Photo proofing for professional photographers: Send a collection of photographs to your clients for approval.
Professional Photo Proofing Gallery Plugin for WordPress
Take your photography business to the next level with picu – the ultimate photo proofing solution for professional photographers.
Create private photo galleries for clients and make online photo approval simple, accurate, and fast. All galleries are customizable, and proofing with picu makes it easier than ever for both you and your clients.
Introduction
Are you a professional photographer looking to improve the way you work with clients by streamlining your photo proofing process? Look no further than picu – the comprehensive WordPress photo proofing plugin.
Designed to make it quick and easy to create online client galleries – use picu to let your clients make their preferred selections, and organize the entire workflow directly in WordPress so you can keep clients on the website you fully own & control.
Prefer to see a 3 minute demo of how easy and effective using picu is?
Take a look at the video below for a complete walkthrough of the photo proofing process with picu:
Why Photographers Choose picu for their Client Approval Workflow
picu is not just another plugin. It’s a whole new way of enabling clients to view and approve photos online. Free yourself up from endless admin, speed up project turnaround times, and delight your clients with an easy way to view, approve, and share feedback with you.
Let’s take a closer look at exactly how picu can help you with your photography business:
Effortless Client Approval
It’s time to say goodbye to endless back-and-forth emails and switch to an approval workflow that makes it easy for both you and your clients. With picu, you can share a link to photo galleries directly on your own website (not some third-party service) and make it effortless for your clients to browse and confirm their selections – as well as leave comments as they do so.
Seamless Workflow
The approval process with picu is as easy as it gets. As soon as you’ve created your gallery, simply send an automated email to your clients or manually copy the link to share with them separately. This link will allow them to view their photos and make their selections. Once they approve a collection, you’ll receive an automatic email notification, so you’re always in the loop without the hassle of chasing clients up.
Integration with Your Workflow
picu seamlessly integrates with your existing photo management software. After your client approves a collection, you can easily retrieve their selections and incorporate them into your preferred workflow. Everything happens within the familiar environment of your WordPress website, making for a seamless photo proofing experience.
Stunning, Theme-Independent Design
picu prides itself on its beautiful, theme-independent design for proofing collections. This ensures a consistent, user-friendly, and easy-to-understand workflow for your clients. But that’s not all – picu Pro takes it a step further by allowing you to customize the client photo gallery to match your branding, providing your clients with a personalized proofing experience that reinforces your professional image.
Enhance Your Brand (Pro Only)
With picu Pro, you have the power to add your custom logo and tailor the appearance of your galleries to align with your unique branding. This level of customization distinguishes you from the competition, and leaves a lasting impression on your clients.
Set yourself apart from those photographers still using Dropbox or Google Drive, sending people away from their own website and relying on manual back & forth to keep track of every collection they’re waiting for approval on.
Interactive Image Feedback (Pro Only)
picu Pro introduces the ability for your clients to provide feedback by adding comments and markers to individual images. This really helps make the communication meaningful, since all comments are directly attached to the images they relate to, rather than being included in separate emails or messages. Easily understand client preferences and requirements accurately, including which images they are referring to, every time.
Flexible Selection Options (Pro Only)
Want to specify the minimum or maximum number of images your client can select? No problem. With picu, you can use the selection options feature to define the number or range of images clients can approve, adding clarity to the approval process, and ensuring your clients meet their selection quotas every time.
Download Capability (Pro Only)
You can (optionally) allow clients to download all images in a convenient .zip file using the download feature. This feature is often popular with clients as it makes it easy for them to access and share the approved images with others. This is an optional feature you can enable for each gallery/client if you choose to use it.
Efficient Image Management (Pro Only)
Streamline image management with the import feature. Easily upload large quantities of images via FTP and import them to picu directly from your web server. This completely removes the need for time-consuming manual uploads, making your workflow more efficient.
Theft Protection (Pro Only)
Protect your valuable images from theft with picu Pro’s robust theft protection measures. These measures include the ability to add watermarks to your uploads, along with other security features to ensure that your work remains secure.
