=== Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe ===
Contributors: Contest-Gallery
Donate link: http://www.contest-gallery.com/
Tags: photo contest, competition, contest, voting, openai
Requires at least: 5.6
Stable tag: 30.0.4
Tested up to: 7.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

JPG, PNG, MP4, MP3, PDF, ZIP & more. Create voting & uploading galleries for photos & media. Social Share, User Registration & Sell via PayPal/Stripe.

== All-in-One Photo Contest, Media Voting & File Gallery ==

Photo contest and other file types voting plugin supporting: **JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF, ZIP, WEBM, MP4, MOV, TXT, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, CSV, MP3, WAV, OGG, M4A**.

Create galleries (material, modern, responsive) and allow users to vote and comment on files, photos, or embed social posts from **YouTube, TikTok, X (Twitter)** and more.

== Real Watermark Protection ==

Protect your image entries with real watermarks that are written into the public image files. Contest Gallery keeps the original files safely protected from direct public access, so you can present, share and sell your images with more confidence.

== Key Features ==
* **Flexible Uploads:** Create custom upload forms and add additional files to every entry.
* **Real Watermark Protection:** Show watermarked public images while keeping the original files safely protected.
* **User Management:** Includes user registration, login forms, and a **"Google Sign-In button"** for easy access.
* **Monetization:** Sell entries or digital content directly via **PayPal or Stripe API**.
* **Social Reach:** Built-in Social Media Share Buttons to boost your contest's visibility.

== Ecommerce PayPal and Stripe APIs available ==
* Sell entries as **shipping**, **download** or **service**,  or **charge for uploads**, **via PayPal or Stripe API**. Configure **prices, shipping, taxes and currencies** for your products. Configure checkout notes and agreements. **Watermark image files, add download or service keys**. Selling download or service and charging for uploads only available in PRO version.

== Different file types upload form ==
* **Upload form** for **different file types**
* **Manual or Auto-activation**: Instantly display uploaded files in the gallery or review them first.
* [Different file types upload form and gallery example](https://www.contest-gallery.com/different-file-types-upload-form-and-gallery/)

== PDFs with preview gallery ==
* Display PDFs in gallery with a preview image for every PDF
* Create upload form with PDF preview image function
* **Imagick library** is **NOT required** to be installed on your server
* [PDFs with preview gallery and PDF upload form with preview example](https://www.contest-gallery.com/pdfs-with-preview-gallery/)

== Social Media Share Buttons ==
* Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Telegram, Skype, Pinterest, Reddit, XING, LinkedIn, Email, SMS, Gmail, Yahoo, Evernote, VK, OK, Douban, RenRen, Qzone, Weibu
* **Real Custom Post Type Pages behind every entry... so real social share URLs**
* [Social share buttons example](https://www.contest-gallery.com/social-share-buttons/)

== Add YouTube / Twitter / Instagram / TikTok Posts ==
* Combine different file types and social embed posts in same gallery
* Ask users for consent (GDPR) to show YouTube / Twitter / Instagram / TikTok entries option available.
* [YouTube and photos gallery example](https://www.contest-gallery.com/youtube-and-photos-gallery/)
* [Social media embeds and mixed file types gallery](https://www.contest-gallery.com/social-media-embeds-and-mixed-file-types-gallery/)

== OpenAI ==
* Create or edit images via OpenAI API
* Add created or edited images to your WordPress media library

== External services ==

= Contest Gallery Network =
Contest Gallery Network is an optional public gallery directory operated at https://www.contest-gallery.net/.

The plugin contacts this service only when an administrator explicitly clicks "Publish to network" in the WordPress admin area and confirms the Contest Gallery Network privacy notice. After publishing, the listing is refreshed once daily by WordPress Cron while the plugin remains active. Administrators can remove the listing again with "Unpublish from Network".

Submitted data includes public website and gallery listing information: website title and URL, gallery title, gallery description, tags/categories, the selected public gallery URL, preview image URLs, and public activity numbers such as entries, votes and comments.

The plugin does not submit IP addresses, email addresses, usernames, registration data, comment text, form field values or other private user data to Contest Gallery Network.

Contest Gallery Network may verify domain ownership, review submitted public content and images for safety, and publish the listing only if it passes review. If the service does not receive updates for 14 days, the public listing can expire and be removed from the Network index.

