Compath Choir Rehearsal

Choir Rehearsal helps choir members learn new pieces by voice part.

• Create songs and attach unlimited voice tracks
• Built-in voice list: backing track, bass, baritone, tenor, alto, soprano, other
• Upload MP3/WAV files from the Media Library, or choose YouTube per track
• Official YouTube embed on the song page (video stays visible; no download)
• Attach a PDF score per song with page-by-page viewer
• Frontend song list at /rehearsal/ with PDF, public, and YouTube badges
• Sticky HTML5 player at the bottom of the page
• Optional login-only access with Singer and Voice Leader roles (English role names)
• REST API and MCP abilities for automation

0.4.62

• Fix Cyrillic song permalinks: WordPress percent-encoded titles no longer become hex dumps like d0-9f-d0-b5…
• Repair existing hex-dump / non-Latin song slugs on upgrade

0.4.61

• Per-track Audio / YouTube source switch in the song editor
• YouTube tracks open the official embed player on the song page (video stays visible)
• Song list shows a YouTube icon next to PDF and public badges when a song has a YouTube track

0.4.60

• Add WordPress roles Singer (listen) and Voice Leader (manage songs); names stay in English
• Song admin for Voice Leader and Administrator; Settings for Administrator only
• Full private library requires Singer, Voice Leader, or Administrator

0.4.59

• Song list: globe icon for public songs when logged in; spacing between PDF and globe badges

0.4.58

• Force HTTPS for PDF and audio attachment URLs on SSL pages (fixes mixed-content blank PDF/waveforms in wp-admin)

0.4.57

• Keep the songs library URL permanently at /rehearsal/ (never localize the page slug)

0.4.56

• Fix Russian (and Estonian) translation mojibake in .l10n.php catalogs
• Ship UTF-8 PO/MO/l10n.php for et, et_EE, and ru_RU

0.4.55

• Fix blank PDF canvas in the song editor when SoftMe metabox width is 0
• Defer PDF.js paint until the viewer has a usable layout width

0.4.54

• Song editor embedded PDF preview available in Lite and Pro
• SoftMe/Softica sticky player icon and editor PDF visibility fixes from 0.4.53

0.4.53

• Theme-proof sticky player piano and close icons (SoftMe/Softica button color overrides)
• Editor PDF: re-render when metabox becomes visible; refresh on postbox toggle

0.4.52

• Fix duplicate Lite notice when only one folder exists: repair ghost/duplicate rows in active_plugins
• Migration wizard: show active_plugins Lite entries and one-click repair

0.4.51

• WordPress.org: full feature set in catalog build (no Lite track cap, mic recording, search, editor Play/PDF gates)
• WordPress.org: remove global sanitize_title filter; song slugs only via wp_insert_post_data / save_post
• WordPress.org readme: external services limited to optional documentation link and bundled PDF.js

0.4.50

• Universal install/replace: upload or update replaces choir-rehearsal/ or compath-choir-rehearsal/ instead of adding a second copy
• After install, extra Lite folders are removed automatically (songs stay in the database)
• Fix update check on older installs: merge all update sources and pick the highest version (avoids stale 0.4.21 from main-branch update.json)
• Check for updates redirects to Plugins when an update is available; clearer notice when the server reports an older version than installed

0.4.49

• Migration wizard: detect duplicate Lite folders, keep one, deactivate/delete extras without deleting songs
• Dual-load copy can open the wizard even when an older Lite loaded first

0.4.48

• Updates/uploads stay in the already-installed plugin folder (stops a second Lite copy after upgrade)
• Duplicate-plugin notice lists active Lite paths

0.4.47

• GitHub zip again installs into folder choir-rehearsal/ (fixes duplicate plugin after upload on existing sites)

0.4.46

• Align text domain with WordPress.org slug (compath-choir-rehearsal)

0.4.45

• Pro: Export/Import song library backup (ZIP)
• Pro: Fix activation fatal when backup file missing or duplicate Lite slug listed as dependency
• Clearer duplicate-plugin admin notice

0.4.44

• Fix piano keys sticking visually after press on the public song player

0.4.43

• Fix: activating beside an old choir-rehearsal folder no longer fatals; shows an admin notice instead
• Keep only one plugin copy active (prefer folder compath-choir-rehearsal)

