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It’s been two weeks since 11.4, so it’s time for another 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, 11.5!
This update includes 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. Gap support, improved support for Flex Layouts, performance improvements, and additional design tools.
Theme / Block Gap Support
Block Gap support adds the ability for blocks to opt-in to a control that allows users to choose the distance between items within a block.
With Block Gap support in place, it has also been added to the Columns, Title, and Navigation blocks.
Buttons in the the Buttons Block move closer together or farther apart as the Block Gap is changed.
Flex Layout Highlights
Following the introduction of Flex Layout in 11.2.0, now Flex Layouts are supported within the Social Links and Group blocks! The Social Links block now has a ‘flex’ justification option, for automatic best-fit.
There is also a new variation of the Group block that allows for flex layout. You can try it out by choosing “Row” from the block inserter.
Social Icons change flow when flex justification is selected.
Site Title and Logo Inside Navigation Block
It’s now possible to build your site logo or title directly into menus, enabling new design possibilities! Insert, and modify the title or logo that you prefer, using design tools, then re-order for your ideal look.
A Site Logo is added to a Navigation Block, then resized and placed.
Global Styles
Global styles are now available to themes by default, allowing block, theme, and patterns to have a reliable set of styles provided by coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
Themes are now able to selectively disable text and background colors. This allows theme authors to provide exactly the experience they’d like to provide users, whether allowing custom colors, gradients, or only their curated selections.
Other Notable Highlights
The Heading Levels menu has been redesigned, and is now vertical, making it easier to visualize the hierarchy.
New vertical Heading Levels menu, with H2 selected.
11.5.0
Features
Design Tools
Block Support: Add gap block support feature. (33991)
Enhancements
AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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)
Media Placeholder: Change media URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org input type to allow a local URL path. (29138)
Block Library
Columns Block: Use blockGap between Columns blocks. (34456)
Query Pagination Next/Previous: Add an arrow attribute and sync next/previous block’s arrow. (33656)
Site Logo Block: Update block description to be concise. (34471)
Site Title Block: Update block description to be concise. (34475)
Social Links Block: Use the new flex layout. (34493)
Video Block: Use existing video poster image on insert. (34415)
Components
MenuItem: Add right padding for unchecked radio and checkbox items. (34406)
ToggleGroupControl: Update stories to use knobs. (34497)
Core Data
Add isRawAttribute to entity configuration. (34388)
Design Tools
Add wide alignment control only if theme provides layout.wideSize. (34586)
Update justification control in flex layout. (34651)
ToolsPanel: Change icon from horizontal to vertical ellipsis. (34369)
Full Site Editing
Limit FSE adminadmin(and super admin) notices to the Themes screen. (34353)
Global Styles
Allow disabling text and background color via theme.json. (34420)
Make global styles available to all themes. (34334)
i18ni18nInternationalization, or the act of writing and preparing code to be fully translatable into other languages. Also see localization. Often written with a lowercase i so it is not confused with a lowercase L or the numeral 1. Often an acquired skill.
Add context to ‘none’ strings for better translations. (34341)
Make permalinks documentation URL translatable. (34282)
Add default editor styles applied to themes without theme.json and without editor styles. (34439)
Widgets Editor
Add ‘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. Group’ block to widgets screens. (34484)
Allow themes with theme.json to opt-out of block gap styles. (34491)
Bug Fixes
Accessibility
Fix button block focus trap after a URL has been added. (34314)
Block Editor
Fix menu item padding 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.. (34435)
Heading Block, Paragraph Block: Fix long strings of text without spaces overflow the block. (34222)
Gallery Block: Fix 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. with stalled upload when image size too large. (34371)
Gallery Block: Fix media placeholder height in site editor. (34629)
Gallery Block: Fix problem with overflowing captions on new gallery block format. (34402)
Latest Posts: Fix various ReactReactReact is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. warnings in development log. (34428)
Border Controls: Display color indicator and check selected color. (34467)
Border Support: Fix check for displaying border support panel. (34516)
Gap block support: Force gap change to cause the block to re-render (fix Safari issue). (34567)
Letter Spacing: Group letter spacing correctly under typography supports. (34515)
Global Styles
Fix block-level global styles color panels. (34293)
Font Appearance Control: Fix error in global styles for Site Title in TT1-Blocks. (34520)
MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Boxes
Change default value of enableCustomFields to undefined. (33931)
Fix 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. reordering. (30617)
Packages
Blocks: Register block when 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. value provided for the icon. (34350)
Core Data: Add ‘include’ to the query key. (34583)
Core Data: Use resolveSelect instead of select in saveEntityRecord. (34584)
Interface: Block Toolbar & Popover component – Prevent sticky position from causing permanently obscured areas of the selected block. (33981)
Scripts: Only use svgr/webpack in js files. (34394)
Scripts: Convert legacy entry point arguments for compatibility with webpack 5. (34264)
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/.
Default batch processor: Respect the batch endpoint’s maxItems. (34280)
Widgets Editor
Fix Block Settings 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. unexpectedly collapsing. (34543)
Legacy widget’s preview functionality is broken when the page is moved. (34384)
Prevent focus trap in Legacy Widget block’s preview 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.. (33614)
Performance
Block Editor
Improve the getBlock and getBlocks performance. (34241)
Rich Text: Replace global event handlers with local ones. (34492)
Rich text (core): OnFocus method can be replaced with HTMLElement.focus. (32054)
Use Setting: Consolidate the PATHS_WITH_MERGE constant to one instance. (34407)
Block Library
Gallery Block: Add docblockdocblock(phpdoc, xref, inline docs) comments to the new gallery 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.. (34562)
Gallery Block: Remove IE specific CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets. hacks. (34372)
Button Block: Replace global shortcut event handlers with local ones. (34498)
Navigation Block: Refactor to use generic classnames. (34171)
Navigation Link Block: Replace global shortcut event handlers with local ones. (34500)
Fix linting error in trunktrunkA directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision.. (34464)
Linting: Remove global event listener warning. (34528)
More work on the stability of the performance metrics. (34229)
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
Added janw-me to the Codeowners for the PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher FSE folder. (32990)
Jest Preset: Restore the default setting for the verbose option. (34327)
Make Test_Widget compatible with WP_Widget. (34355)
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
KeyPress Event (typing)
Gutenberg 11.5
6.71s
40.42ms
Gutenberg 11.4
6.80s
44.79ms
WordPress 5.8
7.53s
50.72ms
Kudos to all the contributors that helped with the release! 👏
Thanks to @beafialho and @joen for the release post assets, @priethor for coordination and review, @youknowriad for release and tools wrangling, @mamaduka for answers and help throughout, and @talldanwp for inviting me to shadow a release in preparation.
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