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Slider Revolution
updates
Slider Revolution is improved constantly — new features, refinements and fixes ship regularly. Updating is a one-click job from your WordPress dashboard, pulled straight from our servers, and every release is logged below with exactly what changed.
Slider Revolution 7
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7.0.13
Bugfixes
- Slide Background Animation presets were animating in the wrong direction when certain slide transition effects were selected
- Improved RTL Navigation handling with new Auto, On, and Off modes for global navigation RTL settings
- Fixed dragging of navigation elements in the editor
- Fixed missing static layers during slide and layer imports
- Fixed popup content not updating correctly between the Import Slides and Import Layers dialogs
- Fixed incorrect display of navigation tabs when first added in the editor
- Fixed escaped slashes appearing in navigation skin markup
- Fixed alignment issues of navigation ghost layers
- Fixed incorrect navigation skin selection in the dropdown for modules using custom navigation skins
- The currently selected navigation item is now highlighted in the editor
- Fixed an error when switching slides while a text layer was selected
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7.0.12
Bugfixes
- Fixed an issue where the migration process could break when migrating from versions older than 6.7.14 to 7.0.x.
- Fixed an issue where undefined module height and width values on device sizes could break the Editor loading process.
- Fixed an issue where slide auto-rotation was not working when the progress bar was enabled.
- Fixed a migration issue where Mobile Device Mode could become unexpectedly deactivated.
- Fixed an issue where Mobile Size could not be deactivated and became active again after reloading the Editor.
Changes
- Scheduled and unpublished slides are now displayed in the slide list with additional icons and red highlighting for easier identification.
- Migration labels and panels are now more prominent to better catch the customers attention during the migration process.
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7.0.11
New Features
- Improved integration with Avada Fusion Builder
- Added support for progress bars in scroll-based timelines
- Carousel slides now support shadow effects
- Carousel X Addon introduced – extending the Carousel with Accordion, Cascade, 3D Showcase and ZoomSlide Types
Bugfixes
- Fixed issue preventing template installation without pre-installed add-ons
- Resolved empty template library after upgrading from version 6.x
- Fixed occasional meta box error messages appearing in the editor
- Prevented warnings from external output buffers from breaking layouts in some themes
- Fixed module not displaying when Fixed on Top option was enabled
- Fixed Auto Infinity Loop not starting when Slide Progress was set to Auto
- Prevented duplicate items from appearing in builder module selectors
- Fixed an error caused by third-party elements injected into the image list
- Unpublished slides if hero is set in module settings will now be properly ignored
- Vertical Carousel height and first draw was calculated with NaN values
Changes
- Optimized loading of required dependencies for builder modules
- Added line-height option for Groups
- Removed text clipping for SVG and Audio layers
- Added en_US translation file to support backend localization
- Module height calculation for Carousels now respects padding and content height
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7.0.10
New Features
- Slide background layer can be deleted now
- Alt text from image sources is now applied to non-image elements as aria-label with role=”img” when available
Bugfixes
- YouTube background was breaking since 7.0.9 update in preview
- Timeline states were always showing the state markers from the IN Scene
- Removed unnecessary editor assets from the frontend
- Since version 7.0.9 you could not add or create new slides
- New slides (imported, or created from scratch) had no admin thumbnail until reload
- Unauthenticated sensitive information exposure via ‘sliders/stream’
- Arbitrary file upload via _get_media_url
- Fixed potential errors caused by missing frontend scripts in Elementor frontend mode
- Fix for unpublished on schedule beeing pushed to frontend
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7.0.9
New Features
- Layers hidden in the editor (because they are not part of the active scene) can now be edited by temporarily resetting parent transitions and visibility during editing.
- In the editor, full-stage alignment is now calculated based on the visible checkerboard stage area (instead of the full wrapper container) to make elements easier to edit
- Added an optional live preview rendering feature in the Elementor Builder
- Added a function to add bulk slides from WP media library
- Added a function to add Slide(s) from existing modules
Bugfixes
- Fixed carousel touch swipe not working on Android devices.
- SR7.F.module.collect() now reinitializes fast Ajax-loaded content after page changes.
