The WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:
Found a bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority.?Create a ticket in the bug tracker.
This is 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/ 20.0, which means it’s the 200th release of the Gutenberg 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.
It’s been almost exactly eight years since the initial commit to the Gutenberg repository and about four years since we celebrated the 100th release.
There is a lot happening in the WordPress world these days. But I want to use this moment to take a step back and just say thank you! Thank you to all the individual contributors that have spent countless hours over the past eight years steadily moving this project along. Whether you are still an active contributor, or you have long moved on to work on something else, thank you for all your work. ❤️
Even though this is the 200th release of the Gutenberg plugin, the actual release itself is the same as any other release in the past eight years. It includes new features, enhancements, and bugfixes. The remainder of this “What’s new in Gutenberg” post will follow the regular format.
The “What’s new in Gutenberg” posts (#gutenberg-new) appear on a biweekly basis after every Gutenberg release, and showcase the latest features and improvements.
Interested in learning more? Here’s an overview of how you can keep up with news and events related to Gutenberg and 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. Editor.
The last first of 2025 introduces improvements to the Style Book, a new starter pattern ui, a swathe of component library enhancements, and code quality improvements.
The Style Book got a few improvements in this release. It now features different sections for typography, colors, and individual blocks that all activate when the user navigates to those menu items. Additionally, the Style Book now its own URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org (#67811), so you can access it directly.
Starter Patterns get a new UIUIUser interface
We’ve received a lot of feedback that the old Modal based approach for starter patterns caused more annoyance than it helped. So, in an effort to improve the experience, the modal has been removed, and instead, if starter patterns exist, the page will load in the zoomed-out mode with the pattern inserter already opened.
Easily set a Page to become the Posts Page
Similar to the “Set Homepage” action that was added in a recent release, it is now possible to easily set a page to become the posts page using a post action in the dataviews for pages.
Display Block Type Badge for renamed blocks
To clarify what block you are currently editing, the block type is displayed as a badge next to the custom name when a block is renamed.
More Highlights
wp-env now supports 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 installations allowing developers to easily bootstrap multisite environments, especially for ease of feature testing and quality control. (67845)
Block HooksHooksIn WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same. get a major boost by now allowing developers to apply hooks to post content and synced patterns. This has been a highly requested feature of block hooks since day one. (67272 & 68058)
Changelog
Enhancements
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 Router: Handle styles assets on region-based navigation. (67826)
Prevent each directive errors and allow any iterable. (67798)
Introduce new filterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. “render_block_core_navigation_link_allowed_post_status”. (63181)
Query Pagination: Update ‘showLabel’ help text. (68105)
Query Total block: Reduce concatenation in the output text. (68150)
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.: Use the ‘ResolutionTool’ component. (68294)
Add Tools Panel dropdown menu props to More block. (68039)
Archive: Add dropdown menu props to ToolsPanel component. (68010)
Date Block: Add dropdown menu props to ToolsPanel component. (68018)
ExcerptExcerptAn excerpt is the description of the blog post or page that will by default show on the blog archive page, in search results (SERPs), and on social media. With an SEO plugin, the excerpt may also be in that plugin’s metabox. Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67908)
Featured Image Block: Refactor setting panel. (67456)
Login/Logout: Add dropdown menu props to ToolsPanel component. (68009)
Login/Logout: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67909)
More Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67905)
Navigation Submenu Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67969)
Page List Block: Add dropdown menu props to ToolsPanel component. (68012)
Page List Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67903)
Query Page Numbers Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67958)
Query Page Numbers: Add dropdown menu props to ToolsPanel component. (68013)
Query Pagination: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67914)
Refactor “Settings” panel of Navigation Item block to use ToolsPanel instead of PanelBody. (67973)
Replace PanelBody with ToolsPanel and ToolsPanelItem in column block. (67913)
Replace PanelBody with ToolsPanel and ToolsPanelItem in spacer block. (67981)
Replace PanelBody with ToolsPanel in columns block. (67910)
Site Title Block: Add dropdown menu props to ToolsPanel component. (68017)
Site Title Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67898)
Add reset button to ColorGradientSettingsDropdown. (67800)
ChildLayoutControl: Use units defined in theme.jsonJSONJSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML.. (67784)
KeyboardShortcuts: Update delete shortcut to use shift + Backspace. (68164)
Use custom name in block 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. if available (retaining block type information). (65641)
Block hooks
Apply to Post Content (on frontend and in editor). (67272)
Allow template part editing in write mode. (67372)
Remove placeholder of default paragraph when it’s the only block and canvas is zoomed out. (68106)
