The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/). [2.36.0] - 4 Aug, 2026 - ADDED: Frame Border setting for the Carousel layout, so the frame stays visible when the carousel background matches the page, #550; - FIXED: Captions never displayed on the Carousel layout, #592; - FIXED: Noticeable lag when switching between photos on the Carousel layout, #542; - FIXED: Custom slide links from the MetaSlider Links tab were overridden by the gallery, #395; - FIXED: Rounded corners clipped the "Open in Gallery" button, icon and captions, #544; - FIXED: Grid and Masonry tiles downloaded far larger images than they display, #512; [2.35.0] - 29 Jul, 2026 - ADDED: Live preview for the gallery editor with a Preview / Arrange toggle and a Desktop / Mobile viewport switch, #455; - ADDED: Per-gallery Height control for the Grid and Justified layouts, #524; - ADDED: Caption Content source selector to pull captions from the manual field, the media caption or the media description, #563; - ADDED: Convert an existing MetaSlider slideshow into a gallery, #569; - CHANGED: Reorganized the gallery editor sidebar into a single-open accordion, #412; - CHANGED: Added front-end-matching icons to every gallery editor setting, #501; - CHANGED: Redesigned the caption editor with a navigable single-image modal and a per-thumbnail caption bar, #382; - CHANGED: Consolidated the lightbox-trigger toggles into a single "how visitors open images" control, #499; - CHANGED: Renamed the Settings submenu to "Global Settings" and brought button, icon and progress-bar appearance options onto each gallery, #536; - CHANGED: Redesigned the welcome flow with a new empty-state panel, #535, #502; - CHANGED: Made the "No images added yet" area clickable to open the media library, #541; [2.34.0] - 8 Jul, 2026 - ADDED: Per-gallery image styling — filters, rounded corners, border, shadow, opacity, and rotate/flip, #510; - CHANGED: Image Styles filters now also apply to the lightbox image and thumbnail strip, #523; - CHANGED: Updated the toolbar icons to match MetaSlider and added a New Gallery button, #375; - CHANGED: Justified galleries now stretch the final row to fill the width, #399; - FIXED: Fullscreen did not work with the carousel layout, #425, #431; - FIXED: Keep the Gallery admin menu next to MetaSlider when other plugins insert between them, #379; - FIXED: Small translation issues, including untranslatable gallery close and navigation labels, #507, #383; [2.33.0] - 25 Jun, 2026 - ADDED: Dedicated "Upgrade to Pro" page, #400; - ADDED: Pro upgrade prompts within the Gallery interface, #468; - ADDED: More per-gallery customization for the gallery window, including "Open in Gallery" button, icon and text options, #467; - ADDED: More ways to add images, including upload, media library, server folder and ZIP import, #454; - ADDED: Option to keep thumbnail navigation a consistent height, #398; - ADDED: Left and right margin settings, #347; - ADDED: Completed translations for all 28 languages, #452; - CHANGED: Rearranged and reorganized the gallery settings panel, #476; - CHANGED: Improved caption styling with new customization options, #413; - CHANGED: Apply caption text, color and background styling to gallery thumbnails and the gallery window, #493; - CHANGED: Hide related settings when "Show in Gallery Window" is disabled, #465; - CHANGED: Clarified the confusing Include / Exclude settings, #438; - CHANGED: Updated the Autoplay, Autoplay Slide Interval and Autoplay Progress Bar Color settings labels so it's clear they're connected, #491; - CHANGED: Include AI translation updates in the release workflow, #453; - FIXED: Gallery preview now matches the frontend layout, #503; - FIXED: Some settings did not show or hide correctly for the Showcase layout, #482; - FIXED: "Columns (mobile)" setting was ignored and fell back to the desktop Columns value, #396; - FIXED: Copy shortcode did not work on non-HTTPS sites, #463; [2.32.3] - 10 Jun, 2026 - FIXED: Gallery image clickthrough when Open in Gallery button is enabled, #466; - CHANGED: