AnimeStream WordPress Theme

AnimeStream is made for those of you who want to create an anime streaming website (watch anime) with a modern, fresh look, and built with various interesting features that make your anime website visitors comfortable.

AnimeStream Features

• Responsive design
• Dark mode
• SEO optimized
• Slider
• Hot Anime Update
• Popular Widget (optimized)
• Genre Widget
• New Series Widget
• History Widget
• New Movies Widget
• Ongoing Widget
• AutoComplete Search
• Series list page
• AZ list page
• Schedule page (auto update)
• Bookmark page (without login)
• History page (without login)
• Download Box
• color theme feature (to change the basic color)
• Photon CDN (to speed up image load)
• Built-in Cache (speed up web load and reduce your server load)
• Integration with WP Fastest Cache plugin
• Support Autoptimize plugin
• Integration with SoraLink plugin
• Ads space ready (Ads Management)

Requirements

• PHP 8.1 – 8.3
• Ioncube loader PHP Extension
• cURL PHP Extension
• fileinfo PHP Extension
• WordPress version required 6.7+

Changelog

2.3.0 – 5 December 2024

• Requirement: Starting with version 2.3.0 it requires PHP 8.1 - 8.3 to run the theme
• Added: Template part for player area
• Added: New Episode button in Series Page Admin Bar
• Added: 'Latest Episode' displayed next to the 'Add' Episode button in the series posts list (admin area)
• Improvement: compatibility with Meta Box plugin
• Improvement: Theme panel

2.2.9 – 21 September 2024

• Fixed: Compatibility issue with Meta Box plugin v5.10.x
• Fixed: Issue on the release schedule page where the episode section displays '??' if the latest episode number exceeds the total episodes set in the series metadata
• Fixed: Issue where the auto-generate series feature couldn't update the series status after generating the series twice
• Fixed: Issue where the Reset views tool does not work with plain permalink
• Fixed: Issue where the Sort episodes tool does not work with plain permalink
• Fixed: Issue where the Filter and anime list do not work properly with plain permalink
• Fixed: History page does not work when "per page" and "style" have different quote characters
• Added: Option to set home thumbnail destination to Series or Episode (AnimeStream > General > Home Thumbnail Destination)
• Added: Option to hide the author name in episode and anime info posts
• Added: Option to auto-hide completed series from the schedule page (General > Schedule Auto-Hide Completed Series)
• Added: Template part for slider in Default Style 1
• Improvement: Built-in cache
• Improvement: Thumbnail style 4
• Improvement: Ads Management
• Improvement: Main CSS

2.2.8 – 14 May 2024

• Fixed: bug affecting first and last episode in anime page
• Fixed: bug affecting widgets when the title field is left blank
• Added: validation for Series History import
• Added: compatibility test feature
• Improvement: the Series History Widget now lets you choose: show the entire episode history or just the most recent episode history for each series.
• Improvement: renamed assets enqueue to prevent overrides by other plugins
• Improvement: Bookmark
• Improvement: Built-in Cache
• Improvement: Ads Management
• Improvement: Main CSS
• Update: Child theme
• Update: language file

2.2.7 – 21 February 2024

• Requirement: Starting with version 2.2.7 it requires PHP 7.4 or 8.1 to run the theme
• Fixed: Bug affecting the "Sort Episodes" feature when dealing with a series that has a large number of episodes
• Fixed: Bug affecting Series List Text Mode
• Added: History feature (General > Watch History)
• Added: Widget history
• Added: Shortcode for history page [ts-history-page perpage='10' style='2']
• Added: History section on the anime info page (General > Episode History on Anime Page)
• Added: Import & export feature for history (General > Watch History Import Export)
• Added: Import & export feature for bookmark (General > Bookmark Import Export)
• Added: Pagination for bookmark (General > Bookmark Perpage)
• Added: Option to enable or disable Image Resize using Photon (General > Photon Resize Thumbnail)
• Added: Option for customizing the episode list order on the anime info page, (Single Anime > Episode List Order)
• Added: Option for customizing the order of playlists on the episode page (Single Episode > Playlist Order)
• Added: Template part for auto-complete results
• Added: View counter on blog (Blog > Blog View Count)
• Added: Rating filter
• Added: Telegram share button
• Added: Integration with W3 Total Cache, WP Rocket, WP Super Cache
• Added: Option to set Series List using AZ Heading, if disabled, the Heading will take the data from the existing item in list
• Added: Option to purge Built-in cache files periodically. Instead of Purging all the cache at once, in the first 15 minutes, periodic purge cache will slowly regenerate all the cache
• Improvement: View Count now has an option to choose between real-time tracking and interval-based tracking (reducing Ajax requests) for episode pages. (Single Episode > Interval-based Episode View Count)
• Improvement: Changed how the search filter works for Seasons and Studios by using 'OR' instead of 'AND' for the criteria
• Improvement: Removed the question mark placeholder in the auto-complete results for series that don't have episodes
• Improvement: Generate info
• Improvement: Enhanced [ch] and [ct] shortcodes by adding support for multiple values (tutorial)
• Improvement: Built-in cache
• Improvement: Theme panel
• Improvement: Main CSS
• Improvement: RTL CSS
• Update: Language file

