diff --git a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
index 412f98deb..9c60ec919 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,21 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   pull_request:
-
+    paths:
+    - '.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml'
+    - 'includes/**'
+    - 'src/**'
+    - 'test/**'
+    - 'package.*'
+    - '*.js'
+    - '*.php'
 jobs:
   phpcs:
     name: PHP Coding Standards
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Get Composer cache directory
         id: composer-cache
@@ -53,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Log debug information
         run: |
@@ -64,23 +71,48 @@ jobs:
           composer --version
 
       - name: Install NodeJS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          # Enable built-in functionality for caching and restoring dependencies, which is disabled by default.
+          # The actions/setup-node uses actions/cache under the hood.
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-global-packages-data
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      # Restoring the short lived node_modules cache
+      # to be used accross all workflows running on the last commit.
+      # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/caching-strategies.md#creating-a-short-lived-cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        id: node_modules-cache
         with:
-            node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node_modules-${{ github.sha }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
 
       - name: NPM install
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
 
+      # Creating a short lived node_modules cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+
       - name: Run JSHint
         run: npm run lint:js
         if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
 
   stylelint:
     name: CSS Coding Standards
+    needs: jshint # Wait for jshint job, to mak use of node_modules caching.
+    if: always()  # Run always, even when the jshint job didn't ran.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Log debug information
         run: |
@@ -91,13 +123,36 @@ jobs:
           composer --version
 
       - name: Install NodeJS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          # Enable built-in functionality for caching and restoring dependencies, which is disabled by default.
+          # The actions/setup-node uses actions/cache under the hood.
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-global-packages-data
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      # Restoring the short lived node_modules cache
+      # to be used accross all workflows running on the last commit.
+      # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/caching-strategies.md#creating-a-short-lived-cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        id: node_modules-cache
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node_modules-${{ github.sha }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
 
       - name: NPM install
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
 
+      # Creating a short lived node_modules cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+
       - name: Run StyleLint
         run: npm run lint:css
         if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index 9c6cf3ca4..ea3420db9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@
 # Source repository: https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action
 # Public documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/about-dependency-review#dependency-review-enforcement
 name: 'Dependency Review'
-on: [pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+    - '.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml'
+    - 'package*'
+    - 'composer*'
+
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -32,7 +41,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           license-check: true
           vulnerability-check: false
-          comment-summary-in-pr: on-failure
+
+          # Prevent this workflow to create a comment on the PR on forks outside of the GatherPress organization,
+          # because the required permission would not be given and the workflow would fail.
+          # Using a condition check will skip commenting.
+          comment-summary-in-pr: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'GatherPress' && 'on-failure' || 'never' }}
+
           # You can only include one of these two options: `allow-licenses` and `deny-licences`
           # ([String]). Only allow these licenses (optional)
           # Possible values: Any `spdx_id` value(s) from https://docs.github.com/en/rest/licenses 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
index a74b82020..471733df4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Log debug information
         run: |
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ jobs:
           composer --version
 
       - name: Install NodeJS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-            node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          # Enable built-in functionality for caching and restoring dependencies, which is disabled by default.
+          # The actions/setup-node uses actions/cache under the hood.
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-global-packages-data
+          cache: 'npm'
 
       - name: NPM install
         run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jest-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/jest-tests.yml
index b7e7703ce..d5f7c2c13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jest-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jest-tests.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Log debug information
         run: |
@@ -27,13 +27,36 @@ jobs:
           composer --version
 
       - name: Install NodeJS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-            node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          # Enable built-in functionality for caching and restoring dependencies, which is disabled by default.
+          # The actions/setup-node uses actions/cache under the hood.
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-global-packages-data
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      # Restoring the short lived node_modules cache
+      # to be used accross all workflows running on the last commit.
+      # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/caching-strategies.md#creating-a-short-lived-cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        id: node_modules-cache
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node_modules-${{ github.sha }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
 
       - name: NPM install
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
 
+      # Creating a short lived node_modules cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+
       - name: Run Jest Tests
         run: npm run test:unit:js
         if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
index 95f3e0dd2..b6c336fb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         php_versions: [ '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3' ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup PHP
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@ jobs:
         run: composer install --optimize-autoloader --prefer-dist
 
