“Watch Party is truly a fantastic addon for communities that love to come together and interact with each other in a truly special way. Designed with extreme care & detail, this addon will just blow you away with its feature list and ease to use.”
About this extension
Host synchronized watch parties 🍿 right on your forum — YouTube, Twitch VODs & VK Video, with a live chat sidebar. Play / pause / seek propagate instantly to everyone.
✨ Features
- 🎥 Synced playback (YouTube · Twitch VOD · VK) to the host's controls
- 💬 Live chat sidebar with native XF smilies + viewer presence
- 🏠 Themed rooms (movies, talks, gameplay, AMAs) + invites
- 📅 Scheduled streams with reminders
- ⚡ Optional Pusher integration for sub-100ms real-time
VERSION HISTORY
Changelog · 9 versions
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v1.3.1 LATEST 27/06/2026## 1.3.1 — Watch Party Control Panel
### Added
- Dedicated **Watch Party** admin tab (standalone, top‑level — independent of other add‑ons).
- Admin **Dashboard**: live rooms / live viewers / upcoming streams / total rooms / categories stats, top categories, and quick links.
- **Category manager** (full CRUD): title, FontAwesome icon, accent colour, display order, and a per‑category room count.
- **Room moderation**: room list with Live / Ended filters, force‑end, and delete.
- **Scheduled streams** management: list upcoming streams and cancel them.
- FontAwesome sprite baking for admin‑chosen category icons (so custom icons render in production).
### Changed
- Room categories moved from the free‑text `xenWatchpartyCategories` option to a managed database table + ACP screen. Existing categories are migrated automatically on upgrade; the old option is removed.
- Deleting a room now also removes its chat messages, members, reactions and ratings (no orphan rows).
- Deleting a category reassigns its rooms to "uncategorised".
### Fixed
- Default "Other" category icon switched from a FontAwesome 6 name to an FA5‑safe one.
### Notes
- Drop‑in, idempotent upgrade. Existing rooms keep their category (internal slug key preserved). -
v1.3.0 NEW 27/06/2026
No release notes for this version.
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v1.3.0 NEW 27/06/2026# Watch Party — Changelog
## 1.3.0 — 2026-06-27
### Added
- Floating live reactions — an emoji bar under the player; tapped emojis float up over the video with the viewer's name. Instant via Pusher, with an AJAX fallback.
- Room categories (Movies, Gaming, Music, Talk, Sports, Other), shown as chips on the cards, in the room header and on the listing.
- "Now playing" bar with the platform, the category and a live sync indicator.
- Loading poster (thumbnail + spinner) shown until the player is ready.
- Theatre mode — full-width player with the chat floating over the side, remembered per device.
- System messages in chat when the host plays, pauses or skips ahead.
- Chat polish: hover timestamps, a "new messages" pill, and a viewer avatar row.
- Premium live cards on the index: platform badge, category chip and an animated live bar.
- Live countdown and a reminder bell on upcoming streams; a "watch again" prompt on ended streams.
- Create form: live preview of the thumbnail and detected platform as you paste a link, plus a one-click category picker.
### Changed
- Native theming — every colour (backgrounds, text, borders, accent) now derives from the active XenForo style. Watch Party adapts to any theme, light or dark, with nothing to configure. Only the video stage stays dark on every theme.
- Unified palette around the theme's accent; text on accent surfaces uses automatic contrast so it stays readable on pale or bold palettes.
### Fixed
- Viewer avatars in the room sidebar now render correctly instead of a placeholder.
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Requires XenForo 2.3+ and PHP 8.0+. -
v1.2.1 26/05/2026🧹 Footer credit dedup
Removed the older footer credit injection that was running alongside the new consolidated one. If you had several XenSupport add-ons installed, your footer was showing two "XenForo add-ons by ©XenSupport" lines. Now you'll see exactly one, regardless of how many XenSupport add-ons you have. -
v1.2.0 25/05/2026XenWatchparty 1.2.0 — Popcorn Ratings 🍿
Popcorn ratings on ended streams (1 to max, with Bad/Okay/Cool/Hot tiers)
Optional reviews + "Best rated streams" widget + Popcorn badge on recent streams
Admin: toggle ratings, max Popcorn, toggle reviews, new "rate" permission
+XP via XenLevel on first rating. Safe upgrade from 1.1.x. -
v1.1.1 21/05/2026What's new/fixed in 1.1.1
Fixed
- "Notify Me" alerts were showing up blank. They now show the stream title, start time (in your timezone) and a direct link to the watch room
- VK Video now syncs play, pause and seek to viewers correctly (switched to VK's official player SDK)
- Scheduled streams now show the correct time in your timezone instead of the server's
- Only one XenSupport credit line shows in the footer when several XenSupport add-ons are installed
New
- Optional setting to also send subscribers a private message (with title, time and link) when a scheduled stream is about to start
+ 3 older version(s)
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v1.1.0 20/05/2026Scheduled streams : plan a watchparty for a future date, the room is auto-created at the chosen time
Notify me button so members get an alert when a scheduled stream is about to start
VK Video support (alongside YouTube and Twitch)
Native XF smileys in chat (with a smiley picker next to the send button)
New /watchparty/upcoming/ page listing upcoming and past streams
Upcoming streams banner on the index
New permission to control who can schedule a stream
Schedule form redesigned to match the rest of the addon -
v1.0.0 20/05/2026
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v1.0.0 19/05/2026Version initiale.
USER FEEDBACK
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Watch Party brings exactly the kind of feature every community has always wanted. Being able to watch YouTube or Twitch events together without needing individual accounts on those platforms is simply fantastic.
We’re already looking forward to all the future gaming events we’ll be able to enjoy together directly within our community, while also chatting live through the integrated chat feature. The rating system and the overall event overview are also extremely well designed and make the entire experience genuinely fun to use.
A truly great and creative addition for every community!
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