Version 2.6.1 of the Church Content plugin hardened security issue but at the same time introduced a bug affecting events and recurrence on some hosts. It also began requiring PHP 8. Version 2.6.2 resolves the event issues and also reduces the PHP version requirement to PHP 7.4 since there are still some hosts not yet offering PHP 8 (we still recommend PHP 8.1 or 8.2 as 7.4 has reached End of Life).
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Update: Read about version 2.6.2 which fixes an events bug introduced by Church Content 2.6.1.
PHP versions 7.x and 8.0 have reached End of Life and no longer receive security updates. We highly recommend upgrading to PHP version 8.1 or 8.2 (recommending 8.1 in case any third-party plugins you are using are not ready for 8.2). Hold off on PHP 8.3 for now as the Church Content plugin version 2.6.1 (just released) is not yet compatible.
Each of our themes and our Church Content Pro plugin have been updated for a better experience with WordPress 5.8 and PHP 8.
The core Church Content plugin did not need to be updated. Everything was reasonably compatible with WordPress 5.8 and PHP 8 before these updates so we waited a bit to release them after WordPress 5.8 came out in order to run through a list of minor bugs reported by users over the months. There are other improvements such as automatically linked phone numbers.
WordPress 5.6 is here. That means it’s time to update your theme and plugins to maintain compatibility. This version of WordPress updated the jQuery library, which broke our mobile menu buttons. Many jQuery events were also deprecated so we have replaced them. Please update your theme and plugins from us to keep your WordPress site humming along nicely.
UPDATE: (2022) This project has been canceled.
There is no ideal sermons plugin for WordPress. The plugins that exist now are either unattractive in appearance, lacking features, buggy and unsupported or don’t work with all the WordPress themes that are available. This is what I’ve observed and this is what I’ve been told by people over the years. The sermon WordPress plugins available now are not useless, but they are not ideal. Churches using WordPress deserve a sermons plugin that meshes perfectly with their theme, that is easy to use and that does everything they need.
We are working on such a plugin and it is called WP Sermons. This is our vision for it.
WordPress 5.4 is scheduled for release at the end of the month.
Church Content plugin version 2.4 has been released. This version is ready for WordPress 5.4. Additionally, it fixes a bug that manifested on certain servers, improves the French translation, and updates the Google podcast submission URL. You can update by going to Dashboard > Updates.
Updates to the Church Content plugin and Church Content Pro add-on have been released. The primary purpose of this update is to maintain compatibility with WordPress 5.3, which is scheduled for release on Tuesday, November 12.
We’re celebrating our sixth birthday this month. ChurchThemes.com launched as an independent theme shop in September of 2013. We’ve been committed to creating a continually smooth experience for you over these six years. In fact, we’ve released 190 updates to our themes and plugin during this time. We have more updates for you today and I also want to share with you about our new theme and work on a sermons plugin.
It’s starting to feel like Spring down here in Texas. How fitting it is then that we just finished our “spring cleaning” with regard to our themes and plugins. Various bug fixes, improvements and compatibility changes have been made to keep your website running smoothly.
Creating a sermon podcast can help your church reach more people online. Our new Church Content Pro plugin makes it really easy for you to automatically syndicate your sermons via your own podcast on iTunes and Google Play. Let me show you how to set things up so that every time you publish a new sermon it goes to your podcast subscribers. New subscribers can discover you by searching with iTunes or Google Play.
Already have a podcast using Feedburner? I’ll show you how to replace your Feedburner-powered podcast with Church Content Pro so you can podcast straight from your WordPress feed to iTunes and Google Play.