Visual Link Preview

Changelog

2.4.2

  • Improvement: Block Editor iFrame compatibility
  • Fix: Prevent subscribers from accessing VLP preview endpoint

2.4.1

  • Fix: Prevent long post titles from causing horizontal scroll

2.4.0

  • Feature: Create VLP blocks in bulk from a list of websites
  • Improvement: Show 20 most recent posts
  • Improvement: Featured image in post selection
  • Fix: Prevent optional Microlink API key to be accessible by logged in users

2.3.1

  • Fix: Harden external URL metadata and image fetch endpoints against authenticated SSRF attempts by blocking localhost, private/reserved IP ranges, and unsafe ports

2.3.0

  • Feature: Elementor Widget for visual links
  • Feature: Use PHP to retrieve URL metadata
  • Feature: Use LinkPreview API to retrieve URL metadata
  • Feature: Automatic fallback to different provider
  • Feature: Manually retry using a different provider
  • Fix: Only show posts in search and summary that the current user is allowed to read

2.2.9

  • Improvement: Choose how visual links should render inside RSS feeds

2.2.8

  • Fix: Prevent potential misuse of shortcode by authors
  • Fix: Only output link in RSS feed

2.2.7

  • Improvement: WordPress 6.8 compatibility
  • Fix: Loading translations too early

2.2.6

  • Fix: Deprecation warning

2.2.5

  • Improvement: Use default translation for “Read More” in spotlight template
  • Fix: Gutenberg deprecations

2.2.4

  • Fix: Internal link select in WordPress 5.9

2.2.3

  • Fix: Prevent users without the right capabities from being able to use our AJAX actions

2.2.2

  • Fix: Block not rendering in WordPress 5.8
  • Fix: Template issues when using different templates on the same page

2.2.1

  • Fix: Breaking class call when using custom styling
  • Fix: Prevent PHP notices because of non-static functions

2.2.0

  • Feature: New “Compact” link template
  • Feature: New “Spotlight” link template
  • Feature: Template Editor for link templates
  • Feature: URL block in the Template Editor to show domain or full url
  • Feature: Optionally set your own Microlink API key
  • Improvement: Remove jQuery dependency
  • Improvement: Better compatibility with TwentyTwenty theme
  • Fix: Sanitization for summary field
  • Fix: Stuck in loading if fetching of external link data not working

2.1.1

  • Fix: Prevent PHP notices for incomplete shortcodes

2.1.0

  • Feature: Set nofollow and open in new tab for VLP Block
  • Feature: Set custom link class for VLP Block
  • Feature: Ability to use shortcode directly for advanced purposes
  • Improvement: Keep image size consistent
  • Improvement: Layout on mobile
  • Fix: Browser freezing when trying to load information from some URLs

2.0.2

  • Improvement: Convert paragraph and shortcode block
  • Fix: Image not removing correctly in Classic Editor

2.0.1

  • Fix: Some blocks not showing preview in Gutenberg
  • Fix: Default image size in template causing PHP notices

2.0.0

  • Feature: Easily change template style from settings
  • Feature: Automatic content in Gutenberg block
  • Feature: Automatic summary for internal links
  • Improvement: Better Gutenberg block with preview

1.3.3

  • Fix: Bug introduced in 1.3.2 when creating in Gutenberg

1.3.2

  • Fix: Summary not getting saved correctly upon edit
  • Fix: HTML code showing in summary

1.3.1

  • Improvement: Convert shortcode to Gutenberg block
  • Fix: WordPress 5.0 compatibility

1.3.0

  • Feature: Fetch information from external link using Open Graph

1.2.2

  • Improvement: Gutenberg 3.3 compatibility

1.2.1

  • Improvement: Gutenberg 2.6.0 compatibility for the VLP block

1.2.0

  • Feature: New block for Gutenberg compatibility
  • Feature: Use nofollow and open in new tab for external links
  • Improvement: Better handling of encoding

1.1.2

  • Fix: Prevent overwriting first link in post when editing a newly added link

1.1.1

  • Fix: Problem with encoding unicode characters

1.1.0

  • Feature: Template system

1.0.0

  • Very first version of this link preview plugin

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Author
Brecht
Version:
2.4.2
Last Updated
May 19, 2026
Active Installs
10000
Requires
WordPress 4.4
Tested Up To
WordPress 7.0

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