1.9.0

Note that this release bumps the WordPress minimum version from 5.7 to 6.5.

Added

• New options to the Podcast block to allow for more display customization (props @barneyjeffries, @Firestorm980, @mehidi258, @jayedul, @Sidsector9, @peterwilsoncc, @faisal-alvi, @gusaus, @jeffpaul via #272).

Changed

• Update the rendering of the Podcast block to be more full featured and use all the newly added customization options (props @barneyjeffries, @Firestorm980, @mehidi258, @jayedul, @Sidsector9, @peterwilsoncc, @faisal-alvi, @gusaus, @sudar, @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul, @dkotter via #272, #318, #320, #322).
• Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 6.7 (props @qasumitbagthariya, @jeffpaul, @dkotter, @sonali886, @godleman, @mehul0810 via #291, #307, #325, #326).
• Bump WordPress minimum from 5.7 to 6.5 (props @qasumitbagthariya, @jeffpaul, @dkotter, @sonali886, @godleman, @mehul0810 via #291, #307, #325, #326).
• Update how we import the PluginDocumentSettingPanel component to use the new @wordpress/editor package if it exists (props @gabriel-glo, @dkotter via #309).

Security

• Bump express from 4.18.2 to 4.19.2, follow-redirects from 1.15.4 to 1.15.6, and webpack-dev-middleware from 5.3.3 to 5.3.4 (props @dependabot, @iamdharmesh via #290).
• Bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3, pac-resolver from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1, socks from 2.7.1 to 2.8.3, ws from 7.5.9 to 7.5.10 and removes ip (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #297, #306).
• Bump axios from 1.7.2 to 1.7.4 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #312).
• Bump webpack from 5.91.0 to 5.94.0 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #315).
• Bump ws from 7.5.10 to 8.18.0, serve-static from 1.15.0 to 1.16.2 and express from 4.19.2 to 4.21.0 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #319).

Developer

• Clean up NPM dependencies and update node to v20 (props @Sidsector9, @jeffpaul, @peterwilsoncc via #275).
• Add "Testing" section to the CONTRIBUTING.md file (props @kmgalanakis, @jeffpaul, @iamdharmesh via #294).
• Change support level from Active to Stable (props @Sidsector9, @jeffpaul, @cadic via #217).
• Switch from using actions/upload-release-asset to softprops/action-gh-release GitHub action (props @Sidsector9, @jeffpaul via #308).
• Update repo badges, add WordPress Playground badge (props @jeffpaul, @faisal-alvi, @dkotter via #311, #317, #321).

New Contributors

• @gusaus made their first contribution in #272
• @sonali886 made their first contribution in #307
• @gabriel-glo made their first contribution in #309
• @sudar made their first contribution in #318
• @godleman made their first contribution in #325

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1.8.0

Added

• "Latest Podcast Episode" query block variation (props #jeffpaul, @cadic, @barneyjeffries, @faisal-alvi via #266).
• Ability to add Unique Cover Art for Episodes (props @jamesburgos, @jeffpaul, @zamanq, @iamdharmesh via #273).
• simple_podcasting_feed_title filter hook to modify feed title (props @martinburch, @psorensen, @dkotter via #279).

Fixed

• Incorrect feed title (props @martinburch, @psorensen, @dkotter via #279).
• Fatal error in WordPress 5.8 and earlier (props @peterwilsoncc, @Sidsector9 via #277).

Changed

• Disabled auto sync pull requests with target branch (props @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #281).
• Removed PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md template (props @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #286).
• Replaced lee-dohm/no-response with actions/stale to help with closing no-response/stale issues (props @jeffpaul, @dkotter via #287).
• Upgrade the download-artifact from v3 to v4 (props @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #285).

Security

• Bumps ip from 1.1.8 to 1.1.9 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #278).

New Contributors

• @barneyjeffries made their first contribution in #266
• @jamesburgos made their first contribution in #273
• @martinburch made their first contribution in #279
• @psorensen made their first contribution in #279

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1.7.0

Added

• Ability to add a transcript to a podcast episode by utilizing a new Podcast Transcript block. This block is added by clicking the Add Transcript button that will now show in the sidebar panel of the Podcast block (props @nateconley, @peterwilsoncc, @sksaju, @kirtangajjar via #221).
• Support for the WordPress.org plugin preview (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #265).

