Post2Podcast

Changelog

1.4.8

• FEATURE: Added instant “Download Transcript” link to the real-time audio preview box immediately upon generation completion.
• ENHANCEMENT: Made transcript available directly on post draft and edit screens without requiring a page refresh.

1.4.7

• FIX: Enabled audio generation directly from edit screens on draft and unpublished posts without requiring prior publishing.
• FIX: Resolved persistence issue where ElevenLabs and Auto-Generation toggles reverted after saving or refreshing the settings page.
• FIX: Added instant visual save confirmation banner and responsive Save button behavior on the settings page.
• FIX: Expanded Kokoro voice validation and mapping to ensure selected voices (including British Lily and all regional voices) are correctly processed without falling back to defaults.

1.4.6

• COMPATIBILITY: Tested and verified full compatibility with WordPress 7.1.
• COMPATIBILITY: Enhanced post editor metabox JavaScript to seamlessly handle WordPress 7.1 iframed editor context.
• COMPATIBILITY: Hardened AJAX fallback resolution and nonce verification across block and classic editor modes.

1.4.5

• FIX: Ensured PRO monthly credits reset to 300 upon monthly billing period rollover.
• FIX: Separated PRO monthly credit deduction from FREE lifetime credit usage.

1.4.4

• FIX: Enhanced PRO subscription auto-synchronization and instant tier activation upon checkout.
• FIX: Improved resilience for WordPress sites behind Cloudflare.

1.4.3

• FEATURE: Added local instant preview audio files for British English voices.

1.4.2

• TWEAK: Replaced the emoji play button icon with a minimalistic Dashicons play icon.

1.4.1

• FIX: Voice preview buttons now play instantly via local audio files instead of making server requests, resolving generation timeouts.

1.4.0

• FEATURE: Added ability to download generated transcripts for your podcasts.
• FEATURE: Added “Play” buttons to preview Kokoro voices directly inside the post editor.
• FEATURE: Added Version History so you can seamlessly restore previous audio generations!
• FIX: Hardened AI system prompt to prevent hallucinating fake quotes attributed to real people.
• TWEAK: Simplified voice labels to make selecting voices easier.

1.3.41

• DOCS: Updated pricing information in the readme files.

1.3.40

• FIX: Automatic generation now skips posts that already have audio, preventing unwanted regeneration on edits.
• FIX: Clarified setup instructions to highlight OpenAI as the quick start path.
• FIX: Added tone and style descriptors to voices in the dropdown to aid selection.
• FIX: Improved speaker instructions placeholders to demonstrate conversational prompting.
• FIX: Added a warning that regenerating audio will replace the existing file.

1.3.39

• ENHANCEMENT: Added 1.5x playback speed option to the audio player toggle button.

1.3.38

• ENHANCEMENT: Moved RSS2Post promotional banner to the top of the settings page.

1.3.37

• ENHANCEMENT: Added RSS2Post promotion to the settings page.

1.3.36

• FIXED: Removed vertical margin from the player wrapper to prevent CSS conflicts with certain WordPress themes.

1.3.35

• FIXED: Ensured the frontend audio player is properly injected into pages when the “Pages-to-Podcast” feature is enabled.

1.3.34

• ENHANCEMENT: Added a validation check to prevent podcast generation if a post or page has no text content.

1.3.33

• FIXED: Resolved an issue where the “Enable MP3 Download Button” and “Enable Pages-to-Podcast” checkboxes would not save correctly on the settings page.

1.3.32

• FIXED: Resolved a JavaScript error that prevented plugin settings from saving.

1.3.31

• ENHANCEMENT: Added a new setting “Pages-to-Podcast” to allow generating audio and embedding the player within WordPress Pages, and fixed background processing for pages.

1.3.30

• ENHANCEMENT: Integrated all new Kokoro voices to expand available languages and speech profiles.
• FIXED: ElevenLabs dynamic UI toggle is now instant without requiring a page refresh.

1.3.29

• FIXED: Made the audio player background transparent and set texts to dynamically inherit the website’s theme colors to ensure perfect visibility across all setups.

1.3.28

• FIXED: Corrected vertical alignment of the SVG icons inside the new audio player controls.

1.3.27

• ENHANCEMENT: Refactored audio player CSS to fully support modern Dark and Light mode themes natively.

1.3.26

• ENHANCEMENT: Made the “Download MP3” button an optional setting inside the plugin configuration page. By default, it is now disabled.

1.3.25

• ENHANCEMENT: Added 2x playback speed toggle and direct MP3 download button to the new Waveform player.

