[New]: New hooks introduced: lv_before_{$method} and lv_after_{$method} for all folder content rendering sections (print_folder_text_at_beginning, print_create_actions_html, print_containing_folders, print_containing_files, print_empty_folder_html, and print_folder_text_at_end).
[Enhancement]: Minor change about how the filters lv_filter_global_{$global} are called
3.3.0
Tested up to WP: 7.0
New Required PHP version: 7.4
Tested up to PHP: 8.3
[New Feature]: Admin Library Viewer! Display and manage your library directly from the WordPress backend (Media > Library Viewer).
[New]: Plain permalinks & preview pages are now supported in the library-viewer shortcode!
[New]: Autoload behavior can now be controlled via the filter lv_autoload_shortcodes. It is recommended to autoload this option only if shortcodes are used on every page.
[New]: New filter introduced: lv_should_load_shortcode to control whether the shortcode should be loaded in the current request.
[New]: Added public static method Library_Viewer_Init::get_file_identifier() to retrieve the LV file identifier.
[New]: Added public static method Library_Viewer_Init::should_load_file_viewer() to determine if the file viewer should be loaded for the current request.
[New]: New filter introduced: lv_should_load_file_viewer to control whether the Library Viewer’s file viewer should be loaded.
[Enhancement]: load_plugin_textdomain is now hooked to init with priority 1 instead of 10.
[Enhancement]: Code refactor of class Library_Viewer_Init.
[Enhancement]: Option library-viewer-shortcodes is no longer autoloaded by default.
[Enhancement]: Renamed class Library_Viewer_Plugin_Page to Library_Viewer_Plugin_Row to better reflect that it handles the plugin row (action links & meta links) in the Plugins page.
[Enhancement]: Updated require path to ‘class-library-viewer-plugin-row.php’ and instantiation to new Library_Viewer_Plugin_Row();
[Enhancement]: Not save in option library-viewer-shortcodes rest api URLs (/wp-json/)
[Enhancement]: Change the priority/order in which globals and parameters are applied. Filters now run immediately after parameter/global initialization.
[Bug Fix]: Prevent mobile browsers from appending .html extension by adding fallback Content-Type header for downloads.
[Deprecated]: Method Library_Viewer_Init::is_frontend() method has been deprecated. Use Library_Viewer_Init::should_load_shortcode() instead, after init with priority 10.
[Deprecated]: lv_is_frontend filter has been deprecated. You can use filter lv_should_load_shortcode to control whether the shortcode should be loaded in the current request.
[Removed]: set_file_identifier callback from the init action has been removed.
3.2.0
Tested up to WP: 6.9
[Security Fix]: XSS fix. Please update now.
3.1.0
Tested up to WP: 6.8.1
[Bug Fix]: The URL structure has been updated — dir GET parameter now displays slashes (/) instead of their encoded form (%2F).
3.0.4
[Bug Fix]: Avoid some errors when file classes are loaded without loading at current page
3.0.3
[Bug Fix]: Fixed a PHP warning Undefined array key “abspath”, which occurred when viewing a file.
3.0.2
Tested up to WP: 6.7.2
[Bug Fix]: Fixed a bug introduced in version 3.0.0 where a hook was loaded on the default WP login page, causing a blank page in some cases.
[New]: Added a new static method Library_Viewer_Init::is_frontend() to determine when the above hooks should be loaded.
3.0.1
[Bug Fix]: Fixed a bug introduced in version 3.0.0 where a user was not being redirected to the file after logging in via a custom login page when using the login_page shortcode parameter.
3.0.0
[New Feature]: If the page contains only one shortcode in its content, the current folder name is now prepended to the document title. The lv_prepend_document_title action handles this.
[New Feature]: From now and then, with Library Viewer Pro you can display any folder of your server you want! Previously, only folders of the WP installation could be displayed. For more ask in the support forum!
[New]: Introduced global variable $library_viewer_object, which stores the shortcode object after shortcode execution or when a file is being viewed.
[New]: New class global abspath. Default value is the WP constant ABSPATH, the absolute path of WordPress installation.
[New]: lv_prepend_document_title filter introduced. Used to prepend the current folder in document title parts.
[New]: lv_folder_name filter introduced. With this filter, you can filter the name of a folder. See more details in docs.
[New]: lv_breadcrumb_item_html filter introduced. With this filter, you can filter html of each breadcrumb item. See more details in docs.
