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Hello ! 👋 I'm excited to share WireWall, a comprehensive security firewall module I've been developing for ProcessWire. After months of real-world testing on production sites (including blocking 99.98% of malicious traffic on my e-commerce platform), I'm ready to release it to the community. What is WireWall? WireWall is a ProcessWire-native security module that provides enterprise-grade protection with granular geographic and network-level blocking. Unlike traditional firewalls that only block by country, WireWall lets you block by city, region (state/province), VPN/Proxy/Tor, ASN, and more. Key Features Geographic Blocking: City-level blocking - Block specific cities worldwide (e.g., "Philadelphia", "Beijing", "Tokyo") Region blocking - Block entire states/provinces (e.g., "Pennsylvania", "California", "Tokyo Prefecture") Country blocking - Traditional country-level controls with whitelist/blacklist modes Network Protection: VPN/Proxy/Tor detection - Multi-API detection system with intelligent fallback Datacentre detection - Block AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, and other hosting providers ASN blocking - Block entire autonomous systems by ASN number Rate limiting - Per-IP rate limits with automatic temporary bans AI bot blocking - Automatically block GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and other AI scrapers Performance & Scalability: File-based cache - Scales to 1M+ IPs with zero database overhead Lightning-fast lookups - 0.5-2ms with MaxMind databases HTTP fallback - Works without MaxMind databases (though less performant) Smart caching - GeoIP cached for 30 days, VPN checks for 7 days Developer-Friendly: Priority-based system - 14 security layers evaluated in order JavaScript challenge - Detect and block headless browsers Comprehensive logging - Debug mode with detailed request information Cache management UI - Built-in interface to view stats and clear cache Triple admin protection - Logged-in users, IP whitelist, admin area bypass Real-World Results On my e-commerce site (LQRS.com), WireWall has been running for several months with impressive results: 99.98% blocking rate - Nearly all malicious traffic blocked Zero false positives - Legitimate customers unaffected Significant reduction in AWS/cloud-based automated attacks Complete elimination of VPN/proxy fraud attempts Installation cd /site/modules/ git clone https://github.com/mxmsmnv/WireWall.git Then in ProcessWire admin: Modules → Refresh Install WireWall Configure your blocking rules You're protected! How It Works - Priority System WireWall processes every request through 14 prioritised security layers: Admin Area → ALLOW (ProcessWire admin always accessible) IP Whitelist → ALLOW (manual whitelist bypass) Rate Limiting → BLOCK (excessive requests) IP Blacklist → BLOCK (permanent blocks) JavaScript Challenge → CHALLENGE (suspicious requests) VPN/Proxy/Tor → BLOCK (anonymous services) Datacentre Detection → BLOCK (cloud hosting) ASN Blocking → BLOCK (autonomous systems) Global Rules → BLOCK (known patterns) Country Blocking → BLOCK (country rules) City Blocking → BLOCK (city rules) Region Blocking → BLOCK (region rules) Country-specific Rules → BLOCK (custom rules) Default → ALLOW ✓ First match wins - once a rule triggers, evaluation stops. MaxMind Integration WireWall works best with MaxMind GeoLite2 databases (free): GeoLite2-Country.mmdb - Country detection GeoLite2-City.mmdb - City and region detection GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb - Network/ISP detection Without MaxMind, it falls back to ip-api.com HTTP API (slower, with rate limits). City and region blocking require the MaxMind City database. Download MaxMind databases from: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geolite2-free-geolocation-data Technical Details ProcessWire: 3.0.200 or higher PHP: 8.1 or higher Optional: MaxMind GeoLite2 databases (Country, ASN, City) Optional: Composer (for MaxMind GeoIP2 library) Why Another Firewall Module? I needed something specifically for ProcessWire that: Scales efficiently - File-based cache handles millions of IPs without database bloat Provides granular control - City and region blocking isn't available in other solutions Works offline - MaxMind databases work without external API calls Integrates natively - Built specifically for ProcessWire's architecture Stays free - Open source, no premium tiers or upsells Other solutions like Wordfence (WordPress), Sucuri (paid service), and ModSecurity (server-level) either don't integrate well with ProcessWire or lack the geographic granularity needed for fraud prevention. Resources GitHub Repository: https://github.com/mxmsmnv/WireWall Documentation: Full README with installation, configuration, and troubleshooting Landing Page: https://wirewall.org Licence: MIT (free for commercial use) Quick Start TL;DR # Install cd site/modules && git clone https://github.com/mxmsmnv/WireWall.git # Activate in ProcessWire admin Modules → Install → WireWall # Configure - Enable module - Set blocking rules (cities/regions/countries) - Enable VPN detection - Configure rate limiting - Save # Monitor Setup → Logs → wirewall.txt I'm happy to answer any questions! Has anyone else been working on security solutions for ProcessWire? I'd love to hear about your approaches and challenges. Best regards, Maxim