1.3.24

• ENHANCEMENT: Replaced standard HTML5 audio player with an interactive Waveform player.

1.3.23

• FIXED: Database-whitelisted domains now correctly display Self-Hosted configuration options inside the plugin.

1.3.22

• FIXED: Ensured that new posts correctly inherit the default voice and speaker settings from the plugin options instead of falling back to hardcoded defaults.

1.3.21

• FIXED: ElevenLabs Voice IDs and other custom voice settings are now correctly saved and persisted within the plugin settings page (Bulk Generation UI).

1.3.20

• FIXED: ElevenLabs Voice IDs are now correctly passed and respected even if the post hasn’t been saved yet.
• FIXED: Resolved a 504 Gateway Timeout error by optimizing server-side audio generation processing.

1.3.19

• FIXED: Ensured that Kokoro and ElevenLabs voice settings are preserved separately, preventing accidental overwriting when switching TTS models.

1.3.18

• FIXED: Ensured whitelisted domains using “www.” are correctly detected and mapped.

1.3.17

• NEW: Added toggle switch for ElevenLabs integration.
• NEW: Post editor now accepts ElevenLabs Voice IDs dynamically when ElevenLabs is enabled.
• NEW: Implemented auto-save in the plugin settings page.
• FIXED: Resolved an issue where the ElevenLabs API Key was not saving.

1.3.16

• FIXED: Resolved an issue where saving settings caused whitelisted websites to drop out of self-hosted tier.
• FIXED: Removed “(PRO / Self-Hosted)” from the ElevenLabs settings title.

1.3.15

• FIXED: Made ElevenLabs TTS integration also available for Self-Hosted users.

1.3.14

• NEW: Added ElevenLabs TTS integration for PRO users to generate higher quality podcast audio.

1.3.13

• FIXED: Optimized backend audio storage and added automatic storage recovery for generated podcast episodes.

1.3.10

• FIXED: Resolved an issue where non-whitelisted sites incorrectly showed a self-hosted warning message during Stripe checkout.

1.3.9

• FIXED: Resolved an issue where bulk generation status was not updating correctly due to local metadata polling. It now correctly polls the remote server.

1.3.8

• FIXED: A PHP parse error that was causing the plugin to crash.

1.3.7

• FIXED: A bug that caused the “Completed job is missing audio data” error.
• FIXED: A bug that caused 404 errors for the job status endpoint.
• IMPROVED: The text sent to the TTS server is now cleaned to prevent special characters from being spelled out.
• CLEANUP: Removed a significant amount of unused and dead code from both the plugin and the server project.
• REFACTOR: Refactored the bulk generation and auto-generation features to use a more robust asynchronous polling mechanism.

1.3.5

• FIXED: Removed unused and dead code from admin.js for better performance and maintainability.

1.3.4

• FIXED: Resolved timeout issues for very long articles by implementing intelligent adaptive summarization.
• IMPROVED: Articles over 5,000 words now use more aggressive summarization to prevent generation timeouts.
• IMPROVED: Very long articles (10,000+ words) are automatically optimized for faster processing without losing key content.
• ADDED: New job status endpoint for better progress tracking without connection timeouts.
• IMPROVED: Enhanced connection stability and reduced generation time for long-form content.

1.3.3

• FIXED: Resolved parameter mismatch error in WordPress article to audio generation during text summarization process.
• IMPROVED: Enhanced text processing pipeline for better audio generation quality.
• IMPROVED: Optimized AI model integration for faster and more reliable podcast generation.

1.3.2

• FIXED: Improved text summarization process to resolve API parameter errors.
• IMPROVED: Enhanced AI processing pipeline for better podcast quality.

1.3.1

• IMPROVED: Summarization word count is now dynamically controlled by the ‘max_words’ parameter for more precise summaries.

1.3.0

• MAJOR UPDATE: Streaming SSE architecture for long audio generation without timeouts
• FIXED: Language detection now correctly auto-selects voices from the SAME detected language
• FIXED: French language now uses the same voice (ff_siwis) for both speakers since only one French voice is available
• ADDED: New backend SSE endpoint (/generate-with-progress) that streams real-time progress updates
• IMPROVED: WordPress plugin now receives continuous progress updates during generation via cURL streaming
• IMPROVED: Enhanced voice auto-selection with better logging and user feedback
• IMPROVED: Frontend JavaScript validates voice selection and triggers change event after auto-selection
• IMPROVED: Frontend timeout extended to 25 minutes to accommodate very long article generation
• IMPROVED: Better error messages when suggested voices are not found in dropdowns
• IMPROVED: Better handling of long-running audio generation (15-20+ minutes for lengthy articles)

