What’s new in Gutenberg 17.2? (6 December)

“What’s new in GutenbergGutenberg The 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 Site Editor project (formerly called Full Site Editing).



Gutenberg 17.2 has been released and is available for download! This release includes a few improvements for the Site Editing experience — including the ability to drag and drop to the top and bottom of the document and sticky table headers —, improvements to the Interactivity 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. docs, and a lot of Bug fixes and other improvements. Let’s take a closer look!

  1. Allow dragging and dropping onto the beginning and end of a document.
  2. Sticky table headers and pagination.
  3. Toolbar for the Distraction-Free Mode
  4. Other notable highlights
  5. Changelog
  6. Contributors

Allow dragging and dropping onto the beginning and end of a document.


Improves the experience of dragging and dropping Blocks onto the very top and/or bottom of the document by virtually enlarging the area — this doesn’t have a visual impact on the rest of the editing experience or on the front end, and makes it a much less finicky experience! (#56070)

Sticky table headers and pagination.


These provide extra context when scrolling down on large datasets, saving us from scrolling back up every time we inevitably forget what each column is supposed to contain, or which page you’re currently looking at. (#56157)

Toolbar for the Distraction-Free Mode


The 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. Toolbar will now slide into view by moving your mouse to the top of the editor when using Distraction-Free mode. (#56295)

Other notable highlights

  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. data revisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision.: Extend support to other post types. (#56353)
  • Render htmlHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. in post titles in visual mode and edit HTML in post title in code view. (#54718)
  • Interactivity API: Use modules instead of scripts in the frontend. (#56143)

Changelog

Features

Modules API

  • Interactivity API: Use modules instead of scripts in the frontend. (56143)

Enhancements

  • Add translator comments for strings containing date formats. (56531)
  • Block Theme Preview: Display the theme name on the activate button. (55752)
  • Core data revisions: Extend support to other post types. (56353)
  • Improve tooltip for parent blocks on the block toolbar. (56146)
  • Simplify template author token. (56566)
  • Style engine: Allow CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. var output for fontSize and fontFamily and update documentation. (56528)
  • Try: Change “Detach pattern” to “Detach”. (56323)
  • useEntityRecord: Improve unit tests. (56415)

Components

  • Add focus rings to focusable disabled buttons. (56383)
  • DropdownMenu V2 tweaks. (56041)
  • DropdownMenu V2: Add support for rendering in legacy popover slot. (56342)
  • FormToggle: Refine animation. (56515)
  • Slot: Add styles prop to bubblesVirtually version. (56428)
  • Tabs: Cleanup and improvements. (56224)
  • Try Ariakit Select for new CustomSelectControl component. (55790)

Block Editor

  • Block Settings: Only display parent block selector on small screens. (56431)
  • Drag and drop: Allow dragging to the beginning and end of a document. (56070)
  • List View: Expand state if a block is dragged to within a collapsed block in the editor canvas. (56493)

Data Views

  • Data list view: Make filterFilter Filters 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. row, table headerHeader The 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., and pagination sticky. (56157)
  • Simplify dataviews view button. (56485)
  • Update data view menu item actions. (56398)

Global Styles

  • Global style revisions: Redesign style revision items. (55913)
  • Global styles revisions: Migrate API call to getRevisions(). (56349)
  • Style Revisions: Remove style revisions dropdown menu. (56454)

Site Editor

  • Add ‘View site’ action to ‘Site updated’ snackbar. (52693)
  • Add the Post Author component to the Page 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.. (56368)
  • Redirect to main page menu if page record not found. (56177)

Layout

  • Add layout classes to legacy Group inner container. (56130)
  • Add setting to disable custom content size controls. (56236)

Patterns

  • Small tweaks to CreatePatternModal. (56016)
  • Update Labels in Block Inserter (block patterns tab). (55986)

Icons

  • Update trashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days. icon. (56569)

Block Library

  • Disable block renaming support for Nav Link block. (56425)

Distraction Free

  • Add top toolbar to distraction free mode. (56295)

CSS & Styling

  • Gallery Block: Use styled scrollbars for image captions. (56252)

Typography

  • Font Library: Remove insecure properties. (56230)

New APIs

  • Revisions: Add new selectors to fetch entity revisions. (54046)

Interactivity API

  • MigrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. to the new store() API. (55459)

Bug Fixes

  • Core data: Harmonize getRevision selector and resolver function signatures. (56416)
  • Editor styles: Scope without adding specificity. (56564)
  • Fix Restore Post title placeholder. (56580)
  • Post Schedule Panel: Remove text overflow ellipsis. (56319)
  • Rich text: Pad multiple spaces through en/em replacement. (56341)
  • Site Editor: Add a fallback template showing the title and content for the post only mode. (56509)
  • useEntityRecord: Do not trigger REST APIREST API The 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/. requests when disabled. (56108)

Block Editor

  • (RichText)(Workaround)(17.1.x) Fallback to a string arg in collapseWhiteSpace() if value is not a string. (56570)
  • Cover block: Pass dropZoneElement reference to fix dragging within cover block area. (56312)
  • PostCSS style transformation: Fail gracefully instead of throwing an error. (56093)
  • Undeprecate the ‘__experimentalImageSizeControl’ component. (56414)
  • useMovingAnimation: Clear translate3d rule when animation is finished. (56410)

Block Library

  • File block: Remove anchor tagtag A 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.) when copy pasting to file name. (56508)
  • Fix label of columns inspector panel. (56647)
  • Post Template: Fix incorrect offset query. (56440)

Components

  • Design Tools: Fix last ToolsPanelItem styling. (56536)
  • Fix FormTokenField suggestions broken scrollbar when __experimentalExpandOnFocus is defined. (56426)
  • Tabs: Fix flaky unit tests. (55950)

Global Styles

  • Additional CSS: Fix on change validation. (56434)
  • Global styles revisions: Update isResolving flag. (56491)
  • Spacing: Fix block error if spacing unit array empty in theme.jsonJSON JSON, 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.. (56306)

Post Editor

  • Editor: Fix issue where createBlock in block template caused list view collapse. (56666)
  • Save post button: Avoid extra re-renders when enablng/disabling tooltip. (56502)

CSS & Styling

  • Reduce specificity of default Cover text color styles. (56411)
  • Restore Post Title visual styles in Code View mode. (56582)

Site Editor

  • Fix template resolution for templates assigned as home page. (56418)
  • Site Editor Sidebar: Fix actions vertical alignment. (56218)

Modules API

  • Modules: Fix import map polyfill not being copied on the generated 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 ZIP. (56655)

Saving

  • Editor: Reinstate anonymous callback for saved post state. (56529)

Plugin

  • Update Readme.txt tested up to 6.4. (56427)

