chore(release): 4.5.0-alpha.1 [skip ci]

# [4.5.0-alpha.1](v4.4.0...v4.5.0-alpha.1) (2024-11-29)

### Bug Fixes

* also search for coauthor posts by term slug ([#1954](#1954)) ([49357ff](49357ff))
* **ras-acc:** correct spacing issue around saved credit cards ([#1980](#1980)) ([52a5c57](52a5c57))
* **ras-acc:** fix display issues with Additional Fields ([#1979](#1979)) ([b9390ef](b9390ef))
* **ras-acc:** remove space caused by empty divs ([#1978](#1978)) ([8cb6ead](8cb6ead))

### Features

* add Bluesky support to the Author Profile, List blocks ([#1969](#1969)) ([d26a7e4](d26a7e4))
* add support for Newspack Guest Contributor in HPP blocks ([#1934](#1934)) ([c16849e](c16849e))
* merge RAS-ACC work into trunk ([#1977](#1977)) ([2eeaa89](2eeaa89))

newspack-blocks.php

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
  * Author URI:      https://newspack.com/
  * Text Domain:     newspack-blocks
  * Domain Path:     /languages
- * Version:         4.4.0
+ * Version:         4.5.0-alpha.1
  *
  * @package         Newspack_Blocks
  */
 
 define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_FILE', __FILE__ );
 define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__BLOCKS_DIRECTORY', 'dist/' );
 define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_DIR', plugin_dir_path( NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_FILE ) );
-define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__VERSION', '4.4.0' );
+define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__VERSION', '4.5.0-alpha.1' );
 
 require_once NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_DIR . 'includes/class-newspack-blocks.php';
 require_once NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_DIR . 'includes/class-newspack-blocks-api.php';