2.3.7
Release Date: 12 April 2026
- Security: Fixed Broken Access Control vulnerability in AJAX endpoints (CVE – PatchStack CVSS 5.4)
- Enhancement: WordPress 6.8.2 support
2.3.6
Release Date: 24 November 2025
- Enhancement: Improved page loading performance by optimizing image handling
- Bug: Fixed video data not being saved when selecting content after switching from “Add URL” to “Choose” tab
- Bug: Fixed browser reload confirmation popup appearing even after successful post save
2.2.5
Release Date: 12 June 2025
- Enhancement : WordPress 6.8.1 support
- Update: (Premium) Plugin Update Checker
2.3.4
Release Date: 7 March 2024
- Enhancement : Coding standard
2.3.3
Release Date: 14 December 2023
- Update: (Premium) Plugin Update Checker
- Bug: (Premium) Removing element in case of multiple videos in the post/page
- Bug: Creation of dynamic property deprecated in PHP 8.2
2.3.2
Release Date: 5 January 2023
- Bug: Only one video displayed in archive pages
2.3.1
Release Date: 13 December 2022
- Enhancement : Support shortcodes like [jwplayer file=”https://example.com/videos/video.mp4″]
2.3.0
Release Date: 26 September 2022
- Enhancement: JW Player dashboard connection using the API v2 credentials
- Enhancement: Select and publish videos hosted on JW Player
- Enhancement: Select and publish playlist hosted on JW Player
2.2.1
Release Date: 22 September 2022
- Bug: (Premium) Security options require API v1 Secret key
2.2.0
Release Date: 26 July 2022
- Enhancement : (Premium) New API v2 authentication with Site ID and Secret
- Enhancement : (Premium) New API v2 endpoints
- Enhancement : (Premium) Full list of ad partners available for player bidding option
- Enhancement : (Premium) Price range options for Google Ad Manager mediation
- Enhancement : (Premium) GDPR options
- Enhancement : (Premium) CCPA options
- Bug: JW Player doesn’t support FLV videos
2.1.3
Release Date: 15 June 2021
- Enhancement : Different endpoints for single-videos and playlists
2.1.2
Release Date: 28 April 2021
- Bug fix: JS error by selecting admin options
2.1.1
Release Date: 17 February 2021
- Bug fix: Video itemprop duration not in ISO 8601
2.1.0
Release Date: 4 February 2021
- Enhancement : SEO improvements with schema markup
- Enhancement : New switch buttons in plugin options page
- Enhancement : (Premium) Set video poster-image as WordPress featured image
- Bug fix: (Premium) Thumbnails with different width in playlist carousel
2.0.2
Release Date: 13 April 2020
- Bug fix: (Premium) Default subtitles option missing
- Bug fix: (Premium) Quotation marks subtitles labels removed
2.0.1
Release Date: 26 August 2019
- Bug fix : Array check on getting videos for the single post
2.0.0
Release Date: 30 May 2019
- Enhancement: Support shortcodes like [jwplayer fPHnET5D]
- Enhancement: Facebook Instant Articles support
- Enhancement: WP Coding Sandard
- Enhancement (Premium): JW Player dashboard connection by API Key and Secret
- Enhancement (Premium): Select and publish videos hosted on JW Player
- Enhancement (Premium): Select and publish playlist hosted on JW Player
- Enhancement (Premium): For every embeded video, select and use a specific player set on JW Player
- Enhancement (Premium): Secure video URLs
- Enhancement (Premium): Secure player embeds
- Enhancement (Premium): Playlist carousel customizable
- Enhancement (Premium): Unlimited ad tags
- Enhancement (Premium): Select a specific ad tag for every single video
- Enhancement (Premium): Player bidding support with SpotX
- Enhancement (Premium): Possibility to use an advertising embed block variable
- Enhancement (Premium): Video/ Playlist description in meta box
- Enhancement (Premium): Video/ Playlist thumbanil in meta box
1.5.3
Release Date: 8 Dec 2018
* Bug Fix: Add/ Delete video buttons not visible in WordPress 5.0
1.5.2
Release Date: 3 May 2018
- Enhancement: Security improvements.
