Latest Changes

5.2.0August 26, 2025

As churches grow and evolve, managing your team information shouldn’t feel like a chore. Whether you’re migrating from another platform, onboarding a large volunteer team, or simply need to update dozens of staff profiles, we’ve all been there—staring at a spreadsheet wondering if there’s a better way.

Today, we’re excited to announce a feature that many of you have been asking for: People CSV Import. This isn’t just another data import tool; it’s a complete solution designed to make managing your church team as seamless as possible.

Why This Matters for Your Ministry

Think about the last time you needed to add 50 volunteers to your website, complete with photos, contact information, and team assignments. Or when you switched from another church management system and faced the daunting task of recreating all your staff profiles. These moments shouldn’t derail your ministry focus—they should enhance it.

Our new People Import system transforms what used to be hours of manual data entry into a simple three-step process that actually makes sense. Upload your CSV file, map your columns to the right fields (we’ll even suggest the best matches), and watch as your entire team directory comes to life with proper organization and tracking.

Built for Real Ministry Needs

We didn’t just build another CSV importer. We built a system that understands how churches actually work:

  • Smart Field Mapping: The system recognizes common column names like “first_name,” “email,” or “teams” and automatically suggests where they should go
  • Team Integration: Assign people to multiple teams during import, and we’ll create the team categories automatically if they don’t exist yet
  • Import Tracking: Every import is tracked with a unique batch ID, so you can easily see which people were added when
  • Immediate Results: After import, you’re taken directly to a filtered view showing only your newly imported people—no hunting through long lists

The Details That Make the Difference

What sets this apart is the attention to real-world scenarios. The interface shows you a live preview of your data as you map fields, so you can see exactly what you’re importing before you commit. Error handling is comprehensive but friendly—if something goes wrong, you’ll know exactly which row needs attention and why.

The responsive design works just as well on your phone as it does on your office computer, because we know ministry doesn’t always happen at a desk. And for those late-night volunteer database updates, this pairs perfectly with the Dark Mode we introduced earlier this year.

Building in Public, Growing Together

This feature represents months of feedback from pastors, administrators, and volunteers who’ve shared their real-world challenges with us. From the small church needing to import their core volunteer team to the multi-site congregation managing hundreds of staff members across locations, we’ve designed this system to scale with your ministry.

As always, we’re building in public and learning from your experiences. The People Import system is launching first in our alpha testing environment, where our most engaged churches help us refine new features before they roll out platform-wide.

Ready to Experience the Difference?

If you’re managing a church website and spending too much time on data entry instead of ministry, it’s time to see what Digital Church can do for your community. Our 45-day free trial at digitalchurch.com gives you full access to not just the new People Import system, but our entire suite of ministry-focused tools.

Your feedback continues to shape everything we build. As you try the new import system, we’d love to hear how it impacts your workflow and what we can improve next.

Join us on this journey of making church technology actually work for ministry, not against it.

5.1.0June 23, 2025
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As churches continue to navigate the digital landscape, providing an intuitive and appealing user experience becomes increasingly important. At Digital Church, we are committed to elevating your digital journey. Recently, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to ensure our platform is not only modern but also user-friendly. Today, we are unveiling our latest feature—Dark Mode—on the Digital Church dashboard.

Building in public has been an exciting adventure for us. Sharing our progress and updates as they happen not only keeps you informed but also allows us to receive invaluable feedback that shapes our development. This new Dark Mode feature is part of our ongoing effort to modernize the platform’s interface. We understand the importance of a visually appealing and comfortable environment for users, especially during those late-night work sessions.

Dark Mode complements the contemporary sidebar design introduced a few months ago, which replaced the traditional WordPress admin menu with a React-driven, streamlined experience. This upgrade was aimed at providing you with an intuitive, seamless interface that enhances productivity while maintaining a modern look. The introduction of Dark Mode further enhances this experience by offering a sleek, eye-friendly alternative to our standard view.

So, why is Dark Mode such a game-changer? Apart from reducing eye strain and saving battery life on devices with OLED screens, it also aligns with the aesthetic preferences of many users. By switching to Dark Mode, you bring a touch of modernity and sophistication to your church’s digital presence. It’s not just about aesthetics; it’s about creating an environment that feels right for you and your team as you manage your church’s online community.

We invite you to experience these improvements for yourself. If you’re not already part of the Digital Church family, now is the perfect time to join us. Sign up for a free 45-day trial at digitalchurch.com and discover firsthand how our platform can transform your church’s digital engagement.

Your feedback is crucial to our growth and development. As we continue to innovate, we encourage you to share your thoughts and experiences with us. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe to our updates for the latest features and enhancements.

Join us on this exciting journey and see how Digital Church can elevate your church’s digital presence to new heights!

5.0.10June 16, 2025

We’ve been hard at work making your website smoother, smarter, and a little more fun to use. Here’s a quick tour of what’s changed lately:

👥 People & Team Pages

Show off your team in style!

There’s a brand new way to add people to your pages. Our updated page builder now includes a custom “person” module, so you can easily create beautiful staff or team sections. Click on a team member’s name and—voilà—a modern, React-powered popup with their bio appears. Plus, we’ve added simple classes to align text left or right, and made it easier than ever to have those perfectly circular profile pictures. Your About page just leveled up. These changes are still in development, so you’ll see the final product coming soon.