Patterns

  • Fix issue with template in replace template screen. (56407)

Layout

  • Fix issue where layout classnames are injected for blocks without layout support. (56187)

Typography

  • Font Library: Fix fonts not displaying correctly. (55393)

Colors

  • Duotone: Backportbackport A port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch. from Core to fix filters in classic themes. (54778)

AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (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)

Data Views

  • DataViews: Make disabled pagination buttons focusable. (56422)

Block Library

  • Image Block: Enable image block to be selected correctly when clicked. (56043)

Block Editor

  • Tooltip: Don’t render buttons tooltip when show button text labels is enabled. (55842)

Components

  • Improve Button saving state accessibility. (55547)

Patterns

  • Fix focus loss after converting to a synced pattern. (55473)

Site Editor

  • Migrating StyleBook to use updated Composite implementation. (55344)

Performance

  • Avoid calling postcss when not needed. (56601)

Block Editor

  • Optimize ‘Connections’ inspector controls. (56443)

Global Styles

  • Make search more responsive for block type list. (56139)

Experiments

Data Views

  • DataViews: Document view.layout. (56637)
  • DataViews: Extract common constants to file. (56251)
  • DataViews: Rename InFilter component to FilterSummary. (56506)
  • DataViews: Scope names of V2 UIUI User interface components. (56503)
  • DataViews: Update field API to generate filters based on type. (55996)
  • DataViews: Update filter component. (56110)
  • Dataviews: Add confirmation step before deleting a page. (56504)
  • Dataviews: Add preview and grid view in templates list. (56382)
  • Dataviews: Grid layout refinements. (56441)
  • Dataviews: Remove link from author. (56467)
  • Dataviews: Update item actions in grid view. (56501)
  • Fix data view menu item radius. (56395)

Post Editor

  • Render html in post titles in visual mode and edit HTML in post title in code view. (54718)

Documentation

  • Add the attributes definition page to the create block tutorial of the platform documentation. (56429)
  • Add the transforms page to the create block tutorial of the platform documentation. (56559)
  • Add thee block supports page to the create block tutorial of the framework docs. (56483)
  • Added clarifications and examples to “Get started with wp-scripts”. (56298)
  • Block Editor: Fix typo in URLInput‘s onKeyDown prop documentation. (56322)
  • Bring back non-JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. tabs in block editor handbook. (56561)
  • Docs: Fix incorrect build script description in script package. (56332)
  • Docs: Fundamentals of Block Development – File structure of a block. (56551)
  • Docs: Fundamentals of Block Development – Registration of a block. (56334)
  • Docs: Fundamentals of Block Development – The block wrapper. (56596)
  • Docs: Fundamentals of Block Development – Working with JavascriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. in the Block Editor. (56553)
  • Docs: Fundamentals of Block Development – block.json. (56435)
  • Docs: Improve downloadBlob example. (56225)
  • Documentation – Block Editor Handbook – Add end user documentation about Block Editor as a resource on the Landing Page of the Block Editor Handbook. (49854)
  • Fix overly complex code example in ComboboxControl readme. (56365)
  • Fix version in useSetting deprecation notice. (56377)
  • Fundamentals block development – landing and first pages. (56584)
  • Fundamentals of Block Development – fix save definition. (56605)
  • Interactivity API: New store() API documentation. (56764)
  • Interactivity API: Update TS/JSDocs after migrating to the new store() API. (56748)
  • Link preview image to live example using WordPress Playground. (56292)
  • NavigableContainers: Fix doc typo in onKeyDown prop. (56352)
  • Release docs: Add new section about troubleshooting the release. (56436)
  • Remove all {% codetabs %} instances and any vanilla JS references. (56121)
  • Simplify code example in ToggleControl component readme. (56389)
  • Text and Heading: Improve documentation around default values and truncation logic. (56518)
  • Theme JSON schema: Add heading/button key to color definition. (55674)
  • Update for 6.4.1 for versions in WP. (56216)
  • Update references to the gutenberg-examples repo to the new block-development-examples. (56119)
  • Update template name in create-block command. (56281)
  • Update webpack options for wp-scripts in README.md. (56314)
  • BoxControl: Update story and refactor to Typescript. (56462)

Code Quality

  • Blocks pkg: Remove ‘browser’ dependencies. (56433)
  • DataViews: Code Quality remove some unused props from action. (56477)
  • Editor: Move the template focus modes to the editor store. (56472)
  • Extract a PostPanelRow component from the different sidebar panels. (56238)
  • Interactivity API: Add missing changelog entry for the new store() API. (56611)
  • Move the DisableNonContentBlocks component to the editor package. (56423)
  • Post Schedule Panel: Fix Sass deprecation warning for division. (56412)
  • Remove compatibility layer for WP 6.2. (56464)
  • Unify the PostSchedule component between site and post editors. (56196)
  • Update: Refactor useAddedBy to use authorText and originalSource fields. (56568)

Block Library

  • Add align support to the image block – alternative. (55954)
  • Backmerge block renaming fixes/refactors from 6.4 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". into Gutenberg trunktrunk A 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.. (56386)
  • Pattern placeholder: Remove duplicate ‘useDispatch’ hook. (56397)

Components

  • Remove incorrect version from deprecated __nextHasNoMarginBottom prop of AnglePickerControl Component. (56336)
  • Revert “DropdownMenu V2: Add support for rendering in legacy popover slot”. (56484)

Block Editor

  • Migrating block editor BlockPatternsList component. (56210)
  • useInnerBlocksProps: Stabilise dropZoneElement prop. (56313)

Data Views

  • Dataviews: Ensure items and fields are using a unique id. (56366)

Design Tools

  • Fix: Theme.json font settings in unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression.. (56309)

Tools

  • Workflows: Update ‘days-before-stale’ for flaky test report issues. (56585)
  • scripts: Update jest-dev-server to v9. (56552)

Testing

  • Dataviews: Add first end-to-end tests. (56634)
  • Migrate ‘align hook’ end-to-end tests to Playwright. (56480)
  • Migrate ‘block directory’ end-to-end tests to Playwright. (56593)
  • Migrate ‘block icons’ end-to-end tests to Playwright. (56610)
  • Migrate ‘custom taxonomies’ end-to-end test to Playwright. (56486)
  • Migrate ‘sidebar permalink’ end-to-end tests to Playwright. (56253)
  • Migrate Is Typing Test to Playwright. (56616)
  • Page spec: Merging create page and toggle preview tests. (56129)
  • Playwright Utils: Fix the method of getting post ID in ‘publishPost’. (56421)
  • end-to-end tests: Merge Puppeteer into single job, split Playwright further. (56363)

