Changelog

= V3.17 – 09.15.2021
* Fixed: NGG 3.16 created a problem with the Manage Gallery page’s Edit Thumbnail, Rotate Image, and View Meta popups

= V3.16 – 09.08.2021
* Fixed: Links on “Extensions” page were incorrect
* Fixed: Incompatibility with WP User Manager caused Manage Gallery bulk actions to be unusable
* Fixed: Images that failed to upload would be treated as a success in the UI if the server HTTP response code is 200
* Changed: Removed the “Ambassadors” tab from the Overview page

= V3.15 – 08.23.2021
* Fixed: A warning was generated on every request for users of PHP 5.6

= V3.14 – 08.18.2021
* NEW: Added support for unanimated WebP images
* Fixed: PHP warning was generated when enqueueing frontend resources
* Fixed: “Scan folder for new images” was failing with PHP 8+

= V3.13 – 08.04.2021
* Fixed: All WP-Admin links had “/wp-admin/” removed for some users

= V3.12 – 07.13.2021
* Fixed: PHP warning generated for some Nimble Builder users
* Changed: Added ‘ngg_marketing_parameters’ filter

= V3.11 – 05.26.2021
* Fixed: Now compatible with NimbleBuilder
* Fixed: Importing images from the Media Library was broken due to a z-index issue

= V3.10 – 05.19.2021
* NEW: Added option under Misc Options to disable the /ngg_tag/ page feature
* Fixed: Misc performance improvements to NGG 3.9.0
* Fixed: Opening the rotate-image dialog a second time could show the incorrect image
* Fixed: Paginated galleries on paginated WP posts linked to the incorrect URL
* Fixed: Widgets were not rendering correctly with some third party page builders

= V3.9.3 – 04.20.2021
* Changed: Updated uppy.js
* Fixed: Conflict with Avada builder
* Fixed: ACG fields cannot be toggled
* Fixed: Activation issues with NextGEN Starter

= V3.9.2 – 04.07.2021
* Fixed: call_user_func() warning when rendering shortcodes in widgets (1168)
* Fixed: do_shortcode and legacy shortcodes (1170)
* Fixed: Incorrect use of wp_localize_script (1171)
* Fixed: Tooltips are illegible (1172)
* Fixed: PHP foreach warning (1173)

V3.9.1 – 03.29.2021

• Fixed: C_Dynamic_Stylesheet_Controller error
• Fixed: Galleries not displaying

V3.9.0 – 03.24.2021

• Changed: Resource manager disabled by default
• Changed: Remove ngg_load_frontend_logic filter
• Fixed: Refactored to resolve over 300 plugin & theme conflicts
• Fixed: Problem reported with taxonomy controller

V3.8.0 – 02.24.2021

• NEW: NGG featured image support for custom post types (1076)
• Fixed: Compatibility with Custom Post Type UI plugin (1076)
• Fixed: Compatibility with Advanced Custom Fields plugin (1150)
• Fixed: Compatibility with Photo Station plugin (855)
• Fixed: Compatibility with Stackable (981)

V3.7.0 – 02.17.2021

• Fixed: Added ellipsis to pagination to show pages skipped (1099) (1157)
• Fixed: Deleted images could still appear in ‘random’ image galleries (1129)
• Fixed: Galleries with only one page were causing pagination links to appear (1156)
• Fixed: Inability to change gallerypath on multisite networks (1150)
• Fixed: Overriding static resources (CSS & JS) through files in wp-content/ngg/ was not working (1144)

V3.6.0 – 02.10.2021

• NEW: Added new ‘Bulk actions’ option to remove EXIF Orientation from existing images (1137)
• NEW: Allow maximum_entity_limit display setting regardless of source (1146)
• NEW: Provide hooks to customize Uppy settings (1139)
• NEW: Recreated legacy templates as modern “views” (1127)
• Fixed: A compatibility warning with NextGEN Plus would appear when users had NextGEN Starter (1097)
• Fixed: Compatibility issue with Topscorer Theme (344171)
• Fixed: Compatibility with Custom Post Types UI (1076)
• Fixed: Compatibility with jQuery.mmenu (1140)
• Fixed: Disable marketing additions for users with NextGEN Starter enabled
• Fixed: Error responses from the server when uploading images failed were not specific (1121)
• Fixed: Image rotation not reliable (1137)
• Fixed: Imagebrowser pagination broke on images with UTF8 characters in their title (1135)
• Fixed: Shortcodes displaying albums did not appear in the order listed (1128)
• Fixed: Transient tracker was calling update_option() on every page (1074)

v3.5.0 – 12.17.2020

• Changed: Deprecated legacy template functionality
• Changed: Deprecated built-in custom style / CSS mechanism
• Fixed: Misc updates for PHP 8.0 compatibility

v3.4.7 – 11.25.2020

• NEW: Replaced plupload with a new uppy.js based uploader for faster uploading
• Changed: Updated select2 and Gritter to the latest versions
• Changed: Several changes have been made for future jQuery 3.5 compatibility
• Fixed: Gutenberg Block and Featured Image features on wordpress.com hosting

V3.3.20 – 10.13.2020

• NEW: PHP 5.6 is the minimum supported PHP version
• NEW: WordPress 5.2 is the minimum support PHP version
• Fixed: Block disappearing in Block Editor
• Fixed: Gutenberg block and featured image features were broken on wordpress.com hosting
• Note: NextGEN Gallery will soon be licensed under GPLv3.

V3.3.17.1 – 09.03.2020

• Fixed: Gutenberg block and featured image features were broken on wordpress.com hosting

V3.3.17 – 08.18.2020

• Fixed: Override Thumbnail Settings not configurable
• Fixed: Broken gallery displays in WP 5.5 with Classic Editor
• Fixed: HTML in Gallery & Image fields
• Fixed: Inability to save Gallery Settings or Other Options

V3.3.11 – 08.14.2020

• Fixed: Fancybox lightbox not working with WordPress 5.5
• Fixed: Inability to upload images or create galleries in WordPress 5.5
• Fixed: Cannot crop images from Manage Galleries page
• Fixed: Removed use of jquery.size() and jquery.browser
• Fixed: Fixed iterator_to_array() PHP warning

V3.3.10 – 08.12.2020

• NEW: Added filter ‘ngg_recent_images_sort_by_column’ to control how recent images are sorted
• Fixed: Assigning a thumbnail to a custom post type page/post caused a fatal javsacript error
• Fixed: NextGEN would previously be completely unusable should it even once determine that it doesn’t have the necessary roles it needs
• Fixed: Several SimpleLightbox issues caused by a recent version upgrade
• Changed: Admin user interface modifications
• Changed: Misc code improvements to take advantage of PHP 5.3+ features
• Changed: Removed NGG_FIX_JQUERY constant

V3.3.6 – 06.24.2020

• NEW: Added a mechanism in Other Options > Misc to update page featured images assigned with NextGen version 1 that were broken by a WordPress 5.4 API change
• NEW: Added two filters (ngg_default_settings and ngg_default_global_settings) to allow control over default settings for new networks, sites and sub-sites
• NEW: Updated SimpleLightbox to the latest version. This fixes all gallery images appearing in the lightbox if more than one gallery was on the page.
• Fixed: Album routing was broken if the albums were named using a non-latin alphabet
• Fixed: Gallery path validation was broken on some IIS servers
• Fixed: NextGen was unable to serve AJAX requests on home.pl hosting
• Fixed: Removed the unused simple_html_dom module which was causing errors with PHP 7.3

V3.3.5 – 04.09.2020

• Fixed: Broken dynamic images

V3.3.2 – 04.07.2020

• Fixed: Gallery paths were calculated incorrectly on wordpress.com hosting
• Fixed: Insert Gallery Window could not edit an existing displayed gallery with a legacy template without breaking the displayed gallery
• Fixed: Manage Albums page could generate lengthy PHP warnings if galleries or other albums did not have a preview image assigned
• Fixed: NextGen was forcing the ‘screen_options_show_screen’ filter to always be true
• Fixed: Plugin would not load and would throw an error due to C_Component_Registry not being found
• Fixed: Removed last traces of javascript that were in display type templates

V3.3.0 – 03.10.2020

• NEW: Added feature on Manage Galleries page to search gallery names
• NEW: Added filter ‘ngg_disable_shortcodes_in_request_api’ to disable rendering of NextGen shortcodes in REST
• NEW: Added option to automatically watermark images during upload
• Changed: Minimum PHP version supported is now 5.4
• Changed: Pope framework now included via Composer
• Changed: Removed use of ‘contextual_help’ filter which is deprecated
• Changed: Renamed nggallery.po to nggallery.pot for better compatibility with Loco Translate
• Fixed: Compatibility with Divi Booster
• Fixed: Copying images to another gallery caused a PHP warning
• Fixed: Featured Image feature was not working
• Fixed: Fixed PHP warning sometimes displayed with album breadcrumbs
• Fixed: Fixed PHP warning when displaying certain albums
• Fixed: No notification was given when moving or copying images on Manage Gallery
• Fixed: PHP warning would be displayed when MediaRSS feature was enabled
• Fixed: SimpleLightbox would not use image alttext attribute for titles
• Fixed: Uploading zip files containing images with uppercase file extensions would fail to extract any images
• Fixed: Uploading images with invalid EXIF would reject the image entirely

V3.2.23 – 12.02.2019

• NEW: There is a new setting under Other Options > Misc to disable enqueueing FontAwesome entirely
• Changed: WP-CLI commands have been namespaced and numerous new commands have been added
• Fixed: Add Gallery / Images page would instruct users to upload zip files even if the multisite settings disallowed it
• Fixed: Conflict with Elementor breaking the Attach-To-Post window styling
• Fixed: Corrected PHP warnings generated when creating the template & static override directory (‘ngg’) inside WP_CONTENT_DIR if write access isn’t available
• Fixed: Gallery slug generation was broken when the gallery name included special characters and broke those galleries as album children
• Fixed: Improved performance on Manage Galleries page by simplifying query to count images belonging to galleries
• Fixed: Manage Galleries could generate a PHP warning when listing galleries created by users that have since been deleted
• Fixed: Shutter Reloaded’s navigation icons were always missing
• Fixed: Slideshow widget was enqueueing a file that no exists
• Fixed: Two basic slideshow displays on one page would cause a JS error that broke their display
• Fixed: URL resolution for paginated galleries and dynamic thumbnails was broken if WordPress was in a sub-directory of a sub-directory install (split home & site url)

V3.2.21 – 11.20.2019

• Changed: Small branding and color update

V3.2.19 – 10.30.2019

• Fixed: Conflict with Imagify and the Imagely Lightroom plugin
• Fixed: Ability to update image metadata from the Imagely Lightroom plugin

V3.2.18 – 09.18.2019

• Fixed: Ability to sort images by random
• Fixed: Large images failed to upload on WP Engine
• Fixed: Plupload translations not working