Service privacy policy: https://www.contest-gallery.net/privacy-policy/
Service terms: https://www.contest-gallery.net/terms-and-conditions/

== Plugin limitations ==
* **Since 2019: No uploads limitation anymore**
* **(No 100 uploads limitation anymore)**
* Some options available in PRO version only
* To have all options available please purchase [PRO version](https://www.contest-gallery.com/pro-version/)

== Frontend video example ==

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-EYffJtcU

= Upload form and gallery examples =
* [Different file types upload form and gallery](https://www.contest-gallery.com/different-file-types-upload-form-and-gallery/)
* [Different galleries with different options on same page](https://www.contest-gallery.com/multiple-photo-contests/)
* [Click through galleries on same page](https://www.contest-gallery.com/click-through-galleries-on-same-page/)

== Amazing contest for your WordPress page ==

= Normal and registered user galleries =
* Display entries of all users
* User see only own entries which were uploaded by the user after registration and login

= Three voting types =
* IP recognition
* Cookie recognition
* Login session based (**create account via registration form or Google sign in button** and login)

= Drag & Drop upload form creator =
* Add field types and arrange them
* Add e-mail field and allow to send confirmation e-mail
* Available field types: (Files Type, Input, Textarea, Select, Select Categories, Email, URL, Check agreement, HTML, Simple Captcha, Google reCAPTCHA)
* Configure subscription e-mail

= Drag & Drop user account registration form creator =
* Add field types and arrange them
* Available field types: (WP-Last-Name, WP-First-Name, WP-Username, WP-Nickname, WP-Email, WP-Password, WP-Password-Confirm, Input, Textarea, Select, Check agreement, Profile Image, HTML, Simple Captcha, Google reCAPTCHA)
* Allows membership as "Contest Gallery User" WordPress role

= Create login area =
* Add login area to your website
* Allow voting only for registered users

= Three e-mail types =
* Admin information e-mail when new file is uploaded
* Activation e-mail to user when his file is activated
* Registration confirmation e-mail when user create a new account

== Available options ==

= Upload form options =
* Automatically activate user entries after successful frontend upload
* Allow only registered users to upload files or to upload you
* Restrict front end upload size
* Maximum upload size in MB
* Activate bulk upload in front end
* Maximum number of files for bulk upload
* Minimum number of files for bulk upload
* Restrict resolution uploaded images
* Activate in gallery upload form
* Forward to another page after upload
* Confirmation text after upload
* Inform admin e-mail after upload in frontend
* Inform entry activation e-mail
* Inform successful entry e-mail

= Registration options =
* Confirmation text after registration
* Confirmation text after e-mail confirmation
* Confirmation mail options (Addressor, Reply mail, Subject, Email content)

= Login options =
* Forward to another page after login
* Forward to URL
* Confirmation text on same site after login
* Confirmation Text after login

= Vote options =
* Allow vote via 1 star
* Allow vote via 1-10 stars
* Inform registered user when there was a vote for his entry
* Show custom message after voting
* Allow vote out of gallery
* Hide voting until user voted
* Configure votes amount per user
* Show only user votes (user see only his votes not the whole rating)
* Votes in time interval per user
* Delete votes (frontend users can delete their votes and to another entry)

= Commenting options =
* Allow comments
* Allow comment out of gallery
* Inform registered user when there was a comment for his entry
* Review written comments
* Remove written comments

= Contest end options =
* End contest immediately
* Activate contest end time

= Gallery view options =
* Show images EXIF data
* Add categories widget when categories field in upload form is added
* Allow full window gallery
* Number of files per screen (pagination)
* Allow search for files (search by fields content, categories or file name)
* Allow sort
* Random sort
* Random sort button
* Switch between total different gallery views without site reloading
* Three different views
* Masonry view
* Blog view
* Slider view

= Single entry view options =
* View entries in blog view full window
* View entries in a slider view full window
* Link to original file source
* Only gallery view

= Backend language =
* English

= Frontend languages =
* English
* German
* Dutch
* Italian
* Spanish
* Portuguese
* French
* Polish
* Slovakian
* Norwegian (not complete)
* Swedish (not complete)
* Russian
* Chinese
* **Own translations can be added in backend**

== Screenshots ==
1. Gallery view
2. Gallery view - dark style
3. Opened single entry view
4. Single entry view - dark style
5. Upload form example
6. Upload form - dark style
7. Upload confirmation
8. File entries gallery backend view
9. Options example
10. Upload form configuration example

== Installation ==

1. Install as usual way via your WordPress installer, uploading/installing/activating.
2. Contest Gallery menu point appears on the left site.
3. Create a new gallery.
5. Add files or edit upload form for uploading contest entries.
6. Insert the shortcode `[cg_gallery id="1"]` in a page. This shortcode shows the gallery in frontend.
7. Insert the shortcode `[cg_users_upload id="1"]` in a page. This shortcode shows the upload form in frontend.

