v0.2.3 - Production Readiness and Accessibility

What's New in v0.2.3

This release completes the production-readiness pass for Alynt Certificate Generator and ships the deferred UX/accessibility improvements that were validated in LocalWP from the installed package. It hardens certificate storage, cleanup, webhook/REST behavior, diagnostics, and release packaging while improving keyboard access in the template builder and field-level frontend validation.

Highlights

• Added keyboard alternatives for template marker positioning and variable row reordering.
• Added accessible frontend field-level validation with preserved scalar values and first-error focus handling.
• Hardened generated PDF storage, lifecycle cleanup, REST permissions, webhook URL handling, and release packaging.

Changelog

Changed

• Added keyboard alternatives in the template builder for marker positioning and variable row reordering.
• Added frontend field-level validation with preserved scalar values, inline errors, invalid-state markup, and focus handling after failed submissions.
• Completed production-readiness cleanup for database lifecycle handling, uninstall cleanup, release validation tooling, dependency audits, and project PHPCS rules.
• Documented the plugin's current public filters for bulk CSV and incoming webhook batch limits.
• Added an admin-only Diagnostics settings tab with redacted support events, health summary, JSON export, clear controls, and bounded retention.

Fixed

• Removed duplicate REST orchestration and reduced oversized source files through extracted helper classes.
• Fixed the certificate log admin table so generated certificate rows render with their expected columns.
• Fixed frontend shortcode certificate generation by loading WordPress file helpers before creating temporary PDF template images outside wp-admin.
• Hardened generated PDF storage, download, deletion, and retention cleanup so stored PDF paths remain inside the WordPress uploads directory.
• Added lifecycle cleanup for expired logs, deleted templates, scheduled hooks, plugin-owned options, custom tables, transients, uploaded fonts, and generated certificate files.
• Added bounds for bulk CSV rows, webhook batch items, image variable uploads, template variables, and generated PDF image dimensions.

Security

• Enforced HTTPS-only outgoing webhook URLs.
• Tightened REST permissions for bulk status and font/template management routes.
• Resolved PHPCS security/database blockers and refreshed npm and Composer dependencies so dependency audits pass cleanly.

Upgrade Notes

No breaking changes are expected. Validate settings, templates, generated PDFs, and webhook flows on a local or staging WordPress site before production use.

v0.2.2 - Version Fix

What's Changed

• Fixed version number in plugin header (was still showing 0.1.0)
• All previous build system improvements from v0.2.1

v0.2.1 - Build System Update

What's Changed

• Added automated release builds via GitHub Actions
• Release zip now includes all required dependencies
• Fixed distribution packaging for WordPress plugin updates

v0.2.0 - Initial Public Release

What's New

Initial public release of Alynt Certificate Generator.

Features

• PDF Certificate Generation - Create certificates from image templates with dynamic text overlays
• Template Management - Upload and manage certificate templates via custom post type
• Variable System - Define custom variables for dynamic content placement
• Coordinate Editor - Visual editor for positioning text on templates
• Font Support - Upload and use custom fonts for certificate text
• Email Delivery - Automated certificate delivery via email
• Webhook Integration - Trigger certificate generation via REST API webhooks
• Bulk Generation - Generate multiple certificates in batch
• Download Service - Secure certificate download links
• Logging - Track certificate generation and delivery history

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0+
• PHP 7.4+
• GD extension enabled

Installation

1. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Run composer install in the plugin directory
3. Activate the plugin
4. Configure settings under the Certificate Generator menu