Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Customizable Social Feeds Plugin

4.3.4

• Fix: Plugin security hardening.
• Fix: Fixed an issue with the review notice not being dismissible.
• Tweak: Improved text domain loading (_load_textdomain_just_in_time fix).
• Tweak: Various PHP warning and legacy feed compatibility fixes.
• Tweak: Updated the Graph API version.

4.3.3

• Fix: Cleaned up legacy code to enhance overall security.
• Fix: Resolved _load_textdomain_just_in_time issue to improve localization handling.
• Fix: Additional plugin hardening.

4.3.2

• Fix: Additional plugin hardening.

4.3.1

• Fix: Additional plugin hardening.

4.3.0

• New – Added support for a new GDPR consent plugin WPConsent.
• New: Added support for GDPR Cookie Compliance by Moove Agency and Real Cookie Banner by devowl.io GDPR plugins.
• Fix: Improved compatibility with the latest versions of Divi and Elementor.
• Fix: Additional plugin hardening.

4.2.6

• Tweak: Added support for our new Feed Analytics product. Get insights as to how your feeds are being used by site visitors.

4.2.5

• New: Added a menu item to easily install our new TikTok Feeds plugin!
• Fix: Fixed links in the submenu for other social feeds not working as expected.

4.2.4

• Important: Due to Meta (Facebook) changes, how our plugin supports Facebook oEmbeds has also changed. If you are using the oEmbed feature to display Facebook oEmbeds, you will need to reconnect your account. Visit the oEmbeds page within the Facebook Feeds settings page to do the reconnection before May 14, 2024.

4.2.3

• Important: Meta (Facebook) is ending support for group feeds. See our related FAQ for more information. Existing feeds with a Facebook group source will stop updating as of April 2024.
• Tweak: Added a notice to the plugin settings page to inform users of the upcoming Facebook API changes affecting group feeds.

4.2.2

• Tweak: Plugin hardening.

4.2.1

• Tweak: Improved and hardened our code base to improve reliability.
• Tweak: Added more functionality that protects your Facebook data.

4.2

• New: Added an onboarding wizard for new users to easily get started with Facebook Feeds.
• Fix: Fixed PHP 8.x warning (PHP Deprecated: Calling static trait method)

4.1.9

• New: Added a menu item to easily install our new Reviews Feed plugin!
• Tweak: Updated our Gutenberg Block to be more user friendly.
• Fix: Fixed our integration with Cookie Yes to work with recent updates.

4.1.8

• Fix: Feeds with masonry layout selected would still show as a list feed.

4.1.7

• Fix: Fixed incorrect links in the plugin admin area.

4.1.6

• Tweak: Vue.js code is now loaded from a local file shipped with the plugin rather than an external CDN for use with the customizer in the admin area.
• Fix: Fixed a compatibility issue with the Complianz Cookie Consent plugin integration.
• Fix: Added additional plugin hardening.
• Fix: Fixed PHP error that would occur with group feeds when using PHP 8+.

4.1.5

• Fix: An error message will now display if there was a problem connecting an account.
• Fix: The Post Date could not be disabled.

4.1.4

• Tweak: Updated compatibility with the upcoming WordPress 6.0 release.
• Tweak: Made improvements to how notices are displayed on our plugin settings pages.
• Fix: Fixed a PHP error that would occur during some API error reports.

4.1.3

• Tweak: Updated our logo and color scheme throughout the plugin to match our new website.
• Tweak: Minified the CSS and JavaScript files for better performance.
• Fix: Added links to the issue in our API error helper doc in error messages for easy debugging on our website.
• Fix: Dismissing dashboard notifications would prevent the ability to create new feeds until the page was refreshed.
• Fix: The customizer sidebar would be partially hidden when using JetPack’s Masterbar feature.
• Fix: Added support for oEmbed URL with the structure “https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1234567890&id=1123456789”

4.1.2

• Fix: Settings that only apply to page feeds were also being displayed in the feed customizer for group feeds.
• Fix: Like box position options were not available.
• Fix: For legacy feeds, the shortcode setting “account” was not working.
• Fix: Due to a change in Facebook video link format, oEmbeds would not work for some new versions of Facebook video links.
• Fix: Fixed the setting “Header outside scrollable area” not applying on the front-end of the feed.
• Fix: Fixed incorrect line spacing in the post content.
• Fix: Sharing a link in a post with no post text would result in the link being displayed twice.
• Fix: Tooltips in the settings pages were being cut off in certain circumstances due to a bug with the CSS code.
• Fix: When the “AJAX theme loading fix” setting was enabled it would result in the JavaScript file for the plugin not being added to the page successfully.
• Fix: Disabling the “View on Facebook link” option would also disable the share link.

