Hwinote iCatch Editor

Changelog

1.6.0

  • Added Media Library image selection for backgrounds.
  • Added Media Library image layers.
  • Added circled marker tools for circled numbers, uppercase letters, and lowercase letters with selectable start values.
  • Added background resize behavior options when changing canvas size.
  • Improved preview canvas display scaling so the visible preview keeps the selected canvas aspect ratio.
  • Improved Japanese labels and simplified the shape help and marker UI.

1.5.0

  • Added custom font name input with recently used custom fonts saved per user.
  • Added custom font support for title text, text boxes, and speech bubbles.
  • Added an adjustable arch text style for title text and text boxes.

1.4.5

  • Fixed the fill opacity slider so the left edge correctly makes filled shapes transparent.
  • Added asset cache busting for editor scripts and styles so updates are reflected immediately.
  • Changed generated image filenames to the icatch-{post_id}-{timestamp}.png format.
  • Added wavy line controls for wave height and wave width.
  • Changed the wavy line controls to sliders with live preview updates.
  • Limited wave height to a practical 2-120px range.
  • Fixed wavy line selection box resizing when reducing wave height.
  • Recalculated line selection bounds when changing line styles or line width.

1.4.1

  • Renamed the plugin to Hwinote iCatch Editor with the requested slug hwinote-icatch-editor.
  • Updated the text domain, file names, and uniquely prefixed declarations and Ajax hooks.
  • Removed the unnecessary load_plugin_textdomain() call for WordPress.org distribution.

1.4.0

  • Polished the shape toolbar icons, including centered duplicate and CSS-rendered arrow icons.
  • Updated Tested up to to WordPress 7.0.
  • Added wp_unslash() before sanitizing POST values.
  • Improved translated modal output by using directly escaped strings instead of modal-wide replacement output.
  • Removed remaining Japanese-only source comments.

1.3.0

  • Changed the admin UI base language from Japanese to English.
  • Added Japanese translation files.
  • Localized PHP and JavaScript UI strings, including Ajax messages.
  • Updated the readme to an English WordPress.org-ready format.

1.2.0

  • Added and refined the modal canvas editor with tabbed controls.
  • Added rectangles, circles, arrows, lines, text boxes, speech bubbles, pasted image layers, layer ordering, duplication, and delete controls.
  • Added background image zoom and position controls, background color mode, snapping, guide lines, reset actions, and pre-save checks.
  • Added Undo / Redo controls and moved them to the modal footer for easier access.
  • Improved inline text editing and horizontal / vertical text handling.

1.1.0

  • Improved featured image generation from the post edit screen.
  • Added image size presets, custom canvas sizes, title styling, drag positioning, resizing, and rotation.
  • Improved saving generated PNG files as WordPress media attachments and setting them as featured images.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.

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Author
hwinote
Version:
1.6.0
Last Updated
July 11, 2026
Requires
WordPress 6.4
Tested Up To
WordPress 7.0.1
Requires PHP
7.4

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