Merge pull request #1007 from WordPress/chore/v1.6.0

New version 1.6.0

Author: davidperezgar

plugin.php

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Description: Plugin Check is a WordPress.org tool which provides checks to help plugins meet the directory requirements and follow various best practices.
  * Requires at least: 6.3
  * Requires PHP: 7.4
- * Version: 1.5.0
+ * Version: 1.6.0
  * Author: WordPress Performance Team and Plugin Review Team
  * License: GPLv2 or later
  * License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Plugin_Main;
 
-define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_VERSION', '1.5.0' );
+define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_VERSION', '1.6.0' );
 define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_MINIMUM_PHP', '7.4' );
 define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_MAIN_FILE', __FILE__ );
 define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_PLUGIN_DIR_PATH', plugin_dir_path( WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_MAIN_FILE ) );

readme.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Contributors:      wordpressdotorg
 Tested up to:      6.8
-Stable tag:        1.5.0
+Stable tag:        1.6.0
 License:           GPLv2 or later
 License URI:       https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 Tags:              plugin best practices, testing, accessibility, performance, security
@@ -68,6 +68,26 @@ In any case, passing the checks in this tool likely helps to achieve a smooth pl
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 1.6.0 =
+
+* Enhancement - Support strict output format for CLI commands.
+* Enhancement - Improve check for donate link in readme.
+* Enhancement - Improve info check in Version utils.
+* Enhancement - Improve URL validation for plugin header fields.
+* Enhancement - Improve ruleset files.
+* Enhancement - Increased severity for invalid plugin uri domain and plugin description checks in plugin header.
+* Enhancement - Remove CallTimePassByReference as it's deprecated rule.
+* Enhancement - Disallow special characters in textdomain.
+* Enhancement - Imported readme parser for preventing conflicts with wordpress.org. Use dotorg readme parser if available.
+* Enhancement - Discourage the use of `load_plugin_textdomain` found in plugins as it's not necessary in wordpress.org.
+* Enhancement - Upgrade severity for missing readme headers.
+* Enhancement - Show tested up to minor check only when it is current major version.
+* Enhancement - Added link in plugins page to run the plugin check.
+* Fix - Dynamic WP Content folder.
+* Fix - Fix test for special chars in file names giving problems to users after clone.
+* Fix - Remove Image_Functions_Check as they were making false positives.
+* Fix - Prevent WordPress version 10+ from being flagged as an error in the "Tested up to" check.
+
 = 1.5.0 =
 
 * Enhancement - Improve url validation to check duplicate protocol.