Toocheke Companion

Toocheke Companion Website: Toocheke Companion Looking to publish your comics or manga on your WordPress website? Toocheke Companion extends your WordPress theme with the ability to create, manage, and display comic and manga posts. While it works best with the Toocheke WordPress theme, it is compatible with most modern WordPress themes. Comics published with Toocheke Companion can also be discovered through ComicScout — a curated discovery platform built specifically for independent comic websites designed to help readers discover new comics and drive traffic back to creators' sites. Key Features

• Display comics and manga in nearly any WordPress theme
• Full support for the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)
• Includes 15 blocks and matching shortcodes for flexible comic layouts
• Easy customization with color schemes and layout options
• New: Dedicated Manga layout support — organize and display manga with series, volumes, and chapters
• Responsive layout optimized for mobile and desktop
• Dual-version responsive comic support (desktop/mobile)
• Webtoon-style vertical scrolling support
• Thumbnail-based archive navigation
• Organize comics into series, chapters, collections and character/location tags
• Built-in social sharing, likes, bookmarks, and age verification
• Top ten comics based on post views
• Infinite scroll for archive display
• Bilingual/multilingual comic and manga support
• ⭐ ComicScout integration — get your comic listed on ComicScout, a curated discovery platform built specifically for independent comic websites to help readers discover new comics

1.209

• NEW: Added an Image Optimization on Upload option that converts uploaded images to AVIF when supported, or WebP as a fallback, reducing file sizes, saving server space, and improving page load times.

1.208

• NEW: Added a Default ComicScout Social Share Image setting for defining a fallback image used when ComicScout promotes comic updates and no post-specific image is provided.

1.207

• NEW: Added a ComicScout Social Share Image field for comic posts, allowing creators to define the image used when ComicScout promotes comic updates on social media.
• UPDATE: Enhanced the comic RSS feed with ComicScout discovery thumbnails, social share images, and additional image metadata.

1.206

• NEW: Added a ComicScout Thumbnail Image field for comic posts, allowing creators to upload a vertical thumbnail optimized for ComicScout listings (recommended 1000×1500).
• UPDATE: Improved the comic RSS feed to include both the featured image and ComicScout Thumbnail Image

1.205

• UPDATE: Thumbnails now have a fixed size, regardless of the original image dimensions. This ensures consistency in layout across your site.
• NEW: Added an option to include featured images as enclosures in RSS feeds

1.204

• UPDATE: Added image protection option for comics scheduled in the future.

1.203

• UPDATE: Updated series archive layouts so comic navigation is now restricted to the current series.
• NEW: Added two new archive layout options for collections.

1.202

• UPDATE: Enabled navigation within a collection when using the [toocheke-collection-archive] shortcode

1.201

• NEW: Added shortcodes to display first and latest Manga Series:
• [toocheke-first-manga-series]
• [toocheke-latest-manga-series]
• NEW: Added shortcodes to display first and latest Manga Volume:
• [toocheke-first-manga-volume]
• [toocheke-latest-manga-volume]
• FIX: Resolved layout issues affecting the Manga Series grid display.

1.200

• UPDATE: Added infinite scroll support for manga series.

1.199

• UPDATE: Added loading functionality for manga filtering

1.198

• FIX: Mobile layout for manga series filter

1.197

• NEW: Image protection for comic posts (prevents direct access and hotlinking). Enable via Toocheke → Options → Images.

1.196

• NEW: Added optional title attribute to manga archive shortcodes. Section headings can now be overridden via shortcode while still falling back to Customizer settings.

1.195

• SECURITY: Fixed Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Patreon Level functionality. Added input sanitization and output escaping to prevent malicious code injection. Thanks to the security researchers for responsible disclosure.

1.194

• FIX: Resolved comic navigation for collections when using non-Toocheke themes.

1.193

• UPDATE: Added support for social sharing buttons when using non-Toocheke themes.

