Add Prometheus metrics integration (v0.7.4)

- New Metrics settings tab with enable/disable toggle
- PrometheusController for wp_prometheus_collect_metrics hook
- License gauges: total by status, lifetime, expiring, expiring soon
- Download gauges: total downloads, active versions
- API counters: requests, rate limits, validation errors
- Metric tracking in RestApiController and UpdateController

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.7.4] - 2026-02-03
+
+### Added
+
+- **Prometheus Metrics Integration**: Expose license and API metrics for monitoring
+  - New "Metrics" settings tab with enable/disable toggle
+  - License gauges: total by status, lifetime, expiring, expiring soon
+  - Download gauges: total downloads, active versions count
+  - API counters: requests by endpoint/result, rate limit exceeded events, validation errors by type
+  - Requires [WP Prometheus](https://src.bundespruefstelle.ch/magdev/wp-prometheus) plugin
+
+### New Files
+
+- `src/Metrics/PrometheusController.php` - Prometheus metrics collection and registration
+
+### Technical Details
+
+- Hooks into `wp_prometheus_collect_metrics` action for metric collection
+- API counters stored persistently in WordPress options (`wclp_prometheus_counters`)
+- Static methods for incrementing counters from API controllers
+- Metrics only collected when enabled in settings
+
 ## [0.7.3] - 2026-02-01
 
 ### Fixed