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Sermon Manager

v2.30.0
by wpforchurch · 3.8 (40 reviews)

Add audio and video sermons, manage speakers, series, and more to your church website.

5K+ active installs Updated Sep 26, 2024 Tested to 6.5.5 Requires PHP 7.4
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About Sermon Manager

Sermon Manager is a WordPress plugin designed to help churches easily publish sermons online. It allows users to add speakers, series, topics, and attach images and files to sermons. The plugin also supports migration from other popular sermon plugins and offers premium support packages for those who need custom assistance.

Changelog

2.30.0

Fixed: Removed the “Description” custom field.
Added: “Data Sync” button in Settings to resolve data issues after updating to the latest version. If you encounter any data issues, please use the sync button.
Added: Option to enable or disable the Gutenberg Block Editor for sermons.

2.20.0

Fixed: TwentyTwentyFour theme design support added.

2.18.0

Fixed: In this release, we have addressed an issue where the post content field was not updating correctly with the post meta key. This fix ensures that the post content field now accurately reflects the data from the post meta key.

2.17.2

ADD: [latest_sermon per_page=10 order=”ASC” orderby=”post_modified”] New Shortcode
Fixed: itunes:explicit “false”, first it says no (using W3C Feed link)

2.17.1.2

Fixed: [sermon_images hide_title=”yes”] shortcode working
Fixed: PHP Warning with PHP 8.x

2.17.1.1

Add: New Checkbox added for the support of http:// or https:// inside the enclosure URL under the Podcast tab in the settings menu.

2.17.1

Fixed: Compability issues with PHP 8.x

2.17.0

Fixed: Error when updating the content.
Fixed: PHP Error Unparenthesized.
Fixed: RSS feed not working with PHP 8.0.

2.16.9

Fixed: Issues saving with PHP 8.0 WP 5.9.2
Fixed: PHP 8 error for twig and divi for sermon manager pro
Fixed: Fatal error (Cannot access offset of type string on string)
Fixed: Sermon series order list when using the shortcode
Fixed: Compability issues with latest WP 5.9.3
Fixed: Image size issue

2.16.7

Fix: Single and mulitple file attachment available

2.16.6

*Fix: Old Missing PDF file data issue fix

2.16.5

*Fix: Hyperlinks are Stripped in the Description Field

2.16.4

*Fix: Support Multiple PDF File upload For Notes and Bulletins

2.16.3

*Fix: image size display issue in hortcode [sermon_images display=”preachers” order=”ASC” orderby=”id” size=”thumbnail”]
*Fix: No follow attr for mp3 on single & archive

2.16.2

*Fix: sm_get_screen_ids() Issue Fixed
*Shortcode parameters control : [sermons title=no description=yes image=yes], Passing yes or no to show title, description and image. Backward compatible. Use only [sermons] if dont want any change. Both are working as backward compatible.

2.16.1

*Fix: WordPress 5.5 Compability issue bug fix

2.16.0

*Fix: Bug Fix With CMB2

2.15.19

*Fix: security issues
*Fix: backend error

2.15.18

  • Fix: compatibility issue with PHP 7.4 in Elementor

2.15.17

  • Fix: Plyr audio download button

2.15.16

  • Fix: “after” parameter not working in “[sermons]” shortcode
  • Fix: Improve [latest_series] shortcode
  • New: Add sidebar in dashboard compatibility for Pro version

2.15.15

  • Fix: RSS feed not working

2.15.14

  • New: Add compatibility for “Pro” theme
  • New: Add a setting to change default sermon ordering (in “Display” tab)
  • Fix: Date filtering in shortcode
  • Fix: Improve [latest_series] shortcode
  • Fix: Service Type filter in backend not working when slug is different from default
  • Dev: Add conditional fields in settings
  • Dev: Add dynamic option retrieval in settings
  • Dev: Fix select field in settings returning error when only one option is defined for it

2.15.13

  • New: Dutch translation (thanks @LeonCB!)
  • New: Add support for Dunamis theme
  • New: Add support for TwentyNineteen
  • New: Add support for ExodosWP
  • Change: Add WordPress author metabox
  • Fix: Service Type not saving in quick edit

2.15.12

  • Fix: Fatal error when saving a sermon
  • Fix: Podcast buttons shortcode has unnecessary left margin (thanks @macbookandrew!)

