We’ve put out a small release to fix an issue with the visibility of media attachments. In 1.0.2, media attachments are only visible to people who are enrolled in the course.
We’ve also added a new sensei_media_attachments_show_media_links filter that can be used to override the display of media attachments.
Should you find any issues, please report them in the comments or on Github. Thank you!
We’ve just released Sensei 1.12.3, which fixes a few troublesome bugs and does some preliminary work that will make the transition to Sensei 2.0 easier. Given this, we recommend that you upgrade to 1.12.3 as soon as possible ahead of the upcoming Sensei 2.0 release.
It’s important to note that the upcoming 2.0 versions of Sensei and our official extensions will not work on sites running older versions of PHP. If you are running a version of PHP that is older than 5.6, we strongly encourage you to update to 5.6 or higher.
If you’re not sure which version of PHP your site is running, you may find the How to Check Your WordPress Site’s PHP Version section of this article helpful.
You can also read more about updating PHP on WordPress.org.
Here’s the rundown of what’s in this release:
Please report any issues you find in the comments or on Github. Thank you!
Sensei Content Drip 2.0 is now available! 🥳
Please note that Sensei Content Drip 2.0 requires a minimum Sensei version of 1.11.0 and a minimum PHP version of 5.6. If you are not running Sensei 1.11.0+ and PHP 5.6+, please update to more recent versions of both before updating Content Drip.
If you’re not sure which version of PHP your site is running, you may find the How to Check Your WordPress Site’s PHP Version section of this article helpful. You can also read more about updating PHP on WordPress.org.
Here are the highlights of the Sensei Content Drip 2.0 release:
See what else is in this release.
Head over to Dashboard → Updates to update Sensei Content Drip from within WordPress.
As usual, if you spot any issues, please log them in detail on Github.
Please note: While we have thoroughly tested this release, it’s always possible that we’ve missed something. We advise that you test the update on a staging site before updating your live site.
Sensei 1.12.2 is now available. This release fixes some PHP warnings and security issues. We recommend updating to 1.12.2 as soon as possible.
Here’s what you’ll find in this release:
Please report any issues you may find in the comments or on Github. Thank you!
We’ve just shipped a release of Sensei Media Attachments. This is a maintenance release which updates the location of the media files, fixes some translation strings, fixes some coding standards errors, removes the use of a deprecated Sensei hook, and adds Russian translations.
Please refer to the change log for the full list of changes in this release.
Sensei 1.12.1 is now available. This release patches some theme compatibility bugs introduced by Sensei 1.12.0, plus fixes a couple of other issues patched by some of our awesome third party developers.
Here’s what you’ll find in Sensei 1.12.1:
Special thanks to @MustafaEltayeb for letting us know and helping us investigate the comment issues.
If you’ve made any modifications to your theme in the past to enable it to work with Sensei, but have not explicitly declared support for it, it’s possible that your theme may not look as it did prior to Sensei 1.12.
To fix this, please ensure that you add the following code snippet to your theme, which formally declares Sensei support:
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'declare_sensei_support' );
function declare_sensei_support() {
add_theme_support( 'sensei' );
}We’ve just shipped a release of Sensei Course Progress that fixes an issue with the widget display, removes some PHP notices, and updates the Russian translations.
Previously, the widget was not displaying lessons that were not a part of a module. If the course had no modules at all, the widget would only display the course title and nothing else.
This has been fixed in 1.0.8. The widget now displays all modules that are not in a module under the heading “Other Lessons”.
Please refer to the change log for the full list of changes in this release.
Today we’re excited to release Sensei 1.12 into the wild! This release has been in development since July, and brings with it better theme compatibility.
We’ve greatly improved the way Sensei looks on themes that don’t declare support for it. You should now be able to use Sensei with almost any theme!
The best way to tell if your theme formally declares Sensei support is to review the theme’s documentation. It should explicitly state whether or not it was built to work with Sensei. If you’re already using a Sensei-supported theme (e.g. Storefront), then you shouldn’t notice any change.
Read more about theme compatibility (including how to disable it) here.
We heard from our users that their students are often confused after clicking the Complete Lesson button, thinking that the same lesson was being repeated. With Sensei 1.12, students will be automatically taken to the next lesson in the course after completing the previous one.
Preview lessons (i.e. lessons that don’t require a site visitor to purchase the course or login before viewing) would show the lesson content, but not the comments. Preview lessons will now also display comments associated with that lesson.
Read more about these changes here.
Here’s everything else you can expect to find in this release:
sensei_course_image_html filter to enable altering HTML output of a course imagesensei.cssPlease note: While we have thoroughly tested this release on a number of different themes, it’s always possible that we’ve missed something. We strongly advise that you test the update on a staging site before updating your live site.
What do you think of our latest release? Please let us know in the comments.
And thank you to everyone who helped test 1.12!
We’ve just shipped a release of Sensei Certificates that fixes some date formatting issues and a bug in the menu positioning.
Previously, different date formats were used in a certificate based on whether or not the site’s language was set to English or a non-English language. These formats also had different syntax.
In 1.1.0, there are two changes to date formatting:
sensei_certificate_date_format filter, the format syntax required by date_i18n is preferred for consistency. Old sites using the strftime format syntax will still work for now.You can find the full list of changes in the change log.
We’ve just shipped Sensei 1.11.0. This release includes:
You can find the full list of changes in the change log.
We heard from those of you with hundreds of learners that it’s difficult to search for and find a particular student, and to distinguish between students with similar names. To make it easier, we’ve added an Email column to the Learners Analysis page. The Email field is searchable and also appears in the CSV export.
Sensei provides the ability for a site visitor to view a lesson without having to log in and/or purchase the course, giving you a way to offer a free sample of your course content. When a lesson is in (free) preview, we highlight this by showing a stylized label beside the lesson name.
Have feedback you’d like to share about Sensei or online learning in general? Schedule a call and let’s talk!