Release v1.28.0-rc.1 · GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp

What's Changed

Block: Use getUsers with capability query by @spacedmonkey in #12615
Improve AMP sanitization for title tags and meta descriptions by @swissspidy in #12706
Do not unnecessarily fetch stories/taxonomies by @swissspidy in #12653
Show a success message when restoring a revision by @spacedmonkey in #12713
Data Structure: reduce redundancy when storing fonts by @timarney in #12625
Layers visibility by @merapi in #12738
Enables page level advancement settings by default by @miina in #12780

Saved Templates: fix buttons being hidden under elements by @miina in #12610
REST API: Fix incorrect REST routes for post types by @timarney in #12675
Update get authors call to use capabilities by @timarney in #12671
Block: Fix stories selector styling issues by @timarney in #12649
Eyedropper: handle rgb string when getting the eyedropper color by @miina in #12684
Media Hotlinking: trim leading/trailing whitespace by @timarney in #12710
Shopping: change product object type by @swissspidy in #12736
Block: Fix issues with rearranging stories in Firefox by @timarney in #12708
Fix incorrect <meta charset> tags by @swissspidy in #12759

Reworking the elements package by @barklund in #12557
Fix recent PHPStan errors by @swissspidy in #12677
Use strict_types where appropriate by @spacedmonkey in #12631
E2E Tests: Remove WP 5.8 compatibility code by @spacedmonkey in #12680
Fix rollup config and address warnings by @swissspidy in #12682
TypeScript: Convert APIProvider by @miina in #12673
Code Quality: Use new PHP 7.3 and PHP 7.4 language features by @spacedmonkey in #12672
TypeScript: convert HistoryProvider by @miina in #12674
TypeScript: Convert currentUserProvider provider by @spacedmonkey in #12730
Converted help center provider to TypeScript by @barklund in #12744
TypeScript conversion of animation package by @barklund in #12702
Code Quality: Remove enablePostLockingTakeOver feature flag code by @timarney in #12741
Code Quality: use PHPStan for integration test files by @spacedmonkey in #12732
TypeScript: convert storyProvider by @miina in #12652

Also thanks to the following people for their contributions:

Full Changelog: v1.27.0...v1.28.0-rc.1