diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 327b9a9..cf776ba 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -101,3 +101,35 @@ jobs:
             echo "Debug code found in src/ — please remove before merging."
             exit 1
           fi
+
+  build:
+    name: Build Plugin Zip
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Only build a shippable artifact once changes land on main, and only
+    # after the quality gates pass.
+    needs: [lint, static-analysis, test, no-debug]
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: '8.3'
+          tools: composer:v2
+
+      - name: Build plugin zip
+        run: composer build
+
+      - name: Read plugin version
+        id: meta
+        run: |
+          version="$(sed -nE 's/^[[:space:]]*\*?[[:space:]]*Version:[[:space:]]*([^[:space:]]+).*/\1/p' unsupervised-schedular.php | head -1)"
+          echo "version=${version}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: unsupervised-schedular-${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+          path: dist/*.zip
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c254820..5ab3fcf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ composer.lock
 coverage/
 .phpunit.result.cache
 *.log
+build/
+dist/
diff --git a/bin/build-zip.sh b/bin/build-zip.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d718845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/build-zip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Build a distributable WordPress plugin zip.
+#
+# Produces dist/<slug>-<version>.zip containing a single top-level <slug>/
+# folder, ready to upload via wp-admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
+#
+# The package ships only runtime files plus an optimised, production
+# (no-dev) Composer autoloader — tests, tooling configs, docs, and dev
+# dependencies are excluded.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SLUG="unsupervised-schedular"
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+MAIN="$ROOT/$SLUG.php"
+BUILD_DIR="$ROOT/build"
+STAGE="$BUILD_DIR/$SLUG"
+DIST_DIR="$ROOT/dist"
+
+# Runtime files/directories to ship (relative to repo root).
+INCLUDE=(
+	"$SLUG.php"
+	"uninstall.php"
+	"composer.json"
+	"src"
+	"templates"
+	"assets"
+	"languages"
+)
+
+command -v composer >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "composer is required" >&2; exit 1; }
+command -v zip >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "zip is required" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+# Read the version from the plugin header so the zip is named per release.
+VERSION="$(sed -nE 's/^[[:space:]]*\*?[[:space:]]*Version:[[:space:]]*([^[:space:]]+).*/\1/p' "$MAIN" | head -1)"
+VERSION="${VERSION:-0.0.0}"
+
+echo "Building $SLUG $VERSION..."
+
+rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR"
+mkdir -p "$STAGE" "$DIST_DIR"
+
+for item in "${INCLUDE[@]}"; do
+	if [ -e "$ROOT/$item" ]; then
+		cp -R "$ROOT/$item" "$STAGE/"
+	fi
+done
+
+# Generate a production autoloader inside the staged copy.
+( cd "$STAGE" && composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction --no-progress --quiet )
+
+# Composer metadata is not needed in the shipped plugin.
+rm -f "$STAGE/composer.json" "$STAGE/composer.lock"
+
+ZIP="$DIST_DIR/$SLUG-$VERSION.zip"
+rm -f "$ZIP"
+( cd "$BUILD_DIR" && zip -rq "$ZIP" "$SLUG" -x '*.DS_Store' )
+
+echo "Built $ZIP"
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 15db79b..9ab98c2 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
         "test:coverage": "phpunit --configuration phpunit.xml --coverage-html coverage/",
         "lint": "phpstan analyse src/ --level=6 --configuration phpstan.neon",
         "cs": "phpcs --standard=phpcs.xml.dist",
-        "cs:fix": "phpcbf --standard=phpcs.xml.dist"
+        "cs:fix": "phpcbf --standard=phpcs.xml.dist",
+        "build": "bash bin/build-zip.sh"
     },
     "config": {
         "allow-plugins": {