Gallery Pro links, #469; [2.32.2] - 8 Jun, 2026 - ADDED: Disable Gallery Window Setting, #411; - FIXED: Gallery images doesn't follow Image Size Setting, #460; - FIXED: "MetaSlider Gallery" category blocks lightbox, #442; - FIXED: Authors can see the Gallery menu link, #451; [2.32.1] - 2 Jun, 2026 - ADDED: Allow users to customize the thumbnail border and hover color, #374; - FIXED: Sanitize image captions before rendering to prevent XSS via lightGallery data-sub-html, #388; - FIXED: Require manage_options capability in gallery duplication handler to prevent authorization bypass, #389, #392; - FIXED: Align REST gallery preview endpoint permission with gallery management policy, #390; - FIXED: Remove lightGallery license key from named JS global to prevent exposure to site visitors, #393; [2.32.0] - 28 May, 2026 - ADDED: Allow users to choose the color for the progress bar, #421; - CHANGED: Update settings and UI text from "lightbox" to "gallery", #391; - CHANGED: Rename "Rotate" feature to "Rotate and Flip" to reflect available actions, #403; - CHANGED: Reorganize settings panel between Free and Pro features, #401; - CHANGED: Update Pro feature description tooltips, #404; - FIXED: Captions missing in MetaSlider slideshow when "Open in Gallery" button is enabled, #380, #409; - FIXED: Pro features cannot be disabled from settings, #402; - FIXED: Content filtering settings incorrectly affecting gallery display, #415; [2.30.0] - 14 May, 2026 - ADDED: Gutenberg block for inserting galleries in the block editor, #310; - ADDED: Showcase layout, #223; - ADDED: Allow users to choose the image size displayed in the gallery window, #249; - ADDED: Per-slideshow gallery window settings, #361; - ADDED: Usage column on the gallery list showing which posts and pages embed each gallery, #363; - ADDED: Click to copy shortcode on the gallery list and editor pages, #323; - ADDED: Duplicate button in the gallery editor toolbar, #324; - ADDED: Edit link in the WordPress admin toolbar for galleries, #321; - CHANGED: Remove the word "Lightbox" from all user-facing labels and descriptions, #346; - CHANGED: Replace "lightbox" with "gallery" in MetaSlider slideshow settings panel, #362; - CHANGED: Update plugin description and free/pro naming to MetaSlider Gallery, #348; - CHANGED: Translation updates for Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, #354; - CHANGED: Translation updates for Japanese, #353; - CHANGED: Translation updates for Spanish, #350; - CHANGED: Translation updates for ES, FR, IT, #344; - CHANGED: Add missing translation strings across all supported languages, #358; - CHANGED: Update readme.txt on WordPress.org, #352; - CHANGED: Plugin icon updated, #345; [2.23.0] - 28 Apr, 2026 - ADDED: Create a basic post type for MS Galleries, #308; - ADDED: Allow users to enable or disable the gallery window on individual slides, #298; - ADDED: Offer an icon instead of "Open in gallery window", #299; - ADDED: Allow users to customize "Open in gallery window", #311; - FIXED: gallery window icon doesn't work with custom color schemes, #295; - FIXED: Featured image option doesn't work correctly, #300; - FIXED: Autoplay description text, #297; - FIXED: Layout labels are too long sometimes, #326; - CHANGED: Plugin name updated to MetaSlider Gallery, #312; - CHANGED: Plan for menus and settings, #313; - CHANGED: Rename Hash URLs to Unique Image URLs, #282; - CHANGED: Clarify width and height settings, #294; - CHANGED: Change the default settings for "Open in gallery window", #320; - CHANGED: Move title field to the left, #319; - CHANGED: Make the gallery title field required, #322; - CHANGED: Tooltips, #318; - CHANGED: Translation updates for ES, FR, IT, #293; - CHANGED: Translate into more languages, #307; - CHANGED: ES-FR-IT translation updates for Metaslider-gallery window FREE and PRO on weblate, #327; [2.22.0] - 28 Jan, 2026 - FIXED: Fix toolbar icon CSS selector affecting share dropdown icons, #261; - FIXED: Include the MetaSlider logo, #283; - CHANGED: Hash URLs, #282; - CHANGED: