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Ultimate Cursor · Version history

Ultimate Cursor changelog and version history

Latest version
2.5.1
Oct 25, 2026 (14 days ago)
Releases
57
since 2024
In the last year
24
about one every 15 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20243 releases
  • 202534 releases
  • 202620 releases

202620 releases

  1. Ultimate Cursor 2.5.1Latest

    • New: Seasonal sale banner at the top of the Ultimate Cursor dashboard during the Halloween and Black Friday sales — shown only to administrators without Pro, and stays dismissed once closed
    • Improved: Upgrade links now open the WPXERO deals page, with the current sale’s coupon applied automatically
    • Improved: Upgrade and live-demo links no longer carry tracking parameters

  2. Ultimate Cursor 2.5.0

    • New: Pro Features page — one place to see what Pro adds, each feature shown with an animated preview and a link to its live demo
    • New: “Keep Text Cursor in Form Fields” option — with the default cursor disabled, inputs, text areas and drop-downs keep their normal cursor (on by default)
    • Improved: Cleaner dashboard — the free plugin now shows only the controls it offers; locked and disabled Pro controls, badges and upgrade overlays are gone
    • Improved: Faster on phones and tablets — when the cursor is hidden on a device, its scripts are no longer downloaded there
    • Improved: Background effects no longer download their scripts for visitors who prefer reduced motion, or when the targeted element is not on the page
    • Improved: Lower CPU use — cursor animation now pauses while the pointer is still
    • Improved: Setup comes first — the opt-in screen no longer appears before you can use the plugin; you can opt in any time from the Plugins screen
    • Improved: Upgrade notices appear only on the Plugins screen, not before a week of use, and stay dismissed
    • Improved: The About page is shown when Ultimate Cursor Pro is active
    • Improved: The cursor no longer loads inside page-builder editors (Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, Avada, WPBakery, Oxygen) or the Customizer preview
    • Improved: Better compatibility with LiteSpeed Cache, SiteGround Optimizer, Perfmatters, WP-Optimize and Cloudflare Rocket Loader
    • Improved: Notes in the editor now say exactly what Pro adds at that spot and open the matching preview
    • Improved: The shape picker no longer sits in a tall empty box
    • Improved: Clearer plugin description of what is free and what is Pro, plus a note on the Freemius service
    • Fixed: The default cursor could stay hidden when the custom cursor failed to load or was skipped for reduced motion — it now stays visible in those cases
    • Fixed: Cursors saved before the “Hide Cursor on Touch Devices” option existed are now hidden on touch devices, as the setting shows
    • Fixed: A stray none class is no longer added to the page body
    • Fixed: Links to a dashboard page that end in a #section now open that page instead of the default one
    • Improved: Pro users: this version needs Ultimate Cursor Pro 2.1.0 or newer — update Pro first; your Pro settings are kept either way

  3. Ultimate Cursor 2.4.1

    • New: Interactive live demo — try every cursor type and background effect at https://cursor.wpxero.com/ before installing, with deep links from the feature list
    • Improved: Clearer plugin name — now “Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Custom Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit”
    • Fixed: Icon library count in the description — all 113 built-in icons are free, not 75+
    • Improved: Plugin URI now points to wpxero.com

  4. Ultimate Cursor 2.4.0

    • New: Circular Text cursor style (Pro) — spin your text label around the cursor as a rotating badge, with radius, circle size, rotation, direction, and speed controls
    • New: “Spinning Badge” preset in the preset gallery (Pro)
    • Improved: Locked pro options in the Text Style selector now show an upgrade overlay with feature details instead of a disabled control
    • Fixed: Circular text font size control had no effect — the size you set is now applied
    • Fixed: Hover background color now applies to circular text cursors

  5. Ultimate Cursor 2.3.3

    • Fixed: “Disable Default Cursor” now takes effect in the live preview — the browser’s native pointer no longer shows alongside your custom cursor while editing
    • Improved: Tested with WordPress 7.1

