Media Bridge for Etch

Changelog

1.5.1

• Moves main-library search, filters, thumbnail sizing, and collection assignment actions into a docked top drawer that pushes the media view, while keeping list/grid controls always visible.
• Adds a persistent pin control that keeps the main-library drawer open between visits and closes it when unpinned.
• Fixes collection assignment controls so they wrap cleanly on tablet and mobile screens.
• Uses closed and open folder icons for leaf collections while leaving parent collection groups unadorned.
• Includes child collections when a parent collection is selected.
• Adds a paperclip indicator to cards for media attached to content.
• Adds the upload date to the attachment details modal.
• Refines media status icon sizing and the accessible drawer presentation.

1.5.0

• Adds a server-rendered Collection Gallery preview for Etch passthrough blocks.
• Adds focused collection, layout, image, caption, and lightbox controls inside the Etch builder.
• Saves Etch-side gallery changes back to the original Gutenberg block representation.
• Keeps the Etch Collection Gallery passthrough wrapper in normal document flow so parent containers grow to the gallery’s rendered height.
• Improves Etch gallery settings contrast, focus visibility, control boundaries, and touch target sizing.
• Traps keyboard focus inside the settings dialog, makes the builder background inert, and restores focus when the dialog closes.
• Exposes the dialog description and saving state to assistive technology.

1.4.1

• Makes the gallery block and shortcode an option (on by default).
• Fixed overlap issues in the filter bar on smaller screens.
• Matches the Media Collections modal sidebar spacing and controls to the main media manager.
• Applies the configured appearance colors consistently inside the Media Collections modal.
• Refreshes the modal collection view as soon as an upload completes.
• Adds modal uploads to the collection that was selected when the upload began.

1.4.0

• Adds a file-extension filter populated from extensions present in the media library.
• Expands Clear filters to reset media type, file extension, upload date, and search.
• Adds the main media filters and Clear filters to the Media Collections tab in the Add Image modal.
• Adds a dynamic Collection Gallery block and matching shortcode fed automatically by a collection.
• Adds an enabled-by-default setting that can unregister and hide all Collection Gallery functionality.
• Adds aligned collection counts, collapsible parents, and parent chevrons to the collection tree.
• Adds a visual shortcode generator with a live gallery preview in the media manager.
• Adds grid, columns, circles, square, and true masonry mosaic gallery layouts with optional aspect-ratio cropping.
• Adds thumbnail title and caption controls, including position, typography, color, and background styling.
• Adds a professional custom lightbox with full-image containment, keyboard navigation, zoom, fullscreen mode, styled title and caption content, and horizontal or vertical thumbnail strips.
• Preserves custom block CSS classes and responsive lazy loading in gallery output.
• Keeps child collections directly beneath their parent in gallery collection selectors.
• Prevents the hidden native Media Library view from appearing when the collection manager is the default Media screen.
• Makes the gallery generator refresh its selected collection regardless of how it was opened.
• Opens the gallery generator with the collection currently selected in the Media Manager.

1.3.0

• Adds an explicit second confirmation before deleting media detected in site content.
• Prompts administrators to delete child collections or promote them when deleting a parent collection.
• Fixes collection renaming so updated names are saved and synchronized.
• Adds grid and list views plus media type and date filters.
• Adds a one-click control for clearing active media type and date filters.
• Makes the collections tab the default media-selector view and hides its legacy Media Library tab when the optional default Media screen setting is enabled.
• Adds bulk collection creation from comma-delimited or line-delimited names and bulk taxonomy-only deletion.
• Adds accessible light- and dark-mode color customization.
• Displays the plugin version in settings and the media-manager information popover.
• Adds a first-phase used/not-found status to attachment details.

1.2.0

• Added an administrator-defined white-label name for the native media manager while retaining Etch Collections as the default.
• Applied the custom manager name consistently to the Media menu, page title, media-selection tab, information popup, settings guidance, pagination control, and manager callout.
• Added capability-aware WordPress Command Palette entries for the manager and Media Bridge settings, with both discoverable by searching for Etch.
• Hid the native manager menu and media-selection tab while Wicked Folders or HappyFiles is the active organization mode.
• Added an off-by-default option to make the custom manager the primary Media destination and hide the legacy Library submenu link without disabling WordPress’s native media library.

