Embedded YouTube videos are now always using HTTPS protocol
Fixed a compatibility issue with jQuery 3.0
Fixed a PHP error that affected some users on front-end pages
LayerSlider 5.6.8 is now available!
Improved image preload under IE and Edge browsers
LayerSlider 5.6.7 is now available!
Fixed image preload issues
WPML implementation fixes to properly generate URLs with language code
Fixed 'headers already sent' PHP warning that affected some users
Removed deprecated get_currentuserinfo() WP function call
LayerSlider 5.6.6 is now available!
Our sites and services now utilize SSL, providing LayerSlider updates and other assets over a secure connection
Various fixes for HTTPS sites
Further security updates
Other minor fixes
LayerSlider 5.6.5 is now available!
Optimized images with reduced file size
Auto-Updates fixes and enhancements
Fixed Google Fonts saving issues
Fixed Google Fonts 'Load only on admin interface' option
Fixed YouTube embeds with privacy-enhanced mode enabled
Fixed a potential WPML-related PHP debug message
Fixed potential security vulnerabilities
LayerSlider 5.6.4 is now available!
Fixed Console API calls
Fixed some YouTube playback issues
Fixed broken 'use post image' option
Fixed 'Add Media' button when inserting a video/audio
Fixed a PHP debug message that appeared in some cases
Fixed an issue that broke the Slider Builder in rare cases
Fixed saving issue in Troubleshooting & Advanced Settings section that affected some users
Quick fixes to support Right-to-Left (RTL) languages. Further improvements will arrive in future versions.
LayerSlider 5.6.3 is now available!
This update brings further improvements and bug fixes to our latest major release.
LayerSlider 5.6.2 is now available!
Added "Use slider markup caching" option to advanced settings
Added "Download latest version manually" option to the Auto-Updates feature
The "Concatenate output" option is now disabled by default
The "Include scripts in the footer" option will now move all inline scripts to the footer as well
This will also fix other potential JS errors, such as when jQuery is moved to the footer
Fixed issues with enabled caching when the same slider is inserted on a page repeatedly
Fixed the "Conditional script loading" option, which caused sliders to not render properly under WP 4.3
LayerSlider 5.6.1 is now available!
Fixed saving certain options in Slider Settings
Fixed Word Wrap option in live preview
LayerSlider 5.6.0 is now available!
Huge performance boost:
Our Slider Builder interface loads and works drastically faster, while it uses considerably less resources on both the server and client-side. The amount of content you add to sliders no longer has an impact on performance, the editor should always be fast and responsive. This also fixes the memory limit and execution time issues on servers with limited resources.
Caching slider markup:
LayerSlider now uses its own caching mechanism to spare your server from unnecessary load. Most installations support memory caching, which provides instant access to your sliders based on visiting frequency. This means that a slider on your front-page could stay in memory for improved speed, but another one in a sub-page might fall back to regular disk cache to free up resources for the content matters the most.
Minor interface changes:
We made a minor interface change in the list of layers, which you hopefully find familiar. Hiding/locking layers now has a permanent effect. The layer settings section has been placed closer to the preview, so you need to scroll less.
Added bulk slide creation when selecting multiple images
The slider builder now restores previous editing sessions (i.e. active slide/layer, etc)
You can now easily select overlapped layers just by right-clicking on them in Preview
Updated GreenSock library for improved animation performance (especially on mobile)
Removed old media uploader support (pre-WP 3.5)
Fixed WordPress debug message under WP 4.3.
Fixed Screen Options button under WP 4.3.
Fixed several issues with embedded YouTube videos
Fixed issues when adding images from external URL
Fixed duplicating sliders with really long names
Fixed glitches when reordering layers
Fixed the layerslider_slider_markup filter hook
Fixed losing transition and layer style settings when saving (magic_quotes)
Fixed memory limit and execution time issues on servers with limited resources
Fixed timeline
Beta version 5.6.0b5 is now available!
Lots of small interface improvements
Restoring previous editing sessions now works without saving sliders
Fixed WordPress debug message under WP 4.3.
Fixed Screen Options button
Fixed saving callback functions
Fixed slider name not being saved in some cases
Fixed issues when adding images from external URL
Fixed an issue that caused option fields not to update in some cases
Fixed duplicating sliders with really long names
LayerSlider 5.5.1 is now available!