[New]: Library Viewer inner action (not WP action) enqueue_scripts introduced, in order all addons be able to enqueue shortcode scripts more efficiently.
[New]: Library Viewer inner action (not WP action) enqueue_styles introduced, in order all addons be able to enqueue shortcode styles more efficiently.
[New]: Now styles and scripts are enqueued in WP hook wp_enqueue_scripts with callback shortcode class method enqueue_styles_and_scripts!
[New]: New public method Library_Viewer_Shortcode::get_single_shortcode_attrs()
[New]: New public method Library_Viewer_Shortcode::get_page_shortcodes_matches()
[New]: New public method Library_Viewer_Shortcode::get_page_shortcodes_counter()
[New]: New public method Library_Viewer_Shortcode::get_current_folder()
[New]: New public method Library_Viewer_Shortcode::get_breadcrumb_items()
[New]: New public method Library_Viewer_Shortcode::get_globals()
[Enhancement]: Make shortcode & file classes to be loading after init hook with priority 100 only in front-end and not when shortcode is executed.
[Enhancement]: Change inheritance of protected method get_current_page_url() to public.
[Bug Fix]: A notice has been added for when Library Viewer is incompatible with Library Viewer for WooCommerce.
[Deprecated]: lv_before_breadcrumb_start action has been deprecated. You can use filter lv_breadcrumb_html to return the HTML you want.
[Deprecated]: lv_after_breadcrumb_start action has been deprecated. You can use filter lv_breadcrumb_html to return the HTML you want.
[Deprecated]: lv_after_breadcrumb_end action has been deprecated. You can use filter lv_breadcrumb_html to return the HTML you want.
[Deprecated]: lv_before_breadcrumb_end action has been deprecated. You can use filter lv_breadcrumb_html to return the HTML you want.
[Removed]: The global variable LIBRARY_VIEWER_SHORTCODE has been removed. You can replace it with $GLOBALS[‘library_viewer_object’]?->get_globals().
[Removed]: Library_Viewer_Init::get_library_viewer_file_identifier() static method removed. Use apply_filters(‘lv_file_identifier’, ‘LV’) to get fil identifier.
[Removed]: The following deprecated hooks that are deprecated in version 2.0.0 has been removed: LV__folder_was_viewed, “LV__file_was_viewed,LV__mime_types,wp_get_mime_types,LV__array_replace_to__in_filenames,LV__array_replace_from__in_foldernames,LV__array_replace_from__in_filenames,LV__folder_html,LV__file_html`
[Removed]: The protected properties of Library_Viewer_Shortcode (and its child classes), shortcode_class_names, file_viewer_class_names, and all_class_names have been removed and replaced by the class_names property.
2.0.10
Tested up to WP: 6.7.1
[Bug Fix]: Resolved a minor issue in Library Viewer Pro when used with Library Viewer for WooCommerce.
2.0.9
[Bug Fix]: Fix translation text domain
2.0.8
Tested up to PHP: 8.2
Tested up to WP: 6.6.2
[New]: New filter lv_display_errors to restrict access to a folder. See more details in docs.
[Enhancement]: Combine all CSS files into a single file to improve the UI for first-time content loading.
[Enhancement]: Fixed deprecated notices in non-standard environments or command-line scripts for server variables when using PHP 8.2.
[Enhancement]: Remove $GLOBALS[‘library_viewer_file_identifier’] and change it with static method Library_Viewer_Init::get_library_viewer_file_identifier()
[Enhancement]: Update Language pot (translation template) file
[Enhancement]: Rename Library_Viewer_Shortcode::hook() protected method to Library_Viewer_Shortcode::filter() and introduce Library_Viewer_Shortcode::action() method.
[CHANGELOG FIX]: lv_restrict_folder_access filter was never included in Library Viewer and its plugins codebase,
instead in Library Viewer Pro introduced guest_view_access parameter and global have_folder_access that can be filtered with a WP hook
2.0.7
Tested up to WP: 6.6.1
Tested up to PHP: 8.1
New Required PHP version: 7.0
[New]: Ability to change or unset (passing empty value) the default folder icon.
Just add in lv_containing_folders in each folder value for folder_icon_html. See docs of hook lv_containing_folders for more.
[New]: Ability to change or unset (passing empty value) the default file icon (default file icon is a span with no content).
[New]: New global have_folder_access. Determines who have access to folder contents. Can be filtered with WP hook with Library Viewer Pro!