V3.2.15 – 09.10.2019

• NEW: Automatically retry loading dynamic thumbnail generation urls
• NEW: Use NGG_DISABLE_DYNAMIC_IMG_URLS constant to generate images in-process
• Changed: Dynamic thumbnails are generated in their own PHP processes/url
• Fixed: Distorted images and thumbnails
• Fixed: Timeout when viewing large galleries
• Fixed: Memory optimizations when generating images

V3.2.11 – 08.27.2019

Secured: IGW queries (reported by Tin Duong of Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs)

V3.2.10 – 07.23.2019

• Changed: Updated branding for Freemius opt-in
• Fixed: IGW queries

V3.2.8 – 07.16.2019

• NEW: Added support for the shortcode_atts_ngg filter
• NEW: Importing images from a folder now works recursively
• Fixed: ‘Scan folder for new images’ did not assign a gallery preview image
• Fixed: AJAX actions like image uploads were failing if the default request to ‘/’ went to an index.html instead of index.php
• Fixed: Admin page controllers / templates were running twice
• Fixed: Compatibility with Delightful Downloads
• Fixed: Compatibility with Elementor
• Fixed: Copying images to the Media Library was broken if the server lacked the fileinfo extension
• Fixed: Disable Manage Gallery’s move/copy images submit button to prevent multiple submissions
• Fixed: Made ‘Recover image from backup’ reset thumbnail crop settings
• Fixed: Minor error emitted from common.js
• Fixed: Move Images / Copy Images now also moves/copies dynamically generated versions
• Fixed: The uninstall routine handler was generating a PHP warning accessing an undeclared variable
• Fixed: Zip uploads from some macOS users was failing

V3.2.4 – 06.04.2019

• NEW: Added some methods to the window.galleries object prototype for retrieving display settings
• Secured: Zip extraction process (thanks to Slavco Mihajloski / @mslavco)
• Changed: Removed the now-deprecated ‘publish’ link from the Manage Gallery image actions row
• Fixed: A PHP warning emitted on Gallery > Other Options if the current gallery path cannot be written to
• Fixed: Added compatibility check for the official FontAwesome plugin
• Fixed: Clicking a checkbox in the Insert Gallery Window’s “Sort or exclude images” tab was not functioning
• Fixed: Resized images were becoming larger than the original in some circumstances
• Fixed: URL to static assets like JS and CSS files was incorrect when NextGen Gallery was a symlink

V3.2.2 – 05.09.2019

• Changed: Updated video Links
• Changed: Branding updates in Readme.txt file

V3.2.1 – 05.08.2019

• Fixed: Missing settings after Reset with NextGEN Plus
• Fixed: Small styling issues with WordPress 5.2

V3.2.0 – 05.07.2019

• NEW: Branding update
• NEW: API methods for detecting NextGEN provided pages and custom post types
• Fixed: Missing menus after Reset
• Fixed: Ajax pagination with Simplelightbox
• Fixed: Datamapper query cache not purged after saving an entity
• Fixed: Gallery folder not created when using Manage Galleries -> New Gallery
• Fixed: Notifications not appearing on all Nextgen-provided pages
• Fixed: Gallery wizard conflicting with NextGEN Pro ecommerce wizard
• Fixed: Upgrade to pro button
• Fixed: NGG activation transient not given a time-to-live value

V3.1.17 – 04.02.2019

• Fixed: Preview images for display types giving get_static_abspath error
• Fixed: Compatibility with the Imagely Lightroom plugin

V3.1.14 – 03.26.2019

• Changed: Restored original behavior of ngg_after_new_images_added hook
• Changed: Images with EXIF rotation metadata are now rotated automatically at upload
• Changed: Moved confirmation message presented after editing a thumbnail
• Fixed: Ability to import zips of images
• Fixed: Gallery folder not created on filesystem after adding new gallery
• Fixed: IGW not working with Gutenberg / Block Editor
• Fixed: Compatibility with EWWW Image Optimizer
• Fixed: Compatibility with Elementor
• Fixed: Compatibility with Imagify
• Fixed: NextGen 3.1.11 passed an incorrect path to load_plugin_textdomain()
• Fixed: Simplelightbox initialization was opening more than once for certain images

V3.1.11 – 03.020.2019

• NEW: Many performance enhancements
• Fixed: Broken Overview page on WordPress 5.1
• Fixed: Problem with notices not being dismissible
• Fixed: Recover images from backup generating errors
• Fixed: Manage Tags the only menu option after activating
• Fixed: Compatibility with environments which don’t have mime_content_type function

V3.1.7 – 02.26.2019

• Changed: Upgraded Freemius SDK to latest release

V3.1.6 – 01.16.2019

• NEW: Option to control caching duration of random widget galleries
• Secured: DB record serialization
• Fixed: Compatibility with plugins that extend Gutenberg / Block Editor
• Fixed: Invalid regex causing warnings when viewing /ngg_tags/ pages
• Fixed: Misc grammatical and spelling mistakes

V3.1.5 – 01.08.2019

• NEW: Added constant NGG_DISABLE_SHUTDOWN_EXCEPTION_HANDLER
• Secured: DB record serialization
• Changed: Added 185 character limit to filenames to prevent filesystem issues
• Changed: Removed caching of ‘random’ galleries; now only random widgets will be cached
• Changed: Removed dependency on underscore.string.js
• Changed: Updated base64.js library in attach-to-post module
• Changed: Updated jquery.waitforimages.js
• Fixed: Uploading of non-JPEG images and uploading of JPEG with invalid EXIF data

V3.1.4 – 12.21.2018

• Fixed: Visual shortcode not displaying in WP 5.0.2

V3.1.3 – 01.08.2018

• Fixed: Post thumbnail support for NextGEN Gallery when using Block Editor

V3.1.2 – 12.18.2018

• Fixed: Variable mismatch error when using central gallery management pages

V3.1.1 – 11.29.2018

• Fixed: Don’t enqueue block editor assets on frontend.
• Fixed: Broken styling for column blocks

V3.1.0 – 11.28.2018

• NEW: Gutengerg block for NextGEN Gallery
• Secured: Other options page
• Updated: Freemius SDK
• Fixed: Getting started wizard compatible with Gutenberg
• Fixed: WPML redirects
• Fixed: Missing descriptions and tags when re-importing image metadata

V3.0.16 – 10.24.2018

• Fixed Fontawesome 4 compatibility

v3.0.15 – 10.23.2018

• NEW: Added requirements notification manager
• Changed: Basic Thumbnails default setting from “[Show slideshow]” to “Show slideshow”
• Changed: Fixed order_by=rand and ‘variations’ system not working by storing random results in a transient for 24h
• Changed: How gallery directories are removed
• Changed: Improved memory use during thumbnail generation
• Changed: Manage Albums page now uses GET for editing navigation
• Changed: Upgrading FontAwesome to 5.0.13
• Fixed: Attribute ‘target=_blank’ not working in lightbox effects
• Fixed: Conflict with WP Social Widget
• Fixed: Corrected numerous phpdoc problems found by Phan
• Fixed: Editing of image attributes from search-galleries page
• Fixed: Gritter messages with long texts overlapped their close-notification icon
• Fixed: IGW gallery selections not persisting between edits
• Fixed: Orphaned entries being created and/or left in wp_postmeta
• Fixed: Repeated and missing images in featured images list

V3.0.13 – 10.11.2018

• Changed: Added settings for basic slideshow

V3.0.9 – 09.25.2018

• NEW: Added 2.0 template mechanism for basic galleries
• NEW: Simple Lightbox is the new default Lightbox
• Changed: Changed Javascript library and styling for basic slideshow
• Changed: New default template and styling for thumbnail galleries
• Changed: New default template and styling for imagebrowser galleries
• Changed: New default template and styling for compact albums
• Changed: New default template and styling for extended albums
• Changed: Changed implementation of “Number of Columns” setting
• Changed: Significantly simplified NextGEN default shortcodes

V3.0.8 – 09.05.2018

• Fixed: IGW broken with Chrome 69+

V3.0.6 – 07.24.2018

• NEW: Added ‘ngg_gallery_title_select_field’ filter
• NEW: Danish translations
• NEW: Slovakian translations
• Changed: Removed unused swfUpload setting key from ngg_options array
• Secured: Image attribute storage
• Fixed: Styling of upload notifications
• Fixed: Do not purge WPML tag/translation mapping when removing unused NGG tags
• Fixed: Don’t invoke icl_translate() when the admin language matches the default language
• Fixed: Importing Media Library images inside the IGW window
• Fixed: NGG > Overview’s “Upgrade to Pro” links were still present when NGG Plus/Pro were active
• Fixed: Patched PEL to catch a possible exception caused by malformed IFD
• Fixed: Removed unneeded wp_localize_script(‘wp-color-picker’…)
• Fixed: Sorting galleries with over 1k images did not work past image 999

V3.0.1 – 05.17.2018

• Fixed: Prevent caching of display_tab.js which can break the IGW

V3.0.0 – 05.16.2018

• NEW: Complete redesign of NextGEN Gallery backend interface
• Changed: Image descriptions may now include elements with src, alt, title, id, class, name, rel, and style
• Changed: Upgraded Select2 to latest release (4.0.5)
• Changed: Updated link href to ‘image delete’ & ‘recover’ links
• Fixed: Gutenberg compatibility
• Fixed: Removed use of screen_icon() from plugin
• Fixed: Color selection widget keeping unsaved values between page refreshes

V2.2.54 – 02.28.2018

• Fixed: Conflict with Gutenberg editor
• Fixed: Manage Albums “Not linked” option wasn’t selectable
• Fixed: Manage Galleries gallery path field was having extraneous slashes added on IIS servers

V2.2.50 – 02.20.2018

• Secured: Gallery paths and the ability to manage tags
• Kudos: ElevenPaths (Telefonica cibersecurity Unit)

V2.2.46 – 02.15.2018

• Fixed: Broken Manage Albums page

V2.2.45 – 02.14.2018

• NEW: Partner page for Imagify image optimization
• Secured: Image property escaping case-sensitive
• Secured: Vulnerable to CVE-2017-2416 buffer overflows
• Kudos: Zhouyuan Yang of Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs
• Fixed: Incorrect CSS class format used in form generator text field
• Fixed: Clean exit in FastCGI environments
• Fixed: Use of deprecated functions in gallery plugin

V2.2.33 – 12.24.2017

• Secured: Certain image attributes were not being validated correctly

V2.2.30 – 12.13.2017

• Fixed: Segfaults on PHP 7.2, 7.1.12, and 7.0.26.
• Fixed: WordPress gallery plugin wizards initialized too early.
• Fixed: ImageBrowser display types generating warnings on PHP 7.2
• Fixed: Gallery plugin widgets causing WSOD on PHP 7.2
• Fixed: Removed create_function() calls (deprecated in PHP 7.2)