Fixed WordPress debug message under WP 4.3.
Beta version 5.6.0b4 is now available!
Fixed an issue that caused layers not showing up when toggling their visibility settings.
Fixed the Preview not starting with the active slide in some cases.
Beta version 5.6.0b3 is now available!
The slider builder now restores previous editing sessions (i.e. active slide/layer, etc)
Updated GreenSock library for improved animation performance (especially on mobile).
The new admin UI now correctly shows hidden layers used in previous versions.
Hidden layers no longer show up in front-end sliders.
Fixed various UI-related issues.
Fixed word-wrap option.
Beta version 5.6.0b2 is now available!
You can now easily select overlapped layers just by right-clicking on them in Preview.
Fixed slide options saving issues
Fixed checkboxes
Beta version 5.6.0b1 is now available!
This beta version contains major changes under the hood, primarily focusing on to drastically speed up the Slider Builder interface. At the moment we can't recommended it for production sites, as it might have bugs or other unexpected issues. We greatly appreciate any feedback you can provide, so we can be fully prepared for the final release. Please see the full list of changes below:
Huge performance boost:
Our Slider Builder interface loads and works drastically faster, while it uses considerably less resources on both the server and client-side. The amount of content you add to sliders no longer has an impact on performance, the editor should always be fast and responsive. This also fixes the memory limit and execution time issues on servers with limited resources.
Caching slider markup:
LayerSlider now uses its own caching mechanism to spare your server from unnecessary load. Most installations support memory caching, which provides instant access to your sliders based on visiting frequency. This means that a slider on your front-page could stay in memory for improved speed, but another one in a sub-page might fall back to regular disk cache to free up resources for the content matters the most.
Minor interface changes:
We made a minor interface change in the list of layers, which you hopefully find familiar. Hiding/locking layers now has a permanent effect. The layer settings section has been placed closer to the preview, so you need to scroll less.
Added bulk slide creation when selecting multiple images
Removed old media uploader support (pre-WP 3.5)
Fixed timeline
Fixed glitches when reordering layers
Fixed the layerslider_slider_markup filter hook
Fixed losing transition and layer style settings when saving (magic_quotes)
LayerSlider 5.5.0 is now available
Added back the auto-generated excerpts based on the native WP behavior:
Manually entered excerpts will remain "as is", without any modification or formatting. Custom HTML code is allowed.
Auto-generated excerpts have all shortcodes and HTML tags removed and they will appear as plain text.
Auto-generated excerpts will be trimmed down to 55 words. The [...] "hellip" sign will be appended at the end if the text exceeds this limitation.
Custom word count used by themes will automatically be applied in your sliders. Developers can override it by using filter hooks.
Auto-generated excerpts respect WP's <!--more--> tag, so you can easily split your content at the point you want.
Text length limitation will remain as an optional feature on a per layer basis.
Providing update notification for unauthorized sites as well
The settings boxes below your list of sliders has been grouped under a tabbed interface
Significantly improved YouTube video playback behavior
Extended developer documentation with improved examples
Updated End-User documentation
Fixed an issue that prevented some users to properly import our sample sliders
Fixed update installation from LayerSlider's admin interface
Fixed 'yourLogo style' option in Slider Settings
Fixed an issue that caused appearance issues for a few users in Slider Settings
Prevent the LS Help menu entry showing up on non-LayerSlider admin pages
Fixed the 'Enjoy using LayerSlider?' share sheet appearing in cases when it should not
Scheduled maintenance of auto-update repository
Our auto-update repository will undergo a scheduled maintenance at 11 PM CET. During this time you will not be able to download updates, but other features like authorizing sites will remain functional. Due to the changes we made, your WP installation needs to renew its caches containing update information. This can take up to 24 hours, but you can speed up this process by navigating to your Dashboard -> Updates admin page. This change will not affect plugins installed from a different source.
LayerSlider 5.4.0 is now available
Entirely new documentation
Added option to import sliders without their images
Slide backgrounds now parse shortcodes when used in "Enter URL"
The LayerSlider shortcode can now accept filtering options
Improved compatibility with image preloaders
Improved compatibility with certain plugins/themes
Fixed several issues with dynamic layers
Fixed issues when the same slider was inserted on a page in multiple times
Fixed TinyMCE editor tool to properly work with multiple instances on page
Fixed some potential JS errors that could happen in some very rare cases.
