Comic publishing power for the web. Turn your WordPress-powered site into a comic publishing platform with Webcomic.
Webcomic provides a host of features related to creating, managing, and sharing comics on the web.
Webcomic organizes comics into collections – custom post types dedicated to a specific comic series. Publish any number of distinct comic series on a single WordPress site, each with it’s own unique settings. Manage comic media using WordPress’ own media management features.
Webcomic adds a new section to the Customizer that’s all about integrating comics into your site’s theme. The Universal integration method supports most themes, but methods for integrating with themes built specifically for Webcomic and themes built for other comic plugins are also available. If none of the standard integration methods work with your theme you can use custom actions to add comic features right where you want them.
Webcomic includes a variety of tools for working with comics and getting comics up and running on your WordPress-powered site. Use the Generator to automatically create and publish comics for any number of uploaded media items, or use the Matcher to match media items with existing comics. Use collection-specific settings to organize your comics into categories and tags, customize your comic URL’s, and more.
Those are some of Webcomic’s standard features, but there are other components included with Webcomic that provide a variety of new settings, shortcodes, template tags, and widgets. Take your online comic publishing even further with:
To everyone that continues to use and support Webcomic.
Install Webcomic from the Plugins > Add New screen by searching for webcomic
(the first result should be the one you’re looking for) or by downloading the plugin archive and uploading it to your site.
One activated, you can choose which components to use on the Settings > Webcomic screen. If this is a new installation you should see your first comic collection, Untitled Comic, in the sidebar. You can adjust collection-specific settings on the Untitled Comic > Settings screen. Most components will add settings to this screen.
You’ll want to visit the Webcomic section of the Customizer to adjust integration settings for your site theme. The Universal integration method supports most themes, but methods for integrating with themes built specifically for Webcomic and themes built for other comic plugins are also available. If none of the standard integration methods work with your theme you can use custom actions to add comic features right where you want them.
All administration screens related to Webcomic include contextual help with support links. If you’re new to Webcomic you may want to start by reading the User Guide.
If you’re a friendly and knowledgable Webcomic user, please chime in and help others out on the Support Forum, Discord Server, or Issue Tracker. If you’re more technically-inclined, pull requests are always welcome.
Added
– Development configurations for Code Climate and TravisCI
Changed
– CSS refactored to adhere to stricter stylelint
configuration
– JavaScript refactored to adhere to stricter eslint
configuration
– Removed Atom configuration
– Task runner to NPM
Fixed
– Incorrect variable reference in compat
template tag
– Static analysis and code sniffing issues
– Compat webcomic_link
shortcodes not using $content
for link text
Refactored everything into a functional component-based architecture.
Added
– Assets for the WordPress plugin directory
– Changelog to provide a curated, chronologically ordered list of notable changes for each version
– Code of conduct for project participants
– Contributing guidelines, issue template, and pull request template for project contributors
– Details view on plugin and collection settings pages
– Development configurations for Atom, Babel, Composer, Eslint, Git, Homebrew, MarkdownLint, Node, Phan, PHP Code Sniffer, PHPMD, PHPUnit, PostCSS, Rollup, Stylelint, and Vagrant
– Support document for users
Changed
– Alert functionality refactored into the alert
component
– Character functionality refactored into the character
and taxonomy
components
– Commerce functionality refactored into the commerce
component
– Contextual help for all administrative screens
– Core functionality refactored into the plugin