[Enhancement]: New help methods in class Library_Viewer_Shortcode
[Enhancement]: In function lv_error_message(), need_to_login_button, go_back_button cases have been added in order to give the ability to developer to use them.
[Enhancement]: In filter lv_error_message, $s and $s2 have been added as filter’s parameters, because in some cases these strings are used in order to replace the %s in translation strings.
2.0.6.3
[Bug Fix]: Fix bug of Library Viewer Pro, if path parameter contains spaces.
2.0.6.2
[Bug Fix]: Fix of not playing mp4/mp3 files in some cases.
2.0.6.1
Tested up to WP 6.2
Potential vulnerability fixed: This could allow a malicious actor to redirect users from one site to the other due to the redirect URL not being validated. Users could be tricked to visiting a legitimate site to then be redirected to a malicious site and cause a phishing incident.
Potential vulnerability fixed: The plugin did not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
[New]: 2 new globals values added in the File class. file_folder_real_path, file_folder_abs_path
[New]: html attribute library-viewer-name has been added in the div with class library-viewer–container
[Enhancement]: Better message if a shortcode used more than 1 times in the same page.
[Bug Fix]: Fix a minor php warning when viewing a file with plugin’s file viewer
[Bug Fix]: Compatibility fixed with Library Viewer Pro
2.0.4
Tested up to WP 5.9.2
[Bug Fix]: Compatibility fixed with Library Viewer File Manager Add-On
[Bug Fix]: Load textdomain in order to be able to get translations from wordpress.org
2.0.3
Tested up to WP 5.8.1
[New]: lv_filter_global_{$parameter} filter introduced. With this filter, you can filter the parameters BEFORE the rest globals’ initialization.
[New]: lv_breadcrumb_html filter introduced. With this filter, you can filter the html of whole breadcrumb.
[New]: If library folder doesn’t exist, will be created automatically when the shortcode will called in the front-end.
[Bug Fix]: In the $globals array that was passed in the hooks, value current_viewer was not existed. Now exists.
[Enhancement]: /languages/library-viewer.pot language template file has been created.
[Enhancement]: On the filter lv_file_anchor_html, the variable $file_anchor_href has been also added in the array $file (2nd parameter). View hook’ documentation for more info.
[Enhancement]: .library-viewer–folder h3{margin-top: 0; display: inline-block;} css has been added.
[Enhancement]: $file_abs_path is added in the $all_files parameter ( $all_files[‘file_abs_path’] ) in the parameters of hooks: lv_containing_files, lv_file_icon_html, lv_file_html, lv_before_file, lv_after_file.
[Enhancement]: File icon element has been moved into the html element.
[Deprecated]: The filter lv_shortcode_class_name has been replaced by lv_shortcode_class_names. This is an advanced hook…
[Deprecated]: The filter lv_file_viewer_class_name has been replaced by lv_file_viewer_class_names. This is an advanced hook…
2.0.2
[Deprecated]: breadcrumb value has been removed from Library Viewer globals parameter of all hooks. From now, there is only in Library Viewer Pro’s hooks
[Bug Fix]: Fix compatibility with Library Viewer Pro 2.0.1
[Enhancement]: Add compatibility for symbols #, ? for file names and folder names of your library
[Enhancement]: Security update: Hidden folders (that have in their name the string ‘hidden-folder’) and hidden-files (that have in their name the string ‘hidden-ile’), now,
are not accessible, if you know the full path of the hidden folder/file.
[Enhancement]: Now the file link is being encoded and then is appended to the my_doc_viewer parameter. If you don’t want to be encoded use lv_my_doc_viewer_file_encoded filter.
[Deprecated]: library-viewer–current-breadcrumb-item class removed from breadcrumb current item. Replaced with the CSS rule .library-viewer–breadcrumb-item:last-of-type
Hooks:
[Deprecated]: LV__folder_was_viewed action replaced with lv_folder_was_viewed action.
[Deprecated]: LV__array_replace_to__in_foldernames filter replaced with lv_folder_fake_path_symbols filter.
[Deprecated]: LV__array_replace_from__in_foldernames filter replaced with lv_folder_real_path_symbols filter.
[Deprecated]: LV__array_replace_to__in_filenames filter replaced with lv_file_fake_path_symbols filter.
[Deprecated]: LV__array_replace_from__in_filenames filter replaced with lv_file_real_path_symbols filter.
[Deprecated]: LV__folder_html filter replaced with lv_folder_html filter.
