Summary
Feature Release
This updated version of Virtual Events brings a new Smart URL field with several new features.
As always, we recommend updating on a staging site, just to be safe, but it should all be smooth sailing.
Virtual Events 1.8.0 requires The Events Calendar 5.12.4 or above
New
New features included in this release:
- Updated the video field to the new ‘Smart’ URL field to autodetect a video source using Oembed.
- Users can now connect existing Zoom Meetings or Webinars to their events using the new ‘Smart’ URL field.
- Added a feature to display Facebook Videos using the new ‘Smart’ URL field.
- Added support for Virtual Event fields in the CSV importer.
Fixed
Bugs that were squashed in this release:
- Now you can display the Zoom video icon when linked button is disabled.
- PHP notices show when creating Zoom events in PHP (5.6) and WP minimums (4.9.x).
- Added a check utilizing the “show to” field to prevent the Zoom links from being added to the export file.
- Ensured the virtual event details aren’t duplicated in the single events page on the block editor.
- Enabled webinars on accounts using the Zoom Event account type.
Tweaks
A few tweaks we made under the hood:
- Always show a search field for the Zoom Account, Host, and Alternative Host dropdown fields.
Translations
Updated language files:
- 52 new strings added
- 85 updated
- 2 fuzzied
- 6 obsoleted
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