I hope that you all had a nice winter holiday (Christmas, etc.) or are still on holiday till the new year. Not a lot to report this week since I’ve been on holiday too, but we finally launched that site that’s been keeping me busy for the last few weeks, so I’ll hopefully be spending a lot more time in the core this coming week. I'll get the site posted to the sites directory once some more of the post-launch details are taken care of. One thing I learned in launching that site is that Markup File Regions work great during development, but not so great on a busy site (at least a site using Amazon’s EFS file system, which is very slow). I ran into all sorts of strange issues so ended up converting the file regions back to regular old static CSS and JS files, and then everything ran smoothly again. So as solid as the file regions are during development, they will need more work before I use or recommend them in production. That’s the way it goes with developing new stuff sometimes. There is however a pretty nice improvement to Markup Regions committed this week though. Prior there were some limitations as to what could populate what. Typically output before the <html> (i.e. from template files) populated into output that comes after the <html> (i.e. a _main.php file). But now it is possible for the population of content to go in either direction. Further, more nested elements can also populate less nested (or non-nested) elements. It’s a little hard to explain, but basically, you don’t have to think too much about when and where you can populate things as Markup Regions will figure it out in the final output. This makes it even easier to use and hopefully more foolproof than before. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Iconify Icon A bundle of fieldtype, inputfield, and admin helper modules for searching and displaying Iconify icons. Over 200,000 open source vector icons are available for selection. Requires the FileValidatorSvgSanitizer module. Be sure to abide by the license terms of any icons you use. The license of each icon set is viewable on the Iconify website. Fieldtype and inputfield modules When the FieldtypeIconifyIcon and InputfieldIconifyIcon modules are installed you can create a field of type IconifyIcon. Field config options Iconify icon set prefixes: In most cases you will want to define one or more icon set prefixes for the field, to limit the search to those particular icon sets. This is because the number of icons available through Iconify vastly exceeds the maximum of 999 results that can be returned via the Iconify search API. You can find the prefix of an icon set from its URL by browsing at https://icon-sets.iconify.design/. For example, the prefix of the icon set browsable at https://icon-sets.iconify.design/mdi/ is "mdi". Enter the icon set prefixes into the config field separated by commas. Icon preview size: Enter a width/height in pixels for the preview of the selected icon if you want to override the default. Using the inputfield Type an icon name (or part of an icon name) into the search input and a list of matching icons will be displayed. You can hover on an icon in the results to see the set prefix and name of the icon. Click on an icon to select it. If you have not defined any icon set prefixes in the field config then you can limit the search to particular icon sets by entering icon set prefixes into the search input before a colon. For example, entering "mingcute,tabler:flower" would search for icons with "flower" in their name from the "mingcute" and "tabler" icon sets. When the page is saved the selected icon is downloaded from Iconify, sanitized via the FileValidatorSvgSanitizer module, and stored within the /site/assets/iconify/ directory. Icons are not automatically deleted from this directory if they are no longer used in a page value, but if you want to clean up this directory at any point you can delete it and icons will be automatically re-downloaded when they are next needed. The field value The formatted value of a IconifyIcon field is a WireData object with the following properties: set: The icon set prefix name: The icon name path: The path to the icon file url: The URL to the icon file svg: The SVG code of the icon raw: The raw icon value that is stored in the database For example, if your icon field was named "icon" and you were outputting the src attribute of an <img> tag, you would use $page->icon->url. Or if you were outputting inline SVG code you would use $page->icon->svg. The unformatted value of a IconifyIcon field is the raw database value. Normally you won't need to deal with the raw value when using the inputfield, but if you want to use the API to set a field value then the format of the raw value is iconify--[icon set prefix]--[icon name]. Example: iconify--mingcute--flower-line. Example of object properties: Using Iconify icons in the ProcessWire admin Installing the AdminIconifyIcon module allows you to use Iconify icons as field, template or page icons in the ProcessWire admin. Icons used in the ProcessWire admin are monochrome so any colours or shades in selected icons will not be preserved. Module config You can define icon set prefixes and the icon preview size in the module config. These settings are applied to the inputfields used to set Iconify icons for fields and templates. Field and template icons An "Iconify icon" field is added to the Edit Field and Edit Template screens. When this field is populated it overrides any selection in the core "Icon" field and this field is hidden. Page icons To use an Iconify icon as a page icon for admin pages in the ProcessWire menus, create a IconifyIcon field named "page_icon" and add it to the "admin" system template. For any page using the admin template (e.g. a page representing a Lister Pro instance), open it in Page Edit and select an icon in the "page_icon" field. An example of a "Countries" Lister Pro instance with an Iconify icon: https://github.com/Toutouwai/FieldtypeIconifyIcon https://processwire.com/modules/fieldtype-iconify-icon/

Hi everyone, I wanted to share a small utility module I’ve put together to help keep the /site/modules/ directory tidy. What it does: When updating modules ProcessWire renames old module directories by prepending a dot (e.g., .ModuleName). Over time, these "hidden" backup folders can clutter your file system. ProcessModuleCleaner identifies these orphaned directories and allows you to delete them directly from the admin interface. Key Features: Automatic Detection: Scans your site modules folder for any directory starting with a dot. Native UI: Built specifically for the ProcessWire backend using UIkit 3 classes for a seamless look. Interactive Selection: Uses AlpineJS for a fast and responsive "select all" and delete workflow. Safe Deletion: Uses ProcessWire's WireFileTools for reliable recursive directory removal. How to use: Install the module. Navigate to Setup > Module Cleaner. Review the list of found folders. Select the ones you want to remove and click "Delete". Screenshot / UI: The module displays a clean table with the folder name and the last modified date, so you know exactly how old those backups are. GitHub: https://github.com/markusthomas/ProcessModuleCleaner Module Directory: https://processwire.com/modules/process-module-cleaner/ I hope some of you find this helpful for keeping your production or development environments clean! Feedback is always welcome. Cheers!

Happy new year! I’m focused right now on getting our next main/master version out, hopefully next week. I’m looking for anything that worked in 3.0.246 but doesn’t in the current dev branch. After this week's commits, I’m not aware of anything remaining that fits that criteria, but if anyone knows of anything please let me know. In addition, if you are aware of any remaining issues with with PHP 8.4 or 8.5 (deprecation notices, etc.) please let me know. In either case, the best place to report is in the processwire-issues repo on GitHub. If it’s something that’s already been reported, then please bump the issue by replying to “bump” to it (or whatever you’d like). Thanks and have a great weekend!

Today I’ve merged the dev branch to the main/master branch in preparation for our next official tagged version, which is likely to be 3.0.255. I’ll likely git tag it with the version number early next week. This doesn’t mean that work on the next main/master version is complete. Just that no new issues have appeared that would warrant delaying it any longer. So while there’s still work to do, we’re also at a good point to start getting these updates on the main/master branch. As before, if you run into any issues after upgrading, please report them in the processwire-issues repo. I’ll compile and post a list of all that’s new in 3.0.255+ relative to 3.0.246 within the next week or two so stay tuned. There have been some really nice sites showing up in our sites directory lately. Thank you for those that have been submitting new ProcessWire-powered sites, and please keep it up! It’s great to see such awesome web design and development work.

