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Classic Monks v1.1.5

February 24, 2026

This Classic Monks v1.1.5 release is a massive update introducing 79 total changes, including 27 new features, 32 bug fixes, and critical security and performance optimizations. This release focuses heavily on improving your workflow efficiency, hardening site security, and giving you deeper control over your media and custom code.

Tested and fully compatible with WordPress 6.9.1, WooCommerce 10.5.2, and Bricks Builder 2.2.

All New Drag and Drop Folder Manager

We’ve completely overhauled how you organize your Media and Custom Post Type (CPT) . The legacy media category manager has been transformed into a fully-featured Folder Manager.

Drag and Drop Interface: Seamlessly move files and reorganize folders on the fly.
Shortcode Support: Easily embed specific media folders directly into your pages or posts.

Advanced Code Manager

Writing and managing custom code directly within WordPress is now safer and more powerful.

Advanced Condition Builder: Precisely control where your scripts execute using panel-based layouts for include/exclude and user-role conditions.
Built-in Linter & Formatting: Keep your code clean and error-free with the new PHP CLI linter for syntax validation, plus auto-formatting support for HTML, CSS, JS, and PHP.
CodeMirror Enhancements: Upgraded editor settings deliver a premium, IDE-like experience inside WordPress.

Hardened Login & Email Security

We’ve significantly bolstered the security modules to keep malicious actors at bay.

IP-Aware Login Lockdown: A new two-tier lockout system with proxy-aware IP detection and whitelisting tracks and stops brute-force attempts.
Comprehensive URL Filtering: Enhanced login protection covers all authentication flows to prevent unauthorized access.
Smart Data Obfuscation: New auto-detect features protect both email addresses and phone numbers from scraping bots.

Image Converter & Media Enhancements

Optimizing your media library just got significantly easier with our new dedicated Image Converter UI.

Cross Type File Support: Convert PNG to WebP or JPEG to AVIF with direct upload replacement.
Granular Optimization Controls: Utilize pattern-based exclusions (prefix, suffix, contains, and regex) to decide exactly which images get converted.
Bulk Actions & Cleanup: Process your entire library at once with improved timeout prevention, or easily scan for missing media and safely clear out orphaned files.

WooCommerce Integration Improvements

For store owners, we’ve smoothed out the checkout experience and coupon logic.

Server Side URL Coupons: URL-based coupons are now applied server-side, drastically improving reliability and cart state persistence.
Smarter Auto Apply Logic: Improved coupon limits and cache consistency ensure discounts are applied exactly when they should be.

Performance & UI Refinements

Every millisecond counts. We’ve continued to reduce overhead and improve the admin experience.

53% Faster Admin Dashboards: Optimized fade-in animations and inline skeleton injections eliminate layout shifts (FOUC).
Quick Post Nav Bar: Navigate your admin area faster with the new streamlined Quick Post navigation.
Optimized Lookups: Feature flag lookups and license validation calls have been streamlined to reduce database queries and redundant API requests.

Full Changelog

Admin: Added Quick Post Nav for admin bar navigation.Added

Folder Manager: Comprehensive overhaul converting media category manager to folder manager with drag-drop and shortcode support.Added

Menu Manager: Added independent toolbar and menu controls with accordion collapse/expand functionality.Added

Short Links: Added no-prefix option allowing root-level URLs (e.g. example.com/slug).Added

Code Editor: Added CodeMirror editor settings for improved PHP code editing experience.Added

Code Manager: Added PHP CLI linter for syntax validation and code formatting with js-beautify support.Added

Code Manager: Added advanced condition builder UI with panel-based layout for include exclude and user-based conditions.Added

Code Manager: Added HTML CSS JS and PHP code formatting with beautify support.Added

Email Protection: Added comprehensive email and phone protection feature with configurable obfuscation.Added

Security: Added auto-detect phone protection feature with configurable phone number obfuscation.Added

Media: Added direct upload replacement and cross-type file support (PNG to WebP JPEG to AVIF).Added

Media: Added pattern-based exclusions for image converter with prefix suffix contains and regex support.Added

Media: Added image converter library UI with optimization controls.Added

Media: Added manual conversion controls with Convert buttons for unoptimized images.Added

Media: Added bulk actions and bulk restore/delete all functionality.Added

Media: Added missing media scanning with improved UI.Added

WooCommerce: Improved coupon auto-apply logic with better tracking and performance.Added

WooCommerce: Improved URL coupon reliability with server-side application.Added

Logging: Added IP anonymization option for search logs for GDPR compliance.Added

Logging: Added backend referrer filtering to exclude admin requests.Added

Admin: Added inline skeleton injection to reduce FOUC.Added

Admin: Added descriptive tooltips for settings and improved empty state styling.Added

Admin: Improved import/export handling with enhanced security.Added

Tooltips: Added click-outside closing for improved user interaction.Added

Page Builder: Added page builder compatibility for content protection workflow.Added

