Summary

Feature Release

This updated version of Virtual Events brings a new Smart URL field with several new features.

As always, we recommend updating on a staging site, just to be safe, but it should all be smooth sailing.

Virtual Events 1.8.0 requires The Events Calendar 5.12.4 or above

✨ New

New features included in this release:

• Updated the video field to the new ‘Smart’ URL field to autodetect a video source using Oembed.
• Users can now connect existing Zoom Meetings or Webinars to their events using the new ‘Smart’ URL field.
• Added a feature to display Facebook Videos using the new ‘Smart’ URL field.
• Added support for Virtual Event fields in the CSV importer.

✅ Fixed

Bugs that were squashed in this release:

• Now you can display the Zoom video icon when linked button is disabled.
• PHP notices show when creating Zoom events in PHP (5.6) and WP minimums (4.9.x).
• Added a check utilizing the “show to” field to prevent the Zoom links from being added to the export file.
• Ensured the virtual event details aren’t duplicated in the single events page on the block editor.
• Enabled webinars on accounts using the Zoom Event account type.

🔧 Tweaks

A few tweaks we made under the hood:

• Always show a search field for the Zoom Account, Host, and Alternative Host dropdown fields.

🗣 Translations

Updated language files:

• 52 new strings added
• 85 updated
• 2 fuzzied
• 6 obsoleted