7.0.2 (2025/03/12)

Update: Added a check for WebP and AVIF support before using GD and Imagick.
Fix: Corrected a typo for better accuracy.
Add: Implemented an Imagick handler for WebP and AVIF conversion.

7.0.1 (2025/02/17)

Update: Adjusted rendering to align with React 18 deprecation changes.
Fix: Corrected display conditions for Retina Full Size uploads.
Fix: Ensured AI options reset properly when AI features are disabled.
Info: Don't hesitate to write a review for the plugin, it really helps. Thank you! 💕

7.0.0 (2024/12/22)

Add: Upscaling feature with Claid.ai for high-quality image enhancement.
Add: AI-generated thumbnails with history tracking for generated sizes.
Add: New settings for restoration types, upscale methods, and locale/remote uploads.
Update: Dashboard UI redesigned for a more intuitive and efficient experience.
Update: Tooltips, clickable thumbnails, and streamlined bulk actions for improved usability.
Fix: Retina sizes now handled correctly when the module is disabled.
Fix: WebP sizes preserved when the module is disabled, with restoration options.
Fix: Various bugs and optimizations for enhanced performance and data integrity.

6.6.6 (2024/11/04)

Fix: Meta Viewer tooltips.

6.6.5 (2024/10/17)

Fix: Handle more errors coming from server.
Fix: Count was wrong in the stats.
Fix: Links to docs.

6.6.4 (2024/09/18)

Fix: Make sure size names is an array.

6.6.3 (2024/08/01)

Fix: Make sure image is created prior to palette conversion.
Fix: Disable WebP when Optimized Images is disabled.

6.6.2 (2024/07/07)

Fix: Issue with Responsive Image.

6.6.1 (2024/06/29)

Update: Enhanced the way WebP and AVIF images are handled.
Update: Code was cleaned up and optimized for better performance.

6.6.0 (2024/06/23)

Fix: Minor issues and code cleanup.
Update: Enabled WebP delivery for PNG images.
Fix: Converted Palette images before WebP creation to prevent errors.
Fix: Corrected sort functionality for Post Title.

6.5.7 (2024/05/24)

Fix: Clear logs functionality.
Fix: Addressed warnings and meta sizes.
Add: AVIF support and Optimizer check for AVIF.
Remove: Lato font.

6.5.6 (2024/05/13)

Add: Import / Export Settings functionality.
Update: Enhanced button readability in actions by reducing text.
Update: User Interface improvements for Full-Size image handling.
Add: Automatic building of Full-Size Webp images.
Optimization: Optimized image handling by fetching only the mime type.

6.5.5 (2024/04/27)

Fix: Corrected an issue where "crop" was always set to true.
Add: Introduced log reader, log cleaner, and secure anti-traversal for log paths to enhance security and functionality.

6.5.4 (2024/03/23)

Fix: Corrected actions for selected items and addressed missing status on entries.
Update: Deprecated string variables for improved code quality.

6.5.3 (2024/03/16)

Fix: Issue in Regenerate Entries.
Update: Make sure sizes are array to avoid issues.

6.5.2 (2024/02/02)

Add: Visual clue for media items lacking information, enhancing user awareness.
Update: Improved logging for wp_get_image_editor errors for better troubleshooting.
Update: Made MetadataViewer's status code more user-friendly, improving usability.
Add: Optimized regenerate feature for thumbnails, alongside restoration of the previous version.
Fix: Corrected issues with additional image sizes, ensuring comprehensive size coverage.

6.5.1 (2023/12/25)

Update: Enhanced thumbnail check before regeneration to process only when necessary.

6.5.0 (2023/12/04)

Update: Improved thumbnail viewing and metadata display for a more user-friendly experience.
Add: Added and refined features for handling WebP images, including creation, deletion, and status updates.
Update: Updates to ESLint, error handling, and API connections for improved performance and stability.

6.4.7 (2023/10/19)

Add: Custom Image Sizes.
Fix: Logs will be only enabled if the option is checked.
Update: Many enhancements in the code in preparation for new features.
Update: For better confidentiality, the logs file is now randomly generated.

6.4.5 (2023/08/17)

Fix: The Replace Media link was breaking the layout, and showing even though this feature was not enabled.

6.4.4 (2023/07/21)

Update: Refreshed the UI, better checkboxes and so on.
Update: Latest packages.
Fix: There were many wrong links.

6.4.3 (2023/06/18)

Fix: Avoid issues related to ResizeObserver.

6.4.2 (2023/04/11)

Update: Better UI.
Add: Optimizers (check if the binaries are installed in your server).

6.4.1 (2023/02/16)

Update: Common libs updated, should be less issues with updates.

6.4.0 (2023/02/03)

Fix: Replace wasn't working fine.

6.3.9 (2023/01/06)

Fix: Better handling of the image replacement.

