2.6.4
Mar 19, 2026
- Fix Additional plugin hardening.
2.6.3
Mar 11, 2026
- Tweak Added optional deactivation feedback survey to help us improve the plugin.
2.6.1
Dec 9, 2025
- Tweak Implemented CSS and JS minification for improved load times and performance.
- Fix i18n _load_textdomain_just_in_time error has been resolved.
- Fix Additonal plugin hardening.
2.6.0
March 12, 2025
- New Added support for a new GDPR consent plugin (WPConsent)[https://wpconsent.com/?utm_campaign=youtube-pro-readme&utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=wpconsentannouncement]
- New Added support for GDPR Cookie Compliance by Moove Agency and Real Cookie Banner GDPR plugins.
- Fix Resolved an issue that sometimes prevented past live streams from appearing in the feed.
2.5.2
January 29, 2025
- Fix Fixed an issue preventing Social Wall from showing YouTube stats.
- Fix Fixed an issue with our GDPR features and the wrong videos being linked to.
2.5.1
January 21, 2025
- Fix Fixed an issue with a file name causing YouTube Feeds to be undetectable by Social Wall.
2.5
January 15, 2025
- Tweak Added easy installers for our latest Smash Balloon Products. Try ClickSocial, Reviews Feed, and TikTok Feeds today!
- Fix PHP warning related to _load_textdomain_just_in_time are now resolved
- Fix Fixed an issue with the profile picture when showing a Livestream feed.
- Fix Improved compatibility with the latest versions of Divi and Elementor. Use our related integrations to easily add your feeds to your site!
2.4.2
November 19, 2024
- Tweak Added support for our new Feed Analytics product. Get insights as to how your feeds are being used by site visitors.
- Fix Fixed an issue with video playback when Elementor was being used.
- Fix Fixed an issue with the feed customizer when previewing the carousel layout.
- Fix Fixed PHP deprecation warnings related to the use of dynamic properties.
- Fix Fixed an issue with HTML rendering affecting specific hosts.
- Fix Fixed a PHP error that would occur for some users related to listing sources.= 2.4.1 October 1, 2024 =
- Fix Resolved a fatal error that occurred when previewing a single video.
2.4.1
- Fix Resolved a fatal error that occurred when previewing a single video.
2.4.0
September 24, 2024
- New Added support for displaying video comments. Show the latest comments from your viewers in the lightbox or below the video in video lists.
- Fix Plugin hardening.
- Fix Fixed issues with the subscribe button color application.
- Tweak Improved translation support for multiple languages.
- Tweak Added support for Borlabs 3.0 and our GDPR features.
2.3.2
July 11, 2024
- Fix Fixed an issue that caused some feed templates to not be accessible for all license tiers.
2.3.1
July 2, 2024
- Fix Plugin hardening.
- Fix Viewing stats were not displaying for the "Basic" tier.
- Tweak Removed JavaScript mapping that was causing a reference to a compromised URL in a comment (there was no real security risk but it was being flagged by WordFence).
2.3
March 20, 2024
- New Added support for displaying YouTube feeds using an Elementor widget and Divi modules.
- Fix Fixed the text and icon alignment in the header when both the subscribers and description were hidden.
- Fix After clicking a video thumbnail in the gallery layout, site visitors are automatically scrolled to the video player.
- Fix JSON feed import feature has been fixed.
- Fix Settings page link has been added to the plugins page action buttons.
- Fix Single videos were having incorrect URLs.
- Fix Single videos were displaying warnings on post previews.
- Fix Fixed a conflict with WP Engine and the plugin notifications.
- Fix Plugin hardening.
2.2.4
February 14, 2024
- Fix Plugin hardening.
2.2.3
September 19, 2023
- Fix Fixed an issue causing the next update schedule time found on the settings page to be inaccurate.
- New Added a setting to show past live streams when using the live streams feed type. This is found when editing the feed type in the customizer.