Documentation to configure different options: [Click here..](https://www.contest-gallery.com/documentation/)

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Can I approve files before their appear in gallery? =
Yes.

= I would like to be informed when a file is uploaded. =
That's possible! You can activate to be informed after every frontend upload
and add an email where you like to be informed.

= Is it possible to inform a user automatically when his image is activated for contest? =
Yes. If the user added his e-mail during uploading his file he will be informed when the file
is activated. He can also receive a link in his mail which leads directly to his file.
Use option "Edit options" >>> "File activation e-mail" >>> "Send this activation e-mail when activating users files".

= Can I configure e-mail Body text which user receives? =
Yes. You can configure Addressor, Reply mail, Cc mail, Bcc mail, Subject and Body text.
You can also insert a link in the mail Body text which will lead directly to his image.

= Am I able to use WordPress Media Library for adding files to gallery? =
Yes. You can use WordPress Media Library for uploading files and adding them to gallery.
In frontend uploaded files appears also in WordPress repository and in gallery.

= Can I upload more then one file? =
Yes. As default you can upload as many files as you want in backend.
Default in frontend is one file per upload. But you can configure
an amount you like. So you are also able to upload multiple files during one upload in frontend.

= Can I add information to files? =
Yes. You decide via "Edit upload form" which information can be added for every file.
It's also possible to configure which information should appear frontend.

= How many gallery contests can i run? =
As many you like :)

= How many files can I add to gallery? =
As many you like :)

= How can I report security bugs? =
You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. [Report a security vulnerability.](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/contest-gallery)

== Changelog ==

= 30.0.4 =
* FIXED: Social share icon selections in Entry view options were not always saved and displayed correctly for all gallery shortcode types.

= 30.0.3 =
* FIXED: Security issue related to user role handling.
* IMPROVED: Security hardening for frontend registration and Google Sign-In.

= 30.0.2 =
* NEW: Google Sign-In is now available in the free version.
* NEW: Added real watermarking for gallery images, including protected original storage, restore/unwatermark handling, frontend cache refresh and support for multiple files per entry.
* NEW: Added backend bulk actions to watermark and unwatermark visible entries with progress display.
* NEW: Added real watermark options for upload forms and upload options so uploaded images can be watermarked automatically.
 * IMPROVED: Improved upload form builder workflow with faster field selection, clearer drag-and-drop targets and better preservation of empty layout columns.
* IMPROVED: Real watermarking supports GIF files when server GD GIF support is available and shows clearer GD capability notices.
* IMPROVED: Improved watermark compatibility with selling downloads, unified watermark size labels and added clearer admin notices.
* IMPROVED: Hardened watermark handling with safer path validation, field whitelisting, permission handling, GD capability checks and Apache/IIS/Nginx protection guidance.

= 30.0.1 =
* IMPROVED: iOS Safari/WebKit compatibility for mobile full-window galleries, including more stable viewport, keyboard input, comments, overlays, and image zoom behavior.
* IMPROVED: Mobile shopping cart scrolling and close handling when opened from full-window galleries.
* IMPROVED: Security hardening.
* FIXED: User gallery delete controls could disappear after uploading a new entry until the page was reloaded.
* FIXED: Multiple-star rating details in user galleries now open read-only for own entries and show the correct own-gallery voting message.
* FIXED: Multiple-star rating detail rows now match the displayed total when "Show only user votes" or manual vote corrections are used.
* FIXED: Entry page URLs are cleaner for upload titles containing apostrophes or encoded characters.
* FIXED: Upload field values with apostrophes are displayed correctly in frontend views.
* FIXED: Potential security vulnerability.
* FIXED: Small bugs.

