﻿=== Plugin Name ===
Contributors: bortpress
Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=forum%40cactus%2ecloud&lc=AU&item_name=cactus%2ecloud&item_number=masonry&currency_code=AUD&
Tags: Gallery, Masonry, Image, Masonry Gallery, Post Gallery, Thumbnail Gallery, Featured Image Gallery
Requires at least: 4.4.2
Tested up to: 4.5.2
Stable tag: 0.0.2.0
License: GNU AGPLv3
License URI: http://cactus.cloud/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt

Displays a customizable masonry gallery of your posts or WordPress galleries.


== Description ==
= What is Cactus Masonry Plus =
Cactus Masonry Plus is an all-new upgraded version of Cactus Masonry, rebuilt completely from scratch.

= What does it do =
Cactus Masonry Plus is primarily designed to take your pages and posts, and turn them into a masonry styled gallery.  The plugin will automatically use your featured images to create a flexible and efficient masonry layout.

In addition, Cactus Masonry Plus can search your posts for WordPress galleries, and display them.

You can filter which posts you want to include in your search by ID, category, tag, and more.

= How does Cactus Masonry Plus differ from the original =
Cactus Masonry Plus delivers a huge performance boost over the original Cactus Masonry.  The Plus version only includes libraries and scripts written in-house, thus avoiding unneeded, redundant, unmodifiable outside code.  The result is a compact, simple, high performance plugin designed to do just one thing - create awesome galleries.

= What does it cost? =
Cactus Masonry Plus is licensed for free use under GNU AGPLv3 terms.

= Can I see it in action? =
You sure can!  Check out our [documentation site](cactus.cloud/masonryplus) to see the plugin work.

= Shortcode is just the worst.  I don't know the parameters! =
We completely understand.  Sometimes you get a shortcode driven plugin, and it can be a real pain, because you just don't know what the author wants you to write.

However, shortcode can be really powerful too.  That's why we (and so many other authors) use it.

To make the process easier, we have built an interactive [Shortcode Builder](cactus.cloud/masonryplus).  With the builder, you can select the settings you want, see a preview of what it gallery will look like, and simply copy and paste the generated shortcode into your site.  We aim to make things as easy as possible.  And if you're in doubt, just follow the links on our site to the support section, and we'll help you out!

= Are any features missing from this gallery verses the original =
Yes, currently Cactus Masonry Plus doesn't have an inbuilt lightbox - however this will change soon.

On a more serious note, we also have a [Support Forum](cactus.cloud/support) where you can ask for help and suggest new features.  You will be in direct contact with our extensive development team (uh… just me I guess…), so any ideas, issues, and problems, will be dealt with by those who know the most about the plugin.


== Changelog ==
= 0.0.2.0 =
* Added a new theme which enables the data box to be positioned below each brick
* Added the ability to specify where each brick links to when clicked.  This can either be set to the post, the full sized image, the large sized image, the medium sized image, the thumbnail sized image, or nowhere at all.
* Added the ability to have the author's name behave like a link when clicked - linking to the author's URL.
* Added infinite scroll for large galleries.
* Fixed a bug that could cause the gallery to fail if certain new and upcoming parameters were set to false.
* Fixed an issue where a blank numerical parameter could cause the gallery to fail.

= 0.0.1.4 =
* Fixed a major bug that prevented the 'includedPostIds' and 'excludedPostIds' parameters from functioning
* Improved the efficiency of the plugin's filtering of the 'includedPostIds' and 'excludedPostIds' parameters when empty
* Moved script tags to the footer for content prioritized page loading and to improve SEO

= 0.0.1.3 =
* Updated WordPress repository tags
* Updated logo for WordPress repository
* Updated readme header information
* Updated compatability information

= 0.0.1.2 =
* Fixed issue with incorrectly referenced JS in initial release
* Changed install directory to match the directory assigned by WordPress

= 0.0.1.1 =
* Styling fix to stop pagination from being cropped from the gallery when displayed on some pages
* Documentation links updated to match new documentation website
* Documentation updated to reflect the plugin's feature set

= 0.0.1.0 =
* First beta release.

= 0.0.0.1 =
* Initial concept build


== Upgrade Notice ==
= 0.0.2.0 =
* Fixed some bugs and added new parameters and styling options

= 0.0.1.4 =
* Fixed a major bug with included/excluded IDs and made caching easier


== Screenshots ==
