1.9.0

Note that this release bumps the WordPress minimum version from 5.7 to 6.5.

Added

• New options to the Podcast block to allow for more display customization (props @barneyjeffries, @Firestorm980, @mehidi258, @jayedul, @Sidsector9, @peterwilsoncc, @faisal-alvi, @gusaus, @jeffpaul via #272).

Changed

• Update the rendering of the Podcast block to be more full featured and use all the newly added customization options (props @barneyjeffries, @Firestorm980, @mehidi258, @jayedul, @Sidsector9, @peterwilsoncc, @faisal-alvi, @gusaus, @sudar, @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul, @dkotter via #272, #318, #320, #322).
• Bump WordPress "tested up to" version to 6.7 (props @qasumitbagthariya, @jeffpaul, @dkotter, @sonali886, @godleman, @mehul0810 via #291, #307, #325, #326).
• Bump WordPress minimum from 5.7 to 6.5 (props @qasumitbagthariya, @jeffpaul, @dkotter, @sonali886, @godleman, @mehul0810 via #291, #307, #325, #326).
• Update how we import the PluginDocumentSettingPanel component to use the new @wordpress/editor package if it exists (props @gabriel-glo, @dkotter via #309).

Security

• Bump express from 4.18.2 to 4.19.2, follow-redirects from 1.15.4 to 1.15.6, and webpack-dev-middleware from 5.3.3 to 5.3.4 (props @dependabot, @iamdharmesh via #290).
• Bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3, pac-resolver from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1, socks from 2.7.1 to 2.8.3, ws from 7.5.9 to 7.5.10 and removes ip (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #297, #306).
• Bump axios from 1.7.2 to 1.7.4 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #312).
• Bump webpack from 5.91.0 to 5.94.0 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #315).
• Bump ws from 7.5.10 to 8.18.0, serve-static from 1.15.0 to 1.16.2 and express from 4.19.2 to 4.21.0 (props @dependabot, @Sidsector9 via #319).

Developer

• Clean up NPM dependencies and update node to v20 (props @Sidsector9, @jeffpaul, @peterwilsoncc via #275).
• Add "Testing" section to the CONTRIBUTING.md file (props @kmgalanakis, @jeffpaul, @iamdharmesh via #294).
• Change support level from Active to Stable (props @Sidsector9, @jeffpaul, @cadic via #217).
• Switch from using actions/upload-release-asset to softprops/action-gh-release GitHub action (props @Sidsector9, @jeffpaul via #308).
• Update repo badges, add WordPress Playground badge (props @jeffpaul, @faisal-alvi, @dkotter via #311, #317, #321).

New Contributors

• @gusaus made their first contribution in #272
• @sonali886 made their first contribution in #307
• @gabriel-glo made their first contribution in #309
• @sudar made their first contribution in #318
• @godleman made their first contribution in #325

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