{"id":342672,"date":"2026-07-20T20:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/product-image-gallery-feature-control-for-woocommerce\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:02:20","slug":"fivestar-product-image-gallery-control-for-woocommerce","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/dsb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/fivestar-product-image-gallery-control-for-woocommerce\/","author":12853350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"7.0.4","requires":"6.0","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"FiveStar Product Image Gallery Control for WooCommerce","header_author":"Five Star Creative","header_description":"Adds settings toggles to cleanly disable or enable the WooCommerce product image zoom, lightbox, and slider features.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-07-20 20:02:20","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"https:\/\/www.fivestarcreative.us","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/www.fivestarcreative.us","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":106,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0":{"tag":"1.0","author":"fivestarcreative","date":"2026-07-20 20:04:04"}},"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"<p>First official release. 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