2.2.6 – 3 January 2023

• Rework: mobile header for global style 1
• Added: option to hide view counter on episode post
• Added: option to hide Trending this week
• Added: option to set Anime List using AZ Heading, if disabled, the Heading will take the data from the existing item in list
• Added: sort option in Season Widget
• Added: ability to sort the season list in tax shortcode (read here)
• Added: option 'Char & VA Image Photon resize' to resize the cast image shown in the front page
• Added: 'Add' episode button on series post
• Added: rating filter
• Added: child theme
• Improvement: schedule mode
• Improvement: embed shortcode
• Improvement: thumbnail style 7
• Improvement: generate info
• Improvement: episode sorter
• Improvement: built-in cache
• Improvement: theme panel
• Improvement: main CSS
• Improvement: RTL CSS
• Update: language file

2.2.5 – 4 April 2022

• Fixed: button image mode on anime list page
• Added: required attribute for input episode and select anime
• Improvement: characters and voice actors section on anime info

2.2.4 – 19 February 2022

• Fixed: series thumbnail size on playlist
• Fixed: Fixed file hosting favicon not showing properly
• Added: option to disable series score
• Improvement: main CSS

2.2.3 – 26 January 2022

• Added: compatibility for WordPress v5.9
• Improvement: Change slug feature

2.2.2 – 28 October 2021

• Fixed: episode 0 doesn't appear in the latest episode
• Rework: popular widget (added weekly and monthly popular section)
• Rework: hot update area with daily popular anime
• Rework: schedule system (added ability to select modes such as auto, interval, manual (multiple day of week) and off)
• Added: option to change global style
• Added: characters and voice actors section on anime info
• Added: size, itemprop and title in thumbnail
• Added: compatibility for meta box plugin v5.4.8
• Added: "change slug anime" feature to change slug /anime/
• Added: option to disable the surprise me button
• Added: Template part for playlist
• Added: Template part for box download
• Added: Template part for widget popular, ongoing and new series
• Added: reset view feature
• Added: episode sorter tool
• Added: compatibility for comment system with closed status
• Added: compatibility for clone post plugin (tested with Yoast Duplicate Post plugin)
• Added: classic widget compatibility
• Added: view more button at the bottom of the shortcode area
• Added: video shortcode for google drive, doodstream, mixdrop, streamsb, general iframe, html5 video
• Added: share button on blog post
• Change: trailer area into button
• Change: fixing mode with push to the latest update option in post editor
• Improvement: generate info (added ability to retrieve data character, voice actors, auto generate characters and actors image and automatically set anime's airing status)
• Improvement: new series and ongoing widget content to always up to date even if page is fully cached [Built-in Cache and ajax cache must be enabled]
• Improvement: trending now based on weekly popular and most bookmarked anime
• Improvement: built-in cache
• Improvement: theme panel
• Improvement: main CSS
• Improvement: RTL CSS
• Update: language file

2.2.1 – 28 January 2021

• Fixed: Search Filter for Live-action type doesn't work
• Added: Total Anime/Episode View Count on admin dashboard
• Added: Theme Option to Load Video with or without JavaScript
• Improvement: Main CSS

2.2.0 – 28 December 2020

• Added: Disable option for 'rel' box download
• Added: Comment area on the pages
• Improvement: Bookmark
• Improvement: Photon
• Improvement: Style 1-9
• Improvement: Shortcode Area
• Improvement: Main CSS
• Update: Language file

2.1.9 – 19 October 2020

• Added: Template part for episode list
• Added: load episode view count with ajax so the count always up-to-date even if cached
• Improvement: Expand mode
• Improvement: Taxonomy list style
• Improvement: Main CSS
• Improvement: Photon
• Improvement: Auto generate thumbnail
• Improvement: Slider
• Improvement: Built-in cache
• Improvement: Theme panel
• Improvement: Related series
• Improvement: Recommended series on homepage
• Improvement: Search tags
• Improvement: Ongoing widget

2.1.8 – 5 October 2020

• Fixed: where series post can't get the latest episode
• Improvement: Category thumbnail
• Improvement: Related Episode
• Improvement: Related Series
• Update: Language file

2.1.7 – 2 October 2020

• Fixed: Bookmark not working
• Added: Meta credit
• Improvement: Performance
• Improvement: Comment feature
• Improvement: Search feature
• Improvement: Main CSS

2.1.6 – 29 September 2020

• Fixed: Shortcode appear not in correct place
• Added: Style 9
• Added: Disable option for featured image single blog
• Added: Disable option for share button
• Added: Shortcode area in homepage
• Added: Shortcode for custom series page based on meta & taxonomy
• Added: Hiatus status
• Change: Comment style
• Improvement: Flexibility to change meta
• Improvement: Auto Complete Search
• Improvement: Filter Search
• Improvement: AZ List
• Improvement: Style 8
• Improvement: Main CSS

