v2.5.2

Maintenance release focused on code quality and infrastructure improvements. All functionality remains unchanged with enhanced reliability and maintainability.

Changelog

• Improved: Complete code quality overhaul with full WordPress Coding Standards (WPCS) compliance
• Improved: Added comprehensive PHPDoc documentation across all plugin files
• Improved: Enhanced CI/CD pipeline with automated code quality checks via GitHub Actions
• Improved: Refactored code formatting, indentation, and spacing throughout the codebase
• Improved: Added development tooling for easier maintenance and testing
• Improved: Strengthened infrastructure for better reliability and maintainability

v2.5.1

Fixed a critical conflict where featured images would disappear or fail to load in the WordPress post editor (Gutenberg) due to CDN rewriting in the backend.

Changelog

• Fixed: Resolved "Admin Leak" issue where images were incorrectly rewritten to CDN URLs inside the WordPress dashboard.
• Fixed: Improved compatibility with the Block Editor (Gutenberg) by disabling image rewriting for REST API requests.
• Improved: Ensures 100% stability in the Media Library and Post Editor by serving local files for administrative tasks.

v2.5.0

Introduces new Developer Tools for easier troubleshooting. You can now check your configuration directly from the browser console.

Changelog

• New: Diagnostic Console API. You can now type window.staticDelivr.status() in the browser console to view active settings, version, and debug status instantly.
• New: Added window.staticDelivr.reset() console command to clear fallback states, useful for developers testing image recovery.
• Improved: Refactored diagnostic logic into a dedicated DevTools module to keep the fallback script lightweight and focused.
• Improved: Performance optimization - diagnostic scripts are printed in the footer to prevent render blocking.

v2.4.1

Critical fix for images failing to load on modern browsers. This update handles "Lazy Load Interventions" and ensures the fallback mechanism works 100% of the time. Recommended for all users.

Changelog

• Fixed: Resolved an issue where lazy-loaded images could fail silently without triggering the fallback mechanism (Browser Intervention).
• Improved: Fallback script now aggressively removes srcset and loading attributes to force browsers to retry failed images immediately.
• New: Added a "Sweeper" function to automatically detect and repair broken images that were missed by standard error listeners.
• Fixed: Improved error detection logic to prioritize currentSrc, ensuring failures in responsive thumbnails are caught even if the main src is valid.

v2.4.0

This update introduces Smart Dimension Detection to automatically fix PageSpeed Insights warnings and improve your site's SEO and CLS scores. Highly recommended for all users.

Changelog

• New: Smart Dimension Detection. The plugin now automatically identifies missing width and height attributes for WordPress images and restores them using attachment metadata.
• Improved: Resolves Google PageSpeed Insights warnings regarding "Explicit width and height" for image elements.
• Improved: Enhances Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) scores by ensuring browsers reserve the correct aspect ratio during image loading.
• Improved: Synchronized CDN URL optimization parameters with detected database dimensions for more accurate image scaling.

v2.2.0

Critical fix: Solves broken images issues by correctly recovering original file paths from the database for older content.

Changelog

• Fixed: Critical Bug - Improved recovery for malformed CDN URLs by looking up original attachment paths in the database instead of guessing dates
• Improved - Better handling of older content with incorrect CDN URLs

v2.3.0

This major update introduces significant performance optimizations and critical stability fixes for thumbnail generation and HTML parsing. Upgrading is highly recommended for a faster and more stable site experience.

Changelog

• Major Improvement: Significant performance boost by removing blocking DNS lookups during image processing.
• Fixed: Resolved "Path Math" issues where thumbnail URLs could become mangled by WordPress core.
• Fixed: Robust HTML parsing for images now handles special characters (like >) in alt text without breaking layout.
• Improved: Optimized thumbnail delivery by removing redundant regex parsing passes.
• Hardened: Improved path parsing safety to ensure full compatibility with modern PHP 8.x environments.
• Refined: Cleaned up internal logging and removed legacy recovery logic in favor of a more stable architecture.

v2.2.2

Performance improvements and bug fixes for image handling and verification.

Changelog

• Fixed infinite recursion in image URL filters by removing database lookups for malformed CDN URLs
• Improved image handling by simplifying thumbnail HTML rewriting to avoid redundant processing
• Removed unnecessary parent theme slug handling in verification for better performance

v2.2.1

Fixes infinite recursion in image URL filters and improves handling of attachment URLs.

Changelog

• Fixed an issue with infinite recursion in the rewrite_attachment_image_src and rewrite_attachment_url filters.
• Improved handling of image URLs to prevent errors when retrieving attachment URLs.

v2.1.0

Massive update! StaticDelivr is now available in over 30 languages. Includes new debug tools and improved stability.

Changelog

• New: Multi-language Support - Added full localization for over 30 languages to support a global user base.
• Added translations for Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and many others
• Full RTL (Right-to-Left) support for languages like Arabic and Persian
• Integrated with wordpress.org translation system for future community contributions
• New: Dev Tools & Debugging - Enhanced controls for developers to troubleshoot in local environments.
• Added Debug Mode for detailed logging of image rewrite operations to the error log
• New "Bypass Localhost" option to test CDN rewrites on .local, .test, and .dev domains
• Improved dynamic debug mode support in the fallback failure script
• Improved: Reliability & Assets - Refined asset handling and refreshed visuals.
• Hardened image processing to detect and recover from malformed or legacy StaticDelivr URLs
• Updated plugin branding with refreshed icons and new dashboard screenshots
• Better handling of protocol-relative and site-relative URLs during optimization