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More than 51 contributors helped shape the 7.0.0 GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release. It’s one of the biggest number of contributors we’ve ever had.
The release includes a big number of fixes and enhancements to the Navigation blockBlockBlock 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. and marks it as a stable feature.
Navigation block in action
In terms of APIs, developers will be happy to know that this PR introduced some new APIs like allowing the internationalization of strings containing safe HTML, a new Card component in wordpress/components and a few other enhancements we encourage you to try and provide feedback.
7.0 🇷🇴
Features
Add a new Navigation block (early version)
Highlight menu items without defined URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org.
Fix full width Table block mobile regressionregressionA software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5..
A11yAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility): Add a screen reader text label for the Search block.
Introduce createInterpolateElement to allow translationtranslationThe process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. of complex strings with HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. content.
Increase WordPress minimum supported by the pluginPluginA 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 to 5.2.0.
Include WordPress eslint plugin in ReactReactReact is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. eslint ruleset in wordpress/eslint-plugin.
The following benchmark compares performance for a particularly sizeable post (~ 36000 words, ~ 1000 blocks) over the last releases. Such a large post isn’t representative of the average editing experience but is adequate for spotting variations in performance.