Fixed

• Ensure we show all Podcasting terms in the Block Editor sidebar (props @dkotter, @channchetra, @Sidsector9 via #268).

Security

• Bump axios from 0.25.0 to 1.6.2 and @wordpress/scripts from 26.9.0 to 26.18.0 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #263).
• Bump follow-redirects from 1.15.3 to 1.15.4 (props @dependabot, @dkotter via #269).

New Contributors

• @sksaju made their first contribution in #221
• @kirtangajjar made their first contribution in #221
• @channchetra made their first contribution in #268

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1.6.1

Added

• Repo Automator GitHub Action (props @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #253).

Changed

• Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 6.4 (props @qasumitbagthariya, @jeffpaul via #259, #260).
• Ensure end-to-end tests work on Cypress v13 and bump cypress from 11.2.0 to 13.2.0, @10up/cypress-wp-utils from 0.1.0 to 0.2.0, @wordpress/env from 5.4.0 to 8.7.0, cypress-localstorage-commands from 2.2.2 to 2.2.4 and cypress-mochawesome-reporter from 3.4.0 to 3.6.0 (props @iamdharmesh, @Sidsector9 via #254).

Security

• Bump postcss from 8.4.27 to 8.4.31 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #256).
• Bump @babel/traverse from 7.22.8 to 7.23.2 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #257).

New Contributors

• @qasumitbagthariya made their first contribution in #259

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1.6.0

Added

• Ability to create a Podcast from within the Block Editor (props @Sidsector9, @iamdharmesh via #232).
• New Podcast Platforms block that allows you to display icons and links to multiple podcast platforms (props @Sidsector9, @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #241).
• Check for minimum required PHP version before loading the plugin (props @kmgalanakis, @dkotter via #248).

Changed

• Rename TAXONOMY_NAME constant to PODCASTING_TAXONOMY_NAME (props @jayedul, @peterwilsoncc, @dkotter via #238).
• Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 6.3 (props @dkotter via #248).

Fixed

• Resolved a PHP warning when creating a new podcast (props @kmgalanakis, @iamdharmesh via #247).

Security

• Bump word-wrap from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 (props @dependabot, @iamdharmesh via #243).

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1.5.0

Added

• Post Grid Block to display a grid of episode posts (props @mehul0810, @cadic, @nateconley, @dkotter, @jeffpaul, @ajmaurya99, @nickolas-kola, @achchu93 via #214).
• Mochawesome reporter added for Cypress end-to-end test report (props @jayedul, @iamdharmesh via #236).

Changed

• Mark any required fields when adding/editing a podcast feed (props @mehul0810, @cadic, @nateconley, @jeffpaul, @Spoygg, @ggutenberg, @peterwilsoncc, @Sidsector9, @ravinderk, @faisal-alvi, @helen via #216).
• Bumped WordPress "tested up to" version 6.2 (props @jayedul, @peterwilsoncc, @jeffpaul via #230).
• Run end-to-end tests on the zip generated by the "Build Release ZIP" GitHub Action (props @jayedul, @Sidsector9, @iamdharmesh via #227).
• GitHub Action uses updates (props @Sidsector9, @iamdharmesh via #234).
• Updated Dependency Review GitHub Action (props @jeffpaul, @Sidsector9 via #237).

Removed

• Deprecated <itunes:summary> tag (props @ggutenberg, @Sidsector9, @cadic, @jeffpaul via #223).
• Unnecessary term meta registration on "init" (props @kmgalanakis, @faisal-alvi, @cadic via #225).

Fixed

• Deprecation notices for strpos and str_replace on PHP >= 8.1 (props @bmarshall511, @Sidsector9, @peterwilsoncc via #239).

Security

• Bump simple-git from 3.15.1 to 3.16.0 (props @dependabot, @cadic via #215).
• Bump http-cache-semantics from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 (props @dependabot, @cadic via #219).
• Bump @sideway/formula from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (props @dependabot, @cadic via #220).
• Bump webpack from 5.75.0 to 5.76.1 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #222).