6.3.8 (2022/12/09)

Update: Still going towards a better UI organization.

6.3.2 (2022/11/01)

Update: Better organization of the UI. This is just the first step, this plugin is going to improve a lot, with a cleaner UI, and everything will be modular (so you can disable what you don't need completely).

6.3.1 (2022/10/19)

Fix: There was an issue when the options are re-initialized and the sizes were not refreshed.

6.3.0 (2022/10/12)

Update: Enhanced way to handle options.

6.2.9 (2022/08/11)

Fix: Escape more HTML.
Fix: Ignored entries were reset by the issues calculation.

6.2.8 (2022/06/16)

Fix: Security fix.
Update: Remove all the notifications as they probably don't needed anymore.

6.2.4 (2022/04/14)

Fix: The Refresh Stats button should not reset the list of ignored entries.

6.2.3 (2022/03/19)

Update: Latest version of the framework and admin.

6.2.2 (2022/01/28)

Update: Better compatibility with latest version of WP.
Fix: There was an useless error message about a modal.

6.2.1 (2021/12/07)

Fix: Avoid displaying the PHP Info logo in the Meow Apps Dashboard.
Update: Composer version.

6.2.0 (2021/11/10)

Fix: Hide the Dashboard button in the header if the hide dashboard option is checked.

6.1.9 (2021/10/12)

Fix: Removed a JS issue which was showing an alert for no reason.

6.1.8 (2021/09/23)

Update: Common libs 3.6.

6.1.7 (2021/09/17)

Fix: Was trying to add a Retina image in the srcset even if it was non-existent (when used with a CDN).
Update: Better sanitization in the common library.

6.1.6 (2021/08/31)

Update: Enhanced security.

6.1.5 (2021/08/31)

Update: New common library.
Update: Better security (but we will add even enhanced it more in the next update).
Update: Tiny UI enhancements.

6.1.4 (2021/07/06)

Update: Lot of enhancements in the UI.

6.1.3 (2021/04/29)

Fix: Little issue with some network sites.
Fix: Now use the default jpeg_quality set in WP.
Fix: The "Build Automatically" feature is now available even if no Retina Method is used.

6.1.2

Fix: Avoid double slashes in the URLs of the scripts.
Fix: Updated admin, which works better with PHP Error Logs.
Add: Better paging.

6.1.1

Annoucement: Partnership with Easy IO! Probably the best deal on the market to optimize your images :)
Fix: Some variables should be initialized as arrays instead of booleans.
Fix: The CDN domain could not be modifed.

6.1.0

Fix: PictureFill was not being ran, the Responsive Images method was instead.

6.0.8

Fix: Avoid crashing the Retina Dashboard when there are no Retina images at all.

6.0.7

Update: Much better dashboard.
Fix: Upload New Retina Image.
Add: Dashboard search.
Add: Ignore button.
Update: Upload in directly in the dashboard.

6.0.5

Add: Implementation of Easy IO (CDN + Image Optimization).
Add: Versioning for images, when they are replaced (that helps CDNs to refresh themselves).

6.0.4

Fix: The dashboard was crashing when a non-image was being shown.
Update: Removed the unused code from the plugin.
Update: Optimized the way data is loaded in the dashboard.

6.0.3

Fix: The API wasn't accessible anymore.
Fix: Lazysizes was only working with PictureFill.
Fix: Avoid the JS of common admin to load more than once.

6.0.2

Update: A lot of new features: Image Sizes Management, Disable Image Threshold, Regenerate Thumbnails, Replace Images.
Update: Completely new UI for the Dashboard and the Settings.

5.6.1

Update: Lazysize from 5.1.1 to 5.2.2.
Update: PHP Simple Dom updated to 1.9.1.

5.6.0

Add: Option to remove the image size threshold (which is set to 2560 since WordPress 5.3).

5.5.7

Fix: Background CSS wasn't working properly in a few cases.
Update: Lazysizes updated to 5.1.1 (from 5.0.0).
Update: Parser optimized.

5.5.6

Update: Lazysizes updated to 5.1.0 (from 4.0.4).

5.5.5

Fix: Display Full-Size Retina uploader only if the option is active.

5.5.4

Add: Filter for cropping plugins.

5.5.3

Fix: Usage of Composer.
Update: If available, will use the Full-Size Retina for generating Retina thumbnails.
Fix: New version of HtmlDomParser.
Update: New dashboard.

5.5.1

Fix: Uploading a PNG as a Retina was turning its transparency into black.
Fix: Now LazyLoad used with Keep SRC only loads one image, the right one (instead of two before). Thanks to Shane Bishop, the creator of EWWW (https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/).

5.4.3

Add: New hooks: wr2x_before_regenerate, wr2x_before_generate_thumbnails, wr2x_generate_thumbnails, wr2x_regenerate and wr2x_upload_retina.
Fix: Issues where happening with a few themes (actually the pagebuilder they use) after the last update.
Update: Lazysizes 4.0.4.