2.2.2
September 12, 2023
- Fix Plugin hardening.
- Fix Removed unused files in the "templates" folder.
- Fix Fixed a deprecation notice in PHP 8.1+ "strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated"
- Fix Custom text that included single quotes would show with slashes on the front-end of the feed.
2.2.1
August 10, 2023
- Fix Fixed PHP error affecting single video posts Class 'SmashBalloonYouTubeFeedSBY_CPT' not found
2.2
August 9, 2023
- New Create a new feed using a YouTube handle instead of needing the channel ID.
- Fix Emoji in video descriptions would break single video post types when an older version of MySQL was in use.
- Fix Fixed PHP deprecation warning "Passing null to parameter" for PHP 8.2+
- Fix The video description would sometimes appear twice on hover.
2.1.2
June 2, 2023
- Fix Playlist feeds were always returning no videos found error.
- Fix Some license were prevented from creating certain feed types.
- Fix Single video posts were causing PHP errors and not displaying properly.
2.1.1
June 1, 2023
- Fix The Lightbox would appear at the bottom of pages with a YouTube feed on it when using Borlabs Cookie consent plugin or the AJAX theme workaround setting.
- Fix Fixed a fatal PHP error occurring in some sites using PHP 7.1.
- Fix Changed how the plugin adds an HTTP referer to affect just API calls made by YouTube Feeds.
2.1
April 18, 2023
- New Your video players will now feature an attractive subscribe bar. Clicking the subscribe button on the bar will link your visitors to your YouTube page where they will be prompted to subscribe to your channel. Disable this by going to the customizer Videos->Video Player Experience->Subscribe Link setting
- New Single video posts can now have the video thumbnail for the related YouTube video set as the featured image. Visit the settings page and go to the "Single Videos" tab to enable this feature.
- New Add a video duration counter to the bottom right of video thumbnails to let visitors know how long the runtime of the video is. Enable this by opening the feed customizer, finding "Videos" -> "Edit Individual Elements" and enabling "Video Duration".
- Tweak Connecting your YouTube account will now take you to connect.smashballoon.com first to improve the reliability of this process.
2.0.7
December 14, 2022
- Fix Fixed a compatibility issue with the Complianz Cookie Consent plugin integration.
- Fix When Social Wall was active the About Us and Support links would not work.
- Fix Clicking the link to the page that explains creating custom templates would not work.
- Fix A PHP error would occur when the active license was checked under certain circumstances.
2.0.6
October 11, 2022
- Fix Removed DotEnv code that was causing a conflict in some rare circumstances.
- Fix When using two or more feeds on one page and the "AJAX theme loading fix" setting, an empty lightbox related element would display at the bottom of the page.
2.0.5
September 29, 2022
- Fix Fixed a conflict with the All in One SEO plugin causing menu tabs to not work properly.
2.0.4
September 13, 2022
- Fix The box shadow setting for card style videos was not applying correctly.
- Fix Editing individual colors of elements would not be reflected on the front-end.
- Fix The setting for the date format would not always affect the feed preview.
2.0.3
August 31, 2022
- Tweak Improved the user experience to avoid confusion over connecting an account when creating a new feed.
- Fix Fixed deprecation warnings when using PHP 8.0+.
- Fix Added any API key saved in settings to the system info for easy support debugging.
- Fix Activating the Pro version would trigger an error if the free version of YouTube Feeds was active.
- Fix Removed extra files.
2.0.2
July 27, 2022
- Fix The "All Feeds" page would not display for some older versions of WordPress.
- Fix Video statistics were not updating properly in some circumstances.
- Fix The customizer is now easier to use on devices smaller than a desktop.
- Fix Notices from other plugins were showing when creating a feed and using the customizer.
- Fix Pagination to edit additional feeds was not working when there were more than 20 feeds created.
