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Now introducing Advanced Sermons 3.0! Advanced Sermons is a new beautiful, modern sermon plugin that integrates seamlessly with any WordPress theme. An easy to use interface allows you to add video and audio sermons to your website with ease.

Would you like to see Advanced Sermons in action before installing it? We have a Advanced Sermons demo website showcasing all of it features!

Multiple Sermon Layouts

Choose between two beautiful design options in which to display your sermons. A grid view and list view. Both are customizable with Advanced Sermons built-in design modules to ensure you match your churches branding perfectly.

The new list view layout is perfect for churches who want to display sermons in a compact manner or for churches who don’t utilize a sermon image.

80+ Built-in Design Modules

We know how important your brand and image is to you. That’s why when we built Advanced Sermons we made sure to give you the ability to completely brand and style your sermons the way you want to.

Gone are the days of hiring a developer to make minor CSS changes. Advanced Sermons design modules are so easy, any team member can customize the look of your sermons in minutes.

Developer Friendly

There are many hooks available to customize Advanced Sermons further. Everything from adding custom metabox fields, more filter sermon options, and new sections on the single sermon template.

Have a custom feature you’re interested in? Our developers are here to help when you need it.

Free Version Features

Video & Audio Sermons – Your media can be uploaded via WordPress or from popular sites like YouTube, Vimeo, and SoundCloud. Facebook and Facebook Live is available in pro version.
Beautiful Grid View – The grid view is the default layout for Advanced Sermons designed to showcase your sermons in a simple, clean design that works with any WordPress theme.
Filter by Series, Speakers, Topics & Books – Filter your sermons with the easy to use filter bar allowing you to select your favorite series, speakers, topics, or books.
Attach Files & Media – Attach media and other files to your sermons so users can download and use them at a later time or follow along.
80+ Built-in Design Modules – Take full control of your sermons appearance without touching a line of code.
General Settings – Change the function, style, and look of your sermons with our in-depth easy to use settings pages.
Track View Counts – Track view counts of sermons to get a better understanding of what your congregation is interested in.
Assign Speaker & Series Images – Create a more personalized experience by adding speaker and series images.
Custom CSS – Easily add your own custom CSS for a more custom appearance.
Comments – Display or hide comments on the single sermon page.
Quick Links – Manage your sermons quickly and easily with the Manage Sermons quick links in the toolbar.
Compatible with any Theme – We’ve worked hard to make sure Advanced Sermons is compatible with nearly every WordPress theme on the market.
Easy To Use & Manage – Designed so that any staff member, volunteer, or pastor can easily add and edit sermons and series.
Developer Friendly – There are many hooks available to customize Advanced Sermons to your needs.
Podcasting – Connect your sermons to your favorite podcasting platforms by utilizing PowerPress. PowerPress integrates seamlessly with Advanced Sermons.

Pro Version Features

Elegant List View – The new list view layout is perfect for churches who want to display sermons in a compact manner or for churches who don’t utilize a sermon image. View Example.
Facebook Videos – Add Facebook and Facebook Live videos to your sermons. Great for churches who want to broadcast live sermons due to COVID-19 regulations.
Bible Passages – You can add any number of passages to a sermon, with a variety of translations, and the option to automatically link to biblegateway.com.
Bible Version and Translation – Customize the bible passage version and translation.
Sermon Bulletins – Attach sermon bulletins to your sermons so users can download and use them at a later time or follow along.
Custom Archive Slug – Change the slug of the sermon archive page. For example, by default, all sermons would be located under /sermons/, and a single sermon with slug “god” would be under /sermons/god/.
Customize Labels – Use the term Messages instead of Sermons? No problem! Customize the verbiage for Sermons, Speakers, and Topics.
Series & Speaker Details – Display series and speaker image, title, description, and links above sermons on the archive page.
Search Sermons – Advanced Sermons integrates fully with WordPress’s native search features making it easy for visitors to find sermons.
Customize Filter Bar – You have full control over the archive filter bar and can remove the elements you are not using to only show what you want.
Social Sharing – Your visitors are only one click away from sharing their favorite sermons. Getting the word out has never been easier.
Related Sermons – Display related sermons in a series on the bottom of the sermon single page.
Navigation – Add a navigation section to the single sermon template with “previous” and “next” buttons so users can navigate through sermons.
Sermon Sidebars – Display a beautiful sidebar on the sermon single page. Customize with any WordPress widget.
Shortcodes & Widgets – A full-featured shortcode system allowing you to show exactly what you need and where.
Language Settings – Language settings allows you to customize Advanced Sermons default text to your preference. Example: Scripture instead of Bible Passage.

