Release 8.0.0

[pfefferle]

Release version 8.0.0

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Release bump to version 8.0.0 across plugin metadata, block metadata, and documentation, with the consolidated 8.0.0 release notes added to CHANGELOG.md / readme.txt and the now-redundant changelog fragments removed.

Changes:

• Bump plugin/block versions from 7.9.1 to 8.0.0 (plugin header/constants and block block.json files).
• Finalize docblocks and deprecation/version markers by replacing @since unreleased / unreleased with 8.0.0 where applicable.
• Add 8.0.0 entry to CHANGELOG.md and readme.txt, and remove .github/changelog/* fragments that are now included in the release notes.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 62 out of 62 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
src/reply/block.json	Bump block version to 8.0.0.
src/remote-reply/block.json	Bump block version to 8.0.0.
src/reactions/block.json	Bump block version to 8.0.0.
src/following/block.json	Bump block version to 8.0.0.
src/followers/block.json	Bump block version to 8.0.0.
src/follow-me/block.json	Bump block version to 8.0.0.
src/extra-fields/block.json	Bump block version to 8.0.0.
readme.txt	Update stable tag and replace changelog section with 8.0.0 notes.
includes/wp-admin/class-settings.php	Set @since tag to 8.0.0 for the object type switch handler.
includes/wp-admin/class-health-check.php	Set multiple @since tags to 8.0.0 for new health checks/helpers.
includes/rest/trait-language-map.php	Set @since tags to 8.0.0 for the language-map helpers and filter docs.
includes/rest/class-post-controller.php	Set @since tag to 8.0.0 for remote intent template method docs.
includes/collection/class-remote-actors.php	Set @since tag to 8.0.0 for public key handling docs.
includes/class-webfinger.php	Set @since tag to 8.0.0 for intent endpoint method docs.
includes/class-migration.php	Update migration gate to compare against 8.0.0.
includes/class-dispatcher.php	Set @since tag to 8.0.0 for encoding filter docs.
includes/class-comment.php	Set @since tag to 8.0.0 for excluded comment types filter docs.
includes/class-cache.php	Mark deprecated filter/version as 8.0.0 in docs and apply_filters_deprecated().
includes/class-blocks.php	Set @since tag to 8.0.0 for modal help renderer.
includes/cache/class-file.php	Set @since tags to 8.0.0 for filesystem helpers.
build/reply/block.json	Bump built block version to 8.0.0.
build/remote-reply/block.json	Bump built block version to 8.0.0.
build/reactions/block.json	Bump built block version to 8.0.0.
build/following/block.json	Bump built block version to 8.0.0.
build/followers/block.json	Bump built block version to 8.0.0.
build/follow-me/block.json	Bump built block version to 8.0.0.
build/extra-fields/block.json	Bump built block version to 8.0.0.
activitypub.php	Bump plugin header version and ACTIVITYPUB_PLUGIN_VERSION constant to 8.0.0.
CHANGELOG.md	Add 8.0.0 release notes and compare link.
.github/changelog/fix-reactions-theme-background-override	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/fix-quote-request-actor-derivation	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/fix-filesystem-graceful-failure	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/add-remote-media-cache-separation	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/add-bot-account-support	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/add-blockless-activitypub	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/3000-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2993-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2992-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2991-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2988-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2985-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2982-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2979-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2973-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2971-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2956-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
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.github/changelog/2911-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2906-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).
.github/changelog/2891-from-description	Remove fragment (rolled into release notes).

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