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Captivate Sync · Version history

Captivate Sync changelog and version history

Latest version
3.3.3
Oct 1, 2026 (1 month ago)
Releases
31
since 2019
In the last year
4
about one every 85 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4

Releases each year

  • 201910 releases
  • 20204 releases
  • 20217 releases
  • 20231 release
  • 20244 releases
  • 20251 release
  • 20264 releases

20264 releases

  1. Captivate Sync 3.3.3Latest

    • Released on 21/09/2026
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a PHP warning caused by a missing slug key when syncing episodes.
    • Updated show notes validation to display the correct error message for empty content or content exceeding the character limit.
    • Security Improvement: Fixed a SQL injection vulnerability in the podcast episode duplication functionality.
    • Improved database query handling by using WordPress’s parameterized database APIs when copying episode metadata.

  2. Captivate Sync 3.3.2

    • Released on 02/07/2026
    • Bug Fix: Fixed checkbox styling to ensure checked checkboxes display correctly with recent WordPress versions.

  3. Captivate Sync 3.3.1

    • Released on 21/01/2026
    • Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where episode videos conflicted with certain page builders.

  4. Captivate Sync 3.3.0

    • Released on 28/11/2025
    • Added support for custom taxonomies.
    • Episode artwork validation on publish/edit now uses the same validation rules as the new specification (dimensions, files size, and format).
    • Security Improvement: Addressed a vulnerability in the page mapping dropdown to prevent potential injection attacks.
    • Added YouTube video link display on the Edit Episode screen when a video is available.
    • Settings: Added an option to show or hide the episode video on single episode pages.
    • Bug fix: Resolved an issue where episode statuses — Exclusive, Early Access, and Expired — were not syncing correctly when updated in Captivate.
    • Bug Fix: Resolved an issue where the episode video was unintentionally removed when updating the episode in WordPress.
    • Minor UI improvements and additional small bug fixes.

20251 release

  1. Captivate Sync 3.2.2

    • Released on 21/07/2025
    • Bug fix: Resolved an issue where list formatting of show notes was not preserved correctly when synced to Captivate and vice-versa.

20244 releases

  1. Captivate Sync 3.0.3

    • Released on 27/11/2024
    • Reverted the assets folder to its previous version.

  2. Captivate Sync 3.0.2

    • Released on 27/11/2024
    • Bug fix: Resolved an issue where auto-sync was not triggered when a webhook failed.
    • Bug fix: Fixed a problem with the shortcode not displaying the episode list when authentication tokens expired.

  3. Captivate Sync 3.0.0

    • Released on 28/10/2024
    • Overall User Interface updated
    • Settings: Allow users to change single episode slug, category archive slug, enable or disable default archive page.
    • Settings: Ability to display artwork in place of the featured image.
    • Settings: Ability to display season and episode number with the episode title.
    • Shortcode: Ability to select multiple podcasts and specific episodes.
    • Shortcode: Added title and read more link color options.
    • Shortcode: Added option to hide/show title.
    • Shortcode: Added option for featured image size.
    • Shortcode: Added option to change HTML tag for episode title.
    • Shortcode: Last generated shortcode will now be saved for later use.
    • Shortcode: Preview generated shortcode.
    • Shortcode: Episode featured image is now linked to the episode.
    • Shortcode: Added load more option.
    • Permalink redirect will now use the actual episode URL.
    • Added support for dynamic show notes.
    • Added duplicate episode feature.
    • Added ability to deactivate/activate episode.
    • Private, exclusive, and early access episodes will not appear on front-end queries and searches.
    • Add/Remove Podcasts now lets you set a default author for each podcast.
    • Manual sync for each podcast.
    • Clear auto-saved data for each podcast.
    • Implemented additional measures to prevent creating duplicate episodes, such as using additional unique identifier for each episode.
    • Podcasts database table converted to utf8mb4 (upon re-activation of the plugin) to store any Unicode character.
    • PHP version 8.0.0 compatibility.
    • Bug fixes and enhancements.

  4. Captivate Sync 2.0.26

    • Released on 14/10/2024
    • Removed iTunes Summary field
    • Bug fix: Resolved an issue where the SEO Description field was not properly validating the maximum length of 300 characters, leading to a white screen error.

