=== Responsive Team Members Showcase, Team Grid, Team Slider, and Staff List - SmartTeam (formerly WP Team) ===
Contributors: shapedplugin, shamimmiashuhagh, rubel_miah, khalilu
Tags: team, team members, team grid, team showcase, team slider
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 3.0.12
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

A WordPress plugin to display team members in Carousel, Grid, or List layouts. Customizable.

== Description ==

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[__Live Demo__](https://getwpteam.com/wp-team-lite-version-demo/) | [__Documentation__](https://getwpteam.com/docs/) | [__Support__](https://shapedplugin.com/create-new-ticket/)

**SmartTeam** is a WordPress team showcase plugin for creating and managing team member displays. The plugin includes 3 layout presets and styling options to create team member sections on your WordPress site. The main purpose is to display team or staff members, but it can also be used for other content that requires an image and text.

= Why use SmartTeam? =

Displaying your team members helps visitors connect with the people behind your organization. SmartTeam allows you to create team member pages without coding knowledge. The plugin provides an intuitive interface for building team displays.


= Who is SmartTeam perfect for? =

* **Business Owners & Startups** – Showcase your staff, departments, and leadership team.
* **Agencies & Freelancers** – Present your creative team or collaborators.
* **Educational Institutions** – Display teachers, professors, faculty, or students.
* **Medical & Corporate Websites** – Highlight doctors, lawyers, executives, and professionals.
* **Non-profits & Organizations** – Introduce volunteers, board members, or community leaders.
* **Event & Conference Websites** – Showcase speakers, mentors, or trainers.
* **Online Communities & Clubs** – Present members, admins, or contributors.

= Available Input Fields =

* Member name
* Position/Job title
* Photo/Image
* Short bio
* Social links (Facebook, Twitter...)

>You can show/hide and customize every field.


= Available Layout Presets =

* Carousel
* Grid
* List


= Key Features List =

* Fully responsive and mobile-ready.
* Create unlimited teams and members.
* 3 Layouts (Carousel, Grid, and List).
* Shortcode Generator.
* Multiple team shortcodes on one page.
* Settings panel - no coding required!
* Control columns in different devices.
* Control the total members to display.
* Display random order members.
* Margin or space between members.
* Member border, radius, and background color.
* Show/hide every element of a member.
* Social icon position, margin, and shapes.
* Choose the image size from the available crop sizes.
* Photo/Image border and background color.
* Image zoom in/out effect.
* Detail page link (on/off).
* Detail page fields control.
* Unlimited color & styling.
* Order & order by.
* 15 Team carousel slider options.
* Translation & RTL Ready.
* Multisite supported.
* Custom CSS options.
* Compatible with any theme.

The Pro version of [__SmartTeam__](https://getwpteam.com/) provides extra layouts, more styling controls, and extended customization options for building team member showcases with added flexibility.

= Documentation =

If you have any questions about working with SmartTeam, you can take a look at the online [__documentation__](https://getwpteam.com/docs/).

= For Support and Bug Reporting =
If you encounter an issue or find any bugs, post it in the [support](https://shapedplugin.com/create-new-ticket/). You can also get support via [WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/team-free/).

= Author =
Designed and Developed by [__ShapedPlugin, LLC__](https://shapedplugin.com/)



== Frequently Asked Questions ==

=Is SmartTeam free?=
Yes! SmartTeam is free.

=How can I showcase team members?=
After activating the plugin, you will see “SmartTeam” in the WordPress admin dashboard.

Firstly, go to “Add New Member” and add as many members as you want.

Secondly, go to Team Generator > Add New, and you will find a couple of generator settings tabs.

You can customize the setting fields as you like and publish, and you will see a generated shortcode in the bottom area.

Finally, you can add your team to any page or post by shortcode, via the widget control panel, or using a PHP function.

= How can I access more features? =
A premium version with additional features is available. More information about [SmartTeam Pro](https://getwpteam.com/) can be found on our website.


== Installation ==

= MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS =

* PHP 5.6 or later
* MySQL 5.6 or later
* WordPress 5.0 or later

**This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working**

= AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION (EASIEST WAY) =

To do an automatic install of SmartTeam, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu, and click.
Add New.
In the search field, type "SmartTeam" by ShapedPlugin. Once you have found it, you can install it by simply clicking.
"Install Now" and then "Activate".