Learn more about all the features available with Advanced Sermons Pro

Thank You

Thank you for your support and we hope you enjoy Advanced Sermons. If you have any suggested features we would love to hear them! You can contact us here.

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Using this plugin is very simple. All you have to do is:

e.g.

Upload the advanced-sermons folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Configure settings by going to Sermons > General Settings

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\nHow do I get support?\n\n

In the case that you need help with Advanced Sermons, you can submit a support ticket on our support page. We will make sure to get back to you as soon as we possibly can. Most likely the same day during our business hours.

\nDoes Advanced Sermons work on my WordPress multisite?\n\n

Not yet as a network activated plugin, however you can install it individually on a multisite setup. We hope to work on network activated in the future.

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3.4

Updated: XSS Security improvements

3.3

Updated: Minor improvements to date filtering functionality

3.2

Updated: Improved compatability with sermon excerpt to auto extract text when manual excerpt is not used.
Updated: Security improvements
Fix: Issue fixed with function asp_term_orderby when switching to drag and drop for the first time after updating from an older version of Advanced sermons.

3.1

Fix: AJAX load more mobile functionality. Changed scroll to position.
Fix: Js and AJAX errors when filter is disabled
Fix: Filtering issues when taxonomy field was disabled
Fix: Theme compatibility with Litepicker. Added prefixed wrapper.
Fix: Incorrect position of archive container bottom hook on 3.0 update
Fix: Removed ‘Read More’ with ajax excerpt if excerpt is empty
Fix: Video Settings now correctly hidden if all video meta fields are hidden using pro version
Fix: Fixed rewrite rules not being flushed upon plugin installation that was causing 404 errors for new users
Fix: Fixed drag and drop ordering when there are multiple pages on the edit taxonomy page and the last page not matching items pet page set in WordPress. Bug caused random items to change positioning on page reload.
Fix: Series and Speaker image would apply to next newest taxonomy if page not refreshed and latest term did not have an image
Fix: Issue where asp_term_orderby() was causing ordering and duplicate term issues with series shortcode in Pro version
Fix: Issue where featured content was loaded when pagination was activated causing a jump on mobile devices when new sermons were loaded
Updated: CSS improvements for criteria on mobile. Made text smaller
Updated: Added support for themes that are using fluidvids
Updated: Changed audio download icon on single sermon template
Updated: Changed Topic taxonomy to add tag support
Updated: Logic to remove select2 on filter fields added by themes and 3rd party plugins.
Updated: Improved UI for drag-and-drop order by only showing drag icons if drag-and-drop is enabled. Added hints to manage large libraries.
New: Option to enable the WordPress block editor under the general settings of Advanced Sermons
New: Ability to add start time to Vimeo videos with new ?t= parameter
New: Independent Content Width option for archive template
New: “Add Sermon Audio” now automatically filters to only show supported file types in media library. Makes it easier to find and add audio files to sermons.
New: Introduced lazy loading to images to help with load speeds and SEO
New: New option to remove search field from filter. Advanced Sermons Pro required.
New: Replaced View column with Sermon Data column to display video type, audio type, image type, and view count
New: Books to be grouped under old and new testaments. System automatically does this in the background.
New: Import books of the Bible. Advanced Sermons Pro required.
New: Series, speakers, topics, and books are now included in the search functionality. For taxonomies it must be an exact match to help narrow down results.

