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This time, due to the smaller sizes of the releases, this post contains information for both the 20.1 (22 January) and 20.2 (5 February) releases.
“What’s new in 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/…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Editor.
Although both releases were smaller in size, they contain many useful enhancements, bugfixes and more. Apart from the highlighted changes, work continued on updating the 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. settings to use the ToolsPanel. Both updates ship with 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) updates as well.
20.1 (22 January)
Content preview for pages in DataViews
Menu name shown in list view
Color pickers in Navigation, Social Icons and Post Featured ImageFeatured imageA featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. get Clear control
Changelog
20.2 (5 February)
Content block: color options for headings added
Changelog
20.1 (22 January)
Content preview for pages in DataViews
The DataViews got enhanced by a new preview functionality to show the page’s content instead of the featured image, similar to patterns and templates. You can activate this feature in the settings and switch between featured image and content preview. This setting persists across all three views, table, grid and list. (67278)
Menu name shown in list view
In the list view, the name of a menu is now shown instead of the block name “Navigation”. If the menu is changed, the name is updated as well. (68446)
Color pickers in Navigation, Social Icons and Post Featured Image get Clear control
Previously, color options at the Navigation, Social Icons and Post Featured Image blocks did not have a Clear control to easily remove the color. This applies to every color option on these blocks. (68454, 68564, 68525)
Other Notable Highlights
Enhancements
ESLint: Improve regex for valid-sprintf rule to handle ‘%%’. (68270)
Simplify sprintftranslationtranslationThe process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. for percentage widths. (68587)
Block Library
Archive Title Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67915)
Author Name: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67953)
Block Editor: Move state logic inside ‘BlockRenameModal’. (68560)
Editor: New default rendering mode for editor via post type supports. (68549)
Document Settings
Change “Swap” to “Replace” for Template Action. (68234)
DataViews
Add: Media field changing ui to Dataviews and content preview field to posts and pages. (67278)
Bug Fixes
CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Data: Check post-type support before requesting autosaves. (68680)
Fix text direction for URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org and email fields in block editor for RTL languages. (68188)
Navigation Link UIUIUser interface: Remove onClose from onSelectBlock. (67760)
Post Featured Image: Adds control to clear the the overlay color. (68525)
Site Logo: Prevent uploading multiple images via drag and drop. (68618)
Social Links: Don’t prepend URL fragments. (68655)
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.: Make example label for Comments Pagination Next block translatable. (68373)
i18n: Make example translatable in comments-pagination-previous. (68374)
Components
Duotone: Fix scrollbars displayed on Duotone Control. (67187)
Fix SCSS Media Query Compilation Issue in Storybook. (68464)
Restore Non-Themed Text Colors for optimizeReadabilityFor. (68472)
StoryBook: Fix error that could occur when loading compiled CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets.. (68526)
Site Editor
Classic theme preview: Remove adminadmin(and super admin)-bar class name. (68519)
Fix: Site Editor Template part is missing an icon in the 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.. (68653)
Navigation: Fix typo in history.navigation's function call. (68623)
Block Editor
Differentiate ‘Copy’ and ‘Copy styles’ snackbar confirmation messages. (68167)
Refactor: Separate input form styles to a dedicated stylesheet. (68501)
Update percentage strings to be translatable. (66323)
Interactivity 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.
iAPI: Fix the logic path that merges plain objects. (68579)
Accessibility
Nux: Standardize reduced motion handling using media queries. (68423)
Block Library
Fix Inconsistent Labels for Lightbox Feature. (68261)
Site Logo: Prevent focus loss when updating media from the sidebar. (68621)
Standardize reduced motion handling with media queries. (68315)
Components
Fix usage of tooltip in the Circular option picker. (68602)
Post Editor
Edit Post: Standardize reduced motion handling using media queries. (68426)
Widgets Editor
Customize Widgets: Standardize reduced motion handling using media queries. (68425)
Block Editor
Remove unnecessary CSS order property for the contrast checker in the Color hook. (68055)
[core-data] Document and add types for dynamic actions and selectors. (67668)
docs: Fix param name in gutenberg_add_can_update_block_bindings_editor_setting(). (68390)
docs: Fix return type on gutenberg_register_block_module_id(). (68393)
Block Library
Query LoopLoopThe Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop.: Remove unused styles. (68615)
Site Logo: Remove unused argument for ‘mediaUpload’ function. (68617)
Global Styles
Remove unused prop for ‘BackgroundImageControls’. (68616)
Post Editor
Document Outline: Use block client ID as unique ‘key’. (68502)
Edit Widgets and Base Styles: Standardize reduced motion handling using media queries. (68427)
Components
Standardize reduced motion handling using media queries. (68421)
Block Directory
Standardize reduced motion handling using media queries #68419. (68420)
Site Editor
Edit Site: Add tsconfig.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. validation for package. (67406)
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: Remove ESLint rule for deprecated functions. (68590)
First-time contributors
The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:
@AhmarZaidi: Update percentage strings to be translatable. (66323)
Previously, it was only possible to change colors for text, background and link on the content block. With this update, the color of all headings and each individual heading level can be changed. (67783)
Other Notable Highlights
Enhancements
Block Library
Details block: Add name attribute for exclusive accordion. (56971)
Search Results Title Block: Add dropdown menu props to Tools Panel component. (68763)
Spacer: Add dropdown menu props to Tools Panel component. (68761)
Term List Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67955)
Design Tools
Position: Refactor “Position” controls panel to use ToolsPanel instead of PanelBody. (67967)
Post-content block headerHeaderThe header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. color support. (67783)
Navigation Submenu Block: Add example preview. (68378)
Bug Fixes
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._doing_it_wrong() for experimental-link-color. (68408)
Docs: Update links to HTTPSHTTPSHTTPS is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. This is especially helpful for protecting sensitive data like banking information.. (68888)
Lint: Fix broken URL reference for stylelint user guide configuration. (68706)
Used https in main-dashboard-button.md file. (68883)
wp-env: Add phpMyAdmin and 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 to the documentation. (68125)
Code Quality
Inline Commenting: Change the PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher compat directory. (68846)
Fix: Remove invalid param from wp_register_style() in gutenberg_enqueue_stored_styles(). (68409)
Fix: setcookie() $value must be string in Gutenberg_HTTP_Signaling_Server::Handle_read_pending_messages(). (68411)
Block Library
Gallery: Remove unused inline menu styles. (68776)
Move HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. element help messages to the block library utils. (68708)
Unify block title with a strict title case. (51912)
Video: Fix reactReactReact is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. component warning error. (68762)
Post Editor
Editor: Children prop to accept ReactNode. (68839)
Editor: Combine selectors in the ‘Header’ component. (68697)
Editor: Standardize reduced motion handling using media queries. (68424)
Components
Box Control: Add Runtime Check & Conditional Types for presets and presetKey Props. (68385)
Remove unnecessary Tooltip component from linked button. (68498)
Block Editor
Clean up unused utils of spacing size control. (68794)
Template Editor
Editor: Update post-type support key for new default rendering mode. (68745)
Tools
Build Tooling
Fix Duplicate Entries for 19.7.0 in changelog.txt. (68836)
E2E: Fix WP Editor 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 test. (68872)
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