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JW Player for WordPress · Version history

JW Player for WordPress changelog and version history

Latest version
2.3.12
Sep 18, 2026 (1 month ago)
Releases
37
since 2015
In the last year
7
about one every 50 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4

Releases each year

  • 20152 releases
  • 20167 releases
  • 20173 releases
  • 20183 releases
  • 20191 release
  • 20202 releases
  • 20213 releases
  • 20225 releases
  • 20232 releases
  • 20241 release
  • 20252 releases
  • 20266 releases

20266 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 2.3.12Latest

    • Release Date: 17 September 2026

  2. JW Player for WordPress 2.3.11

    • Release Date: 20 August 2026

  3. JW Player for WordPress 2.3.10

    • Release Date: 13 August 2026

  4. JW Player for WordPress 2.3.9

    • Release Date: 21 July 2026
    • Security: Fixed Broken Access Control vulnerability (CVE-2026-39614) in the add/remove video AJAX callbacks – replaced generic current_user_can('edit_posts') with specific current_user_can('edit_post', $post_id) to prevent contributors from modifying videos on posts they do not own
    • Fix: Restored content search functionality in the video meta box (broken since 2.3.8 due to a missing parameter in the AJAX request)

  5. JW Player for WordPress 2.3.8

    • Release Date: 19 April 2026
    • Security: Enhanced capability checks in AJAX callbacks – replaced generic current_user_can('edit_posts') with specific current_user_can('edit_post', $post_id) to prevent unauthorized access by contributors
    • Security: Added input validation for post_id parameter in search and list content callbacks
    • Fix: Complete resolution of Broken Access Control vulnerability (CVE-2026-39614)

  6. JW Player for WordPress 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

20252 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 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. JW Player for WordPress 2.3.5

20241 release

  1. JW Player for WordPress 2.3.4

    • Release Date: 7 March 2024
    • Enhancement : Coding standard

20232 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 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. JW Player for WordPress 2.3.2

    • Release Date: 5 January 2023
    • Bug: Only one video displayed in archive pages

20225 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 2.3.1

    • Release Date: 13 December 2022
    • Enhancement : Support shortcodes like [jwplayer file=”https://example.com/videos/video.mp4″]

  2. JW Player for WordPress 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

  3. JW Player for WordPress 2.2.1

    • Release Date: 22 September 2022
    • Bug: (Premium) Security options require API v1 Secret key

  4. JW Player for WordPress 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

  5. JW Player for WordPress 2.1.3

    • Release Date: 15 June 2021
    • Enhancement : Different endpoints for single-videos and playlists

20213 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 2.1.2

    • Release Date: 28 April 2021
    • Bug fix: JS error by selecting admin options

  2. JW Player for WordPress 2.1.1

    • Release Date: 17 February 2021
    • Bug fix: Video itemprop duration not in ISO 8601

  3. JW Player for WordPress 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

20202 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 2.0.2

    • Release Date: 13 April 2020
    • Bug fix: (Premium) Default subtitles option missing
    • Bug fix: (Premium) Quotation marks subtitles labels removed

  2. JW Player for WordPress 2.0.1

    • Release Date: 26 August 2019
    • Bug fix : Array check on getting videos for the single post

20191 release

  1. JW Player for WordPress 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

20183 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 1.5.3

    • Release Date: 8 Dec 2018 * Bug Fix: Add/ Delete video buttons not visible in WordPress 5.0

  2. JW Player for WordPress 1.5.2

    • Release Date: 3 May 2018
    • Enhancement: Security improvements.
    • Bug Fix: PHP Notices.

  3. JW Player for WordPress 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.

20173 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 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

  2. JW Player for WordPress 1.4.1

  3. JW Player for WordPress 1.4.0

20167 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 1.3.3

  2. JW Player for WordPress 1.3.2

  3. JW Player for WordPress 1.3.1

  4. JW Player for WordPress 1.3.0

  5. JW Player for WordPress 1.2.0

  6. JW Player for WordPress 1.1.1

  7. JW Player for WordPress 1.1.0

20152 releases

  1. JW Player for WordPress 1.0.1

  2. JW Player for WordPress 1.0.0

Questions about JW Player for WordPress’s releases

What is the latest version of JW Player for WordPress?

2.3.12, released on Sep 18, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.

How often is JW Player for WordPress updated?

7 releases in the last year, about one every 50 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from October 2015.

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