Action for incrementing a WordPress plugin's version and zipping it into a release. Helps keep things tidy and automated.

wordpress-plugin-action.yml

name: Plugin Release Workflow

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build-and-release:
    timeout-minutes: 10
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout Repo
      uses: actions/checkout@v4

    - name: Increment Version Number
      run: |
        # Bash script to increment minor version
        FILE=hello-world.php
        VERSION_LINE=$(grep -e 'Version:' $FILE)
        CURRENT_VERSION=$(echo $VERSION_LINE | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
        IFS='.' read -ra VERSION <<< "$CURRENT_VERSION"
        NEW_VERSION="${VERSION[0]}.$((VERSION[1]+1)).${VERSION[2]}"
        sed -i "s/$CURRENT_VERSION/$NEW_VERSION/" $FILE
        git config user.name github-actions
        git config user.email github-actions@github.com
        git add $FILE
        git commit -m "Increment version number to $NEW_VERSION"
        echo "NEW_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV

    - name: Push Changes
      run: |
        git push origin main

    - name: Zip Repo Contents
      run: |
        zip -r hello-world.zip . -x "*.git*" "*.gitattributes*" "*.github*" "*.gitignore*" "*.DS_Store*" "*.editorconfig*" "*.gitmodules*" "*.vscode*" "*.idea"

    - name: Push Tag
      run: |
          git tag ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}
          git push origin ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}

    - name: Create Release
      uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
      with:
        artifacts: hello-world.zip
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        tag: ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}
        name: Release ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}
        body: |
          Release ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}