Image Watermark · Version history
Image Watermark changelog and version history
- Latest version
- 2.0.16
- Oct 20, 2026 (20 days ago)
- Releases
- 58
- since 2013
- In the last year
- 19
- about one every 19 days
- Tested up to
- WordPress 7.1.4
- PHP 7.3 or later
Releases each year
- 201311 releases
- 20144 releases
- 20153 releases
- 20169 releases
- 20171 release
- 20182 releases
- 20192 releases
- 20223 releases
- 20231 release
- 20241 release
- 20257 releases
- 202614 releases
202614 releases
Image Watermark 2.0.16Latest
- Fix: Distinguish missing backups from invalid or inaccessible backup paths
- Tweak: Speed up Media Library watermark controls by avoiding full backup image decoding
Image Watermark 2.0.15
- Fix: Apply automatic watermarks safely when WordPress 7.1 finalizes client-side media uploads
- Fix: Save scaled watermark size, opacity, and small-image thresholds correctly
Image Watermark 2.0.14
- Fix: Preserve the original JPEG file permissions when watermarking rewrites image metadata
Image Watermark 2.0.13
- New: Watermark rotation (0-360 degrees clockwise) for image and text watermarks with live preview
- Fix: Recover interrupted watermark operations and safely retry after concurrent requests
- Fix: Require a validated clean backup before apply or remove changes live images
- Fix: Remove only the mapped backup and owned temporary files when an attachment is deleted
- Tweak: Expanded Status tab diagnostics and clearer skipped-operation reasons
- Tweak: Minimum requirements raised to WordPress 6.3+ and PHP 7.3+
Image Watermark 2.0.12
- New: Trust diagnostics for watermark readiness in the Status tab
- Fix: Imagick detection and text metrics compatibility
Image Watermark 2.0.11
- Fix: Detect Imagick support correctly on servers exposing camelCase methods
- Fix: Prevent false-success apply responses when watermarking fails
- Fix: Read small-image thresholds from the actual image dimensions
Image Watermark 2.0.10
- New: Add small-image threshold controls for watermark eligibility
Image Watermark 2.0.9
- Fix: Gutenberg auto-watermarking for admin media uploads
- Fix: Admin media frame state guard on post editor screens
- Tweak: Add WordPress PHPUnit coverage and unified test command
Image Watermark 2.0.8
- New: Optional preservation of file timestamps for backup and restore
Image Watermark 2.0.7
- Fix: GD text alpha cast issue in watermark rendering
- Fix: Text watermark validation blocking legitimate inputs
- Tweak: Shared watermark validation and improved error handling
- Tweak: Enhanced nav tab styling with slug-specific classes
Image Watermark 2.0.6
- Fix: “You are not allowed to perform this action” errors with specific validation messages
- Fix: False-positive success responses for apply/remove watermark failures
- Fix: Error message display bug in single-image watermark actions
- Tweak: Enhanced error messages (backup not found, unsupported file type)
- Tweak: Added debug logging capability for watermark actions (WP_DEBUG_LOG)
Image Watermark 2.0.5
- Fix: Persist review notice dismissal in options sanitizer to prevent notice reappearing
Image Watermark 2.0.4
- New: Apply Watermark To radio control for better UI clarity
- Fix: Settings persistence issue with checkbox options
- Fix: JavaScript scope pollution in settings page
Image Watermark 2.0.3
- New: Improved settings UI
- Fix: Apply/remove watermark for post media modal
- Fix: Improve media modal watermark actions UI and messaging
- Tweak: New color picker and switch field type in settings.
20257 releases
Image Watermark 2.0.2
- Fix: Preserve PNG transparency when applying watermark using GD library.
- Fix: Prevent applying watermark during watermark image upload
- Fix: Migrate legacy watermark image setting into 2.0.x options
Image Watermark 2.0.1
- Fix: Settings save issue for unchecked options and CPT scope
Image Watermark 2.0.0
- New: Text watermark support
- New: Enhanced watermark preview with real-time updates.
- New: Support for additional watermark alignment options and percentage-based scaling.
- Tweak: Improved user interface for settings page with modern design elements.
- Tweak: Optimized image processing for faster bulk operations.
- Fix: Enhanced error handling for unsupported image formats.
Image Watermark 1.9.1
- New: Bulk Apply/Remove Watermark buttons in Media Library grid view with native styling.
- Fix: Cache-busting for thumbnails and attachment details so watermark changes show immediately.
- Fix: Bulk actions now ignore unsupported/non-image files for safer processing.
Image Watermark 1.9.0
- Fix: Watermarked image not refreshing in attachment edit screen after watermark is applied or removed
- Fix: Updated image reload selectors to support modern WordPress attachment details page structure
- Tweak: Complete modern rewrite of Right click blocking feature
Image Watermark 1.8.0.1
Image Watermark 1.8.0
- New: WebP image files support
20241 release
Image Watermark 1.7.4
- Fix: Potential security issue with capability check – props WordFence
- Fix: Saving post types settings issue
- Tweak: WordPress 6.5 compatibility
20231 release
Image Watermark 1.7.3
- Tweak: WordPress 6.2 compatibility
- Tweak: PHP 8.2 compatibility
20223 releases
Image Watermark 1.7.2
- Fix: Missing admin-media.js file
Image Watermark 1.7.1
- Fix: Watermark option not available in Media Library
Image Watermark 1.7.0
- Tweak: WordPress 5.9 compatibility
- Tweak: PHP 8.x compatibility
20192 releases
Image Watermark 1.6.6
Image Watermark 1.6.5
20182 releases
Image Watermark 1.6.4
Image Watermark 1.6.3.1
20171 release
Image Watermark 1.6.2
20169 releases
Image Watermark 1.6.1
Image Watermark 1.6.0
Image Watermark 1.5.6
Image Watermark 1.5.5
Image Watermark 1.5.4
Image Watermark 1.5.3.1
Image Watermark 1.5.3
Image Watermark 1.5.2.1
Image Watermark 1.5.2
20153 releases
Image Watermark 1.5.1
Image Watermark 1.5.0
Image Watermark 1.4.1
20144 releases
Image Watermark 1.3.3
Image Watermark 1.3.2
Image Watermark 1.3.1
Image Watermark 1.3.0
201311 releases
Image Watermark 1.2.1
Image Watermark 1.2.0
Image Watermark 1.1.4
Image Watermark 1.1.3
Image Watermark 1.1.2
Image Watermark 1.1.1
Image Watermark 1.1.0
Image Watermark 1.0.3
Image Watermark 1.0.2
Image Watermark 1.0.1
Image Watermark 1.0.0
Questions about Image Watermark’s releases
What is the latest version of Image Watermark?
2.0.16, released on Oct 20, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.3 or later.
How often is Image Watermark updated?
19 releases in the last year, about one every 19 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2013.
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