Multi-Client Support (Pro Only)
picu Pro’s multi-client support is ideal for photographers who manage multiple clients. Send photo collections to multiple recipients and receive individual selections, ensuring a seamless and organized workflow.
Priority Support (Pro Only)
At picu, we value our customers, and we’re committed to providing exceptional support. picu Pro offers priority support via email exclusively to Pro license holders. When you need assistance, you can count on prompt and personalized support to address your specific needs.
Why Choose picu?
picu is a WordPress plugin designed for photographers, by photographers. We know and understand your pain points – we’ve had them ourselves!
And that’s why we built picu.
It’s more than just a client photo proofing plugin, as it allows you to streamline everything from creating galleries, sharing photo galleries, communicating with clients in a much more efficient way, and having clients approve photos quicker and more accurately than ever. Say goodbye to long waits, endless email threads, vague feedback, and confusion about which image is which.
Here’s why photographers choose picu as their go-to photo proofing solution:
1. Streamlined Client Experience: With picu, you can create a seamless client experience that sets you apart in the industry. Impress your clients with proofing galleries, interactive feedback options, and efficient communication.
2. Brand Reinforcement: picu Pro allows you to reinforce your brand identity. Add your custom logo and tailor the client gallery’s appearance to match your unique branding, leaving a lasting impression.
3. Enhanced Client Interaction: picu Pro enables you to receive detailed feedback from clients by enabling them to leave comments for individual photos. Understand exactly what they want with their comments attached directly to the photo, so there’s no risk of any confusion later on.
4. Streamlined Decision-Making: Define selection quotas with the selection options feature, making it easy for clients to meet their requirements. Set a minimum or maximum number of images to select – as a range between two values, or a fixed number. Eliminate confusion with a straightforward approval process.
5. Client Convenience: The download feature enables clients to access and share approved images effortlessly. Deliver a convenient service that enhances client satisfaction.
6. Efficient Workflow: picu streamlines your workflow with the import feature, eliminating the need for manual uploads. Spend more time on what you do best – capturing stunning photos. And when ready, import photos in bulk.
7. Safeguard Your Images: Protect your work from theft with picu Pro’s watermarking tool. Safeguard your images with watermarks, giving you peace of mind.
8. Multi-Client Proofing: For photographers handling many clients, picu Pro’s support for multiple clients is a game-changer. Get feedback and approval of multiple client interactions efficiently, all on your WordPress site.
9. Priority Support: As a Pro license holder, you gain access to priority support via email. When you have questions or encounter challenges, our dedicated support team is here to assist you promptly.
Have questions or suggestions? Get in touch with us on the forums for support, or via our website for pre-sales questions – we’re here to assist you and value your feedback.
Elevate your photography business with picu – your all-in-one solution for professional online photo proofing with WordPress.
picu uses functions built into WordPress to send emails. If you have any email issues, please make sure your WordPress installation can send emails, e.g., notifications for new comments, resetting passwords, etc. If those don’t work, picu won’t be able to send emails either.
Receiving a notification once the client has approved a collection
An email will be sent to you, announcing that the client has approved a collection. This email will be sent to the email address specified in your user profile. In the WordPress Admin go to “Users > Your Profile” to see/change that address. Make sure it is correct and working, otherwise you won’t receive any notifications!
Changing the FROM name and address
In case picu emails end up in the client’s SPAM folder, they can either whitelist the FROM address (no-reply@ + your domain name) or you can use these filters to change the FROM name and address.
When viewing a collection I get a “page not found” / 404 error
In your WordPress Admin, go to “Settings > Permalinks”. There is no need to “Save Changes”, just visiting the page will flush the rewrite rules so that any changes to the permalink structure will take effect. Sometimes this needs to be done manually, e.g., after changing the language of your website or after a new plugin was activated that introduced new permalinks.
