Wallpaper Engine
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Patch notes
| Published | Title | Build |
|---|---|---|
| Wallpaper Engine 2.8.42 - Removal of Application Wallpapers from the Workshop Hey everyone, this update introduces a security change to Wallpaper Engine. In the next week, we will be permanently removing the "Application" wallpaper type from the public Steam Workshop. While this sounds drastic, it affects merely 0.5% of all wallpapers with actual user numbers being much lower than even that. The overwhelming majority of users never used any applications wallpapers at all… | 23967692 | |
| Wallpaper Engine 2.8 - Dynamic Model Generation & Text Rendering Improvementsmajor While Wallpaper Engine 2.8 was primarily planned as a maintenance release with various bug fixes and improvements under the hood, we also found the time to add some cool new features which you should soon start seeing on new wallpapers. Switch to 64-bit We have been performing a lot of background maintenance recently to improve performance, fix issues and overall future-proof the app. While som… | 23443609 | |
| Wallpaper Engine 2.7 - Particle Editor Updates, User Shortcuts & Image Filtersmajor With the release of Wallpaper Engine 2.7, we are introducing a large number of improvements and new features for particle systems and to the particle editor itself. Additionally, the update also introduces a new concept of user shortcuts , which allow wallpaper creators to create clickable elements which open a local user-defined shortcut on the system and we have added a set of image filters,… | 19812784 | |
| Date | Day | Time | Patch title | Build ID | Branch | Depots | Download Δ |
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| 17 Aug 2026 | Mon | 20:42 | No patch notes · unannounced build | 24783785 | beta | — | — |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Mon | 15:37 | Wallpaper Engine 2.8.42 - Removal of Application Wallpapers from the Workshop | 23967692 | public | — | — |
| 4 Sep 2025 | Thu | 14:31 | Wallpaper Engine 2.7 - Particle Editor Updates, User Shortcuts & Image Filters | 19812784 | previous | — | — |
| 5 May 2024 | Sun | 21:19 | No patch notes · unannounced build | 13565722 | windows_7_support | — | — |
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