
• Updated WordPress version requirement to WordPress 6.2
• Made the Jetpack menu item default to point to My Jetpack.
• Hide core Video and embed VidePress variations, when video block is available.
• Improved the connection prompt when the Jetpack VideoPress module is not active.
• Changed max duration of the Preview On Hover effect to ten seconds.
• Support autoplay playback option when Preview On Hover is enabled.
• Render VideoPress video block 100% dynamically instead of saving html representation.
• Video block: Create VideoPress video block when pasting URLs.
• Video block: Stopped saving HTML markup representation.
• Video block: Added Privacy and Rating panel to native block's settings.
• Video block: Added replace functionality for the native version of the block.
• Video block: Handle uploading video files when dropping in the editor canvas.

Security

• Escape VideoPress attributes poster, and anchor when rendering block.

Fixed

• Added a Notice when trying to edit a video that doesn't belong to the site.
• Added error handling for track files upload process.
• Handle block registration in the REST API request context.
• Defer assets enqueuing for non block themes so they don't load on every page.
• Enqueue token bridge file in the front-end only when required.
• Ensure the appropriate scripts are enqueued to support private VideoPress videos rendered by the VideoPress Divi module.
• Set video player position according to "starting point" and "duration".
• Avoid conflicts with Better Click To Tweet plugin.
• Fixed compatibility with Timber theme.
• Fixed false values not working on shortcodes.
• Fixed issue with disabled Privacy and rating panel.
• Fixed JITM layout on video edit page.
• Fixed playing state of poster mini-player.
• Fixed playback of private videos on private sites.
• Video block: Fixed blocking state when stopping an upload.

1.6-beta - 2023-10-17

Added

• Added Divi Builder Compatibility.
• Added play button when the video block Show controls and Preview On Hover are enabled.
• Pick video block attributes from URL when pasting/inserting.
• Integrated video poster with Preview On Hover effect.

Changed

• Indicate full compatibility with WordPress 6.3
• Updated WordPress version requirement to WordPress 6.2
• Made the Jetpack menu item default to point to My Jetpack.
• Hide core Video and embed VidePress variations, when video block is available.
• Improved the connection prompt when the Jetpack VideoPress module is not active.
• Changed max duration of the Preview On Hover effect to ten seconds.
• Support autoplay playback option when Preview On Hover is enabled.
• Render VideoPress video block 100% dynamically instead of saving html representation.
• Video block: Create VideoPress video block when pasting URLs.
• Video block: Stopped saving HTML markup representation.
• Video block: Added Privacy and Rating panel to native block's settings.
• Video block: Added replace functionality for the native version of the block.
• Video block: Handle uploading video files when dropping in the editor canvas.

Security

• Escape VideoPress attributes poster, and anchor when rendering block.

Fixed

• Added a Notice when trying to edit a video that doesn't belong to the site.
• Added error handling for track files upload process.
• Handle block registration in the REST API request context.
• Defer assets enqueuing for non block themes so they don't load on every page.
• Enqueue token bridge file in the front-end only when required.
• Ensure the appropriate scripts are enqueued to support private VideoPress videos rendered by the VideoPress Divi module.
• Set video player position according to "starting point" and "duration".
• Avoid conflicts with Better Click To Tweet plugin.
• Fixed compatibility with Timber theme.
• Fixed false values not working on shortcodes.
• Fixed issue with disabled Privacy and rating panel.
• Fixed JITM layout on video edit page.
• Fixed playing state of poster mini-player.
• Fixed playback of private videos on private sites.
• Video block: Fixed blocking state when stopping an upload.

Added

• Added a static image for when the block acts as an example in Editor inserter.
• Added example image to the dynamic colors panel.
• Implemented tracks control implementation.

Changed

• Updated tracks icon.
• We now include videos with Site Default privacy setting on the search results.

Removed

• Removed caption field from edit page.

Fixed

• Fixed handling of chapters edition which previously overwrote existing video track file.
• Fixed issue where video meta could not be saved on a WP.com simple site.
• Fixed the thumbnail selection to allow selecting the last frame of the video.
• Fixed video block conversion from core/video.

1.1.0 - 2022-11-22

Added

• Added Download, Details, Privacy, Rating and Dimensions panel to block.
• Added file drop support also after first video on admin page.
• Added rating control to the block's admin page details panel.
• Added thumbnail selection from video frame on quick action and in edit details view for the admin page.
• Added VideoPress feedback link to the VideoPress block.

Changed

• Allowed keyboard navigation on video quick actions.
• Renamed "Match video title" setting for "Dynamic color" in block settings panel.
• Updated Color Panel on block.

Fixed

• Added Site Settings section for controlling site-wide privacy for videos.
• Fixed an issue with private VideoPress videos timing out when script loading is delayed.
• Fixed issue when setting video privacy.
• Fixed recognition of Jetpack Complete plan.
• Introduced a static list of video extensions allowed on VideoPress.
• Mitigated video re-rendering flicker.