3.9.0

Note that this release bumps the WordPress minimum from 6.8 to 6.9.

Added

• Implement dependency prefixing for the AWS SDK to prevent conflicts with other plugins using the same package (props @lakrisgubben, @sksaju, @ivan-ivanic-cm, @sanketio, @jeffpaul, @dkotter via #965).
• Better styling and a notice for terms in the previewer that don't meet the configured threshold (props @petenelson, @jeffpaul, @dkotter via #1058).
• New get_prompt method that is used to get prompts for any Feature that needs it (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1083).
• New processing mode for Image Processing Features that will run the Feature automatically but on a background process (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1122).

Changed

• Update all of our default prompts to be more robust and better suited for the task at hand (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1084).
• Update from gemini-2.5-flash to gemini-3.5-flash as our default Gemini text generation model (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1082).
• Update from imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06 to gemini-3.1-flash-image (Nano Banana 2) as our default image generation model when using Google. Note: this changes the request body that is passed through the classifai_googleai_images_request_body filter. If using this filter, ensure you update your code accordingly (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1143).
• Update from gpt-4o-mini to gpt-5.4-mini, gpt-4.1-mini to gpt-5.4-mini and gpt-image-1 to gpt-image-2 as our default OpenAI text generation, vision generation and image generation models, respectively (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1082).
• Update from grok-2 to grok-4.3 as our default xAI text and vision generation models (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1082).
• Integrate excerpt generation into the new excerpt panel (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1085).
• Move all prompts to their own files so they can be pulled in via the new get_prompt method (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1083).
• Use the response_format parameter to ensure the response we get matches what we expect for Key Takeaways and Image Tags Generator (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1109).
• Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 7.0 (props @zamanq, @dkotter via #1076).
• Bump WordPress minimum from 6.8 to 6.9 (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1081).
• Upgrade the Plugin Update Checker library from 5.1 to 5.7 (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1118).

Fixed

• Add polling to the Classic Editor integration of Text to Speech to show completed state without a page reload (props @CacheMeOwside, @Sidsector9, @dkotter via #1074).
• Better handling of user roles to avoid a potential fatal error (props @gthayer, @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1080).
• Ensure our default prompts render with line breaks in the settings screen (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1084).
• Switch from the deprecated max_tokens parameter to max_completion_tokens in the OpenAI API requests (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1084).
• Update the Title Generation modal styling (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1100).
• Admin style issues for Key Takeaways and Text to Speech (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1101, #1102).
• Ensure we don't overwrite a valid audio file when data already exists and content hasn't changed (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1123).
• Settings page no longer crashes to a blank screen when window.classifAISettings is undefined; the settings data is now read defensively (props @thisismyurl, @dkotter via #1135).

Removed

• New user onboarding experience that has only been accessible to those that are using the classifai_use_legacy_settings_panel filter set to true (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1124).

Developer

• Migrate from Cypress to Playwright for our E2E tests (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1099).
• Bump flatted from 3.3.3 to 3.4.2 and simple-git from 3.30.0 to 3.33.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1067).
• Bump picomatch from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1068).
• Bump node-forge from 1.3.3 to 1.4.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1070).
• Bump @babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs from 7.28.5 to 7.29.4, axios from 1.13.2 to 1.16.1
  , basic-ftp from 5.2.0 to 5.3.1, fast-uri from 3.1.0 to 3.1.2, follow-redirects from 1.15.11 to 1.16.0, ip-address from 10.1.0 to 10.2.0, lodash from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1, lodash-es from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1, postcss from 8.5.6 to 8.5.14, sanitize-html from 2.17.0 to 2.17.4 and simple-git from 3.33.0 to 3.36.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1077).
• Bump tmp from 0.2.5 to 0.2.7 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1079).
• Bump woocommerce/action-scheduler from 3.8.1 to 3.9.3 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1087).
• Bump cypress from 15.8.2 to 15.16.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1088).
• Bump choices.js from 11.1.0 to 11.2.3, motion from 12.24.7 to 12.42.2 and react-router-dom from 7.12.0 to 7.15.1 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1090, #1133, #1137).
• Bump @types/wordpress__blocks from 12.5.18 to 15.17.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1091).
• Bump cypress-plugin-tab from 1.0.5 to 2.0.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1092).
• Bump @wordpress/env from 10.38.0 to 11.5.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1093).
• Bump @wordpress/scripts from 31.3.0 to 32.4.0 and replace classnames with clsx (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1095).
• Update eslint config to the new flat file required by eslint v10; Fix all newly flagged eslint errors (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1095).
• Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.2 to 7.0.0, actions/stale from 10.2.0 to 10.3.0, github/codeql-action from 4.35.5 to 4.36.2 and crate-ci/typos from 1.46.2 to 1.47.2 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1094, #1098, #1107, #1131).
• Bump @wordpress/icons from 11.4.0 to 13.0.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1096).
• Bump shell-quote from 1.8.3 to 1.8.4 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1103).
• Bump @wordpress/icons from 13.0.0 to 13.3.0 and react-router-dom from 7.15.1 to 7.18.1 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1104, #1130, #1137).
• Bump lint-staged from 16.4.0 to 17.0.4 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1106).
• Added additional PHPUnit tests to cover areas that were missing test coverage (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1110).
• Increase PHPStan from level 1 to level 5 and fix all new errors (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1111).
• Switch to directly using the WordPress Coding Standards and fix all errors and warnings that was flagging (props @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #1115).
• Bump form-data from 4.0.5 to 4.0.6 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1116).
• Bump launch-editor from 2.12.0 to 2.14.1 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1117).
• Bump shivammathur/setup-php from 2.37.1 to 2.37.2 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1121).
• Bump wp-phpunit/wp-phpunit from 6.9.4 to 7.0.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1128).
• Bump @playwright/test from 1.60.0 to 1.61.0, @wordpress/e2e-test-utils-playwright from 1.46.0 to 1.48.1, @wordpress/env from 11.5.0 to 11.8.1, @wordpress/scripts from 32.4.0 to 32.4.1 and lint-staged from 17.0.4 to 17.0.7 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1129).
• Bump @playwright/test from 1.61.0 to 1.61.1, @wordpress/e2e-test-utils-playwright from 1.48.1 to 1.49.0, @wordpress/env from 11.8.1 to 11.9.0, @wordpress/scripts from 32.4.1 to 32.5.0 and lint-staged from 17.0.7 to 17.0.8 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1132).
• Bump actions/cache from 5.0.5 to 6.1.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1134).
• Bump @wordpress/e2e-test-utils-playwright from 1.49.0 to 1.50.0, @wordpress/env from 11.9.0 to 11.10.0 and @wordpress/scripts from 32.5.0 to 32.6.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1136).
• Bump github/codeql-action/init from 4.36.2 to 4.36.3, github/codeql-action/autobuild from 4.36.2 to 4.36.3, github/codeql-action/analyze from 4.36.2 to 4.36.3, 10up/action-repo-automator from 2.1.3 to 2.2.0 and crate-ci/typos from 1.47.2 to 1.48.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1138).
• Bump ws from 8.19.0 to 8.21.0 (props @dependabot[bot], @dkotter via #1140).

New Contributors

• @lakrisgubben made their first contribution in #965
• @ivan-ivanic-cm made their first contribution in #965
• @sanketio made their first contribution in #965
• @gthayer made their first contribution in #1080
• @thisismyurl made their first contribution in #1135

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