Patterns
Replace Starter Content modal with inserter panel. (66836)
Build Tools
Create Block: Allow external templates to customize more fields. (68193)
Create Block: Optimize the default template for multiple blocks case. (68175)
Scripts: Recommend passing JSJSJavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. entry points with paths. (68251)
Add a Playground blueprint json to the /assets/blueprints folder of Plugin Repo. (67742)
Bug Fixes
Add duotone and dimensions to the block level for translationtranslationThe process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization.. (68243)
Add text domain option while scaffolding the block in create-block. (57197)
Added is-focus-mode class on all viewports. (67377)
Editor: Fix initial edits applied again after saving the post. (68273)
Get active element within the iframeiframeiFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser. when restoring focus. (68060)
Enhance: Improve pagination logic in coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress./query-pagination-previous block. (68070)
Fix author information leakage by author blocks for Custom Post Types without author support & display notice to user. (67136)
Media & Text: Correctly reset the ‘useFeaturedImage’ attribute. (68247)
Navigation Submenu Block: Add dropdown menu props to ToolsPanel component. (68015)
Page List Block: Fix critical error when converting to link. (68076)
Page List block: Don’t wrap Edit button with ToolsPanelItem component. (68248)
Table Block: Fix margin/padding to include caption in spacing. (68281)
Update SiteTitle block to Fix isLink Toggle Behavior. (68295)
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 and variations translatable in post-navigation-link. (68375)
i18n: Make example translatable in query-no-results. (68376)
i18n: Make example translatable in table-of-contents. (68377)
Button Block: Set proper typography for inner elements. (68023)
Components
Block Editor: Fix the ‘Reset all’ bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. for the ‘ResolutionTool’ component. (68296)
Image: Avoid link class loss when pasting for raw transformation. (67803)
Make Block Bindings work with editor.BlockEdit hook. (67523)
Post Editor
DataViews: Fix text in action for setting site home page. (67787)
Edit post: Fix 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. box pane’s pointer capture. (68252)
Editor: Remove HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. from the post title in the document bar. (68358)
Block supports: Show selected item in font family select control. (68254)
Fix: Ensure consistency in editor tools for navigation buttons and delete options. (67253)
Template Editor
Fix: Editing “Page” is broken for low capability users. (68110)
Plugin: Fix eligibility check for post types’ default rendering mode. (67879)
Widgets Editor
CustomizerCustomizerTool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. Widgets: Fix inserter button size and animation. (67880)
WidgetWidgetA WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. Editor: Fix: Close button is not working. (65443)
Various
Show metaboxMetaboxA post metabox is a draggable box shown on the post editing screen. Its purpose is to allow the user to select or enter information in addition to the main post content. This information should be related to the post in some way. when pattern is accessed directly. (68255)
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)
Dataviews List layout: Do not use grid role on a ul element. (67849)
Fix: Templates and patterns are nesting two elements with the button role. (67801)
[Dataviews] Fix: Media item focus style is not visible on Grid. (67789)
Block Editor
Fix: Inserter categoryCategoryThe 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. tabs: Avoid unnecessary aria-label. (68160)
Improve accessibility of the Warning component in the block editor. (67433)
Global Styles
Shadows: Always show reset button if hover is not supported. (68122)
Visual Refactor: Add Chevron Icon for Shadows in Global Styles. (67720)
Block Library
Button: Replace ButtonGroup usage with ToggleGroupControl. (65346)
Fix Choose menu label when a menu has been deleted. (67009)
Site Editor
Make sure the sidebar navigation item focus style is fully visible. (67817)
Components
CustomSelectControl: Refactor to use Ariakit store state for current value. (67815)
Performance
Block Library
Don’t fetch media details if the block doesn’t use a featured image. (68299)
Media & Text: Optimize block editor store subscriptions. (68290)
Update the copyright licensecopyright licenseCopyright holders may grant a license with various allowances including the ability to modify or distribute the copyrighted material. Also see GPL. to 2025. (68440)
Updated since Doc Order in Inline documentation. (68003)
Create Block: Migrate Inquirer.js dependency to the new API. (67877)
Fix indentation in the upload-media tsconfig. (68083)
Fix indentation in upload-media package.json. (68037)
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. JSDoc syntax for optional object. (68061)
Remove some obsolete stylelint at-rule-no-unknown disable rules. (68087)
Components
DatePicker: Prepare day buttons for 40px default size. (68156)
DropZone: Make the drop zone in Storybook the same size as the item. (68231)
Fix Button size violations in misc. unit tests. (68154)
Fix: Add soft deperecation notice for the ButtonGroup component. (65429)
Workflows: Sync assets to plugin repo upon change in trunktrunkA directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision.. (68052)
First-time contributors
The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:
@benazeer-ben: Add command to navigate to site editor. (66722)
@dhruvikpatel18: Fixed typo in README of TextTransformControl. (68443)
@fushar: Stylebook: Add the Appearance -> Design submenu through admin_menu action. (68174)
“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 (#gutenberg-new) appear on a biweekly basis after every Gutenberg release, and showcase the latest features and improvements.
