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Rebrands the WordPress plugin to Unbounded, fixes a bug that fires on every fresh install, and gives the plugin a demo that cannot rot.

Why now

Every previous demo of this plugin is dead or misleading:

Demo State today
unbounded-wp-demo-*.herokuapp.com 404 — free dynos went away
browsersunboundedplugindemo.wpcomstaging.com 403 — trial expired
unbounded.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-plugin.zip 200, and that is the problem

That S3 object was uploaded by hand on 2024-02-20 and never touched again. The plugin source moved on six days later; the zip did not. It still ships the build whose front-end hook predates the homepage and posts settings, so a demo created from try.wpdemo.net today installs a plugin that renders its settings screen and then silently ignores half of it. Confirmed in a live Playground run — the plugin list read Browsers Unbounded · Version 1.0 · By Echo, and setting homepage=on did nothing.

What changed

Rebrand. Nine user-facing strings, plus Author: EchoLantern, version 1.01.1.

The <browsers-unbounded> element name deliberately stays. It is the widget's public API — ui/src/index.tsx:84-91 matches only lantern-network (legacy) or browsers-unbounded, so renaming the tag would silently render nothing. Option key and admin slug stay for the same reason.

Fresh-install fix. $options['layout'] and ['theme'] were interpolated unguarded. On a fresh install nobody has saved settings, get_option() returns false, and PHP 8 prints a warning into the page while emitting empty data attributes. Verified against WordPress + PHP 8.2 with WP_DEBUG on:

old + no options:  Warning: Trying to access array offset on false  → data-layout='' data-theme=''
new + no options:  (clean)                                          → data-layout='banner' data-theme='dark'

Values now also pass through esc_attr(), since the registered sanitizer is still a no-op @todo and these land in HTML attributes.

Demo site. ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/ — a landing page that boots WordPress Playground: WordPress compiled to WebAssembly, running in the visitor's tab. No server, nothing to expire, nothing to patch.

sequenceDiagram
    autonumber
    participant V as Visitor<br/>browser
    participant P as Cloudflare Pages<br/>unbounded-wp-demo.pages.dev
    participant W as Playground<br/>playground.wordpress.net
    participant G as WordPress + plugin<br/>WASM, in the tab
    participant E as Widget CDN<br/>embed.lantern.io

    V->>P: GET /
    P-->>V: index.html
    Note over V: index.html<br/>builds the blueprint URL from location.origin<br/>so the same files work on preview and prod ⚠️
    V->>W: open with blueprint in URL fragment
    W->>P: GET /wp-plugin.zip
    P-->>W: plugin v1.1, built by build.sh at deploy
    Note over W,G: boot WordPress as WASM, install and activate the plugin
    G->>G: browsers-unbounded-plugin.php:151<br/>hook fires on wp_footer
    G->>E: GET /static/js/main.js
    E-->>G: widget bundle
    Note over G: element tag stays browsers-unbounded<br/>renaming it would render nothing ⚠️
    E->>G: widget mounts: globe, connect switch
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build.sh generates wp-plugin.zip from the plugin source rather than committing an archive — that is the specific failure this PR exists to prevent recurring. dist/ is gitignored.

Verification

  • Widget renders inside Playground: 630px, globe canvas, connect switch, banner/dark
  • Same, in real WordPress + MySQL via the existing docker-compose.yml, installed from the build-generated zip
  • Zero PHP warnings in both, with WP_DEBUG on
  • php -l clean on 8.2
  • Mermaid diagram above validated with @mermaid-js/mermaid-cli@11

Deploy

Cloudflare Pages project unbounded-wp-demo is already created in Lantern's account and tracks this repo, so this PR should get a preview URL automatically. Merging publishes to unbounded-wp-demo.pages.dev.

build command   bash ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/build.sh
output dir      ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/dist
watch paths     ui/wp-plugin/*
previews        all branches, PR comments enabled