Hello everyone, I’m happy to share a new module I’ve been working on: WireMagnet. We often face the requirement to offer "gated content" (like Whitepapers, PDFs, or Zip files) where users need to provide their email address to receive a download link. While there are external services for this, I wanted a native, privacy-friendly, and lightweight ProcessWire solution. What does WireMagnet do? WireMagnet handles the entire flow of capturing leads and delivering files securely. It intercepts form submissions, logs the lead, and sends an email with a unique, temporary download token. It prevents direct access to the files (assets are not just sitting in a public folder). Key Features: Secure Delivery: Generates unique download tokens (valid for 24 hours) and serves files via wireSendFile(). Double Opt-In (DOI): Optional support for DOI to verify email addresses before sending the file. Automated Emails: Automatically sends the download link (or attaches the file directly if preferred). AJAX Ready: Comes with built-in Alpine.js support for seamless, reload-free form submissions. Lead Management: Logs all subscribers (Email, IP, Timestamp) to a custom database table (leads_archive). Admin Interface: View leads and export them to CSV directly from the ProcessWire backend. Easy Integration: Render the form with a single line of code. How to use: Install the module. Create a page (e.g., using a lead-magnet template) and upload your file to a file field. Output the form in your template: // Render the subscription form (default field: 'lead_file') // The module automatically handles success/error messages and styling. echo $modules->get('WireMagnet')->renderForm($page); // OR: Render for a specific field (e.g., if you have multiple magnets or custom field names) echo $modules->get('WireMagnet')->renderForm($page, 'my_custom_file_field'); // OR: Override the button text manually echo $modules->get('WireMagnet')->renderForm($page, 'lead_file', 'Send me the PDF!'); Configuration: You can configure the sender address, email subject, DOI settings, and styling preferences (like button text) in the module settings. Download & Source: GitHub: https://github.com/markusthomas/WireMagnet Modules Directory: later I'm looking forward to your feedback and suggestions! Cheers, Markus

As we close out 2025, I'm pleased to share a new module that I've been using in production: FieldtypeTimezone / InputfieldTimezone. 🎯 What It Does A straightforward timezone fieldtype that handles the complexity of timezones automatically - no configuration needed, just install and use. Key Features: Dynamic UTC offsets - automatically calculates current offsets with DST support Simple format - displays as "Country → City (UTC+X)" Intelligent caching - 24-hour cache for optimal performance Production-ready - strict validation at all levels Complete coverage - all major world timezones included 💡 Why I Built This Working on global websites (wine shop, news portal), I needed a reliable way to handle user timezones without complexity. The module automatically adjusts UTC offsets for DST: America/New_York: UTC-5 in winter, UTC-4 in summer Europe/London: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer 🚀 Basic Usage <?php // Display date in a nice English format $timezone = $page->tz; // e.g., "America/New_York" if ($timezone) { $tz = new \DateTimeZone($timezone); $datetime = new \DateTime('now', $tz); echo $datetime->format('F j, Y \a\t g:i A T'); } ?> Perfect for: User profiles with timezone preferences Event calendars with automatic time conversion Global applications requiring accurate time display Any site serving users across multiple timezones 📋 Requirements ProcessWire 3.0.0+ PHP 8.1+ 📦 Installation GitHub: https://github.com/mxmsmnv/FieldtypeTimezone cd /path/to/processwire/site/modules/ git clone https://github.com/mxmsmnv/FieldtypeTimezone.git Or download and extract to /site/modules/FieldtypeTimezone/ Then install via Modules → Site → FieldtypeTimezone 📖 Documentation Full documentation with practical examples, API methods, and advanced usage scenarios is available in the GitHub repository. 🤝 Feedback Welcome The module has been tested in production on several sites, but I'd appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or bug reports from the community. Happy New Year to the ProcessWire community! 🎉

Hi everyone! You’ve probably seen embedded product cards directly in articles on sites like Allegro, PriceRunner? I was using Hanna Code but found its capabilities limiting for my needs, so I decided to fork it and create Embedr - a more feature-rich version: Key Features: 🎯 Dynamic content blocks via ProcessWire selectors (not just static code) 🔄 Live preview directly in admin interface 🎨 Built-in visual card builder (UIKit-based) - no PHP required! 📝 Custom PHP templates for full control when needed 🏷️ Reusable embed types system 🔍 Debug mode with comprehensive logging ✅ Guest-safe - works for all users out of the box Quick Example: Create an embed with a selector: Name: featured-products Selector: template=product, featured=1, limit=6 Type: products Insert in text: ((featured-products)) Done! The module automatically finds pages and renders product cards. Need custom design? Just create a PHP template at /site/templates/components/products.php GitHub: https://github.com/mxmsmnv/Embedr Give it a try and let me know what you think! 🚀

Hi everyone! I am currently developing a new module for a client project and wanted to quickly reach out to see if there is broader interest in the community for a solution like this. The Use Case My client needed an appointment booking system similar to "Calendly". However, they had specific requirements: Zero external dependencies: No third-party SaaS for GDPR/DSGVO compliance and to avoid monthly fees. Full Design Control: It had to fit seamlessly into their custom design. Lightweight: No heavy bloat. The Solution: WireBooking is a native ProcessWire module that handles appointment slots and bookings using standard ProcessWire pages. Current Features: Frontend Wizard: An interactive, step-by-step booking process built with AlpineJS and Tailwind CSS. Native Storage: Bookings are saved as standard ProcessWire pages (booking-entry), allowing you to use the full power of PW selectors and hooks. Backend Management: Simple interface using the native ProcessWire Admin Theme (UIkit) to view bookings. Notifications: Sends confirmation emails to the customer and admin, including generated .ics calendar files for Outlook/Apple/Google Calendar. Availability Management: Manually block specific time slots or entire date ranges via the module settings. AJAX Driven: Dynamically loads available slots via JSON to keep the initial page load light. The "Catch" (Requirements) To keep the module lightweight and modern, it is opinionated regarding the frontend stack. It assumes you are already using (or are willing to include): Tailwind CSS (Utility classes) for the styling. Usage Example: Using it in a template is extremely simple: <?php echo $modules->get('WireBooking')->renderWizard(); ?> I need your feedback! The module is currently functional for this specific use case (Consultants/Service Providers). Before I invest time into generalizing it for a public release on the modules directory, I have two questions for you: Is this something you would use? Is there a need for a native "Calendly" alternative? Is the dependency on Tailwind a dealbreaker? Since the markup relies on Tailwind utility classes, it might be hard to style if you use Bootstrap or custom CSS. Looking forward to your thoughts and suggestions! Cheers, Markus

