Release Changelog 1.6.0

Release Changelog Routine

1.6.0

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Release notes

Added

  • Added configurable change-prefix rules with plain, bold, or color-badge presentation for full source notes and timeline summaries.
  • Added balanced alternating, tiered free/paid, and single-column timeline layouts, plus a configurable summary word limit.
  • Added display-only parser profiles that normalize common GitHub, Keep a Changelog, and WordPress readme formats into consolidated change groups.
  • Added a modular Release Change List block with category, ordering, label-placement, label-style, and complete-item limit controls.
  • Added matching parser, grouping, and complete-item controls to Release Source Notes and Changelog Timeline blocks.

Changed

  • Preserved lists, links, and inline emphasis in timeline summaries using CHOPHPER for safe HTML-aware truncation.
  • Changed list summaries to truncate only between complete items, never inside an <li> element.
  • Raised the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.9.

Fixed

  • Prevented product-tier release runs from leaving one unexplained timeline lane empty under the default layout.
  • Kept canonical formatted source notes ahead of flattened editorial excerpts in timeline cards.