[Deprecated]: LV__file_html filter replaced with lv_file_html filter.
[Deprecated]: LV__file_was_viewed filter replaced with lv_file_was_viewed filter.
[New]: lv_file_identifier filter introduced. With this you can change the ‘/LV/’ that is the part of URL of a file.
[New]: lv_empty_folder_html filter introduced. If the current folder contains neither files nor folders, an equivalent message will be displayed an with filter. With this filter you can change it.
[New]: lv_folder_text_at_beginning filter introduced. This filter allow us to add or change the text at beginning of the folder, i.e. the text before the first containing folder.
[New]: lv_containing_folders filter introduced. Containing folders of current folder filter.
[New]: lv_folder_icon_html filter introduced. Used to filter the html of folder icon.
[New]: lv_folder_html filter introduced. Used to filter the html output of printed folder.
[New]: lv_before_folder action introduced.
[New]: lv_after_folder action introduced.
[New]: lv_containing_files filter introduced. Containing files of current folder filter.
[New]: lv_file_icon_html filter introduced. Used to set a file icon using php.
[New]: lv_file_html filter introduced. Used to filter the html output of printed file.
[New]: lv_before_file action introduced.
[New]: lv_after_file action introduced.
[New]: lv_folder_text_at_end filter introduced. This filter allow us to add or change the text at end of the folder, i.e. the text after the last containing file.
[New]: lv_folder_was_viewed action introduced. Do some actions if a folder was accessed/viewed.
[New]: lv_file_was_viewed action introduced. Do some actions if a file was accessed/viewed.
[New]: Filter lv_my_doc_viewer_file_encoded introduced. With this filter you can determine if the file will be appended to my_doc_viewer as encoded or not default is true (encoded).
[New]: Filter lv_mime_types introduced. If you want to add support for mime types that are not included, use this filter.
1.2.3
Tested up to WP 5.6
[Enhancement]: In filter LV__folder_html introduced the $attributes parameter
[New]: filter LV__file_html introduced
1.2.2
Tested up to WP 5.5.3
[Enhancement]: Change Library Viewer Pro URL in plugins’ page on dashboard
1.2.1
[Bug Fix]: False Positive: shortcode [library-viewer] seams to be used more than 1 times in the same page, but not
1.2.0
Tested up to WP 5.5.1
[New]: LV__folder_was_viewed wordpress action was added in the code
[Enhancement]: From 1.2.0, the shortcode settings are saved in database, not in files. Also, the folder /wp-content/uploads/library-viewer will be deleted!
[Bug Fix]: Now Library Viewer’ shortcode is supported in the homepage too
[New]: library-viewer has been added to the available values that my_doc_viewer can get
[Bug Fix in PRO]: The shortcode [library-viewer] cannot be used more than 1 times in the same page. This feature is available in Library Viewer Pro
1.1.2
LV__mime_types wordpress filter was added in the code
LV__file_was_viewed wordpress action was added in the code
Tested up to WP 5.4.2
1.1.1
Some errors has been fixed!
1.1.0
now is possible to restrict users from open files by a capability using the have_file_access parameter
php die() replaced by wp_die() for more pretty messages
enhancement in code
delete folder library-viewer of your uploads folder on uninstall
now you can more easily add an icon in the front of a file using CSS
1.0.7
Library Viewer has been tested up to WP 5.3.2
PHP Notices fixed
1.0.6
Folders icons NOW are printed by css background-image attribute
Compatibility with sites that exist in a subdirectory fixed
1.0.5
SECURITY PATCH (Please update NOW)
1.0.3
Library Viewer has been tested up to WP 5.2.3
readme file was translated in Greek
Compatibility with Visual Composer have been tested and works fine
Instruction to fix the conflict with Remove Uppercase Ascents Plugin added in FAQ
Go Back button have been added in error messages
1.0.2
Library Viewer has been tested up to WP 5.2.2
Link notice for Library Viewer Pro has been added in the backend (WP Plugins Page)
Plugin URI has been fixed
A screenshot has been added in the Official WP Page of Library Viewer Plugin
Minor typo fixes in the readme file and Official WP Page of Library Viewer Plugin
1.0.1
Compatibility have added for most common special characters(+ , & , ‘ , .)
Redirect waiting time to login is now 5 seconds (if you want to change this you need to buy the Library Viewer Pro)
The ability of encryption of the real path of your folder (with hash technique) moved to Library Viewer Pro
