First, we want to thank everyone who has been testing the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party and providing feedback. It’s great to see so many people helping with the project. We are collecting feedback from the call to test in the repository, if you are curious.

0.4.0 🐢

• Initial FAQ (in progress).
• APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. for handling pasted content. (Aim is to have specific handling for converting Word, Markdown, Google Docs to native WordPress blocks.)
• Added support for linking to a url on image blocks.
• Navigation between blocks using arrow keys.
• Added alternate Table block with TinyMCE functionality for adding/removing rows/cells, etc. Retired previous one.
• Parse more/noteaser comment tokens from coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
• Re-engineer the approach for rendering embed frames.
• First pass at adding aria-labels to blocks list.
• Setting up Jest for better testing environment.
• Improve performance of server-side parsing.
• Update blocks documentation with latest API functions and clearer examples.
• Use fixed position for notices.
• Make inline mode the default for Editable.
• Add actions for plugins to register frontend and editor assets.
• Supress gallery settings sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. on media library when editing gallery.
• Validate save and edit render when registering a blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience..
• Prevent media library modal from opening when loading placeholders.
• Update to sidebar design and behaviour on mobile.
• Improve font-size in inserter and latest posts block.
• Improve rendering of button block in the front end.
• Add aria-label to edit image button.
• Add aria-label to embed input url input.
• Use pointer cursor for tabs in inserter.
• Update design docs with regard to selected/unselected states.
• Improve generation of wp-block-* classes for consistency.
• Select first cell of table block when initializing.
• Fix wide and full alignment on the front-end when images have no caption.
• Fix initial state of freeform block.
• Fix ability to navigate to resource on link viewer.
• Fix clearing floats on inserter.
• Fix loading of images in library.
• Fix auto-focusing on table block being too agressive.
• Clean double reference to pegjs in dependencies.
• Include messages to ease debugging parser.
• Check for exact match for serialized content in parser tests.
• Add allow-presentation to fix issue with sandboxed iframeiframe iFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser. in Chrome.
• Declare use of classnames module consistently.
• Add translation to embed title.
• Add missing text domains and adjust PHPCSPHP Code Sniffer PHP Code Sniffer, a popular tool for analyzing code quality. The WordPress Coding Standards rely on PHPCS. to warn about them.
• Added template for creating new issues including mentions of version number.

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