From b1351c4ccd7adc4c0a57c2a85b213fd021b32218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:43:35 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 01/15] refactor: move to github actions

---
 .circleci/config.yml                          |  30 -----
 .github/workflows/release.yml                 |  42 ++++++
 .../reusable-build-distributable.yml          |  44 ++++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-build.yml          |  24 ++++
 .../workflows/reusable-check-typescript.yml   |  27 ++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-generate-docs.yml  |  39 ++++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml           | 127 ++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-lint-js-scss.yml   |  28 ++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-lint-php.yml       |  30 +++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml   |  35 +++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-release.yml        |  48 +++++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-test-js.yml        |  27 ++++
 .github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml       |  74 ++++++++++
 src/@orb.yml                                  |   8 --
 src/commands/checkout_with_workspace.yml      |   6 -
 src/commands/set_node_version.yml             |  20 ---
 src/executors/default.yml                     |   8 --
 src/executors/php-81.yml                      |   8 --
 src/jobs/build-distributable.yml              |  25 ----
 src/jobs/build.yml                            |  28 ----
 src/jobs/check-typescript.yml                 |  11 --
 src/jobs/generate-docs.yml                    |  30 -----
 src/jobs/i18n.yml                             |  91 -------------
 src/jobs/lint-js-scss.yml                     |  11 --
 src/jobs/lint-php.yml                         |  12 --
 src/jobs/post-release.yml                     |  10 --
 src/jobs/release.yml                          |  21 ---
 src/jobs/test-js.yml                          |  11 --
 src/jobs/test-php.yml                         |  49 -------
 29 files changed, 545 insertions(+), 379 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .circleci/config.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-build-distributable.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-build.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-check-typescript.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-generate-docs.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-lint-js-scss.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-lint-php.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-release.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-test-js.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml
 delete mode 100755 src/@orb.yml
 delete mode 100755 src/commands/checkout_with_workspace.yml
 delete mode 100755 src/commands/set_node_version.yml
 delete mode 100755 src/executors/default.yml
 delete mode 100755 src/executors/php-81.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/build-distributable.yml
 delete mode 100755 src/jobs/build.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/check-typescript.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/generate-docs.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/i18n.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/lint-js-scss.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/lint-php.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/post-release.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/release.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/test-js.yml
 delete mode 100644 src/jobs/test-php.yml

diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 18648e3..0000000
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-jobs:
-  build:
-    docker:
-      - image: "circleci/node:latest"
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Install nvm and use the node version defined in .nvmrc
-          command: |
-            # https://support.circleci.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051656632-Swap-node-version-on-CircleCI-convenience-image
-            set +e
-            wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.2/install.sh | bash
-            export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
-            [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
-            [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
-            nvm install
-            nvm use
-            # https://stackoverflow.com/a/61823737/3772847
-            NODE_DIR=$(dirname $(which node))
-            echo "export PATH=$NODE_DIR:\$PATH" >> $BASH_ENV
-      - run:
-          name: Check node version (should match the version set in project's .nvmrc file)
-          command: node --version
-      - run:
-          name: install
-          command: npm install --legacy-peer-deps
-      - run:
-          name: release
-          command: npm run semantic-release || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82063d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - trunk
+      - alpha
+      - 'hotfix/**'
+      - 'epic/**'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Build and Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Verify Node version
+        run: node --version
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: npm run semantic-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-distributable.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-distributable.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06308e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-distributable.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Build Distributable
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      archive-name:
+        description: 'Name of the ZIP archive distributable'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  build-distributable:
+    name: Build distributable files
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Verify Node version
+        run: node --version
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Install rsync
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y rsync
+
+      - name: Install PHP packages
+        run: composer install --no-dev --no-scripts
+
+      - name: Build plugin files
+        run: npm run build && npm run release:archive
+
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.archive-name }}
+          path: release/${{ inputs.archive-name }}.zip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-build.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97267a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Install node dependencies
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Verify Node version
+        run: node --version
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-check-typescript.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-check-typescript.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b754310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-check-typescript.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Check TypeScript
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  check-typescript:
+    name: Validate TypeScript
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Verify Node version
+        run: node --version
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Validate TypeScript
+        run: npm run typescript:check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-generate-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-generate-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ceb1b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-generate-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Generate Docs
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    secrets:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN:
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  generate-docs:
+    name: Generate documentation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y graphviz plantuml
+
+      - name: Download PHPDocumentor
+        run: |
+          curl -L -o ./phpdocumentor https://phpdoc.org/phpDocumentor.phar
+          chmod +x ./phpdocumentor
+
+      - name: Generate documentation
+        run: ./phpdocumentor run -d . -t ./docs
+
+      - name: Switch to docs branch, commit, and push
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: ${{ vars.GIT_COMMITTER_NAME || 'github-actions[bot]' }}
+          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: ${{ vars.GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL || 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com' }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"
+          git config user.email "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"
+          git checkout -b docs
+          git add -f docs
+          git commit -m "Update the docs"
+          git push "https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git" docs --force
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5b5ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+name: i18n
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    secrets:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN:
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  i18n:
+    name: Create translation files
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Check if commit author is bot
+        id: check-bot
+        env:
+          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: ${{ vars.GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL || 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com' }}
+        run: |
+          COMMIT_AUTHOR=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%ae')
+          if [ "$COMMIT_AUTHOR" = "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" ]; then