V2.2.18 – 12.04.2017

• NEW: Include PHP 7.2.0 in the warning created by NextGen Gallery 2.2.16

V2.2.17 – 12.01.2017

• NEW: Include PHP 7.2-RCs in the warning created by NextGen Gallery 2.2.16

V2.2.16 – 11.30.2017

• NEW: Display an admin warning and disable NextGen Gallery when PHP 7.1.12 or 7.0.26 are in use

V2.2.14 – 09.18.2017

• NEW: EXIF and IPTC metadata are copied to new images and photos when generating thumbnails, watermarks, or new sizes
• Fixed: Metadata is read and preserved when “Resized images after upload” feature is enabled

V2.2.12 – 08.01.2017

• Secured: Disabled Flash backend in plupload
• Changed: Upgraded PHP-Parser version used when building plugin zips
• Changed: Added DESC as an option to nggTags::find_images_for_tags()
• Fixed: Fixed useage of parse_str for PHP 7 (thanks Bodo Graumann)
• Fixed: Made transients manager flush only expired transients
• Fixed: Gallery plugin compatibility with Spider Calendar
• Fixed: Problem with validation code of DataMapper Models
• Fixed: Convert script/style urls to arrays in the lightbox installer

V2.2.10 – 06.14.2017

• Fixed: Ensure that the plugin works when PHP isn’t compiled against libxml

V2.2.9 – 06.14.2017

• Fixed: WSOD caused by setting $wp_query->is_page to false

V2.2.8 – 06.13.2017

• Changed: Removed custom Freemius opt-in message
• Changed: New design and video for Upgrade to Pro page
• Changed: Added namespacing to NGG-generated transients
• Fixed: Better error reporting for the XML-RPC method, ngg.uploadImage
• Fixed: Thumbnail editing links missing when locale uses RTL language such as Hebrew
• Fixed: Roles and Capabilities discrepancy with displaying NextGEN Gallery UI elements
• Fixed: Fancybox lightbox effect not compatible with Pro Mosaic galleries
• Fixed: Basic Tagcloud does not honor display type setting when editing in Insert Gallery Window
• Fixed: Basic Tagcloud allows selection of Pro display types when NGG Pro is disabled
• Fixed: Limit display types available in “Display galleries as” setting for albums
• Fixed: Special characters in show_slideshow_text parameter causing inserted display to not be editable.
• Fixed: NGG Basic slideshow galleries not honoring transition effect setting
• Fixed: Image tags that are no longer should be removed from WordPress gallery plugin
• Fixed: Spacing preserved when our shortcodes are placed with other content
• Fixed: Breadcrumbs in albums when slug is shared between gallery and album
• Fixed: get_unique_slug() creating invalid SQL query when gallery name contains quote characters
• Fixed: /ngg_tags pages displaying comments from all posts
• Fixed: PHP warning when saving image meta data
• Fixed: Fix incompatibility with WPML pagination due to overriding $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’]

V2.2.3 – 04.05.2017

• Fixed: E_WARNING on Gallery Settings page due to improper use of array_combine() on PHP <= 5.3

V2.2.2 – 04.04.2017

• Fixed: Hyperlinks in image descriptions
• Fixed: WordPress SEO sitemap image count
• Fixed: Removed id parameter in shortcodes
• Fixed: Fatal error in Freemius code

V2.2.1 – 03.13.2017

• NEW: Template mechanism for all display types
• NEW: WordPress gallery plugin review notices
• Changed: Updated WordPress gallery plugin branding to Imagely
• Changed: Added the ability to click on a gallery title and have it open direct to Pro Lightbox
• Fixed: Problems with activation after initial installation
• Fixed: Don’t display legacy shortcodes after creating new galleries
• Fixed: false positive malware detection notices against ‘eval’
• Fixed: Various WordPress gallery plugin PHP notices and warnings
• Fixed: Issue with dynamic container height for Imagebrowser display types

V2.1.79 – 02.23.2017

• Secured: Resolved vulnerability with tag cloud displays

V2.1.77 – 01.31.2017

• Changed: Corrected Facebook link
• Changed: Tags in WordPress gallery plugin readme.txt
• Fixed: Problem with deactivating other plugin

V2.1.69 – 01.18.2017

• Fixed: Ensured compatibility with WordPress 4.7.1
• Fixed: Missing option names on setting pages when Wizard active
• Fixed: Ensure that NextGEN Gallery is always loaded after it’s extension plugins in WP 4.7
• Fixed: Pope product uninstaller not running during activation

V2.1.62 – 12.15.2016

• Fixed: Typo in notice for launching the gallery wizard
• Fixed: The ability to dismiss the gallery wizard notice

V2.1.61 – 12.14.2016

• NEW: Gallery creation wizard for new users
• Fixed: Shortcodes in WordPress gallery plugin widgets not getting substituted in Divi
• Fixed: Ensure that NGG placeholder text doesn’t get styled incorrectly by other themes
• Fixed: Various thickbox issues on custom post type pages
• Fixed: Hide Insert Gallery placeholder images in Yoast feed

V2.1.60 – 11.22.2016

• Secured: Ensure that only .css files can be edited using Styles tab

V2.1.59 – 11.22.2016

• Secured: Ability to customize CSS Styles
• Changed: readme.txt improvements
• Fixed: Compatibility with WordPress 4.7.0
• Fixed: Insert Gallery Window-inserted tagclouds are incorrect

V2.1.57 – 11.14.2016

• Secured: Custom Styles may only be written to specific directories
• Secured: SQL injection vulnerability for gallery names
• Changed: Display type icons are now clickable in the Insert Gallery Window
• Changed: Include backup image files when coping/moving a gallery
• Changed: Show gallery name in upload notification
• Changed: Added placeholder text to gallery name field on Add Gallery / Upload Images page
• Fixed: Custom sortorder not preserved in shortcode
• Fixed: Shortcodes added via Insert Gallery Window displayed as []
• Fixed: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘replace’ of undefined
• Fixed: Use of deprecated Yoast SEO (aka WPSEO) filter
• Fixed: Conflict with Easy Digital Downloads
• Fixed: Misc invalid HTML tags in admin pages (thanks to kniebremser)
• Fixed: Change display:hidden to visibility:hidden in various places
• Fixed: Escaping of quotes in gallery titles and urls
• Fixed: Untranslatable strings

V2.1.56 – 10.27.2016

• Fixed: Shortcode parsing was affecting third-party shortcodes

V2.1.54 – 10.25.2016

• NEW: Added php docblock directives for code hinting/completion
• NEW: Display types can have aliases
• NEW: Visual Shortcodes
• Changed: Now uses gulp for package compilation & JS/CSS minification
• Changed: Updated Freemius SDK to 1.2.1
• Fixed: Extraneous backslashes being added to gallery titles & descriptions
• Fixed: Import folder ‘gallery title’ field wasn’t being used for new gallery titles
• Fixed: Settings reset will now redirect to /wp-admin/ to avoid potential activation-related errors
• Fixed: Table columns cache becomes out of date between versions
• Fixed: Various issues with WordPress gallery plugin shortcodes when used in widgets
• Fixed: Warnings caused by calls to non-existent module package files
• Fixed: nextgen_admin’s jquery-ui breaking Elegant Themes admin pages

V2.1.50 – 08.30-2016

• NEW: Added the ability to open galleries within albums using a lightbox
• Changed: Increased freemius opt-in to 100%
• Changed: Tamara Lackey’s biography on the WordPress gallery plugin overview page
• Fixed: Images and photos not responsive for all display types
• Fixed: Compatibility with the Imagely Lightroom plugin
• Fixed: Removed Pope tests folder from WordPress gallery plugin
• Fixed: Maximum function nesting level fatal error when displaying two or more albums
• Fixed: Ensure Insert Gallery Window background stays white
• Fixed: PHP warning for C_NGG_Lightbox class using incompatible constructor

V2.1.49 – 07.26.2016

• NEW: Add a “Default” template option to override ATP settings when a global setting is used
• NEW: Added “generic” error reporting back during image upload.
• NEW: Added notice for deprecating PHP 5.2
• NEW: Option to display child gallery and album descriptions when viewing albums
• Changed: ATP preview images are smaller with tighter margins to show more images
• Changed: Content of WordPress gallery plugin Upgrade to Pro page
• Changed: New Gallery plugin Overview page
• Changed: Replicate gallery name sanitation of NG legacy for gallery paths
• Fixed: Resolved all found PHP warnings/notices/deprecations and strict errors
• Fixed: Compatibility on Windows servers with network mounted document roots
• Fixed: Ensure EXIF meta data is loaded from the appropriate exif_data array instead of exif_array
• Fixed: Gallery Settings toggle not functioning
• Fixed: Uploading breaking when thumbnail or image resizing fails due to lack of specific format support for image libraries
• Fixed: Warning generated in nggallery.php checking useMediaRSS option

V2.1.46 – 06.23.2016

• Fixed: Remove inner nextgen-gallery folder due to build issue

V2.1.45 – 06.22.2016

• Fixed: Freemius assets should not be minified

V2.1.44 – 06.22.2016

• NEW: “Add Gallery” button added next to “Add Media” button on Create/Edit Post screen
• NEW: Insert Gallery placeholder images are watermarked
• NEW: Added API for communicating with Lightroom plugin
• NEW: Gulp build system for plugin
• NEW: Added “ngg_igw_placeholder_line_2_settings” and “ngg_igw_placeholder_line_1_settings” filters
• NEW: Added “ngg_settings_during_image_generation” filter to adjust image generation
• NEW: Added “ngg_before_save_thumbnail” filter for image manipulation abilities
• NEW: Added the ability to apply GD filters during image generation
• NEW: Integrated with WordPress SEO sitemaps to show include NGG images and photos in image counts
• Changed: Links to manage a gallery after it’s been created don’t appear in the Insert Gallery Window
• Fixed: Freemius code shouldn’t be minified
• Fixed: When a datamapper entity is saved, it’s corresponding cache should be cleared
• Fixed: Insert Gallery Window placeholder images aren’t used by WordPress SEO’s OpenGraph analysis

V2.1.43 – 05.25.2016

• NEW: Added Freemius integration to plugin
• NEW: Added actions actions ngg_updated_image_meta, ngg_recovered_image, ngg_generated_image, ngg_moved_images, and ngg_copied_images
• NEW: Added patch from WPML copyping ATP galleries to new language pages when duplicating a page to a new language
• Changed: Moved ‘ngg_delete_picture’ action to before the image has been removed
• Changed: Now prevent maximum_entity_count from being set to 0 or lower in Other Options
• Changed: Updated “Roots” relative url support to re-branded “Soil” relative url
• Changed: Updated branding so all publicly visible instances of “Photocrati” are now “Imagely”
• Changed: Upgraded FontAwesome to 4.6.1
• Fixed: Album breadcrumbs when used with WordPress gallery plugin legacy templates
• Fixed: Compatibility with added WP role objects without a remove_cap() method
• Fixed: Default watermark setting causing images to be watermarked by text even though “image” is shown chosen on “Other Options”
• Fixed: Navigating to albums with UTF8 characters in their name
• Fixed: Replaced use of get_currentuserinfo() with wp_get_current_user()