I don’t see any images when viewing my collection
In 90% of cases this issue stems from using some kind of optimization or caching plugin. Please make sure to exclude picu collections from any kind of optimization or caching in the respective plugin’s settings.
picu images show up in the Media Library
By default, we hide all images in the Media Library. Sometimes, third party plugins tamper with the way image uploads are connected to their parent post. If that connection between image and collection is lost, picu can’t filter its images from appearing in the library.
picu images do not show up in the Media Library
This is intentional. 🙂 We wanted to separate the images that you use in a picu collection from the images you use on your website, thereby keeping you from accidentally using an image from a collection in a blog post or in your portfolio. The media library would get completely crammed and confusing having hundreds, or in some cases thousands, of (temporary) images in there.
picu also cleans up behind itself: When you delete a collection, all images are deleted from the server automatically. (You can see how using an image elsewhere on the site would become a problem here.)
More options are available via filters and action hooks
There are lots of additional options to configure and extend picu by using a little bit of code. To get started, have a look at our developers page. Also, please have a look at our examples page with lots of working code snippets.
Can I help translate picu into my language?
Yes! picu has been translated by our kind users into many different languages. If not available already, you can contribute translations by going to translate.wordpress.org. Choose your language, then click on “Stable (latest release)” and start adding translations. (Please note that you need a WordPress.org account to add translations.) BTW: We are looking for people to help us translate our Pro modules as well. If you are interested in a free license, get in touch.
I have an idea that would make picu even better
Awesome! We are always open to feature suggestions and are always interested to learn about photographers’ workflows. Please get in touch!
Changelog
2.3.4
Release Date: 2024-07-11
Added: When adding a client, after a collection has been published, it is now possible to also enter their name. Plus, you can now decide via a checkbox, if an email should be sent to the new client.
Added: History meta box empty state, if there are no events yet.
Changed: The proof file prefix is now “selection-” (was “approved-collection-” previously), to reflect better the new open nature of collections.
Changed: Improve clarity of history events: Using „Published“ instead of „Sent manually“.
Changed: Removed current php user from our debug info, because it could interfer with some hosting provider and we don’t need that information anyway.
Bugfix: Fixed a bug where after duplicating a collection, the wrong modified date could be displayed.
Bugfix: Remove environment type check in order to display the history meta box.
Bugfix: Adjust collection title line-height, so it is not cut-off at the bottom.
Bugfix: Allow very long collection titles to break in the collection overview in WordPress Admin.
2.3.3
Release Date: June 28th, 2024
Enhancements
Handle „private“ post status better, which is not supported with picu collections
New and updated Pro banners, with more helpful links to our website
Compatibility with picu Pro 1.4.4
Pro-related Enhancements
When re-publishing a delivery collection (eg. after editing the description), the zip file will only be re-created, if the images changed (Thx Alexandru N.)
Pro-related Bugfixes
Fix an issue, where the checkmark icon would disappear, when selecting an image on a mobile device – if you had a custom primary color set (Thx Amanda)
2.3.2
Release Date: June 25th, 2024
Bugfixes
picu Pro compatibality update
2.3.1.1
Release Date: June 9th, 2024
Bugfixes
Fix a possible redirect loop, for manually sent collections
2.3.1
Release Date: June 8th, 2024
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where previewing a collection could cause a redirect loop (Thx Torsten V.)
Fix a bug where the “View Collection” link could be show twice in the admin bar
Fix positioning of admin notices on the picu settings page
2.3.0
Release Date: June 4th, 2024
Enhancements
Collections no longer close automatically, instead you can now manually close a collection or use the expiration feature to have it close after a set amount of time
New and improved collection overview
Collection status has been simplified to „open“ and „closed“
New client column that shows the status of each client
The image count column is back!