0.4.42

• Fix: replace wp_dropdown_pages with an escaped custom select (Plugin Check)

0.4.41

• Fix: remaining Plugin Check issues (wp_dropdown_pages escaping, login redirect nonce)

0.4.40

• Fix: Plugin Check errors (escaping, translators comments, wp_delete_file)
• Fix: Plugin Check warnings (sanitization, prefixed uninstall vars, textdomain)

0.4.39

• Brand: plugin renamed to Compath Choir Rehearsal (slug compath-choir-rehearsal) for WordPress.org
• Package folder and GitHub release zip use compath-choir-rehearsal

0.4.38

• Fix: mobile fullscreen PDF close (X) appears above sticky player and recording dock
• Fullscreen PDF toolbar includes a Close control for reliable exit on small screens

0.4.37

• Fix: PDF page navigation works again (same-size pages were skipped by render guard)

0.4.36

• Fix: desktop scrubber works for microphone WebM recordings (Chrome Infinity duration)
• New mic uploads are converted to WAV when needed so seeking works reliably

0.4.35

• Fix: song page / editor freeze caused by recording-dock body class observer
• PDF viewer skips redundant re-renders that could lock the UI

0.4.34

• Mobile: floating recording bar (record / pause / stop / cancel) above the player when controls scroll away or PDF is expanded
• Mic recording supports pause and resume from the same take

0.4.33

• Recording: larger piano and metronome icons
• Sticky player: metronome only in mic recording (removed from player bar)
• Sticky player: remove white frame around waveform scrubber on the public song page
• Song view: reliable X control to exit expanded PDF

0.4.32

• Sticky player and song editor: metronome panel with tempo slider (40–208 BPM)
• Recording row: Start / piano / metronome at 70% / 15% / 15%

0.4.31

• Sticky player: hide track title on waveform; time + close sit to the right of scrubber

0.4.30

• Song editor: piano icon beside Start recording (70% / 30% row)

0.4.29

• Sticky player: open a scrollable 2-octave Web Audio piano above the player

0.4.28

• Sticky player: waveform only behind scrubber (no white seek track)
• PDF expand fits page to screen width; expand toggles to matching X control
• Pinch-zoom keeps the chosen scale instead of snapping to 100%

0.4.27

• Sticky player: waveform is the scrubber background (compact single-row bar)

0.4.26

• Song editor: show track waveform instead of the audio filename
• Sticky player: waveform under the seek bar

0.4.25

• Voice tracks show a blue waveform from the track name to Play/Upload
• Waveforms are generated from each track’s audio file in the browser

0.4.24

• Play buttons always blue with white icon/text (theme-proof)
• PDF: full-screen expand with close control; sticky player stays visible below
• PDF: pinch-to-zoom (and Ctrl/trackpad zoom)

0.4.23

• WordPress.org package: remove GitHub updater file entirely (Plugin Check)
• readme.txt: Tested up to 7.1

0.4.22

• WordPress.org ready: disable GitHub self-updater in .org packages
• Bundle PDF.js locally (no third-party CDN for scripts)
• Settings: WordPress.org builds show “Updates via WordPress.org”
• Document external Pro storefront link in readme

0.4.21

• Fix: updater treats non-2xx GitHub API responses as failures (rate limits no longer look like empty release lists)
• Fix: durable update.json fallback via GitHub release asset (/releases/latest/download/update.json)
• Settings: Check for plugin updates redirects back with clear notices (available / up to date / failed)
• Settings: show last update-check result under Plugin version

0.4.20

• Fix: PDF score preview no longer blanks in the song editor after the form loads
• PDF.js loads without credentials first (avoids hung credentialed fetches in wp-admin)
• Song save no longer deletes an attached PDF when the metabox field is missing or mime is unexpected

0.4.19

• Share: one-tap copy link with on-screen confirmation (no dual public/private menu)
• Fix mobile Share toast so it stays on screen
• Song editor: fix Play icon (large white triangle in blue circle)

0.4.18

• Song permalinks: auto-transliterate any language title to a Latin slug
• Fix permalink editing so custom slugs save correctly
• Migrate existing non-Latin song URLs on upgrade

0.4.17

• Song page: Share icon to copy public or private song links

0.4.16

• Make public control on the song editor card (icon on mobile)
• Guests can browse and listen to public songs without signing in
• Private songs still require login when that setting is enabled

