Changelog

• Remove background: applying the cutout no longer fails with a server error
• Crop ratios (1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9) follow the image pixels, so a square crop stays square on portrait and landscape photos

• Move a folder by dragging it onto another folder, or onto All media to return it to the top level
• Folder toolbar: Move menu to place the open folder somewhere else in the tree
• A folder cannot be moved into itself or into one of its subfolders

• Drag media onto a folder in the sidebar to assign it
• Nested virtual folders (subfolders), created from the folder toolbar
• Usage detection includes Bricks Builder content
• Long folder and smart view names truncate cleanly in the sidebar
• Admin UI chrome is fully localizable across all interface languages
• Settings → Appearance: rename the Media Plus admin tab and left menu item

• The library walkthrough is included in Free and Pro, including the sandbox demo

• Free: after the setup wizard, a short walkthrough explains folders, filters, upload, and settings
• The walkthrough opens one file and shows its title, ALT text, and caption
• On a phone, each walkthrough step stays above the bottom navigation

• On phones, the bottom navigation stays visible without scrolling the page
• Bottom navigation follows dark mode colors
• Item counts are hidden on the phone navigation bar

• Plugins list: the free package is named WP Media Plus Free and the Pro package is named WP Media Plus Pro
• Admin interface languages also include Polish, Russian, Danish, Dutch, and Brazilian Portuguese
• Settings → Appearance includes the tool language. The tab is named Appearance
• Settings save buttons follow the interface language

• Admin interface languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese
• Finishing the setup wizard starts a full library index when attachments are not indexed yet
• Fix: Upload options modal used light-theme colors in dark mode
• Fix: after upload, the inspector opened the previously selected file
• Updating an attachment requires permission to edit that attachment
• Renaming, moving, or deleting a virtual folder requires the ability to edit others' posts
• Assigning media to a folder requires permission to edit each attachment
• Cancelling or retrying a background job requires administrator access
• Legacy aiml_* tables are removed only when they are empty and the matching wmp_* table already exists

• Settings → AI provider: optional instructions for how AI writes titles, ALT, captions, and descriptions
• Inspector preview: Copy URL and Download actions (slightly rounded controls)
• Fix: Copy URL works on non-HTTPS WordPress admin (e.g. Local sites)
• Fix: Duplicate groups refresh after deleting missing or orphaned attachments

• The public site download is the free plugin (library, folders, filters, upload)
• Pro download is available after purchase, only with an active license
• Display name is WP Media Plus
• Fix: activation loads WordPress database upgrade helpers before creating tables
• Upload analysis runs only for users allowed to use AI

• Faster library grid rendering on large media libraries
• More reliable background job progress and retry messaging
• Privacy settings copy clarified for BYOK providers
• Translation template and packaging polish for the release zip

• Added xAI (Grok) and Mistral as BYOK vision providers
• Custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints: better base URL and model validation
• Duplicate near-match grouping refinements for perceptual hashing
• Fix: inspector usage locations refresh after a usage scan job finishes

• Optimize / compress: clearer preview vs original comparison
• Crop & rotate: safer thumbnail regeneration after edits
• Format convert: WebP/AVIF availability surfaced in the UI when supported
• Fix: replace media kept the attachment ID but could leave stale mime metadata

• Soft freemium: Free core (library, folders, filters, upload, media modal) without a license key; Pro unlocks AI, insights, and image tools
• Features page: toggle product modules; AI-powered modules clearly marked
• License plans: Personal / Freelancer / Agency with seat-aware activation
• Licensed auto-updates via the Media Plus updates endpoint
• Staging domains (localhost, *.local, *.test, common hosts) do not consume seats

• Native WordPress media modal: folders, search, and smart views (unused / missing ALT / large)
• Bulk assign to folder and bulk delete confirmation polish
• Fix: smart view counts could drift after attachment delete

• Privacy: strip EXIF before AI requests; send reduced-size previews only
• AI analysis never uploads original full-resolution files
• Multilingual metadata fields: empty-locale handling improvements
• Fix: ALT generation skipped attachments that already had placeholder ALT text

• Optional BYOK AI image analysis: descriptions and tags
• AI metadata generation: title, ALT, caption, description
• Bulk ALT generation with progress, recap, and confirm before apply
• Multilingual metadata in the Inspector
• Providers: OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic, OpenRouter, plus custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints
• Background jobs for analysis and metadata generation

• Health dashboard with library vitals and actionable issues
• Unused media discovery (usage scan across posts, meta, and common builders)
• Duplicate detection: exact SHA-256 and near perceptual hashing
• Background jobs for index, usage scan, and duplicates
• System status diagnostics (PHP limits and environment)

• ALT text on the site follows the current WPML or Polylang language
• Asset Inspector: metadata editing, folder assignment, usage locations
• Image tools: optimize with preview + restore, crop & rotate, resize, format convert, remove background (browser), replace file (same ID)
• Safe filename rename with site-wide URL updates (preview + confirm)
• Smart views: save and update filter shortcuts
• Setup wizard: languages, appearance, library, privacy

First public release

• First public release of Media Plus
• WordPress.org review: site-wide jobs, library indexing, and single-asset reads require a matching permission, and bulk ALT checks edit access on every attachment
• Global names and library tables use the wpmplus prefix. Existing wmp_* settings and tables are renamed on load
• If Opsis Library Manager is active, WP Media Plus shows a notice and does not load its admin screen or media modal until Opsis is deactivated
• Modern grid/list media library with virtual folders (files stay in uploads)
• Advanced filters: MIME, size, orientation, author, date range
• Upload and bulk folder assignment
• Non-destructive defaults: preview + confirm for destructive actions; uninstall never deletes files in uploads
• WordPress attachments remain canonical; plugin tables augment them