1.2.9

• CRITICAL FIX: SSE connection timeout after 2 minutes during long audio generation – now uses streaming backend endpoint
• ADDED: New backend SSE endpoint (/generate-with-progress) that streams real-time progress updates
• IMPROVED: WordPress plugin now receives continuous progress updates during generation, preventing connection timeouts
• IMPROVED: Frontend timeout extended to 25 minutes to accommodate very long article generation
• IMPROVED: Better handling of long-running audio generation (15-20+ minutes for lengthy articles)
• TECHNICAL: Switched from blocking HTTP requests to SSE streaming with cURL for continuous progress updates

1.2.8

• CRITICAL FIX: Corrupted MP3 files with long articles – audio now generates completely without truncation
• FIXED: HTTP timeout issues on backend server (increased to 30 minutes for long audio generation)
• FIXED: PHP memory and execution time limits automatically increased to handle large audio files
• IMPROVED: Comprehensive audio validation – validates base64 encoding, decoded content size, and file integrity
• IMPROVED: Enhanced logging with timing, response sizes, and detailed error diagnostics
• IMPROVED: Backend server timeouts extended to 30 minutes for long-running audio generation
• IMPROVED: Automatic memory increase to 512MB for processing large audio files
• IMPROVED: Better JSON decode error handling to detect truncated responses

1.2.7

• FIXED: Error handling now properly detects and reports server failures instead of showing 100% progress
• FIXED: Language detection now automatically selects appropriate Kokoro TTS voices in dropdown menus
• IMPROVED: Automatic server fallback – when one TTS server fails, automatically tries the next available server
• IMPROVED: Added 3-minute timeout detection to catch when server stops responding during generation
• IMPROVED: Better error messages showing specific failure reasons (connection errors, server errors, timeouts)
• IMPROVED: Progress bar now correctly stops on errors instead of completing to 100%
• ENHANCED: Backend now uses Kokoro TTS voice codes for all language-specific voice recommendations

1.2.6

• IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

1.2.4

• IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

1.2.3

• IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

1.2.2

• FIXED: A bug causing “404 Not Found” errors by reverting a faulty timeout fix.
• IMPROVED: Enhanced multi-language text generation capabilities.
• IMPROVED: Streamlined configuration interface for better user experience.
• CLEANUP: Removed unused code for better performance.

1.2.1

• FIXED: Connection timeout during audio generation for long posts by enforcing the asynchronous, polling-based generation method.

1.2.0

• FIXED: Critical bugs preventing audio generation due to server communication errors (502, 400).
• FIXED: Whitelist was not being correctly applied, causing credit deduction for whitelisted sites.
• FIXED: Audio file decoding error caused by incorrect format handling (MP3 instead of WAV).
• IMPROVED: Server fallback logic is now more robust, properly cycling through all servers on failure.
• IMPROVED: Initial server selection is now randomized to distribute load.

1.1.9

• ADDED: Promotional banner for RSS-To-Post Generator plugin
• IMPROVED: Cross-promotion of complementary automation tools
• ENHANCED: User interface with modern design elements

1.1.8

• FIXED: Tier activation logic for improved subscription handling
• FIXED: Automatic and bulk generation feature availability
• IMPROVED: Credit checking system for better user experience

1.1.7

• FIXED: Configuration detection in settings page
• IMPROVED: Subscription status accuracy in settings display

1.1.6

• IMPROVED: Enhanced subscription tier display in settings page
• IMPROVED: Better visual organization of subscription options

1.1.5

• REMOVED: Lifetime subscription option (now only Free and PRO tiers available)
• IMPROVED: Simplified subscription management with two clear tiers

1.1.4

• NEW: Bulk audio generation feature
• NEW: Manual subscription management capabilities

1.1.3

• NEW: Automatic language detection for 19+ languages
• NEW: Language-appropriate voice selection
• NEW: Podcast scripts generated in detected language
• NEW: Delete buttons during and after generation
• IMPROVED: Multi-language podcast quality and naturalness
• IMPROVED: User experience with language detection preview

1.1.2

• Fix for race conditions during bulk generations

1.1.1

• Security: Fixed output escaping issues for WordPress.org compliance
• UI: Improved subscription management interface
• Bulk: Enhanced bulk generation with better error handling
• Credits: Fixed credit system synchronization
• Compatibility: Updated for WordPress 6.8

1.0.6

• Initial public release
• Core podcast generation functionality
• Basic subscription system
• Cloud-hosted service