The proof file can now be downloaded at any time
Updated status meta box, which shows the most important information about the collection
New (optional) collection history meta box, which gives you get a detailed look at what is happening with your collection
When reopening or editing a collection, the status of all of the existing client selections will stay intact
2.2.0
Release Date: March 13th, 2024
Enhancements
Collections can now be closed manually
Collection images can now be ordered by create date (the images must contain the necessary IPTC/EXIF data in order for this to work)
Updated proof file content: Using markdown headlines, better data structure
The proof file is now also available for expired/closed collections
Clients who did not finally approve a collection will now be displayed as “failed” if the collection expires or is closed manually
More fine-grained events will be displayed in the “Last Modified” column of the collection overview
Improved button layout for downloading the proof file and copying the image filenames
If a collection is set to expire, the expiration time is now shown in the email to the client (before only the date was displayed)
Bugfixes
Fix an issue where the proof file could contain the wrong approval time for individual clients
Fix an issue where the collection title would not be displayed in the WordPress admin, if the collection was expired
2.1.4
Release Date: February 20th, 2024
Bugfixes
Revert to original post status when restoring collections from trash
Fix an issue where switching the default image processor would cause an error
Fix an issue where an empty approval message would be shown
2.1.3
Release Date: January 29th, 2024
Bugfixes
Fixes a bug where a scrollbar would be visible below the collection title in some browsers
Fixes a bug where the approval message would not be saved
2.1.1
Release Date: December 21st, 2023
Bugfixes
Remove surpurflous database queries to increase performance (Thx Daniele D.)
Improved rendering of collections on smaller screens
Fixes for Pro users: comments get a bit more room & the photographer logo in emails is now bigger
2.1.0
Release Date: December 8th, 2023
Enhancements
The approval comment is now again part of the approved collection email notification
For Pro subscribers: All approval fields will be included in the approval email for collections with one recipient
2.0.3
Release Date: November 29th, 2023
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where redirecting after approval would not work correctly
Fix a possible PHP warning after a collection has been approved
2.0.2
Release Date: November 21st, 2023
Please note: picu 2.0+ is only compatible with picu Pro 1.1.0 and higher.Learn more
Enhancements
Compatibility with picu Pro 1.2.0
2.0.1
Release Date: November 7th, 2023
Please note: picu 2.0+ is only compatible with picu Pro 1.1.0 and higher.Learn more
Bugfixes
Image filenames are no longer copied into the clipboard twice
Proof file content is fixed for collections that have only one recipient
Fix the link that closes the thank you message after a collection has been approved (if permalink structure is set to “Plain”)
Display the correct information below the password field, whether the password is sent with the email or not
Keep expiration setting, when a collection is reopened
Automatically redirect to the correct collection link, if there is only one email recipient
2.0.0
Release Date: October 23rd, 2023
Please note: picu 2.0.0 is only compatible with picu Pro 1.1.0 and higher.Learn more
Enhancements
You can now set collections to expire
picu can now automatically send emails to remind clients to make their final approval
New setting to automatically set a random password for a new collection
Refreshed settings pages
1.11.0
Release Date: September 18th, 2023
Fix a bug where, when using the filter to customize filenames, certrain characters could break the copy to clipboard button (Thx Roberto S.)
Fix button alignment
Improve translations, add more translator comments
1.10.0
Release Date: September 6th, 2023
Enhancements
Introducing picu Telemetry: We would very much appreciate you allowing us to gather some anonymous usage data. You can find more information about this topic on our website: https://picu.io/docs/telemetry
1.9.3
Release Date: August 22nd, 2023
Enhancements
This is probably only exciting for us plugin devs, but we are now using GitHub actions to release new versions of picu.
