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@renzoreyn renzoreyn released this 11 Jun 07:03
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Unbloat your WP, buddy. First stable release — custom frontend, built-in themes, content tools, analytics, and integrations. Theme marketplace ships later.

Highlights

  • v1.0 milestone — production-ready plugin with Mono, Null, and Grain built-in themes
  • Integrated content admin — posts and pages with sections builder, live preview, and block editor embed
  • Analytics & discovery — GA4, Search Console verification, sitemap.xml, robots.txt, llms.txt
  • Navigation builder — custom header links with optional WordPress pages merged in
  • Integrations — head/body snippets for chat widgets; Contact sections with email + webhook
  • Performance & security — CSS/JS minify, WebP images, security headers, custom 404
  • GitHub auto-updates — one-click plugin updates from releases (with marketplace theme backup on upgrade)

Marketplace

The Marketplace tab is back to Coming soon. Premium theme installs and R2 catalog fetching are disabled in this release so you can ship without bucket setup.

Install / update

  1. Download catalyst-1.0.0.zip below (not "Source code").
  2. WordPress → Plugins → Add New → Upload, or update from the Plugins screen if already installed.
  3. If a previous update failed on Windows, deactivate Catalyst, delete wp-content/plugins/catalyst, then upload the zip.

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.0+
  • PHP 7.4+

Full changelog

Added (since 0.7.x)

  • Integrated content admin (Posts & Pages under Catalyst)
  • Sections builder with FAQ and Contact section types
  • Analytics tab (GA4, GSC, sitemap, robots, llms.txt)
  • Navigation settings tab (custom links + WP pages toggle)
  • Integrations tab (snippets + contact form settings)
  • Block editor embed and content meta / SEO per-post
  • release.ps1 and build scripts for versioned plugin + theme zips

Changed

  • Version 1.0.0 — stable release line
  • Marketplace UI returns to Coming soon; backend gated behind CATALYST_MARKETPLACE_ENABLED (default false)
  • Built-in themes: Mono, Null, Grain only (Cupertino is not bundled)

Fixed

  • GitHub updater picks catalyst-{version}.zip only (not cupertino-*.zip)
  • Marketplace-installed themes backed up and restored during plugin updates
  • Release zips use forward-slash paths (WordPress on Windows)
  • UTF-8 BOM stripped when parsing remote catalog.json (for when marketplace is re-enabled)

Developer

  • CATALYST_MARKETPLACE_ENABLED — toggle marketplace catalog + AJAX installs
  • CATALYST_MARKETPLACE_CATALOG_URL — catalog URL when marketplace is enabled
  • Theme packages: releases/catalyst-{version}.zip + optional releases/cupertino-{version}.zip