Current: v1.0.0-beta-10.0

Changelog

Release notes and version history for PhantomWP

v1.0.0-beta-10.0

February 25, 2026

New

  • WooCommerce integration preview (experimental)

Fixes

  • Fixed WordPress REST API dialog UI overflow
  • Added button to turn off codespace from the dashboard
  • Fixed OpenRouter errors

v1.0.0-beta-9.0

February 16, 2026

New

  • ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) support for fetching and rendering custom field data
  • ACF tool for the AI assistant to retrieve and inspect custom field definitions
  • OpenRouter support for the AI assistant, giving access to a wide range of models through a single API key
  • Automatic download and optimization of WordPress images from post content and ACF fields
  • LQIP (Low-Quality Image Placeholders) generated for all downloaded images, providing smooth progressive loading
  • Inspector for selecting and navigating to elements directly from the preview
  • Component Highlighter for visualizing component boundaries in the preview
  • Tailwind Classes Editor for modifying Tailwind classes directly from the preview
  • Error Log Viewer for inspecting build and runtime errors directly from the IDE
  • Key rotation system for secure infrastructure-to-codespace communication

Improvements

  • Faster and more reliable WordPress data fetching and download pipeline
  • PhantomWP secret header is now included with every CMS request
  • Vercel build process now forwards the PhantomWP secret header when fetching WordPress data during static generation
  • Batch file writes consolidated into a single toast notification instead of one per file
  • Editor UI is locked while the AI assistant modifies files, preventing race conditions
  • Improved service restart logic with better state management
  • Added syntax highlighting for .mjs files
  • Refined WordPress connection flow with clearer error handling
  • Separated WordPress connection setup from page creation for a cleaner, more predictable workflow
  • Infrastructure updates are now triggered from within the IDE rather than calling external URLs, reducing points of failure
  • All sensitive data is now encoded at rest

Fixes

  • Fixed editor occasionally showing empty files or swapping content between tabs
  • Resolved several hot module replacement (HMR) issues
  • Fixed restart services modal failing to complete

v1.0.0-beta-8.0

February 13, 2026

New

  • New Experimental Features: Revealed today on live demo
  • Added AI tools to inspect available WordPress data
  • Implemented AI assistant cache
  • Added mega menu items to the component library

v1.0.0-beta-7.0

February 13, 2026

New

  • New Experimental Features: Revealed today on live demo
  • Added AI tools to inspect available WordPress data
  • Implemented AI assistant cache
  • Added mega menu items to the component library 2

Improvements

  • Optimized AI chat performance and token usage
  • Improved WordPress generation logic
  • Updated infrastructure endpoint and related features
  • Open Dashboard now opens in a new window
  • Improved Frontmatter editor language support and type handling

Fixes

  • Fixed drag and drop image not working
  • Fixed race condition causing files to occasionally become empty
  • Fixed component library items not inserting into the current file
  • Fixed icons breaking HMR
  • Fixed rare cases where open file content could be lost

v1.0.0-beta-6.0

February 11, 2026

Improvements

  • HMR works correctly, and reload is instant.

v1.0.0-beta-5.4

February 9, 2026

Improvements

  • Small UI improvements around the save button
  • Small UI improvements in the icon manager

Fixes

  • Fix wrong import location when inserting icons.

v1.0.0-beta-5.3

February 9, 2026

Fixes

  • Fix invalid state when disconnecting the PhantomWP connection from the GitHub side.

v1.0.0-beta-5.2

February 9, 2026

Improvements

  • Update token designer font selector flow
  • Added more concise errors when GitHub and Vercel is not connected, with solutions
  • Updated docs with updated deploy and font manager details
  • Removed fragile infrastructure check to show terminal button

Fixes

  • Font imported outside of the frontmatter header when installed
  • Added secret PhantomWP header to all requests going to WordPress (in WP Data Browser)
  • Font selection from the token designer not preserved

v1.0.0-beta-5.1

February 8, 2026

New Features

  • New Feature: Claude Opus 4.6 Support in the Ai Assistant

Fixes

  • Removed fragile infrastructure version check to show the terminal button
  • Empty message to the AI selector when no AI API Key added

v1.0.0-beta-5.0

February 7, 2026

New Features

  • New Feature: Claude CLI support with the ability to use your subscription
  • New Feature: Claude CLI PhantomWP (WordPress/Astro) skills
  • New Feature: Built-in terminal

Improvements

  • Improvement: AI prompt optimizations
  • Improvement: New codespace images, with newer OS versions, increased performance
  • Improvement: The WordPress secret header is generated by default, and all requests use it
  • Improvement: WPCodeBox snippet example to check for the secret header and block requests without it
  • Improvement: Added all the required data to the default SEO pages