1.192

• FIX: Improved handling of Series IDs in chapter navigation buttons.
• FIX: Added additional bot-detection safeguards to prevent automated crawling from inflating like counts.

1.191

• UPDATE: Comic blog post fields now support embedded YouTube videos with secure iframe handling

1.190

• UPDATE: Added the ability to set "Buy Comic" pricing directly on individual comic posts, in addition to the existing global pricing options. This allows per-comic pricing. Premium only.

1.189

• UPDATE: Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.9.

1.188

• UPDATE: Added support for right-to-left (RTL) reading, enabling proper layout for languages such as Japanese.

1.187

• FIX: Resolved an issue where the comic list was not displaying correctly.

1.186

• UPDATE: Added option to set the default manga page view (single page or two-page spread).

1.185

• NEW. Added zoom functionality for a better manga reading experience on mobile devices. Now you can easily zoom in and out for improved readability and navigation.
• UPDATE. Made strings on manga-related pages translatable, enabling better localization support for different languages.

1.184

• FIX. Minor styling and performance improvements.

1.183

• NEW. Added full Manga layout support, including dedicated series, volume, and chapter pages and support for Patreon and ChamaWP.
• FIX. Minor styling and performance improvements.

1.181

• UPDATE. Added option to decide whether to always show comic navigation buttons, even if there isn’t a first, previous, next, or last comic available.

1.180

• UPDATE. Added shortcode support for displaying the current year.

1.179

• UPDATE: Enhanced the Webcomic plugin import process — comics are now only assigned to a series when multiple series/collections exist, preventing unnecessary series assignment for comics that may disrupt comic navigation.

1.178

• NEW: Added ability to import comics from the Webcomic plugin

1.177

• FIX: Alt hover effect for desktop version of comic

1.176

• FIX: Fixed an issue where the alt hover effect was not being applied correctly.

1.175

• FIX: Resolved alt hover issue not working on 3rd party themes.

1.174

• ENHANCEMENT: Introduced full Gutenberg block editor support.
• Added 15 custom blocks for displaying series, chapters, comic posts, characters, archives, and more.

1.173

• UPDATE. Added support for blocks

1.172

• UPDATE. Enhanced like feature with bot check

1.171

• FIX. Authors could not add comic posts. Added capability support for authors.

1.170

• UPDATE. Added support for hover text.

1.169

• UPDATE. Added support for sponsoring a comic.

1.168

• UPDATE. Added shortcodes for displaying comic taxonomy archives.

1.167

• FIX. Security fix for saving editor meta fields for comics

1.166

• UPDATE. Added option to scroll past header when navigating through comic posts
• UPDATE. Added option to consolidate comic posts and regular blog posts into main feed.

1.165

• UPDATE. Replaced Twitter icon with X icon for the social sharing button.

1.164

• FIX. Removed content display for age verification popup

1.163

• FIX. Reset of comic post variable from traditional navigation buttons to prevent chapters navigation conflict

1.162

• FIX. Layout issues for comic archive shortcode

1.161

• FIX. Display of comic archive

1.160

• FIX. Formatting of paragraphs in comic blog post.

1.159

• UPDATE. Added age verification support for individual comics and series.

1.158

• FIX. Paragraph spacing for Rich text editors.

1.157

• UPDATE. Expanded the default search results to include comic posts.

1.156

• UPDATE. Added "limit" option for the latest comics shortcode.

1.155

• UPDATE. Replaced sharing button images with fontawesome icons.

1.154

• FIX. toocheke-latest-comic shortcode - comments and blog posts were not being displayed. Post conflict with chapter dropdown.

1.153

• UPDATE. WhatsApp and LinkedIn social media share buttons

1.152

• UPDATE. Bluesky and threads social media share buttons

1.151

• UPDATE. Add short code link parameter for "toocheke-all-series"

1.150

• FIX. Warning messages for sorting comics

1.149

• FIX. Kofi link for support links.

1.148

• UPDATE. Added sidebar override for series.

