WP Packages Changelog Action

Version updated for https://github.com/roots/wp-packages-changelog-action to version v3.1.0.

  • This action is used across all versions by 1 repositories.

Action Type

This is a Composite action.

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Action Summary

The WP Packages Changelog Action automates the process of adding WordPress plugin changelog information as comments on pull requests when changes to composer.lock involve WP Packages dependencies. It retrieves changelogs from the WordPress.org API, highlights potential issues with unstable versions, and ensures developers are informed about updates and changes in their dependencies. This action streamlines dependency management and improves transparency in WordPress plugin updates during development workflows.

What’s Changed

What’s Changed

Bug fix: detect all updated plugins

Previously, the action parsed the composer.lock diff to find changed plugins. This only detected plugins whose "name" line appeared in an added diff hunk — most simple version bumps were silently missed.

The action now fetches the full composer.lock from both the base and head commits and compares them as JSON, reliably detecting all wp-plugin/* changes.

For full accuracy, add contents: read to your workflow permissions:

    permissions:
+     contents: read
      pull-requests: write

Without this permission, the action falls back to the old diff-based detection with a visible warning in the PR comment.

Other improvements

  • Blob API fallback for lockfiles >1MB
  • Warnings surfaced in the PR comment when detection may be incomplete

Full Changelog: https://github.com/roots/wp-packages-changelog-action/compare/v3.0.0...v3.1.0