Interested in learning more? Here’s an overview of how you can keep up with news and events related to Gutenberg and 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. Editor.
The last release of 2024 introduces the Style Book to classic themes, a new Query Total block, a swathe of component library enhancements, and code quality improvements.
Support is available for classic themes that either support editor styles via add_theme_support( 'editor-styles' ) or have a theme.jsonJSONJSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. file.
The Style Book provides a comprehensive overview of your site’s colors, typography, and block styles in an organized layout. Each block example and style group is labeled, making it easy to preview and understand your theme’s current design settings. Think of it as if your theme threw a party, and all the design elements showed up wearing name tags. 😀
For classic themes that support the Style Book, site patterns have been relocated to Appearance > Design > Patterns, consolidating all design-related functionality from the Site Editor into one place. Previously, patterns were listed under Appearance > Patterns.
Testing is an important step for this feature before it’s introduced to WordPress CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. If you have the time, please help identify potential issues, and suggest areas for improvement by logging your feedback on GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/. Testing instructions can be found on the original PR. Thank you!
Introducing the Query Total block
You know how many results are in your queries, but do your site’s readers? The new Query Total block is here to help.
When added within a 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. block, the Query Total block displays the number of results the query has returned, or, alternatively, the current range in a set of paginated results.
More Highlights
Gutenberg 19.9 introduces phpMyAdmin to wp-env as a launch option. phpMyAdmin will automatically connect to the running mysqlMySQLMySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com/. database service, allowing you to inspect and manage the local WordPress database as you develop. (#67588).
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. backgrounds in the Cover block now come with resolution controls so that you can change their sizes (#67273).
Reset colors for blocks and global styles in the editor with a single click thanks to the inline reset button added to all color controls (#67116).
Looking to replace your Query block’s design? Query block patterns have been relocated from a modal to a dropdown. It’s still in the block toolbar, now under “Change design” (#66993).
You can now also set your site’s home page from within the Site Editor via the page actions menu (#65426). This is the equivalent of updating the Reading Settings in “Settings > Reading”. Under “Pages” in the editor, find the page you’d like to set as your homepage, click on the action menu, and select ‘Set as homepage’.
Changelog
Enhancements
Feature: Add navigation.isLoading state to core/router store. (67680)
Update the title, description, and order of Experiments page. (67762)
Storybook: Update ArgsTable to Controls in preview. (67582)
Storybook: Update control types from null to undefined. (67581)
Storybook: Use manager-api instead of addons package. (67578)
Update @ariakit/reactReactReact is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. to 0.4.13. (65907)
Update @ariakit/react to 0.4.15 and @ariakit/test to 0.4.7. (67404)
Block Library
Cover Block: Image size option for featured image. (67273)
Feature: Allow Post Template block to get deeply nested within Query Block. (67657)
Image Block: Change how the Image’s overlay styles are applied. (67788)
Navigation: Enable all non-interactive formats. (67585)
Query block: Move patterns modal to dropdown on block toolbar. (66993)
Separator block: Allow divs to be used as separators. (67530)
New Block: Add Query Total block for displaying total query results or ranges. (67629)
Block Library: Update the relationship of No results block to ancestor. (48348)
DataViews
Add 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. to the quick edit when bulk editing. (67390)
Data views: Expand configuration drop down on mobile. (67715)
Inline Commenting: Added new 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. as extension of the canvas. (67347)
Inline Commenting: Re-order the comments in sidebar in which blocks are listed. (66927)
Inline commenting: UXUXUser experience Enhancements for Comments. (67385)
Site Editor
Data Views: Add action for pages to set site homepage. (65426)
Sidebar: Update appearance of active items. (67318)
Data: Expose ‘useSelect’ warning to third-party consumers. (67735)
Data: Include more details when shallow equality fails in ‘useSelect’. (67713)
Global Styles
Controls in grid should match between sidebar panel and editor. (67602)
Shadows: Improve design and a11yAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) of remove button. (67705)
Block Editor
Prefer exact matches in Link Search results sorting. (67367)
Fix Site editor navigation menuNavigation MenuA 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. items alignment visual regressionregressionA software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5.. (67321)
Fix JSJSJavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. error in the ‘useTabNav’ hook. (67102)
Fix 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 saving when they’re not present. (67254)
Fix color of disabled buttons in dark toolbar. (67348)
Fix synced pattern editing in write mode and refactor block editing mode to reducer. (67026)
Fix: Remove parent block selector while in Write mode. (67395)
Fix: Write Mode mode persists as enabled in widgetWidgetA WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. editor. (67587)
Global Styles
Edit site: Remove empty preview border and redirect to editor in global styles navigation. (67548)
Fix: Styles section does not moves stylebook to typography. (67423)
Global Styles Preview: Don’t use iframeiframeiFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser. component. (67682)
Style Book
Fix critical error when blocks are not registered. (67703)
Design Tools
Global Styles: Fix handling of booleans when stabilizing block supports. (67552)
Block bindings
Revert “Extensibility: Make Block Bindings work with editor.BlockEdit hook”. (67516)
Patterns
Site Editor: Fix the patterns route on mobile. (67467)
Fix List View not updating when switching editor modes. (67379)
Extensibility
Make Block Bindings work with editor.BlockEdit hook. (67370)
Synced Patterns
Remove use of contentOnly block editing mode for synced patterns. (67364)
Widgets Editor
Block Bindings: Remove client core sources registration in widgets. (67349)
REST APIREST APIThe REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.
