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Happy Friday, everyone. I'm starting this Friday with something I meant to do last Friday! The latest version of MediaHub (1.19.25) is now available, and thanks to our testers, we have improvements across the UI, module performance and some new features too. Existing Media hubbers: Download here New to hubbing: Read here Full changelog: Read here What's new and improved in 1.19.25... Upload screen refresh Uploading is one of the first things a new user will do, so the first impression should be positive, distraction-free and simple. But behind a screen that seemingly has 'just one job', people asked if they could organise their uploads from here. While you can do this later within the Library, being able to associate your uploads with Collections and Labels at this point across multiple images will save you a lot of time and asset admin. An "Organise uploads" bar above the dropzone lets you assign Collections and Labels before the batch starts. If one doesn't exist yet, you can create it from here. A scrollable card queue replaces the old list. Each file shows a thumbnail or file-type icon, inline status, and a per-file progress bar. Oversized or unsupported files stage with a clear warning and are excluded from the upload. Inline filename editing on each card is possible before you upload. We'll introduce a table view shortly if you're uploading at scale and want to sort and filter at this point. Once your upload starts, you can see the progress of each file and a master progress bar. Custom fields on assets Adding custom fields to a MediaHub input field works the same way as the existing workflow. Should you wish, you can also assign custom fields to a master asset depending on your use case. You can assign custom fields to your master asset or just the MediaHub field on your page. They work indenpendently when you want, but also have a relationship with and inherit-with-override model. Inherit-with-override works the same way Title and Alt already do: The asset detail page (left) holds the canonical (library-level) value. Every reference inherits it by default. On a page, custom fields appear below Title, Filename, Description, and Tags. An editor can override the value for that one reference only. The override saves when the page saves, no separate save button A small reset control next to any overridden field lets you revert to the library value in one click On a MediaHub input field, a developer can choose to display custom fields in a different order than on the asset detail page Two tiers Some metadata belongs to the asset everywhere (a photographer credit, a licence URL). Other metadata belongs to how the asset is used in a specific field. Both are supported: Asset-level fields go on pkd-mediahub-asset. Master value plus per-reference override and reset Field-specific fields go on a template named mediahub-field-{fieldName} (mirrors ProcessWire's native pattern). These appear only in that field's drawer and are per-reference only, no library master I hadn't planned on allowing custom fields on the asset detail page, but it was straightforward once I added some of the standard text-based fields. It works in the same way you'd add a field to any template and doesn't even require the extra custom field to input field step (creating an extra fileless template). Anything on that asset template that isn’t one of MediaHub’s built-in fields: title, image, alt, labels, collections, and so on - is treated as yours. Should you wish to uninstall MediaHub, we have safeguards in place to keep your custom fields on your ProcessWire install, which is what I think you might want. The only real downside I have found so far is that custom fields on the master asset template show on every asset detail page, so a name like Photographer fits a photo but feels odd on a PDF or spreadsheet. What has worked for me is broader labels from the start (Source, Description). We plan to make this more asset-aware in a future release, but for now, name fields as if every asset type will see them, because they will. But, this is just a side note and doesn't affect input fields, which was the core feature and of the 1.19.25 release. Library thumbnails 1.19.25 takes a leaner approach to thumbnail generation and makes more effort to reuse thumbnails across the UI vs generating the full scope on upload and import. One preview at upload. Each image gets a single small proportional preview. That's 75% fewer auto-generated files at upload time. One library thumb per asset. Grid, Masonry, and List share one canonical thumbnail. CSS handles grid cropping. Built on first browse. The full library size is generated the first time you scroll an asset into view, not during upload. The upload preview is shown immediately as a placeholder so nothing looks broken while it's being prepared Import Existing Images and the asset picker use the same on-demand model. Bulk imports of existing assets from existing fields should feel noticeably lighter on disk and CPU. Library bulk actions and toolbar The search and filter area of the Library was cleaned up for consistency and clarity in advance of some architectural changes (more below) Selecting assets now swaps the breadcrumb row for a compact bulk action bar with actions for Collections, Labels, and Delete. There's a useful workflow change here: you can select assets first and then create and assign a collection in one step, rather than having to create the collection first. Library and picker consistency MediaHub looks like it has one central Library, but under the hood there are actually three slightly different versions of it: the main Library, the InputfieldMediaHub picker, and the TinyMCE picker. Over time I found that improvements made to the main Library were easy to overlook on the other two, since they didn't share any underlying code. To reduce that drift, 1.19.25 moves the toolbar, sidebar, filters, and tiles onto shared partials so all three surfaces stay aligned going forward. This isn't just a tidy-up under the hood either. It lightens the module overall, and it's what made it possible to introduce the Collections and Labels sidebar into Library screens that didn't have it before. Import page images The ability to import images from your existing fields was an early feature and has been in MediaHub since v1 1.19.25 gives it an overhaul. BTW the import Page Images button is optionally enabled in the field config so you can enable it on a field-by-field basis. Repeater and RepeaterMatrix support The scan now walks Repeater and RepeaterMatrix fields up to three levels deep. Results are grouped under breadcrumb headings so you can see exactly where each image came from. How matching works Each image on the page is scored against the whole Hub using four signals: filename stem file size dimensions and a perceptual hash (a 64-bit visual fingerprint that can match re-encoded or renamed copies). Each result gets a confidence badge: New - not currently in the Hub Exact match - identical file already in the Hub Likely match - looks like an asset already in the Hub Possible match - filename matches a Hub asset but the file content appears different Already added - already used in this field When a match is confirmed, MediaHub adds a reference to the existing asset rather than copying the file again. Hardening for large pagesThere's also longer scan and import time limits, JSON error handling, a 200-selection cap per request, and client-side checks so a timeout doesn't surface as a cryptic error. Import Page Images was one of MediaHub's earliest features, and I think there's more we can do here. The import modal in particular could use a bit more cleanup, so that's on the list. That's pretty much it. Thanks for reading and scrolling! MediaHub is currently available for single sites, developers of multiple sites and agencies. If you'd like to try it first, DM me. Have a great weekend, Peter