3.0

Fix: Error when saving on language settings page when Advanced Sermons Pro is not active.
Fix: CSS improvements and updates
Fix: Added CSS to fix formatting issues with Astra theme
Fix: Now supports up to PHP version 8.1
Fix: Fix to taxonomies linking to the wrong item. Now adds support to an unlimited number of taxonomies assigned to a sermon
Fix: Sermon and series images not longer go out of alignment when the holder is set to text align center from page builders of the active WordPress theme
Fix: Sermon audio player no longer displays when an incorrect file format is assigned
Fix: Issue fixed where Facebook SDK injection would remove favicon icon with DIVI theme
Updated: Improvement to plugin SEO by adding dynamic alt text to images
Updated: Improvement to stylization of plugin and layouts
Updated: Improvements to YouTube video embeds to restrict info cards at end of the video to current account only
Updated: Improved excerpt read more formatting
Updated: Changed order filter labels from ‘DESC’ and ‘ASC’ to ‘Newest’ and ‘Oldest’. (If you translated these, you will need to update.)
Updated: Changed filter ‘Clear’ label to ‘Clear all’ (If you translated this, you will need to update.)
Updated: Modified sermon speaker holder so show all speakers assigned to a single sermon on single sermon template
Updated: There is now no limit to the number of series, speakers, topics, and books that can be assigned to a single sermon
Updated: Added support for YouTube’s new live URL formatting
Updated: Added support for start time for YouTube videos
Updated: The custom Sermon Archive Slug option is now available in the free version!
Updated: Improvements to all image aspect ratios
Updated: Topics are now set to hierarchical true by default changing its formatting to match the other taxonomies
New: Search functionality added to sermon filter and improved search filter styling
New: Date Range functionality added to sermon filter
New: Option to disable the sermon count from displaying in the filter dropdown’s
New: Option to disable sermon image from displaying on the single sermons page
New: Sermon, Series, and Speaker images now display in the admin columns of WordPress
New: Drag and drop custom ordering functionality for all sermon taxonomies
New: Support and improvements to all WordPress permalink structures
New: Updates to Sermon meta box by adding sections and improving video type organization
New: Sermons are now loaded using AJAX with instant filtering of the filter bar
New: Added support for the following sermon audio formats: .mp3, .wav, and .ogg
New: A handful of new features included in Advanced Sermons Pro!

2.9.2

Fix: Minor CSS updates.

2.9.1

Fix: Minor CSS updates.

2.9

Fix: Updated logic that controls template override.
Fix: Issue where sermon featured image was displaying when a Vimeo video was applied to a sermon.

2.8

Updated: Depreciated Orderby dropdown from filter bar.
Updated: Modified filter bar default styling.
Updated: Modified the default sermon date format and added additional formatting options.
Updated: Changed single sermon template to display title first and made a few other UI improvements.
Updated: Sermon images now display at a default 16:9 aspect ratio. Additional aspect ratio options available in Pro Version.
New: Sermon featured image now displays on the single sermon template if no video is applied.
New: Added border to sermon grid layout to help UI for churches that don’t have images applied to sermons.
New: Updated styling on sermon detail buttons and added a tooltip upon hovering.
New: Added sermon count to filter bar dropdown.
New: Added ability to override archive and single sermon template files from your theme. See online documentation for details.
New: Tooltips now display when hovering over sermon detail buttons.

2.7

Fix: Modified sermon post type rewrite rules.

2.6

Updated: Optimized translatable text.
Updated: Sermon downloadable files now automatically download instead of opening in a new tab.
Updated: Sermon archive pagination optimized to new numeric format for better UX.
Updated: Optimized the way sermons are included in search results when registering the post type.
Updated: Filter options are now hidden if no taxonomies are assigned to sermons.
Fix: Topics and series filters changed back to order by title instead of date.
Fix: Speaker and Series quick edit deletion of assigned image.
Fix: Taxonomy view action links now redirect to correct locations.
New: Pro Feature – New navigation section on the single sermon template to filter through sermons.
New: Auto Pluralization – setting to disable pluralization for Sermon, Topic, and Speaker labels.
New: Additional action hooks on single sermon template to allow additional custom modifications.
New: Advanced Sermons media player light theme style kit. You can disable this under Misc settings.
New: Single Sermon “All Sermons” button URL option.
New: You can now filter & assign Books to sermons with the new Book taxonomy.

2.5

Updated: Upgraded Font Awesome to version 5.14.0
Updated: Improved sermon filter functionality.
Updated: Added a higher priority to the sermon archive count to help with possible theme conflicts.
Updated: Archive criteria box can now be modified via a new hook. See online documentation.
Updated: Archive title can now be modified via a new hook. See online documentation.
Updated: Sermon PDF has been changed to Sermon Notes.
Updated: Sermon details Listen has been changed to Audio.
Updated: Minor CSS changes to optimize for new features.
Updated: Sermons are now displayed by date in admin.
Fix: Element background color option now applies to speaker details section.
New: Added sermon archive quick link to manage sermons dropdown.
New: Five topics can now be assigned to a single sermon.
New: Pro Feature – Facebook Video Integration.
New: Pro Feature – Bulletin field added to sermons.

2.4

Updated: Ready for WordPress 5.5
Updated: Topics are now clickable.
Fix: Archive title bug displaying the incorrect title when multiple topics are applied to a sermon.
New: Pro Feature – New sermon layout! Choose to display your sermons in a grid view or list view.
New: Pro Feature – Customize related sermons count.
New: Pro Feature – New language settings tab. Customize the default text for elements in Advanced Sermons.
New: Pro Feature – New copy to clipboard button for shortcodes.