Build Tooling

  • Add missing labels to changelog script, and enhance mapping function. (55066)
  • Create block: Update interactive-template to the new store() API. (56613)

Security

  • WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg: Add nested indexed array schema sanitization. (56447)

Various

  • Add: Author text and original source to wp_template_part. (56567)

Data Views

  • Dataviews: All Templates: Add filters to template author. (56338)
  • Dataviews: All templates: Add: Sorting to template author and add author_text to the rest API. (56333)

Block Editor

  • Migrating BlockPatternSetup to use updated Composite implementation. (55425)
  • Migrating InserterListbox to use updated Composite implementation. (56246)

HTML API

  • Backport updates from Core. (56578)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @andrewhayward @andrewserong @annezazu @apeatling @arthur791004 @bph @brookewp @chad1008 @chiilog @ciampo @DAreRodz @dmsnell @draganescu @ellatrix @fabiankaegy @flootr @fluiddot @fullofcaffeine @geriux @getdave @glendaviesnz @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jffng @jorgefilipecosta @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @luisherranz @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @megane9988 @NekoJonez @ntsekouras @oandregal @ramonjd @richtabor @ryanwelcher @SavPhill @Soean @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @vcanales @youknowriad @zaguiini

Many thanks to @annezazu for the assist when publishing the plugin, @jameskoster for designing graphics for this post, and @draganescu, @ramonjd, @scruffian and @cbravobernal for gathering highlights!

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What’s new in Gutenberg 17.0? (9 November)

“What’s new in GutenbergGutenberg The 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.

Gutenberg 17.0 has been released and is available for download!

WordPress 6.4 “Shirley” became available earlier this week. Despite this significant milestone, the Gutenberg 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 continues to iterate with a new version: Gutenberg 17.0. This release focuses on maintenance with improvements in performance and accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (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), along with a few new features.

  1. Command Palette: improved contextual suggestions when editing patterns
  2. DropdownMenu: a glimpse into the next-gen WordPress components
  3. LinkControl visual cues
  4. Iterating on Accessibility and Performance
  5. Changelog
  6. First-time contributors
  7. Full contributor list

Command Palette: improved contextual suggestions when editing patterns

The popular Command Palette keeps getting better! Since this release, editing patterns inside the site editor will suggest pattern-related commands that adjust better to the context, such as renaming and duplicating the pattern. Small quality-of-life changes like this are what make the Command Palette a joy to use, and future iterations will surely bring us many more improvements in this direction!

As part of the ongoing efforts to refine the components that power the 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. Editor, Gutenberg 17.0 brings a new, alternative implementation of the DropdownMenu component based on the Ariakit open-source library. This implementation, although still experimental, offers a good glimpse at what the future of WordPress components holds.

As a reminder, you can check and play with this and other components in the Components Storybook!

Additional visual cues for LinkControl

When searching through the LinkControl, new Block and Home icons are added next to results related to the home and front pages, respectively. These visual cues intend to make finding what you’re looking for easier.

Iterating on Accessibility and Performance

As usual, this Gutenberg release provides a few iterative performance and accessibility improvements.

On the accessibility side of things, it’s worth noting the Autocomplete Voiceover now announces suggestions, among other a11yAccessibility Accessibility (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) enhancements to the Navigation block and Query LoopLoop The 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. block. Regarding performance, some controls like duotone, layout, and alignment have been optimized.

Changelog

Full changelog available here

Enhancements

  • Add blogblog (versus network, site) icon to the blog home page in LinkControl search results. (55610)
  • Add home icon to the front page in LinkControl results. (55606)

Block Theme Preview

  • Block Theme Preview: Display loading state when activating. (55658)

Block Toolbar

  • Improve toolbar button focus visual. (55523)

Components

  • Add new ariakit-based DropdownMenu component. (54939)
  • Update InputControl and SelectControl default heights. (55490)
  • Update ariakit to version 0.3.5. (55365)

Block Editor

  • Adjust the padding of the categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. item to make it visually balanced. (55598)

Patterns

  • Suggest commands when editing pattern in site editor. (55332)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix autocomplete trigger character detection. (55301)
  • Fix typo in FontCollection. (55439)

Block Editor

  • Block Editor: Avoid rendering empty Slot for block alignments. (55689)
  • Block Example: Avoid a crash when block is not registered. (55686)

Command Palette

  • Command Palette: Fix a crash when transform to a block without icon. (55676)
  • Fix: LinkControl on site editor does not show font page and post page indication. (55694)
  • Fix: LinkControl on widgets editor does not show font page and post page indication. (55732)

Interactivity 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.

  • Fix: Update page title when using enhanced pagination in query loop. (55446)

Block Library

  • Fix: Post terms block: Missing options for prefix and suffix when the…. (55726)
  • Ensure Term Description block is registered in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. (55669)
  • Fix #55679 missing space in the string. (55682)
  • Image block: Wrap images with hrefs in an A tagtag A 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.). (55470)
  • Image: Improve focus management in lightbox. (55428)
  • Image: Update default fullscreen icon for lightbox trigger. (55463)
  • Navigation block: Remove browser default padding from the two submenu buttons. (50943)
  • Query Loop: Disallow “enhanced pagination” with core blocks that may contain third-party blocks. (55539)
  • Query block enhanced pagination: Detect inner plugin blocks during render. (55714)
  • Query: Require queryId for enhanced pagination to prevent PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher notices. (55720)
  • Update label for lightbox editor UIUI User interface. (55724)
  • [Block] File: Fix embedded PDF files in Safari. (55667)

Patterns

  • Fix bugbug A 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 authors and contributors not seeing user pattern categories. (55553)
  • Fix pattern category renaming causing potential duplicate categories. (55607)

Post Editor

  • Edit Post: Fix revision button misalignment. (55659)
  • Preferences modal: Fix the position of sticky heading when blocks are hidden. (55456)
  • Fix: Add __next40pxDefaultSize to author select in PostAuthor. (55597)

Site Editor

  • Fix the ‘Slug’ display for draft pages. (55774)

Data Views

  • List all users in author filterFilter Filters 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.. (55723)
  • Don’t register dataviews postype and taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. if experiment is disabled. (55743)

Design Tools

  • Remove default dimensions controls from core/avatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name.. (55596)

Interactivity API

  • Fix server processing of an empty data-wp-context directive. (55482)
  • Make duotone support compatible with enhanced pagination. (55415)
  • Make layout support compatible with enhanced pagination. (55416)

Global Styles

  • Fix duotone not showing in site editor style block level styles. (55361)

Accessibility

Block Library

  • Navigation block: Change aria-haspopup to dialog. (55466)

Components

  • Autocomplete: Fix Voiceover not announcing suggestions. (54902)