5.4.1

Fix: Issues where happening with a few themes (actually the pagebuilder they use) after the last update.
Update: Lazysizes 4.0.4.

5.4.0

Update: Removed annoying message that could appear by mistake in the admin.
Add: Direct upload of Retina for Full-Size (for Pro).

5.2.9

Add: New option to Regenerate Thumbnails.
Fix: Tiny CSS fix, and update fix.
Important: A few options will be removed in the near future. Have a look at this: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplifying-wp-retina-2x-by-removing-options/.

5.2.8

Fix: Security update.
Update: Lazysizes 4.0.3.

5.2.6

Fix: Avoid re-generating non-retina thumbnails when Generate is used.
Fix: Use DIR to include plugin's files.
Fix: Better explanation.

5.2.3

Fix: Sanitization to avoid cross-site scripting.
Fix: Additional security fixes.

5.2.0

Fix: When metadata is broken, displays a message.
Fix: A few icons weren't displayed nicely.
Fix: When metadata is broken, displays a message.
Update: From Lazysizes 3.0 to 4.0.1.
Add: Option for forcing SSL Verify.

5.1.4

Add: wr2x_retina_extension, wr2x_delete_attachment, wr2x_get_pathinfo_from_image_src, wr2x_picture_rewrite in the API.

5.0.5

Fix: There was a issue with the .htaccess rewriting (Class ‘Meow_Admin’ not found).
Update: Core was totally re-organized and cleaned. Ready for nice updates.
Update: LazyLoading from version 2.0 to 3.0.
Info: There will be an important warning showing up during this update. It is an important annoucement.

4.8.0

Add: Retina Image Quality for JPG (between 0 and 100). I know this little setting was really wanted :)
Fix: Disabled sizes weren't really disabled in the UI.
Fix: Notices about Ignore appearing in other screens.
Add: Handles incompatibility with JetPack's Photon.

4.7.7

Add: The Generate button (and the bulk Generate) will now also Re-Generate the thumbnails as well (like the Renerate Thumbnails plugin). If you are interested in a option to disable this behavior, please say so in the WP forums.

4.7.6

Fix: Issue with Pro being non-Pro outside of WP Admin.
Fix: Retina debugging file was not being created properly.

4.7.5

Fix: Don't delete the full-size Retina if we re-generate.
Fix: Little issue with Ignore.
Update: Additional debugging.

4.7.4

Update: Retina was moved into a new Meow Apps menu. The whole Meow Apps menu can be then hidden. For a nicer WP admin. The whole admin UI was updated.
Add: New PictureFill option: inline CSS background can be now replaced by Retina images (excellent for sliders for example).
Add: Over HTTP Check option: check for retina image remotely, for example if you are using images from a different website or server, it will check for the Retina version. Works with the PictureFill method.
Change: Mobile detection was completely turned off as I don't think it should be used, but let's see if some of yours still need it. Ideally I would like to remove it from the code.
Fix: Check if the CDN is already present before modifying/adding.

4.6.0

Fix: Button Details was not working properly.
Fix: Removed the beta Retina Uploader which is not working yet (was included by mistake).
Update: Added the info screen available in the Retina Dashboard in the Media Library as well and improved the UI a tiny bit (it was a bit messy if you had a lot of image sizes.)

4.5.8

Update: LazyLoad 2.0.3
Fix: Don't display Retina information for a media that is not an image.
Update: Retina.js 2.0.0
Fix: Drag & Drop upload was a bit buggy, it now has been improved a lot!
Add: Option to hide the ads, flatter and message about the Pro.
Update: Options styles.

4.4.6

Update: LazyLoad 1.5
Update: Retina.js 1.4
Update: PictureFill JS 3.0.2
Fix: LazyLoad was not playing well when WordPress creates the src-set by itself.
Fix: Get the right max-upload size when using HHVM.
Fix: Displays an error in the dashboard when the server-side fails to process uploads.
Update: During bulk, doesn't stop in case of errors anymore but display an errors counter.
Update: Ignore Responsive Images support if the media ID is not existent (in case of broken HTML).

4.4.0

Info: Please read my blog post about WP 4.4 + Retina on https://meowapps.com/wordpress-4-4-retina/.
Add: New "Responsive Images" method.
Add: Lot more information is available in the Retina settings, to help the newbies :)
Update: Headers are compliant to WP 4.4.
Update: Dashboard has been revamped for Pro users. Standard users can still use Bulk functions.
Update: Support for WP 4.4.

3.5.2

Fix: Search string not null but empty induces error.
Change: User Agent used for Pro authentication.
Fix: Issues with class containing trailing spaces. Fixed in in SimpleHTMLDOM.
Fix: Used to show weird numbers when using 9999 as width or height.
Add: Filter and default filter to avoid certain IMG SRC to be checked/parsed by the plugin while rendering.