- Fixed the default action link target so links open in the same window by default.
- Action setup is now guided: the trigger selector stays disabled until an action type is selected.
- The slide background can now be used as an action trigger.
- Fixed multi-selected layers not moving with the keyboard arrow keys.
- Improved stability on fast Ajax/PJAX sites where SR7 could fail to start after navigation.
- Fixed modules failing to load in the Divi Builder after upgrading.
- Fixed a typo in the video settings.
- Removed the full-screen button from video controls when Allow Full Screen is disabled.
- Fixed Uniform Gaps not appearing in preview and preventing unexpected spacing issues.
- Fixed a bug where video thumbnails were regenerated whenever the source changed, even if a matching thumbnail already existed in the WordPress Media Library.
- YouTube, HTML5, and Vimeo videos now support contain/cover sizing based on the selected aspect ratio while keeping the original layer dimensions.
- Fixed a backward compatibility issue caused by themes/plugins calling the removed getAllSliderAliases() function.
- Fixed scroll-based filters and transforms rendering even when scroll effects were disabled globally.
- Fixed an issue where a missing canvas could break nested modals and render content with unwanted empty space.
- Fixed duplicated layers in the editor sometimes receiving multiple chained _DBL_ random suffixes.
- Fixed an issue where Disabled on Mobile could disable the entire module, even when the module was not set to run on mobile.
- Fixed missing Alt and Title attributes in noscript image elements generated by Slide Background layers.
- Improved Slide ID handling: duplicate Slide IDs are now updated in the editor and frontend to prevent broken processing.
- Scroll Based Timeline interactions were not started in some situations
Changes
- Renamed Element to Layer for consistent terminology
- Removed none working WPML class and replaced it with a new WPML functionality through the AI Translate AddOn
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7.0.8
New Features
- Enhanced the BeBuilder Slider Plugin module selector and improved builder slider widget preview.
- Added RTL options for legacy navigation components.
- Enabled support for external image sources for background images and layer image sources.
- Maintained module selection in the Gutenberg editor when updating the module alias.
Bugfixes
- Improved slide thumbnail loading in the editor to ensure smooth performance, even with 200+ large slides.
- Resolved an issue where the editor initialization was delayed when loading modules with 200+ slides.
- Optimized processing of slides and modules during editor load.
- Fixed an issue where very old SR6 modules without background or layer IDs could not be edited.
- Resolved cases where the editor failed to load or produced JavaScript errors due to premature initialization of AddOns and slides.
- Corrected image dimension display in the image source selector when no image is selected.
- Removed occasional duplicate entries in builder module selectors.
- Fixed an issue where callback action targets were converted into arrays during migration, preventing execution on first render.
- Corrected message escaping for status messages received from ThemePunch servers.
- Fixed an error when loading modules with numeric custom IDs.
- Resolved PHP deprecation warnings that caused JavaScript errors on certain pages.
- Corrected image dimension updates and background/layer image source handling.
- Restored deprecated slider wrapper hooks to maintain backward compatibility.
- Fixed toolbar position inputs being visible when multiple layers were selected.
- Resolved an issue where background position fields disappeared after selecting custom positioning.
- Fixed missing vertical direction option for bullet navigation.
- Resolved conflicts when mixing modules with and without the ScrollVideo AddOn on the same page (requires ScrollVideo v7.0.5).
Slider Revolution 6
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6.7.38
Bugfixes
- Fixed issue with not working Video in Active Slide action target.
- Fixed problem with missing SVG url on export.
- Resolved problem with loading of images that failed to resize.
- Fixed problem with Audio layers not playing when they have a background image set.
- Fixed pausing of Audio layer on slide change when Pause on Slide Change option is enabled.
- Hardening ajax calls by limiting usage of calls to users outside of selected usage roles.
- Fixed error in Toggle Background Media Action when called from Global Layers.
- Fixed mp3 not being exportable/importable.
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6.7.37
Bugfixes
- Fixed an issue where YouTube videos paused on iOS when switching tabs.
- Fixed misalignment of repeating background images.
- Improved migration by switching to slow mode for large slide counts to prevent request rejections.
- Fixed background animation random setting not working.
