MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Modal Windows

The format is based on Keep a Changelog recommendations
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[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.