Download the released zip from wordpress.org and check it matches the build #59

After the release is live on wordpress.org, download the public zip and check it matches the zip we built and uploaded. This is the last release step.

1. Wait until wordpress.org serves the new version: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/<slug>.X.Y.Z.zip returns 200, and api.wordpress.org reports X.Y.Z.
2. Download that zip to a temp folder and test it (unzip -tq).
3. Unzip it next to an unzipped copy of our built zip.
4. Compare them (diff -rq built/<slug> org/<slug>). They must be identical. Report any difference.
5. Check the version strings in the downloaded copy read X.Y.Z.
6. Move both temp folders to the Trash when the check passes.

Polestar 1.11.0 passed this check on 2026-10-09: the wordpress.org zip and the built zip had identical contents.