= 30.0.0 =
* NEW: Added Contest Gallery Network publishing workflow for gallery listings, including update handling for already published galleries.
* NEW: Added Gallery ZIP export and import to transfer galleries between sites, including entries, media files, votes, comments and user assignment options.
* IMPROVED: Large gallery transfer handling with progress UI, temporary file cleanup and safer ZIP download/import processing.
* IMPROVED: Backend user entry filtering can now show user related entry counts instead of only technical user IDs.
* IMPROVED: Modernized backend option controls for a cleaner and more readable administration experience.
* FIXED: Mobile full window browser back and edge gesture handling for the compact blog slider popover.
* FIXED: Imported galleries could fail to render when video data was incomplete.
* FIXED: "Thank you for voting" translation was not applied in all frontend voting message contexts.
* FIXED: Registry/PIN form helper content could appear on gallery pages where it should not be visible.
* FIXED: Backend sale image preview could appear empty in the selling activation area.
* FIXED: Small bugs.

= 29.0.2 =
* NEW: Added a compact backend gallery dashboard with activity stats, trend graph and improved AJAX refresh behavior.
* NEW: New galleries can now track whether entries were added from the frontend or backend.
* FIXED: Major mobile full window and entry view stability issues, including search, keyboard overlays, browser back/edge-back handling, upload/comment/info modals, zoom and entry landing page behavior.
* IMPROVED: Full window wheel and swipe navigation now feels faster and more responsive, with smoother input handling on desktop and mobile.
* FIXED: Additional files now navigate more reliably on mobile in both entry view and full window view.
* IMPROVED: Rating cards in full window view are now easier to use because the whole visible card can be clicked, while undo/remove still requires the dedicated remove icon.
* FIXED: Removed invalid rating review schema output that could lead to Google review snippet validation issues.
* FIXED: Potential security vulnerability.

= 29.0.1 =
* FIXED: In full window blog view, unfolded category filters could overlap the search and sorting controls in the configuration panel.
* FIXED: Closing full window blog view now returns to the selected gallery entry with the intended 25px higher viewport position.
* IMPROVED: The search field is now focused automatically when opening the full window blog view configuration panel.
* IMPROVED: A filled search field is focused again after closing full window blog view.

= 29.0.0 =
* NEW: Full window blog view now includes a vertical slider on desktop and mobile with seamless virtual scrolling and no pagination.
* NEW: Full window blog view now has modern scroll, wheel, touch and buttons handling for desktop and mobile.
* NEW: Modern comment rendering, modern date display, profile images/avatars, and improved action/link buttons in full window view and on entry pages.
* NEW: Modernized frontend controls, including category chips, upload dropzone, radio/checkbox fields, agreement checkboxes and checkout agreement checkboxes, for upload/registry forms, full window blog view and entry landing page layouts.
* NEW: Optimized PHP first rendering for better SEO on gallery and entry pages.
* NEW: Better SEO output for landing pages, entry pages and ecommerce entries, with improved meta tags, Open Graph and JSON-LD data.
* NEW: SEO best-practice rendering for media descriptions, ALT text, video/audio accessibility labels and download descriptions.
* NEW: Cleaner gallery, entry landing page and cg_galleries URLs, canonical URLs, and Back to gallery / Back to galleries / pagination navigation for better SEO.
* NEW: Added server-side previous/next entry previews on entry landing pages for better SEO and more user-friendly gallery navigation.
* NEW: Added a separate full window blog view title field in "Edit upload form" options
* NEW: Option to show or hide the refresh button after in-gallery uploads.
* REMOVED: Full window slider view, slider view and blog view options, as they are no longer modern, had no real use case, were not ideal for SEO, and required too much maintenance.
* FIXED: Small bugs.
* FIXED: Potential security vulnerability.
* IMPROVED: Security hardening, cookie validation, upload field validation, output escaping, download permission checks and code sanitization.
* IMPROVED: Internal backend logic and admin workflows, including faster plugin activation, database schema checks, gallery creation performance and more.
* IMPROVED: Backend styling in several areas.

= 28.1.7 =
* FIXED: Potential security vulnerability.
* IMPROVED: Security hardening and code sanitization.
* IMPROVED: Reduced cg_gallery.min.js size for better frontend loading performance.
* FIXED: Small bugs.

= 28.1.6 =
* FIXED: Potential security vulnerability.
* IMPROVED: Security hardening and code sanitization.
* FIXED: Small bugs.

= 28.1.5.1 =
* FIXED: PRO version could not be activated if normal wasn't deactivated.

