PressRise v1.5.4 - WordPress.org Directory Compliance Update

🔧 v1.5.4 — Compliance & Hardening Update

• All inline JS/CSS moved to wp_enqueue_style/script (including
  front-end critical CSS via wp_add_inline_style)
• Fixed JSON-LD output escaping (dropped JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES)
  to prevent a </script> breakout in Schema.org markup
• Lowered admin menu position from 25 to 80 for better WP admin
  hierarchy compliance
• Verified clean with WordPress Plugin Check (PCP)

Tested up to: WordPress 7.0
Requires PHP: 7.4+

PressRise v1.5.3 — Official Launch: VAPT-Secured, Tested Across WordPress Versions

🚀 PressRise v1.5.3 — Official Launch

We're officially launching PressRise — a secure, easy-to-use plugin to
manage and display your Press Coverage and Media Coverage on
WordPress, with beautiful shortcodes and zero page-builder dependency.

This release has gone through a full VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment and
Penetration Testing) pass and has been tested across supported WordPress
versions before this launch.

🔒 Security — VAPT Tested

• Full Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing pass completed
  ahead of this release
• Every dynamic database query routed through $wpdb->prepare()
• Nonce + capability checks and full input sanitisation
  (wp_unslash + sanitize_*/absint) across all form, AJAX and
  file-upload handlers
• CSV/Excel formula-injection protection on export and backup downloads
• XLSX importer hardened against oversized/zip-bomb compressed entries
• Deprecated PHP entity-loader (XXE-risk) calls removed
• All output escaped at the point of display
• No tracking, no telemetry, and no external requests — plugin updates are
  delivered entirely through WordPress's own update system

✅ Compatibility

• Requires: WordPress 5.8+
• Tested up to: WordPress 7.0
• Requires PHP: 7.4+
• Graceful PHP-version guard — shows a clear admin notice instead of a
  fatal error on unsupported hosts

✨ What PressRise does

• Two independent archives — Press Coverage and Media Coverage —
  each with its own entries and display settings
• Simple shortcodes: [pressrise type="press"] / [pressrise type="media"]
• Beautiful, responsive card grid — logo, source, headline, optional
  excerpt, date, "Read More" link
• Live search + Year/Month filters with a live result count
• Load More button or numbered pagination, configurable per type
• Bulk Import — CSV & Excel (.xlsx) import with a downloadable
  template; rows with missing fields or invalid dates are reported
  clearly, never silently skipped
• Bulk Export — export any coverage type to CSV, or take a full
  JSON backup & restore of every entry and setting in one file
• Renders inside a Shadow DOM — fully isolated from your theme's CSS
  in both directions, so no page builder or theme can break it
• SEO sitemap — auto-integrates with Yoast/Rank Math, or serves its own
  at /pressrise-sitemap.xml, plus Schema.org markup
• Accessibility built in — visible keyboard focus states, ARIA labels,
  WCAG-AA contrast, prefers-reduced-motion support
• Fast custom database tables — no Custom Post Type overhead

📦 Installation

1. Download pressrise-1.5.3.zip below
2. WordPress admin → Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin
3. Choose the ZIP → Install Now → Activate
4. Go to PressRise in the sidebar and add your first entries, or jump
   straight to PressRise → Import for bulk import

Full setup guide in README.md.

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Built and maintained by Vijaya Kumar L (@risewithvj)