[Backport] Release v1.47.0

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Automatic Backport

This is an automatic backport of PR #1834 by @pattonwebz to the develop branch.

Original PR Details:

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 PR was created automatically when #1834 was merged into main.