= 28.1.5 =
* FIXED: Security issue.
* IMPROVED: Backend security and stability improvements.

= 28.1.4 =
* FIXED: Security issue.

= 28.1.3.2 =
* FIXED: Sort by rating did not work in frontend when "Show only user votes" was activated and multiple galleries shortcodes on same page were inserted.

= 28.1.3.1 =
* FIXED: Sort by rating did not work in frontend when "Show only user votes" was activated.

= 28.1.3 =
* FIXED: Security issue.

= 28.1.2.2 =
* IMPROVED: Backend security and stability improvements.
* FIXED: Small bug fixes.

= 28.1.2.1 =
* FIXED: Inserting cg_galleries... type of shortcodes with gallery ids did not show all inserted galleries.
* FIXED: Small bug fixes.

= 28.1.2 =
* NEW: Option to change the voting icon style. Choose between "star" (default) and "heart" in the "Voting options".
* IMPROVED: Backend security and stability improvements.
* FIXED: Small bug fixes.

= 28.1.1 =
* NEW: Modernized UI icons. The old orange star has been replaced with a red heart for a clearer and more familiar look, similar to what most modern UIs use on both light and dark backgrounds.
* NEW: Removed the “Icons” options because they never worked reliably and were too time-intensive to maintain.
  If custom icons are needed, they can now be added easily via custom CSS.
* IMPROVED: styles.min.css reduced from 1.5 MB to 0.4 MB by moving large base64-encoded icon data into real icon files stored in wp-content/plugins/contest-gallery/assets/.
* FIXED: Small bugs.

= 28.1.0.1 =
* FIXED: “Full order details” link not working correctly.
* FIXED: Small bugs.

= 28.1.0 =
* NEW: Added cg_users_pin shortcode.
* NEW: Added option “Show user-friendly PIN-based email verification form for unregistered users” when “Check if is registered user” is enabled as voting recognition method.
* NEW: Added option “Show user-friendly PIN-based email verification form for unregistered users” when “Check if is registered user” is enabled as upload recognition method.
* NEW: Added “Jury (allowed voters)” setting. You can now define email addresses of registered users who are allowed to vote.
* FIXED: “Users management” area was broken in Firefox.
* FIXED: Allowed file types of the frontend upload form were not correctly recognized in the sale order area when an upload (charge users for upload) was purchased.

= 28.0.6 =
* NEW: Registered but unconfirmed users are now listed in the "Users management" area.
* NEW: "Resend confirmation email", "Show sent emails" and "Delete unconfirmed user" options added to the "Users management" area.
* NEW: "Login user immediately after email confirmation" option added to "Registration options".
* NEW: "Confirmation link lifetime" option added to "Registration options".
* NEW: Frontend users can resend the confirmation email when clicking an expired confirmation link.
* NEW: Norwegian and Swedish translations completed.
* NEW: Hindi (hi_IN) translations added.
* IMPROVED: Registration code mechanics.
* FIXED: Small bugs.

= 28.0.5 =
* NEW: Added "Header tracking code on gallery landing page" option.
* NEW: Added "General text before gallery on gallery landing page" option.
* NEW: Added "General text after gallery on gallery landing page" option.
* NEW: Added "Header tracking code on galleries landing page" option.
* NEW: Added "General text before galleries on galleries landing page" option.
* NEW: Added "General text after galleries on galleries landing page" option.
* FIXED: Small bugs.

= 28.0.4 =
* NEW: Added header tracking code option for entry landing pages.
* FIXED: Password reset (Lost password) was not functioning correctly.

= V28.0.3 =
* IMPROVED: General security and stability enhancements in backend operations.
* FIXED: Unicode slug handling for titles with non-Latin characters (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean).
* FIXED: Returning via the browser back button to a page containing a cg_gallery... shortcode no longer causes an unnecessary reload.
* FIXED: Minor bug fixes.

= V28.0.2 =
* NEW: File upload field title now shown on the "In gallery upload form button".
* NEW: Larger image previews in "Masonry view" in frontend.
* NEW: Radio and checkbox field types now available for registration form.
* NEW: Send entry related custom mail now available in backend if user provided an email.
* NEW: Create templates for entry related custom mails.
* FIXED: Different little bugs.