Today, I am happy to showcase one of Fruitcake Communications AG's latest projects powered by ProcessWire. Ausgleichskasse des Schweizerischen Gewerbes AK105 AK105 is one of Switzerland's long established trade compensation funds, serving over 10,000 companies with first and second pillar social insurance, family allowances and pension administration since 1947. The multilingual site gives employers, employees, the self employed and pensioners clear access to all services, news and the connect online portal for paperless administration. The website is only part of the whole project as we also refreshed the existing logo, created a new corporate identity from that, and reimagined all business materials. The result is a modern, professional brand identity that accurately reflects the organization’s values, also perfectly reflected on the new website. We have developed a portal for existing business customers, parties interested switching to AK105 and also the actual people to whose benefit the trade compensation funds are. The goal is to answer questions and provide further information directly on the federal government portal. We knew one of the most important aspects of such a challenge is the search function and improved accessibility. ProcessWire has ready-to-use tools for both of these goals whilst our frontend is purpose built in-house like always for Fruitcake. Search We are making heavy use of @ryan's RepeaterMatrix which allows any component to be used literally anywhere on the website. Searchability becomes a challenge just because of that though. Most of the actual content lives either inside RepeaterMatrix pages or is fetched from other meta content. Thus, a front-facing page will be stitched together from many different sources like repeaters and other pages. To actually make the website searchable, we have developed a sophisticated set of hooks and functions which will search through all repeaters, nested repeaters and then from these results, backtrack to the actual front-facing pages so that the search result shows the precise content found whilst then linking back to the correct place where that content is located. Accessibility Not only just because the target audience is people aged 50+, accessibility is another key requirement for such a project. Apart from following accessilibity standards, we also have included a text-size switcher to allow for better readability whilst keeping the rest of the content concise. Most of the work here is invisible though: Styles for prefers-reduced-motion switches, proper handling of any navigation and control element using just the keyboard and flawless screen-reader support. Actually selling this invisible work to clients is a challenge in itself. Luckily, our client is already familiar with the necessity and the benefit of the endeavour and thus there was almost no discussion needed. Admin impressions Technical details The site is powered by ProcessWire 3.0.255 of course using the new admin theme which we ❤️! Modules in use: RepeaterMatrix SeoMaestro ProcessRedirects TracyDebugger ProtectedMode WireMailSmtp FileValidatorSvgSanitizer InputfieldAssistedURL FieldtypeColorPicker Links Case study on our website: https://fruitcake.ch/cases/ak105/ Website: https://ak105.ch/ Showcase on processwire.com: coming soon

That's strange, as that's what I use and I like it. The only thing I do not like about it is the battery. There is no official replacement battery, which is a shame. I ordered my first third-party replacement for it two months ago and it was performing badly right from the beginning.

