Meow Apps - Gallery Pro Changelog - Version History & Release Notes

v5.5.8Latest

October 30, 2026421.6 KBScanned

Fixed

Security: Escape the target, rel and class attributes of gallery links.

v5.5.6

October 3, 2026424.0 KBScanned

Improved

Gallery data in the HTML now only keeps the image dimensions, no longer the full list of sizes and the EXIF data.

Other

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v5.5.4

September 15, 2026418.8 KBScanned

Added

"See Full Preview" button in the gallery block.
Uploads from the block are now attached to the post they're added to.

Fixed

Collections with an empty name no longer crash the block.

Improved

License errors now show the actual issue on the Plugins page, and the dashboard has been cleaned up.
Media data is handled consistently across the block, collections and shortcodes.
All scripts and styles are now registered in a single place.

v5.5.3Unavailable

August 18, 2026416.1 KBScanned

Improved

PHP 8.1 is now the minimum required version.

Added

Reworked dashboard with a plugin board view, AI site analysis and a bounded speed test.
Border and hover options in the Design Tool.
Preview mode indicator for gallery blocks in the post editor.

Fixed

The `wp_get_attachment_image_attributes` filter now applies to infinite scroll and collections.

v5.5.2Unavailable

July 30, 2026364.1 KBScanned

Added

Real Media Library support for galleries and collections, including as a Dynamic type in the Gallery Manager.

Fixed

Infinite scroll now works on viewports without scrolling, using an IntersectionObserver to track the loading sentinel.
Collections with missing thumbnails are now handled gracefully.
Empty gallery handling simplified by removing unnecessary attachment retrieval.
Tables in the Collection Maker, Managers, and Shortcode Maker now display correctly on mobile viewports.

Other

🎵 Discuss with others about Meow Gallery on [the Discord](https://discord.gg/bHDGh38).
🌴 Keep us motivated with [a little review here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/meow-gallery/reviews/). Thank you!
🥰 If you want to help us, check our [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/meowapps). Thank you!

v5.5.1Unavailable

June 29, 2026359.4 KBScanned

Improved

Improved handling of image ID attributes in the gallery shortcode.
Updated the Media Selector.

v5.5.0Unavailable

May 31, 2026358.3 KBScanned

Fixed

Order handling when using combined "orderby-order" parameter format.

Improved

Improved emoji handling in gallery HTML processing and clearer error messages.

Added

Support for passing gallery attributes through collection shortcodes using the `gallery_{att}={value}` format.

v5.4.9Unavailable

May 7, 2026356.5 KBScanned

Fixed

Removed srcset attribute from collection thumbnails when not available.

Added

Exposed collection helpers for use by external plugins like Cleaner.

Other

🎵 Discuss with others about Meow Gallery on [the Discord](https://discord.gg/bHDGh38).
🌴 Keep us motivated with [a little review here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/meow-gallery/reviews/). Thank you!
🥰 If you want to help us, check our [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/meowapps). Thank you!

v5.4.8Unavailable

April 26, 2026359.5 KBScanned

Added

"Design Tool" feature (BETA).

Improved

Removed the "stylish" setting for Tiles layout.
Better UI/UX.

v5.4.7Unavailable

April 19, 2026353.3 KBScanned

Fixed

Fixed a warning on missing thumbnails, showing graceful placeholders instead of broken images in both the backend and frontend.

v5.4.6Unavailable

April 15, 2026347.4 KBScanned

Added

Dynamic galleries with Tags support, now available in the manager.
"Order by" option is now always visible in the manager modal for easier sorting.

Fixed

Block styling and properties now render correctly within iframes (Block API v3).
GPS coordinates from photo EXIF data are now handled more reliably, including support for float values.

Improved

REST API method for the images endpoint changed from GET to POST—developers using this endpoint will need to update their requests accordingly.
Internal database checks have been streamlined for improved reliability and cleaner codebase.

v5.4.5Unavailable

February 26, 2026304.9 KBScanned

Fixed

Validate the gallery sorting order so it only accepts ASC or DESC values.
Ensure collections correctly update the lightbox.
Correct the manager’s layout override logic so shortcode and block settings behave as expected.
Improve menu layout loading behavior and visual consistency.
Provide a default map engine and a clear error message when none is configured.

Improved

Refactor the gallery function to support options for preview.
Change permission checks to use the can_access_settings capability.

Added

Improve accessibility by adding keyboard shortcuts to jump to the start or end of the focused gallery.

Other

🎵 Discuss with others about Meow Gallery on [the Discord](https://discord.gg/bHDGh38).
🌴 Keep us motivated with [a little review here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/meow-gallery/reviews/). Thank you!
🥰 If you want to help us, check our [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/meowapps). Thank you!

v5.4.4Unavailable

January 27, 2026301.1 KBUnknown

Added

New rank system to manually organize galleries.
Bulk delete option to quickly remove multiple galleries.
Ability to sort galleries by name.
Truncate count option for galleries on the listing page to shorten long item counts.

Improved

Preview mode now shows the "order by" setting.

Fixed

Load more now registers and works correctly when using the editor.

v5.4.3Unavailable

January 6, 2026298.5 KBUnknown

Added

Fallback width handling in the gallery height calculation.
Truncate option for listing pages to shorten long text.
Caption source selection and improved caption retrieval logic.
Expose the `mgl_load_more` function on the global window object (developers can trigger infinite gallery loading from custom scripts).

Improved

Tutorial links.

Meow Apps - Gallery Pro history.