= MANUAL INSTALLATION =

**Uploading in WordPress Dashboard**

* Download team-free.zip
* Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugin's dashboard
* Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
* Select team-free.zip from your computer
* Click ‘Install Now’
* Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

**Using FTP**

* Download team-free.zip
* Extract the team-free directory to your computer
* Upload the team-free directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
* Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard



== Screenshots ==

1. Carousel
2. Grid
3. List
4. Multicolumn List
5. All Members
6. Add New Member
7. All Shortcodes
8. General Settings
9. Member Styles
10. Control Member Info
11. Member Info Styles
12. Member Image Styles
13. Carousel Basics
14. Navigation
15. Pagination
16. Miscellaneous
17. Detail Page Settings
18. Typography
19. Export
20. Import
21. Single Page
22. Advanced
23. Additional CSS
24. Accessibility


== Changelog ==

= Version 3.0.12 - Jan 12, 2026 =
* Improved: Standardized singleton instance property naming.
* Improved: Code readability and maintainability improved.

= Version 3.0.11 - Nov 17, 2025 =
* Tested: WordPress 6.9 compatibility.

= Version 3.0.10 - Aug 29, 2025 =
* Improved: Enhanced plugin security and data validation.
* Improved: Custom CSS and JS option.

= Version 3.0.9 - Aug 21, 2025 =
* New: Filter Members: Exclude option.
* New: The Carousel Navigation: Top-Left position.
* New: The Carouse Pagination: Dynamic option.
* Improved: Some plugin options are enhanced to make them more user-friendly.
* Improved: Plugin security.

= Version 3.0.8 - Jul 11, 2025 =
* Fix: Some WPCS-related warnings.
* Tested: WordPress 6.8.1 compatibility.

= Version 3.0.7 - Apr 16, 2025 =
* New: The Member Photo Shape (Rounded/Circle) option.
* Fix: The Member Padding option did not work in the carousel layout.
* Fix: The mismatched text domain issue.
* Fix: The translation-related warning was found with WP 6.8.
* Updated: The language (.pot) file.
* Tested: WordPress 6.8 compatibility.

= Version 3.0.6 - Feb 10, 2025 =
* Improved: The new Twitter icon has been added to the social media list.
* Fix: The 404 issue for the recommended plugin's logo URL.
* Updated: The language (.pot) file.
* Tested: WordPress 6.7.1 compatibility.

= Version 3.0.5 - Nov 21, 2024 =
* Fix: The plugin style issue for RTL sites.

= 3.0.4 - Nov 08, 2024 =
* Improved: The plugin backend options are enhanced.
* Improved: Remove unused code.
* Fix: There is an extra space issue when selecting a team in the gutenberg block.
* Fix: Some string translation issues.
* Updated: The language (.pot) file.
* Removed: The shortcode list query was removed from the page where the team was not used.
* Tested: WordPress 6.7 compatibility.

= 3.0.3 - Aug 23, 2024 =
* Fix: Some string translation issues.
* Updated: The language (.pot) file.
* Tested: WordPress 6.6.1 compatibility.

= 3.0.2 - Mar 27, 2024 =
* Fix: The warning was found when the plugin was activated via the WP-CLI command.
* Tested: WordPress 6.5 compatibility.

= 3.0.1 - Mar 20, 2024 =
* Fix: The Layout option dependency issue.

= 3.0.0 - Mar 11, 2024 =
* New: The Member Bio Display Type (Short/Full/Any) option.
* New: The Member Info Top Style option.
* New: The Member Padding option.
* New: The Box-Shadow of Member Card option.
* New: The Carousel Navigation and Pagination’s Hide in Mobile options.
* Improved: Plugin Backend and Frontend UI and UX have been improved and optimized hugely to make it more user-friendly.
* Improved: The 'Team Generator' menu is renamed to 'Manage Teams'.
* Improved: The Member Style options are reorganized with Visual Interaction.
* Improved: The Image Settings Tab has been moved inside the Display Settings Tab.
* Improved: The Options of Carousel Settings were reorganized by the Nested tab.
* Improved: The Team Section Title option moved to the Display Options tab.
* Improved: The Pagination options are moved to the bottom of the General Settings tab.
* Improved: The Grid/List/Carousel Style option moved after the Layout Preset option.
* Improved: The options on the plugin settings page are reorganized and optimized.
* Improved: The Options of Carousel Settings were reorganized by the Nested Tab.
* Improved: The Help Page has been redesigned to make it more user-friendly.
* Updated: The Language (.pot) file.
* Fix: Some strings were not translatable.
* Fix: Some WPCS-related warnings.
* Tested: WordPress 6.4.3 compatibility.