and collection
components
– CSS assets refactored based on component, processed with PostCSS
– Deprecated functionality refactored into the compat
component
– Integration is now configurable in a new Customizer section
– JavaScript assets refactored based on component, processed with Babel, Rollup, and UglifyJS
– Plugin license is now GPL-2.0+
– Plugin versions now follow Semantic Versioning
– Readme now contains more descriptive, useful information
– Restrict functionality refactored into the restrict
component
– Storyline functionality refactored into the storyline
and taxonomy
components
– Transcript functionality refactored into the transcribe
component
– Twitter functionality refactored into the twitter
component
– User experience improved for all administrative screens
– Webcomic Attacher is now the Webcomic Matcher, lives in the Tools menu
– Webcomic Commerce is now the Webcomic IPN Log
– Webcomic Generator now lives in the Tools menu
Deprecated
– WebcomicTag
class
– All [Webcomic]-prefixed widgets
– All plugin-specific theme templates
– Custom media sizes and related features
– Data attributes for gestures and keyboard shortcuts
– The classic behavior of all shortcodes and template tags
– These shortcodes are fully deprecated:
– [purchase_webcomic_link]
– [the_related_webcomics]
– [the_webcomic_characters]
– [the_webcomic_collections]
– [the_webcomic_storylines]
– [the_webcomic]
– [verify_webcomic_age]
– [verify_webcomic_role]
– [webcomic_character_avatar]
– [webcomic_character_cloud]
– [webcomic_character_crossovers]
– [webcomic_collection_cloud]
– [webcomic_collection_crossovers]
– [webcomic_collection_poster]
– [webcomic_collection_print_amount]
– [webcomic_count]
– [webcomic_crossover_description]
– [webcomic_crossover_poster]
– [webcomic_crossover_title]
– [webcomic_donation_amount]
– [webcomic_donation_form]
– [webcomic_dropdown_characters]
– [webcomic_dropdown_collections]
– [webcomic_dropdown_storylines]
– [webcomic_list_characters]
– [webcomic_list_collections]
– [webcomic_list_storylines]
– [webcomic_print_adjustment]
– [webcomic_print_amount]
– [webcomic_print_form]
– [webcomic_storyline_cloud]
– [webcomic_storyline_cover]
– [webcomic_storyline_crossovers]
– [webcomic_transcripts_link]
– These template tags are fully deprecated:
– has_webcomic_attachments
– has_webcomic_crossover
– have_webcomic_transcripts
– is_a_webcomic_attachment
– is_webcomic_archive
– is_webcomic_attachment
– is_webcomic_crossover
– purchase_webcomic_link
– the_related_webcomics
– the_verify_webcomic_age
– the_webcomic_characters
– the_webcomic_collections
– the_webcomic_storylines
– the_webcomic_transcript_authors
– the_webcomic_transcript_languages
– the_webcomic
– verify_webcomic_age
– verify_webcomic_role
– webcomic_character_avatar
– webcomic_character_cloud
– webcomic_character_crossovers
– webcomic_collection_cloud
– webcomic_collection_crossovers
– webcomic_collection_poster
– webcomic_collection_print_amount
– webcomic_count
– webcomic_crossover_description
– webcomic_crossover_poster
– webcomic_crossover_title
– webcomic_donation_amount
– webcomic_donation_fields
– webcomic_donation_form
– webcomic_dropdown_characters
– webcomic_dropdown_collections
– webcomic_dropdown_storylines
– webcomic_dropdown_transcript_languages
– webcomic_list_characters
– webcomic_list_collections
– webcomic_list_storylines
– webcomic_list_transcript_languages
– webcomic_print_adjustment
– webcomic_print_amount
– webcomic_print_fields
– webcomic_print_form
– webcomic_prints_available
– webcomic_storyline_cloud
– webcomic_storyline_cover
– webcomic_storyline_crossovers
– webcomic_transcript_fields
– webcomic_transcripts_link
– webcomic_transcripts_template
Removed
– <meta>
tags for Generator and OpenGraph data
– tmhOAuth
library
– webcomic_image
property on WP_Term objects
– webcomic-attachment-##
class for post_class()
– Webcomic
theme header
– All component classes
– Collection sorting on the Pages screen
– Conversion options and related features
– Custom media sizes and related features
– Data attributes for dynamic comic loading
– Legacy upgrade tool and related features
– Outdated media contexts for the Media administrative screen
– Outdated plugin files and assets
– Transcript language setting for collections
Fixed
– Bugs found in previous releases