V2.1.33 – 04.25.2016

• Fixed: Compatibility with themes and plugins which enqueue underscore.js in the head of the document
• Fixed: Ensure that shutter reloaded can find it’s image assets

V2.1.31 – 04.05.2016

• NEW: Added constant NGG_SCRIPT_VERSION that is either the plugin version or rand() should SCRIPT_DEBUG be on
• NEW: Added warning when saving galleries and refuse to automatically delete galleries with one or more “../” in their path.
• Changed: ATP slug field disallow several characters (spaces, ?, |, &, [, ]) by replacing them with dashes as they are typed
• Changed: Made get_static_url() look in the WP_CONTENT/ngg/(module_name)/static directory for CSS/JS overrides
• Fixed: Bug introduced in 2.1.24 allowing gallery paths & slugs to contain spaces; galleries must be “saved” once to correct them
• Fixed: Compatibility with WPML String Translation when uploading images without title or description
• Fixed: Made get_image_url() encode gallery directory names ‘because%this%is’ a valid directory
• Fixed: Manage Galleries > Search results not saving when edited
• Fixed: Provided imagebrowser legacy templates not using AJAX pagination when enabled
• Fixed: Resource manager breaking the layout of the Multisite Plugin Activation page
• Fixed: Static url generation when the nextgen-gallery directory is a symlink outside of the WordPress roots

V2.1.27 – 03.16.2016

• Fixed: Formatting issues with WordPress gallery plugin changelog

V2.1.26 – 03.15.2016

• Fixed: Removed unnecessary whitespace from “Related images” template that caused issues with some themes
• Fixed: Detection of parents from grand-child-albums when generating breadcrumbs
• Fixed: C_Router->initialize() generating warnings with WP-CLI or the WP-CLI-Cron
• Fixed: Added Roots-theme relative-url support to C_MVC_Router->get_static_url()
• Fixed: nggdb::get_unique_slug() not generating unique slugs
• Fixed: Album breadcrumbs CSS compatibility with certain themes
• Fixed: C_Gallery->validation() not working properly when sanitizing gallery title using UTF-8
• Fixed: NGG’s cross-frame-communication cookies not being purged
• Fixed: Updated C_Dynamic_Thumbnails_Manager->get_uri_from_params() with user-submitted patch
• Fixed: Updated C_CustomPost_DataMapper_Driver->_save_entity() with user-submitted patch
• Fixed: Cleaned up overview.php’s readability and removed some now-long-unused code from legacy’s ajax.php

V2.1.23 – 01.05.2015

• Secured: XSS vulnerabilities in Manage Gallery pages
• Secured: Ability to browse and import gallery folders

V2.1.19 – 12.23.2015

• Fixed: PHP warning about incorrect usage of parse_url()

V2.1.18 – 12.21.2015

• NEW: Added text domain and domain path to gallery plugin header
• NEW: Add the ability to specify gallery title with import_gallery_from_fs() method
• NEW: Swedish (sv_SE) translation (thanks Anders O Johansson)
• Changed: Updated plugin’s FontAwesome to version 4.5
• Changed: Handle for bundled version select2 is now called ‘ngg_select2’
• Fixed: Removed redundant translatable strings (thanks Rene Wolf)
• Fixed: Loading non-WOFF fonts on IIS servers
• Fixed: Attempt to load non-existing minified translation files for Plupload
• Fixed: Order direction not honored on Manage Galleries page
• Fixed: _NGG_Galleries_List_Table compatibility with WordPress 4.3+
• Fixed: Double-UTF8-encoding of image metadata
• Fixed: Don’t use interframe communication outside of the Insert Gallery Window
• Fixed: Problem deleting interframe communication cookies

V2.1.15 – 09.09.2015

• Secured: Image uploads
• Fixed: Don’t use esc_attr_e() to prevent translation issues
• Fixed: Ensure that deleting a gallery doesn’t delete anything it shouldn’t
• Fixed: get_gallery_abspath() should return NULL if the path doesn’t exist

V2.1.10 – 09.01.2015

• Secured: Escape output of parameters in templates to avoid XSS

V2.1.9 – 08.25.2015

• NEW: Added ngg_manage_galleries_items_per_page filter
• NEW: Added ngg_manage_galleries_items_order filter
• NEW: ngg_manage_galleries_items_orderby
• Secured: Limit the ability to browse folders outside of NGG_IMPORT_ROOT

V2.1.7 – 08.12.2015

• Changed: “Flush image cache” now removes images and photos from the database w/o a gallery
• Changed: “Show Meta” popup: parse date_format through date_i18n()
• Changed: Made Add Gallery/Images notifications a link to the gallery
• Changed: No longer cache displayed galleries as transients
• Changed: Updated widgets to use PHP5 parent::__construct() over $this->WP_Widget()
• Fixed: C_NextGen_Metadata->get_EXIF() was bugged with imagebrowser-exif template
• Fixed: Cornerstone/X compatibility with WordPress gallery plugin
• Fixed: Recovering images and photos was ‘generating’ from backup instead of copying
• Fixed: Setting post thumbnail more than once on a page/post
• Fixed: Permanently hide display types from ATP without an active POPE module

V2.1.2 – 07.20.2015

• NEW: Ability to import from Media Library
• NEW: Added filter ‘ngg_datamapper_table_name’
• NEW: Added filter ngg_legacy_template_directories for legacy template locator (thanks Ross McKay)
• NEW: Pagination available on Manage Images page
• NEW: Added filter ngg_manage_images_items_per_page_array to control pagination options
• NEW: Added filters ‘ngg_load_frontend_logic’ and ‘ngg_get_modules_to_load’
• NEW: Added filter ‘ngg_add_page_shortcode’ to control Manage Galleries > ‘Create new page’ content
• NEW: Added filter ‘ngg_manage_albums_items_order’
• Changed: Removed PHP4 support from WordPress gallery plugin
• Fixed: Ability to set NextGEN Image as Featured Image
• Fixed: Don’t use resource manager in download requests for WP Photo Shelter
• Fixed: Updated custom jQuery-UI styling to resemble WordPress postbox styling
• Fixed: Styled plupload buttons to resemble WordPress buttons
• Fixed: Removed ‘fixed’ class from manage galleries table. Allows columns to adjust to content
• Fixed: Removed note about flash support and fixed typoe (thanks Rene Wolf)
• Fixed: Fixed typo in nggallery.po
• Fixed: Cache results of lookup_columns() to avoid multiple identical queries; thanks go to Alex Bradaric
• Fixed: Better WP-CPI detection
• Fixed: Removed unnecessary calls to parent::initialize()
• Fixed: Adjusted album-compact template to always include p.ngg-album-gallery-image-counter
• Fixed: Replaced empty gallery rendering in is_feed() with a link
• Fixed: Removed default settings for imagerotator, which is no longer supported
• Fixed: Optimized scanning of images when importing a photo gallery
• Fixed: When a photo gallery is deleted, ensure that DB and filesystem are purged
• Fixed: Removed Insert Gallery Window box shadow
• Fixed: Ensure that file_exists() calls are prefixed with @

V2.1.0 – 05.18.2015

• NEW: Album breadcrumbs and pagination
• NEW: Ability to override builtin MVC templates
• NEW: Robust transient management
• NEW: Added the ability to set post thumbnails via XML-RPC module
• NEW: Added ‘ngg_get_image_size_params’ filter to control image generation
• NEW: Added ‘ngg_basic_tagcloud_title’ and ‘ngg_basic_tagcloud_excluded_display_types’ filters
• NEW: Added ngg_manage_images_items_per_page filter
• NEW: Added “ngg_get_image_url” filter
• NEW: Including Ukranian and Polish translations
• NEW: The ability to set template in widgets
• Changed: Default thumbnail dimensions set to 240×160
• Changed: Product now adheres to Pope 0.12 and provides get_modules_to_load()
• Changed: Updated gallery plugin translations
• Changed: Removed link to capsman plugin in Roles accordion
• Changed: Taxnomies now use internationalized strings
• Changed: Image date/time meta data fields are stored as UNIX timestamps
• Secured: Uploading zips
• Fixed: Various PHP warnings and notices in WordPress gallery plugin
• Fixed: Compatibility fixes for WPML
• Fixed: Ensure that backup image functionality fails gracefully
• Fixed: WP option ‘ngg_do_upgrade’ updated in every HTTP request
• Fixed; Empty $_SERVER[‘PATHINFO’] causing multiple routing issues
• Fixed: “Manage Galleries” display image alttext in the filename column
• Fixed: Various issues with the tag cloud display type
• Fixed: Integrity check when updating from 1.9.x
• Fixed: Image filenames substituting spaces for + which is only proper in the query string
• Fixed: Insert Gallery Window not working with nested levels of gzip compression
• Fixed: Imagebrowser as lightbox effect not working with pagination
• Fixed: Plugin compatibility with MultiVerso Advanced File Sharing
• Fixed: “Add page” button not displaying on the next immediate page load
• Fixed: Double-escaping of non-latin characters
• Fixed: Imagebrowser pagination with custom templates
• Fixed: Custom CSS is enqueued late to ensure it’s one of the last stylesheets loaded
• Fixed: Fixed watermarking PNG images and photos
• Fixed: Using the “Import Metadata” bulk action overwrites existing data
• Fixed: Seconds were not retained from CaptureTime EXIF field
• Fixed: Conflicts created by our TinyMCE plugin
• Fixed: Image mapper setting gid to gallery name, not the unique ID
• Fixed: Restored nggdb->get_random_images(), nggdb->search_for_file, and nggdb->find_all_albums()
• Fixed: Allow gallery slug as parameter to nggdb::get_gallery()
• Fixed: Don’t minify Plupload’s i18n JavaScript
• Fixed: Custom template images not being given their full effect code attributes
• Fixed: When importing galleries from folders, allow symlinks
• Fixed: Use of C_Gallery_Mapper in C_Image_Wrapper
• Fixed: Properly handle themes that don’t call wp_footer() or wp_print_footer_scripts()
• Fixed: Warning about missing style.php file on Network Admin -> Gallery page
• Fixed: Warning about getimagesize() failure when backing up an image

v2.0.79 – 03.20.2015

• Secured: Sanitized C_Displayed_Gallery->_add_find_in_set_column() third parameter

