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Changelog ​

All notable user-facing changes to FluentPlayer and FluentPlayer Pro are documented here. The newest release is listed first. Items marked (Pro) require FluentPlayer Pro.

1.0.6 — May 15, 2026 ​

Added ​

  • Dynamic shortcode source — override a media item's saved source right from the shortcode using source_url, source_meta, and source_poster attributes (for example, [fluentplayer id="12" source_meta="video_url"] to read the URL from a post's custom field). See Embed with Shortcode.
  • Unified media list filters in the admin dashboard — filter your media by provider, media type, and tags.
  • Player share links and a right-click context menu (Pro) — copy a link, copy a link at the current time, and toggle options like loop, playback speed, captions, and picture-in-picture.
  • Playlist navigation controls (Pro).
  • Playlist preset source (Pro) — pick a media item whose preset drives the playlist player's chrome, with brand-color sync.

Changed ​

  • Poster-only preview mode in the block editor for faster editing.
  • Self-healing default presets and a lock icon on Pro-only media sources.

Fixed ​

  • Email capture no longer sends duplicate submissions to a provider when a viewer re-submits.
  • Email exports are streamed instead of loaded all at once, improving reliability on large lists.
  • Analytics events from replayed or invalid media IDs are rejected (Pro).

1.0.5 — April 24, 2026 ​

Added ​

  • Presto Player migration tooling — import your media, presets, playlists, settings, and analytics from Presto Player, and rewrite existing content.
  • Media tag management (Pro) — organize media with tags and filter by them.
  • Tag-based playlists (Pro) — render a playlist dynamically from one or more tags with the [fluentplaylist tags="…"] shortcode or the playlist block.
  • FluentCRM-based conditions (Pro) — show or hide dynamic layers, email capture, and CTAs based on a viewer's CRM status, tags, or lists.
  • YouTube subtitle import (Pro) through the hosted subtitle service, with caption and hover-preview support.
  • FluentCommunity playlist block (Pro).
  • Ambient preset layers and FluentCRM smartcodes in timed content and dynamic layers.

Changed ​

  • Security hardening across TLS, signed URLs, analytics, playlist layout guards, and the Bunny Storage upload path.

Fixed ​

  • Analytics now counts unique anonymous viewers correctly and preserves the dominant country and device per user (Pro).
  • Aspect ratio falls back to 16:9 when source dimensions are unavailable.
  • PHP 8.4 compatibility.

1.0.4 — March 17, 2026 ​

Added ​

  • Mux integration (Pro) — live streaming and on-demand video, with an API client, service, controller, and routes.
  • Timed content rendering and API (Pro), including shortcode processing inside timed content.
  • BunnyCDN signed URL support for Stream and Storage (Pro).
  • Playlist per-video overlays and interactive layers (Pro).
  • Configurable playlist aspect ratio for all layouts, and dynamic overlay positioning.
  • FluentCRM smartcode inserter for timed content.

Changed ​

  • Improved audio player layout, settings-menu mobile responsiveness, scroll performance, and YouTube HD thumbnails.

Fixed ​

  • Stronger output escaping across playlist layout templates (Pro).
  • PHP 8.x compatibility and subtitle endpoint fixes.

1.0.3 — March 10, 2026 ​

Added ​

  • Keyboard action bezel animations with accessibility controls.
  • A player settings menu with Playback and Accessibility submenus.
  • The Ambient preset for looping background video with no controls.
  • Shortcode and Fluent-ecosystem block support inside timed content.

Changed ​

  • Video duration column in the admin media list, seamless loop for muted autoplay, Gutenberg UI polish, and lazy-loading for better performance.

Fixed ​

  • Prevented auto-scroll to the second video on page load, autoplay glitches on the chapter modal, and ambient loop restart timing for YouTube embeds.

1.0.2 — February 28, 2026 ​

Added ​

  • BunnyCDN subtitles import and HLS MP4 fallback (Pro).

Fixed ​

  • PHP 8.x compatibility, YouTube replay buffering, and caption srclang validation.

1.0.1 — February 24, 2026 ​

Added ​

  • .srt subtitle file support and manageable captions from a preset.
  • Alignment support for the playlist block (Pro).

Changed ​

  • Analytics percentage tracking and improved BunnyCDN Storage upload performance (Pro).

Fixed ​

  • YouTube block/iframe issues and BunnyCDN video playback (Pro).

1.0.0 ​

FluentPlayer Pro's initial release shipped February 10, 2026; the free FluentPlayer plugin's initial release shipped September 22, 2025.

Added — FluentPlayer (free) ​

  • Video player powered by Vidstack with HLS support.
  • Audio player with a dedicated audio layout.
  • YouTube and Vimeo embeds with automatic poster and title sync.
  • Self-hosted media support (MP4, WebM, MP3, and more).

Added — FluentPlayer Pro ​

  • Playlist system with Standard and Grid layouts, a playlist Gutenberg block, and a dedicated playlist post type.
  • Playlist visibility (public/private) and slug-based permalinks.
  • BunnyCDN Stream and Storage integrations (Storage includes a streaming proxy and upload).
  • Mailchimp and Webhook email providers.
  • Player analytics with view tracking and audience retention, plus Google Analytics event integration.
  • Preset management (create, edit, delete) with customizable settings.
  • Player subtitles/captions, sidebar width and title position for playlists, and brand/control-bar color customization.

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