# Kybern Breaking News

Kybern Breaking News provides a lightweight homepage hero slider managed from the WordPress admin.

## Requirements

- WordPress 6.2 or later
- WordPress 7.1 tested
- PHP 7.4 or later

## Features

- Create, edit, activate, order, and link homepage news slides.
- Display the slider with `[kybern_breaking_news]`.
- Manage the company name and optional logo shown in the slider label.
- Use the public REST endpoint at `/wp-json/kybern-breaking-news/v1/slides` for active slides.
- Keep the frontend independent of Elementor and other page builders.

## Private S3 Media Support

Version 1.6.9 ensures slide covers and branding images use permanent WordPress media URLs rather than direct S3 object URLs. When used with Kybern S3 Storage, each visitor request is securely redirected to a newly generated, short-lived S3 URL. This keeps S3 objects private while allowing existing and future covers to remain available through their WordPress links.

During the 1.6.9 update, stored direct S3 cover and logo URLs are automatically repaired where WordPress attachment metadata is available. No slide records are removed.

## Changelog

### 1.6.9

- Fixed private S3-compatible slide covers and branding images.
- Automatically repairs legacy direct S3 URLs to permanent WordPress media URLs.
- Confirmed WordPress 7.1 compatibility.

### 1.6.8

- Confirmed WordPress 7.1 compatibility.