  6. Ultimate Cursor 2.3.2

    • New: Splash cursor size and force controls
    • New: “Upgrade to Pro” link on the Plugins list page
    • Improved: Redesigned the cursor customization panel with clearer Style/Type sections
    • Improved: Redesigned image upload control with a drag-and-drop style dropzone and thumbnail preview
    • Improved: Color-coded cursor type cards and preset gallery icons for faster scanning
    • Improved: Refreshed the Free vs Pro feature comparison table with more detail
    • Fixed: Plugin uninstall event now correctly reaches the Freemius dashboard

  7. Ultimate Cursor 2.3.1

    • Fixed: Save confirmation sometimes appeared without the “View your site” link — it now always shows
    • Fixed: Sticky save bar no longer appears while a cursor or background’s own editor is still open (before Apply is clicked)
    • Improved: Apply and Save Changes buttons now briefly pulse to draw attention to unsaved changes

  8. Ultimate Cursor 2.3.0

    • New: Interactive Hover (Pro) — cursors now react to links, buttons, and form fields with smooth scale, color, and glow effects
    • New: Magnetic attraction (Pro) — the cursor is gently pulled toward the center of the hovered element
    • New: Hover labels (Pro) — contextual action hints (“Open”, “Play”, “Type”) appear on hover; shape cursors fill into a labeled disc and text cursors swap their text in place
    • New: Hover customization (Pro) — hover color, text color, glow size and color, blend modes, and custom CSS selector targeting with Basic/Advanced modes
    • New: 9 new cursor shapes (Pro) — Blob, Squircle, Sparkle, Seal Badge, Octagon, Pin, Play, Asterisk, and Shield
    • Improved: Redesigned settings dashboard with a refreshed, more consistent visual design
    • Improved: All dashboard emojis replaced with crisp SVG icons for consistent rendering on every OS and browser
    • Improved: Shape cursors now apply the hover color to filled shapes, not just outlined ones
    • Improved: Accessibility — hover animations respect the reduced-motion preference, and label text automatically adjusts for contrast
    • Improved: Hardened server-side license gating now covers all per-effect premium fields
    • Fixed: Hexagon shape was missing from the shape picker
    • Fixed: Shape backgrounds now render correctly with shorthand hex (#abc) and named colors

  9. Ultimate Cursor 2.2.3

    • New: Full translation (i18n) support for the React-based dashboard — every interface string is now translatable, including code-split components and frontend effects
    • New: Translation-ready build pipeline with an updated .pot template and language files
    • Improved: Hardened the codebase to pass WordPress Plugin Check — added nonce/capability safeguards, output escaping, and input sanitization
    • Fixed: Replaced a direct database call and the deprecated parse_url() with WordPress-native functions for better reliability and cleaner multisite uninstall

  10. Ultimate Cursor 2.2.2

    • New: Image cursor hotspot (Pro) — set which point of the image aligns with the real mouse position, like the tip of an arrow
    • New: Visual hotspot picker with click/drag positioning on the cursor image
    • New: Hotspot presets (center, corners) plus custom X/Y percentage controls and a 3×3 anchor grid
    • Improved: Major frontend cursor performance improvements with a modular architecture refactor
    • Improved: Image and bubble cursor rendering and movement smoothness

  11. Ultimate Cursor 2.2.1

    • Improved: Compatibility with latest WordPress and PHP versions.
    • Fixed: Minor issues and stability improvements.

  12. Ultimate Cursor 2.2.0

    • New: Support for animated cursor targeting on specific elements and CSS selectors for enhanced customization flexibility
    • Improved: Overall plugin performance and stability improvements
    • Thanks: Special appreciation to shelleysimpson for reporting this feature request

  13. Ultimate Cursor 2.1.1

    • Improved: Compatibility with latest WordPress and PHP versions.
    • Fixed: Issues with some features not working properly.