Interactivity API

  • Query Loop: Update modal role and focus first element. (54507)

Performance

  • Add useSettings hook for reading multiple settings at once. (55337)
  • Block Editor: Optimize ‘Layout’ controls. (55754)
  • Block Editor: Optimize ‘anchor’ inspector controls. (55721)
  • Block Editor: Optimize ‘duotone’ controls. (55753)
  • Block Editor: Optimize alignment toolbar controls. (55692)
  • Start logging site editor metrics in codevitals. (55759)
  • useAvailableAlignments: Avoid useSelect subscription when alignments array is empty. (55449)

Experiments

Data Views

  • TrashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days. Data View: Use trash icon. (55771)
  • Add quick actions. (55488)
  • Update icons and design tweaks. (55391)
  • Add ability to persist dataviews on the database. (55465)
  • Extract search from filters. (55722)
  • Limit users to those who have published pages. (55455)
  • List all pages, not only those with publish and draft statuses. (55476)
  • Add: Default readonly views to dataviews. (55740)
  • Add: Possibility to tree shake DataViewsProvider. (55641)

Form block

  • Blocks: Capitalize title and end the description with a period. (55728)
  • Update copy. (55468)
  • Allow using groups and columns inside the experimental form block. (55758)

Collaborative Editing

  • Remove dangling comma causing PHPUnit failures. (55494)
  • [Try] HTTPHTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. based PHP signaling server for colaborative editing. (53922)

Documentation

  • Adds a few grammar fixes to block-registration documentation. (55663)
  • Block JSONJSON JSON, 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. schema: Add heading/button key to color definition. (55675)
  • DataViews: Document data and filters. (55504)
  • Docs: Fix some typos. (55654)
  • Docs: 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. Block editor handbook – create-block before wp-scripts. (55534)
  • Fix: Typos inside /docs. (55472)
  • Scripts: Fix typo in readme. (55531)
  • Update links to point to getting started guides. (55479)
  • docs: Fix end-to-end test documentation formatting. (55631)

Code Quality

  • Use PostCSS + PostCSS plugins for style transformation. (49521)
  • CS: Remove redundant ignore annotations. (55615)
  • Chore: Fix: Potential access to properties of undefined object. (55697)
  • Fix: Add missing defaultStatuses on PagePages. (55761)
  • Resizeable box (for resizing cover block) should use after block popover slot. (55784)
  • Update: Code quality: Use for each instead of map. (55798)
  • Update: Remove path awareness from data-views specific code. (55695)
  • Update: Remove useless self assignment. (55696)
  • Backportbackport A port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch. updates from Core during the 6.4 release cycle. (55703)

Data Views

  • DataViews: Iterate on filter’s API. (55440)
  • DataViews: Pass search filter as global, unattached from fields. (55475)
  • DataViews: Remove string from pages sidebar. (55510)
  • Rename TextFilter to Search. (55731)
  • Remove unused file dataview context. (55775)

Block Library

  • Pattern: Unlock the private hook outside the component. (55792)

Patterns

  • Change pattern category taxonomy public param to false. (55748)

Tools

  • Replace ‘npx’ with ‘node’ on test-playwright.js file’. (55616)
  • wp-env: Fix errors which prevent it from working without internet. (53547)
  • [create-block] Add ABSPATH check. (55533)

Testing

  • E2E: Revert typing delay on the autocomplete mentions test. (55132)
  • Fix flaky ‘Switch to Draft’ action in Preview end-to-end tests. (55772)
  • Migrate ‘Site Title block’ end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55704)
  • Migrate ‘block context’ end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55793)
  • Performance tests: Fix canvas locator timeout. (55441)
  • Scripts: Fix default Playwright configuration. (55453)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

Full contributor list

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @ajlende @alexstine @aristath @artemiomorales @arthur791004 @aurooba @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @ciampo @DAreRodz @dcalhoun @derekblank @dmsnell @fluiddot @garibiza @geriux @glendaviesnz @iamsadi22 @jameskoster @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @KevinBatdorf @luisherranz @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @noahtallen @ntsekouras @oandregal @parikshit-adhikari @peterwilsoncc @ramonjd @richtabor @SergeyBiryukov @SiobhyB @Soean @strarsis @swissspidy @t-hamano @talldan @WunderBart @youknowriad


Props to @saxonafletcher for designing assets for this post and @richtabor for proofreading.

#block-editor, #core-editor, #gutenberg, #gutenberg-new

Hallway Hangout: Issues Triage Extending Gutenberg

In many conversations, the question comes up about what the stage is on getting more extensibility features, hooksHooks In 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., and filters into the 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. editor. In the GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Repository, there are approximately 110 issues labeled with “Extensibility” and 20 with “Blocks Adoption”

If you are interested in discussing those issue and how they can be solved, you are invited to join Tammie Lister, Fabian Kägy, myself and others to have an informal conversation on what the next steps are for each issue to move it forward. 

Join us for Hallway Hangout: Issues Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. Extending Gutenberg on November 10th at 16:00 UTC
The Zoom link will be shared in time in the #core-editor channel. 

Props for review @fabiankaegy @karmatosed and @mamaduka

Editor Chat Agenda: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023

Facilitator and notetaker: @andraganescu.

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat scheduled for Wednesday, 1 November 2023, 03:00 PM GMT+1

This meeting is held in the #core-editor channel in Making WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..

  • Announcements
  • Project updates
  • Open Floor

If you are not able to attend the meeting, you are encouraged to share anything relevant to the discussion:

  • If you have an update for the main site editing projects, please feel free to share it as a comment or come prepared for the meeting itself.
  • If you have anything to share for the Task Coordination section, please leave it as a comment on this post.
  • If you have anything to propose for the agenda or other specific items related to those listed above, please leave a comment below.
#agenda, #core-editor, #core-editor-agenda, #meeting

What’s new in Gutenberg 16.9? (25 October)

“What’s new in GutenbergGutenberg The 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 Site Editor project (formerly called Full Site Editing).

Decorative image that reads "What's new in Gutenberg 16.9?"

Gutenberg 16.9 has been released and is available for download!

The latest release includes several new enhancements, loads of bugbug A 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. fixes, and continued work on Phase 3 features.

Rename (almost) all blocks from the editor

After a successful implementation of renaming Group blocks in Gutenberg 16.7 and feedback that the feature should be opened up, version 16.9 lets you rename nearly every block. A bonus for this feature is that theme authors can use this to label blocks in their theme templates and patterns.

Two panels shown next to each other. The first is a "Rename" field for customizing a block's name. The second is the "List View" in the block editor with the block highlighted to be renamed.