There aren’t any core updates to report this week, but that’s because I’ve been throughly wrapped up in a client project using ProcessWire (the same one I’ve been busy with the last couple weeks). When it came time to decide which version of ProcessWire to use when this project launches next week, there was no question in my mind about using the latest dev version. It’s very solid. I upgraded their existing site (using 3.0.229) to it in preparation for the new site, and of course there were no hiccups or glitches. But it did make me think the current dev branch really belongs on the main branch. So I think that as soon as we wrap this project up, I’d like to get a new main/master branch version ready by or before the end of the year, so that’s the goal. Lately there's been a real increase in the number of new sites posted to our Showcase, which is great to see! Some amazing work coming in. As always, If you have sites you've recently launched or soon will, please add them to the sites directory. Thanks and have a great weekend and happy holidays!

Happy 2026 everyone! 🎉 TL;DR: I made 2048 game for ProcessWire admin. Install it, ignore your inbox, get high scores. Why? Because it's January 1st and: ✅ You're probably hungover ✅ Nobody expects you to work ✅ You're definitely checking your admin anyway ✅ Why not play some 2048 while you're there? What's inside? 🎮 Classic 2048 (arrow keys or swipe) 🏆 Leaderboard (compete with your team!) 🔊 Sound effects (mutable, we know your head hurts) 📱 Works on phone (for bathroom breaks) ⚙️ Configurable grid (3x3 to 12x12 if you hate yourself) Download https://github.com/mxmsmnv/Process2048 Install Upload to /site/modules/Process2048/ Modules → Refresh → Install Setup → 2048 Start procrastinating! Screenshot: Cheers 🥂

WireNPS is a comprehensive module for collecting and analyzing customer feedback via a modern Net Promoter Score (NPS) popup interface. Key Features: Elegant NPS Widget: A non-intrusive, mobile-friendly popup for ratings (0-10) and text feedback. Real-time Analytics: Dashboard featuring NPS score calculation, score distribution charts, and 30-day trend graphs. Multilingual Support: Built-in support for English, German, French, and Chinese with automatic browser/user language detection. Flexible Access: Support for both logged-in users and guests (Public/Private modes). Data Export: CSV export functionality for external analysis. Privacy Control: Configurable IP/User Agent tracking and cookie management. Requirements: ProcessWire 3.0+ PHP 8.2+ Quick Installation: Download or git clone into /site/modules/WireNPS/. Install via the ProcessWire admin. Create an AJAX handler page using the provided template. GitHub: https://github.com/mxmsmnv/WireNPS

I’d like to bring attention to a long-standing organizational issue that affects projects with many template files. As projects grow, the /site/templates/ directory becomes cluttered with dozens (or even hundreds) of PHP files, making it difficult to maintain and navigate. The Problem Currently, ProcessWire doesn’t natively support organizing template files into subdirectories. For example, if you want to organize templates like this: /site/templates/ ├── warehouse/ │ ├── dashboard.php │ ├── packing.php │ └── packages.php ├── customer/ │ ├── dashboard.php │ └── packages.php └── sso/ ├── login.php └── callback.php You currently face several challenges: Alternate Template Filename field is unreliable - The admin interface often strips or resets the path when saving, especially if the file doesn’t exist at that exact moment No automatic discovery - You must manually configure each template’s file path Hooks don’t work as expected - Attempts to hook TemplateFile::getFilename or Template::getFilename don’t fire reliably Current Workarounds The existing workarounds are less than ideal: 1. Bridge files as suggested by @LostKobrakai // site/templates/warehouse-dashboard.php <?php namespace ProcessWire; include(__DIR__ . '/warehouse/dashboard.php'); This creates file duplication and maintenance overhead. 2. Manual Alternate Template Filename for each template: - Requires clicking through every template - Path validation often fails - No bulk operations Previous Discussions This has been requested multiple times over the years: Does PW support organizing Template files in sub Dirs? (2016) Template file in other folder than /site/template (2017) How do I organize a lot of templates? (2017) Proposed Solution I’ve opened a GitHub feature request with detailed suggestions: https://github.com/processwire/processwire-requests/issues/575 The core ideas: 1. Path persistence - The Alternate Template Filename field should reliably save paths like folder/filename.php 2. Automatic discovery - If a template named warehouse-dashboard isn’t found, check for /warehouse/dashboard.php 3. Template grouping in admin - Visual organization in Setup → Templates based on folder structure Why This Matters Large projects - Sites with 50+ templates become unmanageable Team development - Clear organization helps multiple developers Module development - Modules could bundle template files cleanly Modern standards - Most frameworks support organized file structures Use Cases This would benefit: Multi-role applications (admin, customer, warehouse staff interfaces) Projects with many page types Module developers who want to bundle templates Anyone with SSO/OAuth files, API endpoints, or admin tools What Can You Do? If you’ve faced this issue or would like this feature: 1. 👍 React to the GitHub issue 2. Share your use cases below 3. Suggest implementation approaches @ryan - Would love to hear your thoughts on this! Is this something that could be considered for a future release? Thanks for reading, and I hope this resonates with others who’ve felt this pain!

