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Description of the Change

  • Bumps the WordPress tested up to 6.9
  • Bumps the minimum WordPress version to 6.8
  • Updates outdated composer dependencies
  • Updates outdated node dependencies and fix icon deprecation

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The Plugin Check workflow is failing but that's not due to changes here. I've opened #1023 to fix those.

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Changed - Bump WordPress minimum from 6.7 to 6.8
Changed - Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 6.9
Developer - Update outdated composer and node dependencies

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@dkotter dkotter added this to the 3.8.0 milestone Jan 6, 2026
@dkotter dkotter self-assigned this Jan 6, 2026
@dkotter dkotter requested review from a team and jeffpaul as code owners January 6, 2026 22:17
@github-actions github-actions bot added the needs:code-review This requires code review. label Jan 6, 2026
@dkotter dkotter changed the title Bump WordPress tested up to 6.9 Bump WordPress tested up to 6.9 and minimum to 6.8 Jan 6, 2026

* PHP 7.4+
* [WordPress](http://wordpress.org) 6.7+
* [WordPress](http://wordpress.org) 6.8+
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@peterwilsoncc an example of an odd place for a WP version to consider when approaching scripted handling of these automated updates

},
"audit": {
"ignore": {
"PKSA-dxyf-6n16-t87m": "Latest version of aws/aws-sdk-php that we can use as newer versions drop support for PHP 7.4"
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@dkotter could be worth considering bumping the PHP min this year

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I agree. Probably fairly easy case to make on bumping that to something like 8.3 or 8.2

<exclude-pattern>*/node_modules/*</exclude-pattern>
<exclude-pattern>*/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>

<config name="minimum_supported_wp_version" value="6.1"/>
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🤦🏼 @peterwilsoncc another example of an odd place for a WP min bump to automate

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This looks good to me, thank you!

@dkotter I merged in the develop branch after committing #1023 -- are you able to double check that I resolved the merge conflicts in the composer files correctly?

@dkotter dkotter merged commit ae7a6d2 into develop Jan 7, 2026
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@dkotter dkotter deleted the bump/wp-6.9 branch January 7, 2026 16:07
@dkotter dkotter modified the milestones: 3.8.0, 3.7.1 Jan 8, 2026
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