1.147

• FIX. Paging for all chapters shortcode.

1.146

• FIX. Bug in sort function for comics.

1.145

• FIX. Ordering of likes and views in comics admin.

1.144

• UPDATE. Added series filtering to chapters shortcode

1.143

• FIX. Chapters navigation

1.142

• UPDATE. Added comic archive navigation button

1.141

• FIX. Getting the correct URL for the comic page for social medial sharing

1.140

• UPDATE. Added support buttons

1.139

• UPDATE. Added yearly archive options

1.138

• FIX. Import error for comics

1.137

• FIX. Import error for comics

1.136

• UPDATE. Optimized import process for Comic Easel

1.135

• UPDATE. Transcript meta

1.134

• UPDATE. Added transcript field

1.133

• UPDATE. Add parameter for ordering comics for the "toocheke-all-series" shortcode

1.132

• UPDATE. Added locations/tags/characters to import process from Comic Easel. Optimized process for importing from Comic Easel

1.131

• FIX. Displaying comments on the latest comic shortcode.

1.130

• FIX. Adding option to delete audio file(for Premium only).

1.129

• UPDATE. Changed function for handling random comic navigation.

1.128

• FIX. Handling cacheing for random comic navigation.

1.127

• UPDATE. Added meta data for comic's blog post.

1.126

• UPDATE. Fixed layout for comic's blog post.

1.125

• UPDATE. Displaying comic's blog post irrespective of theme.

1.124

• UPDATE. Added display of analytics (views,comments,likes) irrespective of theme.

1.123

• FIX. Counting comic post views irrespective of theme.

1.122

• FIX. Added a workaround to handle age verification with caching enabled.

1.121

• UPDATE. Added option to setup commenting behind a paywall.

1.120

• FIX. Handling of age verification with cache plugin installed.

1.119

• ADDITION. Archive options for displaying archives segmented by series

1.118

• ADDITION. Archive options for displaying archives segmented by chapters

1.117

• UPDATE. Option to support navigation to future comic posts(Premium only).

1.116

• UPDATE. Option to choose which series is displayed on the home page of a traditional layout.

1.115

• UPDATE. Added option for buying original art and print copies of a comic(Premium only).

1.114

• FIX. Add check for posted custom fields.

1.113

• Fixed saving of empty comic custom fields

1.112

• Fixed ordering of comic characters

1.111

• Updated copy link url

1.110

• Updated code for copy link

1.109

• Added shortcode support for ordering characters

1.108

• Added ordering for characters.

1.107

• Added scheduled comics shortcode.

1.106

• Updated name of enqueued font awesome font to prevent conflict

1.105

• Removed deprecated get_page_by_title().

1.104

• Fixed chapter navigation

1.103

• Added missing files.

1.102

• Fixed chapter navigation error.

1.101

• Added option to disable keyboard navigation.

1.100

• Changed description on ordering option.

1.99

• Added support for chapter navigation

1.98

• Added option for displaying comic's blog post on webtoon layouts.

1.97

• Fixed bulk edit of Patreon level.

1.96

• Fixed shortcodes parameters.

1.95

• Thumbnail archive fix.

1.94

• Fix for comic navigation for latest comic shortcode.

1.93

• Added shortcode support for series navigation.

1.92

• Added shortcode for displaying first comic.

1.91

• WordPress update compatibility.

1.90

• Fixed call to function error.

1.89

• Added mobile device image option for series posts

1.88

• Renaming of functions

1.87

• Added support for displaying comic posts in any theme.

1.86

• Added taxonomy cloud support for Comic tags, locations & characters.

1.85

• Added ordering option for Collections

1.84

• Handling empty string for audio metabox

1.83

• Added ordering option for the comic slider navigation.

1.82

• Infinite scroll of comic archive on home page.

1.81

• Added notice for ComicPress to Comic Easel migration.

1.80

• Added support for post views.

