0.6.0

There are Breaking Changes in this release.

Breaking Changes

• Refactor Experiments to be a type of Feature, improving how functionality is organized and surfaced (#316).

The following classes have been removed. Anyone that was directly using these will need to make updates to utilize the correct replacements: Abstract_Experiment, Invalid_Experiment_Metadata_Exception, Invalid_Experiment_Exception, Experiment_Loader, Experiment_Registry.

• Standardize the Title Generation Ability to align with other registered Abilities (#227).

The ai/title-generation Ability now uses a context argument instead of a post_id argument in the input_schema. Anyone directly using this Ability will need to make updates to account for that.

Added

• New Experiment: Image Editing via prompt-based image refining in the Post Editor and Media Library (#292).
• New Experiment: Image Editing via expanding or removing background and removing or replacing items in the Media Libary (#305, #312).

Changed

• Rename the plugin from "AI Experiments" to "AI" (#287).
• Replace Invalid_Experiment_Exception with _doing_it_wrong() (#303).
• Rename hook prefixes in helpers.php (#315).
• Rename plugin constants to WPAI_* (#317).
• Refactor the upgrade routine and add v0.6.0 migrations (#321).
• Move the Generate Alt Text button to the new Content tab for improved discoverability (#306).
• Remove stray "AI" references from UI for improved consistency (#320).
• Update documentation (#314).

Fixed

• Remove duplicate error display in the Generate Alt Text flow (#255).

New Contributors

• @Omcodes23 made their first contribution in #168
• @Jameswlepage made their first contribution in #156
• @sapayth made their first contribution in #232
• @zeus2611 made their first contribution in #258
• @raftaar1191 made their first contribution in #320

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0.5.0

Note this version bumps the WordPress minimum supported version from 6.9 to 7.0.

Added

• Switch to using AI Client bundled in WordPress 7.0 (#275, #301).

Changed

• Bump WordPress minimum supported version from 6.9 to 7.0 (#272).
• Bump WordPress tested-up-to version 7.0 (#272).
• Migrate credentials from the AI Credentials to the new Connectors screen (#286).
• Improve documentation and plugin assets (#280, #281, #291, #293, #296).

Removed

• No longer using AI Client via Composer package (#271).

Developer

• Bump simple-git from 3.30.0 to 3.33.0 (#295).

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0.4.1

Fixed

• Issues with 0.4.0 release merge and deploy (#266).

Developer

• Bump immutable from 5.1.4 to 5.1.5 (#273).
• Bump svgo from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 (#274).
• Updated Release Instructions documentation (#277).

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0.4.0

Added

• Inline Image Generation directly in the post editor, enabling users to generate images without leaving authoring/editing flows (#235).
• Generate Image within the Media Library with prompt-based image generation workflows (#258).
• Generate Review Notes experiment to analyze post content or individual blocks and suggest refinements via Notes comments in the editor (#260, #267).
• Split editor and admin experiments within the settings page (#232).
• Contextual help text to the Abilities Explorer screen to assist users in understanding what Abilities are and how to use them (#243).

Changed

• Update “Generate Summary” button style to use consistent UI with other buttons in the ediot (#253).
• Standardize Abilities invocation using the runAbility helper to improve consistency across API calls (#228).
• Make provider labels in the Abilities Explorer translatable and adjust badge styling for clarity (#247).
• Improve Abilities Explorer table layout by aligning spacing and styles with WordPress admin table conventions (#248).
• Improve the Ability test page with better internationalization and add copy-to-clipboard functionality (#256).

Removed

• Remove unused checkbox column from the Abilities Explorer table, as it was not tied to any bulk actions (#246).

Fixed

• Fix the position and behavior of the “Copy” button in code blocks within the Abilities Explorer (#245).

Developer

• Bump basic-ftp from 5.1.0 to 5.2.0 (#259).

New Contributors

• @sapayth made their first contribution in #232
• @zeus2611 made their first contribution in #258

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0.3.1

Fixed

• Increased image generation request timeout from 30s to 90s to reduce failed generations on slower providers/models (#226).

Developer

• Added Experiment lifecycle and contribution criteria documentation, plus general doc tidy-ups to better explain how experiments land in (and could eventually graduate from) the plugin (#219).
• Updated the Pull Request template to include an “AI tools usage” disclosure section, aligned with the equivalent change in core (#217).
• Bump qs from 6.14.1 to 6.14.2 (#229).

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0.3.0

Added

• Content Summarization Experiment, allowing authors to generate and store AI-powered summaries directly in the post editor (#147).
• Featured Image Generation Experiment, enabling AI-generated featured images from the editor sidebar with optional alt text and AI attribution metadata (#146).
• Alt Text Generation Experiment, supporting images within Image blocks and Media Library workflows (#156).
• “Experiments” and “Credentials” quick action links to the Installed Plugins screen for faster configuration (#206).

Changed

• Replace the global “Enable Experiments” checkbox with an auto-submitting enable/disable button to reduce friction when toggling experiments (#168).

Fixed

• Improve robustness of asset loading to handle missing or invalid built files and prevent admin and editor warnings (#175).
• Add missing strict typing declarations in the Abilities Explorer to ensure consistency and correctness (#208).

