- Fixed the Imgur embed path.

Imgur now uses a local wrapper page, 
[provider_embed.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/provider_embed.php), 
that renders Imgur’s official blockquote + 
https://s.imgur.com/min/embed.js snippet instead of trying to iframe 
Imgur directly. That should avoid the “refuses to connect” issue for 
albums, galleries, images, GIFs, GIFV, and videos.
Also updated:
[includes/db.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/includes/db.php): 
Imgur embed URLs now point to the wrapper, and Imgur view-count scraping 
has dedicated fallback patterns.
[admin/index.php](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/admin/index.php): 
Upkeeping → Correct Views now explicitly counts Imgur-backed items in 
the candidate summary.
[README.md](/Users/tyemeclifford/Documents/GH/mediaplayer/README.md): 
documented the Imgur wrapper behavior.

README.md

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ Styled to match the existing `gate.php` / `index.php` dark theme exactly.
 
 External URLs must use `http://` or `https://`. Uploaded files and remote URLs can be mixed on the same video. Recognized provider URLs such as YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Imgur, Twitch, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, X/Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Google Drive, Wistia, Streamable, and Loom render through their embed players.
 
+Imgur links use the official Imgur embed script inside a local wrapper, so album, gallery, image, GIF, GIFV, and video URLs can render without direct iframe blocking.
+
 When adding an external URL, the admin form can fetch title, description, duration, thumbnail metadata, and readable provider view counts through oEmbed, page metadata, and JSON-LD. The save action repeats the metadata lookup as a fallback, so blank titles can be filled from supported external pages even if the browser autofill was not used.
 
 If no thumbnail image is uploaded, the add/edit forms can auto-grab one from the first supported source. YouTube and Dailymotion use direct thumbnail URLs; Vimeo, Wistia, TikTok, SoundCloud, and Spotify use oEmbed when available. Local uploaded videos can generate a first-frame thumbnail when `ffmpeg` is installed on the server.

admin/index.php

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ $list_stmt->execute();
 $videos = $list_stmt->fetchAll();
 $youtube_timestamp_candidates = media_youtube_timestamp_candidate_count();
 $external_view_candidates = media_external_view_count_candidate_count();
+$imgur_view_candidates = media_imgur_view_count_candidate_count();
 $admin_total_views = total_video_views(false);
 
 $qs = fn($p) => '?' . http_build_query(array_filter(['q' => $search, 'page' => $p]));
@@ -241,7 +242,8 @@ render_head('Admin — TyClifford.com', '
               <h2 class="card-title">Correct external view counts</h2>
               <p class="hint">
                 Scrapes readable counts from supported providers and adds them to the media-site totals alongside local plays.
-                <?= $external_view_candidates ?> external video<?= $external_view_candidates === 1 ? '' : 's' ?> can be checked.
+                <?= $external_view_candidates ?> external video<?= $external_view_candidates === 1 ? '' : 's' ?> can be checked,
+                including <?= $imgur_view_candidates ?> Imgur-backed item<?= $imgur_view_candidates === 1 ? '' : 's' ?>.
                 Current database total: <?= h(view_count_label((int)$admin_total_views)) ?>.
               </p>
             </div>

includes/db.php

@@ -543,8 +543,12 @@ function media_imgur_page_url(string $url): string {
 }
 
 function media_imgur_embed_url(string $url): string {
-    $page = media_imgur_page_url($url);
+    $path = media_imgur_path_from_url($url);
-    return $page !== '' ? rtrim($page, '/') . '/embed' : '';
+    if ($path === '') return '';
+    return media_append_query(public_url_path('/provider_embed.php'), [
+        'provider' => 'imgur',
+        'id' => $path,
+    ]);
 }
 
 function media_normalize_datetime(string $value): string {
@@ -677,6 +681,26 @@ function media_view_count_from_html(string $html): int {
     return 0;
 }
 