- Security hardening: Fixed SVG & image path traversal in exported ZIP files.
- Fixed style incompatibility with date pickers from other plugins.
- Fixed non-functional “Loop One Slide” option.
- Fixed Backdrop Blur filter issue where a loop animation without blur added an unnecessary 0px blur on the wrapper, disabling the effect.
- Fixed duplicating group inside of the group issue causing detachment from parent after saving.
Changes
- Added a new option to control the duration of YouTube player poster appearance animation.
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6.7.36
Bugfixes
- Fixed not working Stop Slider Progress slide option.
- Fixed an issue where images disappeared on hover if both idle and hover background colors were set to transparent.
- Fixed hover transitions from solid color to transparent (and vice versa) for images with gradient backgrounds.
- Resolved an issue where scroll-based timeline modules stopped working in the WPBakery environment.
- Fixed vertical scrolling in modal sliders on iOS devices.
- Fixed backdrop filter not working on columns in Firefox when the parent container (row) had no transition but had a backdrop filter applied.
- Improved carousel transitions where slides slightly overlapped; z-index calculations were incorrect during slide changes, causing flickering.
- Fixed upscaling of layers, which was no longer functioning in the SR7 frontend.
- Fixed deeplink support: it now correctly falls back to identifiers such as
#slide1when slides do not have explicit deeplink parameters set.
Changes
- Added a new option in Global Settings to disable Google Font preconnects. This connection to Google servers is not permitted under EU data protection regulations (GDPR).
- Added a global option to calculate breakpoints while accounting for scrollbar presence. This aligns breakpoints with CSS-calculated values. Disabled by default.
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6.7.35
Bugfixes
- Position were miscalculated if Layers were attached to Slide BG in Parallax 3D mode
- Deep linking feature was breaking Carousel modules
- Layers in Scroll Based Timeline Mode did appear sometimes even they should not be visible
- Saved Post Sort By option value and Accessibility params were not populating correctly in Editor
- Removed Google font loading while being logged in and viewing a post/page on frontend
- Added check if get_current_screen() function is available
- Layers with Min Width set were not positioned properly
- Module layout was getting broken in Editor after saving and switching slide if slide contained background gradient
- Media unmute action was crashing YouTube video on iOS mobile
- Using the character ‘ in a post’s title/excerpt leaves the corresponding metafield in V7 output unchanged
- Carousel layers were disappearing when switching slides outside of the viewport
- Toggle Mute All Media action was not working
- Image Colored Backgrounds with Padding were not rendered in SR7 Frontend
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6.7.34
Bugfixes
- Removed Console logs from Backend
- Error by Importing Templates and Exported Modules
- Already Migrated modules (SR7) do not allow to update Accessibility options in Editor
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6.7.33
Bugfixes
- Content auto height was affecting layout size of upcoming slides.
- The Ken Burns effect was not adjusting position on resize.
- Layers in Containers (which were waiting for an Action to start) were not animating if the Reset Children option was not set to true. These Layers should animate at least at the very first animation call of the Parent container.
- Columns did not update their Display attributes on resizing the browser Screen
- Shapes with parallax and mask containers inside groups did not correctly update their dimensions during “In” animations triggered by actions.
Changes
- The Min Height on Mobile for Fullscreen Modules will now be reduced to 320px (previously 640px)
- Improved Accessibility: Introducing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) support – including ARIA attributes such as
aria-label,aria-pressed,aria-hidden, androleon layers, slides, and navigation elements. Fully customizable per module, slide, and layer. - New: Support for custom
aria-livestate messages, allowing dynamic announcements across the page for screen readers on Slide Changes. - New Global Option: Enable YouTube “No-Cookie” mode to reduce tracking and improve GDPR compliance when embedding videos
- Improved AJAX response handling: JSON data is now reliably extracted from mixed server responses containing PHP errors, warnings, or unexpected HTML output
What’s changed going from
Slider Revolution 6 to 7
— and what hasn’t
New editor. Familiar workflow. Fully backward-compatible.
A rebuilt editor with smarter tools and AI — and every slider you made in 6 keeps running, untouched. See what’s new, what stayed the same, and how to move up in one click.
