[grade=B] v1.9.2: hide raw YouTube URL above the video card (strip first YT link from displayed text, preserve trailing punctuation)

beep.php

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * Plugin Name:       Beep
  * Description:       A Twitter-style microblog for WordPress, with likes, replies, and Gravatars. Use the [beep_feed] shortcode on any page.
- * Version:           1.9.1
+ * Version:           1.9.2
  * Requires at least: 6.0
  * Requires PHP:      7.4
  * Author:            Sami Ahmed
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if (!defined('ABSPATH')) {
     exit;
 }
 
-define('BEEP_VERSION',     '1.9.1');
+define('BEEP_VERSION',     '1.9.2');
 define('BEEP_FILE',        __FILE__);
 define('BEEP_DIR',         plugin_dir_path(__FILE__));
 define('BEEP_URL',         plugin_dir_url(__FILE__));

includes/class-quotes.php

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class Beep_Quotes {
         $avatar = esc_url($author['avatar']);
         $name   = esc_html($author['name']);
         $handle = esc_html('@' . $author['username']);
-        $content = make_clickable(wp_kses_post($quoted['content']));
+        $content = make_clickable(wp_kses_post(beep_strip_youtube_link($quoted['content'])));
         $time   = esc_html($quoted['time_ago']);
         $qid    = esc_attr($quoted['id']);
 

includes/helpers.php

@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ function beep_render_post($post, $args = []) {
     $time_iso = gmdate('c', $ts);
     $time_full = mysql2date('F j, Y g:i a', $post->post_date);
 
-    $content      = beep_format_content($post->post_content);
+    $content      = beep_format_content(beep_strip_youtube_link($post->post_content));
     $like_count   = Beep_Likes::get_count($post->ID, 'post');
     $reply_count  = Beep_Replies::reply_count($post->ID);
     $user_liked   = Beep_Likes::user_has_liked($post->ID, 'post');
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ function beep_render_reply($comment, $all_comments = [], $depth = 0, $post_id =
     $time     = beep_relative_time($ts);
     $time_iso = gmdate('c', $ts);
 
-    $content    = beep_format_content($comment->comment_content);
+    $content    = beep_format_content(beep_strip_youtube_link($comment->comment_content));
     $can_delete = current_user_can('moderate_comments') || ($author_id && $author_id === get_current_user_id());
     $like_count = Beep_Likes::get_count($comment->comment_ID, 'reply');
     $user_liked = Beep_Likes::user_has_liked($comment->comment_ID, 'reply');
@@ -740,6 +740,33 @@ function beep_render_youtube_card($text) {
         . '</div>';
 }
 
+/**
+ * Remove the first YouTube URL from text (the one that gets a video card),
+ * so the raw link doesn't display above the card. Returns text unchanged
+ * when no YouTube link is present.
+ */
+function beep_strip_youtube_link($text) {
+    $vid = beep_youtube_id_from_text($text);
+    if ($vid === '') {
+        return $text;
+    }
+    $stripped = preg_replace_callback(
+        '~(?<![\w.-])(?:https?://)?(?:www\.|m\.)?(?:youtube\.com/(?:watch\?[^#\s]*v=|shorts/|embed/|live/)|youtu\.be/)[A-Za-z0-9_-]{11}(?![A-Za-z0-9_-])[^\s]*~i',
+        function ($m) {
+            // Preserve trailing sentence punctuation that the URL regex grabbed
+            return preg_match('/([.,;:!?]+)$/', $m[0], $t) ? $t[1] : '';
+        },
+        (string) $text,
+        1
+    );
+    if ($stripped === null) {
+        return $text;
+    }
+    $stripped = preg_replace('~[ \t]{2,}~', ' ', $stripped);
+    $stripped = preg_replace('~[ \t]+([.,;:!?])~', '$1', $stripped);
+    return trim($stripped);
+}
+
 function beep_relative_time($timestamp) {
     $now  = time();
     $diff = $now - $timestamp;

readme.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Tags: microblog, twitter, tweets, social, comments, polls, elementor
 Requires at least: 6.0
 Tested up to: 6.9
 Requires PHP: 7.4
-Stable tag: 1.9.1
+Stable tag: 1.9.2
 License: GPLv2 or later
 
 A Twitter-style microblog for WordPress. Posts, likes, replies, polls, quotes, GIFs, and Gravatars. Use [beep_feed] shortcode or Elementor widget.
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Features:
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 1.9.2 =
+* YouTube links no longer display as raw hyperlinks above the video card - the card replaces the URL text (posts, replies, and quoted beeps).
+
 = 1.9.1 =
 * YouTube links in beeps, replies, and quoted beeps automatically render as a video card (thumbnail + play button; click to play inline). Supports youtube.com/watch, youtu.be, shorts, embed, and live URLs.