Album Gallery for Photo & Video · Version history
Album Gallery for Photo & Video changelog and version history
- Latest version
- 2.1.7
- Aug 20, 2026 (2 months ago)
- Releases
- 31
- since 2023
- In the last year
- 14
- about one every 19 days
- Tested up to
- WordPress 7.1.4
- PHP 7.0 or later
Releases each year
- 20234 releases
- 20246 releases
- 20258 releases
- 202613 releases
202613 releases
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.1.7Latest
- Date: 20 July 2026
- Layout: Updated Shortcode column styling on All Galleries list table to match modern design system with monospace container, slate text, and animated copy status feedback.
- Fix: Enhanced concurrent activation compatibility check to automatically make the Free version dormant when Album Gallery Premium is active.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.1.6
- Date: 9 July 2026
- Fix: Resolved Elementor widget AJAX re-rendering display issues by force-injecting link tags in the preview mode and added a self-executing script to initialize the skeleton loader state immediately.
- Fix: Upgraded Gutenberg block implementation to apiVersion 3 with ServerSideRender to support dynamic live editor previews.
- Layout: Standardized CSS layout grid and copied custom aspect ratio/shape properties from the premium plugin version.
- Fix: Transferred stack hover effect borders from image to wrapper div to prevent clipping in skeleton loading state.
- New: Implemented high-performance batch image uploading with a premium animated gradient loading spinner.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.1.5
- Date: 2026-06-29
- Fix: Resolved Elementor widget AJAX re-rendering display issues by force-injecting link tags in the preview mode and added a self-executing script to initialize the skeleton loader state immediately.
- Fix: Upgraded Gutenberg block implementation to apiVersion 3 with ServerSideRender to support dynamic live editor previews.
- Layout: Standardized CSS layout grid and copied custom aspect ratio/shape properties from the premium plugin version.
- Fix: Transferred stack hover effect borders from image to wrapper div to prevent clipping in skeleton loading state.
- New: Implemented high-performance batch image uploading with a premium animated gradient loading spinner.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.1.4
- Date: 2026-06-27
- Fix: Added concurrent activation compatibility checks to allow Free and Premium plugins to be active at the same time, with priority on the Premium version.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.1.3
- Date: 2026-06-27
- Fix: Updated lightbox thumbnails to load medium size images for enhanced clarity and resolution.
- Layout: Increased grid spacing and padding between album containers for improved visual separation.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.1.2
- Date: 2026-06-25
- New: Added Right-Click Protection integration block in Layout Settings tab.
- Docs: Documented Right-Click Protection option in Docs page and readme.txt.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.1.1
- Date: 2026-06-20
- Security: Gated the ajax_album_gallery AJAX handler with explicit capability checks (edit_posts/edit_pages) and added strict attachment post-type validation to prevent unauthorized metadata disclosure.
- Security: Tightened the nonce-leaking script enqueue gating in ag_admin_scripts_enqueues by verifying capabilities and removing raw $_GET['page'] access.
- Fix: Addressed output escaping PHPCS warnings by refactoring shortcode output rendering logic and adding escaping ignore statements for safe widgets.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.1.0
- Date: 2026-06-20
- New: Added YouTube video support for video slides.
- New: Added dynamic YouTube poster image fetching and reverting functionality.
- New: Added Gutenberg block editor integration for inserting specific album galleries visually.
- New: Added Elementor widget integration for inserting specific album galleries visually.
- UI/UX: Added backend settings page loading spinner overlay during tab switching.
- Docs: Completely modernized and updated the documentation page and pro comparison charts.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.0.2
- Date: 2026-05-08
- New: Added “Album Title Alignment” option to the Global Settings page with support for Default, Even Height, Single Line, or Position Below Images formats.
- Layout: Standardized CSS classes for layout alignment directly inside external stylesheets.
- UI/UX: Updated the “Upgrade to Pro” admin dashboard page and comparison lists.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.0.1
- Date: 2026-04-27
- Fix: Optimized shortcode flow to allow multiple independent galleries to sit side-by-side in a single row.
- Layout: Updated grid CSS to prevent horizontal overflow and improved responsive column widths.
- Layout: Added clearfix to the main grid container to prevent overlapping with theme content.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 2.0.0
- Date: 2026-04-20
- Major: Complete rebranding to “Album Gallery” with standardized internal prefixing (ag-, nag-).
- Architecture: Purged legacy “Premium” code for full WordPress.org repository compliance.
- Lightbox: Integrated GPL-compliant LightGallery v1.10.0 for improved stability.
- Lightbox: Removed Zoom and Fullscreen modules to streamline performance.
- UI/UX: Modernized admin interface with a new tabbed layout and improved responsive controls.
- Security: Implemented comprehensive data sanitization, unslashing, and nonce verification.
- Performance: Optimized asset enqueuing and reduced DOM footprint.
- Compatibility: Added support for PHP 8.1+ and WordPress 6.5+.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.7.1
- Fix: Resolved invalid PHP function name in TGM Plugin Activation library.
- Fix: Renamed invalid $GLOBALS key with hyphens to safe underscore-based key.
- Fix: Removed @ error suppression operator on is_readable().
- Security: Sanitized all $_REQUEST, $_GET superglobal access with sanitize_text_field() and wp_unslash().
- Improvement: Added translators comments to all _n_noop() calls for WordPress i18n standards.
- Compatibility: Added #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attributes for PHP 8.1+ compatibility.
- Tested with WordPress 6.9.
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.7.0
- Security: Escaped all output with esc_html_e(), esc_attr(), esc_js(), and esc_url().
- Security: Added wp_unslash() before sanitize_text_field() for all POST data.
- Security: Added isset() checks for optional POST fields.
- Security: Added direct file access protection to docs.php and awp-theme.php.
- Improvement: Added version parameters to all wp_enqueue_script and wp_enqueue_style calls.
- Improvement: Prefixed global functions and variables with nag_ for WordPress coding standards.
- Improvement: Replaced wp_reset_query() with wp_reset_postdata() in shortcode.php.
- Improvement: Fixed plugin name mismatch between header and readme.txt.
- New: Completely redesigned documentation page with 12-section tutorial.
- New: Redesigned Upgrade to Pro tab with feature cards and comparison table.
- Tested with WordPress 6.9.
20258 releases
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.9
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.8
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.7
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.6
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.5
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.4
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.3
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.2
20246 releases
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.1
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.6.0
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.9
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.8
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.7
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.6
20234 releases
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.5
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.4
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.3
Album Gallery for Photo & Video 1.5.2
Questions about Album Gallery for Photo & Video’s releases
What is the latest version of Album Gallery for Photo & Video?
2.1.7, released on Aug 20, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.0 or later.
How often is Album Gallery for Photo & Video updated?
14 releases in the last year, about one every 19 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from August 2023.
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