v1.51.0

What's Changed

• [Backport] Release v1.50.0 by @github-actions[bot] in #1943
• chore: disable the WooCommerce deploy workflow by @pattonwebz in #1944
• test: cover landmark helper functions by @pattonwebz in #1947
• test: cover options page sanitizers and AffectedDisabilities labels by @pattonwebz in #1946
• test: cover summary stat, link wrapper and environment helpers by @pattonwebz in #1948
• Backmerge: 1.50.1 hotfix (Elementor highlighter) into develop by @pattonwebz in #1958
• test: cover capability editability, role floors and fixes setting sanitizers by @pattonwebz in #1949
• test: cover scannable post statuses, post types sanitizer and issue purging by @pattonwebz in #1957
• chore: declare WooCommerce 11.1 compatibility by @pattonwebz in #1956
• Announce settings save status to screen readers by @benitoalba in #1851
• PRO-1012 Privacy Policy Link by @BryanBelanger in #1950
• Add local context for issue dismiss in metabox area and resetting focus by @BryanBelanger in #1900
• Update metabox tabpanel aria attributes by @BryanBelanger in #1951
• Update classic metabox screen reader announcement by @BryanBelanger in #1953
• Fix warning in edac_filter_by_value for missing indexes by @SteveJonesDev in #1427
• PRO-1242: chore: pin all GitHub Actions uses: references to commit SHAs and add Dependabot by @pattonwebz in #1932
• chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 4.4.0 to 7.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #1964
• chore(deps): bump actions/github-script from 7.1.0 to 9.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1963
• chore(deps): bump ramsey/composer-install from 2.3.1 to 4.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1965
• chore(deps): bump skaut/wordpress-version-checker from 2.0.0 to 2.2.3 in the actions-minor-patch group by @dependabot[bot] in #1959
• chore(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.6.2 to 7.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #1961
• chore(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 4.4.0 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1967
• chore(deps): bump actions/setup-python from 5.6.0 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1962
• chore(deps): bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 7.0.11 to 8.1.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #1960
• chore(deps): bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2.6.2 to 3.0.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #1966
• test: cover scannable post types and scannable post count by @pattonwebz in #1968
• test: cover site health debug information sections by @pattonwebz in #1969
• test: drop skip guards that can never fire and isolate the pro constant defines by @pattonwebz in #1973
• test: assert the fix frontend data payload instead of skipping it by @pattonwebz in #1972
• test: run the skipped tests and drop skip guards that can never fire by @pattonwebz in #1971
• test: cover the site health count helpers by @pattonwebz in #1977
• chore: regenerate hooks docs by @github-actions[bot] in #1976
• Guard SkipLinkFix against empty targets by @SteveJonesDev in #1411
• PRO-1426: fix: use esc_html for include statement link site health value by @SteveJonesDev in #1979
• Fix: keep sidebar actions menu button out of the header heading by @SteveJonesDev in #1821
• Keep flagging ambiguous link text when behavioral suffixes are appended by @johannecourtright in #1903
• Fix inconsistent plugin path by @BryanBelanger in #1981
• Fix: Update stale since tag placeholders by @BryanBelanger in #1985
• Rules: Add support for Able Player transcripts in "Missing Transcript" check by @pattonwebz in #1741
• Fix: label grouped settings fields with a legend by @mjoslyn in #1871
• Fix: allow anchors with role none, presentation or slider by @mjoslyn in #1870
• test: cover the update database migrations by @pattonwebz in #1984
• test: cover the plugin deactivation cleanup by @pattonwebz in #1988
• test: cover edac_get_simplified_summary helper by @pattonwebz in #1989
• test: cover the edac_user_can_* capability reader helpers by @pattonwebz in #1992
• test: cover the reports page preview formatting helpers by @pattonwebz in #1993
• test: fix coverage drop from class-level @Covers in reports page test by @pattonwebz in #1995
• test: cover the orphaned issues cleanup scheduling and query methods by @pattonwebz in #1996
• PRO-1311: Capture full per-issue-type breakdown in site stats by @pattonwebz in #1936
• fix: clear resolved issues when a rescan finds none by @pattonwebz in #1941
• Update POT translation file by @github-actions[bot] in #1997
• PTC accessibility-checker (1985): Automatic Translations October 07, 2026 22:10:30036241 by @SteveJonesDev in #1999
• Release v1.51.0 by @pattonwebz in #1998

New Contributors

• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in #1964
• @mjoslyn made their first contribution in #1871

Full Changelog: v1.50.1...v1.51.0