Hello everyone, I have been working on PWGermanShop, a comprehensive shop system built specifically for ProcessWire to address the regulatory and functional requirements of the German market. The system is nearing its final stages, and I am now looking for a small group of testers to help gather real-world feedback before a wider release. Since the ProcessWire forum is international, I am writing this post in English. However, please note that both the system and its documentation are currently only available in German, as the project is tailored to the DACH region. What is PWGermanShop? PWGermanShop is designed to handle the typical workflows and legal requirements of German e-commerce setups within ProcessWire. You can read through the documentation here to see how it works: 👉 https://mholte.de/docs/PWGermanShop/ How to participate in the test: The system is currently not publicly downloadable. I would like to share the installation files individually with interested testers to ensure a structured feedback process. If you are a ProcessWire developer building sites for the German-speaking market and would like to test the system: Please read the documentation to see if it fits your general requirements. Reply to this thread or send me a private message (PM) if you would like to participate. I will then send you the download link and instructions on how to install it. What kind of feedback is helpful? Is the setup and configuration process logical? Does the documentation cover all the steps clearly? Are there any bugs or edge cases you encounter during your tests? Thank you very much for your interest and support. I look forward to your feedback and to collaborating with some of you! Best regards

Thanks Peter! Not specifically for the forums. I needed a reusable weather module for ProcessWire projects: normalized provider data, cache, fallbacks, geocoding, and optional widgets. The illustration is basically a quick visual overview of the module features. For some modules there isn’t always a meaningful screenshot to show, especially when the main value is in the API or backend logic, so I decided to make a small illustration for each module. It makes the project easier to scan and gives the release page a more polished, professional feel 🙂

Thanks @adrian, great catch on the superuser fallback. You were right — that made the setting misleading if someone intentionally cleared the excluded roles list. I’ve fixed that in 1.1.0, so leaving the field blank now tracks all roles. Also, thanks for the heads-up about Native Analytics being hookable now. I hadn’t been following its recent development closely, so I didn’t know about that change. I liked your suggestion and added optional Native Analytics integration in 1.1.0 as well. Compass remains fully standalone via Setup → Compass, but if Native Analytics with hookable dashboard tabs is installed, Compass now adds its own tab there too. And yes, I still think there’s room for smaller focused tools alongside bigger all-in-one analytics modules. Sometimes people just need a specific behavior/heatmap tool without adopting a broader analytics setup. Fun side note: Compass was originally started in April 2026 in Philadelphia, while I was at a Mel Robbins event.

I just gave things a shot on my end with a similar structure, on my DDEV development machine, and was able to (eventually) successfully access the contents of the folder once I got past the htpasswd basic authentication. The error I experienced was that I was receiving a 500 server error, in this folder, at first. Since I knew things were working before implementing the htpasswd/htaccess combination in this particular folder, I checked the logs. DDEV is not clear on which server the logs are from, but I believe in this case it was Apache (I am not using NGINX). The error message was: My htaccess AuthUserFile directive used a relative path; it seems this particular instance of Apache didn't like that, so I opted for a full path. That worked, and I was once again able to access the content of that folder (after getting beyond the basic auth). Now, all that being said, you say you're getting the ProcessWire-generated 404 page. Thankfully, the 404 page is itself an error document, so there should be some sort of logs, somewhere, that would report why you're getting that output. Have you checked any of the logs to see, by chance? Have you tried creating another directory (temporarily) with a test file in it just to see if you can get that to load - one that is not protected by a basic password? Have you edited, and/or reviewed, the default ProcessWire installation's .htaccess file to see if there might be a conflict - possibly due to file extension?

Awesome, thanks!

@eelkenet I've added the ability to run single migrations from the CLI, as well as re-run, so they should be there now. The CLI --flags options should be more clear now, if you type "php index.php" the help will show all the flags under the CLI commands. As for MCP, we'll be implementing local MCP for most AgentTools commands, probably within the next two weeks. I'm told by GPT 5.5 that agents will likely still prefer to use the CLI in AgentTools most of the time, and that it's more token efficient to do so. But there are also benefits to MCP too so it makes sense to support. I doubt we'll have as many MCP tools as what you see in PromptWire, and AgentTools and PromptWire are completely different tools, so if you find them both useful it makes sense to use both.

Thanks, that makes sense. I updated the Bulk Editor so it now shows the rendered title below the editable Meta Title field when Title Format adds a suffix or other text. The input still contains only the raw editable title, so the suffix is not accidentally saved into each page override, but the rendered title is visible and the length count continues to include the configured Title Format.Thanks, that makes sense. I updated the Bulk Editor so it now shows the rendered title below the editable Meta Title field when Title Format adds a suffix or other text. The input still contains only the raw editable title, so the suffix is not accidentally saved into each page override, but the rendered title is visible and the length count continues to include the configured Title Format.