Hi everyone, Like many of you, I have relied on the Pages2Pdf module in the past. It was a great tool, but unfortunately, it seems to be no longer actively maintained. With the shift to PHP 8 in most modern environments, the older version of the underlying mPDF library used in the original module has become a bottleneck, causing compatibility issues. Since I needed a working solution for a current project, I have already created a fork and updated the code to work with a newer, PHP 8 compatible version of mPDF. The Idea: Wire2Pdf I am planning to release this updated version as a new module under the name Wire2Pdf. This would distinguish it from the legacy module and allow for new features (like custom font support) without breaking older installations. What I have done in a fork so far: Code refactoring for PHP 8 compatibility. Updated the mPDF library to a recent supported version. -> https://github.com/markusthomas/Pages2Pdf Before I proceed... I wanted to check with you first: Is there still a strong interest in a maintained module based on mPDF, or have you moved to other solutions (like RockPdf)? Are there specific pain points you had with Pages2Pdf that I should address if I move forward with Wire2Pdf? If there is enough interest, I will polish the code, package it as a new module, and release it. Cheers! Markus

@ryan, could you please take another look at this breaking change before releasing the next master: https://github.com/processwire/processwire-issues/issues/2157 I have modules that break when updating to the most recent PW version.

Not sure who would be the best person to reach out for help on this but there's a critical update for my module, Fluency, and getting the word out is not possible because the thread is locked and hidden from everyone but me. I edited my original post last week (IIRC), which I've done before, and I didn't know that this hid it, which hasn't happened before. This is a bit odd given how old my forum account is and reputation 🤔 I'm attempting to let all Fluency module users know that there is a critical update that must be installed for all users that are using DeepL as their translation service or all translation services will fail with an error. This is due to a short-notice breaking change by DeepL stating that they're deprecating their previously documented authentication method on January 15th, 2026. If you're reading this and use Fluency, please update your module installs to version 2.2.0 which now available via a ProcessWire admin module upgrade, the modules directory, Github, and Composer. I pushed the update as soon as I could to give ProcessWire devs as much time as possible to update their installs and those of their clients. Thanks to whomever sees and can/does unlock the thread!

Awesome! Yes, Opus 4.5 is really good now with PW. It also helps a lot that they have implemented the LSP in Claude Code directly. Honestly, at this stage I don't think we even need to feed docs to it anymore. Just instructions to explore the relevant API methods for a task itself itself in the codebase. Is there a specific reason why you implemented that as MCP and not as Skill? MCPs eat a lot of context. Depends on the implementation, of course. So dunno about how much context Octopus occupies. ATM I have some basic instructions in CLAUDE.md that explain how to bootstrap PW and use the CLI through ddev for exploration, debugging, DB queries. That makes a big difference already. Opus is great at exploring stuff through the PHP CLI, either as one-liners or as script files for more complex stuff. Here's my current instructions: ## PHP CLI Usage (ddev) All PHP CLI commands **must run through ddev** to use the web container's PHP interpreter. ### Basic Commands ```bash # Run PHP directly ddev php script.php # Check PHP version ddev php --version # Execute arbitrary command in web container ddev exec php script.php # Interactive shell in web container ddev ssh ``` ### ProcessWire Bootstrap Bootstrap ProcessWire by including `./index.php` from project root. After include, full PW API is available (`$pages`, `$page`, `$config`, `$sanitizer`, etc.). **All CLI script files must be placed in `./cli_scripts/`.** **Inline script execution:** ```bash ddev exec php -r "namespace ProcessWire; include('./index.php'); echo \$pages->count('template=product');" ``` **Run a PHP script:** ```bash ddev php cli_scripts/myscript.php ``` **Example CLI script** (`cli_scripts/example.php`): ```php <?php namespace ProcessWire; include(__DIR__ . '/../index.php'); // PW API now available $products = $pages->find('template=product'); foreach ($products as $p) { echo "{$p->id}: {$p->title}\n"; } ``` ### PHP CLI Usage for Debugging & Information Gathering Examples **One-liners** — use `ddev php -r` with functions API (`pages()`, `templates()`, `modules()`) to avoid bash `$` variable expansion. Local variables still need escaping (`\$t`). Prefix output with `PHP_EOL` to separate from RockMigrations log noise: ```bash # Count pages by template ddev php -r "namespace ProcessWire; include('./index.php'); echo PHP_EOL.'Products: '.pages()->count('template=product');" # Check module status ddev php -r "namespace ProcessWire; include('./index.php'); echo PHP_EOL.(modules()->isInstalled('ProcessShop') ? 'yes' : 'no');" # List all templates (note \$t escaping for local var) ddev php -r "namespace ProcessWire; include('./index.php'); foreach(templates() as \$t) echo \$t->name.PHP_EOL;" ``` **Script files** — preferred for complex queries, place in `./cli_scripts/`: ```php // cli_scripts/inspect_fields.php <?php namespace ProcessWire; include(__DIR__ . '/../index.php'); $p = pages()->get('/'); print_r($p->getFields()->each('name')); ``` ```bash ddev php cli_scripts/inspect_fields.php ``` ### TracyDebugger in CLI **Works in CLI:** - `d($var, $title)` — dumps to terminal using `print_r()` for arrays/objects - `TD::dump()` / `TD::dumpBig()` — same behavior **Does NOT work in CLI:** - `bd()` / `barDump()` — requires browser debug bar **Example:** ```php <?php namespace ProcessWire; include(__DIR__ . '/../index.php'); $page = pages()->get('/'); d($page, 'Home page'); // outputs to terminal d($page->getFields()->each('name'), 'Fields'); ``` ### Direct Database Queries Use `database()` (returns `WireDatabasePDO`, a PDO wrapper) for raw SQL queries: ```php <?php namespace ProcessWire; include(__DIR__ . '/../index.php'); // Prepared statement with named parameter $query = database()->prepare("SELECT * FROM pages WHERE template = :tpl LIMIT 5"); $query->execute(['tpl' => 'product']); $rows = $query->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); // Simple query $result = database()->query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pages"); echo $result->fetchColumn(); ``` **Key methods:** - `database()->prepare($sql)` — prepared statement, use `:param` placeholders - `database()->query($sql)` — direct query (no params) - `$query->execute(['param' => $value])` — bind and execute - `$query->fetch(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)` — single row - `$query->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)` — all rows - `$query->fetchColumn()` — single value **Example** (`cli_scripts/query_module_data.php`): ```php <?php namespace ProcessWire; include(__DIR__ . '/../index.php'); $query = database()->prepare("SELECT data FROM modules WHERE class = :class"); $query->execute(['class' => 'ProcessPageListerPro']); $row = $query->fetch(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); print_r(json_decode($row['data'], true)); ``` ### ddev Exec Options - `ddev exec --dir /var/www/html/site <cmd>` — run from specific directory - `ddev exec -s db <cmd>` — run in database container - `ddev mysql` — MySQL client access