+            echo "Commit was made by bot ($(git rev-parse --short HEAD)), skipping translation update"
+            echo "skip=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "skip=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Install WP CLI
+        if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        run: |
+          curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
+          chmod +x wp-cli.phar
+          sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp
+
+      - name: Build plugin files
+        if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        run: npm run build || true
+
+      - name: Create POT translation files
+        if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        env:
+          REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        run: |
+          # Theme is excluded, more in https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-theme/pull/2458
+          if [ "$REPO_NAME" = "newspack-theme" ]; then
+            cd ./newspack-theme
+            wp i18n make-pot . languages/${REPO_NAME}.pot --exclude='src' --domain=${REPO_NAME}
+            cd -
+          else
+            wp i18n make-pot . languages/${REPO_NAME}.pot --domain=${REPO_NAME}
+          fi
+
+      - name: Create JSON translation files
+        if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        env:
+          REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$REPO_NAME" = "newspack-theme" ]; then
+            cd ./newspack-theme
+          fi
+
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gettext
+
+          cd languages
+
+          # Create PO files from POT if they don't exist
+          if [ ! -f "${REPO_NAME}-en_US.po" ]; then
+            echo "Creating ${REPO_NAME}-en_US.po from POT file"
+            wp i18n update-po ${REPO_NAME}.pot .
+          else
+            echo "${REPO_NAME}-en_US.po file already exists, skipping creation"
+          fi
+
+          for po in *.po; do
+            if [ -f "$po" ]; then
+              echo "Processing file $po …"
+              # Update translations according to the new POT file
+              msgmerge $po $REPO_NAME.pot -o $po.out
+              mv $po.out $po
+              msgfmt $po -o $(basename $po .po).mo
+              # no-purge since we need the JS translations for the next run
+              wp i18n make-json --no-purge $po .
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - name: Commit translation files
+        if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: ${{ vars.GIT_COMMITTER_NAME || 'github-actions[bot]' }}
+          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: ${{ vars.GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL || 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com' }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$REPO_NAME" = "newspack-theme" ]; then
+            cd ./newspack-theme
+          fi
+          if [ -d "languages" ]; then
+            LINES_CHANGED=$(git diff --numstat languages/ | awk '{sum += $1 + $2} END {print sum}')
+            # If no existing files were changed, check for new files
+            if [ -z "$LINES_CHANGED" ] || [ "$LINES_CHANGED" -eq 0 ]; then
+              LINES_CHANGED=$(git ls-files --others --exclude-standard languages/ | xargs wc -l 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}')
+            fi
+          else
+            LINES_CHANGED=0
+          fi
+          LINES_CHANGED=${LINES_CHANGED:-0}
+          echo "Lines changed in languages/: $LINES_CHANGED"
+          if [ "$LINES_CHANGED" -gt 3 ]; then
+            git config user.email "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"
+            git config user.name "$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"
+            git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+            git add languages/
+            git commit -m "chore: update translation files [skip ci]"
+            git push origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-lint-js-scss.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-lint-js-scss.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95f016d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-lint-js-scss.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Lint JS & SCSS
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  lint-js-scss:
+    name: Lint JS & SCSS files
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Verify Node version
+        run: node --version
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Run Linter
+        # Temporarily skip linting SCSS due to stylelint config updates. Remove :js when ready to re-enable linting of SCSS.
+        run: npm run lint:js
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-lint-php.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-lint-php.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60135c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-lint-php.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Lint PHP
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      php-version:
+        description: 'PHP version to use'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: '8.3'
+
+jobs:
+  lint-php:
+    name: Lint PHP files
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: ${{ inputs.php-version }}
+          tools: composer
+
+      - name: Install Composer dependencies
+        run: composer install
+
+      - name: Lint PHP files
+        run: ./vendor/bin/phpcs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fbcdab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Post Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    secrets:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN:
+        required: true
+      SLACK_CHANNEL_ID:
+        required: false
+      SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN:
+        required: false
+
+jobs:
+  post-release:
+    name: Perform post-release tasks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Perform post-release chores
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          SLACK_CHANNEL_ID: ${{ secrets.SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
