1.1.0

Added

• New Experiment: Type Ahead; automatically suggests ghost text at the end of paragraphs, can be manually triggered within a paragraph (#151, #776).
• New Experiment: Key Encryption; encrypts AI Connector API keys before storing them in the database (#560).
• Ensure all Features that rely on utilizing content are disabled until minimum content thresholds are met (#581).
• New core/read-settings Ability (#691, #806).
• New wpai_has_image_generation_support filter that allows 3rd parties to claim support for Image Generation, for example if authenticating without an API key (#748).
• New setting to choose if guest comments should be moderated or not, defaulting to yes (#751).
• Explicit save button to developer settings panel, requiring a user to click save before the Provider and Model settings are saved (#761).
• Documentation callouts that the plugin has targeted support for the Block Editor only (#766).

Changed

• Note prompting the user to save after running Editorial Notes (#682).
• Use __next40pxDefaultSize for buttons consistently (#702).
• Skip Comment Analysis and Moderation when comment has already been flagged as spam/trash (#743).
• Replace developer mode settings CSS with Stack component (#785).
• Use character-based count instead of word-based to determine when features are available to use (#802).
• Use Notice component to display warnings within experiment modals (#803).
• Added success snackbar when saving or resetting developer settings (#807).

Fixed

• Add wordCountType to check for user's locale and update to count character or words when detecting minimum content length (#581).
• Restrict Content Resizing to REST-exposed post types when a post ID is provided (#658).
• Only show Editorial Updates button when pending Notes are linked to current blocks (#682).
• Hide developer settings on stable Features when AI is disabled (#737).
• Improve readability of Ability Explorer schema output by preventing unicode escaping for non‑ASCII characters (#740).
• The "Last 30 Days" summary period in the AI Requests Logs page now uses a fixed 30-day window so the summary cards and logs table cover the same span (#753).
• Developer Tools popover overlapping the WP admin bar (#756).
• Persistence of suggested terms when running the Content Classification experiment (#769).
• Restored term suggestion pills to their original positions if the backend term assignment API fails, resolving stale state race conditions (#772).
• Preserve omitted runAbility() input so ability schema defaults can apply when abilities are invoked without input (#775).
• Ensure scalar input schemas are allowed in the Abilities Explorer validation (#787).
• Standardize the Title Generation button text (#790).
• Scope the Editorial Note generation loading spinner only to the block currently being reviewed (#794).
• Snackbar notifications no longer overlap the settings content; they are pinned to the bottom-left of the content area (#801).

Developer

• Skip push-triggered CI workflows on forks (#722).
• Remove any type assertions from notices store dispatches (#725).
• Fix link to AI plugin roadmap view on the GitHub Project board (#742).
• Updated Content Summarization E2E selectors to use Playwright user-facing attributes (#762).
• Updated Title Generation and Editorial Notes E2E selectors to use Playwright user-facing attributes (#773).
• Extracts repeated inline Developer Tools menu interactions for E2E tests into reusable utility functions (#786).
• Update Issue templates (#796, #804).
• Playground PR link now redirects users to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ai-wp-admin (#797).
• Bump phpstan/phpstan from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 and phpstan/php-8-stubs from 0.4.35 to 0.4.36 (#744).
• Bumps shivammathur/setup-php from 2.37.1 to 2.37.2 and codecov/codecov-action from 6.0.1 to 7.0.0 (#745).
• Bump @wordpress/build from 0.16.0 to 0.16.1 (#754).
• Bump wp-phpunit/wp-phpunit from 6.9.4 to 7.0.0 (#779).
• Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.3 to 7.0.0 and softprops/action-gh-release from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (#780).

GitHub-generated release notes

• Check REST visibility for content resizing posts by @yusufhay in #658
• Fix[Editorial Notes]: Clarify Editorial Notes save flow and hide stale updates action by @yogeshbhutkar in #682
• UI: Use __next40pxDefaultSize for buttons consistently by @yogeshbhutkar in #702
• Fix: Load wp-dataviews translations on the AI Request Log page by @i-anubhav-anand in #723
• Code Quality: Remove any type assertions from notices store dispatches by @yogeshbhutkar in #725
• Fix: locale-aware (words/characters) minimum content length across AI content experiments by @hbhalodia in #581
• Hide visual card developer settings when AI is disabled by @ekamran in #737
• Fix Persian/RTL characters display in Ability Explorer schemas by @kabookhypnosis in #740
• Update GitHub Project Board link in README by @jeffpaul in #742
• fix(deps-dev): bump the composer-dev-minor-patch group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #744
• chore(ci): bump the github-actions-updates group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #745
• fix: Developer Tools popover overlapping the WP admin bar by @Infinite-Null in #756
• AI Request Logs: use a fixed 30-day window for the "Last 30 Days" summary period by @i-anubhav-anand in #753
• Skip Comment Moderation Analysis if marked as spam/trash by @Intenzi in #743
• Comment Moderation Exp: Add toggle to enable/disable guest comments automatic moderation by @Intenzi in #751
• Add a core/settings ability by @jorgefilipecosta in #691
• Update @wordpress/build dev dependency from 0.16.0 to 0.16.1 by @prasadkarmalkar in #754
• E2E[Content Summarization]: Prefer user-facing attributes by @yogeshbhutkar in #762
• Add editor support to readmes by @jeffpaul in #766
• Persist Suggested Tags, Categories in Content Classification experiment by @Intenzi in #769
• Fix[Image Generation]: Detect support for connectors that authenticate without an API key (e.g. OAuth) by @diarmuidie in #748
• Add save button to developer settings panel (Provider/Model selectors) by @Infinite-Null in #761
• Add Type Ahead experiment by @Jameswlepage in #151
• chore(ci): bump the github-actions-updates group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #780
• fix(deps-dev): bump wp-phpunit/wp-phpunit from 6.9.4 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #779
• E2E[Title Generation|Editorial Notes]: Prefer user-facing attributes by @yogeshbhutkar in #773
• Ensure the Type Ahead experiment supports provider/model overrides and Guidelines by @dkotter in #776
• Code Quality: Extract model selection helpers for E2E tests by @Infinite-Null in #786
• Convert feature request to YML format by @jeffpaul in #796
• Settings: replace CSS with Stack component by @simison in #785
• ci: skip push-triggered checks on forks by @t-hamano in #722
• Fix to use "Regenerate" button label and loading state in Title Generation modal by @Intenzi in #790
• Fix[Meta Description | Excerpt Generation]: Use Notice to display warnings in modal by @yogeshbhutkar in #803
• Utils: Preserve omitted ability input by @jorgefilipecosta in #775
• Fix label syntax in feature request template by @jeffpaul in #804
• add landingPage url to settings by @roberiacono in #797
• Pin settings-page snackbars to the bottom-left, off the content (#800) by @dhrupo in #801
• Fix Editorial Note generation spinner scope - to active block in block settings menu by @Intenzi in #794
• Restore classification suggestion pill to original position on API failure by @Intenzi in #772
• Rename settings ability to core/read-settings by @jorgefilipecosta in #806
• Fix[Experiments]: Adopt character based count to gate features by @yogeshbhutkar in #802
• Fix Abilities Explorer input schema validation by @dkotter in #787
• feat: add success notice after saving developer feature settings by @Infinite-Null in #807
• Add encryption for AI Connector API keys by @dkotter in #560
• Release/1.1.0 by @jeffpaul in #808

New Contributors

• @kabookhypnosis made their first contribution in #740
• @diarmuidie made their first contribution in #748
• @roberiacono made their first contribution in #797
• @dhrupo made their first contribution in #801

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