1.79

• Added option to enable blog post listing on series landing page.

1.78

• Added option to allow discussion on comic posts on the home page.
• Streamlined option menu by adding tabs.

1.77

• Update to functionality for clicking to the next comic.

1.76

• Added support for navigating to the next comic on clicking a comic's image

1.75

• Support for background image on series page template
• Support for background color on series page template

1.74

• Add publicize support on comic posts for JetPack

1.73

• Setting the first comic order for chapter links

1.72

• Ordering of comic series

1.71

• Fixed bookmark nav function

1.70

• Copy update on options page

1.69

• Added support for comic navigation buttons above the comic(traditional layouts)
• Added bookmark menu item for navigation bar

1.68

• Fixed missing toocheke_image_click_message function

1.67

• Added support for bilingual comic

1.66

• Updated hide/display blog feature

1.65

• Added option to hide or display blog posts

1.64

• Added support for keyboard navigation of comics

1.63

• Fixed thumbnail image column in admin

1.62

• Added option to display/hide comic analytics
• Added featured image column
• Added likes feature

1.61

• Fixed Comic Archive Layout option dropdown

1.60

• Add feature to allow for disabling of the click to enlarge image on comic images.

1.59

• Fixed age verification bug.

1.58

• Changed image link filtering to comic pages only.

1.57

• Support for editing patreon in bulk.
• Removing image link from comic images.

1.56

• Age verification for NSFW comics.

1.55

• Added option to display list of all comics on multiple series home page.

1.54

• Support for custom social buttons
• Ability to hide/show random button

1.53

• Fixed comic's blog post editor to allow for paragraphs.

1.52

• Changed positioning of desktop comic and blog editor fields

1.51

• Adding series to quick and bulk edit

1.50

• Removed comic paragraph

1.49

• Added support for swipe navigation like Instagram

1.48

• Updated comments form

1.47

• Updated icons

1.46

• Fixed comments URL

1.45

• Making menu visible to editor roles

1.44

• Added new files

1.43

• Added series feature
• Centralized all Toocheke menus under one main menu

1.42

• Changed input type for chapter order

1.41

• Validation of collections and chapters

1.40

• Removed old navigation icons

1.39

• Changed default image for comic navigation

1.38

• Setting default comic navigation option

1.37

• Added media js

1.36

• Added functionality for changing comic navigation

1.35

• Updated icon

1.34

• Updated icon

1.33

• Updated icon

1.32

• Fixed resources path

1.31

• Added some plugin options
• Consolidated option pages into one
• Added plugin icon

1.30

• Fixed enqueue character image script bug

1.29

• Updated enqueue character image script

1.28

• Fixed character image bug

1.27

• Added character image

1.26

• Added character page

1.25

• Changed description field to WYSIWYG taxonomy
• Added comic sorting option

1.24

• Fixed audio save bug

1.23

• Added audio to comic post type.

1.22

• Comic Blog Editor

1.21

• Comic Easel bulk import - fixed variable declaration.

1.20

• Comic Easel bulk import - fixed SQL query.

1.19

• Comic Easel bulk import - switched from WP function to SQL query.

1.18

• Fixed Comic Easel bulk import.

1.17

• Updated Comic Easel fixed bulk import.

1.16

• Updated Comic Easel import functionality incase it fails during bulk import.

1.15

• Updated Comic Easel import functionality

1.14

• Added option for adding a blog post within the comic

1.13

• Added option for two versions of the comic on each post

1.12

• Fixed saving bug for collections and chapters

1.11

• Added comic collections taxonomy

1.10

• Added social share sub-menu to comics main menu

1.9

• Added instructions for comic easel import

1.8

• Fix imported comic layout

1.7

• Added import for comic easel

1.6

• Updated post type for comic

1.5

• Changed post type for comic

1.4

• Added default image settings
• Updating comic number

1.3

• Added social sharing for comic pages

1.2

• Bug fix for toocheke_rewrite_flush