Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier )

9.11.7

🐛 Fix: Edit and rearrange modals now populate correctly for image items saved on older versions, legacy rawdata stored with extra backslash escaping is decoded with a stripslashes fallback that matches the render paths

🐛 Fix: Removed Undefined array key PHP warnings on the frontend when rendering General effects created on older versions where heading, description or button fields were not stored, missing item fields are now checked safely

9.11.6

🆕 New: Added native Gutenberg block, insert and preview Image Hover Effect styles directly from the WordPress block editor without writing shortcodes

🆕 New: Style selector and Edit Style button placed in the block’s Inspector Controls sidebar, keeping the editor canvas clean with only the live preview

🆕 New: Plugin’s branded SVG icon displayed in the Gutenberg block inserter

✨ Improvement: All CSS (base styles, module-specific styles, and per-shortcode stylesheet) is fully inlined during block editor REST rendering so the hover effect preview displays correctly without relying on wp_footer

9.11.5

🔒 Security: Fixed path traversal vulnerability in template import, file reads are now restricted within the plugin directory using realpath() validation

🔒 Security: Fixed missing authorization check in AJAX action handler, requests now require proper user permissions

🔒 Security: Sanitized CSS output in frontend style block to prevent potential </style> injection

🔒 Security: Strip </style> tags from custom CSS before storin