Add comprehensive architecture documentation with visual diagrams and PNG exports

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Created ARCHITECTURE.md to provide a visual and structural overview of the Document Gallery plugin codebase, plus high-resolution PNG exports of all diagrams for social media and presentation use.

Contents

ARCHITECTURE.md (712 lines, 24KB)

• 5 Mermaid diagrams: High-level architecture, class relationships, gallery rendering flow, thumbnail generation flow, and Block Editor integration
• Complete directory tree: Every file annotated with purpose and line count
• Component catalog: All 25 PHP classes with responsibilities and complexity metrics
• Integration reference: WordPress hooks, filters, shortcodes, and AJAX endpoints
• Code metrics: 9,941 LOC (76% PHP, 14% JS, 9% CSS)
• Developer API: Filter examples and extension points
• Security patterns: Input sanitization, capability checks, nonce verification

diagrams/ Directory (NEW)

• 5 high-resolution PNG diagrams (2400x1600 or 2400x1800 pixels each):
  • 1-high-level-architecture.png (112KB)
  • 2-component-relationships.png (127KB)
  • 3-gallery-rendering-flow.png (123KB)
  • 4-thumbnail-generation-flow.png (136KB)
  • 5-block-editor-integration.png (132KB)
• Mermaid source files (.mmd format) for each diagram
• README.md with detailed descriptions and usage guidelines

All PNG files are optimized for social media posts (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook), presentations, and documentation embedding.

Key Architectural Insights

Strategy pattern for thumbnail generation with 5 implementations (Imagick → Ghostscript → AudioVideo → Thumber.co → Default icons), selecting best available method per document type. Block Editor integration uses PHP render callbacks rather than JavaScript for consistent output. Thumbnail metadata cached in WordPress media library to avoid regeneration.

Original prompt

Visually summarize this codebase

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@copilot Great - can you provide all of the graphics used in this file as PNG files for use in a social media post?

[Copilot]

@copilot Great - can you provide all of the graphics used in this file as PNG files for use in a social media post?

Created 5 high-resolution PNG diagrams in the diagrams/ directory (commit be43a56):

1. 1-high-level-architecture.png (2400x1600px, 112KB) - Complete system architecture
2. 2-component-relationships.png (2400x1600px, 127KB) - Class relationships and strategy pattern
3. 3-gallery-rendering-flow.png (2400x1800px, 123KB) - Request/response sequence flow
4. 4-thumbnail-generation-flow.png (2400x1800px, 136KB) - Thumbnail generation decision tree
5. 5-block-editor-integration.png (2400x1800px, 132KB) - Gutenberg block integration

All files are optimized for social media use (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) and include clear text representations of the architecture. The diagrams/README.md file contains detailed descriptions of each diagram.

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• cdn.jsdelivr.net
  • Triggering command: /home/REDACTED/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium_headless_shell-1200/chrome-headless-shell-linux64/chrome-headless-shell /home/REDACTED/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium_headless_shell-1200/chrome-headless-shell-linux64/chrome-headless-shell --disable-field-trial-config --disable-REDACTED-networking --disable-REDACTED-timer-throttling --disable-REDACTEDing-occluded-windows --disable-back-forward-cache --disable-breakpad --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --disable-component-extensions-with-REDACTED-pages --disable-component-update --no-default-browser-check --disable-default-apps --disable-dev-shm-usage --disable-extensions --disable-features=AcceptCHFrame,AvoidUnnecessaryBeforeUnloadCheckSync,DestroyProfileOnBrowserClose,DialMediaRouteProvider,GlobalMediaControls,HttpsUpgrades,LensOverlay,MediaRouter,PaintHolding,ThirdPartyStoragePartitioning,Translate,AutoDeElevate,RenderD (dns block)
  • Triggering command: /home/REDACTED/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium_headless_shell-1200/chrome-headless-shell-linux64/chrome-headless-shell /home/REDACTED/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium_headless_shell-1200/chrome-headless-shell-linux64/chrome-headless-shell --disable-field-trial-config --disable-REDACTED-networking --disable-REDACTED-timer-throttling --disable-REDACTEDing-occluded-windows --disable-back-forward-cache --disable-breakpad --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --disable-component-extensions-with-REDACTED-pages --disable-component-update --no-default-browser-check --disable-default-apps --disable-dev-shm-usage --disable-extensions --disable-features=AcceptCHFrame,AvoidUnnecessaryBeforeUnloadCheckSync,DestroyProfileOnBrowserClose,DialMediaRouteProvider,GlobalMediaControls,HttpsUpgrades,LensOverlay,MediaRouter,PaintHolding,ThirdPartyStoragePartitioning,Translate,AutoDeElevate,RenderD /node_modules/.bin/sh (dns block)
• cdnjs.cloudflare.com
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/curl curl -o mermaid.min.js REDACTED (dns block)
• googlechromelabs.github.io
  • Triggering command: /usr/local/bin/node node install.mjs (dns block)
• https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public/131.0.6778.204/linux64/chrome-linux64.zip
  • Triggering command: /usr/local/bin/node node install.mjs (http block)
• unpkg.com
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/curl curl -o mermaid.min.js REDACTED (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)