The WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:
Found a bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority.?Create a ticket in the bug tracker.
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/ 8.3 has been released. The team continues iterating on two big projects -Full Site Editing and Navigation Screen- while improving other areas of the editor as well.
Design Tools
This release features a few additions to the design tools for the blocks.
A new padding control was added to the cover 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.. This is an opt-in feature that themes have to declare support for via add_theme_support('experimental-custom-spacing').
Also a new link color control was added to the paragraph, heading, group, columns, and media&text blocks. It’s opt-in as well, via add_theme_support('experimental-link-color').
As part of the Contributor Day at WCEU 2020, the editor team hosted an online session to help people get started with Gutenberg. It was recorded and you can watch at:
As a result, a good number of Pull Requests were created and are part of this release! If you missed it or you want to start contributing, take a look at the Getting Started guidelines, and grab one of the Good First Issues and/or Good First Pull Requests.
And more
In addition to the above, this release consolidates a new organization of block categories that groups blocks into text, media, design, widgets, and embeds.
The block toolbar also got an upgrade and it now comes with a parent selector to improve navigation in nested contexts:
8.3 🇪🇺
Features
New padding control to cover block. (21492, 23041)
New link color control to paragraph, heading, group, columns, and media-text blocks. (22722, 23025, 23049)
New parent block selector to child blocks. (21056)
Enhancements
Blocks:
SiteTitle: add alignment and tagtagA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) level support. (22843)
Heading: use toolbar for heading level control. (20246)
LatestPost: add the ability to filterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. by author. (16169)
Add caption split at end to all caption blocks. (22934)
Add transforms between the coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. widgets that have equivalent blocks. (22644)
Interface package:
Add block areas tabbed sidebarSidebarA 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. to the widgets screen. (22467)
Use isActiveByDefault prop and local storage to determine whether it is active or not. (22381)
Add a mechanism to render them on edit site. (21430)
Sidebar reacts to screen size and refactor to use interface package. (22565)
Add a heading to the block inserter tips and to the block inserter groups (22898, 22903)
Move between nesting levels with arrow keys in navigate mode. (22614)
Add icons for image tools, other, and update list icons. (22593)
Block Navigator: Use default block appender. (22590)
Adds a default text label to the block appender when it can only insert a single block type (22293)
Make ToolbarButton APIAPIAn 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. consistent. (22961)
Implement roving tab index on the Image block. (22696)
Block Editor: Allow control over drop cap feature with useEditorFeature helper. (22291)
REST APIREST APIThe REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.:
Edit Site: Avoid dirtying un-customized templates on first load. (22876)
Edit Site: Refactor business logic into store. (22844)
Global Styles: make theme.jsonJSONJSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. shape consistent with local styles shape. (22744) and take block supports from block.json. (22698)
Edit Site: fixes to template lookup and template parts auto-drafts (22954, 23050)
Navigation screen
Use a panel for navigation structure on small screens only. (22828)
Atomic save using customizerCustomizerTool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. API endpoint. (22603)
Navigation: fix submenu keyboard 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) in IE. (22546)
Buttons: fix invalidinvalidA resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. property value for margin-right. (22211)
Remove aria-label from iframeiframeiFrame 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. resizers. (22868)
LinkControl: avoid showing “Recently updated” when there are no recently updated Pages from the API. (22856)
CopyHandler: Fix unintended Copy override when copying from input or textarea elements. (22793)
Customizer complementary area should not include the block areas. (22756)
theme.json specification: document link color feature (22929) and features integration. (22622)
Block Registration: document use of innerBlocks in example property. (22633)
Initial documentation for architecture decisions. (22751)
Reusable blocks: initial improvement to documentation. (21843)
Default to ESNext syntax in MetaBoxMetaboxA post metabox is a draggable box shown on the post editing screen. Its purpose is to allow the user to select or enter information in addition to the main post content. This information should be related to the post in some way. & Block tutorials. (22748, 22973)
Block Tutorial: fixed typo in the wp_register_script function. (22755)
Update triagetriageThe act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. to include release instructions. (22335)
Update repository management with proposed guidelines. (22679)
Move BlockDropZone reactReactReact is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. hook and update documentation. (22619)
Update PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md to include PR documentation nudge. (22681)
Code Quality
Refactor some components to use hooksHooksIn WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same.:
Latest Posts Block: add key to categoryCategoryThe 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. select box. (22904)
Rename the navigation mode BlockBreadcrumb component to BlockSelectionButton. (22882)
Extract inserter state into reusable hooks. (22710)
Replace function expressions with named function or arrow expression. (22647)
Remove unused isDraggable prop from BlockList. (22615)
Remove form control resets and include the styles in the components. (22596)
Dependency Extraction Webpack 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: add types. (22498)
Blocks: Avoid separate host matching constant for embeds. (13755)
Correct multisitemultisiteUsed to describe a WordPress installation with a network of multiple blogs, grouped by sites. This installation type has shared users tables, and creates separate database tables for each blog (wp_posts becomes wp_0_posts). See also network, blog, site support. (22613)
Update copy-dir dependency to version 1.3.0. (22682)
Create Block:
Integrate CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets. import in JSJSJavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. with esnext template. (22727)
Enhancements for the upcoming npm release. (22978)
Trigger additional widgetWidgetA WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. setup actions. (22807)
Remove the multi-block type check to make __experimentalConvert more useful. (22577)
Mousetrap: Update to latest stable version. (22548)
Performance Benchmark
The following benchmark compares performance for a particularly sizeable post (~ 36 000 words, ~ 1 000 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.
Version
Loading Time
KeyPess Event (typing)
Gutenberg 8.3
11.94s
47,75ms
Gutenberg 8.2
11.43s
47.95ms
WordPress 5.4
13.79s
39.32ms
Kudos for all the contributors that helped with the release. 👏
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