Changelog

5.0 #

• New: Option to show/hide feed item title.
• New: Option to link description text with the feed item URL.
• New: Option to offset/skip RSS feed items.
• New: Option to set different width and height for the thumbnail.
• Fix: PHP 8 warnings.
• Fix: Additional ellipsis are now stripped from the description text.
• PRO: Support for 6 grid columns.
• PRO: Google news and Google alerts RSS feeds will now fetch thumbnail image.

4.9 #

• New in PRO: Paginated display type.
• New in PRO: Wildcard value is now supported as filter value.
• New: Option to set fixed height for the feed with scrollbar.
• New: RSS feeds are now fetched with Chrome user agent.
• Fix: <b> tag is now included in the rich text description.

4.8 #

• New in PRO: Merge multiple RSS feeds into one.
• New: Color theme (Modern 2).
• Fix: Padding issue in one column layout.

4.7.1 #

• Fix: Template field was stripping away some characters.

4.7 #

• New: Support for lazy loading is enabled for thumbnails.
• New: WordPress requirement is updated.
• Fix: Enhancements to widget form and feed output sanitization.

4.6 #

• New in PRO: Option to fetch thumbnail directly from the feed URL if not available.
• New: Option to choose timezone for the date of feed items.
• New: Error logging system in the PRO version.
• Fix: Set default link URL when feed item has no link.
• Fix: Break tags are retained in the feed description.

4.5 #

• New: Display feed item date in relative format.
• Fix: Minor enhancements to widget admin UI.
• New in PRO: Filter by category.
• Fix in PRO: Feed items count was incorrect when filter was applied.

4.4.1 #

• Fix: All feed items were displayed when "Order by" is selected as "default"

4.4 #

• New in PRO: Filter feed items by keyword.
• New: Option to prefer full content or summary to display as feed description.
• New: Default ordering option.
• New: Option to change no feed item text.
• Fix: Bug with select field in widget form.
• Fix: Read more link being displayed when description is empty.

4.3 #

• New: Option to order/sort feed items by date, random.
• New: Filter hook to customize thumbnail URL.

4.2 #

• Fix: Ticker sometimes gets stuck when browser tab is switched or not viewed.
• New: Featured image is automatically inserted into local RSS feed to show as thumbnail if the post has no image in it.

4.1 #

• New: Option to change date format
• New: Date will now be in the same language as the site.
• New: Option to set default thumbnail image if not present.
• New: Filter hook to customize the feed item’s HTML.

4.0.1 #

• Fix: Added hover style for the tabs and on active style when no theme is selected.
• New: Tested with WordPress 5.6

4.0 #

• New: Reliable thumbnails. Thumbnails will now be taken from multiple places like feed content.
• New: Thumbnail positions (align left, right and cover mode) and size can be changed.
• New: Widget options are now more refined, easy to find and use.
• New: Plugin is now translation ready.
• New: noreferrer added to the feed links.
• New: Stripe of feed items is now done using CSS class srr-stripe instead of even.
• New in PRO: Shortcodes
• New in PRO: 4+ Color themes
• New in PRO: Grid layout
• New in PRO: Custom template for the feed content.