YouTube video thumbnails have not been loaded until the previous slide
LayerSlider 5.3.2 is now available
Fixed skins on Windows servers
The skin URL now respects HTTPS sites
Importing sliders now restores their slug/alias
Various other small fixes and improvements
LayerSlider 5.3.1 is now available
Fixed issues with skins
Fixed a PHP fatal error on certain installations
LayerSlider 5.3.0 is now available
Added Turkish translation thanks to marketplace user thernic.
Added LS_Sources class for developers to load skins and demo sliders externally.
Added new API method 'redraw' to update the slider's layout and contents.
The LayerSlider shortcode is now registered globally, thus page builder solutions can pick it up automatically.
Improved compatibility with CloufFlare's RocketScript.
Revamped auto-update modal window to fit WP's new design.
Fixed Javascript error if a slider doesn't have any slide.
Fixed several issues related to self-hosted HTML5 video playback.
Fixed responsive mode of full width sliders when the orientation changes on mobile devices.
Fixed an issue related to invalid JSON data, which caused various issues on the admin interface in some cases. Most notably it broke adding/removing slides and the WYSIWYG editor.
Fixed "enter URL" button of slide background.
Fixed "undefined constant WPLANG" error message that occurred on some installations.
LayerSlider 5.2.1 is now available
Added "Latin Extended" to default Google Fonts character sets
Fixed slider slugs/aliases
Fixed the transition chooser appearing when hitting the Enter key in text fields
Fixed broken layer style settings when using double quotes in certain options
Fixed some dynamic contents not showing up in real-time previews
Selecting recently used colors in the color picker now properly update the WYSIWYG slider editor
Other small bug fixes and improvements
LayerSlider 5.2.0 is now available
A major interface revamp with flat design
New transition gallery design with filtering options
Added option to apply the currently selected transition to other slides
Added option to set post image as the slide background
Added option to link the whole slide to post URL
Added option to easily link layers to post URL under the 'Link' tab
Added option to easily use post image without placeholders
Supporting meta post placeholders to print out non-standard post informations (e.g. product details in WooCommerce)
Supporting all Google Fonts character sets to display non-Latin letters and symbols
Added option to set the fade transition duration when the slider is showing up for the first time on page load
Added option to start the slider only if it enters into the viewport
Added option to hide the slider on mobile devices
Added option to hide the slider under the given value of browser width in pixels
Added option to hide the slider over the given value of browser width in pixels
Recently used colors in the color picker
Support qTranslate in dynamic post contents
Support 'random' in shortcode and LS_Sliders PHP class
Support category-name filter in layerslider() PHP function
Support including multiple media sources for self hosted video/audio
Added new API methods: userInitData, defaultInitData
Changed API properties: prevLayerIndex, curLayerIndex
Prevent Google and other search engines to index the LayerSlider plugin folder
Slide background images now have proper "alt" attribute based on the attachment/post details
Video layers are ignoring the Show until parameter while playing
The slider won't hang up if an image layer couldn't be loaded
Reduced package file size by removing unnecessary files and legacy code
Added some extra CodeMirror instances to edit custom CSS more easily
Added play icon to the 'noskin' skin
Fixed every known issues with import/export
Fixed character encoding issues
The plugin no longer relies on mb_eregi() PHP function
Fixed missing custom thumbnails when the 'hover' option was selected for the navigation area
Fixed several issues with full width sliders, including the "jump" when the page loads
Fixed TinyMCE LayerSlider button under WP 3.9+
Sliders are no longer remain visible on front-end when they removed instead of deleting
Fixed an issue that reset the post options after duplicating slides
Fixed several issues with embedded HTML5 videos
Fixed an issue that caused background flickering in some cases
Fixed an issue that prevented the embedded video thumbnails to show up on first slide
Fixed the stuck loading indicator when some images were missing or couldn't be loaded
Security fixes, including a potential directory traversal issue
Added an updated version of Greensock Animation Engine with performance improvements and bug fixes
Lots and lots of other fixes and improvements
LayerSlider version 5.1.2 and 5.2.0b2 is now available
Fixed 3D transitions in the latest versions of Chrome
Improved compatibility with WeatherSlider WP and wpStickies
Changes in version 5.1.1
Fixed some appearance issues
Fixed an issue in the new import method
Changes in version 5.1.0
This update contains new features, bug fixes and several other improvements.