0.4.15

• Song editor matches the public song card: embedded PDF with swipe page turns
• Voice track rows use listen-style layout with Upload / Record / Play icon buttons
• Removed the unreliable floating PDF panel

0.4.14

• Sticky player: close (×) button on the right — hides the player so mobile Update / content is reachable
• Pro: PDF icon after song titles that have an attached score

0.4.13

• Mobile song editor: keep “Back to song list” at the top (visible with sticky player)
• Pro: View PDF floating panel in the song editor so you can record while reading the score

0.4.12

• Song editor Play preview is Pro-only
• Pro benefits copy mentions editor Play everywhere relevant

0.4.11

• Song editor: Play button on voice tracks opens the sticky player

0.4.10

• Demo song titles use zero-padded numbers (Demo Song 01, 02, …) so A–Z sort stays in order

0.4.9

• Load demo songs creates 25 songs so library pagination (20 per page) appears after one click

0.4.8

• Settings: Load demo songs (10 songs × 4 tracks with demo voice audio)
• Settings: Delete all songs with Yes/No confirmation (removes tracks, media, songs)

0.4.7

• Pro search: match Cyrillic and other Unicode song titles (not only Latin)

0.4.6

• Fix double “Update now”: clear update cache after upgrade and compare version from disk

0.4.5

• Remove License key field from Lite settings (licensing belongs in Pro add-on)

0.4.4

• Buy Pro links to https://shop.compath.ee/products/choir-rehearsal-pro/

0.4.3

• Lite: Buy Pro button on Settings, Plugins list, and editor toolbar
• Documented Lite → Pro add-on install (do not replace Lite)

0.4.2

• Song list pagination (20 songs per page) for large libraries
• Pro search spans the full library while browsing stays paginated
• Mobile: search field spans full width above the song list

0.4.1

• Pro: search songs by title in the rehearsal library list

0.4.0

• Lite edition: up to 4 voice tracks per song, no microphone recording
• Pro edition via separate Choir Rehearsal Pro add-on plugin
• Edition label and upgrade link in Settings

0.3.11

• Mobile-friendly sticky player: wider controls, large play button, seek bar

0.3.10

• Plugin author shown as Compath OÜ (was Cappella Veneta in older builds)

0.3.9

• Product page URL set to rehearsal.compath.ee

0.3.8

• Product documentation page (order, install, pricing, changelog)
• Documentation link on Settings page

0.3.7

• Fix desktop layout: Publish sidebar no longer overlaps song title

0.3.6

• Fix: song title field visible again on edit screen

0.3.5

• Mobile song editor: Back to song list button (top and sticky footer)

0.3.4

• Simplified song editor: title, PDF score, and voice tracks only
• Removed WordPress content editor and extra meta boxes
• Mobile: main fields first, sticky Save/Publish bar at bottom

0.3.3

• Mobile-friendly admin layout for voice tracks (compact select and buttons)

0.3.2

• Fix microphone recording upload (video/webm and file type validation)
• Show specific server error when upload fails

0.3.1

• Show installed plugin version on the Settings page

0.3.0

• Record voice tracks from microphone in the song editor (MediaRecorder API)
• Recordings upload directly to the WordPress Media Library

0.2.6

• Fix duplicated login form caused by multiple [choir_rehearsal] shortcodes on the page

0.2.5

• Fix critical error after v0.2.4 upgrade

0.2.4

• Rehearsal library now uses a standard WordPress page with [choir_rehearsal] shortcode
• Auto-creates /rehearsal/ page and refreshes permalinks on upgrade
• Settings: choose rehearsal page and add it to WP menus

0.2.3

• Fix GitHub update check (repository URL encoding returned 404)
• Fallback update metadata from update.json in the repository
• "Check for updates now" button in settings

0.2.2

• Frontend login screen on rehearsal pages instead of redirect to wp-login.php
• Role-based toolbar: editors manage songs, singers view and listen only

0.2.1

• WordPress-native plugin updates via GitHub Releases or custom JSON URL

0.2.0

• PDF sheet music attachment per song
• PDF viewer with previous/next page controls on song pages

0.1.0

• Initial release: songs, tracks, sticky player, REST API, MCP abilities.