= V28.0.1 =
* NEW: "Radio buttons" and "Checkboxes" field types added to upload form.
* NEW: Google sign in button improved.
* NEW: Security improvements.
* FIXED: Creating new gallery create new gallery but showed wrong gallery.
* FIXED: Google sign in button did not work in all cases.

= V28.0.0 =
* NEW: Multiple columns drag and drop upload form builder for "Edit registration form".
* NEW: Security improvements.

= V27.0.3 =
* FIXED: Removing votes for an entry in backend area did not reset the total counter of the votes for the entry.
* FIXED: "Check by IP and Cookie" did work incorrect.

= V27.0.2 =
* NEW: Security improvements.
* FIXED: Bugs frontend registration form area.

= V27.0.1 =
* NEW: Security improvements.
* FIXED: Adding certain fields in some cases not possible in "Edit upload form" area.

= V27.0.0 =
* NEW: Multiple columns drag and drop upload form builder for "Edit upload form".
* NEW: cg_users_contact shortcode ist renamed in cg_users_upload shortcode, but can still be used like always.
* NEW: "Contact form" renamed to "Upload form" everywhere for more clarity.
* FIXED: Deleting "Select categories" upload form field caused issues in some cases.

= V26.1.1 =
* FIXED: Security issue.

= V26.1.0 =
* NEW: Edit an image via OpenAI and add edited image to your WordPress media library.

= V26.0.9 =
* NEW: Successful prompts to OpenAI history.
* FIXED: Adding HTML field when editing an upload form did not work.
* FIXED: Security issue.

= V26.0.8 =
* NEW: Create images via OpenAI API and add them to your WordPress media library.

= V26.0.7.1 =
* FIXED: Opening the backend URL to check new comment from "New comment notification e-mail for admin" did not work.

= V26.0.7 =
* NEW: Security improvements.
* FIXED: Security issue.

= V26.0.6 =
* NEW: Create real PDF preview image when adding a PDF file in backend or frontend. Options available in "Edit options" >>> "PDF". Imagick library is not required.
* NEW: "Show or hide back to galleries button on gallery landing page" option added in "Gallery view" options for every type of cg_gallery... shortcode.
* NEW: "Back to galleries button custom URL on gallery landing page" option added in "Gallery view" options for every type of cg_gallery... shortcode.
* FIXED: Different little bugs.

= V26.0.5.1 =
* FIXED: Adding cg_galleries... type of shortcode to a page or post not possible in WordPress version 6.8 and higher.

= V26.0.5 =
* FIXED: Security issue.

= V26.0.4 =
* FIXED: Different little bugs.
* FIXED: Using multiple different upload forms if multiple different "uploads" were purchased, did not work on order summary page.

= V26.0.3 =
* NEW: Show upload form collapsed option if file upload is required. By default is uncollapsed for new galleries.
* NEW: Slightly improved borders and shadows for bright gallery color style in frontend in case of very bright monitors.
* NEW: Enable PayPal and Stripe sandbox testing options. By default is disabled, so not desired test purchases in test environment can be done with PayPal or Stripe credit cards for testing.
* FIXED: Rotating of upload form on mobile devices did not work properly.
* FIXED: Different little bugs.

= V26.0.2 =
* NEW: Larger images in masonry view. Min width raised from around 270px to 370px.
* NEW: Larger images in entry view. Max width raised from 930px to 1020px.
* FIXED: Special characters did not appear correctly in cg_gallery_user entry view.

= V26.0.1 =
* FIXED: Different little bugs.
* FIXED: Security issue.

= V26.0.0.1 =
* FIXED: Allow search engines like Google to index or follow the /contest-galleries... pages and subpages options did not work.

= V26.0.0 =
* NEW: Stripe as payment processing added. Use Stripe payment methods in your ecommerce checkout.
* NEW: Dynamic up to 10 columns appears now in masonry view, instead of maximum only 3. Depends on container width.
* NEW: Allow search engines like Google to index or follow the /contest-galleries... pages and subpages, options. By default is deactivated.
* NEW: Allow sort by rating possible if "Show only user votes" or "Hide voting until user vote" is activated, for cg_gallery_no_voting and cg_gallery_winner shortcodes.
* FIXED: Changing options for "Shortcode interval configuration" stuck if options page not reloaded for a while.
* FIXED: cg_galleries... shortcodes option "Entry preview to display" >>> "Show highest rated entry" did not work always right.