3.4.2

Fix: Full-Size Retina wasn't removed when the original file was deleted from WP.
Fix: Images set up with a 0x0 size must be skipped.
Fix: There was an issue if the class starts with a space (broken HTML), plugin automatically fix it on the fly.
Fix: Full-Size image had the wrong path in the Details screen.
Fix: Option Auto Generate was wrongly show unchecked even though it is active by default.
Update: Moved the filters to allow developers to use files hosted on another server.
Update: Translation strings. If you want to translate the plugin in your language, please contact me :)

3.3.6

Fix: There was an issue with local path for a few installs.
Add: Introduced $wr2x_extra_debug for extra developer debug (might be handy).
Fix: Issues with retina images outside the uploads directory.
Add: Custom CDN Domain support (check the "Custom CDN Domain" option).
Fix: Removed a console.log that was forgotten ;)
Change: different way of getting the temporary folder to write files (might help in a few cases).

3.1.0

Add: Lazy-loading option for PictureFill (Pro).
Fix: For the Pro users having the IXR_client error.
Fix: Plugin now works even behind a proxy.
Fix: Little UI bug while uploading a new image.
Add: In the dashboard, added tooltips showing the sizes of the little squares on hover.
Fix: The plugin was not compatible with Polylang, now it works.

3.0.0

Add: Link to logs from the dashboard (if logs are available), and possibility to clear it directly.
Add: Replace the Full-Size directly by drag & drop in the box.
Add: Support for WPML Media.
Change: Picturefill script to 'v2.2.0 - 2014-02-03'.
Change: Enhanced logs (in debug mode), much easier to read.
Change: Dashboard enhanced, more clear, possibility of having many image sizes on the screen.
Fix: Better handing of non-image media and image detection.
Fix: Rounding issues always been present, they are now fixed with an 2px error margin.
Fix: Warnings and issues in case of broken metadata and images.
Add: (PRO) New pop-up screen with detailed information.
Add: (PRO) Added Retina for Full-Size with upload feature. Please note that Full-Size Retina also works with the normal version but you will have to manually resize and upload them.
Add: (PRO) Option to avoid removing img's src when using PictureFill.
Info: The serial for the Pro version can be bought at https://meowapps.com/wp-retina-2x. Thanks for all your support, the plugin is going to be 3 years old this year! :)

2.6.0

Add: Support Manual Image Crop, resize the @2x as the user manually cropped them (that's cool!).
Change: Name will change little by little to WP Retina X and menus simplified to simply "Retina".
Change: Simplification of the dashboard (more is coming).
Change: PictureFill updated to 'v2.2.0 - 2014-12-19'.
Fix: Issue with the upload directory on some installs.
Info: Way more is coming soon to the dashboard, thanks for your patience :)
Info: Manual Image Crop received a Pull Request from me to support the Retina cropping but it is not part of their current version yet (1.07). For a version of Manual Image Crop that includes this change, you can use my forked version: https://github.com/tigroumeow/wp-manual-image-crop.

1.6.0

Add: HTML srcset method.

1.0.0

Change: enhancement of the Retina Dashboard.
Change: better management of the 'issues'.
Change: handle images with technical problems.
Fix: random little fixes again.
Change: upload is now HTML5, by drag and drop in the Retina Dashboard!

0.9.4

Fix: esthetical issue related to the icons in the Retina dashboard.
Fix: warnings when uploading/replacing an image file.
Change: Media Replace is not used anymore, the code has been embedded in the plugin directly.
Update: to the new version of Retina.js (client-method).
Fix: updated rewrite-rule (server-method) that works with multi-site.
Fix: support for Network install (multi-site). Thanks to Jeremy (Retina-Images).

0.3.0

Fix: was not generating the images properly on multisite WordPress installs.
Add: warning message if using the server-side method without the pretty permalinks.
Add: warning message if using the server-side method on a multisite WordPress install.
Change: the client-method (retina.js) is now used by default.
Fix: simplified version of the .htaccess directive.
Fix: new version of the client-side method (Retina.js), works 100x faster.
Fix: SQL optimization & memory usage huge improvement.

0.2.2

Fix: the recommended resolution shown wasn't the most adequate one.
Fix: in a few cases, the .htaccess wasn't properly generated.
Fix: files were renamed to avoid conflicts.
Add: paging for the Retina Dashboard.
Add: 'Generate for all files' handles and shows if there are errors.
Add: the Retina Dashboard.
Add: can now generate Retina files in bulk.
Fix: the cropped images were not 'cropped'.
Add: The Retina Dashboard and the Media Library's column can be disabled via the settings.
Fix: resolved more PHP warning and notices.

0.1

Very first release.