📢 Announcements

Announcements only when you need them.

We’ve streamlined how announcements work behind the scenes. Now, the announcements feature only loads if you’re actually using it—meaning a faster, lighter site for everyone else. And if you have multiple announcement bars running, they’ll now all be the same height, so your site looks neat and tidy (no more lopsided banners!).

🎨 Design & Identity

A fresh look and easier customization.

We’ve introduced a new identity settings area, so you can control your site’s appearance and branding all in one place. The admin area got a little facelift too, with improved spacing, fonts, and more. And while we temporarily removed dark mode (it’s getting a makeover), you can expect it back soon—looking better than ever.

🏗️ Performance & Compatibility

Faster, smarter, more compatible.

We’ve made a bunch of improvements under the hood:

  • The site loads less code when features aren’t being used.
  • We’ve added support for older themes like Avada, so your classic sites keep running smoothly.
  • Our plugin and theme updates are now even more robust, with better handling for staging sites and subdomains.

🤖 AI & Code Maintainability

Building for the future.

We’re reorganizing our code and documentation to play nicely with AI tools. This means faster improvements, easier troubleshooting, and more helpful features coming your way.

🛠️ And Lots of Little Fixes

From improved podcast publishing to smarter event imports, and a whole host of plugin and theme updates, we’re always working to keep your website running at its best.

As always, if you notice anything odd or have ideas for new features, let us know! We love making things better for you.

4.15.8March 28, 2025

Gather around, digital disciple-makers, because we’ve just unveiled a divine new feature on our Digital Church platform that’s sure to make waves – or should we say sound waves? Say hello to our latest innovation: the Automatic Podcast Import!

Picture this: it’s a Sunday morning. You’re sipping your coffee, browsing through the latest sermons, and—voila!—there they are, the freshest episodes of your favorite faith-filled podcast, automatically imported and ready for your listening pleasure. That’s right, folks, you can now seamlessly bring your audio ministry to life without lifting a finger thanks to our new feature.

By navigating to Dashboard > Settings > Integrations in your admin area, you can enable this heavenly helper to check your RSS feed daily. If it finds any new entries, it will grace your website with the latest episodes, ensuring your congregation is always up to date with the audible gospel. Whether you host your podcast on Podbean or another service, this feature brings them directly to your digital doorstep.

You might be wondering why we’d offer such a celestial convenience. Well, in the age of digital discipleship, your online presence is more important than ever. It’s not just about uploading content; it’s about engaging your audience in meaningful ways. Podcasts offer a unique and intimate way to reach your followers, and this automatic import allows you to focus on creating divine content without worrying about the technical back-end details.

This integration is more than just a feature; it’s a digital miracle. Imagine the joy of knowing that your congregation has instant access to spiritual guidance with the click of a button or the tap of a screen. It’s like having a choir of angels singing sweet hallelujahs directly into their earbuds.

And let’s not forget the time and effort you’ll save, allowing you to spend more moments in fellowship, creativity, and community engagement. It’s a gift that keeps on giving—a noble endeavor to be sure!

In the ever-evolving landscape of digital evangelism, staying connected with your audience has never been easier. Our goal is simple: to empower your ministry in the most effective and efficient way possible. With this new integration, Digital Church is taking a glorious step forward in supporting your spiritual mission.

So, dear digital evangelists, let this be your call to action. Dive into your dashboard and activate this feature. Let your voice be heard, your message be shared, and let the digital congregation grow. Happy podcasting, and may your audios be ever blessed!

4.13.7February 14, 2025

Today we’re shipping a new dark mode for the dashboard. Currently, it will automatically activate if your system is in darkmode, so if your system is set to automatically adjust at sundown, you’ll have some nice, relaxing dashboard screens at night. 🙂

This doesn’t affect the post editor yet, but all the other pages should be looking nice and dark. We’ll add the post editor darkmode soon, but we want to take some time to fix any little bugs or issues with the darkmode we shipped today first.

4.13.0February 12, 2025
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At Digital Church, we’re working hard to deliver the most up-to-date, easy-to-use platform for churches to power their church websites and management systems in one place. We’ve just rolled out an updated dashboard that utilizes the latest technologies to make it easier to navigate and use. This new admin menu lays the groundwork for upcoming updates to our admin user interface that we will be rolling out over the coming months.

3.2.0October 24, 2023

Our previous implementation of announcements allowed for a single announcement to be set for your website. We’ve started to implement a new post type for announcements so you can have multiple announcements scheduled with expiration dates.

3.1.19October 23, 2023

We’ve made a few tweaks to the code that powers our livestream. Now, instead of only using the live-stream shortcode, you can also use livestream. We also made a few improvements to the timer display so it looks better on smaller devices. In addition to that, we made some changes to the register page template to use the new register shortcode for

3.1.18October 20, 2023

This release included some small tweaks to the iframe code that embeds videos. This should fix some display issues we’ve seen on sermon pages. While we were there, we added a field to stories to be able to select a custom aspect ratio to power vertical videos and other aspect ratios better.

3.1.18October 20, 2023

In this update, we made a few small tweaks to the stories feature, including updating our front-end layouts to work with vertical video aspect ratios. We added an option to select the correct aspect ratio for videos in stories and also made it s the name is no longer a required field. Some css was also added to help .videoWrapper iframe to work properly on existing sermon videos.