V2.0.78 – 03.12.2015

• Secured: AJAX actions for uploading images and importing folders now uses nonce checks

V2.0.77 – 03.05.2015

• NEW: Added “ngg_get_image_url” filter
• Changed: Use a more reliable means of excluding Pro/Plus modules from using minified static resources
• Fixed: Imagebrowser pagination with custom templates
• Fixed: Custom CSS is enqueued late to ensure it’s one of the last stylesheets loaded
• Fixed: Fixed watermarking PNG images and photos
• Fixed: Using the “Import Metadata” bulk action overwrites existing data
• Fixed: Seconds were not retained from CaptureTime EXIF field
• Fixed: Conflicts created by WordPress gallery plugin TinyMCE plugin
• Fixed: Image mapper setting gid to gallery name, not the unique ID
• Fixed: Restored nggdb->get_random_images(), nggdb->search_for_file, and nggdb->find_all_albums()
• Fixed: Allow gallery slug as parameter to nggdb::get_gallery()
• Fixed: Don’t minify Plupload’s i18n JavaScript
• Fixed: Custom template images not being given their full effect code attributes

V2.0.76 – 02.24.2015

• Fixed: Compatibility checks for very old versions of NextGEN Pro plugin
• Fixed: Zero-byte downloads in WooCommerce and WPE-Commerce
• Fixed: Invalid URL being enqueued if a custom lightbox is selected with no URL provided
• Fixed: Restored a method to nggAdmin to fix compatibility with NextGen Public Uploader
• Fixed: Bug preventing source=’recent’ from displaying images in the correct order
• Fixed: Include more quotation symbols in our shortcode manager (foreign language shortcodes)
• Fixed: WPML/ATP compatibility issue
• Fixed: $nggdb->get_gallery() returning a different result than before

V2.0.74 – 02.20.2015

• Changed: Removed jQuery Lightbox and Highslide due to incompatible licensing with GPL

V2.0.71 – 02.19.2015

• NEW: Module files are compiled into a single package file to reduce disk I/O
• NEW: All CSS stylesheets and Javascript source files are minified to reduce latency
• NEW: All lightboxes are configured using an in-memory management class.
• NEW: Uses Pope 2.0, benefiting from the new caching capabilities
• NEW: NextGEN Gallery’s functionality is disabled if NextGEN Pro is incompatible
• NEW: Added ngg_effect_code filter
• Changed: Updated WordPress gallery plugin’s FontAwesome to 4.3.0
• Changed: Updated WordPress gallery plugin’s select2 to 3.5.2
• Changed: Removed PicLens / CoolIris integration from WordPress gallery plugin
• Changed: Removed JSON API. Please use XML-RPC API instead
• Changed: For performance reasons, we cache FS & url lookups/calculations
• Changed: Greatly reduced the # of sql queries, and eliminated anything redundant
• Changed: For performance reasons, we cache datamapper and SQL queries
• Changed: Don’t enqueue scripts or styles unless we require them
• Changed: Reduce the number of resources we enqueue for every HTTP request
• Changed: Ngg_Store now uses cookies instead of localStorage
• Changed: Insert Gallery Window is routed using wp-admin/admin_init
• Changed: Removed unused code from ngglegacy module. Created wrappers for commonly-used functions
• Changed: LZW module removed
• Changed: Legacy template drop-down selection now using select2
• Secured: Restrict folder browsing to NGG_IMPORT_ROOT constant
• Fixed: Compatibility issue with PHP’s transparent ZLIB compression
• Fixed: Imagebrowser as lightbox effect not working when non-default permalink slug used
• Fixed: Angled quotations marks used in shortcode parameters
• Fixed: Compatibility between ImageBrowser display type and TwentyFifteen theme
• Fixed: Allow pagination to retain query string url parameters when linking to other pages
• Fixed: Fixed pagination issues with slideshow galleries displayed as thumbnails
• Fixed: Fix C_GalleryStorage_Driver_Base->import_gallery_from_fs() not checking imgBackup
• Fixed: Fixed problem with default settings being applied multiple times
• Fixed: Fallback to “full” image sizes if “backup” images aren’t available
• Fixed: Use M_DataMapper’s serialization methods throughout the codebase
• Fixed: Conflict with WordPress SEO and get_the_excerpt() call
• Fixed: Don’t run Resource Manager on wp-login.php or wp-sign.php
• Fixed: TinyMCE Image Editor conflict with Insert Gallery Window placeholder images
• Fixed: Fix Shutter positioning when admin bar is displayed
• Fixed: Allow deselection of a WordPress gallery plugin legacy template
• Fixed: Prevent conflicts when using imagebrowser as a lightbox effect
• Fixed: Pagination not working for slideshow galleries using thumbnail integration

V2.0.66.33 – 11.24.2014

• Fixed: Broken NextGEN Pro ecommerce-related shortcodes
• Fixed: Spanish PO file

V2.0.66.31 – 11.21.2014

• Fixed: Broken shortcodes with WordPress 4.0.1

V2.0.66.29 – 09.17.2014

• NEW: Added skip_excluding_globally_excluded_images property to displayed gallery objects
• Fixed: SQL generation for random image selection
• Fixed: Adjust regex for replacing displayed gallery placeholder images
• Fixed: Removed filters to home_url needed previously for WMPL compatibility
• Fixed: Use canonical redirects when appropriate
• Fixed: Ability to override image files using XML-RPC

V2.0.66.27 – 08.18.2014

• Fixed: Missing class.frame_communication_option_handler.php error

V2.0.66.26 – 08.18.2014

• NEW: Added fault tolerance to bulk action AJAX requests
• Changed: Moved some WordPress gallery plugin settings from DB to in-memory
• Fixed: Compatibility with BuddyPress plugin in multisite environments
• Fixed: Ability to find static resources outside of WP_PLUGIN_DIR
• Fixed: Autoupdate conflict with Photocrati Theme
• Fixed: Workaround GoDaddy’s throttling of consecutive AJAX requests
• Fixed: Issue with settings manager in multisite enviroments

V2.0.66.17 – 08.08.2014

• NEW: Added French translations
• Secured: XSS vulnerability in jQuery Plupload Queue (thanks Codevigilant Team)
• Secured: XSS vulnerability in thumbnail/slideshow integration links
• Secured: XSS vulnerability on Manage Albums page

V2.0.66.16 – 07.30.2014

• NEW: Added new “limit” setting to slideshow gallery widgets
• NEW: Added a “ngg_routes” action for other plugins to hook into to provide new routes
• NEW: Added NGG_SKIP_LOAD_SCRIPTS constant, which existed in 1.9.x
• NEW: Added NGG_GALLERY_ROOT_TYPE constant. Set to ‘content’ to load galleries from the content_dir / content_url
• NEW: Bosnian (bs_BA) language thanks to Nevesin Srdoc
• NEW: Chinese (zh_CN) language thanks to Vahi Chen, http://www.vahichen.com
• NEW: Dutch (nl_NL) language thanks to Taeke Kooiker
• NEW: Filipino (fil) language thanks to Find Hold, http://www.findhold.dk/
• NEW: French (fr_FR) language thanks to Jean-Yves Dumaine & Le Blog de Lise
• NEW: Hungarian (hu_HU) language thanks to Zoltán Varanka
• NEW: Italian (it_IT) language thanks to Jacopo Caggiano, @tizz
• NEW: Russian (ru_RU) language thanks to SnakeD3
• NEW: Spanish (es_ES) language thanks to Andrew Kurtis at WebHostingHub
• Changed: Updated Czech language thanks to Separatista; additional thanks to Martin Krizek for the original translation who was mistakenly unaccredited
• Changed: “Upgrade to Pro” page has new design, advertises for NextGEN Plus
• Changed: Basic Albums templates now given the image counter P element the class ‘ngg-album-gallery-image-counter’ (by user request)
• Changed: Gallery widgets now apply height:auto to their element; fixes compatibility with some themes
• Changed: Random galleries should be substantially faster now (1000% or more for large image tables)
• Fixed: Complete WPML compatibility
• Fixed: Disable Buddypress ‘bp_do_redirect_canonical’ filter as it ruins our routing system
• Fixed: Use plugins_url() content_url() when appropriate rather than just site_url() and home_url()
• Fixed: WP Cron job will remove not only displayed gallery transients, but rendering transients as well
• Fixed: NGG_RENDERING_CACHE_TTL constant is honored properly
• Fixed: If using the caption template for Basic Thumbnails, only show the image caption when appropriate
• Fixed: If NGG is uninstalled, so are it’s custom capabilities
• Fixed: Translate “Attach NextGEN Gallery to Post” ATP icon alt text when translations are active
• Fixed: Multisite gallery path tooltip gave a wrong default setting
• Fixed: Flush ‘all’ caches when pope_module_list setting changes
• Fixed: Don’t enqueue related images css in the admin
• Fixed: Basic slideshow galleries fixes WP creating extraneous P element above the slideshow display
• Fixed: Basic Singlepic will now display images marked ‘excluded’ in the admin
• Fixed: Admin pages can now update when the “Save” button text has been translated

V2.0.66 – 05.20.2014

• Secured: Check mime type of image files using a variety of mechanisms

V2.0.65 – 05.04.2014

• Secured: Limit uploads to images and zips

V2.0.63 – 04.29.2014

• NEW: Translation ready
• NEW: Including German translation by Roland Stumpp
• NEW: Including Czech translation by Separatista
• NEW: Including Finnish translation by Vesa Tiirikainen
• NEW: WPML / qTranslate support
• NEW: Bundled Browser+ JavaScript library
• NEW: Added NGG_DISABLE_FILTER_THE_CONTENT constant to manage conflicts
• Changed: Moved jquery.nextgen_radio_toggle.js to NextGEN Admin Module
• Changed: Original display settings are passed to secondary display types
• Fixed: Thumbnail dimension calculations are inaccurate by 1px when maintaining aspect ratio
• Fixed: Copy IPTC data from original to new image when creating new sizes / thumbnails
• Fixed: Use correct absolute path when importing images in a multisite environment
• Fixed: Incorrect display of disk space quotas in multisite environments
• Fixed: Removed redundant roles form in multisite environments
• Fixed: Insert Gallery Window support for multisite environments
• Fixed: Incorrect handling of NextGEN Styles in multisite environments
• Fixed: WordPress gallery plugin not honouring NGG_IMPORT_ROOT constant
• Fixed: Fixed inability to edit gallery properties using XMLRPC’s edit_gallery method
• Fixed: Alignment issues in Basic Compact Albums caused by subalbums not displaying image ‘counter’
• Fixed: Display setting forms compatibility issue with WordPress 3.9
• Fixed; Compability with jQuery Dialogs in WordPress 3.9
• Fixed: Maximum entity code should be a displayed gallery property for recent/random sources only
• Fixed: Problems with zlib compression: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18525
• Fixed: Support for web servers which use a document root of ‘//’
• Fixed: Compatibility with WPML Translation Management
• Fixed: use ‘del’ for function name in ngg_store.js, ‘delete’ is a reserved keyword
• Fixed: Enqueue fontawesome only when necessary
• Fixed: Suhosin compatibility issue when overriding PHP memory limit
• Fixed: Handle images of wrong image type correctly when trying to create cropped thumbnails
• Fixed: Datamapper entities not allowed to have properties with a value of 0
• Fixed: Resource manager is manipulating feeds
• Fixed: Convert absolute urls to relative urls for lightboxes
• Fixed: Start the resource manager as early as we can within the init action
• Fixed: Routing problem for galleries with images named 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, etc.
• Fixed: Added tooltips to basic slideshow gallery settings
• Fixed: Remove CKEditor’s NextGEN button, which is incompatible with NextGEN Gallery 2.x

