Add Props Bot

[aaronjorbin]

This is based on https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/.github/workflows/props-bot.yml?rev=61209 (trunk version as of 21 January 2026)

Only difference is an additional comment explaining the line which does core style props vs git Co-authored-by style.

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Pull request overview

This PR adds a GitHub Actions workflow for a "Props Bot" that automatically generates a list of contributor props (credits) for pull requests. The workflow is based on WordPress Core's implementation and uses the WordPress/props-bot-action@trunk action to compile contributor credits in SVN format.

Changes:

• Added a new GitHub Actions workflow file that triggers on PR events, comments, and reviews to generate contributor props

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The following accounts have interacted with this PR and/or linked issues. I will continue to update these lists as activity occurs. You can also manually ask me to refresh this list by adding the props-bot label.

Core Committers: Use this line as a base for the props when committing in SVN:

Props jorbin.

To understand the WordPress project's expectations around crediting contributors, please review the Contributor Attribution page in the Core Handbook.

[dd32]

huh, I wasn't expecting the branch to get deleted 🤔 But I also forgot to tell it to close the PR..

[dd32]

Merged in 6a1716a