What's New in 2.6.3

MediaVerse 2.6.3 makes the download setting hold on every player and link, opens media from BuddyPress activity, and lets blocks find albums and media by name.

Included in Free unless marked Pro. Paired with MediaVerse Pro 2.6.3 - install and test both together. Requires PHP 8.1 or newer.

Downloads

• With downloads off for the site or for an item, players show no download option in their menu and no right-click menu.
• Signed download links and files sent in messages follow the setting when they are opened, not only when they were made.
• Pro Instagram layout players follow the same setting.

See Privacy and Access Control.

BuddyPress

• Media tiles in the activity stream open their item, where members can react, comment and report.
• Members-only photos show to members in the activity stream instead of a placeholder.
• In the post box, Attach media is a plain tool beside Poll, with its label and a tooltip, on Reign, BuddyX and other themes.

See Activity Media.

Blocks

• Album Viewer and Media Player pick an album or file by searching its title or browsing a list, and the editor shows the chosen item by name.
• Media Player lists only video and audio, and its search filters by what you type.
• Media Grid offers Category and Tag as searchable lists instead of typed slugs.
• Blocks saved with typed ids or slugs keep working and now show the item’s name.
• The PDF Viewer block is no longer offered in the block inserter, because PDF uploads are turned off. Pages that already use it keep working, and so does the [mvs_pdf_viewer] shortcode. To share PDFs with members, use Documents (Pro).

See Blocks.

Messages

• Attaching a file to a message works in Safari.
• Files sent before 2.6.2 show again in their conversations.
• Who can message you keeps short choices and explains the selected one underneath, including who can still send a message request.

See Direct Messages.

Uploads and mentions

• When a pick mixes photos and videos and only one kind is allowed, the upload window names the files left out and keeps the note until you close it.
• Mentions of handles that contain dots or hyphens reach the right member.

For site owners

• A signed link to an item moved to the trash stops working, including the owner’s older links.
• Contributors and Authors no longer see the Albums and Collections admin screens, which only site managers can open.
• Site Health says what the direct-delivery check returned and which Apache rule fixes it.
• License and update checks go to updates.wbcomdesigns.com and fall back to wbcomdesigns.com on their own. If your firewall limits outgoing requests, allow both addresses.
• Before an update of MediaVerse or MediaVerse Pro installs, the package is checked for Wbcom’s release signature. The result is recorded and the update installs either way.

See Common Issues.

Pro

• Pro Challenge and tournament cards with no cover show a banner in the site colour with a trophy.
• Pro The leaderboard’s XP tab shows WB Gamification points.
• Pro A document can be shared with a member by the @handle the community shows.
• Pro Documents: New folder opens as a panel under its button, full width on phones.
• Pro Stories: screen readers announce story buttons as buttons, and the Your story tile shows keyboard focus.

See Pro Overview.

For developers

• New action mvs_users_primed fires after each batch of members is loaded, so avatar and profile plugins can batch their own queries.
• New filter mvs_resolve_user matches an @handle to a member.
• GET /mvs/v1/media accepts a comma-separated media_type list, such as video,audio.
• Albums and uploads accept an optional original date, so an importer keeps the source site’s dates.

See Hooks and Filters.