Webcomic

May 11, 2022

Webcomic Plugin

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.

Comic Management

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.

Theme Integration

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.

Powerful Tools

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.

Unlimited Potential

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:

  • Alert, which adds settings for creating buffer and hiatus email alerts. Never forget an update with customizable email alerts.
  • Character, which allows you to tag character appearances and use character-based archives.
  • Commerce, which adds PayPal-based print selling and donation features.
  • Restrict, which adds features for restricting access to comics based on age or user role.
  • Storyline, which allows you to organize comics by storyline and use storyline-based archives.
  • Transcribe, which adds comic transcription features for SEO-enhancing text alternatives to your comics.
  • Twitter, which adds settings for updating your Twitter account status when publishing comics.

Special Thanks

To everyone that continues to use and support Webcomic.

Installation

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.

Screenshots

  1. Enable or disable components on the Settings > Webcomic screen.

    Enable or disable components on the Settings > Webcomic screen.

  2. Each comic collection has an array of customizable settings.

    Each comic collection has an array of customizable settings.

  3. Components often have their own collection-specific settings.

    Components often have their own collection-specific settings.

  4. Manage comics like you manage other post types.

    Manage comics like you manage other post types.

  5. Theme integration options are available in the Customizer.

    Theme integration options are available in the Customizer.

FAQ

Need help?

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.

Want to help?

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.

Changelog

Complete changelog

5.0.6 (2018-06-06)

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

5.0.0 – Phoenix Down (2018-01-21)

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

Details

  • Version: 5.0.8
  • Active installations: 800
  • WordPress Version: 4.7
  • Tested up to: 5.9.10
  • PHP Version: 7.0

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