Worth a reviewer's opinion

  • path_includes: ui/wp-plugin/* means a change to the widget in ui/src/ will not rebuild the demo. That is fine today because the demo loads the widget from embed.lantern.io at runtime, but it is a coupling worth knowing about.
  • The S3 zip is left stale. It cannot be refreshed from this repo — the available AWS credentials get AccessDenied on PutObject to that bucket, and no CI workflow publishes it. Anyone using the old try.wpdemo.net link still gets the 2024 plugin. Options: get write access and upload demo-site/dist/wp-plugin.zip, or retire that link in favour of the Pages demo.
  • The plugin's options_sanitize is still a no-op @todo. esc_attr() covers the output path this PR touches, but the input path remains unvalidated.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a standalone demo site with WordPress Playground launch flow and downloadable plugin archive.
    • Added a preconfigured demo environment showcasing the Unbounded widget and settings.
    • Improved handling of widget display options with sensible defaults.
  • Documentation

    • Updated WordPress plugin branding from “Browsers Unbounded” to “Unbounded.”
    • Added setup, build, deployment, and local testing guidance for the demo site.
  • Chores

    • Updated plugin metadata to version 1.1 and credited Lantern as the author.
    • Added demo-site build and deployment configuration.

myleshorton and others added 2 commits September 3, 2026 13:22
The product is just "Unbounded" now, so update the nine user-facing
strings: plugin name, admin menu, settings page, meta box, and field
descriptions.

The <browsers-unbounded> element name deliberately stays. It is the
widget's public API -- ui/src/index.tsx only matches "lantern-network"
(legacy) or "browsers-unbounded", so renaming the tag would silently
render nothing. The option key and admin slug stay for the same reason.

Also stop interpolating $options['layout'] and ['theme'] unguarded. On a
fresh install nobody has saved settings yet, get_option() returns false,
and PHP 8 prints "Trying to access array offset on false" into the page
while emitting empty data attributes. Fall back to banner/dark and pass
both through esc_attr(), since the registered sanitizer is still a
no-op @todo and these land in HTML attributes.

Verified against WordPress 6.x + PHP 8.2 with WP_DEBUG on: the old
version warns and emits data-layout='', the new one is clean and
defaults correctly.

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Every previous demo of this plugin has rotted. The Heroku instance 404s, the
wordpress.com trial expired, and the S3 zip that try.wpdemo.net installs has
served the February 2024 build ever since -- a version whose front-end hook
predates the homepage and posts settings, so a demo created from it today
installs a plugin that silently ignores half the options its own settings
screen offers.

WordPress Playground removes the server from the equation: WordPress compiled
to WebAssembly, booted in the visitor's browser, plugin installed and activated
from a blueprint. Nothing to host, nothing to expire, nothing to keep patched.
Verified end to end -- the widget renders inside it, globe canvas and connect
switch included.

build.sh generates wp-plugin.zip from the plugin source rather than committing
an archive, so the demo cannot drift from the tree the way the S3 object did.
index.html derives the zip URL from location.origin, so the same files work on
a preview deployment, production, or a custom domain with no edits.

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Walkthrough

The plugin is rebranded to “Unbounded.” Widget attributes now use defaults and escaping. A WordPress Playground demo site is added with archive building, deployment assets, and launch configuration.

Changes

Unbounded plugin and demo

Layer / File(s) Summary
Plugin rebrand and widget output
ui/wp-plugin/README.md, ui/wp-plugin/browsers-unbounded-plugin.php
User-facing plugin labels and metadata now use “Unbounded.” The widget applies default layout and theme values and escapes them with esc_attr().
Demo packaging and deployment assets
ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/build.sh, ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/.gitignore, ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/README.md, ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/_headers
The build script creates a deterministic plugin ZIP and stages the demo site. Documentation, ignore rules, and deployment assets support the build and deployment process.
WordPress Playground demo flow
ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/blueprint.json, ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/index.html
The landing page resolves the plugin archive URL and launches WordPress Playground. The blueprint installs the plugin and configures a published demo page.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7ba78

This updates the plugin branding, improves unset-option handling, and adds a browser-based demo deployment flow. No current merge-readiness risk remains.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Visitor
  participant DemoLandingPage
  participant WordPressPlayground
  participant UnboundedPlugin
  Visitor->>DemoLandingPage: Open demo landing page
  DemoLandingPage->>DemoLandingPage: Fetch blueprint.json and replace PLUGIN_ZIP_URL
  DemoLandingPage->>WordPressPlayground: Open launch URL with modified blueprint
  WordPressPlayground->>UnboundedPlugin: Install and activate wp-plugin.zip
  WordPressPlayground->>UnboundedPlugin: Create demo page and write plugin options
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Cloudflare's Pages build image has no zip binary, so the first preview
deployment failed at the preflight check. python3 is present in both that
image and locally, so zipfile keeps CI and local builds on one code path
rather than adding a dependency to the build environment.

