1.6.0

Headline feature: easier external connection setup with an application password-powered wizard!

Added

• Authorization Setup Wizard for External Connections leveraging Application Passwords (props @adamsilverstein, @dkotter, @dinhtungdu, @helen, @jeffpaul, @hearvox via #368, #594, #601)
• "Select All" and "Clear" options in the Push menu (props @biggiebangle, @dkotter, @oszkarnagy, @helen via #495, #589)
• "Pull" row action in the Pull menu (props @lakrisgubben via #508)
• "View" link for distribguted posts in Push menu for External Connections (props @dinhtungdu, @PaddyWhacks via #571)
• Accessibility improvements (props @samikeijonen, @dinhtungdu, @dkotter via #558, #559, #560, #562, #565, #566, #569)
• Site Health integration to display Distributor debug information (props @dinhtungdu, @jeffpaul, @johnwatkins0, @dkotter via #517)
• dt_syndicatable_capabilities filter to Push menu (props @pragmatic-tf via #473)
• dt_subscription_post_timeout filter to modify request timeout (props @ahovhannissian, @dinhtungdu via #529)
• Hook documentation GitHub Pages site generated by GitHub Actions (props @adamsilverstein, @helen, @jeffpaul via #448, #467, #474, #475, #476, #477, #478, #479, #482, #485, #545)
• JSON PHP extension as a Composer requirement (props @moebrowne, @adamsilverstein, @dinhtungdu via #460)
• GitHub Actions to build and add release asset (props @helen, @jeffpaul via #608)
• Documentation improvements (props @jeffpaul, @dmchale, @kant, @petenelson, @dinhtungdu, @jakemgold via #433, #462, #489, #513, #525, #528, #542, #544, #588, #598, #599)

Changed

• Internal distribution prepares posts the same for Push or Pull actions (props @rmarscher, @dinhtungdu via #169)
• Use filesystem for copying media when doing a network pull/push instead of download_url() (props @petenelson, @dkotter, @dmaslogh, @Kpudlo via #567)
• Redirect to pulled content tab after content is pulled (props @joshuaabenazer, @dkotter, @hearvox via #575)
• Remove hoverIntent and add empty placeholder child item in Push menu to improve keyboard support (props @samikeijonen, @dinhtungdu, @dkotter via #564, #607)
• Order of "View" and "Edit" links in the Pull menu to match WordPress standard order (props @jspellman814, @hearvox via #532)
• Show/hide credentials fields based on registration status on that Registration and Settings screen (props @dinhtungdu, @oszkarnagy via #543)
• date() to gmdate() per PHPCS (props @helen via #602)
• Bumped WordPress version support to 5.3 (props @dkotter via #499)
• Update all packages and build process (props @adamsilverstein, @dkotter via #450)
• Run WP Acceptance tests in parallel in Travis (props @adamsilverstein via #439)

Fixed

• Gutenberg compatibility issues (@dkotter, @dinhtungdu via #579)
• Issue where push menu would disappear when push is in progress (props @dinhtungdu, @dkotter, @helen via #538)
• Undefined variable issue causing external pushes to not fully work (props @dkotter via #578)
• Check for value of remote post id to verify push result (props @dinhtungdu, @eriktad, @arsendovlatyan via #574)
• Issue with wrong permission route that causes External Connections to fail on creation (props @dinhtungdu, @dkotter via #570)
• Issue where view links for external connections are incorrect if it is set up with a trailing slash (props @dkotter via #586)
• Issue with timeouts on ajax_verify_external_connection (props @madmax3365, @dinhtungdu via #245)
• Issue where searching for posts during a multisite pull does not work correctly (props @petenelson, @dinhtungdu via #533)
• Issue where block content pulled through External Connections get converted to classic block (props @dinhtungdu, @jshwlkr via #534)
• Issue where shortcodes were not rendered when pulling content within a multisite instance (props @petenelson, @dkotter via #498)
• Issue where updating a post in a multisite environment was setting the distributed post's author to the current user rather than maintaining the original author (props @petenelson via #527)
• Issue where REST API field was not getting populated correctly (props @dinhtungdu, @dkotter, @ivanlopez via #519)
• Issue where terms/meta/etc. gets distributed when updating a previously distributed post (props @lakrisgubben, @dkotter via #518)
• Replace has_blocks with use_block_editor_for_post in is_using_gutenberg check (props @johnwatkins0, @dkotter via #514)
• Issue where previously distributed posts appear as distributable for External Connections (props @madmax3365, @avag-novembit, @adamsilverstein via #444)
• Enable multisite support for VIP Go sites (props @dinhtungdu, @WPprodigy, @jonny-bull via #606)
• External connections page markup enhancements (props @joshuaabenazer, @samikeijonen via #576)
• Fixes and updates unit and acceptance tests, coding standards issues, and WordPress tested-up-to version (props @dinhtungdu via #603)

Security

• Bump websocket-extensions from 0.1.3 to 0.1.4 (props @dependabot via #587)
• Bump acorn from 5.7.3 to 5.7.4 (props @dependabot via #548)
• Bump extend from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 (props @dependabot via #447)