1.9.1
Release Date: July 7th, 2023
Enhancements
It is now possible to filter the “Send selection…” button text
Changing the order of collection images can now be undone
Display a notice, if the old Pro modules are still in use
1.9.0
Release Date: June 19th, 2023
Enhancements
Collection base slug can now be defined unter “Settings > Permalinks”
New picu Pro plugin compatibility
1.8.0
Release Date: May 12th, 2023
Enhancements
Sorting images by filename – either in ascending or descending order
Add a button to easily copy the collection URL to the clipboard, when the share option is set to “manual”
Use more meaningful link texts in the collection overview row actions depending on the collection status (e. g. “View Proof Results” instead of “Edit”)
Add more contrast to UI elements to make it more accessible
Minimum required PHP version is now 7.4
Bugfixes
Fix a bug in the media library, where the date filter dropdown could display empty months
1.7.7
Release Date: April 26th, 2023
Bugfixes
Fix an issue where switching between picu settings tabs did not work
1.7.6
Release Date: April 26th, 2023
Enhancements
We moved our debug info into “Tools > Site Health > Info”; We also added a button that copies all of the debug info into your clipboard
Bugfixes
Fix a bug in displaying very long URLs in picu emails
Fix a bug where tabs in the WP Admin could look wrong on small screens
Fixed a bug where picu image sizes could be generated for images that are not part of a picu collection
1.7.5
Release Date: March 14th, 2023
Enhancements
picu now remembers previous recipients’ email addresses
The date column now contains the modified date and reflects the latest status change
1.7.4
Release Date: February 21st, 2023
Bugfixes
Fix image dimensions in Safari (Thx Ivo T.)
Fix an issue with long image titles in the Delivery Module (Thx Andreas S.)
Add missing string for translations (Thx Romain L.)
1.7.3
Release Date: November 23rd, 2022
Bugfixes
Fix an issue where the email subject of the approval email could contain encoded characters (Thx Anna)
Fix a PHP warning when duplicating a collection (Thx Anderas S.)
1.7.2
Release Date: November 17th, 2022
Bugfixes
Fix an issue where the the delivery email would not be sent out (Thx Ricardo)
Fix an issue where the selection target (as part of the Selection Options Pro module) would not be added to the email
1.7.1
Release Date: November 11th, 2022
Bugfixes
Fix an issue where the email subject could contain encoded characters (Thx Anna)
Fix an issue where collections sent to mutliple recipients would be listed when using the picu_list_collections short code without also specifing an email address (Thx Thomas)
Enhancements
Adding a referrer field to the password form to make it more reliable (Thx Benjamin R.)
1.7.0
Release Date: November 8th, 2022
Enhancements
Completely rewritten email functionality
picu now supports custom email templates and styling
The proof file is now attached to the notification email
Added many new filters in regards to email, eg. to add CC and BCC addresses
Added new action hooks for various picu events, eg. after a collection has been approved
Find out more in our release post at https://picu.io/2022/11/new-in-picu-1-7-0/
1.6.5
Release Date: June 13th, 2022
Enhancements
Added a new action hook that allows you to display content above the collection images
Added a new filter to change the approval heading
Added a new filter to change the approval button text
Added a new filter for collection post type arguments
Added a new action hook after a collection has been approved
Added support for custom approval forms (part of the Brand & Customize Pro module)
Bugfixes
Fix a visual regression bug in the media upload modal introduced with WP 5.8
1.6.4
Release Date: January 27th, 2022
Bugfixes
Fix a PHP warning when using WordPress 5.9 (Thx Jörg S.)
1.6.3
Release Date: December 15th, 2021
Enhancements
It is now possible to define a custom FROM name and address for picu emails in the settings (before, it was only possible to set these via a filter)
Define an email address to receive all picu notifications (by default notifications are sent to the collection author)
The number of collection images is now displayed in the status meta box
1.6.2
Release Date: October 7th, 2021
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where the photographer would not receive an email when a collection was approved
1.6.1
Release Date: September 30th, 2021
Enhancements
Display the time (in addtion to the date) for each status in the collection status box
Add a Move to Trash link when editing a collection
Add new filter “picu_approval_mail_recipient”, to overwrite the TO email address for approval mails
Performance optimizations
1.6.0
Release Date: August 10th, 2021
Enhancements
Compatibility with new Pro feature to send collections to multiple clients
Download the proofing .txt file right from the collection overview
Refined approved view
Copy filenames based on a filter (eg. approved, not approved)
Update color scheme to match WordPress
1.5.9
Release Date: March 29th, 2021
Enhancements
Improved collection list shortcode, added two new attributes: status and current_user
1.5.8
Release Date: January 25th, 2021
Bugfix
It seems that one Yoast filter did cause some issues when uploading images. We will file a bug report with them shortly.