There are a few blocks that cannot be renamed:

  • core/block
  • core/template-part
  • core/pattern
  • core/navigation

Duplicate and rename patterns and more

Pattern management is getting a lot of nice feature additions. For individual patterns, you can now rename or duplicate them:

A block pattern showing a demo quotation. Above it is a dropdown menu with Rename, Duplicate, Export as JSON, and Delete options.

You can also rename or delete pattern categories directly from the user interface:

Patterns shown in the Site Editor in WordPress. At the top of the menu, a dropdown shows with Rename and Delete options for managing the current pattern category.

Gutenberg 16.9 also introduces two new media categories: Audio and Video. This should help better organize patterns by media type.

Other Notable Highlights

  • The Dimensions design tool control’s layout is much improved (55060).
  • The Template Part 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. now falls back to the current theme is there is no theme attribute provided (55217).
  • ​​A ton of CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Level 4 viewport-relative units are now supported for more flexible control over various sizing options (54415).
  • getEntityRecords() calls now return pagination totals in the returned data (55164).

Changelog

Features

Create Block

  • Introduce the transformer property. (55423)

Data Views

  • Enable users to sort by date. (55388)

Block Library

  • Enable Block Renaming support for (almost) all blocks. (54426)

Enhancements

Command 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.

  • Add block-specific commands as contextual suggestions [#53539]. (53974)

Components

  • Add Tabs (a composable TabPanel v2). (53960)
  • Add type="button" to vanilla <button> elements. (55125)
  • ConfirmDialog: Ts unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. storybook. (54954)
  • GradientPicker: Remove padding and disable overflow of color picker popovers. (55265)
  • Migrate Composite component from reakit to ariakit. (54225)
  • Remove margins from Notice component. (54800)

Patterns

  • Add duplicate pattern command. (55292)
  • Add rename command. (55188)
  • Add rename/delete options for pattern categories in site editor. (55035)
  • Register new media related categories. (55236)
  • Use modal for pattern duplication flow as workaround for changing sync status. (54764)

Block Editor

  • Migrating DownloadableBlocksList to use updated Composite implementation. (55272)

Block Library

  • Improve DimensionsTool control layout. (55060)
  • Template Part block: Fall back to current theme if no theme attribute is given. (55217)

Post Editor

  • Editor: Introduce PluginPostExcerpt slot. (55200)
  • Editor: Use hooksHooks In 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. instead of HoCs in PostExcerpt. (55189)

Design Tools

  • Allow using CSS level 4 viewport-relative units. (54415)
  • Add changelog entry for #54415. (55201)
  • Remove 16:10 from 10:16 options from AspectRatioDropdown. (55053)

Data Views

  • Add drop down with action in headers. (55293)

Icons

  • Update fullscreen icon. (55021)

Format Library

  • Link format: Auto link pasted urls. (55195)

Site Editor

  • Migrating AddCustomTemplateModalContent to use updated Composite implementation. (55256)

Private APIs

  • Update consent string for using private APIs. (55182)

New APIs

  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Data: Retrieve the pagination totals in the getEntityRecords calls. (55164)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

  • PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher notice when an image with lightbox is deleted. (55370)
  • Cover Block: Check for previously uploaded media before setting the dimRatio. (55422)
  • Cover: Fix media type check in the onSelectMedia hook. (55168)
  • Fix Block Rename UIUI User interface perf regressionregression A 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.. (55250)
  • Fix PHP notice when an image with lightbox is deleted in the behaviors file. (55385)
  • Fix: Wrong condition on cover block dimRatioToClass. (55356)
  • Focus submenu button when clicked. (55198)
  • Hide footnotes block from the inserter. (55058)
  • Image: Fix Lightbox display bug in Classic Themes. (54837)
  • Latest Posts: Add screen reader title text to Read more links and use alternative to excerpt_more filterFilter Filters 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.. (55029)
  • Latest Posts: Sync updates from Core (6.4). (55181)
  • List View: Change the aria-description attribute to aria-describedby. (55264)
  • Query LoopLoop The 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. block: Reuse existing screen-reader-text CSS class for the enhanced pagination aria-live region. (55309)

Site Editor

  • Alternative: Fix template part area listing when a template has no edits. (55115)
  • Do not display ‘trashed’ navigation menus in 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.. (55072)
  • Pages list: Set status as no sortable. (55210)
  • Remove duplicate template areas from the site view sidebar. (54942)
  • Site Editor Styles Screen: Fix dancing styles previews. (55183)
  • Use accessorFn instead of cell to render status. (55196)

Interactivity API

  • Add aria-label attribute to navigation block only when it is open. (54816)
  • Fix server processing of wp-context getting out of sync. (55436)
  • Image: Disable lightbox editor UI for linked images. (55141)
  • Image: Reimplement lightbox trigger as a minimal button in corner of image. (55212)
  • Image: Stop crashing with Lightbox on image blocks without an image. (55269)
  • Remove the lightbox filter and view file when the lightbox setting is disabled. (55120)
  • Reset “Expand on click” image styles when window is resized. (55077)

Components

  • Changing Button component toggled style selector. (55065)
  • ColorPicker: Improve UXUX User experience of dragging the handle when in popover on top of the editor. (55149)
  • Colors: Fix color button border radii. (55207)
  • 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. / block drag chip: Fix positioning when dragging over an iframe. (55150)
  • ProgressBar: Use text color to ensure enough contrast against background. (55285)
  • Toolbar: Add unstyled variant. (55139)
  • useBlockPreview: Try outputting EditorStyles to ensure local style overrides are rendered. (55288)

Block Editor

  • LinkControl: Prevent horizontally long preview image from being stretched vertically. (55156)
  • List: Fix forward merging of nested list. (55121)
  • Paste: Fix MS Word list paste. (55127)
  • Writing flow: Fix selecting synced pattern. (55221)
  • Writing flow: Preserve block when merging into empty paragraph. (55134)
  • url: Update filterURLForDisplay to include all image, video, and audio file types. (54920)
  • Block Styles: Display default style label correctly in the block sidebar. (55008)
  • useBlockSettings: Add missing useMemo dependencies. (55204)

Data Views

  • Add linked title fallback. (55248)
  • PagePages: Fix unintended object mutation inside component. (55314)
  • Fix pagination. (55387)
  • Make date headerHeader The 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. translatable. (55445)

Patterns

  • Add categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. selector to pattern creation modal. (55024)
  • Fix scrollbars on pattern transforms. (55069)

HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. API

  • Fix: Directive processor failing on updated HTML API. (55404)

Widgets Editor

  • Only suppress adminadmin (and super admin) notices when JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. is enabled. (55403)

Data Layer

  • Fix combineReducers() types. (55321)
  • Get the page count as derived data. (55316)