V2.0.61 – 04.01.2014

• Fixed: Compatibility with WP 3.9
• Fixed: Exception thrown when using Reset button

V2.0.59 – 03.18.2014

• Changed: Separated pope_module_list from ngg_options record in options table
• Fixed: Removed code causing jQuery compatibility issues in WP Admin
• Fixed: Allow third-parties to override jQuery with Google’s CDN
• Fixed: When resetting the ‘jquery’ handle, ensure that jquery-migrate is a dependency
• Fixed: Silenced many PHP warnings in gallery plugin
• Fixed: Datamapper->count() not returning the correct count
• Fixed: Compatibility with Gravity Forms

V2.0.58 – 03.10.2014

• Fixed: Reset jQuery to WP defaults when modified by a third-party
• Fixed: Compatibility with WP jQuery Lightbox plugin
• Fixed: Compatibility with Peekaboo theme

V2.0.57 – 03.05.2014

• NEW: Re-introduced the Reset button to WordPress gallery plugin
• NEW: Tooltip added for Page Link to functionality
• NEW: Displayed Gallery Triggers moved from NextGEN Pro to NextGEN Gallery (not in use)
• NEW: Added NGG_Store, a client-side persistence layer (not in use)
• NEW: Added NGG_CRON_SCHEDULE constant. Set to the number of seconds between the execution of NextGEN Gallery cron jobs
• NEW: Added NGG_RENDERING_CACHE_TTL constant. TTL measured in seconds.
• NEW: Added NGG_DISPLAYED_GALLERY_CACHE_TTL constant. TTL measured in seconds.
• NEW: Added NGG_DISABLE_LEGACY_SHORTCODES constant. When TRUE, [slideshow] becomes [nggslideshow].
• NEW: Added Font Awesome, available for NextGEN Gallery extensions
• Changed: Transients are removed every 30 minutes instead of 60 minutes
• Changed: Admin Page & Form components refactored to allow custom POST processing
• Changed: Default path for NEW multisite installations to wp-content/uploads/sites/%BLOG_ID%/nggallery/
• Fixed: Ability to upload ZIP files on Windows hosts
• Fixed: Support for filenames with non-ASCII characters
• Fixed: Dynamic updates in the Insert Gallery interface (interframe communication)
• Fixed: WordPress gallery plugin insert interface freezing in IE11
• Fixed: Path issues on Windows Servers
• Fixed: Module installer integrity
• Fixed: Database query performance. No more joins to the WP options table
• Fixed: Lightboxes storing absolute paths for static resources
• Fixed: Displayed gallery cache not regularly flushed
• Fixed: SQL query performance problems. Honor max_packet_allowed variable for MySQL
• Fixed: Multiple database queries generated for determining next available image slug
• Fixed: Corrupted MediaRSS feeds
• Fixed: Padding on Gallery Settings and Other Options pages
• Fixed: Routing issues on subdirectory installs
• Fixed: Importing galleries using the Insert Gallery Interface
• Fixed: Gallery path calculations on Windows web servers
• Fixed: Sub-album urls not processed correctly
• Fixed: Apply maximum entity count to existing displayed galleries
• Fixed: NextGEN Gallery Thumbnail Widget shouldn’t use ImageBrowser effect
• Fixed: Ability to set shuffle parameter for ImageRotator slideshow galleries
• Fixed: PHP warning about HTMLDocument when displaying a SinglePic
• Fixed: Sanitization of gallery title
• Fixed: Home URL now used instead of Site URL in MediaRSS feed
• Fixed: Insert Gallery interface broken when WPML is installed
• Fixed: Insert Gallery interface instructing browser to cache the page
• Fixed: Watermarking not working in low-memory environments
• Fixed: Maximum images limit not being applied for galleries already created.
• Fixed: Double forward slashes in static urls
• Fixed: Don’t sleep when checking if the installer is running
• Fixed: Don’t enforce Pope interface contracts
• Fixed: Remove custom table extra records from wp_options table
• Fixed: Scan folder for new images and photos not working
• Fixed: Incorrect page permalink used for “Page Link To” functionality
• Fixed: Pagination broken when Basic Thumbnail gallery on the same page as Basic Album
• Fixed: parse_url() warnings generated for PHP 5.3.3 and earlier
• Fixed: Compatibility with Headway Themes
• Fixed: Compatibility with web servers which don’t provide PHP a document root
• Fixed: Third-party incompatibilities caused by the Photocrati Resource Manager
• Fixed: Compatibility with the Flattr plugin
• Fixed: Compatibility with the Weaver II theme
• Fixed: Gallery plugin interface tweaks for WordPress 3.8

V2.0.40 – 11.26.2013

• NEW: Added the ability to apply lightbox effects to non-NGG images
• NEW: Added NGG_HIDE_STRICT_ERRORS constant. Define and set to TRUE to hide strict errors
• NEW: Added NEXTGEN_GALLERY_IMPORT_ROOT constant. Define and set to TRUE to browse from a custom directory
• NEW: Added NGG_DEBUG constant. Define and set to TRUE to display helpful messages for debugging
• NEW: Each custom table record will have an associated custom post record for expansion
• NEW: Display helpful error messages when there’s a problem uploading images and photos
• NEW: Add data-(src|thumbnail|image-id|title|description) attribute to gallery image anchors
• NEW: Variant support for displayed gallery sources. Random images is limited to 5 variations
• Fixed: Excessive creation of transients for random galleries
• Fixed: Issues prohibiting the ability to upload images and photos
• Fixed: Compatibility with NextGEN Gallery Export Plugin for Adobe Lightroom (thanks Vladimir!)
• Fixed: Sorting in the Insert Gallery interface
• Fixed: HTML allowed in gallery/album descriptions
• Fixed: Requests for galleries within albums that have numeric names are broken
• Fixed: Call to a non-member function get() on WP_Query
• Fixed: Ability to sort by Image ID in the Insert Gallery interface
• Fixed: Isolate the Insert Gallery Window from implicit third-party script inclusion
• Fixed: Check for the existance of thumbnails when generating urls, and if missing, generate new ones
• Fixed: Compatibility with NextGEN Facebook OpenGraph+ plugin
• Fixed: Various XML-RPC issues in WordPress gallery plugin
• Fixed: Widgets stylesheet not included
• Fixed: Issue with color not being pre-selected when previewing Watermark
• Fixed: E_NOTICE emitted when cleaning up cached image files
• Fixed: E_NOTICE emitted when viewing display type settings
• Fixed: Typo adjusting pcre.backtrack_limit for shortcodes
• Fixed: Content within the tabs of the Insert Gallery interface cut-off
• Fixed: Routing problem which would cause conflicts with different display types on the same page
• Fixed: Broken Dynamic CSS links on GoDaddy
• Fixed: Ability to use HTML in gallery/album descriptions
• Fixed: Sub-album requests conflicting with paginated galleries on the same page
• Merged: Pull request from andreasE (https://bitbucket.org/photocrati/nextgen-gallery/pull-request/6/)

V2.0.33 – 10.21.2013

• NEW: Requests /ngg_tag/[tagname] will create a displayed gallery
• NEW: Option added to “Import Gallery” tab to use original images
• Fixed: Links are broken on the ngg_tags-sitemap.xml file by WordPress SEO
• Fixed: PHP notice: Attempt to assign property of non-object
• Fixed: Undefined property warnings when using NextGEN Basic Thumbnails
• Fixed: Detect if an applying a transient to a displayed gallery was successful
• Fixed: Compatibility issues with BJ-Lazy-Load and Colorbox
• Fixed: Pagination conflicts for multiple Imagebrowsers on the same page
• Fixed: Ability to display previous exception with debug mode
• Fixed: Tagclouds not working in multisite instances
• Fixed: Load widgets.css when a widget is being used
• Fixed: Installer should remove all instances of the component factory
• Fixed: WordPress gallery plugin widget settings interface not intuitive
• Fixed: Inability to upload images and photos in some Windows host environments
• Fixed: Sorting images/galleries using the Insert Gallery interface
• Fixed: Fix detection of HTTPS (pull request by Leonhardt Wille)
• Fixed: Compilation errors of regular expressions
• Fixed: Pro galleries wouldn’t display in environments using PHP 5.3.3 or less
• Fixed: Scanning of router slug is now limited to the uri, not the url
• Fixed: Show slideshow link isn’t required for thumbnail/imagebrowser integration
• Fixed: WordPress media-upload with ‘singlepic’ image size
• Fixed: Use target=_blank when the link setting is provided for NextGEN Basic Singlepic
• Fixed: Only display rendering errors if WP_DEBUG is enabled

V2.0.31 – 10.03.2013

• NEW: Restored AJAX pagination for NextGEN Basic ImageBrowser display type
• Fixed: Compatibility with WordPress Local SEO by Yoast
• Fixed: Inability to upload images if image_slug field was missing in database
• Fixed: Integration of NextGEN Basic Thumbnail and NextGEN Basic Slideshow display types
• Fixed: Photocrati Resource Manager further adjusted to be third-party friendly
• Fixed: Added the ability to find legacy templates in both the child/parent theme directories
• Fixed: JavaScript errors in Attach to Post interface
• Fixed: Router can handle port numbers in urls
• Fixed: Carousel template was linking to NextGEN Basic ImageBrowser view
• Fixed: SQL query generated for displayed galleries using tags as source
• Fixed: 3rd party compat: raise & never lower pcre.backtrack_limit