2.3

Fix: Modified the_post_thumbnail default size to increase compatibility with some WordPress themes that had a set post thumbnail size defined
Updated: CSS stylesheets to remove unwanted text padding and margin spacing that is automatically applied by some WordPress themes

2.2

Updated: Font Awesome to 4.7
Updated: Sermon position on dashboard menu moved to help reduce any conflicts
Updated: User capability to access general settings has been changed to manage_options
Updated: Plugin optimizations
New: Disable Font Awesome settings
New: Element design options
New: Sermon speaker detail fields
New: Pro Feature – Bible Passage field added to sermons
New: Pro Feature – Display series details on single series page
New: Pro Feature – Display speaker details on single speaker page
New: Pro Feature – Option to hide meta fields from sermon edit page
New: Pro Feature – Speakers shortcode
New: Pro Feature – Sermon widget shortcode
New: Pro Feature – Series widget shortcode
New: Pro Feature – Speaker widget shortcode

2.1

New: Customization menu item for developers to add custom options to Advanced Sermons
New: Added more hooks for developers

2.0

Updated: Ready for WordPress 5.3

1.9

Fix: Filter button background color design settings not working

1.8

New: Show filtered search criteria on archive page in new criteria bar
New: Archive option to hide criteria box
New: Single sermon option to remove archive button
New: Customize sermon label
Fix: Filter bar button hover background color value wrong in design settings
Fix: Archive speaker name in-correct when sermon had multiple speakers
Updated: Select and display up to five speakers for a single sermon

1.7

New: Select and display up to two speakers for a single sermon
New: Version control Advanced Sermons CSS stylesheets
New: Added a all sermons button on single sermon page
Update: Hide single sermon content border if there is no content

1.6

Fix: Multiple inline styling spacing on design settings for a better UI
Fix: Minor single sermon CSS theme compatibility modifications
Update: Language translation compatibility

1.5

New: Customize topic label
New: Style pagination button design options
New: Style filter bar dropdown design options
New: Style filter bar button design options
New: Style archive sermon details design options
New: Style single sermon details design options
New: Add action hooks throughout Advanced Sermons to allow custom modifications
New: Customize filter bar with the ability to hiding filter options
New: Display filter criteria in archive title
Fix: 404 redirect error on subdirectory installs

1.4

Update: Styling compatibility to have better format results with all themes.

1.3

Fix: Remove on-change event from speaker and series filter bar. Will filter when selecting filter button now.
New: Disable Sermon image option. Display the default title background image on the single sermon page instead of the sermon image.

1.2

Update: Plugin Optimization
New: Added sermon content width options
New: Archive Sermon title font customization
New: Archive Sermon excerpt font customization
New: Sermon title font customization
New: Sermon paragraph font customization
New: Sermon details font color customization
Fix: Sermon content default width compatibility with more themes.

1.1

New: Add page background color to design settings.
New: Add custom CSS to design settings.
Fix: Set default ASP page templates to background color white.

1.0

Initial Release!

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Standalone JavaScript for fluid YouTube/Vimeo iframe embeds. Add more video players and selectors easily in the media settings.

Description of the Fluidvids script
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Check out a demo of fluidvids“

Credits

The plugin can also be found on GitHub.

Thank you Todd Motto for fluidvids.js
Thank you Tom McFarlin for the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate

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Installing from the WordPress dashboard

Navigate to the ‘Add New’ plugins dashboard
Search for ‘Fluidvids for WordPress’
Click ‘Install Now’
Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugin dashboard

Uploading in the WordPress dashboard

Navigate to the ‘Add New’ plugins dashboard
Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
Select fluidvids.zip from your computer
Upload
Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

Download fluidvids.zip
Extract the fluidvids directory to your computer
Upload the fluidvids directory to your wp-content/plugins directory
Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugins dashboard

Configuration

You can add additional players in the media settings.

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1.4.1 – 19th July 2014

Update Fluidvids to 2.4.1\n
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1.4.0 – 25nd June 2014

Update Fluidvids to 2.4.0\n
- Fix bug for comparing width/height attrs > 1000
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1.3.0 – 21st June 2014

Update Fluidvids to 2.3.0\n
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- Multiple selector support and CSS change to unrestrict element type
- Add npm entry point
- Change apply() to render() for better naming
- Use while loop for and improved loop perf
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Add option to set selectors

1.2.0 – 1st March 2014

Update Fluidvids to 2.2.0\n
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- Add AMD support
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1.1.0 – 16th December 2013

Update Fluidvids to 2.1.0\n
- Fix IE8 bug
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1.0.0 – 6th December 2013

Initial release

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