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A Feature-Packed Image Hopper Update has Landed

We’ve made switching between Single File Upload and Image Hopper a breeze, revamped the Entry Details page, added support for a new image format, and more.

We’ve released Image Hopper version 2.13 and it is full to the brim with new features and improvements that’ll make your life easier. Watch the video down below for the release highlights. 👇

Version 2.13 makes it easier than ever to migrate an existing site over to Image Hopper. For a while now, you’ve been able to convert a Multi File Upload field to Image Hopper. The field ID stays the same, so all your existing Confirmations, Notifications, feeds, and merge tags that reference that field keep working. Unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said for the Single File Upload field – until now. Our development team has overcome the challenges the Single File Upload field presented, and you’ll be able to swap it to Image Hopper with the press of a button. Too easy!

Next up, the Entry Details page had a much-needed makeover. Images are displayed in a neat, uniform grid, similar to how images are presented when first uploaded. The Post Image Hopper field now displays the image at full size, instead of the tiny little thumbnail image. We found the new format makes it easier to review and manage entries – especially when there are a lot of images.

At the beginning of April, WordPress 6.5 got released, and one of the features that landed as support for the modern .avif image format. If you are running WP 6.5, Image Hopper will allow users to upload .avif files. There are a couple of caveats to be aware of: multisite networks don’t support this format by default, and browsers cannot yet create native .avif files. So if the image is edited/downscaled/cropped, the browser will output the image in a format it can create (usually .png).

Speaking of image formats, the Image Hopper / Gravity PDF integration has been improved. Now .avif and .webp images are displayed in the PDFs (provided your web server supports it).

Finally, we’ve added GravityKit’s Advanced Filtering add-on to our family of supported third-party plugins. You can now filter GravityView entries/fields using Image Hopper as a conditional value.

Image Hopper 2.13 is a big update, and if you want to read the full list of improvements for security, licensing, and bug fixes, you can refer to the full changelog below. As always, we value your feedback and encourage you to reach out with any questions or suggestions.


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 Core 2.13

Housekeeping

  • Update dependencies

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