= 2.2.19 - Nov 07, 2023 =
* Fix: Few PHPCS warnings found with PHP8.2.
* Tested: WordPress 6.4 compatibility.

= 2.2.18 - Aug 08, 2023 =
* Fix: The team slider does not show along with Elementor Pro v3.14.0 or greater.
* Updated: Minimum required version of WordPress for the plugin.
* Tested: WordPress 6.3 compatibility.

= 2.2.17 - Jun 21, 2023 =
* Fix: The Custom CSS does not work on the single member page.
* Fix: The compatibility issue with WordPress v4.7
* Tested: WordPress 6.2.2 compatibility.

= 2.2.16 - May 23, 2023 =
* Improved: The import feature.
* Fix: The Gutenberg Block preview shows only the preloader sometimes.
* Fix: Social media links add the http protocol before the email.
* Fix: The Warnings found on the page if the used shortcode gets deleted.

= 2.2.15 - Mar 27, 2023 =
* New: A hook 'sptp_member_name_tag_for_single_member_page' to modify the member's name tag on the single member page as needed.
* Improved: Moved the section title margin bottom option to the Typography Settings
* Fix: The Elementor block icon gets modified by other plugin icons.

= 2.2.14 - Feb 14, 2023 =
* New: The Space between members option.
* New: Some important social icons have been added to the social media option.
* Fix: The grid layout has extra margin-left and margin-right.

= 2.2.13 - Feb 06, 2023 =
* Improved: The style of the single-member page.
* Improved: SVG preloading icon has been added as a preloader image.
* Fix: The deprecated warning of the single member page when the block theme is used.
* Fix: The alignment of social icons does not work in the list layout.

= 2.2.12 - Dec 21, 2022 =
* Fix: Some minor style issues for the RTL site
* Fix: The navigation style issue in the RTL site of the Elementor page.
* Fix: Some social icons do not show in preview mode.
* Improved: Plugin security improved.
* Removed: The section title default font-family to load the current theme style.
* Removed: The deprecated 'team-free' shortcode has been removed.
* Tested: WordPress 6.1.1 compatibility.

= 2.2.11 - Nov 16, 2022 =
* Improved: Load dynamic style according to the shortcode on the page.
* Fix: Dequeue Assets option does not work when the Elementor plugin is enabled.
* Tested: WordPress 6.1.1 compatibility.

= 2.2.10 - Oct 03, 2022 =
* Improved: The free mode feature of the carousel.
* Fix: Large image overlaps the text on the single-member page in the Twenty Twenty-Two theme.

= 2.2.9 - Aug 25, 2022 =
* Fix: Few deprecated JS warnings in the plugin settings page.

= 2.2.8 - Jul 16, 2022 =
* Fix: CSS conflict with Beaver Builder.

= 2.2.7 - Jun 15, 2022 =
* Fix: The premium page warnings.

= 2.2.6 - May 17, 2022 =
* Tested: WordPress 6.0 compatibility.
* Fix: The option of background color for the member image.
* Fix: Deprecated warning of the WP Team Gutenberg Block.
* Fix: Some backend assets don't load properly when the hosting directory is different.
* Updated: The Language (.pot) file.

= 2.2.5 - Apr 21, 2022 =
* Improved: The export-import functionality.
* Fix: Elementor addon deprecated warnings.

= 2.2.4 - Mar 10, 2022 =
* New: Filter hook 'sp_wp_team_ui_permission' added for User role permission.
* Fix: Compatibility issue for Gutenberg block with WP v4.9+ or earlier.
* Fix: WordPress 5.9 Gutenberg block compatibility issue.
* Fix: An undefined variable warning ($review) when Review Notice has been dismissed.
* Fix: The margin between bullet points of the carousel is large on the Elementor edit page.
* Fix: The member slug edit does not work on the team member page.
* Removed: The TinyMCE button of WP Team from the classic editor.

= 2.2.3 - Jan 26, 2022 =
* Tested: WordPress 5.9 compatibility.

= 2.2.2 - Jan 07, 2022 =
* New: Elementor addons added.

= 2.2.1 - Dec 09, 2021 =
* Fix: Error without team shortcode in Gutenberg block.

= 2.2.0 - Dec 08, 2021 =
* New: Gutenberg block.

= 2.1.8 - Nov 04, 2021 =
* Improved: Settings page "Save Changes" and "Reset Tab" button.
* Removed: "Reset All" button.

= 2.1.7 - Oct 14, 2021 =
* Improved: Backend settings.
* Fix: Several minor issues.