2.15.11

  • New: Add support for “The7” theme
  • Change: Add “sermon” order to [sermon_images] shortcode. It will order the series by newest sermon
  • Fix: Improve the speed of post saving on websites with many sermons
  • Dev: Fix terms not having sermon date set

2.15.10

  • Change: Add “include” and “exclude” parameters to the shortcode
  • Change: Add an option to force loading plugin views
  • Fix: Edge case PHP bug in feed with taxonomy
  • Fix: Notice when using shortcode

2.15.9

  • New: Add support for Hueman and Hueman Pro themes
  • New: Add support for NativeChurch theme
  • New: Add support for Betheme theme
  • Change: Add NIV to verse Bible version
  • Change: Replace series subtitle with short description in the feed
  • Change: Add “action” parameter to filtering shortcode. Possible options: “none” (default), “home”, “site”.
  • Change: Update Plyr to 3.4.7
  • Fix: Notice in settings after saving a field
  • Fix: Filtering arguments not working in the sermons shortcode
  • Fix: Filtering not hiding

2.15.8

  • Dev: Add callable select options (pass function name as string)
  • Dev: Add a way to pass custom values to settings

2.15.7

  • Fix: PHP warning when archive output is used wrongly
  • Fix: Podcast items may be sorted the wrong way

2.15.6

  • Change: Disable autocomplete for date preached, since it obstructed the view on mobile
  • Fix: Comments not appearing on Divi
  • Fix: All podcast images are invalid

2.15.5

  • Change: Disable check for PHP output buffering

2.15.4

  • Fix: Output Buffering detected as disabled when set to 0

2.15.3

  • New: Add option to disable “views” count for editors and admins
  • New: Add option to enable sermon series image fallback in the feed
  • Fix: Podcast shortcode SVG icons not working in Firefox
  • Fix: Getting 404 on filtering
  • Fix: Sermon Manager errors out when output buffering is disabled

2.15.2

  • Change: Add Maranatha theme support
  • Change: Add Saved theme support
  • Change: Add Brandon theme support
  • Change: Remove default default image
  • Fix: Plyr not loading when Cloudflare is used
  • Fix: Sermon image not showing up
  • Fix: image_size argument not working in shortcode

2.15.1

  • Fix: Multi-term filter for feeds not working

2.15.0

  • New: Add ability to override Sermon Manager’s CSS by putting “sermon.css” file in theme (thanks @zSeriesGuy)
  • New: Add default image during installation (thanks @zSeriesGuy)
  • New: Add setting for showing and hiding the filter (shortcode and archive, thanks @zSeriesGuy)
  • New: Add setting for default image (thanks @zSeriesGuy)
  • Change: Update Plyr to 3.4.3
  • Change: Re-organized the settings, with more descriptive options
  • Fix: Fix importing from Sermon Browser stopping after first sermon
  • Fix: Audio file length and size not being automatically filled
  • Fix: Taxonomy archive sermons ordered by date preached
  • Fix: “sermon” argument not working in shortcode
  • Fix: Database errors on Import/Export screen on some hosts
  • Fix: Pause button not showing up when file is being played
  • Fix: “Upload Image” button not working in Podcast settings
  • Fix: Audio file sometime not being correct
  • Fix: Add more theme support for pagination
  • Fix: Image selector in settings now showing up
  • Fix: Filter not working correctly in shortcode (thanks @zSeriesGuy)
  • Fix: Plyr not having border
  • Dev: Update function for getting sermon image to return fallback with any option

2.14.0

  • New: Finally add support for Sermon Browser bible verses
  • Change: Adjust width of Title column in admin
  • Change: Organize “Debug” (now “Advanced”) settings
  • Change: Make filters’ width shorter
  • Fix: Taxonomy feed URLs not picked up by Sermon Manager
  • Fix: Allow deleted imported sermons to be re-imported

Note: The rest of the changelog is in changelog.txt

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