Version 4.1.5

• Tweak: Added a filter to disable the remote notification system added in version 4.1.0;
• Fix: A potential "Reflected Cross-Site Scripting" vulnerability has been patched, responsibly disclosed by the Wordfence team.

Version 4.1.4

• Fix: The latest security fix was breaking the replacements made with Beaver Builder (and possibly other builders);

Version 4.1.3

• Fix: A possible PHP Object Injection was patched, which could be exploited under certain conditions;
• Fix: ShortPixel Image Optimizer handles offloading when both plugins are used with WP Offload Media.

Version 4.1.2

• Tweak: Reduced the wait time before redirecting to the media edit page to half (5s);
• Fix: If an item is not offloaded, no attempt is made to update its data;
• Fix: Removed some double spaces from the plugin strings (thanks to @Presskopp).

Version 4.1.1

• Tweak: Added a filter to reduce or remove the wait time before redirecting to the media edit page;
• Fix: Replacement works again on multisite setups where the plugin reported the path outside the uploads folder;
• Fix: In some cases, replacement didn't work when images were offloaded;
• Fix: Some translation strings were corrected (thanks @alexclassroom !).

Version 4.1.0

• New: Integration with WP Offload Media; items that are offloaded can now be replaced correctly;
• New: Switch to a Replacer module that improves the code and makes it more robust;
• New: Adding an intermediate confirmation page to solve possible redirection issues;
• Tweak: The new image can now be dragged and dropped directly into the preview area;
• Tweak: Improved the display of both the original image and the new image on the replacement screen;
• Tweak: Improved the notification system and added a mechanism for remote notifications;
• Tweak: Updated the texts and banners to look better on the replacement screen;
• Fix: Added documentation in the readme to disable the background removal feature (kudos to @jstask82);
• Fix: Increased the security of the plugin by adding checks for various AJAX calls;

Version 4.0.3

• Fix: background removal notification is no longer displayed when this feature is disabled with the filter;
• Compat: improved compatibility with PHP 8.1 and 8.2
• Tweak: updated the banners on the replace page.

Version 4.0.2

• Fix: patched a security vulnerability that could allow loading an unauthorized file during the replace operation;
• Fix: finish the replace operation even if the tmp file cannot be removed due to file permissions issues;
• Fix: when replacing a scaled file with a non-scaled file, some links were broken;
• Fix: under certain conditions a PHP warning about an undefined array key was displayed.

Version 4.0.1

• Fix: files are now replaced correctly in environments running on Windows/IIC servers;
• Fix: the mime type is now correctly detected, so that a warning is no longer displayed when replacing PDFs;
• Fix: the plugin no longer tries to load its code for post IDs that are not attachments, like comments;
• Fix: some warnings were displayed when using the Members plugin;
• Compat: added integration for SiteOrigin Page Builder to correctly replace files in its widgets;
• Compat: added emr_after_remove_current action hook (thanks @luistar15);
• Tweak: added filter to disable the background replace functionality.

Version 4.0.0

• New: added the functionality to remove the background for any image;
• Fix: images added to the new block-style widgets were not replaced;
• Fix: the original file was not removed after replacement if a multilingual plugin was installed;
• Fix: additional checks were added to the new upload path for replacements, to avoid possible vulnerabilities, kudos to @soulseekah;
• Fix: an object cache flush was added after an image was replaced to prevent the content from still being cached in the post editor;
• Fix: if there was no _wp_attached_file in the postmeta table a fatal error was thrown;
• Fix: the time zone was not displayed correctly on the Replace Media screen;
• Fix: added some additional checks for file path to avoid open_basedir restrictions;
• Fix: added titles for the Replace Media and Remove Background screens;
• Fix: various small CSS/JS fixes, wording updates and code cleanups;