1.5.7
Release Date: January 25th, 2021
Enhancements
Improved compatibility with Yoast SEO plugin
1.5.6
Release Date: November 20th, 2020
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where a collection could not be displayed if an image description contained certain characters
1.5.5
Release Date: August 7th, 2020
Enhancements
Compatibility improvements and fixes for the upcoming WordPress 5.5 release
1.5.4
Release Date: July 31st, 2020
Enhancements
Improve light theme for delivery collections
1.5.3
Release Date: July 29th, 2020
Enhancements
WordPress 5.5 compatibility
Add filter for the filenames when copying approved images
1.5.2
Release Date: July 16th, 2020
Enhancements
Improve Delivery module integration
1.5.1
Release Date: June 19th, 2020
Enhancements
The collection password will now be accessible in the approved view (Thx Michal)
The collection author no longer needs to enter the password to access password protected collections (Thx Charles O.)
Updated Pro screen to include the Delivery module
1.5.0
Release Date: June 17th, 2020
Enhancements
New approved view
You can now see which images are selected even before the collection is approved
You can now download a text file that contains the proofing information for archiving/save keeping
You can now disable random collection slugs in the settings
You can now disable sending collection passwords with the email to the client in the settings
Prepare for upcoming Delivery Pro module release
1.4.13
Release Date: March 13th, 2020
Enhancements
You can now duplicate a collection, using just the unselected images (before you could use all or just the selected images)
Bugfixes
Fix an issue were full sized images could be loaded in the collection overview (Thx Charles O.)
Fix an issue where picu images, that were uploaded with a specific IPTC keyword, could show up in a keyword based gallery, created with the Media Library Assistant plugin (Thx Thorsten K.)
Fix a bug where a php notice could show up when using NextGen Gallery (Thx Helene V.)
1.4.12
Release Date: February 5th, 2020
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where a single download would link to a scaled version of the image (Thx Marcus B.)
Fix a bug where scaled image would be generated when duplicating a collection (Thx Alan)
Fix media modal alignment and improve third party plugin compatibility
1.4.11
Release Date: December 18th, 2019
Bugfixes
Include the updated stylesheet, duh!
1.4.10
Release Date: December 18th, 2019
Enhancements
Prepare for upcoming Download Pro module update
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where a button would have the wrong label when the default send method is set to manually (Thx Charles O.)
1.4.9
Release Date: November 24th, 2019
Enhancements
Add filter to change the email subject when sending a collection to a client (Thx Mohamed E.)
Add filter to set the default share method (Thanks Charles O.)
picu will not generate a “scaled” version of an image, introduced in WordPress 5.3 (Thx Sean T.)
1.4.8
Release Date: October 18th, 2019
Enhancements
Flush permalinks after collection base slug has been changed
Automatic redirection from old to new collection base slug
Add wpml-config.xml
1.4.7
Release Date: September 13th, 2019
Enhancements
Prepare for upcoming Import and Theft Protection Pro module releases
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where special characters in the description could break the collection view
1.4.6
Release Date: August 20th, 2019
Enhancements
Prepare for new Brand & Customize Pro module version
Improve mobile view when using the Mark & Comment Pro module
Bugfixes
Fix strings that could not be translated (Thx Charles O.)
Fix a PHP warning that would trigger an error message when approving a collection (Thx Shane B.)
Fix an error where the approval screen would indicate a client message, when there actually was none (Thx Thorsten K.)
1.4.5
Release Date: July 24th, 2019
Enhancements
Prepare for Theft Protection Pro module update
Integrate traduttore registry to automatically update translations for Pro modules (Thx @wearerequired)
Use proper way to include the password form for collections
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where the slug could not be changed when the collection has not been saved (Thx Charles O.)
Fix strings that could not be translated
1.4.4
Release Date: April 24th, 2019
Enhancements
When using the picu_list_collections shortcode, you can now add a message to be displayed, when no collections are found (Thx Nicolas L.)