Layout

  • Add selector as id to layout style overrides. (55291)

History

  • Try: Only render LastRevision component if 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 is active. (55253)

Block Directory

  • Fix filtering for downloadable blocks in inserter. (55243)

Global Styles

  • Use all the settings origins for a block that consumes paths with merge. (55219)

Post Editor

  • Fix wrong notification message shown when an entity is moved to trashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days.. (55155)

Typography

  • Font Library: Show error if fetching collection fails. (54919)

Colors

  • I18ni18n Internationalization, 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 No color selected translatable text. (54814)

Rich Text

  • Paste: Only link selection if URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org protocol is http(s). (53000)

Patterns

  • Remove the version enforcement for npm in engines field. (55245)

Code Quality

  • Fix: Use y-webrtc room name terminology instead of docName. (55260)

AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (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)

Global Styles

  • Fix flickering when focusing on global style variations. (55267)

Interactivity API

  • Fix Image block lightbox missing alt attribute and improve accessibility. (55010)

Components

  • Modal: Fix closing when contained iframe is focused. (51602)

Block Library

  • Cover: Add aria-label to fixed and repeated image backgrounds. (50990)

Performance

Block Editor

  • Rich Text: Cleanup excess focusin/focusout listeners. (55382)
  • Optimize customClassName controls. (55345)
  • useBlockControlsFill: Avoid unneeded store subscriptions. (55340)

Parsing

  • Remove empty attrs. (54496)

Data Layer

  • Fix resolver resolution status key types mismatch causing unwanted resolver calls for identical state data. (52120)

Experiments

Data Views

  • Add status entity and use it in “admin views” experiment. (55050)
  • Add Grid Layout. (55353)
  • Add featured imageFeatured image A 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. field to the page list. (55246)
  • Adds a control to the views actions to switch layouts. (55311)
  • Fix the actions menu in the list view. (55426)

Block Library

  • Introduce experimental form and input blocks to allow building basic forms. (44214)
  • Mark forms blocks as experimental in block.json files. (55187)
  • Update the apiVersion in experimental blocks block.json files. (55186)

Components

  • Expose Tabs as private API. (55327)

Site Editor

  • Add author and status filter to the page list. (55270)

Documentation

  • Add “Get started with create-block” doc to the Getting Started section. (55373)
  • Add a “Get started with wp-scripts” doc to the Getting Started section. (55372)
  • Add backgroundImage to the theme jsonJSON JSON, 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. documentation for appearanceTools. (55376)
  • Add initial documentation for the DataViews component. (55435)
  • Augment Block.Edit filter documentation with performance guidance. (55252)
  • Correct the documented type for the $w parameter of block_core_navigation_add_directives_to_submenu(). (53585)
  • Document kind, name, plural for entity configuration. (55158)
  • Document updating the consent string to unlock private APIs. (55235)
  • Explain how to translate Gutenberg in standalone apps using the editor packages. (55080)
  • Fix callouts in end-to-end test documentation. (55300)
  • Fix code formatting due to bug in the “Get started with wp-env” doc. (55458)
  • Fix the position of the callout in the “Get started with wp-scripts” doc. (55457)
  • Font Library: Change all references to 6.4.0 by 6.5.0 core version. (55320)
  • Initial documentation of entity configuration. (55103)
  • PHP lib docs: Update to include information about prefixes in block PHP code. (55402)
  • Platform docs: Add a page to explain how to render HTML from a list of blocks. (55140)
  • Remove @return void from PHP function docs. (55237)
  • Remove the wp-now getting started doc. (55136)
  • Update LinkControl documentation with advice to memoize value prop. (54659)
  • Update nested-blocks-inner-blocks.md for WP 6.4 release. (55375)
  • docs/get-started-with-wp-env: Diagram and links added. (55381)
  • Update broken anchor link. (55233)

Code Quality

Data Views

  • Allow actions to be provided declaratively as a prop. (55192)
  • In list view, automatically insert header menu separators. (55412)
  • Update the data views component to pass a view object. (55154)
  • Update the view actions menu to be independent from current view APIs. (55294)
  • Normalize render fields function. (55411)
  • Rename accessorFn to getValue. (55434)
  • Update the view configuration to include fields visibility. (55247)

Block Library

  • Query block: Remove unnecessary class. (55438)

Site Editor

  • Fix: Remove unrequired nullish coalescing operator on canEditCss con…. (55357)

Global Styles

  • Update: Unset variable set by reference after a foreach loop. (55261)

Design Tools

  • Elements: Add unit tests for class and style generation. (55113)

Block Editor

  • Remove value syncing in Link Control. (51387)
  • Chore: Fix: Remove third parameter passed to shouldDismissPastedFiles. (55262)
  • Chore: Simplify code by removing unnecessary and condition. (55268)
  • useBlockSync: Fix typo and simplify test. (55203)

Data Layer

  • Update status entity label to Status and plural to getStatuses. (55160)

Gutenberg Plugin

  • Text Component: Typescript’n. (54953)

Tools

Testing

  • Don’t change error handling in WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg::Set_spacing_sizes(). (55354)
  • E2E: Add missing comment. (55093)
  • E2E: Try to fix the flaky autocomplete spec. (55081)
  • Migrate ‘Post Title block’ end-to-end tests to Playwright. (55297)
  • Migrate ‘text color’ end-to-end test to Playwright. (55323)
  • Migrate demo page tests to Playwright. (55054)
  • Migrate remaining Link UI tests to Playwright. (52828)
  • Playwright Utils: Introduce the editor.saveDraft helper. (55308)
  • Try to fix flaky synced pattern test. (55406)
  • Try to fix multi-block-selection flakiness. (55075)
  • WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg Unit tests: Fix phpunit warnings about set_spacing_sizes. (55313)
  • end-to-end Utils: Use frameLocator for retrieving editor canvas. (54911)

Build Tooling

  • Packages: Ensure only changed packages get published for WP releases. (55334)
  • WP_Env: tests-cli phpunit executable file not found in $PATH: Unknown. (54508)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @andrewhayward @andrewserong @anton-vlasenko @apeatling @aristath @artemiomorales @brookewp @carolinan @chad1008 @ciampo @dcalhoun @dmsnell @ecgan @ellatrix @fluiddot @getdave @glendaviesnz @gziolo @jffng @jhnstn @johnbillion @jorgefilipecosta @jrtashjian @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @kishanjasani @luisherranz @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @margolisj @matiasbenedetto @mcsf @michalczaplinski @mikachan @ndiego @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @peterwilsoncc @ramonjd @retrofox @richtabor @ryanwelcher @SantosGuillamot @scruffian @sethrubenstein @shimotmk @SiobhyB @spacedmonkey @stokesman @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @tyxla @unscripted @WunderBart @youknowriad

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Editor chat summary: Wednesday, October 18, 2023

This post summarizes the weekly editor chat meeting on Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 14:00 UTC, held in Slack.