Support search_columns argument in the user endpoint. (67330)
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)
[Dataviews] Fix: Space does not triggers the media button on grid view. (67791)
Block Editor
BlockSwitcher: Refactor to use Button layout properly. (67502)
Remove one occurrence of incorrect usage of ItemGroup. (67427)
DataViews
[a11y] Fix: Media button on the page view grid does not have an accessible name. (67690)
Components
Fix incorrect usage of ItemGroup in the Image block filters panel. (67513)
Docs: Fix Playwright Page Object Model link. (67652)
Docs: Include the strategy for setting engines for WordPress packages. (67727)
Docs: Remove 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. key projects links on the documentation. (67491)
Storybook: Support keyword search in Icon Library. (67442)
Switch Several 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. in Document Files. (67706)
Reduce the ‘isZoomOut’ selector calls in the block toolbar. (67594)
Remove ‘React.Children’ legacy 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. in ‘Warning’ component. (67675)
Replace remaining custom deep cloning with ‘structuredClone’. (67707)
Use path based routing instead of query args and site-editor.php routes. (67199)
Post Editor
Editor: Refactor ‘PostPublishPanelPostpublish’ to function component. (67398)
Editor: Use hooksHooksIn WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same. instead of HOC in ‘PostPublishButtonOrToggle’. (67413)
Remove PostSlugCheck and PostSlug unused components. (67414)
DataViews
Create a single component for rendering the actions list. (67558)
Fix: Dataviews remove primary field concept from some classes. (67689)
Data Layer
TypeScript: Convert factory utils in data package to TS. (67667)
Shortcodes
Add types for shortcodeShortcodeA shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. package. (67416)
Block bindings
Remove fallback for context.postType in post meta. (67345)
Block hooks
Navigation block: Remove more obsolete Block Hooks helpers. (67193)
Combine the release steps to ensure that releases are tagged. (65591)
Testing
e2e-test-utils-playwright: Increase timeout of site-editor selector. (66672)
Security
npm Packages
Update npm dependencies to fix issues reported by audit. (67708)
Various
Extensibility
Add ability to show drop cap setting in paragraph block by default. (45994)
DataViews: Move template and pattern title fields. (67449)
DataViews: Update usePostFields to accept postType. (67380)
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
Only override REST server for older WP versions. (67779)
“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.
The latest release of the Gutenberg 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 entails a myriad of user experience improvements for selecting section styles, image manipulation and font handling. The DataViews layouts also received important improvements.
In zoom-out mode, users can now apply different sections styles and designs directly from the toolbar, cycling through them and inspecting them in the context of the rest of the page. This enhancementenhancementEnhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. streamlines the decision-making and production process. (#67140)
Font family preview in dropdown
Another user experience improvement can be found in the list of fonts: Each font family is now previewed in the font picker dropdown and gives users a better indication as to what the font will look like. (67118)
Success notices for image editing with Undo link
The outcome of the Image manipulation methods are now better communicated in 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. editor. The success notices are now displayed at the bottom of the editor. The notices also come with a handy Undo link to revert to the original if necessary. (67314)(67312)
Other Notable Highlights
DataViews improvements
This release also contains some Data View improvements. For instance, the table layout received density options: A user can modify the amount of whitespace that is displayed per row on three levels: comfortable, balanced and compact. (67170) Developers working with the Dataviews can now make use of a new 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. to programmatically register and unregister fields for the various display methods. (67175).
