Release v1.47.0

[pattonwebz]

Release v1.47.0 (minor).

Changelog

2026-07-14 - version 1.47.0

• Updated - the frontend highlighter now draws a white ring around the outline so highlighted elements stay visible on any background color.
• Updated - the empty alt text check no longer flags 1x1 tracking pixels.
• Updated - the link protocol checks now handle href values that contain leading whitespace.
• Updated - SVG code snippets in the Accessibility Analysis panel are now rendered as images instead of raw markup.
• Fix - scan results for the homepage are now stored against the homepage instead of the first blog post when the site is set to show latest posts.
• Fix - the Simplified Summary text areas in the editor sidebar now have a label that assistive technology can announce.
• Fix - corrected a caching issue that could cause database table name lookups to return the wrong table.
• Remove - deleted an unused internal helper function.

Added to both readme.txt and changelog.txt on this branch.

Merged PRs in this release (from scripts/prep_release.sh minor)

Steve Jones (5):

• Add white contrast ring around highlighted element outline (Add white contrast ring around highlighted element outline #1824)
• Skip 1x1 tracking pixels with empty alt in img_alt_empty_check (Skip 1x1 tracking pixels with empty alt in img_alt_empty_check #1661)
• Remove unused is_domain_loopback helper (Remove unused is_domain_loopback helper #1437)
• Fix stale table-name cache in validator (Fix stale table-name cache in validator #1429)
• Enhance link validation to trim whitespace and normalize href checks (Enhance link validation to trim whitespace and normalize href checks #1389)

William Patton (4):

• [Backport] Release v1.46.0
• Add programmatic label to Simplified Summary textarea (Add programmatic label to Simplified Summary textarea #1823)
• Render SVG code snippets in the Accessibility Analysis panel as images (Render SVG code snippets in the Accessibility Analysis panel as images #1832)
• Fix: use correct post ID when site homepage is set to latest posts (PRO-726) (Fix: use correct post ID when site homepage is set to latest posts (PRO-726) #1727)

Also updated by the release script

• Requires at least bumped to WordPress 6.8 (2 versions back from Tested up to: 7.0)
• One @since placeholder resolved to 1.47.0 in includes/helper-functions.php

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This pull request introduces several improvements and bug fixes, including rendering SVGs as data URIs in tags to prevent script execution, resolving issues with latest-posts homepages in admin and frontend enqueuing, fixing a caching bug in table name validation, skipping 1x1 tracking pixels in empty alt checks, and adding missing labels for accessibility. Feedback on these changes highlights a duplicate test case in linkImproper.test.js, the need for an explanatory comment when using !important in SASS, and a recommendation to parse width and height attributes as integers for more robust tracking pixel detection.

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[gemini-code-assist]

There is a duplicate test case for 'Fails when anchor href contains only whitespace' in this file. Please remove the redundant test case to keep the test suite clean and maintainable.

Suggested change

	{
	name: 'Fails when anchor href contains only whitespace',
	html: '<a href=" ">Whitespace link</a>',
	shouldPass: false,
	},
	{
	name: 'Fails when anchor href contains only whitespace',
	html: '<a href=" ">Whitespace link</a>',
	shouldPass: false,
	},
	{
	name: 'Fails when anchor href contains only whitespace',
	html: '<a href=" ">Whitespace link</a>',
	shouldPass: false,
	},

[gemini-code-assist]

According to the general rules, the use of !important is acceptable only when accompanied by an explanatory comment. Please add a comment explaining why !important is required for this box-shadow rule.

Suggested change

	box-shadow: 0 0 0 8px variables.$color-white !important;
	// Box shadow requires !important to override theme-specific focus styles on highlighted elements.
	box-shadow: 0 0 0 8px variables.$color-white !important;

References

1. If !important is required for compatibility reasons, its use is acceptable when accompanied by an explanatory comment.

[gemini-code-assist]

Using strict string equality (=== '1') to check the width and height attributes can be fragile if the attributes contain units (e.g., 1px) or leading/trailing whitespace. Parsing the attributes with parseInt is more robust and prevents potential false positives.

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	const widthAttr = node.getAttribute( 'width' );
	const heightAttr = node.getAttribute( 'height' );
	if ( widthAttr === '1' && heightAttr === '1' ) {
	return true;
	}
	const widthAttr = node.getAttribute( 'width' );
	const heightAttr = node.getAttribute( 'height' );
	if ( parseInt( widthAttr, 10 ) === 1 && parseInt( heightAttr, 10 ) === 1 ) {
	return true;
	}

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