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Consider adding theme version management

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JavaScript
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Description

It would be nice to be able to increment the version of a theme after changes have been made through this plugin. The version would need to be incremented in both the style.css and readme.txt files.

Additionally, the plugin could also automatically update the theme changelog in the readme.txt file. I'm not sure how the changes would be picked up - maybe we could start with a text input to describe the changes.

Mentioned on the support forum here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-management-for-exported-themes/

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Research direction

Start by tracing the theme export flow and reviewing how style.css and readme.txt are generated. Clarify the versioning and changelog behavior, including the proposed text input, using the linked support discussion; done means both files receive the intended version and changelog updates.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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