Confirm this problem. https://streamable.com/ukewz6 I have same green avatar 🙂

One of my testers won't be available to test as soon as they thought. If anyone else would like to test MediaHub, please shout (DM). The PW community is pretty diverse. I've had testers from a technical, UI/UX and media background. That variety of interests has really helped improve MH from multiple angles.

Hi everyone, Needed a way to embed polls and quizzes directly into page content — shortcode in any text field, renders as a cache-safe interactive widget. Built it, it works well, sharing it. GitHub: https://github.com/mxmsmnv/Pulse Screenshot: What it does Polls and quizzes embedded via shortcode into any text field: [[pulse:poll name="my-poll"]] [[pulse:quiz name="my-quiz"]] Polls — voting with live results, multi-select, allow-other option, duplicate protection (cookie+IP, user session, or soft). Quizzes — three modes: graded — points, pass/fail threshold, answer review personality — options award points to outcomes, winning outcome shown at end exam — graded plus timer, attempt limit, question bank, certificate Visual questions — question-level images and image-option layouts. Admin workspace — Setup → Pulse with full CRUD, analytics, CSV/JSON export, import, clone, and demo installer. Security: All scoring server-side — is_correct / outcome_points never reach the client before submission CSRF mandatory on all submissions (token from /pulse/state) Honeypot + rate limiting by hashed IP Voter cookies and IPs stored as salted hashes only Exam HMAC-signed question sets, server-enforced timeouts, signed certificates Cache-safe: renders a static shell, hydrates via JS — works with ProCache. Requirements: ProcessWire 3.0+, PHP 8.2+ MIT License.

I messed up and upgraded the module without upgrading the old version of PHP that I have installed. (7.something) Is there a way for me to downgrade the module (install an older version)? Upgrading to PHP 8, while recommended and necessary, isn't an easy task at this point and in the meantime the mailing function of the website is broken. 😞

This looks great! Any way to install it without Composer?

Ok, I uploaded a 4.9.6 version manually in wire/modules but it wasn't recognised there. Then I uploaded in site/modules and it got recognised. So now it's working while it's still in site/modules. Also recognised in the upgrades module. After that the module information page said there's two versions and now they're both 4.9.6. A bit of a mystery to me but anyway, ProcessWire managed to get everything in order sort of by itself.

Thanks everyone! The idea of a ProcessWire-native community/forum system is very close to what I am exploring with Vox. I do not think the goal should be to clone classic forum software exactly. PW gives us a chance to mix discussions, Q&A, inline content participation, profiles, reputation and API access in a more flexible way. Migrating a large forum is obviously a serious project, not just “Claude, make no mistakes” 🙂 But Vox 1.6.2 is a step toward testing these patterns on real PW sites: forum overview, Answers mode, Textformatter embeds, inline forms and flexible profile sections. I would be happy to hear which real use cases people would like to see covered next.

@suntrop Datetime rendering should be fixed in v1.6.1. I've added the published field as a system timestamp and a fallback for date fields without output format. Let me know if that fixes it on your end.

MediaHub 1.19.2 is on the way, and while I'm finalising some UI polish, I wanted to share the custom fields integration, which some of you have requested. And because both a MediaHub asset page and an input field are new to ProcessWire, we benefit from some new features I hadn't planned. You can add custom fields at two distinct levels... On an asset detail page (fig 1), useful for asset organisation and metadata On the MediaHub input field, giving editors access to those fields when placing assets (fig 2) Fields can exist independently at either level, but when the same field appears in both, they work together. So you might have custom fields on only the asset detail page or only on the input field. Explanations after screenshot... Fig 1 - Asset-level defaults Custom fields on the asset detail page act as the source of truth for that asset. Fig 2 - Editor field overrides You can choose whether to expose those fields to your editors on the MediaHub input field, or not. Your call. Fig 3 - Inherited value with reset option When the same field exists at both levels, the MediaHub field inherits the value set on the asset detail page. You can override it on a field-by-field basis, and if you change your mind, the rewind icon lets you reset it back to the asset value. It only appears once you've made a change. Fig 4 - Independent field ordering The order of fields on the MediaHub input field can be completely independent of the order on the asset detail page. I'll share a few more details when I wrap up and create a dedicated post.

Is the eventual goal to perhaps have PW help us build our code without the need of an external LLM? And also take into account PW’s community modules? Imagine if it could also do front-end (HTML & CSS through the current frameworks UIKit, but including Tailwind too). That would honestly make PW a one-stop-shop.

😆 I blame the docs. But seriously glad it’s working now.