Changelog

1.18.0 — Released on 2026-06-29

Google Calendar tools — read configured calendars and events for schedule-aware automations
Contact mapping and attendee helpers — match calendar participants to site users and contacts
Human approval gates and reminder records — pause automations for review and avoid duplicate notifications
TextBee SMS provider — send configured text-message notifications through TextBee
Advanced companion package — add trusted-developer filesystem, database, WP-CLI, REST dispatcher, plugin builder, git snapshot, user-management, and benchmark tools distributed separately from the WordPress.org build

Managed Superdav service setup — add hosted service endpoints and automatic connection provisioning for supported sites
Release packaging — build separate core and Advanced ZIPs, publish both on GitHub, and send only the core package to WordPress.org

AI request reliability — improve model selection, request timeouts, default setup model, reasoning-text handling, and retry guidance for invalid tool calls
Calendar and reminder hardening — strengthen Google Calendar tokens and reminder deduplication
Onboarding and approval resumes — fix frontend onboarding launches and confirmed ability resumes
WordPress.org packaging review issues — address packaging review feedback for the core release

Generate Logo SVG ability — Theme Builder can now generate and embed custom logo SVGs with namespace-safe sanitisation
Photo upload in discovery interview — Theme Builder discovery interview now includes a photo upload step for richer design context
Validate Palette Contrast ability — check colour pairs for WCAG compliance before applying to a theme
Hospitality menus — Theme Builder can now generate structured food and beverage menu pages for hospitality businesses
Desktop and mobile preview rendering — preview your design on desktop and mobile devices during design-direction selection
Navigation label parameter — Create Menu ability now supports a distinct navigation_label separate from the page title
Tier 1 tool availability — sd-ai-agent/site-scrape is now a Tier 1 tool available by default in Theme Builder

AI Client cache — now backed by transients for cross-request persistence, preventing data loss on long-running agent tasks
Plugin row action links — corrected and renamed for clarity

Tavily internet search — add Tavily as a search provider for richer internet search results alongside Brave Search
Theme-aware built-in skills — Block Themes, Classic Themes, Kadence Blocks, and Kadence Theme skill guides now ship with the plugin
Site builder contact form ability — add a contact form to any page directly from the chat interface

WooCommerce integration refactored — now uses native WooCommerce APIs for better reliability and compatibility
Provider list refreshes automatically — when any plugin is activated or deactivated

navigate-to ability — fixed infinite reload loop on some admin pages
list-posts ability — now correctly resolves category and tag names to slugs
WP-CLI commands — restored missing namespace aliases after a previous refactor
Event automation — gracefully handles sites where automation tables are not yet created
memory-save ability — now uses the correct namespace prefix in the system instruction builder
Scalar tool results — now correctly wrapped before being returned to the AI
Usage statistics — now correctly handle the legacy ability key format on upgrade from older versions