I'm back, happy to present a module that makes square images. https://github.com/mxmsmnv/SquareImages I welcome any feedback.

Hello all! There's a new version of Fluency and a critical update announcement for all DeepL users. Fluency 2.2.0 has just been released and is a critical update for all users of Fluency that employ DeepL as their translation service. As mentioned above, DeepL is deprecating their previous method of API authentication on January 15, 2025. This means that all Fluency versions less than 2.2.0 that are using DeepL will no longer translate content. Upgrading from Fluency 1.8.0 or earlier requires a complete uninstall/reinstall. The module will have to be configured again, so note your API key if you don't have access to it otherwise. This will not result in any content loss. Fluency 2.2.0 also brings additional features and bugfixes. These include compatibility with AdminThemUikit v3 and its theming customization abilities. Fluency also now uses CSS custom properties so it is possible to customize it separately. This release also includes a fix for an issue that may affect saving content in RockPageBuilder fields mentioned earlier in this thread. For full notes on changes and improvements see the Github release page. If you have any trouble with the module please report them here, filing an issue on Github is helpful as well. Thank you all for your feedback and ongoing support. Additional thanks to the developers who have donated via PayPal, always appreciated!

I've settled on Omarchy! I spent a couple days getting used to Hyprland and tweaking it to my needs. It's a bit of a mind shift not having a taskbar/dock anymore, but I made it nice and easy to switch workspaces very quickly and do some basic window manipulations. It's nice having a Windows VM set up as well (I need Photoshop for work since I work with printing companies; CMYK support is a must). It's time to say goodbye to Windows!

Hi @Stefanowitsch I can integrate as option a base CSS with semantic class names, similar to how I handled it in my WireMagnet module. This way, the styling can be done independently of Tailwind. I plan to release the module on GitHub in the next 2–3 weeks, once I've successfully completed some final tests.

I spent a few hours this morning making an MCP module for ProcessWire similar to Laravel Boost. I'm going to call it Octopus. In just 2-3 hours with Opus 4.5, I'm already what feels like being done with 90% of it. I'm going to finish the remaining 90% (heh) as I work on various projects to actually test it. I will have to figure out the best way on how to provide ProcessWire documentation to the MCP (hence why I'm on this thread), but even without it, Opus 4.5 is insanely good in following ProcessWire conventions, even with little context! The hype is real. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. Screenshot attached.

WireWall v1.3.2 – Advanced Traffic Firewall Released: January 4, 2026 Stable release with major improvements in data persistence, IPv6 support, and configuration reliability. What's New in v1.3.2 Permanent data persistence GeoLite2 databases, Composer vendor folder, and composer files are now safely stored in /site/assets/WireWall/ → No more data loss or reinstallation needed after module updates Automatic migration from older versions When upgrading from ≤1.2.0, old files from /site/modules/WireWall/ are automatically moved to the new location Full IPv6 CIDR support Complete IPv6 range matching for both blocking and whitelisting Enhanced exception system New configuration fields: • Custom Trusted AJAX Paths • Custom API Paths (bypass for ALL HTTP methods – GET/POST/PUT/DELETE/etc.) Robust checkbox handling All toggle options now reliably save as 0/1 (fixes old config issues after updates/reinstalls) Improved configuration interface New colorful "Setup Information" section with current paths, migration guide, and clear installation instructions Recommended post-update steps Go to Modules → WireWall → Configure Verify GeoIP databases are located at: /site/assets/WireWall/geoip/GeoLite2-*.mmdb If you have GeoLite2-City.mmdb → enable City & Subdivision blocking Add any custom paths you need in: • Custom Trusted AJAX Paths • Custom API Paths Requirements ProcessWire ≥ 3.0.200 PHP ≥ 8.1 Strongly recommended: MaxMind GeoLite2 databases (Country + ASN required, City optional for detailed logging) Downloads WireWall.module.php Full module archive (zip) Full documentation → README Website → wirewall.org Thanks to everyone testing and providing feedback! Stay secure! 🛡️

@ryan I'd be interested to hear how you work on a project with multiple developers and manage keeping each developer's development instance in-sync. For example, are you using a migrations module like RockMigrations or writing migrations in a module specific to the site that adds/updates fields/templates/pages/settings when the module is updated using a version compare? Or are you doing something completely different? I'd be interested to hear how you handle this given that ProcessWire stores much of its configuration in the database.

I have a website where the client can set different colors via input fields on a page in the backend. I want to make use of those colors as CSS vars to use them in my stylesheets. I am doing it this way: <style> :root { --primary-color: <?=$globalSettings->bg_colorcode?>; --secondary-color: <?=$globalSettings->font_colorcode?>; --tertiary-color: <?=$globalSettings->titlefont_colorcode?>; } </style> Then I can simply "grab" those variables in my stylesheets: header { background: var(--primary-color); } I am using UIKit and LESS and this is working for me.

