Title: Media Checkerboard
Author: Diego Betto
Published: <strong>June 9, 2015</strong>
Last modified: December 7, 2015

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Media Checkerboard

 By [Diego Betto](https://profiles.wordpress.org/agm65/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/media-checkboard.1.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-checkboard/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-checkboard/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-checkboard/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-checkboard/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-checkboard/)

## Description

Simple plugin that renders a checkerboard under PNG and GIF images so you can see
alpha channel

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Checkerboard background for a PNG file
 * [[
 * Configuration page
 * [[
 * Color picker

## Installation

 1. Download and unzip
 2. Upload the folder in wp-content/plugins
 3. Activate
 4. Enjoy

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Media Checkerboard” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Diego Betto ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/agm65/)

[Translate “Media Checkerboard” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/media-checkboard)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-checkboard/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/media-checkboard/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/media-checkboard/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/media-checkboard/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

1.1.1
 Bug fix

1.1.0
 Configurable colors and size

1.0.4
 Typos and name

1.0.3
 Added banner and icon

1.0.2
 Added screenshot, corrected name

1.0
 First commit

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.1**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.2.39**
 * Tags
 * [gif](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gif/)[media](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media/)
   [png](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/png/)[transparency](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/transparency/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-checkboard/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-checkboard/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Diego Betto ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/agm65/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-checkboard/)