= V25.1.3 =
* NEW: Improved frontend shortcodes load visually for slower connections.
* FIXED: "Export all votes" query took too long.

= V25.1.2 =
* FIXED: Security issue.

= V25.1.1 =
* NEW: "Create @googlemail Google Sign In users as @gmail WordPress users in the database" as "Login Google" option.
* FIXED: Order status might be not always correct on the order summary page.

= V25.1.0 =
* NEW: Translation of "Buy now" and "Add to cart" now possible.
* NEW: Maximum "Contact entries for a user per category" removed, due to complicated to implement and never worked right.
* FIXED: Backend entries search showed sometimes results which doesn't contain the search word.
* FIXED: "Contact entries total per user" per user current value not corrected if an entry was deleted using cg_gallery_user shortcode.

= V25.0.9.1 =
* FIXED: If URL field in "Edit upload form"  was activated to be displayed in frontend then additionally not required "https://" was added to inserted URL even if http:// or https:// were already set in the URL.

= V25.0.9 =
* FIXED: Selected role groups which can edit Contest Gallery "Registration form" will be converted to "Contest Gallery Since V14" user role, caused in update 25.0.8.

= V25.0.8 =
* NEW: "Field title gallery or entry view" added in "Upload form" to input, textarea, select, select-categories, date and URL types of fields. Will be visible instead of "Upload form field title" in gallery or entry view, if set.
* NEW: "Forward to the URL by click on an entry in masonry view" added to URL upload form field.
* NEW: Selected role groups which can edit Contest Gallery "Registration form" fields are now also  use "Logout URL" and "Back to gallery URL" if configured in "Login options".
* FIXED: "Login form" did not work for all cases.

= V25.0.7 =
* NEW: CC and BCC added to registration "Confirmation e-mail".
* FIXED: Registration "Confirmation e-mail" did not work for all cases.
* FIXED: Contest is over not shown when using cg_galleries... type of shortcode.

= V25.0.6 =
* FIXED: Sorting in "Masonry view" did not work.
* FIXED: Agreeing YouTube policies in full window blog view broke the view.

= V25.0.5 =
* NEW: Deactivate, activate or delete all comments at once checkboxes added in "Show comments" area for an entry.
* FIXED: Clicking through pagination in frontend cause content below gallery shortcode jumps at the top of gallery area.
* FIXED: Deactivating and activating an entry causes content that should be visible in frontend for the entry to disappear.
* FIXED: Position of price tag in frontend gallery area, using cg_gallery_ecommerce shortcode, not always correct.

= V25.0.4 =
* FIXED: Opening "Slider view" from masonry view in full window mode causes high distance between thumbnails in slider images overview.
* FIXED: Content not always centered when opening "Blog view" or "Slider view" in full window mode.
* FIXED: Line break between stars on mobile when voting if 10 stars voting is activated.
* FIXED: After commenting an image as logged in user and then opening the image again, the nicknames for comments of logged in users disappear.
* FIXED: Updating Google Sign In library did not always work.

= V25.0.3 =
* NEW: "Show date entry added/uploaded to gallery" in frontend. Can be configured in "Gallery view" options.

= V25.0.2 =
* NEW: Attach an entry to a registered user of your choice.

= V25.0.1 =
* NEW: Long descriptions can be added now as third title for cg_galleries... shortcodes view.
* FIXED: If no entries for a gallery in cg_galleries... view then gallery was unclickable.

= V25.0.0 =
* NEW: Masonry cards view for frontend. Modern responsive view with modern look.
* NEW: Thumb view will be converted in masonry view.
* NEW: Adding long descriptions now possible in masonry view. Check third title (description) for a field in "Edit upload form" area.

= V24.0.9 =
* FIXED: Apostrophe was visible as html entity in comments section in frontend after page reload.

= V24.0.8.1 =
* FIXED: "Text if all uploads were used" after ecommerce entry "Upload" purchase in order summary area was not correct HTML formatted.
* FIXED: False error message might appear if Google Sign-In lib is installed, that not latest version is used.

= V24.0.8 =
* NEW: Security improvements.

= V24.0.7 =
* NEW: Lost password login area logic improved.
* NEW: PositionNumber changed when creating tables from TINYINT to INT(11).

= V24.0.6 =
* FIXED: Sorting of entries was only working till 127 entries correctly, due to TINYINT was used as SQL field type. Changed to INT(11).