Happy 2026 Ryan and everyone, too! @ryan This issue is none of the above, and might be overkill for a GitHub issue, and could already be fixed in the current dev, but it exists in 3.0.251. That's a repeater with an image field, probably with a z-index issue. I did't want to update the site just to see if it's already fixed, but it would be nice if it were fixed in the next major version.

The problem with all paid modules kongondo used to sell is that there is no documentation. My (paid) copy of MediaManager never worked properly (the same is true for Padloper 2) and there is no support at all, so I really try to avoid anything that comes from him...

As usual this has been my ritual for years, changing my website and it's always been Processwire as usual, this time I went for a minimal look.

Nested Checkboxes An inputfield for Page Reference fields that groups options by their parent page, and optionally by grandparent page too. This can help editors understand the grouping of the selectable pages, and also makes it quicker for an editor to select or unselect an entire group of pages. The checkboxes at the parent and grandparent level are not for storing those pages in the field value - only for quickly selecting or unselecting groups of pages at the lowest level of the hierarchy. For example, in the screen recording above the "Cities" Page Reference field allows only pages with the "city" template, and the pages at the country and continent level are not included in the field value. The inputfield is only for use with Page Reference fields because the structure comes from the page tree. Requires PW >= v3.0.248. Configuration For each field that uses the inputfield you have these options: Checkboxes structure: choose "Parents" or "Parents and grandparents". Collapse sections that contain no checked checkboxes: this option makes the inputfield more compact. There are also the standard column width and column quantity options familiar from the InputfieldCheckboxes inputfield. These apply to the selectable pages at the lowest level of the hierarchy, and the structure is arguably more readable when these are left at their defaults. https://github.com/Toutouwai/InputfieldNestedCheckboxes https://processwire.com/modules/inputfield-nested-checkboxes/

Hi psy, If you are looking for a quick-but-reliable way to get CSV docs into PW pages, here's a snippet I've been using for years. It might not do as much as the official module, but it will get you up and going. <?php // Script to create pages from rows in a CSV file //Open CSV file. $fileHandle = fopen("replace-with-file-name.csv", "r"); //Iterate through CSV rows. // NOTE: if you have a header row, it will be used to create a page. while (($row = fgetcsv($fileHandle, 0, ",")) !== FALSE) { // Create a new ProcessWire page from each CSV row, using the row's array 0-based index matched with the correct fields. // Set up pages in the ProcessWire page tree. $np = new Page(); // create new page object $np->template = $templates->get(xx); // Set the template to use for created pages. $np->parent = $pages->get(xxxx); // Set the parent ID for created pages. // Turn output formatting off $np->of(false); // Set field values from the 0-based index of the CSV row. $np->title = $row[0]; $np->name = $row[0]; $np->field_name1 = $row[1]; $np->field_name2 = $row[2]; $np->field_name3 = $row[3]; // Save the page $np->save(); }

Hi Ivan, I haven’t had time yet to verify what (if anything) needs to be done on my side, but I’m fairly sure ProcessTranslatePage already uses the DeepL API v2. It relies on the official PHP client library and was updated in mid‑2025, so we should be in good shape. If any updates are required to keep the module working, I’ll take care of them – thanks for the heads up!

Until we get an "official" media manger module we need to make some workarounds. Let me tell you about my personal solution for this: I am using the FileMover module from @Robin S for copying images from a global "media library" field (that is placed inside a dedicated "media library" template ) to any of my image fields. Please have look at robins comment here where he extended the functionality of his module through a hook. In this case you can open the image library page through a modal with a click from any image field. There is also a small screencast that shows this – for me this is a really good workaround. Please have a look for yourself and give it a try (and some credits to robin!).

Also you can check out Sulu CMS based on Symfony Framework, Here is a skeleton project its like ProcessWire profile. its supports live-editing, block field [free] (its like repeater matrix), form-bundle [free] (like form builder), content-types, multil-language, multi-site, multi-database..... You can set content types from xml config file, located at config/templates You can set multi-domain and domain languages from xml config file, located at config/webspaces also it has snippet support... You can check the demo

Maybe I have a few little goodies that you might like 😉 Wire2PDF (first Alpha) What's new? Custom fonts You can upload and use own fonts Set PDF metadata (defined with variables or custom by a specific templatefield title, subject, keywords, author and creator Create PDF/A-1b for font embedding Now i have to test before it is ready to publish.

Hi everyone, For those of you running into compatibility issues with PHP 8 or needing a newer version of the underlying mPDF library, I wanted to let you know that I am working on a modernized successor to this module. To avoid clogging up this thread, I have started a separate discussion about the new project (currently named Wire2Pdf) here: If you are interested in a maintained version with PHP 8 support and new features, please join the conversation over there. Thanks!

Check out more on website - https://wirewall.org

Hi Andreas, @AndZyk please can you open a new discussion (and maybe drop the URL here)? 🙏 💙 🙏 Regards, Horst 🙋‍♂️

You can check out this module: https://processwire.com/modules/breadcrumb-dropdowns/

Since version 3.0.173, URL/path hooks are thankfully available. I built a solution to overwrite page paths using an input field on pages for the public. If filled, the Page::path hook returns my custom path string, which means URLs etc. are even auto-updated. A second hook checks all incoming requests and delivers the page by matching the defined path/URL. # ready.php // Change page path $wire->addHookBefore('Page::path', function($event) { $page = $event->object; if (!empty($page->page_generic_urlpath)) { $event->replace = true; $event->return = $page->page_generic_urlpath; } }); # ready.php // Route page path back $wire->addHook('/([a-zA-Z0-9-/]+)/', function($event) { $urlpath = '/' . $event->arguments(1) . '/'; $page = $event->pages->findOne('page_generic_urlpath=' . $urlpath . ', include=hidden'); return $page->id && $page->viewable ? $page : $event->return; }); This works fine as long as multilanguage support is not required. However, with multiple languages, it becomes much more complicated. The Page::path hook is useless, and the logic needs to be implemented in LanguageSupportPageNames->getPagePath(), which is not hookable. In short, I can't find a good way to map my multilingual custom paths from an input field to the corresponding localized language paths. I ended up making minimal edits in LanguageSupportPageNames->getPagePath() to replace multilingual paths when necessary. However, I would prefer an elegant solution over a "core module hack". Does anyone have a good idea for changing page language local paths via hooks? In my tests, Page::localPath is neither hookable nor defined with underscores. Changing the deeper internal language logic seems impossible. Or not?! 🙂