+          SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+        run: ./node_modules/newspack-scripts/post-release.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb9bacd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    secrets:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN:
+        required: true
+      NPM_TOKEN:
+        required: false
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release new version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Verify Node version
+        run: node --version
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Install rsync
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y rsync
+
+      - name: Install PHP packages
+        run: composer install --no-dev --no-scripts
+
+      - name: Release new version
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: npm run release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-test-js.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-test-js.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5dd261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-test-js.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Test JS
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  test-js:
+    name: Run JS tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: Verify Node version
+        run: node --version
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      - name: Run JS Tests
+        run: npm run test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7fa635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+name: Test PHP
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      php-version:
+        description: 'PHP version to use'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: '8.3'
+      wp-version:
+        description: 'WordPress version to test against'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: 'latest'
+    secrets:
+      CODECOV_TOKEN:
+        required: false
+
+jobs:
+  test-php:
+    name: Run PHP tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql:5.7
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress_test
+        ports:
+          - 3306:3306
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping"
+          --health-interval=10s
+          --health-timeout=5s
+          --health-retries=3
+    env:
+      WP_TESTS_DIR: /tmp/wordpress-tests-lib
+      WP_CORE_DIR: /tmp/wordpress/
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: ${{ inputs.php-version }}
+          tools: composer
+          extensions: mysqli
+          coverage: pcov
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y subversion
+
+      - name: Install Composer dependencies
+        run: composer update
+
+      - name: Setup WordPress test environment
+        run: |
+          rm -rf $WP_TESTS_DIR $WP_CORE_DIR
+          bash bin/install-wp-tests.sh wordpress_test root '' 127.0.0.1 ${{ inputs.wp-version }}
+
+      - name: Run tests with coverage
+        run: XDEBUG_MODE=coverage vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-clover coverage.xml
+
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        if: ${{ env.CODECOV_TOKEN != '' }}
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          files: coverage.xml
+          fail_ci_if_error: false
+        env:
+          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/src/@orb.yml b/src/@orb.yml
deleted file mode 100755
index 5270831..0000000
--- a/src/@orb.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-version: 2.1
-
-description: >
-  Newspack shared CI config.
-
-display:
-  home_url: "https://newspack.com"
-  source_url: "https://www.github.com/Automattic/newspack-scripts"
diff --git a/src/commands/checkout_with_workspace.yml b/src/commands/checkout_with_workspace.yml
deleted file mode 100755
index ad3ec5a..0000000
--- a/src/commands/checkout_with_workspace.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Chechout code and attach workspace.
-steps:
-  - checkout
-  - attach_workspace:
-      at: ~/
diff --git a/src/commands/set_node_version.yml b/src/commands/set_node_version.yml
deleted file mode 100755
index 258ede4..0000000
--- a/src/commands/set_node_version.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Set node version to the one defined in the .nvmrc file.
-steps:
-  - run:
-      name: Install nvm and use the node version defined in .nvmrc
-      command: |
-        # https://support.circleci.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051656632-Swap-node-version-on-CircleCI-convenience-image
-        set +e
-        wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.2/install.sh | bash
-        export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
-        [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
-        [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
-        nvm install
-        nvm use
-        # https://stackoverflow.com/a/61823737/3772847
-        NODE_DIR=$(dirname $(which node))
-        echo "export PATH=$NODE_DIR:\$PATH" >> $BASH_ENV
-  - run:
-      name: Check node version (should match the version set in project's .nvmrc file)
-      command: node --version
diff --git a/src/executors/default.yml b/src/executors/default.yml
deleted file mode 100755
index b9c2e06..0000000
--- a/src/executors/default.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-description: PHP executor
-docker:
-  - image: "cimg/php:<<parameters.tag>>"
-parameters:
-  tag:
-    default: 8.3-node
-    description: PHP image version
-    type: string
diff --git a/src/executors/php-81.yml b/src/executors/php-81.yml
deleted file mode 100755
index c7e0dfc..0000000
--- a/src/executors/php-81.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-description: PHP executor
-docker:
-  - image: "cimg/php:<<parameters.tag>>"
-parameters:
-  tag:
-    default: 8.1-node
-    description: PHP image version
-    type: string
diff --git a/src/jobs/build-distributable.yml b/src/jobs/build-distributable.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 79ceb98..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/build-distributable.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Build the distributable files, so they are available as CI artifacts.