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where single quotes would be falsely converted (Thx Charles O.)
1.4.3
Release Date: April 15th, 2019
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where the logo could not be updated in the Brand & Customize settings (Thx Pascal O.)
1.4.2
Release Date: April 8th, 2019
Enhancements
Make picu compatibale with more plugins, that hijack image upload handling
Prepare for upcoming Theft Protection Pro module release
1.4.1
Release Date: April 3rd, 2019
Enhancements
Button text switches between “Publish” and “Send to Client” depending on which sharing method is selected.
Bugfixes
Collections are once again accessible when published but not yet sent. (Would return a 404 error in version 1.4.0.)
Fix a tinymce styling bug (Thx Bastien J.)
1.4.0
Release Date: March 22nd, 2019
Enhancements
Lazy loading!
Bugfixes
Fix lightbox view in IE 11
Fix duplicate filter name (Thx Christian F.)
Prevent Real Media Library plugin to mess with the upload screen
1.3.4
Release Date: January 31st, 2019
Enhancements
New button to reopen a collection after it has been approved
Use Quick Edit to set the collection status to draft, sent or approved
You can now duplicate either all or selected images only
Bugfixes
Fix a bug that could prevent duplication from working
Fix image count in collection overview
1.3.3
Release Date: January 14th, 2019
Enhancements
Include my-picu.php_example file to show available filters/hooks
Debug info is now only shown to administrators
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where the custom picu upload path could not be set correctly (Thx Jörg S.)
Fix a bug where a Pro license could not be removed
1.3.2
Release Date: November 22nd, 2018
Enhancements
Prevent Autoptimize from “optimizing” picu collections
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where collections could fail to load in IE
Fix a bug where collections could not be send in IE
Fix a bug where image meta data could cause collections not to load
Fix a bug where left over code would show up in the UI (D’oh!)
1.3.1
Release Date: November 8th, 2018
Enhancements
Add a new filter to disable random URL slugs
Introduce picu Pro
Update welcome and picu Pro screens
Update plugin name and readme content
Bugfixes
Fix a bug where picu images would show up in the Media Library (Thx David G.)
Fix a bug where images would be stretched beyond their natural size in the light box
Fix a minor bug that could throw a PHP notice
Fix minor bugs regarding Mark & Comment module
1.3.0
Release Date: September 25th, 2018
Enhancements
Collections now auto save!
Table view is now the default when viewing approved collections in the WordPress Admin
Prepare for upcoming Mark & Comment add-on release
Disable Gutenberg for picu collections (until it is ready)
Automatically remove picu collections from xml sitemaps generated by The SEO Framework plugin
Automatically remove The SEO Framework and Yoast meta boxes from the collection edit view
Disable NextGen Gallery “resource manager” that caused issues when viewing picu collections
Bugfixes
Fix searching by filename in the media library
1.2.1
Release Date: November 4th, 2017
Enhancements
Add image number to the lightbox view
Add filter that allows you adjust the from email address for picu emails
Bugfixes
Fix a bug that could prevent duplication from working
Fix encoding for translations
1.2.0
Release Date: July 25th, 2017
Enhancements
Add shortcode [picu_list_collections] to display a list of collections
Update add-ons page
Final preparations for Download add-on release
Bugfixes
Lightbox performance improvement for large collections
1.1.1
Release Date: May 26th, 2017
Enhancements
Copy filenames into the clipboard with one click!
Add blog URL and active theme to our debug page
Final preparations for Selection Options add-on release
Bugfixes
Remove a bug that prevented some collections from being duplicated
1.1.0
Release Date: April 14th, 2017
Enhancements
Add possibility to filter selected/unselected images in the front end
Add a new column to the collection overview screen, that shows how many images have been selected
New default image size is now 3000px wide (was 1024px before)
Small design refinements
Add filter for picu collection slug
JS templates will now work with asp style php tags enabled
Attachment pages for picu images will not show up in Yoast xml sitemaps, attachment pages will redirect to the homepage
Preparation for upcoming Selection Options add-on release
1.0.0
Release Date: December 9th, 2016
Enhancements
Revised notification system with more meaningful notices when saving and sending collections
More preparation for upcoming add-on releases
Speaking of add-ons: Check out https://picu.io/add-ons for the first two add-ons!
