Capitol GAINS: CreativEngine Congressional Utilities

1.4.1

• Fix: preview pass 2 now works without requiring a proforma API token to be configured — internal render nonce is used for access control.
• Fix: saving an empty permalink slug value now correctly falls back to the built-in default slug.

1.4.0

• Meeting Table Query Controls: added configurable “Query” repeater section to Meeting Table widget with Taxonomy, Date, and Search row types.
• Fixed taxonomy override: taxonomy rows constrain query results and suppress conflicting visitor filters with configurable AND/OR relation.
• Search button and filter summary integration: search button widget emits loop filters nonce; filter summary displays active search term.
• Participant public key flattening: flatten witness public array onto snapshot root and promote formatted HTML/text fields.
• Schema-driven data layer: added Meeting Schema, Schema Traverser, Schema Hydrator, and Entity Writer for structured import/retrieval pipelines.
• Meeting Files Modal: sidebar file management with attach/delete/upload via AJAX modal.
• Granular capabilities: per-CPT capability_type with activation/deactivation role management.
• Configurable permalink slugs: admin UI for customizing CPT and taxonomy URL slugs.
• Pagination: disabled prev/next buttons at page boundaries with CSS and JS.
• Archive streams: restored archive_stream_enabled toggle and added frontend iframe rendering.
• Private meetings: conditionally include private post_status for users with read_private_posts capability.
• Post title sync: sync post_title to meetingmeta title column on save.
• Proforma improvements: gated upgrade behind allow-takeover setting, fixed status overwrite bug, added private meeting visibility.
• File management: fixed file URL to use filesystem filename, added file_status tracking for API uploads, added Re-check Meeting Files utility.
• Import tools: added Bulk Meetingmeta Update import type and Content Record date migration tool.
• Removed featured images from meeting post type supports.
• Fixed meeting_type fallback and subcommittee/committee_type taxonomy wiring.
• Fixed Plugin Check errors for WordPress registry submission compliance.

1.3.12

• Switched to inline nonces throughout plugin, fixed preview API escaping, replaced ‘ce’ prefix in JavaScript handles.

1.3.11

• Fixed nonce validation and unsafe SQL call.

1.3.10

• Preview access: restrict preview meetings to Proforma auth or users who can edit; apply to all meeting queries and global post.

1.3.9

• Maintenance release.

1.3.8

• Fixed admin menu: use default menu positions all CPT menus (Meetings, Participants, Members) remain visible and avoid overwriting items.
• Use values for slugs and prefixes from Meeting Settings.
• Replaced remaining hardcoded taxonomy slugs with configurable slugs (meeting_type, meeting_status, privacy_type, subcommittee) in utilities and meetings table widget.
• Proper nonce validation throughout plugin.

1.3.7

• Hardened database table rename migrations to prevent data loss when both old and new tables exist.
• Replaced hardcoded post types/taxonomies with dynamic lookups for configurability.
• Adjusted /check API to return slugs only, treat trashed meetings as missing, and untrash on republish.
• Fixed recent meetings query placeholder ordering and a panels template syntax error.

1.3.6

• Addressed WordPress.org plugin review feedback: Ajax URLs from PHP only, external services documented in readme, no direct core loading or plugin-directory writes, nonces/capability checks and sanitization/escaping across handlers, unique prefixes for options/CPTs/taxonomies, prepared SQL, and consistent checkbox/settings persistence (e.g. enabled taxonomies, logging, embargo).
• Log files and congress data now use the uploads directory. CPT/taxonomy slug limits (20/32 chars) enforced in Setup with truncation and shorter defaults where needed. Generate Congress Terms uses the congress taxonomy slug from settings.

1.3.5

• Switched plugin slug/text domain to creativengine-congressional-utilities and aligned folder/handles for consistent localization.
• Restored REST API authentication checks and added direct file access guards across template files.
• Improved hardening with additional escaping and nonce validation in admin flows.
• Standardized prefixed asset handles and refreshed enqueued CSS/JS for admin and Elementor widgets.

1.3.4

• Preview meetings now load members, participants, and files purely from snapshot data (no relational lookups) for accurate preview displays.
• Data store falls back to snapshot files for preview posts and file deletion hooks skip previews to avoid removing published assets.
• Minor stability updates around preview cleanup and file handling.

1.3.3

• Meeting Video widget: added configurable aspect ratios and consistent styling for all message states (upcoming, no live scheduled, no live video).
• Meeting video messages now allow custom titles/bodies per state with shared styling.
• Minor documentation updates.

1.3.2

• Fixed read-only field groups appearing incorrectly when taxonomy dropdowns change
• Improved AJAX handling for field group loading
• Added custom sort order for congress taxonomy dropdown (numerical descending)

1.3.1

• Initial release