Laoutaris Maze Generator

The Maze Generator is a powerful gamification plugin that allows you to build multi-step navigation games using your existing WordPress pages. Unlike simple links, this plugin turns website navigation into a Time Attack Game. Users must find the correct path through your pages to reach the "Finale." The plugin tracks their speed, ranks them on a global leaderboard, and offers rewards (like PDF downloads or coupons) upon completion. Key Features:

• Time Attack Mode: Automatically tracks exactly how many seconds it takes a user to solve the maze.
• Image-Based Choices: Upload your own images (Doors, Portals, Arrows, etc.). The game randomly shuffles and displays them as interactive buttons.
• Dynamic Leaderboard: A modern, responsive leaderboard featuring "All Time" vs. "This Month" tabs, top-3 trophies, and formatted timings.
• Reward System: Automatically unlock a File Download or Custom Content for users who successfully complete the maze.
• Drag & Drop-style Builder: Easily link a "Start Page" to a "Correct Destination" and add multiple "Decoys" (wrong turns).
• Searchable Dropdowns: Quickly find the pages you need in the admin panel with the built-in search filter.
• Cheat Prevention: Only the current room's path is sent to the browser, and the leaderboard form requires an active run before it accepts a submission.
• Engagement Animations: Visual "Shake" effects when clicking wrong answers.

1.1.8

• Fix: The maze runner no longer sends the full room-by-room path to the browser; each page now only receives its own choices, closing a way to view-source straight to the finale.
• Fix: Corrected a timer bug where a completed run could still show "You haven't started the maze yet!" on the leaderboard page.
• Fix: Leaderboard submissions from a new player now require a real elapsed time, so a crafted request can no longer top the board with a zero-second run.
• Fix: Leaderboard and maze text are now HTML-escaped before being inserted into the page.
• Fix: Various small hardening/cleanup items (translatable error messages, duplicate URL parameter, safer version check, button color fallback).
• Feature: Added a one-click copy button next to each shortcode on the maze list screen.
• Improvement: Replaced the plain search box above the page/post dropdowns with a proper searchable combobox (type to filter, click or use arrow keys to pick).

1.1.7

• Compatible up to WordPress 7.1.

1.1.6

• Compatible up to WordPress 7.0.

1.1.5

• Fix: Corrected "This Month" leaderboard filter logic to show only current month's scores.
• Fix: Resolved CSS layout issues in the Maze Builder where search fields were misaligned.

1.1.3

• Feature: Added search/filter functionality to page selection dropdowns for easier navigation of large sites.

1.1.1 Major update adding Image Library, Time Attack mode, and improved Leaderboard. 1.1.0

• Public Release: First stable public version.
• Feature: Image Library with Fisher-Yates shuffle logic to prevent duplicate images.
• Feature: Time Attack logic with Start/Stop timestamps.
• Feature: Leaderboard with "This Month" vs "All Time" tabs and Top 3 highlighting.
• Fix: Resolved date formatting issues to respect WordPress General Settings.
• Fix: Added anti-cheat checks to prevent direct access to the leaderboard.
• Fix: Improved compatibility with caching plugins.

1.0.0

• Initial development version.