4.1.1

• Fix: Updating from version 2.x to version 4.1 would not transfer legacy sources.
• Fix: Improved plugin hardening by removing unused admin pages.

4.1

• Tweak: The Facebook app used to connect groups has changed. If you are using a Facebook group feed, then please reconnect your group accounts using the new app when convenient to prevent any future issues. When reconnecting, follow the included directions on how to add the new app to your group settings.
• Tweak: All Facebook data is now encrypted in your WordPress database.
• Tweak: Access Tokens are no longer able to be viewed on the settings page.
• Fix: Manually connecting an account while on the “Settings” page would not work.
• Fix: Fixed a PHP error when a string was used for the cache time setting.

4.0.5

• Fix: Fixed an issue that was causing the “All Feeds” page to be inaccessible to some users.

4.0.4

• Fix: The call-to-action in the Like Box widget would not display properly at certain window widths in some browsers.
• Fix: If a feed name contained an apostrophe then additional slashes were being added each time settings were saved.
• Tweak: An alert bubble is added to the Facebook Feed menu item when there are new notifications available.

4.0.4

• Fix: The call-to-action in the Like Box widget would not display properly at certain window widths in some browsers.
• Fix: If a feed name contained an apostrophe then additional slashes were being added each time settings were saved.
• Tweak: An alert bubble is added to the Facebook Feed menu item when there are new notifications available.

4.0.3

• Fix: Added additional plugin hardening.

4.0.2

• Important: With this update, the Custom CSS and Custom JS settings have been deprecated. Please see below for details.
• Tweak: If any Custom CSS was being used in this field then it will be automatically moved into the native WordPress Customizer “Additional CSS” field instead and continue to work as normal.
• Tweak: If any Custom JavaScript was being used, then this update will prevent that JavaScript from working. There are directions here on how you can migrate this JavaScript into a specialized plugin instead.

4.0.1

• Fix: Fixed a compatibility issue with the Complianz Cookie Consent plugin integration.
• Fix: Removed the limit to the number of sources shown at one time when creating a feed.
• Fix: When using a narrow screen, modals inside the feed creator in the backend would be cut off.
• Fix: Fixed an issue where settings were not preserved even when using the preserve settings option and deleting the plugin.
• Fix: Improved security hardening.
• Fix: Fixed some options and tables not being removed from the WordPress database on uninstall.
• Fix: Locations of feeds sorted by source would not work if the source ID was not a number.
• Fix: Fixed PHP warnings when viewing dashboard notifications.
• Fix: Fixed locale setting causing a PHP warning if not set.

4.0

• Important: Minimum supported WordPress version has been raised from 3.0 to 4.1.
• New: Our biggest update ever! We’ve completely redesigned the plugin settings from head to toe to make it easier to create, manage, and customize your Facebook feeds.
• New: All your feeds are now displayed in one place on the “All Feeds” page. This shows a list of any existing (legacy) feeds and any new ones that you create. Note: If you updated from a version prior to v2.19 then you may need to view your feeds on your webpage so that the plugin can locate them and list them here.
• New: Easily edit individual feed settings for new feeds instead of cumbersome shortcode options.
• New: It’s now much easier to create feeds. Just click “Add New”, select your feed type, connect your account, and you’re done!
• New: Brand new feed customizer. We’ve completely redesigned feed customization from the ground up, reorganizing the settings to make them easier to find.
• New: Live Feed Preview. You can now see changes you make to your feeds in real time, right in the settings page. Easily preview them on desktop, tablet, and mobile sizes.
• New: Elementor and WordPress widgets. We’ve added new Elementor and WordPress widgets to make it easier to embed your feeds.
• New: Color Scheme option. It’s now easier than ever to change colors across your feed without needing to adjust individual color settings. Just set a color scheme to effortlessly change colors across your entire feed.
• New: You can now change the number of columns in your feed across desktop, tablet, and mobile.
• New: Easily import and export feed settings to make it simple to move feeds across sites.