       - name: Install NodeJS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          # Enable built-in functionality for caching and restoring dependencies, which is disabled by default.
+          # The actions/setup-node uses actions/cache under the hood.
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-global-packages-data
+          cache: 'npm'
 
       - name: Log debug information
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/playground-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/playground-preview.yml
index 6f89ce01b..6af24f35a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playground-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playground-preview.yml
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ jobs:
       # @source https://dev.to/suzukishunsuke/secure-github-actions-by-pullrequesttarget-641#checkout-merge-commits
       - uses: suzuki-shunsuke/get-pr-action@v0.1.0
         id: pr
+
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{steps.pr.outputs.merge_commit_sha}}
+          ref: ${{ steps.pr.outputs.merge_commit_sha }}
           show-progress: ${{ runner.debug == '1' && 'true' || 'false' }}
 
       - name: Setup PHP
@@ -70,10 +71,32 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-          cache: npm
+          # Enable built-in functionality for caching and restoring dependencies, which is disabled by default.
+          # The actions/setup-node uses actions/cache under the hood.
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-global-packages-data
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      # Restoring the short lived node_modules cache
+      # to be used accross all workflows running on the last commit.
+      # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/caching-strategies.md#creating-a-short-lived-cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        id: node_modules-cache
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node_modules-${{ steps.pr.outputs.merge_commit_sha }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+      - name: NPM install
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      # Creating a short lived node_modules cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
 
       - name: Build plugin
         # - [Incorrect version number used when creating zip archive · Issue #92 · wp-cli/dist-archive-command](https://github.com/wp-cli/dist-archive-command/issues/92)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
index f0b0ae6d2..c4eb2565e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup PHP
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
@@ -22,13 +22,36 @@ jobs:
         run: composer install --optimize-autoloader --prefer-dist
 
       - name: Install NodeJS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          # Enable built-in functionality for caching and restoring dependencies, which is disabled by default.
+          # The actions/setup-node uses actions/cache under the hood.
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-global-packages-data
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      # Restoring the short lived node_modules cache
+      # to be used accross all workflows running on the last commit.
+      # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/caching-strategies.md#creating-a-short-lived-cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        id: node_modules-cache
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node_modules-${{ github.sha }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
 
       - name: NPM install
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
 
+      # Creating a short lived node_modules cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+
       - name: Log debug information
         run: |
           npm --version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wordpress-org-plugin-guidelines.yml b/.github/workflows/wordpress-org-plugin-guidelines.yml
index 2912b2be2..50ed759d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wordpress-org-plugin-guidelines.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wordpress-org-plugin-guidelines.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ name: 'WordPress.org plugin directory guidelines'
 on: # rebuild any PRs and main branch changes
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+    - '.github/workflows/wordpress-org-plugin-guidelines.yml'
+    - 'includes/**'
+    - 'src/**'
+    - 'package.*'
+    - '*.js'
+    - '*.php'
   push:
     branches:
     - main
@@ -29,10 +36,32 @@ jobs:
         with:
           # Make sure to use the same version like WordPress/gutenberg.
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-          cache: npm
+          # Enable built-in functionality for caching and restoring dependencies, which is disabled by default.
+          # The actions/setup-node uses actions/cache under the hood.
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-global-packages-data
+          cache: 'npm'
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+      # Restoring the short lived node_modules cache
+      # to be used accross all workflows running on the last commit.
+      # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/caching-strategies.md#creating-a-short-lived-cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        id: node_modules-cache
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node_modules-${{ github.sha }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
+
+      - name: NPM install
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+
+      # Creating a short lived node_modules cache
+      - uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        if: steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./node_modules
+          key: ${{ steps.node_modules-cache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
 
       - name: Build plugin
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wordpress-version-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/wordpress-version-checker.yml
index 8237e75f3..055870155 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wordpress-version-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wordpress-version-checker.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: WordPress Version Checker
-        uses: skaut/wordpress-version-checker@v2.1.0
+        uses: skaut/wordpress-version-checker@v2.2.1
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}