V2.0.30 – 09.25.2013

• NEW: Restored the ability to use imagebrowser display type instead of a lightbox effect
• Changed: Displayed galleries are no longer rendered in RSS feeds
• Changed: Removed “Plugin Check” widget from WordPress gallery plugin overview page
• Fixed: Silence PHP warnings/errors in an output buffer for AJAX actions
• Fixed: Compatibility issue with WordPress SEO and broken site maps (and large error_logs)
• Fixed: Compatibility issue with AJAX Event Calendar (and possibly others)
• Fixed: Adjusted Photocrati Resource Manager to be third-party friendly
• Fixed: Fixed empty result set for displayed galleries selecting ‘All’ tags
• Fixed: URL generation for imagebrowser pagination links
• Fixed: Ensure that image meta is imported on creation
• Fixed: Ensure that transients are removed when an external object cache is used
• Fixed: Don’t load pluggable.php. This will fix plugin conflicts
• Fixed: In Insert Gallery interface, galleries created in one tab weren’t showing in another
• Fixed: Don’t output frame events cookie for XML-RPC requests

V2.0.27 – 09.18.2013

• Fixed: Reduce performance impact of purging displayed gallery transients

V2.0.25 – 09.18.2013

• Changed: Reverting to the 2.0.21 codebase, due to major performance issues in 2.0.23 and 2.0.24

V2.0.24 – 09.18.2013

• WARNING: Broken release. Uses wp_clear_scheduled_hooks() to purge cron records

V2.0.23 – 09.12.2013

• WARNING: Broken release. Major bug creates redundant cron jobs
• NEW: WP-Cron job to periodically clean-up displayed gallery transients
• NEW: Added “excluded_container_ids” as parameter for ngg_images shortcode
• Fixed: Lightbox effect is honoured by all display types
• Fixed: Highslide displays images and photos from the correct displayed galleries
• Fixed: Ensure that sub-albums display correctly when the word “album” is part of a slug
• Fixed: Ensure that sub-albums display correctly when numerical slugs are used
• Fixed: Related images heading only added when Related Images functionality is enabled
• Fixed: PHP Warning about undefined index when viewing basic albums
• Fixed: AJAX handling is third-party compatible
• Fixed: Image date is no longer overwritten when an image is modified
• Fixed: Fixed issue with displayed galleries using source=’tags’
• Fixed: Problem with transient cache not getting flushed properly from Other Options page
• Fixed: Use correct gallery/transient ID when ajax pagination is used

V2.0.21 – 09.09.2013

• NEW: Multisite support
• Changed: Default image quality set to 100 for generated images and photos
• Changed: Removed dependence on simplehtmldom library
• Fixed: Related images functionality works as it did in 1.9.x
• Fixed: Don’t compress inline JavaScript in post/page content
• Fixed: Click-to-advance slideshow behavior for slideshow galleries
• Fixed: Security warnings from VaultPress
• Fixed: View as Slideshow link works with AJAX pagination
• Fixed: Broken links on WordPress gallery plugin Overview page
• Fixed: WordPress gallery plugin Backup images option
• Fixed: Stylesheet url generated correctly for Windows hosts
• Fixed: Compatibility with NextGen Custom Fields plugin
• Fixed: Compatibility with Adsense Explosion plugin
• Fixed: Suppress wp_footer notices unless WP_DEBUG is set to TRUE

V2.0.17 – 08.30.2013

Fixed: Match legacy behaviour when changing gallery path, i.e. don’t move files

V2.0.14 – 08.27.2013

• NEW: Added the ability to override thumbnail settings for NextGEN Basic Albums
• NEW: Shortcode Manager API, which ensures that shortcodes are outputted as intended
• Changed: Re-added the ability to select the original image size for widgets
• Fixed: Ensure that stylesheet url returned is correct for Windows hosts
• Fixed: Broken links and lightbox effects with AJAX pagination
• Fixed: Try to ensure that third party plugins don’t add content to our dynamic JS
• Fixed: Improved reliability of iframely.js
• Fixed: Ensure that urls are generated correctly in HTTPs environments
• Fixed: Datamapper works correctly in environments where temporary tables aren’t supported
• Fixed: Fixed an issue with thickbox loading animation when home url differs from site url

V2.0.11 – 08.19.2013

• NEW: Added “run_ngg_resource_manager” hook to by-pass our resource manager
• Changed: Removed “Reset & Uninstall” tab, for now
• Fixed: Compatibility with W3 Total Cache. Please flush cache after updating.
• Fixed: Conflicts with Photocrati Theme Galleries
• Fixed: Blank Insert Gallery interface window
• Fixed: Fixed ability to change Lightbox Effect settings
• Fixed: Implemented techniques to ensure WP_Query variables aren’t overwritten
• Fixed: Enqueuing AJAX JS libraries twice in wp-admin
• Fixed: Encoding issues
• Fixed: PHP warnings caused by accessing unserialized data as array
• Fixed: Fixed WordPress gallery plugin installer issues

V2.0.7 – 08.09.2013

• NEW: New resource manager that fixes many plugin and theme incompatibilities
• NEW: Styles (custom stylesheets) should reside in wp-content/ngg_styles
• NEW: Added option to “Other Options -> Misc” to control maximum images returned
• Secured: Removed default connector for jQuery FileTree library
• Changed: Updated the simplehtmldom library to version 1.5
• Changed: jQuery is now enqueued at the beginning of every request
• Fixed: Incompatibilities with BuddyPress
• Fixed: Incompatibilities with Events+, bbPress, Custom Permalinks, and many other plugins
• Fixed: Incompcatibilities with Member Access, AMember, Magic Fields, and More Fields
• Fixed: Incompatibilities with Elegant Themes, Oxygen, Responsive, and many other themes
• Fixed: Ensure that gallery images don’t have a border by default
• Fixed: Conflict between imagebrowser and album urls
• Fixed: Reverted default gallerypath to wp-content/gallery/
• Fixed: Upgrade-safe way of overriding Styles
• Fixed: Generation of AJAX url is now based on slug
• Fixed: Restore nggShowGallery and nggShowSlideshow as wrappers to new API
• Fixed: Always use domain as specified by WordPress Site URL
• Fixed: Use WordPress Home URL over Site URL when appropriate
• Fixed: Numerous WordPress gallery plugin pagination issues
• Fixed: Adjusted our forms to comply with WordPress Firewalls
• Fixed: Correct use of select2 DOM selector for maximum compatibility
• Fixed: Path and URL calculations for Windows and UNIX environments
• Fixed: Ensure that pluggable.php is loaded at the start of every request
• Fixed: Fancybox: adjust CSS for further box-sizing protection from themes
• Fixed: Use PHP 5.2.1 compatible named pattern matching syntax
• Fixed: Remove usage of DIR constant not supported by PHP 5.2.x
• Fixed: Removed dependency on mb_string PHP module
• Fixed: Allow “No Lightbox” as an option for Lightbox Effects
• Fixed: Warning: “Invalid CRT parameters detected” for Windows environments

V2.0 – 07.30.2013

• NEW: Improved user experience throughout the plugin, settings and usage.
• NEW: Plupload queue uploader that allows for bulk and zip uploads within the same interface.
• NEW: Complete redesign of the NextGEN options panel
• NEW: Added new interface for adding galleries from pages and posts.
• NEW: Galleries are now mobile friendly and responsive, which is most noticeable with a responsive theme.
• NEW: Streamlined functionality for displaying galleries based on tags.
• NEW: Architecture based on Pope Framework (http://bitbucket.org/photocrati/pope-framework)
• NEW: New shortcode, “ngg_images”, and corresponding Insert Gallery interface
• NEW: Galleries have now global and instance settings
• NEW: Support for FastCGI environments
• Changed: Replaces shortcodes with placeholder images, however still supports legacy shortcodes.
• Changed: Introduced new Growl-like notifications for WordPress gallery plugin
• Changed: The container and its images are centered for photo slideshow galleries
• Changed: NextGEN styles now override vs replace default styles
• Changed: NextGEN legacy templates have been deprecated (but still function)
• FIXED: The ability to use NextGEN image as a Featured Image.
• FIXED: Misc PHP warnings, errors, in gallery plugin

V1.9.13 – 06.11.2013

• NEW: Slideshow galleries are now centered to their content area
• Secured: Ensure that only logged in users can upload images via plugin
• Fixed: Import date is preserved are no longer Jan 1 1970
• Fixed: Removed mention of upgrade.php, which no longer exists

V1.9.12 – 02.15.2013

• Fixed: jQuery Conflict Detection was trying to dequeue irremovable scripts

V1.9.11 – 02.12.2013

• NEW: Added the ability to detect JQuery conflicts on NGG Admin Pages and auto-resolve
• Changed: Added “nggalbum” shortcode. Use this when Jetpack is installed.
• Changed: Using natural sorting algorithm for alphanumeric values
• Changed: Database schema is automatically updated when out-of-date
• Fixed: Empty drop-down for “Page Link To”
• Fixed: Alphabetical image sorting
• Fixed: Compatibility between gallery plugin and Arjuna X theme
• Fixed: “Creating default object from empty value” on album page
• Fixed: Compatibility issues with PHP 5.4 on album page
• Fixed: E_DEPRECATED warning when using get_userdatabylogin() function
• Fixed: Removed many E_NOTICE errors
• Fixed: Correct use of register_uninstall_hook across all PHP versions

V1.9.10 – 12.18.2012

• Fixed: XML-RPC error displayed when authenticating using WordPress 3.5
• Fixed: Restored compatibility with NextGEN Gallery Export Plugin
• Fixed: Removed some remaining references to database upgrade code
• Fixed: Deleted galleries within an album are handed gracefully without warning messages
• Fixed: Correct use of register_uninstall_hook
• Fixed: CSS and usability issues with the TinyMCE window used to display galleries
• Fixed: Inability to generate new image slugs

V1.9.9 – 12.14.2012

• NEW: JW ImageRotator v3.17 is now bundled with the plugin and used by default.
• Changed: Removed database upgrade code for versions of NextGEN Gallery earlier than 1.9.3
• Fixed: Compatibility with WordPress v3.5 ( wpdb->prepare() warnings )
• Fixed: Sorting by filename now produces expected results using a natural sorting algorithm

V1.9.8 – 12.05.2012

• Secured: Removed bundled version of swfupload. See fix below for SCM information.
• Changed: All transients created by NextGEN are flushed when the plugin is activated.
• Fixed: Our primary SCM is conducted at http://bitbucket.org/photocrati/nextgen-gallery, but was not synchronizing correctly with the WordPress Plugin SVN Repository
• Fixed: The transient adjustment fixes: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-_transient_ngg_request-entry-in-wp_options

V1.9.7 – 11.12.2012

• Secured: Removed bundled version of swfupload; using WordPress-bundled version instead for WordPress 3.2 instances
• Changed: Using JQuery UI for the image sorting interface (thanks Tomás Soler)
• Bugfix: Image uploads work in WP 3.2 when using Safari
• Bugfix: Adjusted TinyMCE window to use built-in JavaScript libraries
• Bugfix: Removed Photocrati acquisition announcement from WordPress gallery plugin
• Bugfix: Fixed incorrect usage of ImageJpeg() function
• Bugfix: Switched from “template_redirect” to “wp_enqueue_script” hook to load scripts and styles