0.9.5
Release Date: October 11th, 2016 * Enhancements * Preparation for upcoming add-on releases
Bugfixes
Removes an embarrassing bug which added “test: ” before email subjects
0.9.4
Release Date: August 16th, 2016
Enhancements
You can now duplicate collections
Update how picu sends emails
Prevent picu collections form showing up in Yoast SEO’s xml sitemaps
More preparation for upcoming add-on releases
0.9.3
Release Date: June 7th, 2016
Enhancements
Add rudimentary print css
Add page with debug information under settings
picu can now be translated by everyone via https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/picu
Update Add-Ons page
Preparation for upcoming add-on releases
0.9.2
Release Date: April 21st, 2016
Enhancements
Add filter to change the default filename separator, see picu FAQs for details
Add Finnish translation (Thx Rami & Tom)
Bugfixes
Make picu compatible with (some) caching plugins
0.9.1
Release Date: March 12th, 2016
Enhancements
Redirect clients to the homepage after they submitted their selection
Implemented a hook to change the default email message
Small styling enhancements
0.9.0
Release Date: January 22nd, 2016
Enhancements
picu now (officially) supports password protection for collections
Added a dialog box when trying to edit a collection that has already been sent to the client
Added a loading indicator when saving/sending collections in the front end
Lots of small styling enhancements
0.8.2
Release Date: December 29th, 2015
Enhancements
Added new labels for our Custom Post Type “Collections” (WordPress 4.4+)
Added a new filter for customizations through Add-Ons
Bugfixes
Fixed a conflict on some admin screens when $current_screen wasn’t set
0.8.1
Release Date: December 9th, 2015
Enhancements
Added support for native responsive images (WordPress 4.4+)
Updated German translations
Bugfixes
Fixed a display error in the backend for WP 4.4+
0.8.0
Release Date: November 25th, 2015
Enhancements
Completely redesigned backend UI!
Added the possibility for other sharing options (instead of email)
Re-Organized some files behind the scenes
Bugfixes
Fixed size of thumbnails in backend after upload
Fixed a bug on the welcome screen
Fixed width of Add-On boxes for large screens
0.7.5
Release Date: October 29th, 2015
Enhancements
Update translations
Added licensing functionality for picu add-ons
Bugfixes
Fixed a bug where a collection would not be displayed correctly
Fixed a bug where email content was not formated correctly
0.7.4
Release Date: October 23rd, 2015
Enhancements
Display maximum file size limit for image uploads
HTML emails are now sent by default (can be turned off in Settings)
Added some missing translations
Added custom hooks and more small preparations for picu add-ons
Bugfixes
Add versioning to js/css files to make sure the right files are loaded, regardless of caching
Fixed some display bugs in IE
0.7.3
Release Date: October 7th, 2015
Enhancements
HTML email notifications
Improved compatibility with other plugins
Added more under-the-hood goodness to prepare for future updates and the release of picu add-ons
0.7.2
Release Date: September 12th, 2015
Enhancements
Added a new list view and filter to check approved images in the backend
Added preview thumbnails to theme settings
Added filter hooks to backbone templates and collections, models & views
Bugfixes
Remove double admin page titles
0.7.1
Release Date: September 7th, 2015
Enhancements
Added the photographers email address as CC in emails to the client
Bugfixes
Fixed confirmation emails to the photographer when a collection is approved
Fixed a bug where images were displayed in the wrong order
Fixed a bug where admin notices were displayed in the wrong places
Fixed password protection for collections
Fixed uninstall routine for multisite installations
0.7.0
Release Date: September 1th, 2015
First official release (public beta) to the WordPress.org repo.