Move sidebar setting to a new panel, #285; [2.21.0] - 20 Jan, 2026 - ADDED: Test for accessibility, #1245; - ADDED: Store plugin version and path in db, #264; - ADDED: Pro Ads/Tab on Free, #262; - ADDED: Pro Features promos, #263; - FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #258; - FIXED: Add Recursion Guard, #268; - FIXED: Duplicate images, #269; - FIXED: Dealing with small images, #236; - FIXED: gallery window still being applied to a slideshow even if not enabled, #260; - FIXED: Disable gallery window in thumbnails navigation, #191; - FIXED: First Carousel Slide Shows Cropped Image in gallery window, #270; - FIXED: Check Woocommerce products/gallery, automatic mode doesn't seem to work, #266; - FIXED: Cursor is not a "mouse hand" for images below a gallery, #208; [2.20.0] - 20 Nov, 2025 - ADDED: Detect Pro Version, #242; - FIXED: Italian, Spanish and French translation updates, #241; - FIXED: Allow users to change icon colors, #252; - CHANGED: Match the MetaSlider settings, #179; - CHANGED: Text updates for Behavior tab, #238; - CHANGED: Text updates for Appearance tab, #237; - CHANGED: Allow users to show the images in a larger size?, #214; - REMOVED: Close Button Position Setting, #248; [2.12.0] - 30 Oct, 2025 - ADDED: Redirect on install, #222; - ADDED: Skip over items inserted in the page, #213; - FIXED: gallery window appears on WooCommerce products even when disabled, #220; - FIXED: Enlarge on click instructions are not correct, #216; - CHANGED: Update Appearance Tab, #219, #218, #217; - CHANGED: Automatic Mode/Manual Mode, #221; [2.11.1] - 16 Oct, 2025 - CHANGED: Plugin Version, #210; [2.11.0] - 16 Oct, 2025 - ADDED: Allow users to move the "Close" button and "Open in gallery window" button, #183; - ADDED: Add Ability to Change "Open in gallery window" text in button, #127; - ADDED: Allow users to switch to include or exclude, #174; - FIXED: Post type exclusions not finding all post types, #196; - CHANGED: Description accuracy, #188; - CHANGED: Include the MetaSlider logo, #170; - CHANGED: Add padding to right of settings area, #173; - REMOVED: Translating screenshots, #184; [2.10.0] - 29 Sep, 2025 ADDED: Different settings for different post types, #121; ADDED: Add an option to hide or show slide Image Title Text, #132; ADDED: Add ability to use MetaSlider slide to show gallery window instead of button, #128; ADDED: Add settings for manual options, #155; ADDED: Add settings for button text colors, #162; CHANGED: Behavior Tab should be for all options (manual and automatic), #152; FIXED: Custom HTML: Images are zoomed in gallery window when using mobile portrait, #104; FIXED: Layer Slides: Open in gallery window button overlaps with Play / Pause button, #119; FIXED: Layer Slides: Text layers are too big when on mobile (portrait and landscape), #105; FIXED: gallery window not working on content-based videos, #157; FIXED: Menu conflict when Firelight gallery window is installed, #142; FIXED: Vimeo with lazyload enabled, #83; [2.0.0] - 24 Jul, 2025 - ADDED: LightGallery.js implementation with built-in gallery window functionality, #70; - ADDED: Admin settings page with color customization options, #49; - ADDED: Thumbnail navigation toggle, #58; - ADDED: Video support for local and external videos with Video.js integration, #85; - ADDED: WordPress "Enlarge on click" override functionality, #50; - ADDED: CSS per MetaSlider theme for better mobile compatibility, #77; - ADDED: Tab focus accessibility on "Open in gallery window" buttons, #86; - ADDED: Icon hover color picker option, #114; - FIXED: gallery window animation smoothness when opening/closing, #41; - FIXED: Arrows and close button visibility on mobile/tablet, #43; - FIXED: Thumbnail navigation overlapping main image, #58; - FIXED: Slide images being always linked, #62; - FIXED: Clear button alignment issues, #72; - FIXED: Color picker functionality without MetaSlider installed, #75; - FIXED: PHPCS errors and security issues, #89; - FIXED: External video loading issues, #107; - FIXED: Post feed "Open in gallery window" button clickability on mobile, #106; - FIXED: Custom HTML slide display issues, #101; - FIXED: Layer slide text sizing on mobile, #105; - FIXED: MetaSlider theme compatibility (Radix, Databold, Highway), #91, #109; - FIXED: Close button display on desktop, #45; - FIXED: Unable to save disabled "Open in gallery window" setting, #42; - CHANGED: Made gallery window addition automatic for better UX, #38; - CHANGED: UI improvements and dropdown labels, #60; - CHANGED: Menu and save button design consistency, #113; [1.13.4] - 14 Mar, 2025 - CHANGED: Remove discontinued gallery window plugins on description list; [1.13.3] - 13 Mar, 2025 - CHANGED: Remove active installation stats on readme; [1.13.2] - 10 Jul, 2024 - ADDED: metaslider_admin_notices hook, #26; [1.13.1] - 12 Oct, 2021 - FIXED: gallery window setting is broken if using MetaSlider v3.27.13, #18; - CHANGED: Remove Extendify library; [1.13.0] - 13 Jul, 2021 - CHANGED: Update the library. [1.12.2] - 7 Jul, 2021 - FIXED: Bug fixes. - ADDED: Adds option to disable the library. [1.12.1] - 17 May, 2021 - FIXED: Bug fixes. [1.12.0] - 28 Apr, 2021 - ADDED: Adds access to the Extendify template and pattern library. [1.11.3] - 22 Aug, 2020 - CHANGED: Updates readme and team account info. [1.11.2] - 09 Apr, 2020 - CHANGED: De-prioritizes recommendation for Responsive gallery window by dFactory due to inactivity. [1.11.1] - 14 Aug, 2019 - FIXED: Fixes issue where the setting wouldn't save properly. [1.11.0] - 8 Jul, 2019 - ADDED: Adds support for Gallery Manager Pro. [1.10.4] - 30 Apr, 2019 - CHANGED: Adds unique class name to admin notices. [1.10.3] - 04 Jan, 2019 - FIXED: Fixes a bug where WP-Featherlight would not load as a gallery. [1.10.2] - 14 Jul, 2018 - CHANGED: Updates settings page for WP gallery window 2 to match their update. [1.10.1] - 16 Mar, 2018 - FIXED: Updates how gallery window plugins are checked for activation. - FIXED: Addresses a bug that checks for previous slider settings. - FIXED: Removes an incompatible gallery window plugin (duplicate name). [1.10.0] - 16 Mar, 2018 - ADDED: Adds support for additional gallery window plugins. - CHANGED: Refactors gallery window to clean up attribute function. - CHANGED: Refactors various parts of the code to extract supported plugin data. - CHANGED: Extracts the class MetaSlidergallery windowPlugin to its own file. - CHANGED: Changes the logic for check if the plugin is install and active. - CHANGED: Adds a CSS class to the container that identifies the active gallery window plugin. - CHANGED: Adds filters to let users manipulate the plugin use. - CHANGED: Refactors gallery window to clean up attribute function. [1.9.3] - 14 Nov, 2018 - CHANGED: Fix checks to slide URL. - FIXED: FooBox Pro compatibility update. - FIXED: Updates the FooBox Profile name. - FIXED: Update Gallery Manager plugin settings. [1.9.2] - 26 Jan, 2018 - CHANGED: Update translation strings. - CHANGED: Adds warning message when no gallery window is active. [1.9.0] - 28 Mar, 2017 - FIXED: Simple gallery window use slide caption instead of attachment caption. [1.8.0] - 16 Mar, 2017 - FIXED: Update slide image URL to comply with new slide post type. [1.7.0] - 09 May, 2016 - FIXED: Removes defunct gallery window Plus plugin link (thanks to @Hendrik57). [1.6.0] - 01 Apr, 2015 - ADDED: Adds support for FooBox Image gallery window and WP gallery window 2 *Pro* versions. [1.5.0] - 30 Jan, 2015 - ADDED: Adds support for FooBox Image gallery window and Responsive gallery window by dFactory. [1.4.0] - 15 Dec, 2014 - FIXED: Hides dependency warning in admin if WP Video gallery window is activated (reported by and thanks to: vfontj). [1.3.0] - 28 Oct, 2014 - ADDED: Adds support for Fancy Gallery gallery window plugin (suggested by and thanks to: Zim1). [1.2.0] - 17 Sep, 2014 - ADDED: Support for additional gallery window plugins. [1.1.0] - 22 Aug, 2014 - FIXED: Array assignment compatibility PHP < v5.4 (reported by and thanks to: andrea_montuori). [1.0.0] - 15 Aug, 2014 - ADDED: Initial version.