= V24.0.5 =
* FIXED: Security issue.
* FIXED: Sorted images in backend were not all visible in frontend if "Custom sorting" was activated, as preselect or select, in frontend.

= V24.0.4 =
* FIXED: Security issues.

= V24.0.3 =
* FIXED: Delete votes and delete comments did not work properly.
* FIXED: Images counter in opened blog view did not work always properly on scroll if "Number of entries per screen" was higher then 20.

= V24.0.2 =
* NEW: When using cg_galleries... shortcodes and main title for a gallery is given to appear in galleries view, then the main title is also shown for the gallery if gallery is clicked from cg_galleries... shortcode type.
* FIXED: cg_galleries... shortcodes were not always displayed correctly.
* FIXED: When loading a gallery from cg_galleries... view below content jumped to the top of gallery container when loading.

= V24.0.1 =
* NEW: YouTube media start time is now possible to add when "Add social embed".
* FIXED: Undefined array key error when adding social embed.

= V24.0.0 =
* NEW: cg_galleries... shortcode types. Place cg_galleries shortcode on your page and click through galleries without page reload.
* NEW: Add ids to a cg_galleries... shortcode if you like to display only certain galleries.
* NEW: Either latest added, highest rated or highest commented entry can be displayed in galleries view as preview for a gallery.
* NEW: Main title, sub title and third title can be configured as preview for a gallery in galleries view.
* FIXED: Some special chars were not showing correctly in title of gallery view.
* FIXED: Gallery title was not displayed in no voting gallery if comments for no voting gallery were deactivated.

= V23.1.8 =
* FIXED: Wrong entries URLs were displayed in certain cases in backend entries area.

= V23.1.7 =
* FIXED: Removed not required code witch might cause processing break in rare cases.
* FIXED: Sending entry activation mail for not registered user did not work if "Automatically activate users entries in frontend after frontend contact" was deactivated.

= V23.1.6 =
* FIXED: Method setting not required header on init removed.

= V23.1.5 =
* NEW: Move an entry to another gallery function now available in backend images area.

= V23.1.4 =
* NEW: Add, manage, replace entry files works with social embed also now.
* NEW: "Sales settings" for an entry also works with social embed now. An entry with social embed can be set for selling.

= V23.1.3 =
* FIXED: Improved backend images area handling and look.
* FIXED: Security issues found by patchstack.com team.

= V23.1.2 =
* FIXED: Security issue found by patchstack.com team.
* FIXED: Test environment label was not shown in basket if ecommerce test environment was used and "Buy now" was clicked.

= V23.1.1 =
* NEW: Add Instagram entries to gallery.
* NEW: Configure to ask users to agree privacy policy of Instagram to display Instagram content in frontend.
* NEW: Add TikTok entries to gallery.
* NEW: Configure to ask users to agree privacy policy of TikTok to display TikTok content in frontend.

= V23.1.0 =
* NEW: Add Twitter entries to gallery.
* NEW: Configure to ask users to agree privacy policy of Twitter to display Twitter content in frontend.
* FIXED: "Export all fields and total rating" did not work in some cases.
* FIXED: New Files and YouTube entries URLs were not generated in some cases.

= V23.0.1 =
* FIXED: Sorting by voting did not work in backend.

= V23.0.0 =
* NEW: Add YouTube entries to gallery.
* NEW: Configure to ask users to agree privacy policy of YouTube to display YouTube content in frontend.

= V22.1.0 =
* NEW: Charge for uploads. Configure "Upload" as selling type for an entry.
* NEW: User will be able to purchase "Upload" via PayPal and then upload files on the order summary page.

= V22.0.0 =
* NEW: "cg_gallery_ecommerce" shortcode, sell entries via PayPal.
* NEW: Sell entries as shipping, download or service.
* NEW: Watermark image files for selling as download.
* NEW: "Edit ecommerce" options.
* NEW: Configure currency, PayPal payment methods add PayPal Client ID and Secret for PayPal live or sandbox selling.
* NEW: Configure checkout options, checkout notes, agreements and allowed shipping countries.
* NEW: Configure order summary page options.
* NEW: Configure order confirmation mail.
* NEW: Configure invoice options and possible invoice number logic.
* NEW: Show and export ecommerce orders.
* NEW: All translations are now general and valid for all galleries.

Full updates history can be found in changelog.txt in plugins directory.