= 2.1.6 - Sep 06, 2021 =
* Improved: Plugin security.

= 2.1.5 - Aug 25, 2021 =
* New: Shortcode Live Preview option.
* Improved: Plugin codes.

= 2.1.4 - Aug 11, 2021 =
* New: Cache Enable/Disable button.
* New: Cache Delete button.

= 2.1.3 - Jul 08, 2021 =
* New: Free mode in team carousel.
* Fix: Member(s) per slide issue.
* Fix: Carouse item margin issue.
* Fix: Minor tweaking.

= 2.1.2 - Jun 10, 2021 =
* Fix: Missing method error.

= 2.1.1 - Jun 07, 2021 =
* New: Export and Import option.
* Fix: Order by date: ascending and descending do not work.
* Fix: Social icon spacing issue.
* Fix: Order by name doesn't work issue.
* Improved: The plugin core styles and scripts are conditionally loaded.
* Improved: A Few minor tweaks.
* Improved: Settings page border color.

= 2.1.0 - May 26, 2021 =
* New: Template overriding system
* New: Show/hide member single page fields in settings page.
* New: SEO-friendly single page slug.
* Update: Plugin framework and whole codebase.
* Update: Plugin language file.
* Improved: Color accessibility for disabled people.
* Improved: Backend Settings panel.

= 2.0.13 - Apr 22, 2021 =
* Fix: Source map error issue.

= 2.0.12 - Apr 19, 2021 =
* Fix: Premium page responsive issue.
* Fix: Help Tooltip position and styling issue.
* Improved: Dynamic version added in admin scripts & styles.

= 2.0.11 - Mar 18, 2021 =
* Fix: Shortcode field responsive issue.
* Improved: Settings page.
* Improved: Help page.
* Tested: WordPress 5.7 compatibility.

= 2.0.10 - Feb 18, 2021 =
* New: nofollow relation option for the detail page link.
* New: Shortcode copy onClick.
* Improved: Admin UI improved.

= 2.0.9 - Jan 08, 2021 =
* New: Mouse wheel scrolling for carousel.
* Improved: Admin setting improved.

= 2.0.8 - Dec 25, 2020 =
* New: Touch swipe option on carousel.
* New: Mouse drag option on carousel.
* Improved: Carousel scripts and styles.
* Fix: WordPress 5.6 compatible issue.

= 2.0.7 - Oct 13, 2020 =
* New: Member name got HTML support.
* Improved: Member image size option.

= 2.0.6 - Aug 18, 2020 =
* Fix: WordPress 5.5 compatible issue.

= 2.0.5 - Jun 08, 2020 =
* Fix: Word-break in short bio issue.

= 2.0.4 - Jan 24, 2020 =
* Fix: The Top Navigation appears from the bottom issue.
* Fix: Navigation border hover color issue.

= 2.0.3 - Jan 06, 2020 =
* Fix: Member border issue.
* Fix: Carouse autoplay issue.
* Fix: Member single page view issue.
* Fix: Section title margin issue.
* Fix: Margin between members issue on list view.
* Fix: Image zoom-in effects issue.
* Fix: Border radius issue.

= 2.0.2 - Sep 27, 2019 =
* Fix: Class and Function naming conflict issue.

= 2.0.1 - Aug 30, 2019 =
* Fix: Plugins page overlay issue.
* Fix: Pro version activation error issue.

= 2.0.0 - Aug 29, 2019 =
* Improved: Admin dashboard UI.
* New: 3 Unique layouts.
* New: Member border, radius, and background color.
* New: Show/hide every element of a member.
* New: Social icon position, margin, and shapes.
* New: Available cropping sizes.
* New: Photo/Image border and background color.
* New: Image zoom In/Out effect.
* New: Detail page link.
* New: Detail page fields control.
* New: 10+ Carousel control.
* New: Preloader.
* New: Page builders supported.
* New: RTL supported.
* New: WPML ready.
* New: Native WordPress widget.
* New: Multisite supported.
* New: Accessibility for disabled people.
* New: Custom CSS options.
* Fix: Other CSS tweaks.

= 1.0.5 =
* Fix: Fatal error issue.

= 1.0.4 =
* Fix: http & https mixed content issue.

= 1.0.3 =
* Preloader on team carousel.

= 1.0.2 =
* Backend text edited.

= 1.0.1 =
* Add shortcode generator.
* Add an infinite loop.
* Auto Play on / off
* Pagination on / off
* Navigation on / off

= 1.0 =
* First Release