Archive layout is unchanged -- same top-level wp-plugin/ directory entry and
the same two files -- and the result still installs and activates cleanly in
WordPress with the widget rendering.

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The demo landing page currently writes a URL derived from location.pathname into innerHTML, which is an avoidable XSS risk and should be fixed before approval.

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Pull request overview

This PR rebrands the WordPress plugin to Unbounded, fixes fresh-install PHP warnings by providing safe defaults/escaping for widget attributes, and adds a self-hosted demo site that launches a WordPress Playground instance and installs a freshly built plugin zip at deploy time.

Changes:

  • Rebrand user-facing plugin/admin strings and bump plugin version to 1.1.
  • Fix fresh-install behavior by defaulting missing layout/theme values and escaping attribute output.
  • Add ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/ to build and publish a rot-resistant Playground-based demo (including generating wp-plugin.zip during deployment).
File summaries
File Description
ui/wp-plugin/browsers-unbounded-plugin.php Rebrand plugin headers/UI strings; default + esc_attr() layout/theme when rendering the widget element.
ui/wp-plugin/README.md Update Docker setup docs to reflect the Unbounded rebrand.
ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/README.md Document the Playground-based demo site and its Cloudflare Pages deployment/build process.
ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/index.html Landing page that builds a Playground URL at runtime and links to the generated plugin zip.
ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/build.sh Builds dist/ and generates wp-plugin.zip from the plugin source on each deploy.
ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/blueprint.json Playground blueprint that installs/activates the plugin and seeds a demo page/options.
ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/_headers Adds permissive CORS headers for the demo site.
ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/.gitignore Ignores generated dist/ output.
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34-42: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Normalize ZIP metadata for reproducible builds.

zipfile.ZipFile.writestr assigns the current time to directory entries, and zipfile.ZipFile.write copies each file's mtime. Identical staged contents can therefore produce different wp-plugin.zip bytes. Use fixed timestamps and stable attributes for both entry types.

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In `@ui/wp-plugin/demo-site/build.sh` around lines 34 - 42, Update the ZIP
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Build the zip link with DOM APIs instead of innerHTML. The reported XSS path
does not actually open -- location.pathname normalises " < > to %22 %3C %3E, so
it cannot carry raw HTML metacharacters -- but concatenating a URL into
innerHTML is a fragile pattern with no upside here, and createElement plus
textContent renders identically.

Fix three stale docs while here:
  - the meta box is its own box in the editor sidebar, not a field inside Page
    Attributes, so the setup steps pointed readers somewhere that does not exist
  - the plugin header still described the widget as applying "to selected
    pages", predating the homepage and posts settings it now also supports
  - a sentence missing its verb, and a fence missing its language (MD040)

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🔵 Needs a closer look

The demo-site CORS headers are currently scoped to all paths and should be narrowed to only the resource(s) that need cross-origin access to reduce unnecessary exposure.

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  • _headers currently applies Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * to every asset on the demo site. If the goal is only to allow the plugin zip to be fetched cross-origin, scope the CORS header to just the zip to avoid unnecessarily broad cross-origin readability of HTML/JSON assets.
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The blueprint set location=footer, which hooks wp_footer and renders the widget
below the whole theme -- header, title, content, footer -- so a visitor landed
on the demo and saw stock WordPress with the thing they came to look at off
screen.

location=header hooks wp_head instead. The element is not valid head content,
so the browser closes head and hoists it, landing it as the first child of
body: measured at 32px from the top, 630px tall, in an 818px viewport.

This is also the plugin's own default. The blueprint was overriding it for no
reason.

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