1.0.0

Added

• New Experiment: Request Logging that provides observability for all AI operations (#437).
• New Experiment: Connector Approvals that allows administrators the ability to determine which plugins can access which AI connectors (#467).
• Integrate Alt Text generation into the experimental media editor (#446).
• Sorting and filtering in Comments screen by Toxicity and/or Sentiment (#518).
• Toxicity and Sentiment labelling in admin dashboard for comments (#518).

Changed

• Disable the Summarization button until content reaches a certain length (#492).
• Refined image generation loading state (#512).
• Featured image button now hides when image is already set (#512).
• When no AI provider is configured and a feature is triggered, show actionable guidance directing users to configure an AI Connector (#523).
• Update Meta Description loading state and remove duplicate heading in modal (#527).
• Rename "Review Notes" experiment to "Editorial Notes" and "Refine from Notes" experiment to "Editorial Updates" (#528).
• Keep comments without moderation metadata visible when sorting by Comment Moderation columns (#538).
• Updated plugin banner and icons (#546).
• Show a notice when a user has chosen a provider that no longer exists (#552).
• When no provider is configured, show an error notice instead of an admin notice for alt text generation (#561).
• Standardize error message text (#562).
• Abilities Explorer page heading (#585).

Fixed

• Ensure we properly use the new client-side Abilities API (#482).
• Keep keyboard focus on the Provider select when resetting per-feature developer settings to default (#532).
• Deduplicate provider API requests on the settings page when developer mode is toggled on (#542).
• Update the Playground Preview workflow to use pluginData instead of pluginZipFile (#548).
• Empty space shown for Model field when saved provider no longer exists in developer settings (#552).
• Prevent analyzing newly inserted comments when no provider is configured (#554).
• Ensure the meta description modal doesn't open if no provider is configured (#558).
• False error for alt text generation on decorative images in media library (#559).
• Show a failed badge when comment analysis fails (#568).
• Correct RTL rendering of directional icons, runtime-set styles, and inline styles in the admin UI (#573).
• Add notice to standalone image generation when there is no provider connected (#575).
• Ensure we show a more specific error message when no valid AI connector is in place and we try to generate a featured image (#576).
• Improve keyboard focus visibility for suggested term actions in content classification (#580).
• User-facing text in several experiments is now fully translatable, and JS-side translations are loaded at runtime (#582).
• Make title generation and content classification UI react to current editor state (#584).
• Ensure global AI enabled options are migrated properly (#586).

Developer

• Various documentation updates (#475, #501, #540, #550, #569).
• Add an .npmrc config file (#535).
• Add a 7 day cooldown period for GitHub Action updates triggered by Dependabot (#553).
• Bump phpstan/phpstan from 2.1.51 to 2.1.54 (#524).
• Bump @wordpress/build from 0.12.0 to 0.13.0 (#525).
• Bump @wordpress/scripts from 32.0.0 to 32.1.0 (#525).
• Bump dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 (#555).
• Bump shivammathur/setup-php from 2.37.0 to 2.37.1 (#556).
• Bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.9.0 to 5.0.0 (#556).
• Bump wordpress/plugin-check-action from 1.1.5 to 1.1.6 (#556).

GitHub-generated release notes

• fix(deps-dev): bump phpstan/phpstan from 2.1.51 to 2.1.54 in the composer-dev-minor-patch group by @dependabot[bot] in #524
• fix: refine image generation loading state and hide button when image set by @zeus2611 in #512
• Enhance Summarization feature: add minimum content length filter and disable button for short content by @coderGtm in #492
• Fix meta description loading state by @Deepam02 in #527
• Keep focus on Provider select after Reset to default by @t-hamano in #532
• Add sorting and filtering plus additional labelling to Comment Moderation by @Intenzi in #518
• Rebuild the package-lock.json file by @dkotter in #533
• fix(deps-dev): bump the npm-dev-minor-patch group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #525
• Add an .npmrc config file by @dkotter in #535
• Fix: Redundant API requests for providers on settings page when multiple features share the same capability by @hbhalodia in #542
• Fix comment moderation sorting with missing meta by @ekamran in #538
• Gracefully handle missing AI provider configuration by @Takshil-Kunadia in #523
• Fix: Update PR Playground Preview workflow: Replace deprecated pluginZipFile with pluginData by @hbhalodia in #548
• Docs: Fix: Inconsistent tabs spacing in docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md file by @hbhalodia in #550
• Docs: Update CONTRIBUTING.md to Include node and npm version requirement detail by @hbhalodia in #540
• Fix automatic comment moderation without provider by @ekamran in #554
• fix(deps-dev): bump dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 in the composer-dev-minor-patch group by @dependabot[bot] in #555
• chore(ci): bump the github-actions-updates group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #556
• Add a default cooldown of 7 days for GitHub Action updates by @dkotter in #553
• Fix meta description no-provider modal by @ekamran in #558
• Fix Alt-Text generation on decorative images resulting in false error message in Media Lib by @Intenzi in #559
• Fix: Bug: Empty space shown for Model field when saved provider no longer exists by @hbhalodia in #552
• Fix bulk alt text no-provider notice by @ekamran in #561
• Normalize generation error notice messages by @ekamran in #562
• docs: add and refine experiment documentation by @henryperkins in #501
• Add missing experiment documentation pages and cross-links by @dilipom13 in #475
• Add dev guide link to readme by @jeffpaul in #569
• Fix failed comment moderation badge rendering by @ekamran in #568
• [Feature][PoC]: Issue 325 | Experimental Media Editor | AI Alt Text by @TylerB24890 in #446
• Fix JS translation loading and make all text translatable by @t-hamano in #582
• Fix featured image no-provider notice by @ekamran in #576
• Fix: Bug: Missing No-Provider UX Handling for Standalone Media Image Generation by @hbhalodia in #575
• refactor: rename Review Notes → Editorial Notes, Refine from Notes → Editorial Updates by @zeus2611 in #528
• fix(a11y): improve focus visibility on suggested terms by @CookieDarb in #580
• fix: make title and term suggestion UI reactive by @Malayt04 in #584
• Fix Abilities Explorer page heading by @ekamran in #585
• Fix RTL support across AI plugin admin UI by @t-hamano in #573
• update wporg assets by @jeffpaul in #546
• [Feature]: AI Request Logging by @TylerB24890 in #437
• Utilize the new client-side Abilities API by @dkotter in #482
• Connector Approval experiment to limit what plugins can access what connectors by @dkotter in #467
• Fix global AI enabled option migration by @ekamran in #586
• Release/1.0.0 by @jeffpaul in #587

New Contributors

• @coderGtm made their first contribution in #492
• @Deepam02 made their first contribution in #527
• @Intenzi made their first contribution in #518
• @hbhalodia made their first contribution in #542
• @henryperkins made their first contribution in #501
• @dilipom13 made their first contribution in #475
• @CookieDarb made their first contribution in #580
• @Malayt04 made their first contribution in #584

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