Release/0.8.0

[jeffpaul]

What?

Prepares 0.8.0 release.

Closes #464.

Copilot summary

This pull request prepares the project for the 0.8.0 release, introducing several new features, improvements, and developer updates. It includes the official version bump, updates to documentation and contributor credits, and ensures code and configuration files reflect the new release. Notably, it adds new AI features, updates the changelog, and standardizes version annotations across the codebase.

Release and Versioning Updates:

• Bumped the plugin version to 0.8.0 in ai.php and updated the WPAI_VERSION constant accordingly. [1] [2]
• Updated release instructions in docs/RELEASE_INSTRUCTIONS.md to remove the requirement to bump the version in package-lock.json.
• Added the 0.8.0 release entry and link to the changelog in CHANGELOG.md. [1] [2]

Feature and Documentation Enhancements:

• Documented new features in README.md, including Dashboard Widgets, Guidelines integration, and Refine Notes.
• Added the new experiment and features to the changelog, along with a summary of changes for version 0.8.0.

Codebase Consistency and Metadata:

• Standardized all @since annotations for new or changed methods/classes to 0.8.0 across various ability classes. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
• Updated CREDITS.md to include new contributors for this release.

Packaging and Distribution:

• Updated .distignore and .gitattributes to exclude new build/config files (eslint.config.mjs, tsconfig.json) from distribution and export. [1] [2] [3]

Why?

How?

Use of AI Tools

Sadly all manual, would love to take a look at automation and/or AI to help speed things along here.

Testing Instructions

Screenshots or screencast

Before	After

Changelog Entry

n/a

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 69.06%. Comparing base (b783fd3) to head (3af4507).
⚠️ Report is 11 commits behind head on develop.

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[dkotter]

Release dates need updated but otherwise looks good to me

[jeffpaul]

What you don't want to wait 5 months to ship this release?!