What's New in 2.6.4

MediaVerse 2.6.4 adds demo content to the setup wizard, limits who can edit albums and collections, and brings Stories a length, reactions and a Who can post setting.

Included in Free unless marked Pro. Paired with MediaVerse Pro 2.6.4 - install and test both together. Requires PHP 8.1 or newer.

Setup and demo content

• The setup wizard offers demo content, and the demo members get photos.
• Demo seeding and cleanup are safe to run on a live site.

See Setup Wizard.

Albums and collections

• Only the owner and site managers can edit an album or collection, and only the owner and moderators can delete one, over the REST API and in wp-admin. Editors could change other members’ items before.
• Moderators can take down albums and collections without being able to edit them.
• Administrators can create and publish albums and collections in wp-admin.
• Collection pages have a back link, and the rule builder names the rule it applies.

Uploads and the lightbox

• When the server rejects an upload for size, the message says how large an upload may be.
• The upload window stays open on an outside click while it holds files, and upload errors stay on screen.
• Lightbox tags have a visible remove control, and the bulk-select box shows when you hover an item.
• Chat search, profile edit, media edit fields and tag remove have accessible names. New group explains why Create is disabled.
• Overlay controls and the upload button keep contrast in dark mode.

Pro: Stories

• Pro Owners set how long stories last, from 6 hours to 7 days.
• Pro Members can react to a story, and the author sees each viewer’s reaction in Seen by. Seen by lists every viewer, 50 at a time.
• Pro Who can post stories on Display > Stories picks the roles that may post. The Add story tile is hidden for everyone else and accepts videos and audio as well as photos.
• Pro An upload made only for a story is deleted when the story ends, unless an album, a collection or a host’s content holds it.
• Pro The story sheet sizes to the screen, and Seen by rows stay on one line.
• Pro Instagram layout feed cards show a posted comment and the new count at once.
• Pro Documents upload says “1 file”, and share messages name the @handle.

See Stories.

For developers

• New filter mvs_story_duration_hours sets how long a story lasts.
• Pro New filter mvs_story_keep_item lets a host keep a story-only upload it also uses.
• New method reaction_types_for_users() on the media repository returns which reactions a list of members gave an item.

See Hooks and Filters.