New Contributors

• @kmgalanakis made their first contribution in #225
• @mehul0810 made their first contribution in #214
• @ggutenberg made their first contribution in #223
• @bmarshall511 made their first contribution in #239

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1.4.0

Added

• New podcast onboarding flow (props @Sidsector9, @cadic, @iamdharmesh, @helen, @jeffpaul, @Nicolas-knight, @jnetek via #193).
• Description field to RSS feed (props @supersmo, @cadic via #204).
• Build pre-release zip GitHub Action (props @Sidsector9, @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul, @dkotter, @faisal-alvi, @vikrampm1 via #199).

Changed

• Bump Wordpress "tested up to" to 6.1 (props @jayedul, @dkotter via #201).
• Cypress integration migrated to 11+ (props @jayedul, @cadic, @jeffpaul via #205).
• Updated docs to add podcast feed to Pocket Casts (props @jeffpaul, @Sidsector9, @cadic via #192).

Fixed

• Spotify not accepting feeds with empty <description> field (props @supersmo, @cadic via #204).

Security

• Bump json5 from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 (props @dependabot[bot], @cadic, @jeffpaul via #212).
• Bump loader-utils from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4 (props @dependabot[bot], @cadic, @jeffpaul via #195, #198).
• Bump simple-git from 3.14.1 to 3.15.1 (props @dependabot[bot], @jeffpaul via #202).

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New Contributors

• Jayedul Kabir (@jayedul) via #201, #205.
• Siddharth Thevaril (@Sidsector9) via #193, #199, #192.
• Nicolas Knight (@Nicolas-knight) via #193.
• Jonathan Netek (@jnetek) via #193.

1.3.0

Note that this version bumps the minimum PHP version from 7.0 to 7.4 and the minimum WordPress version from 4.6 to 5.7.

Added

• Podcasts Taxonomy term(s) added in block settings (props @helen, @jeffpaul, @faisal-alvi, @peterwilsoncc, @cadic via #183).
• Type of show setting for the podcast (props @cadic, @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #188).

Changed

• Podcasting Categories and Sub-Categories (props @zamanq, @jeffpaul, @dkotter, @cadic, @dchucks via #179).
• Bumped minimum PHP version required from 7.0 to 7.4 (props @peterwilsoncc, @cadic, @jeffpaul, @vikrampm1 via #184).
• Bumped minimum WordPress version required from 4.6 to 5.7 (props @peterwilsoncc, @cadic, @jeffpaul, @vikrampm1 via #184).
• Upgrade dependencies (props @cadic, @faisal-alvi via #187).

Fixed

• Saving podcast enclosure with Classic Editor (props @cadic, @faisal-alvi via #186).

Security

• Bump got from 10.7.0 to 11.8.5 (props @faisal-alvi, @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #185).
• Bump @wordpress/env from 4.5.0 to 5.2.0 (props @faisal-alvi, @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #185).

https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/milestone/4?closed=1

1.2.4

Added

• Season number, episode number and episode type attributes can now be stored with a Podcast (props @zamanq, @dchucks, @cadic via #175).

Changed

• Bump WordPress version "tested up to" 6.0 (props @cadic via #171).

Fixed

• Incorrect Language value in the Feed (props @zamanq, @dchucks, @cadic via #176).

Security

• Bump terser from 5.12.1 to 5.14.2 (props @dependabot via #180).

New Contributors

• @zamanq made their first contribution in #175
• @dchucks made their first contribution in #175

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1.2.3

Added

• Compatibility tests against PHP 7 and 8 (props @cadic, @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #150).
• Default Pull Request Reviewers via CODEOWNERS file (props @jeffpaul, @cadic via #156).
• Dependency security scanning (props @jeffpaul via #168).

Changed

• Unit tests against PHP 8 (props @cadic, @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #150).
• Bump required PHP 7.0 (props @cadic, @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #150).
• Replaced custom commands with @10up/cypress-wp-utils in end-to-end tests (props @dinhtungdu, @cadic, @jeffpaul via #162).

Fixed

• Missing <enclosure> in feed item (props @davexpression, @cadic, @jeffpaul via #147).
• Failing Cypress test on WP Minimum (props @dinhtungdu, @cadic, @jeffpaul via #164).
• Updated badges in readme (props @cadic, @jeffpaul via #167).

Security

• Upgraded node dependencies (props @cadic, @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #158 and #163).
• Bump async from 2.6.3 to 2.6.4 (props @dependabot via #166).
• Bump node-forge from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0 (props @dependabot via #160).
• Bump minimist from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6 (props @dependabot via #159).

https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/milestone/11?closed=1