Releases

* Added private Projects for organizing chats, sharing persistent instructions, and selecting plugin, theme, MU-plugin, or custom working roots.
* Added project-aware file, validation, shell, and PHP tools that default to and remain scoped to the selected working root.
* Added focused project code search with ripgrep, grep, and portable PHP fallback support.
* Added approval-gated unified patching for creating, updating, and deleting multiple files atomically.
* Improved file inspection and mutation with bounded reads, file hashes, and stale-write protection.
* Improved npm typecheck and build execution from the correct project working directory.
* Expanded plugin-development guidance for structured plugins, responsibility-based architecture, and protecting third-party plugin code.
* Added dedicated guidance and bundled documentation for building OctoPress extensions with tools, skills, and agents.
* Expanded WordPress UI design guidance for responsive, accessible, task-focused admin interfaces.
* Improved the mobile chat experience with compact configuration controls, responsive dialogs, and better handling of long messages.
* Added discovery of GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna for eligible ChatGPT OAuth accounts and updated hosted OpenAI tools accordingly.
* Improved Settings so Pro skills are clearly labeled separately from Core skills.

* Added image attachments for compatible vision models.
* Added image preview, reuse, and Media Library save actions.
* Added Retry for failed chat turns.
* Expanded approval-gated content updates with slug, status, taxonomy, and featured image support.
* Added compact block content outlines and section zooming for focused long-content edits.
* Improved block content patching so sections can be replaced, inserted, or removed with stale-content checks.
* Improved long-form content handling on hosts with tight request timeouts by guiding agents to write smaller sections incrementally.
* Improved provider/model capability detection and filtered unsupported OpenAI API models.
* Improved attachment validation and WordPress.org Plugin Check compatibility.

* Added image attachments for compatible vision models.
* Added image preview, reuse, and Media Library save actions.
* Added Retry for failed chat turns.
* Expanded approval-gated content updates with slug, status, taxonomy, and featured image support.
* Improved provider/model capability detection and filtered unsupported OpenAI API models.
* Improved attachment validation and WordPress.org Plugin Check compatibility.

* Added a guided provider connection wizard with presets for ChatGPT, OpenAI API, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, OpenCode Go, and ZAI.
* Improved provider model management with searchable synced models and clearer enable/default controls.
* Added more built-in free guidance skills for content planning, content refresh, accessibility/readability, WordPress site management, and WooCommerce content help.
* Improved long chat handling with automatic context compaction and visible context usage.
* Improved chat message loading and provider setup UI polish.
* Updated the WordPress.org readme and plugin page assets to better explain available features.

## OctoPress 0.4.1

This release focuses on WordPress.org review hardening, privacy/data-control cleanup, and packaging correctness after 0.4.0.

### Changes

- Hardened chat REST permissions so chat reads and message creation verify ownership before returning or writing private conversation data.
- Added direct WordPress capability checks immediately before content creation and content update tool writes.
- Added a privacy policy helper and administrator-only Data Control setting for deleting OctoPress data on uninstall.
- Added uninstall cleanup for OctoPress custom tables and core options when Data Control cleanup is enabled.
- Fixed release packaging so `uninstall.php`, `LICENSE`, and `changelog.txt` are included and validated in the distributable zip.
- Added package metadata and compatibility cleanup for WordPress.org review, including Text Domain, GPL license file, and direct-access guards.
- Improved use of WordPress core helpers for JSON parsing, excerpts, plugin activation checks, and core skill caching.

- Replaced the free package runtime with WordPress-native request ticks and WP-Cron watchdog recovery.
- Removed free-package dependence on PHP CLI, shell spawning, and process execution.
- Moved shell runtime code out of the free build and into the Pro feature layer.
- Added Stop support for active chat runs, including cleanup of pending approvals, interactions, leases, dispatch state, and watchdog work.
- Added long-poll run updates to reduce repeated run/event polling while keeping chat state responsive.
- Improved request-tick timeout recovery and active-run reload behavior for long generations.
- Improved block content updates with chunk-oriented write modes and reduced persisted streaming noise.
- Aligned internal loopback HTTP requests with WordPress HTTP API SSL verification defaults.
- Fixed PHP 8.1 compatibility issues and Plugin Check/WPCS review findings.
- Updated free tool availability and release/readme metadata for 0.4.0.

- Added the free WooCommerce Abilities bridge so WooCommerce native abilities can appear as OctoPress tools.
- Kept custom WooCommerce store tools, skills, and Store Manager resources in the Pro feature layer.
- Prevented duplicate generic WooCommerce ability tools from appearing under WordPress ability names.
- Fixed a Plugin Check escaping warning in WooCommerce ability errors.
- Updated release metadata and rebuilt free/pro plugin artifacts.

- Fixed the free package default agent so new chats start with Octo.
- Kept Block Content Builder available as a separate free agent instead of making it the default.
- Rebuilt free and pro release artifacts for 0.3.2.

- Rebranded the plugin from ForgePress to OctoPress, including PHP namespace, WordPress admin slugs, REST namespace, worker commands, package root, and build artifact naming.
- Added OctoPress branding assets, including monochrome admin icon assets and a colored icon variant for public branding surfaces.
- Improved the WordPress admin sidebar icon sizing and color behavior so the OctoPress icon matches dashboard icon states.
- Added the SEO Content extension with Yoast SEO and Rank Math adapters, SEO read/update tools, bulk SEO metadata updates, approval summaries, an SEO skill, and an SEO Content Specialist agent.
- Improved large approval modal usability for long tool requests such as shell/code/SEO operations.
- Updated release packaging to produce the uploadable OctoPress plugin zip.

## Highlights

- Added extension support for modular tools, skills, and agent profiles.
- Added Block Editor content tools for Gutenberg-aware draft and content updates.
- Added WooCommerce extension foundation with store context tools, Woo ability bridge, WooCommerce skills, and Store Manager agent.
- Added agent profiles, handoff flow, question flow, plan review, and per-chat permissions.
- Added approval-gated development tools including shell command execution and one-off PHP/WP code runner.
- Added OpenAI Responses, OpenAI Platform, and OpenAI OAuth device-auth provider support.
- Improved chat UI with model/agent memory, tool result summaries, tool details modal, and WordPress-admin-aligned settings screens.

## Artifact

- `forgepress-0.2.0.zip` is attached for WordPress plugin upload.