-
-executor: default
-
-parameters:
-  archive-name:
-    type: string
-    default: ""
-    description: "Name of the ZIP archive distributable."
-
-steps:
-  - checkout_with_workspace
-  - set_node_version
-  - run:
-      name: Install rsync
-      command: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install rsync
-  - run:
-      name: Install PHP packages
-      command: composer install --no-dev --no-scripts
-  - run:
-      name: Build plugin files
-      command: npm run build && npm run release:archive
-  - store_artifacts:
-      path: release/<<parameters.archive-name>>.zip
diff --git a/src/jobs/build.yml b/src/jobs/build.yml
deleted file mode 100755
index dce2c58..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Install node dependencies.
-
-executor: default
-
-steps:
-  - checkout_with_workspace
-  - set_node_version
-  - restore_cache:
-      key: v1-npm-{{ checksum "package.json" }}-{{checksum "package-lock.json" }}-{{ checksum ".nvmrc" }}
-  # https://medium.com/@mdsky1986/caching-node-dependencies-when-using-npm-ci-89fe3f46404a
-  - run:
-      name: Install node dependencies
-      # --legacy-peer-deps flag should be removed once https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-plugin/issues/1218 is resolved
-      command: |
-        if test -d "node_modules"; then
-          echo "package.json and package-lock.json unchanged. Using cache."
-        else
-          npm ci --legacy-peer-deps --loglevel warn --yes
-        fi
-  - save_cache:
-      key: v1-npm-{{ checksum "package.json" }}-{{checksum "package-lock.json" }}-{{ checksum ".nvmrc" }}
-      paths:
-        - node_modules
-  - persist_to_workspace:
-      root: ~/
-      paths:
-        - project
diff --git a/src/jobs/check-typescript.yml b/src/jobs/check-typescript.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3af092a..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/check-typescript.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Validate TypeScript.
-
-executor: default
-
-steps:
-  - checkout_with_workspace
-  - set_node_version
-  - run:
-      name: Validate TypeScript
-      command: npm run typescript:check
diff --git a/src/jobs/generate-docs.yml b/src/jobs/generate-docs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a878d8..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/generate-docs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Generate documentation. This will create a new branch called docs and push the HTML documentation to it, as /docs directory.
-  To make this work with GH pages, visit <repo-url>/settings/pages, set branch to "docs", and folder to "/docs".
-
-executor: php-81
-
-steps:
-  - checkout
-  - run:
-      name: Install dependencies
-      command: |
-        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y graphviz plantuml
-  - run:
-      name: Download PHPDocumentor
-      command: |
-        curl -L -o ./phpdocumentor https://phpdoc.org/phpDocumentor.phar
-        chmod +x ./phpdocumentor
-  - run:
-      name: Generate documentation
-      command: |
-        ./phpdocumentor run -d . -t ./docs
-  - run:
-      name: Switch to docs branch, commit, and push
-      command: |
-        git config user.name "${GIT_COMMITTER_NAME}"
-        git config user.email "${GITHUB_COMMITER_EMAIL}"
-        git checkout -b docs
-        git add -f docs
-        git commit -m "Update the docs"
-        git push "https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME}/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.git" --force
diff --git a/src/jobs/i18n.yml b/src/jobs/i18n.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 684bff7..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/i18n.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Create translation files.
-
-executor: default
-
-steps:
-  - checkout_with_workspace
-  - run:
-      name: Check if commit author is bot
-      command: |
-        COMMIT_AUTHOR=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%ae')
-        if [ "$COMMIT_AUTHOR" = "$GITHUB_COMMITER_EMAIL" ]; then
-          echo "Commit was made by bot ($(git rev-parse --short HEAD)), skipping translation update"
-          circleci step halt
-        fi
-  - run:
-      name: Install WP CLI
-      command: |
-        curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
-        chmod +x wp-cli.phar
-        sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp
-  - run:
-      name: Build plugin files, so dist dir is available
-      command: |
-        npm run build || true
-  - run:
-      name: Create POT translation files
-      command: |
-        # Theme is excluded, more in https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-theme/pull/2458
-        if [ "$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME" = "newspack-theme" ]; then
-          cd ./newspack-theme
-          wp i18n make-pot . languages/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.pot --exclude='src' --domain=${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}
-          cd -
-        else
-          wp i18n make-pot . languages/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.pot --domain=${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}
-        fi
-  - run:
-      name: Create JSON translation files
-      command: |
-        if [ "$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME" = "newspack-theme" ]; then
-          cd ./newspack-theme
-        fi
-
-        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gettext
-
-        cd languages
-
-        # Create PO files from POT if they don't exist
-        if [ ! -f "${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}-en_US.po" ]; then
-          echo "Creating ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}-en_US.po from POT file"
-          wp i18n update-po ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.pot .
-        else
-          echo "${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}-en_US.po file already exists, skipping creation"
-        fi
-
-        for po in *.po; do
-          if [ -f "$po" ]; then
-            echo "Processing file $po …"