  14. Ultimate Cursor 2.1.0

    • New: New Background Animation feature with Antigravity and Pillar effects for enhanced visual website customization
    • New: Background effects customization options including particle density, speed, colors, and opacity
    • New: Section-specific background effect application for targeted visual enhancement
    • New: Responsive background animations optimized for all device types

  15. Ultimate Cursor 2.0.0

    • New: Completely redesigned Dashboard UI for a cleaner, more intuitive experience
    • Fixed: Shape cursor sizing issues that caused incorrect display on some configurations
    • Fixed: Splash cursor colors not applying correctly from color picker
    • Fixed: Trail cursor not updating in real-time when changing settings
    • Improved: Significantly enhanced cursor performance and responsiveness
    • Improved: Reduced memory usage for smoother animations across all cursor types

  16. Ultimate Cursor 1.9.2

    • Improved: Enhanced cursor performance and reduced memory usage

  17. Ultimate Cursor 1.9.1

    • Fixed: Resolved compatibility issues with caching plugins to ensure consistent cursor behavior
    • Improved: WordPress 6.9.1 compatibility added

  18. Ultimate Cursor 1.9.0

    • Fixed: Resolved multiple cursor configurations not applying correctly across different page sections (Thanks to Lisa)
    • Fixed: Multiple cursor instances loading simultaneously on frontend causing performance issues
    • Improved: Improved cursor configuration management for better reliability
    • Improved: Optimized frontend asset loading to prevent duplicate cursor initializations

  19. Ultimate Cursor 1.8.0

    • New: New Circular Background styling option for Text Cursor type, enabling enhanced visual customization

  20. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.12

    • Improved: All plugin settings are now removed when the plugin is deactivated for a cleaner uninstall experience. (Thanks to Rocky)

202534 releases

  1. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.11

    • Improved: Assets loading optimization
    • Improved: Optimized memory usage for smoother cursor animations

  2. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.10

    • Improved: WordPress 6.9 compatibility added

  3. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.9

    • Improved: cursor performance and enhanced compatibility with various WordPress themes.
    • Fixed: minor issues and made some internal improvements to enhance the overall user experience.
    • Improved: removed enable transition and hide default cursor from animated cursor

  4. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.8

    • Fixed: Astra theme compatibility issue

  5. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.7

    • Fixed: disabled default cursor not working for the link, button input field ect. (thanks to Daria)

  6. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.6

  7. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.5

  8. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.4

  9. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.3

  10. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.2

  11. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.1

  12. Ultimate Cursor 1.7.0

  13. Ultimate Cursor 1.6.1

  14. Ultimate Cursor 1.6.0

  15. Ultimate Cursor 1.5.2

  16. Ultimate Cursor 1.5.1

  17. Ultimate Cursor 1.5.0

  18. Ultimate Cursor 1.4.4

  19. Ultimate Cursor 1.4.3

  20. Ultimate Cursor 1.4.2

  21. Ultimate Cursor 1.4.1

  22. Ultimate Cursor 1.4.0

  23. Ultimate Cursor 1.3.8

  24. Ultimate Cursor 1.3.7

  25. Ultimate Cursor 1.3.6

  26. Ultimate Cursor 1.3.5

  27. Ultimate Cursor 1.3.4

  28. Ultimate Cursor 1.3.3

  29. Ultimate Cursor 1.3.2

  30. Ultimate Cursor 1.3.1

  31. Ultimate Cursor 1.3.0

  32. Ultimate Cursor 1.2.3

  33. Ultimate Cursor 1.2.2

  34. Ultimate Cursor 1.0.0

20243 releases

  1. Ultimate Cursor 1.2.1

  2. Ultimate Cursor 1.2.0

  3. Ultimate Cursor 1.1.0

Questions about Ultimate Cursor’s releases

What is the latest version of Ultimate Cursor?

2.5.1, released on Oct 25, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Ultimate Cursor updated?

24 releases in the last year, about one every 15 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from October 2024.

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