WooCommerce Product Search 6.1.0

* Update - WordPress 6.7 compatible.
* Update - WooCommerce 9.4 compatible.
* Update - Extends existing support for brands. Requires a database update which may a take a while when large numbers of products are related to brands. An update during low traffic hours is recommended.
* Add - Added the Product Filter – Brands block.
* Add - Added the [woocommerce_product_filter_brand] shortcode.
* Add - Added the woocommerce_product_search_filter_brand() API function.
* Dev - Extended indexing support for brands.
* Dev - Extended REST API support for brands.
* Dev - Revised the determination of whether filters are applied for the Reset facility.
* Update - Product category term thumbnails use default thumbnail if available and no specific filter thumbnail is determined for a term.
* Update - Search results option Search in attributes includes matches from brands.
* Update - Updated the translation template.
* Update - Updated the included translations.

* Update - WordPress 6.6 compatible.
* Update - WooCommerce 9.3 compatible.
* Dev - Added handling of JSON format to process the except parameter in the terms REST controller.
* Dev - When the setting to "Hide out of stock items from the catalog" is enabled, filter results now also include products which are available on back order along with those that are in stock.
* Add - Added the woocommerce_product_search_cache_control_marker_threshold filter and support for the WPS_CACHE_MARKER_THRESHOLD constant which allow to determine the value used as marker threshold.
* Add - Added type to term image data provided by the terms REST controller.

* Update - WordPress 6.6 compatible.
* Update - WooCommerce 9.3 compatible.
* Dev - Added the order parameter to the terms REST controller's collection parameters.
* Dev - Revised terms REST controller's product processing to avoid sorting for efficiency.
* Dev - Revised shop REST controller's taxonomy-data parameter handling to support passing the taxonomy as parameter instead of as key only in JSON.