Release Process

Pre-release

• Verify and test all PR(s) added since last release that are merged into master branch.

• You may refer this PR for expected changes in version update https://github.com/rtCamp/nginx-helper/pull/226

• Create a branch from latest master, once all changes have been tested, git checkout -b release/x.x.x, replace x.x.x with planned release version number.

• Update plugin version number in following locations.

  1. nginx-helper.php - Version: x.x.x
  2. readme.txt - Stable tag: x.x.x
  3. includes/class-nginx-helper.php - in class constructor $this->version
  4. README.md - Stable tag: x.x.x

• Update the Tested up to field, in following locations, replace x.x.x with the version of WordPress, the plugin was tested on.

  1. README.md - Tested up to: x.x.x
  2. nginx-helper.php - Tested up to: x.x.x
  3. readme.txt - Tested up to: x.x.x

• Update Changelog and Upgrade Notice in readme.txt and README.md

• Update Contributors list and add new contributors if any, in readme.txt and README.md

• Update language file for translations, run this command from repo's root. wp i18n make-pot . languages/nginx-helper.po

Release on WordPress.org

• Once version update PR is merged into master and a final test is done, follow below steps for releasing the plugin to WordPress.org
  • git checkout master
  • git pull origin master
  • git tag -a x.x.x -m "Tag Version x.x.x", replace x.x.x with planned release version
  • git push origin x.x.x - This will trigger GitHub Action that will deploy tag contents to https://wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-helper

Post Release on WordPress.org

• Test the latest release.
• Once the release is updated on https://wordpress.org/plugins/nginx-helper, download the zip and store for next steps.
• Go to https://github.com/rtCamp/nginx-helper/tags, selected the pushed tag and Create Release.
• Add the Title and Description ( changelog ) of the release.
• Add downloaded zip to binaries section and Publish release.