Initial baseline: LaraBlog core with plugin commerce surface.

Captures the current working tree after theme slots, ArticleAccess, and the payment / paid-content plugins so subsequent work has a reviewable git history.

app/Support/LegacyPassword.php

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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Support;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+
+class LegacyPassword
+{
+    public static function verify(string $plain, string $legacyHash): bool
+    {
+        return hash_equals($legacyHash, md5($plain));
+    }
+
+    public static function upgradeHash(string $plain): string
+    {
+        return Hash::make($plain);
+    }
+}