20231 release

  1. Captivate Sync 2.0.22

    • Released on 17/11/2022
    • Bug fix: Transcript and episode-art upload issue
    • Bug fix: Episode URLs trailing slash issue

20217 releases

  1. Captivate Sync 2.0.15

    • Released on 08/10/2021
    • Bug fix: Audio file upload

  2. Captivate Sync 2.0.6

    • Released on 01/04/2021
    • Small minor fix

  3. Captivate Sync 2.0.5

    • Released on 24/03/2021
    • Small minor fix

  4. Captivate Sync 2.0.4

    • Released on 22/03/2021
    • Small minor fix

  5. Captivate Sync 2.0.3

    • Released on 18/03/2021
    • Added auto save to local storage for publish episode so they can get back with filled in details intact if the browser crashes, wordpress error, accidentally closed the browser, and other unforeseen disasters
    • Added snippets feature
    • Added transcript feature
    • Remove authentication will no longer delete episodes from site (the episodes will still be re-synced) – this is for users who might need to re-authenticate
    • Embedded player will now show a “Sorry, there’s no audio file uploaded to this episode yet.” message visible only for logged in users if there’s no audio uploaded yet instead of the “This podcast is no longer hosted on Captivate”
    • Bug fix: Upload timeout limit set to 500 seconds

  6. Captivate Sync 2.0.1

    • Released on 25/02/2021
    • We’ve stripped back the plugin and added extra theme support straight out of the box
    • Added shortcode feature
    • Added default author option for each show
    • Added podcast management for non-admin users
    • Added discussion section on episode edit screen
    • Added new page mapping feature for usage with custom shortcodes
    • Bug fix: new published/scheduled episodes will be pulled within 1 hour
    • Bug fix: Upload Audio File button not working after updating to WordPress 5.6
    • Bug fix: Unable to save draft episode without audio file on Safari
    • Bug fix: Page mapped for episodes not showing the correct page title on some themes

  7. Captivate Sync 2.0.0

20204 releases

  1. Captivate Sync 1.1.2

    • Released on 09/07/2020
    • Small minor fix

  2. Captivate Sync 1.1.1

    • Released on 09/07/2020
    • You asked for it, we delivered – clickable time stamps!

  3. Captivate Sync 1.1.0

    • Released on 02/07/2020
    • The episode specific artwork now uses the WordPress media library for uploading and processing for better error handling on dimensions so when publishing it works much better.
    • We’ve now got a debug mode so we can help debug any small minor sync issues, yay!
    • Fixed a small minor sync bug when an episode status is different from Captivate to Captivate Sync.
    • We’ll now alert you if there is something wrong with your MP3 file when uploading via Captivate Sync 🙂
    • On new installations of Captivate Sync it will now run every 10 minutes to ensure no pesky episodes have been missed when published and scheduling dates is off.
    • Fixed an issue with episode date and those pesky timezones.
    • We’ve also done a full sweet and removed lots of unnecessary code, who else loves a clearout?!

  4. Captivate Sync 1.0.12

    • Released on 11/02/2020
    • Added the option for a custom captivate.php page for styling inside your theme template.
    • Also adding a single-captivate_podcast.php will style the single page for you devs out there.
    • Small bug fix

201910 releases

  1. Captivate Sync 1.0.11

    • Released on 12/12/2019
    • Happy holidays!
    • Added option for WordPress WYSIWYG editor
    • Added SEO title and description to episodes.
    • Small bug fix

  2. Captivate Sync 1.0.10

    • Released on 28/11/2019
    • Sets the default slug to /captivate-podcast

  3. Captivate Sync 1.0.9

    • Released on 21/11/2019
    • Fixes an issue when creating scheduled or draft episodes

  4. Captivate Sync 1.0.8

    • Released on 20/11/2019
    • Fixes an issue when creating an episode with the slashes in content
    • Make the tagging system more similar to how WordPress works naturally

  5. Captivate Sync 1.0.7

    • Released on 18/11/2019
    • Fixes an issue when you edit an episode it changes the slug after having it set.
    • Adds an update to the Twitter card when sharing an episode.
    • Sends the slug file both up and down to Captivate to ensure slugs don’t get compromised.

  6. Captivate Sync 1.0.6

  7. Captivate Sync 1.0.5

  8. Captivate Sync 1.0.4

  9. Captivate Sync 1.0.3

  10. Captivate Sync 1.0.1

Questions about Captivate Sync’s releases

What is the latest version of Captivate Sync?

3.3.3, released on Oct 1, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.

How often is Captivate Sync updated?

4 releases in the last year, about one every 85 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2019.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Captivate Sync’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.