Agenda of the meeting at https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/10/17/editor-chat-agenda-wednesday-18-october-2023/.

Announcements

Last week we had security and maintenance releases for both WordPress and the GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ 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: https://wordpress.org/news/2023/10/wordpress-6-3-2-maintenance-and-security-release/ and https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v16.8.1. Please make sure they are both updated.
WordPress 6.4 RC1 was released on October 17 https://wordpress.org/news/2023/10/wordpress-6-4-release-candidate-1/.

Open floor

There were two questions raised by Andrei Glingeanu.

Question 1:

Is the possibility of adding custom tabs here prohibited intentionally?

Print screen of the 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. inspector 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. with a custom item added at the side of the page and block.

@jorgefilipecosta said:

 We never added extensibility api’s to create new tabs there. There was not an intentional decision to never do it, but there was also never a decision to do it. I guess the best bet for now is to create a custom sidebar.

Question 2:

Is there a standard way of outputting dynamic css for a custom block besides putting it inline in style="" attributes and without outputting <style> tags in the edit function of the block?

@jorgefilipecosta said:

In my personal opinion, it depends on the case:

  • If the dynamic CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. styles you want to add should affect just a single instance of the block I think using the style attribute may be the way to go.
  • If the dynamic CSS styles you want to add should affect all the instances of your custom block, I guess a good option is to use the global styles filters and filterFilter Filters 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. theme.jsonJSON JSON, 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. to add the styles you want for the block dynamically.
  • If it is dynamic but there is a limited set of different possible styles e.g.: dynamic but there are like 5 different style configurations. Probably creating classes as part of the block styles CSS and then dynamically deciding which class to add to the block seems to be the way to go.

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Editor Chat Agenda: Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Facilitator and notetaker: @jorgefilipecosta.

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat scheduled for Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 03:00 PM GMT+1.

This meeting is held in the #core-editor channel in Making WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..

  • Announcements
  • Project updates
  • Task Coordination
  • Open Floor

If you are not able to attend the meeting, you are encouraged to share anything relevant to the discussion:

  • If you have an update for the main site editing projects, please feel free to share it as a comment or come prepared for the meeting itself.
  • If you have anything to share for the Task Coordination section, please leave it as a comment on this post.
  • If you have anything to propose for the agenda or other specific items related to those listed above, please leave a comment below.

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Editor chat summary: October 11th, 2023

This post summarizes the latest weekly Editor meeting (agenda, slack transcript), held in the #core-editor SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel, on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 14:00 UTC moderated by @andraganescu

Accouncements

Async key project updates

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Sync project updates

@annezazu shared that:

  • A new label (Feature: Data Views) helps track various work around improving views across the WordPress experience. An overview issue is here. This relates more broadly to wp adminadmin (and super admin) redesign efforts and a recent PR was merged as an experiment bringing this to the Site Editor > Manage all pages view.
  • There are two new GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ > Experiments to explore: Live Collaboration and offline persistence (available in current version) & New admin views (coming in 16.8).

@glendaviesnz shared an update around:

  • getting the code mirror inline code editing added to the custom css input box in global styles via lazy loading. If anyone has any thoughts on lazy loading a large lib like this feel free to comment on the PR

Open Floor

@colorful-tones suggested the example used for the 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. HooksHooks In 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. 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. to be changed from the current “Like button” to something static so that developers do not end up confused as to wether they need to use interactive blocks for block hooks.

@fabiankaegy raised awareness on a current bugbug A 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. affecting WordPress betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. release where in a query block only the currently selected block renders styling and other updates. The issue already has a PR but we need to make sure there is enough focus on this to get it solved before the release is shipped.

@luminuu

  • raised awareness on the fact that the recently merged “Replace template” option not visible with Gutenberg 16.7.1
  • inquired about the current status of the lightbox feature in relation to WordPress 6.4 release.

@artemiosans shared in response that there’s only a couple of bugs left (PR#55212 and PR#5461).

Note: Anyone reading this summary outside of the meeting, please drop a comment in the post summary, if you can/want to help with something.

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What’s new in Gutenberg 16.8? (11 October)

“What’s new in GutenbergGutenberg The 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 Site Editor project (formerly called Full Site Editing).



Gutenberg 16.8 has been released and is available for download!

This latest release includes many enhancements, bugbug A 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. fixes, some new experiments, and essential groundwork for the future Phase 3.

  1. Cover block: automatically set overlay color when applying the initial background image
  2. Show template toggle when editing pages
  3. Font Library: add an Uploads tab
  4. Other notable highlights
  5. Changelog
  6. Contributors

Cover 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.: automatically set overlay color when applying the initial background image


The Cover Block just got a bit smarter by setting an Overlay color based on the background image. The Overlay color is extracted from the image via magic (actually, code, which you can see coming into existence here (#54054).

Show template toggle when editing pages


This great new option allows you to see your Pages within the Template context where they’re meant to be displayed while you edit them. As @noisysocks puts it:

Allows users to focus on their content when desired. Moreover, it is small a step towards one day unifying the post editor and site editor.

– @noisysocks (#52674)

Font Library: add an Uploads tab


All about decluttering: font uploads have been moved to a separate tab within the Font Library interface. The team has also worked on improving error messages and their visibility.

Other notable highlights

  • Footnotes now make use of coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. metaMeta Meta 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. revisioning capabilities when available. Gutenberg PR (#52988) and Trac Ticket (#20564).
  • Experiment: the first version of the pages list in the site editor (#54966). This experiment is one of many pieces of the Data Views work (#55083), crucial for Phase 3.
  • Add template replace flow to template inspector (#54609).

