Core CMS v0.6.2: The E-Commerce & Media Bulk Optimizer Update
We've been moving fast this week! Hot on the heels of the Media Optimizer launch, we're thrilled to announce the rollout of Core CMS v0.6.2, combining the features of our last two micro-revisions into one massive update. This release brings our Phase 7.1 Advanced E-Commerce capabilities to life, alongside powerful new tools for retroactively optimizing your media libraries.
🛒 Advanced Commerce: Digital Downloads & Shipping
The native Commerce plugin has evolved from a simple cart into a hybrid e-commerce powerhouse, fully supporting both physical goods and secure digital downloads.
- Secure Digital Downloads: We've integrated with Lemon Squeezy webhooks to automatically generate cryptographic download tokens for digital products. Files are stored securely behind a Zero-Residue local vault, enforcing download limits and verifying payment status.
- Dynamic Shipping Engine: Selling physical items? The new shipping calculator supports Flat Rate, Free Shipping Thresholds, and dynamic Weight-Based brackets (using a simple JSON configuration), updating live during checkout.
- Customer Portal & Fulfillment: Customers can now look up their orders and download files via a sleek guest portal. On the admin side, the completely rebuilt Orders dashboard features filter tabs, order detail expansion, and a one-click "Ship" modal that automatically emails the customer their tracking links.
- Admin Dispute Handling: A new "Revoke" feature allows administrators to instantly nullify digital access and software license keys during disputes or refunds directly from the CMS, while preserving the financial record. Admins can also easily edit customer info, update addresses, or completely delete test orders.
🖼️ Media Bulk Optimizer (v0.6.1 Merge)
Following the initial launch of the on-upload Media Optimizer, we realized you needed a way to clean up the past.
- Bulk Process Legacy Images: A new admin tool retroactively scans your entire media library, finds unoptimized JPEGs and PNGs, and converts them to next-gen WebP formats asynchronously with a live UI progress bar.
- Animated GIF & SVG Intelligence: The system now automatically detects and skips animated GIFs and vector SVGs, preventing broken animations or unnecessary processing overhead.
- Automated Housekeeping: We added deep-clean hooks so that when you delete an image from the Media Library, all of its generated responsive WebP derivatives are automatically purged from the filesystem.
🔧 Developer Highlights: Zero Residue Adherence
As our ecosystem grows, maintaining a lightweight footprint is crucial. We've strictly enforced the Zero Residue policy across these updates. Both the Media Optimizer and Commerce plugins feature deep-clean uninstallation scripts that actively hunt down and `unlink()` generated assets, flush their respective directories, and drop all associated `LONGTEXT` metadata columns, ensuring your core database remains pristine if you ever decide to deactivate them.
Ready to explore the new features? Login to your dashboard and check out the new Fulfillment Center and Settings panels.
Stay modular,
— Jason Brain