Black Friday: 30% OFF on all plans, applied automatically at checkout View plans
1,197 sites with automatic updates See plans
Log in Cart

Video & Parallax Backgrounds – For Visual Composer Changelog

Every recorded version, newest first, with what changed in each one.

Latest 4.815 versions

Undated · 15 versions

  1. 4.8

    Latest
    2 new2 fixes1 change
    New
    • Face-lifted element icons
    • Added self-hosted video backgrounds
    Fixed
    • When multiple YouTube backgrounds are used, only the last one played
    • Chrome and Firefox showed different gradient directions
    Changes
    • ============================

  2. 4.7

    1 improvement3 fixes1 change
    Improved
    • Made videos permanently muted since browsers no longer allow autoplay on videos with audio
    Fixed
    • PHP 7.2 warning regarding count
    • YouTube videos sometimes did not show up in Window Chrome browsers
    • Added mute=1 to Vimeo videos to enable autoplay without removing the audio track in Vimeo videos.
    Changes
    • ===========================

  3. 4.6

    1 improvement1 fix1 change
    Improved
    • Removed admin pointers
    Fixed
    • Vimeo videos playback issue due to Chrome / Vimeo update
    Changes
    • ==========================

  4. 4.5

    1 new6 fixes2 changes
    New
    • Gradient color backgrounds.
    Fixed
    • Fluidvids div from Jetpack may cause videos to disappear from view.
    • Youtube videos embedding in video backgrounds.
    • Video ID javascript error in video backgrounds.
    • Vimeo in IE and EDGE.
    • Hover background behavior in IE 11 does not work as expected.
    • Fixed an issue in volume muting for video backgrounds where it works in YouTube but not in Vimeo. Possibly introduced during code enhancements in previous updates.
    Changes
    • ============================
    • Video looping for either Vimeo or YouTube can now be controlled. It will always be enabled by default.

  5. 4.4.1

    2 improvements1 fix1 change
    Improved
    • Snake case fixes for standards compliance
    • Code cleanup
    Fixed
    • Removed OTF Regenerate plugin. Download separately instead if you still need it from the WP Plugin Directory.
    Changes
    • =============================

  6. 4.4

    2 improvements1 fix1 change
    Improved
    • Better performance for fixed backgrounds in Chrome and Safari
    • Classes and IDs can now be defined for any of the parallax elements.
    Fixed
    • Vimeo loading error
    Changes
    • ===========================

  7. 4.3

    1 new5 changes
    New
    • Added color background which also has the ability to allow other html elements to be animated as well, either by CSS background attribute or by CSS color.
    Changes
    • ==============================
    • Parallax now works alongside VC Row's full-height option, but we still recommend using our own full-height.
    • Amended description regarding YouTube HD videos; all video quality for YouTube videos are determined by Google based on the viewer's current bandwidth. There is currently no way to force specific viewing quality at the moment, unlike in Vimeo.
    • OTF Regenerate Thumbnails has been removed as an embedded plugin. However, they can be re-added manually in the WordPress plugin repository.
    • The plugin structure changed to increase its performance.

  8. 4.2.1

    1 improvement1 fix1 change
    Improved
    • Updated Smooth mouse wheel plugin
    Fixed
    • Disabling fixed backgrounds in mobile now works
    Changes
    • =================================

  9. 4.2

    2 improvements10 fixes1 change
    Improved
    • Smoother (in some cases Hardware Accelerated) fixed backgrounds
    • You can now layer normal backgrounds, parallax backgrounds, hover backgrounds and video backgrounds in different combinations
    Fixed
    • Vimeo now properly loops in Firefox
    • VC grid messed up parallax background resizing
    • Weird hover performance in Safari
    • Fixed backgrounds now work properly in Chrome and Edge
    • Repeating backgrounds did not repeat
    • Full-width conflict with Row Scroll Animations plugin
    • Detection for Android mobile devices
    • Videos not being hidden in some mobile devices
    • VC grid conflicts
    • In some installations, the row settings tab gets displaced
    Changes
    • ==========================

  10. 4.1

    2 new1 improvement3 fixes2 removed3 changes
    New
    • Added new Background Row element for themes which cannot create their own normal background images
    • Added fix for image dimensions not being detected when Jetpack's Photon module is active
    Improved
    • Updated Smooth MouseWheel included plugin
    Fixed
    • Fixed minor bug where the tabs inside the row settings in VC's frontend editor are moved down
    • Fixed bug where the hover background sometimes goes in front of elements
    • Fixed bug when row styles are not updated properly
    Removed
    • Removed rating notice permanently
    • Removed Modernizr code
    Changes
    • ==========================
    • Better mobile device detection as recommended by Mozilla
    • Better compatibility in detecting modified Row elements

  11. 4.0

    5 new1 fix1 removed4 changes
    New
    • Added full width element
    • Added full height element
    • Added parallax background element
    • Added video background element
    • Added hover background element
    Fixed
    • Fixed bug where the force HD for YouTube videos did not work
    Removed
    • parallax tab inside rows, replaced it with row adjusting elements instead
    Changes
    • ==========================
    • IMPORTANT NOTE: WE HAVE CHANGED HOW THE PLUGIN WORKS SO UPGRADING FROM 3.7 TO 4.0 WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY WORK
    • Even more performance optimizations, now even faster than before
    • Separated smooth scroll, and now includes our Smooth MouseWheel plugin

  12. 3.7

    5 changes
    Changes
    • ==========================
    • Revamped smooth scrolling for a more even feel and stablized scrolling across different browsers
    • Increased mobile screen detection
    • Now makes sure not to hide content behind video backgrounds
    • Opacity now does not apply to fixed backgrounds

  13. 3.6.1

    2 fixes1 change
    Fixed
    • Fixed various display errors with fixed parallax
    • Fixed parallaxes now falls back to normal scroll background in mobile devices due to various rendering problems
    Changes
    • =============================

  14. 3.6

    1 new5 fixes5 changes
    New
    • Added a force HD option for forcing YouTube videos to play at a high resolution
    Fixed
    • Fixed bug where 'none' images were being loaded
    • Fixed bug where images were not spanning the whole background
    • Fixed bug where parallaxes were going past their allotted space when scolling
    • Fixed bug where super tall rows did not show backgrounds properly
    • Fixed bug where sometimes the scroll velocity was too fast
    Changes
    • ===============================
    • Full resolution background images are now used and are no longer restricted to 1600~x1000~
    • Small parallax images are now enlarged to occupy the whole background
    • Background now adjusts itself when the contents suddenly change
    • Javascript code optimizations and improvements

  15. 3.5

    2 improvements2 fixes1 removed1 change
    Improved
    • Enhanced YouTube video looping
    • Updated OTF Regenerate Thumbnails to v0.2
    Fixed
    • Fixed IE11 video bug where the video did not show up
    • Fixed minor bug where videos can be right clicked and the menu won't disappear
    Removed
    • Removed YouTube Loop Triggering Refinement settings, things are now simpler
    Changes
    • ==============================

Changelog published by the developer, in their original language.