Fixes

  • Fix: SEO data not always loaded from WordPress (tested with Yoast SEO)
  • Fix: Gemini models not working, updated the model names
  • Fix: Wrong links on support form

v1.0.0-beta-4.0

February 6, 2026

Improvements

  • Improvement: Fixed increased AI usage in some cases

v1.0.0-beta-3.0

February 1, 2026

Improvements

  • Improvement: Font Manager with @fontsource integration to browse and load fonts locally
  • Improvement: AI Prompt improvements
  • Improvement: More professional tone for the AI loader
  • Improvement: The AI Assistant can load fonts from fontsource and use them
  • Improvement: Improved the token designer's font selection option

v1.0.0-beta-2.3

January 30, 2026

Improvements

  • Improvement: Ability to upload images from the file tree
  • Improvement: Ability to drag images from the file tree into the editor (images is inserted at cursor position, and import is created automatically)
  • Improvement: Added context menu to the file tree
  • Improvement: Added batch delete option to the file tree (Cmd/Ctrl + Click to multi-select files)

Fixes

  • Fix: In some cases, the AI modify file feature was blocking the current tab
  • Fix: Toast notifications contrast

v1.0.0-beta-2.2

January 30, 2026

Improvements

  • Improvement: If components are deleted by user, and some templates need them, recreate them automatically

v1.0.0-beta-2.1

January 30, 2026

Improvements

  • Improvement: Added Cmd/Ctrl + D shortcut to duplicate lines
  • Improvement: Made all places where components are created to update the component cache for autocomplete
  • Improvement: Updated roadmap

Fixes

  • Fix: Autocomplete component props not working when having an option property
  • Fix: Issues with automatic component rename when moving components to folders
  • Fix: Issues with automatic component update when renaming components
  • Fix: AI settings not visible on smaller screens

v1.0.0-beta-2.0

January 27, 2026

Features

  • Component library with pre-built sections for heroes, CTAs, testimonials, pricing, and more
  • Composer for visually assembling pages using components from the library
  • Icon manager for browsing and inserting icons into your components
  • Editor settings panel for customizing font size, minimap visibility, and other preferences
  • Batch component insertion to add multiple sections to a page at once
  • Multi-select file deletion in the file tree

Improvements

  • Added "thinking" mode to the AI assistant for more deliberate, step-by-step responses
  • Improved AI assistant messaging and response clarity
  • Increased AI conversation context limits for longer sessions
  • Added "Remove unused imports" action to the editor context menu

v1.0.0-beta-1.0

January 26, 2026

Features

  • Ability to clone existing PhantomWP projects
  • Make the menu order draggable in the menu builder
  • Formatter breaks component properties by adding quotes
  • Extract properties from the UI
  • Extract components from the UI
  • Added minimal starter template

Fixes

  • Fix Cmd/Ctrl + Click to go to definition not working in some cases
  • Fix when extracting components, move imports too
  • Fix the page layout had a class of prose which messed with styles
  • Fix deployment error when no Vercel project is found
  • Fix image optimization not working for some images
  • Fix media library not showing imported images
  • Fix menu builder persistence
  • Fix toaster notifications not showing

v0.9.0-beta

January 16, 2026

Initial closed beta release of PhantomWP.

Features

  • Web-based IDE with Monaco editor for editing Astro sites
  • WordPress REST API integration for importing posts, pages, and media
  • SEO import support for Yoast, Rank Math, and AIOSEO
  • One-click Vercel deployment
  • GitHub Codespaces integration for advanced editing
  • AI assistant for code generation and help
  • Live preview with hot module replacement
  • Menu builder for navigation management
  • Custom post type support
  • Image optimization and lazy loading
  • Alpha WooCommerce integration

Improvements

  • Responsive design across all device sizes
  • Dark mode throughout the application
  • Keyboard shortcuts for common IDE operations
  • File tree with drag-and-drop support

v0.8.0-alpha

December 15, 2025

Features

  • Basic WordPress connection and content import
  • Simple code editor with syntax highlighting
  • Initial Astro template generation
  • Basic deployment workflow

Known Issues

  • Limited SEO plugin support
  • Manual deployment configuration required
  • No live preview

Roadmap

Future releases will include:

  • v1.0.0 - Stable release with production-ready features
  • ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) support
  • WooCommerce integration
  • Multi-language site support
  • Custom deployment targets (Netlify, Cloudflare Pages)
  • Visual theme customization
  • Collaborative editing
  • Personal component library - Save and reuse your custom components across sites