V1.9.6 – 07.21.2012

• Changed: Implemented workaround for bug found in WordPress SEO, resulting in no images being added to sitemap
• Bugfix: Fixed an issue with users not being able to dismiss the “Photocrati Acquisition Notice”
• Bugfix: Adjusted Javascript for activating social media pages to load on NextGEN Gallery pages only.
• Bugfix: Fixed compatibility issue with Simple Facebook Connect
• Bugfix: Using correct Facebook Page ID in Like button

V1.9.5 – 07.18.2012

• Changed: Branding changes following Photocrati acquisition (removed donation messages and updated links)
• Secured: Use WordPress-bundled JavaScript libraries for swfobject and swfupload instead of bundling our own
• Bugfix: Adjusted thickbox effect styling to ensure that the lightbox is always displayed in the foreground
• Bugfix: Fixed compatibility issues with Contact Form 7 and other plugins by following WordPress Plugin conventions
• Bugfix: Fixed network-wide gallery plugin activation in WordPress 3.4
• Bugfix: Gallery plugin is no longer dependent on its folder name

V1.9.3 – 26.02.2012

• Bugfix : Ensure to set the slug for “all” albums
• Bugfix : Updated german translation ( THX to Roger Hunziker )
• Bugfix : Ensure error checking on IPTC array (THX to Kristian Edlund)
• Bugfix : Handle IE8 cached images better in slideshow galleries
• Bugfix : Show album preview image if selected (THX to Kristian Edlund)

V1.9.2 – 17.01.2012

• NEW : Added more XMLRPC commands (THX to Vladimir Vinogradsky)
• Changed : Rework Post-thumbnail function (THX to Kristian Edlund)
• Bugfix : Check first for valid images on unzip (only Mac OS zip-files)
• Bugfix : Increase z-index for twenty eleven theme
• Bugfix : Support non latin chars in tagcloud
• Bugfix : Allow other tinymce intance
• Bugfix : Better gallery plugin upport for WPML translation

V1.9.1 – 10.12.2011

• Bugfix : Security hardness for untrusted filenames/meta data (THX to Brian St. Pierre)
• Bugfix : Fixed security vulnerability (TXH to Jon Cave)
• Bugfix : Load piclens script via other function
• Bugfix : IE7 script fix for add gallery
• Bugfix : IE7/IE8 width set correctly for edit album autocomplete field

V1.9.0 – 27.11.2011

• NEW : Keep images transparency for PNG and GIF format
• NEW : Switch to Plupload, support now HTML5 Upload (only with WordPress 3.3)
• NEW : Added client side resize feature (only with WordPress 3.3)
• NEW : Support for gallery templates in album shortcodes [ album id=x template=”name” gallery=”templatename” ]
• NEW : Added new hook ngg_delete_picture
• Changed : Updated gallery plugin to jQuery Cycle Version 2.9995
• Changed : Always cache the single pictures, remove option
• Bugfix : Couldn’t use bulk operation for search results
• Bugfix : Bugfix for Edit thumbnails under IE 8 + 9
• Bugfix : Allow empty altext in ngg.editImage
• Bugfix : Various PHP notice fixes in gallery plugin
• Bugfix : Resize fix for Shutter effect and mobile Browser
• Bugfix : FTP Import missing slug field into database
• Bugfix : Check also EXIF field “DateTimeOriginal” for timestamp

V1.8.4 – 26.10.2011

• Bugfix : Fixed security vulnerability (TXH to Alain Schneider)

V1.8.3 – 07.08.2011

• Changed : Support for simple custom permalink structures (i.e. /%category%/%postname%/)
• Bugfix : Sub-Albums in Albums didn’t create the correct link
• Bugfix : AJAX Pagination didn’t work anymore
• Bugfix : Adding index.php to home_url()
• Bugfix : Preview picture lost on backend gallery page 2 or higher

V1.8.2 – 12.07.2011

• Bugfix : Set pagination variables for search result, otherwise update failed
• Bugfix : Update failed for paged galleries since WordPress 3.2

V1.8.1 – 18.06.2011

• Bugfix : Special case for pagination, instead of showing page-1, we show the clean url
• Bugfix : Various PHP notice fixes in gallery plugin
• Bugfix : Typo in rewrite rules
• Bugfix : Flush rewrite rules during upgrade later

V1.8.0 – 12.06.2011

• NEW : Full rework of permalink url structure
• NEW : Adding Google Sitemaps for Images (require WordPress SEO plugin by YOAST )
• NEW : Support for WPML ( WordPress Multilingual Plugin )
• NEW : Adding support for arrow key in shutter effect (THX to Flyvans)
• NEW : Adding sort operation for galleries overview page
• Changed : Updated pagination to new WP3.1 style
• Bugfix : Create unique slug in a better way
• Bugfix : Rework screen options filter for gallery and image table
• Bugfix : Empty values in XMLRPC update calls are ignored
• Bugfix : Create gallery failed when safe-mode on
• Bugfix : Permalink didn’t work in combination with album & imagebrowser

V1.7.4 – 15.02.2011

• Bugfix : Disallow direct call of ajax file to avoid path disclosure (THX to High-Tech Bridge SA)
• Bugfix : Rework jQuery Cycle slideshow for IE compat reason (THX to Justin Dickenson)
• Bugfix : Resize only larger images in slideshow galleries
• Bugfix : Improved image format detection in gd.thumbnail class (THX to Kupar.b)

V1.7.3 – 20.01.2011

• NEW : Introduce plugin health check for conflicts with other plugins/themes
• NEW : Adding new XMLRPC method ngg.deleteImage
• NEW : Adding new XMLRPC method ngg.editImage
• Changed : Rework register script for autocomplete feature
• Bugfix : Bugfix for Multisite setup and flash upload
• Bugfix : WP3.1 compat issue, show site admin page only on Multisite installation

V1.7.2 – 13.12.2010

• Bugfix : Adding images to database require slug

V1.7.1 – 13.12.2010

• Changed : Disable upgrade for PHP4 user
• Changed : Disable colorpicker for WordPress gallery plugin option page
• Bugfix : Compat fix for upgrade

V1.7.0 – 11.12.2010

• NEW : Publish a new post direct from the gallery admin page
• NEW : Added filter hook ‘ngg_get_image_metadata’ to add more exif/iptc information
• NEW : Adding Autocomplete field to TinyMCE Popup and Album page
• NEW : More methods for XMLRPC interface
• Changed : New hooks for gallery table (THX to Alexander Schneider)
• Changed : Introduce jQuery dialog as new UI element for WordPress gallery plugin
• Changed : Call TinyMCE window via admin-ajax
• Bugfix : Better support for SSL blogs
• Bugfix : Install/Upgrade failed when table prefix contain captial letters
• Bugfix : Fix validation issues in Media-RSS
• Bugfix : Empty tags in XMP Meta causes PHP error
• Bugfix : Rework load mechanism for slideshow
• Bugfix : Copy meta data when image is copied
• Bugfix : Icon Support for Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu
• Bugfix : Use correct sort order in slideshow galleries

V1.6.2 – 19.09.2010

• NEW : Added constant NGG_SKIP_LOAD_SCRIPTS to avoid script load
• Bugfix : Load Tags library with core files
• Bugfix : Slideshow script failed in IE7, load script now in header
• Bugfix : Load slideshow gallery widget always
• Changed : New admin notice for database upgrade
• Changed : Rework crop feature of WordPress gallery plugin for featured images
• Changed : Use site_url() instead get_option (‘siteurl’), required for SSL support

V1.6.1 – 08.09.2010

• Bugfix : Script load of swfobject.js failed
• Bugfix : Show sideshow also with 1 or 2 images
• Bugfix : Rework null byte check in zip upload

V1.6.0 – 07.09.2010

• NEW : WordPress 3.0 Network (Multi-Site) support
• NEW : Integrate jQuery Cycle as NON-Flash slideshow
• NEW : Adding jQuery File Tree for import folder (THX to Sergey Pasyuk )
• NEW : Added action hook ‘ngg_show_imagebrowser_first’ on custom request
• NEW : Added filter hook ‘ngg_slideshow_size’ to resize sildeshow for mobile browser plugins
• Changed : Reorder tabs for upload
• Changed : New menu icon and screen icon (THX to Ben Dunkle)
• Changed : Load frontend libs always
• Changed : Rework of WordPress gallery plugin overview page
• Bugfix : Security bugfix for Zip-Upload (THX to Dominic Szablewski)
• Bugfix : Allow JPG, PNG, GIF extension
• Bugfix : New German translation (THX to Martin Kramarz)
• Bugfix : Copy/Move also backup file
• Bugfix : Calculate correct ratio for fix thumbnail size (THX to Alekz Keck)

V1.5.5 – 14.06.2010

• Bugfix : Compat issue for post thumbnails with WP2.9
• NEW : Adding more hooks for custom fields plugin

V1.5.4 – 14.06.2010

• Bugfix : No resize of smaller images or photos
• Bugfix : Compat issues for Post Thumbnails under WP3.0
• Bugfix : Esc_URL in Media RSS

V1.5.3 – 11.04.2010

• New : Adding pagination to footer
• Changed : Prepare new filter to replace slideshow galleries
• Bugfix : Remove non-breaking space from navigation
• Bugfix : Pagination of galleries
• Bugfix : Fixed brackets position for old shortcode query
• Bugfix : Slideshow option ‘Show next image on click” has wrong default value

V1.5.2 – 25.03.2010

• Bugfix : XSS security vulnerability (THX to Core Security Advisories Team , Pedro Varangot)
• Bugfix : Missing $wpdb in shortcodes.php

V1.5.1 – 23.03.2010

• Bugfix : PHP4 compat issue for Add gallery & options page
• Bugfix : Gallery widget can now have a empty title
• Bugfix : Adding correct stripslash for gallery title

V1.5.0 – 18.03.2010

• NEW : Support for Post thumbnail feature
• NEW : Backup and Recover function for images (THX to Simone Fumagalli)
• NEW : Resize images after upload (THX to Simone Fumagalli)
• NEW : Added a JSON class for fetching galleries in a RESTful way (see xml/json.php)
• NEW : Adding various new capabilities for user roles
• NEW : Auto downloader for translation file
• Changed : Rename query var from slideshow to callback for compat reason with other plugin
• Changed : Convert WordPress gallery plugin widget function to new WP structure
• Changed : Include lookup for tags into the backend search
• Changed : Restructure addgallery and settings page to enable custom tabs
• Bugfix : Select album preview from gallery preview pics instead random list
• Bugfix : Keep fix dimension in edit thumbnail operation
• Bugfix : Import meta data didn’t work correct for existing images
• Bugfix : Fix onload bug for Chrome 4 in Shutter script
• Bugfix : Remove various PHP notices for a better world
• Removed : Canonical link is now part of WordPress 2.9