1.1.1

• Improved bulk selection with reliable Shift-click checkbox ranges, clearer collection guidance, collection-aware actions, and a dedicated Clear selection action.

1.1

• Enforced the Etch dependency with activation and runtime checks, preventing the bridge from starting unless Etch is installed and active.
• Added a native Media > Etch Collections workspace that does not require a third-party folder plugin.
• Added two-level collection management, media uploads, search, drag-and-drop assignment, multi-selection, and bulk actions.
• Added an in-place attachment details modal with file metadata, editable alt text, dimensions, and collection membership so viewing media does not lose the current collection context.
• Kept attachment-specific confirmations and errors inside the attachment modal instead of displaying them in the main library window.
• Added previous and next attachment navigation with keyboard controls, position tracking, automatic page-boundary loading, and alt-text saving before navigation.
• Made numbered media-library pagination optional and disabled it by default, using automatic scroll loading instead.
• Added permanent media deletion from library cards, bulk selection tools, and the attachment modal.
• Added Ctrl/Command-click toggling and Shift-click range selection for bulk category actions.
• Refined the media cards with uniform edge-to-edge thumbnails, compact selection and deletion footers, alt-text status indicators, and accessible usage guidance.
• Added a persistent 180–400 pixel thumbnail-size control, centered in the library header and defaulting to 240 pixels.
• Consolidated library instructions and the alt-text indicator explanation into an accessible information popup beside the Etch Collections title.
• Kept thumbnail placement centered and consistent across the library and WordPress media dialogs.
• Matched Etch Collections cards inside WordPress media-selection dialogs, including filenames, collection badges, and alt-text status.
• Replaced the media-dialog Load more button with automatic scroll loading and tightened the collection sidebar.
• Expanded the native library to the available admin width and increased its minimum card width to 240 pixels.
• Kept the WordPress admin chrome fixed while giving the image results and an overflowing collection tree independent scroll areas.
• Prevented unusually long WordPress admin menus from increasing the Etch Collections page height by containing the menu in an independent desktop scroll area.
• Added thin, theme-aware scrollbars throughout the native library and media-selection interface.
• Contained long collection lists within the 240-pixel media-dialog sidebar so they no longer enlarge WordPress’s outer modal.
• Added Auto, Light, and Dark appearance modes for the Etch Collections library and its WordPress media-selection tab.
• Audited light and dark interface colors for WCAG AA text contrast, visible focus, selection, status, and destructive-action states.
• Removed image-layout indicators from cards to keep the selection footer unambiguous.
• Documented the WordPress capability checks used for media, collection, assignment, editing, and deletion access.
• Replaced the redundant upload-or-select workflow with a focused uploader that opens directly to file upload while preserving automatic assignment to the active collection.
• Added an Etch Collections tab to WordPress media-selection dialogs with collection filtering, search, automatic scroll loading, and native single or multiple attachment selection.
• Hid synchronization history in Etch-only mode, where no external folder bridge is active.
• Added automatic alphabetical position normalization for collections created or edited in the native workspace.
• Kept Wicked Folders and HappyFiles available as optional synchronization modes.
• Documented the complete migration and rollback procedure for removing an external folder provider safely.

1.0.2

• Fixed Clear History immediately restoring entries from the legacy log option.
• Fixed new folder synchronization when a fixed conflict authority is selected, while continuing to enforce that authority for mapped folders.
• Preserved alphabetical placement for new folders that have no explicit source order, while continuing to synchronize custom ordering when available.

1.0.1

• Fixed synchronized folder deletions by preserving mapped counterpart details until WordPress confirms the source folder was deleted.
• Fixed stale counterpart mappings when a folder is deleted while deletion synchronization is disabled.
• Clarified that plugin settings are managed under Media > Media Bridge, not the WordPress Settings menu.

1.0.0

• First stable release.

0.1.1

• Hardened provider input validation and mapped-term verification.
• Replaced the reconciliation tax query with taxonomy-native object lookups.
• Improved admin table semantics, status announcements and translated notices.
• Added missing translator context.

0.1.0

• Initial development release.
• Added Etch, Wicked Folders and HappyFiles providers.
• Added bidirectional folders and attachment assignments.
• Added reconciliation, conflict policy, deletion safety and sync history.