2.0.1
July 7, 2022
- Fix Fixed a PHP error that would occur when using a version of WordPress less than 5.9 and a version of PHP less than 8.0.
2.0
- Important Minimum supported WordPress version has been raised from 3.5 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 YouTube 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.
- 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 We've added a new Feed Templates feature. You can now select a feed template when creating a feed to make it much quicker and easier to get started with the type of feed you want to display. Selecting a template preconfigures the feed customization settings to match that template, saving you time and effort.
- 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.
- New Added a Post Style setting which allows you to add a boxed style to your Videos, with a background color, border radius, and box shadow.
- New Added a new custom text header option, so you can now add custom text to the header for your feed.
1.4.2
- New Added PHP hook "sby_wp_post_content" to modify the post content before saving video posts as a custom post type in the WordPress database.
- New Added a shortcode setting "allowcookies" that, when set to "true", will allow YouTube cookies needed for custom end screens configured on youtube.com
- Tweak Added "play" icon to main player for the gallery layout.
- Tweak Added support for WordPress comments for the video posts saved as a custom post type in WordPress.
- Tweak For video posts saved as WordPress custom post types, links found in the video description will be made into clickable HTML before being stored.
- Fix SSL is now always verified when making API requests to YouTube's API.
- Fix Fixed a compatibility issue with the Complianz GDPR plugin.
- Fix Setting the height and width of a feed using a shortcode would not work without including the unit of measure.
- Fix The description length setting was not working properly.
- Fix Related videos would sometimes not show up as expected when ending or pausing a video being played in the lightbox.
- Fix Fixed PHP error when trying to load more posts and using the "on page" method of storing WP posts.
- Fix Fixed PHP warning when trying to edit a post that did not yet have a post type assigned.
1.4.1
- Fix Fixed several issues with GDPR Cookie Consent by Web Toffee integration.
- Fix Displaying a YouTube Feed using Smash Balloon and displaying a YouTube video using Elementor's video widget no longer causes problems though some features for Feeds for YouTube may be limited.
1.4
- New The locations of the YouTube feeds on your site will now be logged and listed on a single page for easier management. After this feature has been active for awhile, a "Feed Finder" link will appear next to the Feed Type setting on the plugin Settings page which allows you to see a list of all feeds on your site along with their locations.
- Tweak Description text shown next to or below the feed will now make URLs in to clickable links.
- Tweak Shortened description text will always end on a word instead of cutting off parts of words.
- Fix Pro version of the Web Toffee GDPR Cookie Consent plugin was not being detected.
- Fix Updated jQuery methods for compatibility with WordPress 5.7.
- Fix Extra characters added to video IDs will be ignored when making a single video feed.
- Fix Cache ID of playlist feeds changed to prevent conflicts.
1.3.1
- Fix Fixed a problem with the order of upcoming live streams when two videos were streaming on the same day.
- Fix When the GDPR setting was enabled and consent had not yet been given, the thumbnail for videos was not visible in the lightbox.
- Fix Added PHP hooks for special actions after inserting or updating a custom post from a YouTube video.
- Fix The Pro version of the Web Toffee GDPR Cookie Consent plugin was not being detected.
- Fix Live streams that were not scheduled before streaming were not showing up in live stream feeds.
1.3
- New Integrations with popular GDPR cookie consent solutions added. Visit the YouTube Feed settings page, Customize tab, GDPR section for more information.
- New Exclude past live streams in live stream feeds using the setting found on the "Configure" tab or adding showpast="false" to your shortcode.
- Tweak Live stream feeds are now ordered with currently streaming videos first, then other upcoming live streams sorted by closest upcoming live stream date, and lastly past live streams sorted by most recently streamed.
- Fix Deleted live streams would still display in live stream feeds.
- Fix When using page caching, changing the cache time to something other than hours would not work.
- Fix Date that video was published would not always match what was shown on YouTube.com.
1.2.2
- Tweak Live stream feeds will now show past live streams as well as upcoming live streams.