2.1.5 – 27 August 2020

• Improvement: Main CSS
• Improvement: Home Recommendation
• Fixed: Last added not working on filter search
• Added: Style 8
• Added: Mature warning in episode post
• Added: Share button in series post

2.1.4 – 16 June 2020

• Improvement: Recommended Series
• Improvement: Language file
• Improvement: Main CSS
• Improvement: Recommended Genres (Homepage)
• Improvement: Sub status
• Added: Disable option for Completed label
• Added: Author page

2.1.3 – 10 June 2020

• Added: Sub status in episode post
• Added: Dub status
• Added: Upcoming status
• Added: Completed label on the default thumbnail series
• Added: Hot badge
• Added: Tooltip delay 0.5 seconds
• Added: Score on the tooltip
• Update: Jquery 3
• Update: Font Awesome 5
• Fixed bug: slider
• Improvement: Language file
• Improvement: Main CSS
• Improvement: Related series

2.1.2 – 5 May 2020

• Fixed: New Series widget
• Fixed: Scrollbar style on episode list
• Fixed: AZ List style
• Fixed: Filter Search widget
• Fixed: Trending this week
• Fixed: Float ad style
• Added: Post tags for anime info
• Added: Gallery on anime info
• Added: First Episode and New Episode on anime info
• Added: Breadcrumb
• Added: Info anime on single episode
• Added: Episode list on single episode
• Added: Recomendation anime by genre on homepage
• Added: Disable option for related episode & series
• Added: Disable option for sub status
• Added: Blog
• Added: Top Menu
• Added: Announcement
• Change: Anime info style
• Change: Dark mode option
• Change: Popular series widget style
• Change: Theme Panel
• Change: list mode link
• Change: Dashicons with Font Awesome
• Improvement: Episode list
• Improvement: Language file
• Improvement: Style 6
• Improvement: Schedule page
• Improvement: Performance
• Integration: Menu Icons plugin

2.1.1 – 28 March 2020

• Fixed: censor status cannot be turned off
• Added: anime info tooltips
• Added: meta episode title to post episode
• Added: a shortcode to make a list of genres, season, studio, country
• Added: 2 styles for homepage thumbnail
• Added: style to download mode only in the single.php area
• Added: warning Adult Content
• Added: search filter widget in the sidebar
• Change: the episode list style
• Change: the season page style
• Change: the az list style
• Change: the search filter on the anime page
• Change: the pagination on the anime page
• Change: thumbnail size in single anime info
• Change: Remove links in anime info and episode keywords
• Improvement: performance
• Improvement: page style
• Improvement: style for download mode

2.1.0 – 5 March 2020

• Added: 5 styles for homepage thumbnail
• Improvement: Main CSS
• Improvement: Language file
• Improvement: Recommended Series (filter by genre)

2.0.8 – 22 February 2020

• Fixed bug: Schema
• Improvement: Main CSS
• Improvement: Language file

2.0.7 – 3 January 2020

• Improvement: meta download
• Improvement: grab anime info (auto create featured image and category)
• Fixed bug: soralink integration (now you need to install the SoraLink Client plugin)
• Fixed: Google Pagespeed issue
• Added: Ongoing Widget

2.0.6 – 7 November 2019

• Fixed bug: post (episode) meta data replacing series meta data
• Fixed bug: Blank page when Meta Box plugin disabled

2.0.5 – 1 November 2019

• Improvement: AZ List page
• Improvement: Season page
• Added: BD type in search filter
• Added: Widget Season
• Added: 2 ways to post video embed and download link (input version and shortcode version)

2.0.4 – 5 September 2019

• Optimize theme speed

2.0.3 – 29 August 2019

• Improvement to the MyAnimeList API
• CSS improvement
• Improved the Built-in Cache feature
• Added language file
• Added dark mode feature
• Add season-specific pages
• Add type label to the thumbnail box
• Added new download box
• Added type of live action and live action filter
• Added shortcodes to display certain meta
• Added Weekly Trending feature next to the slider
• Added shortcode player for Fembed and Cloudvideo

2.0.2 – 9 May 2019

• Security patch

2.0.1 – 1 May 2019

• Fixed of permalink that don't lead to anime info pages

2.0 – 29 April 2019

• Remove support for PHP 5.6 (required PHP 7.1+)
• Added the Built-in Cache feature
• Added automated schedule page feature
• Added Bookmark feature
• Change the mirror loading method
• Integration with SoraLink
• Integration with WP Fastest Cache

1.0.1 – 15 November 2018

• JQuery improvement
• PHP 7.1+ support improvement
• Added taxonomies for drama posts such as Director, Cast, Network
• Added batch download area in info series (can use download shortcode box)
• Added meta theme-color to give the Address Bar color to the Chrome browser on Android

1.0 – 10 November 2018

• AnimeStream released