From 7d61c8c76d355a5ce0b9c58a9975b97309e760b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peptiderepo <peptiderepo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:08:06 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add Image B toggle to disable second image generation
 (v0.4.6)

New toggle in Images settings controls whether the source-data-based
second image is generated. Disabling saves one image gen call + one
LLM prompt rewrite per article. Defaults to enabled.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md                                      |  7 +++++++
 includes/admin/class-settings-fields-extended.php | 10 +++++++++-
 includes/core/class-image-pipeline.php            |  9 +++++++--
 prautoblogger.php                                 |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed1a4c9..fd61398 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to PRAutoBlogger will be documented in this file.
 Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.4.6] — 2026-04-19
+
+### Added
+- **Image B toggle.** New "Generate Second Image (B)" toggle in Images settings.
+  Disabling saves one image generation call + one LLM prompt rewrite per article.
+  Defaults to enabled for backwards compatibility.
+
 ## [0.4.5] — 2026-04-19
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/includes/admin/class-settings-fields-extended.php b/includes/admin/class-settings-fields-extended.php
index 20e3d28..b18d818 100644
--- a/includes/admin/class-settings-fields-extended.php
+++ b/includes/admin/class-settings-fields-extended.php
@@ -172,7 +172,15 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Settings_Fields_Extended {
 				'type'        => 'toggle',
 				'section'     => 'prautoblogger_images',
 				'default'     => '0',
-				'description' => __( 'When enabled, generate two images (A/B) for each published article.', 'prautoblogger' ),
+				'description' => __( 'Generate images for each published article.', 'prautoblogger' ),
+			],
+			[
+				'id'          => 'prautoblogger_image_b_enabled',
+				'label'       => __( 'Generate Second Image (B)', 'prautoblogger' ),
+				'type'        => 'toggle',
+				'section'     => 'prautoblogger_images',
+				'default'     => '1',
+				'description' => __( 'Generate a second image from source data for A/B testing. Disabling saves one image generation + one LLM prompt rewrite per article.', 'prautoblogger' ),
 			],
 			[
 				'id'      => 'prautoblogger_image_provider',
diff --git a/includes/core/class-image-pipeline.php b/includes/core/class-image-pipeline.php
index 25f7f68..c805621 100644
--- a/includes/core/class-image-pipeline.php
+++ b/includes/core/class-image-pipeline.php
@@ -94,8 +94,13 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Image_Pipeline {
 			return $result;
 		}
 
+		// Check whether Image B is enabled in settings.
+		$image_b_enabled = get_option( 'prautoblogger_image_b_enabled', '1' );
+		$has_source_data = null !== $source_data && ! empty( $source_data );
+		$generate_b      = $has_source_data && '1' === $image_b_enabled;
+
 		// Budget pre-check: estimate cost for all images before any HTTP calls.
-		$image_count    = ( null !== $source_data && ! empty( $source_data ) ) ? 2 : 1;
+		$image_count    = $generate_b ? 2 : 1;
 		$estimated_cost = $this->provider->estimate_cost( self::DEFAULT_WIDTH, self::DEFAULT_HEIGHT ) * $image_count;
 		if ( $this->cost_tracker->would_exceed_budget( $estimated_cost ) ) {
 			$result['errors'][] = 'Image generation would exceed monthly budget.';
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Image_Pipeline {
 		$captions = [ 'image_a' => $article_prompt['caption'] ];
 
 		$source_prompt = null;
-		if ( null !== $source_data && ! empty( $source_data ) ) {
+		if ( $generate_b ) {
 			$source_prompt = $this->prompt_builder->build_source_prompt( $source_data );
 			$batch_requests['image_b'] = [
 				'prompt' => $source_prompt['prompt'],
diff --git a/prautoblogger.php b/prautoblogger.php
index 748b151..b730aee 100644
--- a/prautoblogger.php
+++ b/prautoblogger.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
  * Plugin Name:       PRAutoBlogger
  * Plugin URI:        https://peptiderepo.com/prautoblogger
  * Description:       Monitors social media for trending topics, generates SEO-friendly blog posts using AI, and publishes them on a daily schedule with full cost tracking and self-improvement metrics.
- * Version:           0.4.5
+ * Version:           0.4.6
  * Requires at least: 6.0
  * Requires PHP:      7.4
  * Author:            PeptideRepo
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
 | and limits without magic strings.
 */
 
-define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_VERSION', '0.4.5' );
+define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_VERSION', '0.4.6' );
 define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_DB_VERSION', '1.1.0' );
 define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_PLUGIN_FILE', __FILE__ );
 define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_PLUGIN_DIR', plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) );