- Bug Fix: PHP Notices.
1.5.1
Release Date: 24 Jan 2018
- Enhancement: More skins available for JWP7.
- Enhancement: (Premium) Adding custom skins and color customization for JWP7.
- Enhancement: (Premium) Full skin colors customization for JWP8.
- Bug Fix: PHP Notices.
1.5.0
Release Date: 6 Nov 2017
- Enhancement: Plugin name changed to JW Player for WordPress, version 7 removed.
- Enhancement: Now it’s possible to use the cloud player library, without the need to upload the player.
- Enhancement: JW Player 8 ready.
- Enhancement: New shortcode jwp-video.
- Bug Fix: jQuery library conflict.
- Bug Fix: PHP Notices.
- Bug Fix: Wrong position question mark in plugin box
1.4.1
Release Date: 3 May 2017
- Enhancement: Better tabs navigation.
- Enhancement: (Premium) New option tab for subtitles style customization.
- Enhancement: (Premium) Possibility to activate subtitles by default.
1.4.0
Release Date: 7 February 2017
- Enhancement: Add custom measures to every single player with the new shortcode options.
- Enhancement: Social sharing now includes Facebook, Twitter, GooglePlus, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Reddit and email of course.
- Enhancement (Premium): Load different subtitles files (vtt, srt, dfxp) that can be chosen from the CC selection menu.
- Enhancement (Premium): Add different sources with label and let the user toggles the desired video quality.
- Enhancement (Premium): Now you can let the user download your video only by adding a flag.
- Enhancement (Premium): Now you can mute your videos during playback.
- Enhancement (Premium): Configures if the player should loop the content.
- Enhancement (Premium): Autostart, Mute and Repeat options are now available for playlists too by using the new shortcode options.
- Enhancement (Premium): Next up tooltip and more elements are now localized.
- Bug Fix: Special chars in video title and description.
1.3.3
Release Date: 18 November, 2016
- Bug Fix: YouTube video thumbnail check returned always true.
1.3.2
Release Date: 17 November, 2016
- Enhancement: Now is possible use the post thumbnail as video poster image.
- Enhancement: YouTube videos now get thumbnails automatically.
- Enhancement: (Premium) Removed the limit of six chapters and subtitles, you can add as many elements as you need.
- Enhancement: (Premium) Now you can add Preview Thumbnails of your video, visible on mouseover on the timeline.
1.3.1
Release Date: 01 August, 2016
- Bug Fix: Error Missing argument 2 for jwppp_video_code()… with Video Player position in pre/ post content.
1.3.0
Release Date: 01 August, 2016
- Enhancement: When the file extension is missing or not recognized, now you can force a media type with a simple tool
- Enhancement: The plugin is now Google Analytics ready
- Enhancement: Now you can call videos from outside of the loop, by indicating the post/ page id into the shortcode
- Enhancement: Use the [jw7-video] shortcode into the text widget
- Enhancement: Choose where the logo has to be visualized into the player
- Enhancement: Now you can add subtitles to your videos
1.2.0
Release Date: 05 April, 2016
- Enhancement (Premium): Now is possible to add a playlist using a shortcode.
- Enhancement: Added the possibility to indicate a second video URL for mobile devices.
1.1.1
Release Date: January 03, 2015
- Bug Fix: Missed database update
- Bug Fix: Missed chapters update
1.1.0
Release Date: January 01, 2015
- Enhancement (Premium): Added Autostart on page load option.
- Enhancement (Premium): Added the possibility to publish more than one video per post/page (Ajax)
- Enhancement (Premium): Updated the shortcode functionality that gives the ability to call the single video by number
- Bug Fix: Blank line in the header, generated by getting player key and library script.
- Bug Fix: YouTube preview image now fill the player dimensions.
- Bug Fix: Problem on showing more than one video in archive pages.
1.0.1
Release Date: October 12, 2015
- Enhancement: Added Custom Player Position option with shortcode
- Enhancement: Added detailed instructions in how to setup JW Player self-hosted to your site
- Enhancement (Premium): Added the possibility to add a playlist using a feed.
1.0.0