Developer

• Streamline and clarify Contributor and Developer documentation to improve onboarding and reduce duplication (#169).
• Fix inline documentation issues, including missing @global tags, non-standard hook tags, and incomplete @return descriptions (#207, #210).
• Bump phpunit/phpunit from 9.6.31 to 9.6.33 as part of ongoing test and tooling maintenance (#209).
• Expand and align allowed open source licenses in dependency configuration to better match Gutenberg and ecosystem tooling (#212, #213, #214).

New Contributors

• @Omcodes23 made their first contribution in #168
• @Jameswlepage made their first contribution in #156

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0.2.1

Added

• Introduced a shared AI_Service layer to standardize provider access across experiments (#101).

Changed

• Documentation updates (#195).

Fixed

• Guarded against preg_replace() returning null to prevent content corruption in normalize_content() (#177).

Security

• Change our user permission checks to use edit_post instead of read_post (GHSA-mxf5-gp98-93wv).
• Bumped diff from 4.0.2 to 4.0.4 (#196).
• Bumped lodash-es from 4.17.22 to 4.17.23 (#198).
• Bumped lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 (#199).

New Contributors

• @caseymanos made their first contribution in #101
• @juanfra made their first contribution in #177
• @PypWalters made their first contribution in GHSA-mxf5-gp98-93wv

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0.2.0

Added

• Core excerpt generation support for AI-powered summaries, including a new Excerpt Generation Experiment with editor UI (#96, #143).
• Abilities Explorer — a new admin screen to view and interact with registered AI abilities in the plugin (#63).
• Introduce foundational backend support for Content Summarization and Image Generation experiments (API-only; no UI yet) (#134, #136).
• Improve plugin documentation and onboarding with expanded WP.org readme content (#135).
• Add Playground preview support to build and PR workflows using the official WordPress action (#144).

Changed

• Rely on the Abilities API bundled with WordPress 6.9 and remove the previously bundled dependency (minimum WP version updated) (#107).
• Reorganize Playground blueprints and update demo paths to align with WordPress.org conventions (#137).
• Improve and clarify plugin documentation, descriptions, screenshots, and in-context messaging (#69, #158, #161, #162, #164).
• Update and align runtime and development dependencies, including preact, qs, express, and React overrides (#165, #166, #171).
• Replace custom Plugin Check setup with the official GitHub workflow for more reliable enforcement (#139).

Fixed

• Resolve UI and messaging issues on the AI Experiments settings screen (#130, #132).
• Ensure AI Experiments are visible even when no credentials are configured (#173).
• Fix Plugin Check, linting, and CI failures introduced by updated tooling and workflows (#150, #163, #167, #176).

Developer

• Cleanup and standardize scaffold, linting, TypeScript, and CI configuration to better align with WordPress Coding Standards (#172).

New Contributors

• @aslamdoctor made their first contribution in #132
• @jamesmorrison made their first contribution in #96
• @mehrazmorshed made their first contribution in #161
• @huzaifaalmesbah made their first contribution in #69
• @pbearne made their first contribution in #173
• @karmatosed made their first contribution in #63

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WordPress Playground testing ZIP artifacts

Automated release for WordPress Playground CI artifacts

0.1.1

Added

• Link to the plugin settings screen from the plugin list table (#98).
• WordPress Playground live preview integration (#85).
• RTL language support and inlining for performance (#113).

Changed

• Updated namespace to ai_experiments (#111).
• Bumped WP AI Client from dev-trunk to 0.2.0 (#118, #122, #125).

Removed

• Valid AI credentials check from the Experiment is_enabled check (#120).
• Example Experiment registration (#121).

Fixed

• Bug in asset loader causing missing dependencies (#113).

Security

• Bumped js-yaml from 3.14.1 to 3.14.2 (#105).

Developer

• Updated format script to only format JS to avoid random JSON file changes (#114).
• Updated documentation (#108, #112).

GitHub-generated release notes

• Update/docs by @jeffpaul in #108
• Bump js-yaml by @dependabot[bot] in #105
• Fix plugin review items by @dkotter in #111
• Update post-release steps in CONTRIBUTING.md by @jeffpaul in #112
• Update to the latest release of the WP AI Client by @dkotter in #118
• Update format script to only format JS to avoid random JSON file changes by @felixarntz in #114
• Fix asset loader bugs causing missing dependencies, lack of RTL support, lack of inlining for performance by @felixarntz in #113
• Adds action links to the plugin list table by @iqbal-web in #98
• Ensure the right version of the PHP AI Client is installed by @dkotter in #122
• Remove the credentials check from our is_enabled check by @dkotter in #120
• Remove Example Experiment registration by @dkotter in #121
• Feat: wp playground integration by @dhruvang21 in #85
• Updates WP AI Client to 0.2.0 and sets MCP Adapter version by @JasonTheAdams in #125
• Release/0.1.1 by @jeffpaul in #124

New Contributors

• @felixarntz made their first contribution in #114
• @dhruvang21 made their first contribution in #85

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