-            # Update translations according to the new POT file
-            msgmerge $po $CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.pot -o $po.out
-            mv $po.out $po
-            msgfmt $po -o $(basename $po .po).mo
-            # no-purge since we need the JS translations for the next run
-            wp i18n make-json --no-purge $po .
-          fi
-        done
-  - run:
-      name: Commit translation files
-      command: |
-        if [ "$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME" = "newspack-theme" ]; then
-          cd ./newspack-theme
-        fi
-        if [ -d "languages" ]; then
-          LINES_CHANGED=$(git diff --numstat languages/ | awk '{sum += $1 + $2} END {print sum}')
-          # If no existing files were changed, check for new files
-          if [ -z "$LINES_CHANGED" ] || [ "$LINES_CHANGED" -eq 0 ]; then
-            LINES_CHANGED=$(git ls-files --others --exclude-standard languages/ | xargs wc -l 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}')
-          fi
-        else
-          LINES_CHANGED=0
-        fi
-        LINES_CHANGED=${LINES_CHANGED:-0}
-        echo "Lines changed in languages/: $LINES_CHANGED"
-        if [ "$LINES_CHANGED" -gt 3 ]; then
-          git config user.email "$GITHUB_COMMITER_EMAIL"
-          git config user.name "$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"
-          git remote set-url origin https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git
-          git add languages/
-          git commit -m "chore: update translation files [skip ci]"
-          git push origin $CIRCLE_BRANCH
-        fi
diff --git a/src/jobs/lint-js-scss.yml b/src/jobs/lint-js-scss.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 86873d2..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/lint-js-scss.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Lint the JS & SCSS (temporarily skipped) files.
-
-executor: default
-
-steps:
-  - checkout_with_workspace
-  - set_node_version
-  - run:
-      name: Run Linter
-      command: npm run lint:js # Temporarily skip linting SCSS due to stylelint config updates. Remove :js when ready to re-enable linting of SCSS.
diff --git a/src/jobs/lint-php.yml b/src/jobs/lint-php.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index eae5746..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/lint-php.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Lint PHP files.
-
-executor: default
-
-steps:
-  - checkout
-  - run:
-      name: Lint Files
-      command: |
-        composer install
-        ./vendor/bin/phpcs
diff --git a/src/jobs/post-release.yml b/src/jobs/post-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 418d190..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/post-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Perform post-release tasks.
-
-executor: default
-
-steps:
-  - checkout_with_workspace
-  - run:
-      name: Perform post-release chores
-      command: ./node_modules/newspack-scripts/post-release.sh
diff --git a/src/jobs/release.yml b/src/jobs/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 09f977f..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Release new version.
-
-executor: default
-
-steps:
-  - checkout_with_workspace
-  - set_node_version
-  - run:
-      name: Install rsync
-      command: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install rsync
-  - run:
-      name: Install PHP packages
-      command: composer install --no-dev --no-scripts
-  - run:
-      name: Release new version
-      command: npm run release
-  - persist_to_workspace:
-      root: ~/
-      paths:
-        - project
diff --git a/src/jobs/test-js.yml b/src/jobs/test-js.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c5ddae..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/test-js.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Run JS tests.
-
-executor: default
-
-steps:
-  - checkout_with_workspace
-  - set_node_version
-  - run:
-      name: Run JS Tests
-      command: npm run test
diff --git a/src/jobs/test-php.yml b/src/jobs/test-php.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c27feff..0000000
--- a/src/jobs/test-php.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-description: >
-  Run PHP tests.
-
-docker:
-  - image: cimg/php:8.3
-  - image: circleci/mysql:5.6.50
-
-environment:
-  - WP_TESTS_DIR: "/tmp/wordpress-tests-lib"
-  - WP_CORE_DIR: "/tmp/wordpress/"
-steps:
-  - checkout
-  - run:
-      name: Setup Environment Variables
-      command: |
-        echo "export PATH=$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" >> $BASH_ENV
-        source /home/circleci/.bashrc
-  - run:
-      name: Install Dependencies
-      command: |
-        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y subversion default-mysql-client
-  - run:
-      name: Run Tests with Coverage
-      command: |
-        composer update
-        rm -rf $WP_TESTS_DIR $WP_CORE_DIR
-        bash bin/install-wp-tests.sh wordpress_test root '' 127.0.0.1 latest
-        # https://circleci.com/docs/code-coverage/#php
-        XDEBUG_MODE=coverage phpdbg -qrr vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-clover coverage.xml
-  - run:
-      name: Upload Test Results to Codecov
-      command: |
-        if [[ -n $CODECOV_TOKEN ]]; then
-          # download Codecov CLI
-          curl -Os https://cli.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov
-
-          # integrity check
-          curl https://keybase.io/codecovsecurity/pgp_keys.asc | gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring trustedkeys.gpg --import # One-time step
-          curl -Os https://cli.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov
-          curl -Os https://cli.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov.SHA256SUM
-          curl -Os https://cli.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov.SHA256SUM.sig
-          gpgv codecov.SHA256SUM.sig codecov.SHA256SUM
-
-          shasum -a 256 -c codecov.SHA256SUM
-          sudo chmod +x codecov
-          ./codecov upload-process -t $CODECOV_TOKEN
-        else
-          echo "CODECOV_TOKEN is not set. Skipping upload to Codecov."
-        fi

