Smash Balloon | Custom Facebook Feed Pro Changelog

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

Latest 4.15.114 versions

Undated · 14 versions

4.15.1
Latest
1 fix
Fixed
- Plugin security hardening.
4.15.0
1 new3 fixes
New
- Ask AI agents to check and update your Facebook Feed settings through the WordPress Abilities API (WordPress 6.9 or later). Changes made by an AI agent are off by default; turn on MCP Write Access under Settings > General to allow them. Feed deletions always need your confirmation in the browser. Now in all six Smash Balloon feed plugins. [See them all]
Fixed
- Feed Analytics now counts clicks on Reels opened in Swipe View.
- The lightbox now shows every item when you move through a feed with Next and Prev, and album thumbnails load again.
- With Optimize Images on, every photo in an album or multi-image post now shows its own image instead of repeating the first one.
4.14.0
3 new1 improvement7 fixes
New
- Reels can now open in a full-screen, swipeable player. Turn on Swipe View for Reels under Settings > Advanced; every other post keeps opening the lightbox as before.
- An admin notice now warns you when a feed has been showing an old saved copy of your Facebook posts for several days because it can't fetch fresh content, and the weekly Feed Issue Email Report now covers this case too.
- Added a Data Sharing settings tab where you can opt in to anonymous data sharing and in-plugin notifications.
Improved
- Refreshed the About Us page.
Fixed
- Facebook source errors are now reported more accurately. Rate limits no longer show a false "Source Invalid" or reconnect prompt, a problem on one source is still reported when another is only being rate-limited, and feeds from a Facebook Page you don't manage are flagged as invalid again in the feed builder. Facebook API errors also come with clearer guidance on what to do.
- A Facebook source that starts working again now clears its own error, so the critical-issue notice, admin menu badge, Site Health warning and weekly issue email no longer stay on for a problem that has been resolved. When the plugin does report a critical issue, the settings page now explains it.
- The "Action Required Within 7 Days" data-deletion warning now only appears while that deletion is actually scheduled, and the Settings page no longer fails to load on sites with an older stored error.
- GDPR mode now serves album and multi-image post images from local copies before consent, detects Borlabs Cookie 3.x consent, and reliably blocks the Facebook CDN in "Automatic" mode.
- The Smash Balloon logo is back on the left of the Settings page header.
- Dismissed in-plugin notifications no longer reappear after a page reload.
- Plugin security hardening.
4.12.0
2 improvements
Improved
- Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.1.
- The feed builder and the Facebook feed are now far more accessible to keyboard and screen reader users, meeting WCAG 2.1 AA. Selector cards, the comments toggle, load more and the slider arrows can all be reached and operated by keyboard with visible focus; the lightbox keeps focus inside it, closes with Escape, returns focus to the post you opened, and describes each image as you move through the feed; posts, reaction counts and like counts announce themselves properly to screen readers; links that open a new tab say so; and decorative icons and avatars are hidden from screen readers.
4.11.0
1 new1 improvement
New
- Facebook Events feeds can now be connected using your own Facebook App, which fetches your Pages automatically — no more looking up and pasting an iCal URL.
Improved
- The iCal URL option has been removed from the feed builder and the Manage Sources screen. Existing event feeds set up with an iCal URL keep displaying as before, but the URL can no longer be added or changed from the admin — if one stops working, reconnect the feed using your own Facebook App instead.
4.10.0
2 fixes
Fixed
- The feed builder no longer fails to load when a user's onboarding data is stored in an unexpected format.
- Plugin security hardening.
4.9.0
3 fixes
Fixed
- The tooltip wizard now works correctly in the WordPress 6.9+ and 7.0 block editor.
- Page names no longer show as "undefined" when connecting a source via OAuth.
- Plugin hardening.
4.8.1
1 new1 improvement4 fixes
New
- Added a Help widget to the feed builder for in-app access to documentation and support.
Improved
- Corrected typos and grammar in plugin UI strings, admin notices, and tooltips.
Fixed
- Feed images with a missing height value no longer cause a fatal error during feed rendering.
- Feeds displayed inside the Elementor editor now render correctly in Chromium-based browsers.
- Feeds embedded via the block editor now load correctly.
- The Elementor widget title is now translatable.
4.8.0
1 new3 fixes
New
- Added support for multiple Album chronological orders.
Fixed
- Enhanced plugin error handling and stability.
- Resolved JavaScript issues preventing some AJAX actions from working correctly.
- Additional plugin hardening.
4.7.7
1 fix
Fixed
- Facebook Feed Pro no longer removes the WordPress footer on plugin admin pages.
4.7.6
1 improvement
Improved
- Various PHP 8.4 compatibility enhancements.
4.7.5
1 new2 fixes
New
- Added support for mixed media post types.
Fixed
- Resolved PHP warnings and improved legacy feed compatibility.
- General stability improvements and security hardening.
4.7.5
2 new3 improvements6 fixes
New
- Added support for limiting the number of Event posts displayed.
- Users can now choose between displaying Videos or Reels in the Videos feed.
Improved
- Updated the Graph API version.
- Improved text domain loading (_load_textdomain_just_in_time fix).
- Various PHP warning and legacy feed compatibility fixes.
Fixed
- Plugin security hardening.
- Resolved Lightbox not triggering in Event feeds.
- Likebox now displays correctly on mobile devices.
- Comments box now appears correctly across all layouts and settings.
- Manual cache clearing now properly updates in the background.
- Improved layout for Videos & Albums Masonry feeds.
4.7.3
1 fix
Fixed
- Resolved an issue that caused the Masonry layout to appear broken on the frontend.

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