+function media_imgur_view_count_from_html(string $html): int {
+    $count = media_view_count_from_html($html);
+    if ($count > 0) return $count;
+
+    $html = html_entity_decode($html, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8');
+    $patterns = [
+        '/\bviews?\b[^0-9]{0,80}([0-9][0-9,.\s]*\s*[KMBkmb]?)/i',
+        '/([0-9][0-9,.\s]*\s*[KMBkmb]?)\s+\bviews?\b/i',
+        '/"views_count"\s*:\s*"?(\d+)"?/i',
+        '/"viewsCount"\s*:\s*"?(\d+)"?/i',
+    ];
+    foreach ($patterns as $pattern) {
+        if (!preg_match($pattern, $html, $match)) continue;
+        $count = media_count_from_text($match[1]);
+        if ($count > 0) return $count;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 function media_youtube_view_count_from_html(string $html): int {
     return media_view_count_from_html($html);
 }
@@ -708,6 +732,10 @@ function media_external_view_count_from_url(string $url): int {
     $fetch = media_http_get($url, 15, 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8');
     if ($fetch['body'] === '' || $fetch['error'] !== '') return 0;
 
+    if (media_host_matches($host, 'imgur.com') || media_host_matches($host, 'i.imgur.com')) {
+        return media_imgur_view_count_from_html($fetch['body']);
+    }
+
     return media_view_count_from_html($fetch['body']);
 }
 
@@ -784,6 +812,19 @@ function media_external_view_count_candidate_count(): int {
     ")->fetchColumn();
 }
 
+function media_imgur_view_count_candidate_count(): int {
+    return (int)get_db()->query("
+        SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT v.id)
+        FROM videos v
+        INNER JOIN video_sources vs ON vs.video_id = v.id
+        WHERE vs.source_type='remote'
+          AND (
+            vs.source_url LIKE '%imgur.com%'
+            OR vs.source_url LIKE '%i.imgur.com%'
+          )
+    ")->fetchColumn();
+}
+
 function media_restore_external_view_counts(int $limit = 25): array {
     $result = [
         'checked' => 0,

provider_embed.php

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/includes/db.php';
+
+$provider = strtolower(trim((string)($_GET['provider'] ?? '')));
+$id = trim((string)($_GET['id'] ?? ''));
+
+if ($provider !== 'imgur') {
+    http_response_code(404);
+    exit('Unsupported provider.');
+}
+
+$parts = array_values(array_filter(explode('/', $id), 'strlen'));
+$data_id = '';
+if (isset($parts[0], $parts[1]) && in_array($parts[0], ['a', 'gallery'], true)) {
+    $clean = media_clean_token($parts[1]);
+    if ($clean !== '') $data_id = $parts[0] . '/' . $clean;
+} elseif (isset($parts[0])) {
+    $clean = media_clean_token($parts[0]);
+    if ($clean !== '') $data_id = $clean;
+}
+
+if ($data_id === '') {
+    http_response_code(400);
+    exit('Invalid Imgur item.');
+}
+
+$imgur_url = 'https://imgur.com/' . $data_id;
+$title = 'Imgur media';
+?>
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+  <meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer-when-downgrade">
+  <title><?= h($title) ?></title>
+  <style>
+    html, body {
+      margin:0;
+      width:100%;
+      min-height:100%;
+      background:#000;
+      color:#fff;
+      font-family:Inter, system-ui, sans-serif;
+    }
+    body {
+      display:flex;
+      align-items:center;
+      justify-content:center;
+      overflow:auto;
+    }
+    .imgur-embed-pub {
+      width:100%;
+      max-width:100%;
+      margin:0 auto !important;
+    }
+    .imgur-embed-pub iframe {
+      max-width:100% !important;
+    }
+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="<?= h($data_id) ?>">
+    <a href="<?= h($imgur_url) ?>" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View on Imgur</a>
+  </blockquote>
+  <script async src="https://s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
+</body>
+</html>