From 558b5a1e72824036cb573ac8f33e12ec0bc28f7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:47:28 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 02/15] fix: let the script create the db

---
 .github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml
index b7fa635..d13be96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-test-php.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         image: mysql:5.7
         env:
           MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
-          MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress_test
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
         options: >-

From 656cf67d674b5bf2fa377292abb3aeca928a6474 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:25:56 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 03/15] fix: release workflow

---
 .github/workflows/reusable-release.yml | 2 --
 scripts/release.js                     | 9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml
index eb9bacd..f35f8b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ name: Release
 on:
   workflow_call:
     secrets:
-      GITHUB_TOKEN:
-        required: true
       NPM_TOKEN:
         required: false
 
diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 40c3974..7c14d36 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@ const { files, ...otherArgs } = require( 'yargs/yargs' )(
 
 const filesList = files.split( ',' );
 
-utils.log( `Releasing ${ process.env.CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME }…` );
+// Get repository name from GitHub Actions environment variable (format: owner/repo).
+const repoName = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY?.split( '/' )[ 1 ] || 'unknown';
+
+utils.log( `Releasing ${ repoName }…` );
 
 const getConfig = ({ gitBranchName }) => {
 	const branchType = gitBranchName.split("/")[0];
 	const githubConfig = {
 		assets: [
 			{
-				path: `./release/${process.env.CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.zip`,
-				label: `${process.env.CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.zip`,
+				path: `./release/${ repoName }.zip`,
+				label: `${ repoName }.zip`,
 			},
 		],
 	};

From ed7a28c76c672d02b9ee87314be26674c47b729c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:30:11 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 04/15] fix: post-release workflow

---
 .github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml
index 1fbcdab..611f491 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ name: Post Release
 on:
   workflow_call:
     secrets:
-      GITHUB_TOKEN:
-        required: true
       SLACK_CHANNEL_ID:
         required: false
       SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN:

From 991821bcb7062dc6aab02a1f2f2b01f0f141db04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:35:12 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 05/15] fix: i18n workflow

---
 .github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
index d5b5ab6..2ae2bd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ name: i18n
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
-    secrets:
-      GITHUB_TOKEN:
-        required: true
 
 jobs:
   i18n:

From 41b03ee7bf40fff14ad13603839dd3e92698fb40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:34:43 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 06/15] fix: i18n exclude src dir

---
 .github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
index 2ae2bd9..9d8bef4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
             wp i18n make-pot . languages/${REPO_NAME}.pot --exclude='src' --domain=${REPO_NAME}
             cd -
           else
-            wp i18n make-pot . languages/${REPO_NAME}.pot --domain=${REPO_NAME}
+            wp i18n make-pot . languages/${REPO_NAME}.pot --exclude='src' --domain=${REPO_NAME}
           fi
 
       - name: Create JSON translation files

From 025ea169e53a1f5f6889667229acfdee9f8e8605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:42:25 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 07/15] fix(i18n): increase php nesting level

---
 .github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
index 9d8bef4..721fb04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: npm run build || true
 
+      - name: Set higher Xdebug stack limit
+        run: echo "xdebug.max_nesting_level=1000" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-xdebug.ini
+
       - name: Create POT translation files
         if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
         env:

From 3a37606d206bc3eab823cd0c815ff6b785c404f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:46:51 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 08/15] fix: create xdebug dir

---
 .github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
index 721fb04..94ad715 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: npm run build || true
 
-      - name: Set higher Xdebug stack limit
+      - name: Create xdebug configuration directory
+        run: mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d
+
+      - name: Configure xdebug
         run: echo "xdebug.max_nesting_level=1000" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-xdebug.ini
 
       - name: Create POT translation files

From 172cc5df78d8102e6b5a2231f4c76a0506d6f385 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:54:15 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 09/15] fix: remove custom config

---
 .github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
index 94ad715..9d8bef4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: npm run build || true
 
-      - name: Create xdebug configuration directory
-        run: mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d
-
-      - name: Configure xdebug
-        run: echo "xdebug.max_nesting_level=1000" >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-xdebug.ini
-
       - name: Create POT translation files
         if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
         env:

From 98493219acecca7bd953835438adc7694119a9b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:56:58 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 10/15] fix: alternate custom config strategy