Changelog

Features

Block Editor

  • Adds ‘nofollow’ setting to Button block. (54110)

Site Editor

  • Add ‘Show template’ toggle when editing pages. (52674)

Enhancements

  • Update pattern import menu item. (54782)

Components

  • Adding label/description to BlockEditor/DuotoneControl. (54473)
  • Deprecating isPressed in Button component. (54740)
  • Follow ariakit best practices. (54696)
  • InputControl-based components: Add opt-in prop for next 40px default size. (53819)
  • Modal: Add contentWidth prop to support a selection of preset modal sizes. (54471)
  • Remove unused components from ui/. (54573)
  • Update ariakit to 0.3.3. (54818)
  • Update compact search control metrics. (54663)
  • Wrapped TextareaControl in a forwardRef call. (54975)

Block Library

  • Add a brief description to the Footnotes block. (54613)
  • Footnotes: Use core’s meta revisioning if available. (52988)
  • Login/out: Add spacing support. (45147)
  • Query view.js: Code quality. (54982)
  • Set custom color when applying initial background image. (54054)
  • Use wp_get_inline_script_tag() in build_dropdown_script_block_core_categories(). (54637)

Block Editor

  • Default suggested links to pages. (54622)
  • Remove base URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org from link control search results. (54553)
  • Simplify BlockHTMLConvertButton. (54972)
  • Update strings in blocks ‘RenameModal’ component. (54887)

Post Editor

  • Edit Post: Use hooksHooks In 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. instead of HoCs in ‘PostStatus’ components. (54951)
  • Editor: Use hooks instead of HoCs in ‘PostSticky’ components. (54949)
  • Editor: Use hooks instead of HoCs in ‘PostSwitchToDraftButton’. (54695)
  • Show confirmation dialog when moving a post to the trashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days.. (50219)

Site Editor

  • Add template replace flow to template inspector. (54609)
  • [Site Editor]: Update copy of using the default template in a page. (54728)

Patterns

  • Remove categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. description in inserter panel. (54894)

Typography

  • Font Library: Refactor endpoint permissions. (54829)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix the ShortcutProvider usage. (54851)
  • Fix warning when a template calls a template area twice. (54861)
  • Revert “Fix warning when a template calls a template area twice”. (54926)

Block Library

  • All Nav block items to break long titles. (54866)
  • Fallback to Twitter provider when embedding X URLs. (54876)
  • Fix Deleted Navigation MenuNavigation Menu A theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for giving various control options to get users to click from one place to another on a site. warning string. (55033)
  • Fix Search Block not updating in Nav block. (54823)
  • Fix left and right aligmnent in children of Post Template. (54997)
  • Fix output of Navigation block classnames in the editor. (54992)
  • Fix overwriting of published post meta when previewing footnote changes. (54339)
  • Image: Ensure Expand on Click toggle is shown if block-level lightbox setting exists. (54878)
  • Image: Fix layout shift when lightbox is opened and closed. (53026)
  • Media & Text: Fix ReactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. warning. (55038)
  • Search block: Allow space for input field only when form expanded. (54846)
  • Search block: Update alignment and icon button width. (54773)

Site Editor

  • Avoid same key warnings in template parts area listings. (54863)
  • Avoid stale navigation block values when parsing entity record. (54996)
  • Don’t display the navigation section in template parts details when a menu is missing. (54993)
  • Fix ToolSelector popover variant. (54840)
  • Reset ‘Show template’ toggle when leaving edit mode. (54679)
  • remove overflow: Hidden from the entity title in the site editor 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.. (54769)

Components

  • FormTokenField: Add box-sizing reset style and reset default padding. (54734)
  • Popover: Fix the styles for components that use emotion within popovers. (54912)
  • Remove hover style for secondary Button when aria-disabled is set. (54978)
  • Reverting addition of aria-selected style hook in Button. (54931)
  • SlotFill: Pass Component instance to unregisterSlot. (54765)

Block Editor

  • Avoid double-wrapping selectors when transforming the styles. (54981)
  • [Inserter]: Fix reset of registered media categories. (55012)

Typography

  • Font Library: Changed the OTF mime type expected value to be what PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher returns. (54886)
  • Font Library: Move font uploads to a new tab. (54655)

Global Styles

  • Block custom CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets.: Fix incorrect CSS when multiple root selectors. (53602)
  • Image: Ensure false values are preserved in memory when defined in theme.jsonJSON JSON, 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.. (54639)

List View

  • Fix performance issue when selecting all blocks. (54900)

Colors

  • Format Library: Try to fix highlight popover jumping. (54736)

Interactivity 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.

  • Image: Fix duotone not being applied to lightbox image. (54670)

AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (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)

Block Library

  • Footnotes: Add aria-label to return links. (54843)

Components

  • HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. block: Fix accessibility issues on back-end. (54408)
  • Modal: Accessibly hide/show outer modal when nested. (54743)

Patterns

  • Use list role instead of listbox in patterns list. (54884)

Post Editor

  • Editor: Always render the ‘Switch to Draft’ button to avoid focus loss. (54722)

Block Editor

  • Block Switcher: Use a different label for multi-selection. (54692)

Performance

  • Tests: Support the Site Editor’s legacy spinner. (54784)
  • Use instanceOf over property_exists. (54835)

Block Editor

  • Subscribe only to block editor store in useBlockSync. (55041)

Experiments

Site Editor

  • al]: First version of pages list in site editor. (54966)

Block Editor

  • Expose getDuotoneFilter() as private API. (54905)

Documentation

  • Add a documentation page about the block editor settings. (54870)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @adamsilverstein @alexstine @andrewhayward @andrewserong @annezazu @anton-vlasenko @artemiomorales @aurooba @bangank36 @brookewp @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @chad1008 @ciampo @dcalhoun @derekblank @draganescu @ellatrix @fluiddot @fullofcaffeine @geriux @getdave @glendaviesnz @gziolo @jameskoster @jeryj @jsnajdr @juhi123 @kevin940726 @leemyongpakvn @madhusudhand @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @michalczaplinski @mirka @mtias @mujuonly @ndiego @noahtallen @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @pbking @priethor @ramonjd @richtabor @scruffian @SiobhyB @spacedmonkey @stokesman @swissspidy @t-hamano @tellthemachines @tellyworth @them-es @torounit @tyxla @westonruter @WunderBart @youknowriad

Props to @joen for the visual assets and @annezazu for the help reviewing and collecting highlights!

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Editor chat summary: October 04th, 2023

This post summarizes the latest weekly Editor meeting (agenda, slack transcript), held in the #core-editor SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel, on Wednesday, October 04, 2023, 14:00 UTC moderated by @ajitbohra

Accouncements

  • WordPress 6.4 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 2 is available for testing.
  • WordPress 6.4 Editor Tasks Project Board.
  • Gutenberg 16.8.0 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1 is available for testing.

Async key project updates

Read the latest updates directly from the following tracking issues:

@hellofromtonya

The Font Library’s REST APIREST API The 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/. has been significantly redesigned. It’ll need testing and release to gain wider in the wild testing.

Task Coordination

No updates.

Open Floor

@get_dave

I’m working on a PR which changes the Post Title in the Post Editor to render HTML in normal (“Visual”) mode and output raw HTML in “Code view” mode. It also strips all HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. from anything pasted into the title field in Visual mode. As this is a change that may impact editorial workflows I wanted to flag it for more visibility.

@vcanales
I’m wondering if we are open to releasing GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ 16.8.0 on Monday rather than Wednesday so that the new 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. makes it to a release before Beta 3.

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