This week the dev branch core version has been bumped to 3.0.254. Relative to 3.0.253 this version contains 14 commits with around 10 bug fixes and 5 feature additions. The biggest addition is Markup File Regions, which I’ve used literally every day since adding the feature two weeks ago. Fingers crossed, but I haven’t had to fix anything or make any adjustments to it so far, so it’s been very stable and reliable. I’m currently working on a client project (collaborating with Pete, Diogo and Jan P.) and that’s kept me busy the last 2-3 weeks, and likely will for a couple more. So there aren’t likely to be a lot of commits to the core during that time, but I’ll be very ProcessWire focused for sure. Working on projects using ProcessWire (as opposed to just working on ProcessWire) has always been key. But I’ve also been wanting to get the next main/master version out as soon as possible (as I’ve mentioned a couple times recently), so will be trying to do both. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Your $targetImage is not a Pageimage but a Pageimages object. That's the case when output formatting is off or you request the image via $page->getUnformatted('myimagefield') or similar. To get the Pageimage (singular) object from a Pageimages object you can do $images->first() or ->last() etc.; see https://processwire.com/api/ref/pageimages/ and as it extends WireArray also https://processwire.com/api/ref/wire-array/

Version 3.0.161 on the dev branch continues with the updates optimizing our support for the new selector operators introduced in last week's blog post for 3.0.160. Last week I was still kind of figuring it out and the code still needed some refactoring and optimization. This week several parts have been rewritten and it's been improved quite a bit. Though the end result is still very similar to what was demonstrated last week, but now it's a lot more performant and solid. One thing new this week that's also kind of fun: you can now use more than one operator in any "field=value" selector expression, at least from the API side. And it works anywhere that you might use a selector, whether querying the database or something in memory. I think the best way to explain it is with an example. Let's say that you want to find all pages with a title containing the phrase "hello world" — you'd do this using the "contains text/phrase" operator: *= $pages->find("title*=hello world"); But let's also say that if you don't find any matches, you want to fallback to find any pages that contain the words "hello" and "world" anywhere in the title, in any order. We'd use the "contains all words" operator "~=" to do that. So now you can add that operator to the existing one, and it'll fallback to it if the first operator fails to match. So we'll append the "contains all words" operator to the previous one: ~= $pages->find("title*=~=hello world"); Cool huh? But maybe we still aren't finding any matches, so we want to fallback to something even broader. So if the phrase match fails, and the words match fails, now we want to fallback to find any pages that contain the world "hello" OR "world", rather than requiring them both. For that we can use our new "contains any words" operator: ~|= $pages->find("title*=~=~|=hello world"); This example is getting a bit contrived now, but let's say that if we still haven't found a match, we want it to find any pages that have any words starting with "hello" or "world", so it would find pages with words like "helloes", "worlds", "worldwide", etc. That's a job for our new "contains any partial words" operator: ~|*= $pages->find("title*=~=~|=~|*=hello world"); Okay last one I promise—you probably wouldn't stack this many in real life, but stay with me here. Let's say the query still didn't find anything, and as a final fallback, we want it to find any words LIKE "hello" or "world", so that those terms can match anywhere in words, enabling us to find pages with words like in the previous example, but also words like "phellogen", "othello", "underworld", "otherworldly", etc., and that's a job for our new "contains any words like" operator: ~|%= $pages->find("title*=~=~|=~|*=~|%=hello world"); So that looks like a pretty complex operator there, but as you've seen by following the example, it's just these 5 appended operators to each other: *= Contains phrase ~= Contains all whole words ~|= Contains any whole words ~|*= Contains any partial words ~|%= Contains any words like I think a more likely scenario in a site search is that you might stack two operators, such as the *= followed by the ~|*=, or whatever combination suits your need. By the way, you can do this with any operators, not just the text searching ones. But if you didn't read the blog post last week, also be sure to check out the other new operators in addition to those above: *+=, **=, **+=, ~*=, ~+=, ~~=, ~%=, #=. I think these new operators help out quite a bit with ProcessWire's text searching abilities. But there's one thing that's kind of a common need in search engines that's not easily solved, and that's the handling of singular vs. plural. At least, that's a common issue when it comes to English (I'm assuming so for other languages, but not positive?) MySQL fulltext indexes can't differentiate between singular and plural versions of words, so they index and match them independently as completely different words. This can be unexpected as clients might type in "goose" and expect it's also going to match pages with "geese". I've already got something in the works for this, so stay tuned. Thanks for reading and hope you have a great weekend!

Not tested, but try replacing count() with wireCount()

Sorry about that @Nick Belane - should be fixed in the latest version.

Good day, whoever needs this years later) This trick for hook is obsolete after the newly introduces Page::renderPage hook (see here). That is great, but it does break the old way of getting page with the line quoted above. Change the code to something like this: wire()->addHookBefore('Page::renderPage', function (HookEvent $event) { $page = $event->object; ...

Ok, so I decided to scratch my own itch on this one... I need to handle WebP's which include transparent regions so I've created a modified version of the @Robin S module (https://processwire.com/modules/webp-to-jpg/) but which allows you to choose between PNG or JPEG as the target format. https://gitlab.com/applab/pw-uploadwebp

Yeah, you can probably replace that line with this if($page->id && $page->if('ImportPagesCSVData')) { to make it work on your end. For a permanent solution the module will have to be updated.