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Books Gallery · Version history

Books Gallery changelog and version history

Latest version
4.8.5
Oct 12, 2026 (29 days ago)
Releases
78
since 2019
In the last year
8
about one every 37 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20193 releases
  • 20206 releases
  • 202115 releases
  • 202217 releases
  • 202312 releases
  • 20249 releases
  • 20258 releases
  • 20268 releases

20268 releases

  1. Books Gallery 4.8.5Latest

    • Updated Freemius SDK to the latest version
    • Donate us linked removed from admin plugin page and readme
    • Security: Fixed a security vulnerability involving book author metadata output.
    • Improved: ISBN validation during book imports to help prevent incorrect book records from being created.
    • Improved: ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 extraction and import success reporting.

  2. Books Gallery 4.8.4

    • Security: Fixed a potential SQL injection vulnerability in the book category search functionality.
    • Security: Improved validation and database query handling for search parameters.
    • Security: Improved security of author sorting parameters.
    • Tested: Compatible with WordPress 7.1

  3. Books Gallery 4.8.3

    • New: Free book limit increased to 30 books
    • New: Open Library import moved to free version
    • New: Search panel border color and width options are now free
    • New: In-plugin review prompt added to all settings pages
    • Improved: Search panel code optimized for better performance
    • Improved: Box shadow and hover animation added to grid layout
    • Improved: Pagination rebuilt with cleaner HTML structure
    • Improved: Author panel added to single book popup
    • Fix: Admin publish date empty issue fixed
    • Fix: Book image alt text now displays correctly instead of book title
    • Fix: Search by category issue fixed — using slug instead of name
    • Tested: Compatible with WordPress 7.0.2
    • Updated: Freemius SDK to 2.13.4
    • Improved: Overall stability and compatibility

  4. Books Gallery 4.8.2

    • Image alt issue fixed in details page
    • Image alt issue fixed for slider widget
    • Fixed minor bugs

  5. Books Gallery 4.8.1

    • Fixed minor bugs
    • Code optimized

  6. Books Gallery 4.7.9

    • Improved compatibility with the latest WordPress version
    • Sidebar added to the archive and tag pages
    • Gallery with only image template introduced
    • Gallery columns shortcode option added
    • Cover size shortcode option added
    • Fixed reported bug
    • Improved usability
    • Freemius SDK updated to 2.13.1

  7. Books Gallery 4.7.8

    • Added book gallery slug option in permalink settings
    • Improved CSS for cleaner layouts
    • Added option to include books in the post category
    • Fixed minor bugs

  8. Books Gallery 4.7.7

    • Freemius SDK updated to 2.13.0
    • Slick css min applied

20258 releases

  1. Books Gallery 4.7.6

    • Author display issue in the details page fixed
    • Book details open in the same tab issue fixed
    • Search dropdown option font size issue fixed

  2. Books Gallery 4.7.5

    • Freemius SDK updated to 2.12.2
    • CSS fixed
    • Refresh button center issue fixed
    • Code optimized

  3. Books Gallery 4.7.4

    • Gallery image thumbnail issue fixed
    • Freemius SDK updated to 2.12.1

  4. Books Gallery 4.7.3

    • Search button font size option added
    • Search button font weight option added
    • Search container margin top option added
    • Search container margin bottom option added

  5. Books Gallery 4.7.2

    • Freemius SDK updated to 2.12.0
    • Gallery style admin page layout improved

  6. Books Gallery 4.7.1

    • Textdomain changed from define to real textdomain
    • Translation notification fixed

  7. Books Gallery 4.7.0

    • Hide load more button option added

  8. Books Gallery 4.6.9

    • More details button added to book details page
    • Shortcode option to filter by multiple category
    • Format count bug fixed in core
    • Combined search issue fixed
    • Css fixed
    • Code optimized
    • Updated Freemius SDK to the latest version

20249 releases

  1. Books Gallery 4.6.8

    • Price hide option added to gallery page
    • Price hide option added to details page
    • Publish date format option added to gallery page
    • Code optimized
    • Max number increased for regular and sale price
    • Price format option added

  2. Books Gallery 4.6.7

    • Freemius SDK updated to 2.9.0
    • Paragraph applied to the gallery description
    • Book details container background color option added
    • Css fixed
    • Code optimized

  3. Books Gallery 4.6.6

    • Freemius SDK updated to 2.8.1
    • Reset button font size option added
    • Reset button hover bg color option added
    • Reset button hover font color option added
    • Reset button hover border color option added
    • Small bug fixed

  4. Books Gallery 4.6.5

    • Refresh button icon option added
    • Show-hide refresh button option added
    • Refresh button use text instead of icon option added
    • Refresh button width option added
    • Freemius SDK updated to 2.7.4

  5. Books Gallery 4.6.4

    • Freemius SDK update to 2.7.2
    • Minor CSS fixed

  6. Books Gallery 4.6.3

    • Book saving conflict with formats issue fixed
    • Minor code optimized

  7. Books Gallery 4.6.2

    • Author url issue fixed
    • RTL support for book single page

  8. Books Gallery 4.6.1

    • Freemius SDK update to 2.6.2
    • Add download file media button added
    • Go to direct checkout page for WooCommerce
    • Return to shop url changed to home page

  9. Books Gallery 4.5.9

    • Download button icon option added
    • Freemius SDK update to 2.6.1
    • Admin book informations file code optimized

202312 releases

  1. Books Gallery 4.5.8

  2. Books Gallery 4.5.7

  3. Books Gallery 4.5.6

  4. Books Gallery 4.5.5

  5. Books Gallery 4.5.4

  6. Books Gallery 4.5.3

  7. Books Gallery 4.5.2

  8. Books Gallery 4.5.1

  9. Books Gallery 4.5.0

  10. Books Gallery 4.4.9

  11. Books Gallery 4.4.8

  12. Books Gallery 4.4.7

202217 releases

  1. Books Gallery 4.4.6

  2. Books Gallery 4.4.5

  3. Books Gallery 4.4.4

  4. Books Gallery 4.4.3

  5. Books Gallery 4.4.2

  6. Books Gallery 4.4.1

  7. Books Gallery 4.4

  8. Books Gallery 4.3

  9. Books Gallery 4.2

  10. Books Gallery 4.1

  11. Books Gallery 4.0

  12. Books Gallery 3.9

  13. Books Gallery 3.8

  14. Books Gallery 3.7

  15. Books Gallery 3.6

  16. Books Gallery 3.5

  17. Books Gallery 3.4

202115 releases

  1. Books Gallery 3.3

  2. Books Gallery 3.2

  3. Books Gallery 3.1

  4. Books Gallery 3.0

  5. Books Gallery 2.9

  6. Books Gallery 2.8

  7. Books Gallery 2.7

  8. Books Gallery 2.6

  9. Books Gallery 2.5

  10. Books Gallery 2.4

  11. Books Gallery 2.3

  12. Books Gallery 2.2

  13. Books Gallery 2.1

  14. Books Gallery 2.0

  15. Books Gallery 1.9

20206 releases

  1. Books Gallery 1.8

  2. Books Gallery 1.7

  3. Books Gallery 1.6

  4. Books Gallery 1.5

  5. Books Gallery 1.4

  6. Books Gallery 1.3

20193 releases

  1. Books Gallery 1.2

  2. Books Gallery 1.1

  3. Books Gallery 1.0

Questions about Books Gallery’s releases

What is the latest version of Books Gallery?

4.8.5, released on Oct 12, 2026 (4 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Books Gallery updated?

8 releases in the last year, about one every 37 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from August 2019.

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