VidCellar Lite

Changelog

1.2.1

• Developer hooks for storage add-ons (used by VidCellar Pro 1.2 cloud offload): vidcellar_hls_segment_url, vidcellar_ensure_local_source, vidcellar_abr_purged, vidcellar_video_deleted, vidcellar_admin_video_status. No behaviour change on their own.

1.2.0

• New: Adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS). Uploads are encoded into a 1080p/720p/480p/360p ladder (never upscaled; portrait videos handled) with aligned keyframes and fMP4 segments. Renditions are encoded one at a time as detached FFmpeg jobs, so PHP time and memory limits do not apply; stalled or killed jobs are detected and retried, and the master playlist is published only when encoding finishes.
• New: Signed, expiring segment URLs for HLS playback from protected storage, with range support.
• New: Facade player. The Watch page, trailer, block and shortcode render a poster and play button only; the video element and hls.js are created on click. Posters below the fold load via IntersectionObserver, and the first player’s poster is prioritised for LCP.
• New: “VidCellar Video” block and [vidcellar_player] shortcode.
• New: Adaptive streaming settings (renditions, auto-build, cloud transcoding webhook) and HLS status/progress on the Videos screen.
• New: Developer hooks: vidcellar_abr_dispatch, vidcellar_hls_access, vidcellar_remote_manifest_url, vidcellar_hls_token_ttl, vidcellar_abr_ladder_definitions, vidcellar_abr_max_concurrent_jobs, vidcellar_abr_ready.
• Improved: Front-end script loads deferred; catalog thumbnails lazy-load with reserved dimensions.
• Deleting a video now also removes its generated HLS renditions (the original upload is still kept).

1.1.9

• Fixed resumable uploads rejecting every raw chunk with “No valid upload chunk was received.” (an operator-precedence bug in the upload error check).
• Fixed a JavaScript error when resuming an upload whose chunks had all already reached the server.
• Fixed a fatal error on the Videos page: the [vidcellar_browse] shortcode callback rejected the attributes WordPress passes.
• Category names such as “Short Films” are no longer replaced by their slug once a video uses them, the active category tab is highlighted again, and video edit forms preselect the right category.
• The Watch page shows the average rating once instead of twice, and updates it after a visitor rates.

1.1.8

• Enqueued the dashboard pricing stylesheet with wp_enqueue_style() instead of printing a style tag.

1.1.7

• Stops registering a Lite Settings submenu when VidCellar Pro is active, so Settings is not duplicated.

1.1.6

• Moved the Pro plans and Lite vs Pro comparison table from Videos to Dashboard.

1.1.5

• Restored the VidCellar Lite vs Pro comparison table on Videos (above Add a video) and Need Help.

1.1.4

• Added the optional Pro licensing pricing table to the Videos screen, above Add a video.

1.1.3

• Removed the duplicate first admin submenu titled VidCellar. The first submenu is now Videos.

1.1.2

• Updated the public plugin name, slug, author, and text domain to VidCellar Lite.
• Enqueued admin video-management JavaScript instead of printing an inline script tag.
• Added the missing reviewer_key column to the reviews table on activation and upgrade.
• Loaded public CSS/JS only on pages that use the plugin shortcodes.

1.1.1

• Resolved Plugin Check short PHP echo-tag errors by using full PHP echo syntax throughout the plugin.
• Hardened public query-string handling with unslashing, sanitization, validation, and context-appropriate nonce exceptions for public browsing/streaming URLs.
• Hardened admin POST and upload handling, including centralized request/file access helpers and MIME validation.
• Escaped generated HTML attributes and content, including rating controls and shortcode-generated markup.
• Updated custom-table SQL to use prepared statements and WordPress identifier placeholders where supported.
• Replaced avoidable direct file deletion/move operations with WordPress filesystem APIs and documented narrowly-scoped native stream/process operations that are required for chunked uploads, video range streaming, and optional FFmpeg transcoding.
• Improved CSV export implementation without direct fopen/fclose calls.
• Raised the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.2 for %i database identifier placeholders.

1.1.0

• Prepared the Lite release for WordPress.org distribution.
• Updated the plugin and stable tag to 1.1.0.
• Improved the Watch-page heading resolution so the WordPress Page title is used reliably.
• Retained existing database compatibility and migration safeguards.
• Refined installation, privacy, data-retention, and Pro separation documentation.

1.0.9

• Improved Watch-page heading resolution across normal WordPress queries, request URLs, page-builder contexts, and the configured Watch page.
• No database changes required.

1.0.8

• Improved Watch-page title handling and page-title resolution.

1.0.7

• Improved Watch-page title handling.

1.0.6

• Added editable Watch-page heading support based on the WordPress Page title.

1.0.5

• Improved Lite administration and compatibility handling.

1.0.2

• Fixed Lite video helper loading for Pro shortcodes.
• Added defensive compatibility fallback for category normalization.
• Improved activation compatibility with existing databases.

1.0.1

• Fixed Lite/Pro activation schema compatibility and legacy helper loading.
• Added safeguards against duplicate function declarations.
• Improved migration safety for existing installations.

1.0.0

• First Lite release.
• Free video library and secure local playback.
• Categories, ratings, thumbnails, trailers, and view counts.
• Resumable large-file uploads with validation.
• WordPress-native security controls and GPLv2-or-later licensing.