Hotlink Converter v1.1.0 - Now converts forum posts, profile posts & conversations
The big one: Hotlink Converter no longer only scans Resource Manager resource updates. It now converts hotlinked images across your whole board - and you choose what it touches.
New
- Multi-content-type conversion - Hotlinked
[IMG] images are now converted in forum posts, profile posts, conversation messages, and XFRM resource updates. If you imported a board from other software (phpBB, etc.), your images live in forum posts - this is the version that converts them.
- Selectable scan targets - One toggle per content type under AdminCP → Options → Hotlink Converter. Conversation scanning is off by default with a privacy warning (converting images in private conversations permanently re-hosts them).
- Per-source dashboard - See how many items of each type contain hotlinked images, plus a per-content-type conversion summary.
- Clear empty-state - When there's nothing in scope, the dashboard says so instead of bouncing through the job runner and logging nothing.
- Dedicated admin permission - "Hotlink Converter" now gates running conversions and clearing the log.
- Resource Manager is now optional - the add-on works on plain XenForo; the resource-update target only appears when XFRM is installed.
Fixed
- "Buttons do nothing, nothing in the log" - If your hotlinked images weren't in Resource Manager resources, v1.0.0 found nothing, finished instantly, and logged nothing - with no explanation. Now it converts the content where your images actually are (forum posts), and tells you clearly when there's nothing to do.
- Inline rendering - Converted images now display inline correctly (via each content type's native editor), with no spurious "edited" stamp, alert, or activity bump on the migrated content.
- Broader detection - handles
[IMG attrs]…[/IMG], the phpBB [IMG=url] form, and surrounding whitespace; logs a clear "no convertible URL" entry instead of silently skipping.
Built for big boards
- Won't touch your code/tutorial posts - literal
[IMG] examples inside [CODE]/[ICODE]/[NOPARSE] etc. are left exactly as-is.
- Instant dashboard - candidate counts are calculated only when you click Recalculate (and cached), so the page opens instantly even on a forum with millions of posts. Conversions run as a resumable background job in 50-row batches, so a multi-year archive converts safely over multiple cycles without dropping or double-processing anything.
- Quiet - a bulk run won't spam your job queue or mass-ping search engines (IndexNow is suppressed for the conversion edits).
Upgrade
Non-destructive. The conversion log is migrated automatically (verified: a v1.0.0 → v1.1.0 upgrade produces a schema identical to a fresh install, with all existing log rows preserved). Upload the ZIP via Admin CP → Add-ons → Install/upgrade from archive. Afterwards: grant the new
Hotlink Converter admin permission to any non-super administrators who should use it, and review your scan targets under Options (forum posts are scanned by default).