---
 .github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
index 9d8bef4..bc92842 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-i18n.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
 
+      - name: Configure PHP for deep nesting
+        if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        run: |
+          # Increase xdebug max_nesting_level to handle deeply nested JS files
+          echo "xdebug.max_nesting_level=512" | sudo tee -a $(php -i | grep "Scan this dir for additional .ini files" | cut -d' ' -f9)/99-custom.ini
+
       - name: Install WP CLI
         if: steps.check-bot.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: |

From 74d2c85795e10b77450ce551cc98b472eb9daaa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:18:51 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 11/15] fix: label char limit

---
 scripts/release.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 7c14d36..4dede87 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ const getConfig = ({ gitBranchName }) => {
 				label: `${ repoName }.zip`,
 			},
 		],
+		// Custom label template that caps at 50 chars (GitHub's limit).
+		releasedLabels: [
+			'<%= ("released" + (nextRelease.channel ? " on @" + nextRelease.channel : "")).substring(0, 50) %>',
+		],
 	};
 
 	// Only post GH PR comments for alpha, hotfix/*, and release branches.

From 37a87cce7b14af4b6b15dfd93b442dfd22afc0b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:21:53 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 12/15] fix: release command

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 82063d1..ea1c408 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: npm run semantic-release
+        run: npm run release

From bfa681bf617d7bb7b29a01f605ed940fedf2f3fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:41:53 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 13/15] fix: post release vars and release asset

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 post-release.sh               | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ea1c408..3091d82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: npm run release
+        run: npm run release:archive && npm run semantic-release
diff --git a/post-release.sh b/post-release.sh
index 7bac57a..b8a1c19 100755
--- a/post-release.sh
+++ b/post-release.sh
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ if [[ $(echo $SECOND_TO_LAST_COMMIT_MSG | grep '^Merge .*alpha') ]]; then
   # we don't care about any alpha changes.
   git reset --hard release --
   # Force-push the alpha branch.
-  git push "https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git" --force
+  git push "https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" --force
 else
   echo '[newspack-scripts] Release was created from a different branch than the alpha branch (e.g. a hotfix branch).'
   echo '[newspack-scripts] Alpha branch will now be updated with the lastest changes from release.'
   git merge --no-ff release -m "chore(release): merge in release $LATEST_VERSION_TAG"
   if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
-    git push "https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git"
+    git push "https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
   else
     git merge --abort
     echo '[newspack-scripts] Post-release merge to alpha failed.'
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ git checkout trunk
 git merge --no-ff release -m "chore(release): merge in release $LATEST_VERSION_TAG"
 if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
   echo '[newspack-scripts] Pushing updated trunk to origin.'
-  git push "https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME.git"
+  git push "https://$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
 else
   git merge --abort
   echo '[newspack-scripts] Post-release merge to trunk failed.'

From 704b6ee85801396d057ac18e4d8ad7c06dc3b21d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:09:28 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 14/15] fix: release command

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3091d82..82063d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: npm run release:archive && npm run semantic-release
+        run: npm run semantic-release

From 42fa51aaa5fd7009ea70ef01a724964bb1958fcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Peixe <miguel.peixe@automattic.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:30:18 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 15/15] chore: temporarily disable pr comments (prevent spam)

---
 scripts/release.js | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 4dede87..2f26744 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ const getConfig = ({ gitBranchName }) => {
 	};
 
 	// Only post GH PR comments for alpha, hotfix/*, and release branches.
-	if ( ! ["alpha", "hotfix", "release"].includes(branchType) ) {
-		githubConfig.successComment = false;
-		githubConfig.failComment = false;
-	}
+	// if ( ! ["alpha", "hotfix", "release"].includes(branchType) ) {
+	// Temporarily disable comments for all branches to prevent spam.
+	githubConfig.successComment = false;
+	githubConfig.failComment = false;
+	// }
 
 	// Only publish alpha and release branches to NPM.
 	const shouldPublishOnNPM = Boolean( process.env.NPM_TOKEN ) && ["alpha", "release"].includes(branchType);