Code Manager: Refactored license status display logic for improved maintainability.Changed

Email Protection: Reorganized email and phone protection options structure.Changed

Core: Deferred function load to plugins_loaded for improved plugin compatibility.Changed

Menu Manager: Consolidated UI controls with enhanced visual feedback.Changed

Assets: Standardized asset organization and CSS class names across admin pages.Changed

Media: Reorganized media manager files into dedicated directory.Changed

Image Converter: Reorganized file structure for improved maintainability.Changed

WooCommerce: Removed unused meta box save handler and moved server-side logic to hook.Changed

Admin: Replaced hardcoded screen IDs with wc_get_screen_ids for WooCommerce compatibility.Changed

Admin: Fixed Admin Notices Manager showing Hide buttons randomly in some pages.Fixed

Interface: Fixed Laser Loader debug log spam from empty configuration values.Fixed

Admin: Fixed tab activation fallback to ensure admin interface remains functional.Fixed

Admin: Fixed toolbar data collection for proper admin toolbar functionality.Fixed

Admin: Fixed quick post nav configuration to ensure proper settings saving.Fixed

Admin: Fixed event delegation scope to prevent password manager conflicts.Fixed

Security: Fixed XSS vulnerability in admin URL output.Fixed

Security: Implemented comprehensive security fixes (IP spoofing XSS SQL injection prevention).Fixed

Media: Improved media replacement error handling with better feedback and compatibility checks.Fixed

Media: Improved batch processing timeout and offset tracking to prevent timeouts.Fixed

Media: Improved image cleanup reliability to prevent orphaned files.Fixed

Media: Improved optimization data handling for new uploads.Fixed

Media: Fixed responsive image source generation for proper srcset dimensions.Fixed

Media: Fixed media Replace plugin conflict by namespacing option key.Fixed

WooCommerce: Fixed custom order status handling with array type checks.Fixed

WooCommerce: Fixed URL coupon reliability for proper cart state persistence.Fixed

WooCommerce: Fixed coupon limits and cache consistency.Fixed

Settings: Fixed save button not enabling when adding custom order statuses.Fixed

Comments: Fixed missing init hook to disable_comments function.Fixed

Dashicons: Fixed option check in cm_disable_dashicons.Fixed

Email: Fixed race conditions and timeouts in email retry queue.Fixed

Email: Fixed email logs rendering to use formatted data.Fixed

Logging: Fixed popular searches to ensure it's an array.Fixed

Logging: Fixed exclude admin referrers from broken link logging.Fixed

Menu Manager: Fixed initialization timing and option registry.Fixed

Like/Dislike: Fixed security and reliability issues.Fixed

Code Manager: Fixed nested script errors when outputting tracking snippets.Fixed

Media: Fixed clear trash logs bug with improved toast notifications.Fixed

Media: Fixed duplicate image metadata processing.Fixed

Media: Fixed unused media scan fallback logic to prevent accidental deletion.Fixed

Media: Fixed missing media log migration to prevent data loss.Fixed

UI: Fixed conflicting element IDs across admin modules.Fixed

Email Protection: Improved email encoding robustness for enhanced spam protection.Security

Login Lockdown: Enhanced login lockdown protection with proxy-aware IP detection two-tier lockout system and IP whitelisting.Security

Admin: Fixed 5 XSS vulnerabilities in admin bar output escaping.Security

Email Protection: Used minified assets to improve page load times.Performance

Laser Loader: Optimized script to reduce file size.Performance

SMTP: Optimized retry queue scheduling for proper cron execution.Performance

Initialization: Optimized timing for email and short links modules to reduce unnecessary action hooks.Performance

Dashboard: Optimized fade-in for 53% faster perceived load time.Performance

Feature Flags: Optimized lookups to reduce database queries.Performance

License Validation: Eliminated redundant calls to reduce unnecessary API requests.Performance

Special Thanks

This release was improved thanks to feedback and bug reports from our community:

Mike Murphy – Comments showing up with Disable Comments enabled (Forum #24)
Karlo Rivera Velasquez – Can’t delete image from Media Trash Manager (Forum #28)
Karlo Rivera Velasquez – Image Converter creates empty files (Forum #29)
Emmanuel SOYER – Media replacement creates duplicate entries instead of overriding (Forum #23)
Adrien Cormier – Media replacement image transparency loss and file renaming concerns
Emmanuel SOYER – Replace Media JS error with wp.Uploader undefined in WordPress 6.9
Alexander Senger – Backend timeout issues during license validation, license state showing “Unlicensed” in Code Manager
Alexander Senger – Top Toolbar Manager not adding corresponding submenu (Forum #26)
Alexandre Dumas de Rauly – Feature request: Show Media Categories in Insert Modal
Alexander Senger – Feature request: Failed Login Attempt Logging

Your detailed reports, screenshots, and error logs have been instrumental in identifying and resolving issues across media management, licensing, admin interface, and performance optimizations.