Visual Update Orchestrator - Test Updates Before They Break Your Site

**Stop worrying about broken designs after WordPress updates!**

Visual Update Orchestrator is a revolutionary WordPress plugin that automatically tests updates before applying them to your live site. It captures screenshots of your key pages, applies updates in a safe testing environment, compares the results, and only alerts you if visual changes are detected.

**The Problem:**
- WordPress and plugin updates often break site designs
- Manual testing is time-consuming and error-prone
- Existing tools are too complex for non-developers
- One bad update can cost you customers and revenue

**The Solution:**
Visual Update Orchestrator makes update testing simple and automatic. It's designed for "everyone" - no coding knowledge required!

✅ **Automatic Screenshot Capture**

- Capture screenshots of all your important pages
- Support for multiple capture methods (html2canvas, Puppeteer, API)
- Capture full pages or specific elements using CSS selectors

✅ **Safe Update Testing**
- Test updates in a temporary staging environment
- No risk to your live site
- Automatic rollback if issues detected

✅ **Visual Comparison Engine**
- Pixel-perfect comparison of before/after screenshots
- Configurable difference threshold (default 5%)
- Automatic detection of design changes
- Visual diff images showing exactly what changed

✅ **Smart Alerts**
- Get notified only when changes are detected
- Email notifications for test results
- Clear visual indicators (green = safe, orange = review, red = danger)

✅ **Automatic Safe Updates**
- Option to automatically apply updates with no visual changes
- One-click application after review
- Complete test history for audit trail

✅ **User-Friendly Interface**
- Beautiful, modern dashboard
- Simple setup wizard
- No technical knowledge required
- Responsive design works on all devices

✅ **Complete History**
- Track all update tests
- View before/after comparisons
- Export test reports
- Audit trail for compliance

- WordPress 5.8+

- PHP 7.4+

- PHP GD or Imagick extension (for image comparison)

- Optional: Node.js for Puppeteer capture method

**Supported Capture Methods:**
1. **html2canvas** (Recommended) - Works directly in browser, no server setup
2. **Puppeteer** - Advanced server-side capture (requires Node.js)
3. **External API** - Use third-party screenshot services

1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu
3. Go to Visual Updates > Monitored Pages and add your pages
4. Configure settings in Visual Updates > Settings
5. Start testing updates!