A Feature-Packed Image Hopper Update Has Landed!

HUGE update that closed out the month! The v2.13 release is packed with new features and improvements designed to make images easier, and we’re confident you’ll love it.

For a quick overview of the release highlights, check out this video:

https://vimeo.com/933104249?share=copy

Seamless Migrations with Single File Upload Conversion

Version 2.13 makes it easier than ever to migrate an existing site over to Image Hopper. For some time you’ve been able to convert a Multi File Upload field to Image Hopper, ensuring that all your existing Confirmations, Notifications, feeds, and merge tags continue to function by keeping the field ID the same.

Previously, the same couldn’t be said for the Single File Upload field. Until now! Our development team has overcome the challenges presented by the Single File Upload field, and you can now swap it to Image Hopper with the press of a button. Too easy!

Revamped Entry Details Page

The Entry Details page has received a much-needed makeover! Images are now displayed in a neat, uniform grid, similar to how they are presented when first uploaded. Furthermore, the Post Image Hopper field now displays the image at full-size, rather than a tiny thumbnail. Our team found that this new format significantly simplifies the review and management of entries, especially when dealing with a large number of images.

Next-Gen Image Format Support: .AVIF

With the release of WordPress 6.5 at the beginning of April, support for the modern .avif image format landed. If you’re running WordPress 6.5, Image Hopper will now allow users to upload .avif files.

There are a couple of important caveats to be aware of:

• Multisite networks don’t support this format by default.
• Browsers cannot yet create native .avif files. If an .avif image is edited, downscaled, or cropped within the browser, it will output the image in a format it can create (usually .png).

Improved Gravity PDF Integration

Speaking of image formats, the Image Hopper / Gravity PDF integration has also seen improvements. Now, .avif and .webp images are displayed in your PDFs, provided your web server supports these formats.

GravityKit Advanced Filtering Support

Last but certainly not least, we’ve added GravityKit’s Advanced Filtering add-on to our family of supported third-party plugins. This means you can now filter GravityView entries/fields using Image Hopper as a conditional value.

Image Hopper 2.13 is a significant update, and this article only covers the highlights. We’ve also included various quality-of-life improvements related to security, licensing, and bug fixes. For a comprehensive list of all changes, you can refer to the full changelog below.

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Changelog

Image Hopper Core 2.13

NEW FEATURES

• Single File Upload field can be converted to Image Hopper field in the Form Editor.
• Image Hopper fields are displayed as a uniform grid on the Entry Details admin page.
• IH Post Image fields will be displayed at full size (for the available space) on the Entry Details admin page.
• Accept .avif image uploads when running WordPress 6.5+. Note: browsers cannot yet create .avif files; when they are manipulated (downscaled/cropped) a browser will output the image in a supported format (usually .png).
• Gravity PDF will display .webp and .avif Image Hopper images (when the web server supports it).
• Gravity PDF will display the hyperlink/filename for non-image file types.
• Add support for GravityView’s Advanced Filtering add-on.

HOUSEKEEPING

• Exclude popular WordPress staging environments from site count when activating license key.
• Improve license activation success and error messages.
• Cache results of license API requests for improved performance.
• Resolve PHP notice when license key does not exist in the database.
• Add missing multiple HTML attribute to file upload field, when required.
• Add focus outline to delete/revert/edit action buttons.
• Update JavaScript packages.

SECURITY UPDATE

• Improve security of network requests to licensing server.

BUGS FIXED

• Gracefully handle ‘known image’ error when doing .heic conversion.
• Exclude JavaScript assets from Siteground Speed Optimizer minifier feature.
• Fix the ‘upload in progress’ alert from showing on form submission when image validation fails.

Image Hopper Editor 2.10.2

HOUSEKEEPING

• Update dependencies.