Block supports from experimental to stable.
📣 Plugin authors and Theme builders might appreciate the stabilization of certain block support settings and functions. A separate make blogblog(versus network, site) post will explain the ins and outs. For now, you can read about it in two GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ PRs: (67018) (66918).
“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.
Global Styles available on the main site editor 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.
The site editor sidebar is getting increasingly powerful, serving as the entry point to manage all-things your site. Up until this version, the styles panel offered limited style settings, focusing on style variations, color palettes, and typographies. Gutenberg 19.7 changes this by introducing a full-fledged Global Styles panel in its place, giving users site-wide granular control on styles at the top level.
Swifter hiding & showing the template
Switching between editing your site templates and content pages should be as smooth and seamless as possible; sometimes, you need to focus on the post content and hide the rest of the template. This was previously possible in the post settings, but now it is much easier thanks to the `Show template` toggle directly on the preview dropdown in the top toolbar.
Set image blocks as 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.
Featured images offer a nice touch in external previews, making them more attractive to potential readers. However, it can be easy to forget to set one! To help set featured images more easily, image blocks now offer a dropdown action to directly set them as the featured image of the post or page containing 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..
“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 Site Editor project (formerly called Full Site Editing).
Experimental inline comments are available as an experimental feature in Gutenberg. Users will be able to comment on top of blocks, only in non-published posts. In order to activate them, go to Gutenberg > Experiments and enable 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. Comments checkbox.
Code quality, bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. fixes and build tooling
The release includes some improvements on the overall site editing experience: a keyboard shortcut for zoom out (66400), a cleaner layout (66255), and a new color tab (65692) for the style book.
The client-side media processing work has started (64845), but keep in mind that this new package is private and experimental.
Also, a few ReactReactReact is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. Compiler errors have been fixed and packages now use npm workspaces (65681).
HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. Block: Force HTML preview in view mode. (66440)
Iterate zoom out shuffle into a more visual control. (66194)
Use the zoom-level value to scale the iframeiframeiFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser.. (66280)
Site Editor
Remove synchronization of canvas mode into store. (66213)
Editor Interface: Remove small 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. from global styles/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-partysidebarSidebarA 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.. (64474)
Remove purple coloring from DocumentBar and PostCard. (66451)
CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Data: Add the ‘getEntitiesConfig’ resolver. (65871)
BlockGroupToolbar: Better 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. context for toolbar labels. (66211)
Set ResizableEditor height based on border-box. (66342)
BackportbackportA 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.: Caching of global styles for blocks from core. (66349)
Inline Commenting: Disable comments on published posts for now. (66583)
REST APIREST APIThe REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.
Backport from WordPress core: Improvements for the post format 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.filterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.. (66037)
Build Tooling
Create Block: Adds --target-dir flag to allow the tool to target where to scaffold. (53781)
Editor: Multi-entity saving: Show correct count of entities to be saved. (66482)
Fix : “Set 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.” button border flashes on focus. (66092)
Fix Parent Check Condition in buildTermsTree. (66006)
Fix: Improve the DocumentBar post type label for the Homepage and Posts Page cases. (66355)
PostTaxonomiesFlatTermSelector: Restore space between tagtagA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) list and most used tags. (66566)
Typo metaboxMetaboxA post metabox is a draggable box shown on the post editing screen. Its purpose is to allow the user to select or enter information in addition to the main post content. This information should be related to the post in some way. pane is a 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. box panel. (66502)
Block Library
Block registration: Normalize blockType.parent to array. (66250)
Preload: Fix multiple regressions around global styles. (66468)
Build tooling
Create block: Ensure $slug is replaced with passed slug. (66528)
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)
Block Style Variations: Reuse block metadata in WP_Theme_JSON::Get_valid_block_style_variations() for better performance. (66539)
Block Bindings: Use getEntityConfig instead of getPostTypes to get available slugs. (66101)
Build Tooling
Fix/compare performance with correct branchbranchA 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".. (66196)
Quick Edit: Fix JSJSJavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. error when bulk editing pages. (66358)
Components: Prevent generated readmes duplicating h1 elements when published. (66180)
Correct documentation on display type in flow layouts. (66224)
Docs: 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. – Add documentation for getServerState() and getServerContext(). (66104)
Fix undo/redo Button size in Storybook playground. (66538)
Fix: 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. Schema Docgen doesn’t work on Windows OS. (66414)
ItemGroup: Improve stories to default to bordered and separated. (66191)