Please note, we've removed the images of previously imported sample sliders due to changes in the import/export method. You can restore them by re-importing them again.
Added support for exporting/importing sliders with images
Added ability to export/import multiple sliders with custom selection
Added slider slug/alias support
Extended APIs for developers with extended documentation
Added notification of plugin dependencies when detecting issues
Fixed several issues related to dynamic sliders from posts
Fixed several issues related to embedded videos
Fixed timeline view
Fixed slide linking issue
Fixed the slide ID attribute
Fixed issues with relative URLs
Fixed invalid error messages after saving
Fixed "Convert" button when updating from outdated versions
Various other fixes, improvements and interface enhancements
Version 5.0.2 released
Added [image-url] post placeholder
Fixed [excerpt] post placeholder
Fixed slide transition issues
Fixed blank slider editor issue
Fixed loops slider setting
Fixed HTML5 video sizing issue
Reduced installable ZIP by dropping old sample sliders to avoid installation problems
Interface adjustments
Version 5.0.1 released
Added Dashicons support
Added slider to scale the preview area
Fixed file permissions that caused various issues in some cases
Fixed WPML and better URL handling
Fixed tag and category list post placeholders
Fixed locales
Fixed other small issues, which caused PHP warnings
Version 5.0.0 released
New features
Build dynamic sliders from WordPress posts and pages with advanced filters for finding posts or mixing them with static content
Use Google Fonts with built-in search and configuration options
Advanced settings like scripts in the footer, conditional script loading etc. to improve performance
Parallax Layers - a fancy parallax effect by mouse move
New layer transitions: rotateX, rotateY and skew with option to set transformOrigin
Added a new skin
Easily upload and insert self-hosted HTML5 video & audio
Option to restore or permanently delete removed sliders
Bulk actions with option to merge sliders together
Added “Max-width” option for responsive mode
Added “Lazy load” option
Interface changes
Major interface revamp
Using CodeMirror at various places for CSS and JS code editing
Added timeline view to review your transition timings like in a movie editor
New image upload boxes with an easier way to load images from external URLs
Added a LayerSlider entry under the “New” menu on the admin bar
Added LayerSlider helper for page and post editor to include sliders easily
Using cleaner language across the plugin and docs
New sample sliders included
Improvements
Slides and layers can now animating at the same time
Layers can now fade + slide at the same time
Super smooth transitions with the Greensock engine
Improved some layer transitions like fade, slide (axis-free), scale, etc.
Improved crossfading slide transition with semi-transparent PNG files
Smarter preloading images with lazy load
Considerably cleaner markup
Ability to override the default slider settings
Added lots of action and filter hooks
Uploaded contents are not relying on URLs anymore
Using nonces to secure your pages
Brand new docs
Fixes
Fixed the '1px slide transition bug'
Fixed markup issues such as missing alt attributes in some cases
Improved saving to avoid some web server related issues
Version 4.6.6 released
Fixed auto-update feature due to changes in WordPress 3.7.1.
Version 4.6.5 released
Fixed issues related with the new export & import feature.
Version 4.6.4 released
This quick fix update solves the issues affected our last release.
Fixed issues that might broke some features on the admin area
Fixed debug notice on the front-end
Introducing release channels
Since LayerSlider v4.6.3, you can choose to receive pre-release updates. These beta versions should be stable enough without known issues, and are mainly recommended for theme authors to try out new features, or adapt the plugin changes in their works. Version 4.6.3 also introduced a new update notifier and a news section, so you can stay in the loop and follow the plugin development easily.
Please note, although pre-release versions are considered stable, they might contain unknown issues, and are not recommended for sites in production.
Version 4.6.3 released
Added update notifications
Added release channels for updates
Added news section
Sliders can be exported individually now
Improved and more reliable automatic updates
Interface improvements
Version 4.6.2 released
Fixed double quotes in font-family setting field
Eliminated debug notices
Version 4.6.1 released
Added new color picker with alpha transparency support
Huge performance boost in loading slider editor
Editor optimizations for fullscreen sliders
New developer documentation to comply to the new Envato WP theme submission requirements