- Tweak Added support for improved notices on the plugin settings page.
- Fix Connecting an account that didn't have an associated YouTube channel would result in nothing happening. Now an empty channel is connected that can be used to create feeds.
- Fix Iframe player now uses the video title as the iframe element title attribute.
- Fix Call to action feature in video description was not using text for the button.
- Fix Changed video info text color to inherit from your theme.
1.2.1
- Tweak Added an HTML class "sby_current" to the currently playing thumbnail when using the gallery layout. Selecting a video will continue to show the hover information.
- Tweak Centered the video title for the related videos end of action feature.
1.2
- New Added compatibility with our new Social Wall plugin, which allows you to combine feeds from Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube into one social media "wall". If you are using our Smash Balloon All-Access Bundle then the Social Wall plugin is included at no additional cost. Just log into your account to download and install the plugin.
1.1.4
- Tweak Added noticed explaining the account connection and what it can and can't be used for when connecting an account.
- Tweak Removed refresh token from being required for a manual connection.
- Tweak Cache name for custom search feeds changed to avoid cache conflicts.
- Fix Caches of multiple feeds with filters would cause conflicts resulting in the wrong videos displaying in feeds.
- Fix Improved performance of API requests for creating feeds.
1.1.3
- New To help us improve the plugin we have added usage tracking so that we can understand what features and settings are being used, and which features matter to you the most. The plugin will send a report in the background once per week with your plugin settings and basic information about your website environment. No personal or sensitive data is collected (such as email addresses, YouTube account information, license keys, etc). You can opt-out by simply disabling the setting at: Feeds for YouTube > Customize > Advanced > Enable Usage Tracking. See here for more information.
- Tweak Play icon changed to YouTube logo to comply with YouTube's terms of service.
- Tweak More details are provided for API errors such as an API key not working after being created.
- Tweak If an API key has not been entered, an account reconnection is required if trying to display videos from a previously unused channel and more than an hour has passed since the last account connection.
- Fix Prevented a Fatal PHP error caused by retrieving videos without using an API key and either entering a non-existing channel ID or having allow_url_fopen disabled on the server.
- Fix Non-latin characters were displaying incorrectly in titles and descriptions when a feed was using backup data.
1.1.2
- Tweak Video thumbnails are cropped to a 9:16 aspect ratio to remove black bars at the top and bottom of the images.
- Tweak Improved workarounds for video player issues caused by having YouTube iframes from other sources on the same page.
- Fix YouTube video post type would sometimes cause issues with WordPress search feature.
1.1.1
- Tweak Add setting to load iframes with the rest of the page to prevent conflict caused by other plugin's or theme's YouTube players being on the same page.
- Tweak Upcoming and currently playing live streams are loaded into the feed differently allowing for up to 15 videos to display in a feed.
- Fix Emoji in video description would cause the wrong thumbnail to be used for list layout.
- Fix Line breaks in combination with double quotes in video descriptions would cause feed display issues.
1.1
- Tested with WordPress 5.4 update.
- New Display video players in 9:16 ratio. To use 3:4 ratio, go to the "Customize" tab, "Video Experience" area.
- New "Single" feed type added. Use this type to display individual YouTube videos using the video ID.
- New Added a “Feeds for YouTube” Gutenberg block to use in the block editor, allowing you to easily add a feed to posts and pages.
- Tweak Removed extra space between posts if there was no info for the video included in the feed.
- Tweak Changed how live streaming video feed type works to be more reliable.
- Tweak Non Feeds for YouTube admin notices are removed when viewing settings pages for Feeds for YouTube.
- Tweak Slight styling changes for how end of video actions are displayed.
- Fix Pagination for certain feed types would not work properly.
- Fix PHP error related to using PHP version 5.3 or less.
- Fix Background caching was not updating feed caches.
1.0
- Launched the Feeds for YouTube Pro plugin!
