3.4 (released 6/15/20)
- Added text highlight
- Added alpha channel to text, shadow, and highlight colors
- Bug fixes
3.2 (released 4/30/19)
- Added setting to add image into post
- Added setting to decide whether to set generated image as featured image
- Added setting to remove ellipsis if text doesn’t fit
- Fixed a bug that stripped line breaks
- Fixed bug that kept Flickr from working
- Made Unsplash work again (although it may still not work for high-volume of image generation)
- Fixed bug that wouldn’t show images in the Admin area
- Added setting to hide images in the Admin area
- Added ability to upload multiple background images at once via the Manage Images tab
3.1 (released 4/1/19)
- Updated to work with new add-ons
3.0 (released 3/11/19)
- Fixed bug that did not match Image Category with WordPress Category when certain special characters were present
- Pixabay integration
- Fixed a couple bugs on the settings page
2.9 (released 12/27/17)
- Added option to use photos from Unsplash.com
- Fixed bulk process utility in regards to disabled/enabled feature
- Resize to fit text now uses image width/height as maximum parameters
- Added ‘future_to_publish’ hook to allow for generating images upon a scheduled post becoming published
- Fixed bug which caused some images to fail to be generated due to long file names
- Fixed bug that caused some posts to generate images even when a featured image already existed
2.8 (released 08/15/16)
- Replaced certain fonts and images (see this post). If you would like to install the previous resources instead or in addition to these, you may find them here:
- Fonts: Windsong, CaviarDreams
- Images: Flower, Rose, Clouds, Grass Hill, Bokeh, Wood
- Added option to resize the featured image’s dimensions to fit the text, not the other way around
- Added option to save as PNG for maximum quality
- Added option to specify maximum length of text to write to the image, no matter where the text is coming from
- Added option to override ‘disable for this post’ via the bulk utility
- Added option to retain or remove line breaks
2.7 (released 05/06/16)
- Split top/bottom text padding and left/right text padding so that you can set all four values separately
- Changed how default disable option works, will now work for all new posts if set
- Added option to generate an image for “All Categories” (helpful if you sometimes add new categories but may forget to select them in the plugin’s settings)
- Expanded debug tab to help with most common installation problems
- Bug fixes pertaining to hidden blank.jpg in Miscellaneous category (file no longer needed)
- Bug fix pertaining to hyphens and dots being removed when added as additional characters
2.6 (released 04/25/16)
- Added option to bulk process pages
- Added debug tab to settings
- Fixed bug pertaining to multiple categories selected
- Fixed bug pertaining to only one post type selected
2.5 (released 03/27/16)
- Added new ways to crop or resize background images
- Assured that disable checkboxes appear and work on edit screen for pages as well
- Fixed bug that used a blank background when a random background image was requested
2.4 (released 03/03/16)
- Added ability to set background image based on post category
- Added option to only run for selected categories
- Fixed bug that caused spaces not to wrap when using extra before/after text
- Simplified plugin’s settings page
2.3 (released 02/27/16)
- Added option to add a border around the text
- Added option to have font selected randomly from installed fonts
2.2 (released 01/02/16)
- Added option to disable auto image generation for posts by default
- Fixed bug that could have resulted in blank file names
- Fixed bug that caused errors when upgrading from LITE version
- Option that sets first image as the featured image now works with external images as well
2.1 (released 12/19/15)
- Added option to only allow admins to generate images
- Added option that gives users ability to select which WordPress hook(s) will generate the featured images
- Added option to use first image in a post as the background for the featured image
- Added option to simply set the first attached image in a post as the featured image
- Added a check box on the edit post screen that allows you to keep the plugin from generating a featured image for that post
- Fixed bug that generated images when a post was moved to the trash
- Other bug fixes
2.0 (released 10/20/15)
- Added option to select desired post types for plugin to create images for
- Added option to set maximum number of characters to write to the image when using post content as the text to write
- Improved bulk process tool to be more efficient
- Bug fixes
1.9 (released 05/07/15)
- Added option to use the publish date or a custom field as the text to write to the image
- Added options to add additional characters before or after the text to be written
- Added option to transform the text to be written (uppercase, lowercase, or capitalize)
- Added options to position the text on the image in various ways
- Fixed a bug pertaining to setting a background color
- Fixed a bug pertaining to some generated images not being set as the featured image
1.8 (released 04/16/15)
- Changed the way the plugin references paths to be more secure and more versatile
- Deactivates the free version (if it’s installed) upon activation
- Greatly improved the Flickr background feature. Still experimental, but should produce favorable results
- Completely rewrote the code for how text is added to the image, making it faster and more accurately placed on the image
- Changed how images are named (will primarily help non-english blogs to avoid ‘—–.jpg’ type file names)
- Added checkbox to bulk process tab which allows you to process just one batch of posts/photos (helpful if you want to do a test run)
- Added ability to delete fonts and background images
- Added an option to overwrite an existing image when uploading a background image of the same name
- Bug fixes
1.7 (released 03/20/15)
- Adds option to turn writing text to images off
- Adds experimental Flickr image search
- Generates an image when saving a post via ‘quick edit’
- Bug fixes
1.6 (released 02/27/15)
- Adds option to select background image at random from either all images or a category of images
- Adds option to set a refresh delay for the bulk image generator
1.5 (released 02/23/15)
- Assures that future updates will not delete uploaded fonts and images
- Adds caption, description, and alt texts to the media gallery for the generated images for better SEO capabilities
1.4 (released 02/18/15)
- Adds the ability to upload your own fonts
- Adds the ability to upload your own background images
1.3 (released 02/11/15)
- Adds a setting to adjust quality of images
1.2 (released 02/08/15)
- Fixes bulk featured image generator
- Implements an update checker for future update notifications
1.1 (released 02/06/15)
- Adds bulk featured image generator
- Bug fixes
1.0 (released 01/15/15)
- First version
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