Today we are releasing two versions of Mediapapa: Pro v1.4.0 and Free v1.3.0.
A word from the team
This sprint have been intense. Since we pivoted to a freemium model, we now have two products in continuous development: Mediapapa Pro and Mediapapa Free.
From now on, I’ll write release notes only for major releases (1.2.0, 1.3.0, 1.4.0 and so on) and publish a common release notes for both free and pro versions. Let me know if this helps and what you think about it.
Two weeks ago, we released Mediapapa Pro 1.3.0 and last week an intermediary Free 1.2.1 version with ads and the free version of the onboarding wizard.
With Pro 1.4 and Free 1.3 we focused on adding deduplicate, isolated cleaning on images, videos and files (specifically PDFs). So it now works with all media for real!
Now go update it and tell us what you think. 🤙
Common to both versions
Onboarding wizard
At activation, both Free and Pro now guide you through initial setup. The wizard walks you through AI key configuration, autofill settings, analytics opt-in, and media library scoring. It takes three minutes and makes the first action obvious instead of leaving you at a blank dashboard. If you skip the wizard, you can re-run it from settings.
Usage count is clickable in the media editor modal
You can now see where a file is used directly from the editor modal. Click it and see the context.
Opt-in analytics
Both Free and Pro now ship with usage analytics. It’s an explicit opt-in option. We do not track data yet, but plan to add telemetry in the future to help us understand which 3rd party plugins are used on our users websites, retrieve Site Health report automatically to help us understand what’s wrong, and have a more data-driven prioritisation instead of guessing. We’ll let you know when we’ll include telemetry in Mediapapa.
Small fixes
- More accurate usage detection by skipping irrelevant WordPress options.
- Deduplication and replacement process now correctly handles all media types.
- We fixed some persistant PHP 8.4 errors.
- All database options renamed from
mpp_tomediapapa_for consistency and to simplify migration paths from Free to Pro.
Specific to Pro 1.4.0
Small images marked as optimized
Files already below compression threshold are now marked as optimized instead of flagged as uncompressed. Reduces noise in Library Health.
Specific to Free 1.3.0
WordPress Playground support
Free version now ships with a live preview button on WordPress.org. Test Mediapapa directly from the plugin listing without leaving your browser.
What’s next
In our backlog for the next sprints: a proper media trash system, a full WooCommerce integration, a companion plugin and a UI redesign are all in progress. We are building toward a library that helps you clean once, then keeps itself clean with minimal input.
If you have something you want to see, vote on the public roadmap.
