Changelog
Ultimate Watermark follows semantic versioning loosely — MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH where MAJOR is reserved for breaking compatibility changes (rare).
Ultimate Watermark (free) — 2.0.8
- Polish: settings field validation messages.
- Fix: rare "Image size restriction" miss when WP creates a
scaledsubsize. - i18n: extended translations file.
Ultimate Watermark (free) — 2.0.x baseline
- Refactor of the processor layer (
Processors/GDWatermarkProcessor.php,Processors/ImagickWatermarkProcessor.php). - Unified rule evaluator (
RulesEvaluator.php) replaces legacywatermark_on/watermark_post_types(still falls back to legacy when no unified rules exist). - New conditional rule UI (filter
uwm_condition_types). - Originals backup folder pattern:
uploads/ulwm-backup/YYYY/MM/. - Right-click and drag-drop protection toggles in settings.
Ultimate Watermark (free) — 1.x
- Initial release.
- GD-only processing.
- Single watermark template.
- Post type + image size rules.
Ultimate Watermark Pro — 1.0.0
- Initial Pro release.
- Unlimited templates (removes free's one-template limit).
- Dynamic placeholders —
{{date}},{{user}},{{ip}},{{copyright}},{{post_title}},{{site_name}},{{site_url}}. - On-the-fly (OTF) display with disk cache at
uploads/ultimate-watermark-frontend-cache/. - Display tab in the watermark builder for OTF settings (apply to content / thumbnails / WooCommerce, role bypass, cache toggle).
- WooCommerce integration — product image and gallery handling, bulk batches,
product_cat/product_tagrules. - Advanced conditional rules: file type, image dimensions, file size, orientation, aspect ratio, date range, post category.
- Background batch processor (
wp_schedule_single_eventqueue, 10-image chunks). - License manager + EDD-based auto-updates.
Compatibility
| Free | Pro | WordPress | PHP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0.8 | 1.0.0 | 5.0+ | 7.4+ |
| 2.0.x | 1.0.0 | 5.0+ | 7.4+ |
| 1.x | — | 4.9+ | 7.0+ |
Pro requires Free 2.0+ (
ULTIMATE_WATERMARK_MIN_VERSION2.0). Pro and Free major versions are independent.
Where to find the canonical changelog
- Free: bundled
changelog.txtand the WordPress.org listing. - Pro: bundled in the Pro ZIP as
changelog.txt, plus the MantraBrain changelog page.
Where to go next
- 🚀 Installation — get started.
- 💎 Pro features — what Pro adds.
- 💬 Support — questions about a specific release.