ShaunSocial v1.5 Released: Major Upgrades, New Features & Enhancements

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We’re excited to announce the release of ShaunSocial 1.5, a major upgrade packed with powerful features, performance improvements, and next-gen integrations. This version makes it easier than ever for communities, creators, and enterprises to build their own social platforms with flexibility and scalability.

What’s New in ShaunSocial 1.5?

  • Site Map for SEO – Automatically generate site maps to improve search engine indexing.
  • Video Stories – Members can now upload videos to stories for richer engagement.
  • Improved Sharing – Simplified “share via message”: send directly to selected members without selecting a list.
  • Share Paid Content Upgrade – Automatically generate blurred thumbnails for locked premium posts.
  • Creator Onboarding Flow – A step-by-step process that guides members to become creators and start earning faster.
  • Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): SMS, Auth Apps or Email
  • Post Modal UX – Close by clicking outside the modal (no need to find the X).
  • Reel/Vibb Module – Added controls to forward or reverse vibb videos when watching.
  • New Storage Options – Backblaze and Cloudflare R2 integration for flexible, cost-effective storage.
  • Expanded File Types – Support for webm and heic formats in posts.
  • Framework Upgrade – Migrated to the latest Laravel & Vue for better performance and developer experience.
  • Payment Gateways – Added support for NOWPayments, Binance Pay, Razorpay, and Cashfree.
  • AI Chatbot Integration – Seamless plug-ins for GPT, Perplexity, Grok, Gemini, and Claude.
  • Login Flexibility – Users can now log in with email, phone number, or username.
  • Site moderation – Admin and super admin can view all feeds by default regardless the Home feed setting in admin panel
  • Profile page: Add title for “Link” field
  • Translation – Google translation option to post to allow to translate content posted by user thru google api (will be a patch file after 1.5 is released)
  • Fundraising plugin (contact us here if you’re interested in this plugin)
  • Allow to translate the name of the language also.
  • Tags, hashtags and links inside a story are clickable
  • Allow member to search content in pages like we did for groups
  • Global search improvement – user can see his/her search history
  • Option to “auto play video” option in admincp for admin to turn on/off
  • Fixed the found bugs from version 1.4 and a lot of small improvements

Why This Release Matters

ShaunSocial 1.5 focuses on creator empowerment, monetization, modern media formats, and enterprise-level integrations, making it a powerful choice for schools, enterprises, fan clubs, and communities worldwide.

Next steps 

👉 Existing customers: 

  • New versions are available to download at client area
  • Mobile apps are not fully compatible with version 1.5 yet. Don’t upgrade if you have apps also.  If you upgrade, apps can work but the new features are not available on apps
  • ShaunSocial cloud: Ready to upgrade. Contact us to request for upgrading. 
  • Rest api is updated at here

👉 New customers: Try ShaunSocial 1.5 today and see how easy it is to launch your own social network.

DO NOT upgrade your live site and app until you have a full backup of your site’s files, database and have successfully performed a test upgrade on your development (test) site first.

Suggestions and bug report, please share at here

We do provide upgrading service, please purchase the service here if you’re interested

💡 We’d love your feedback as we continue shaping the future of ShaunSocial!

Happy exploring! 🌟

Regards,

shaunSocial Team