{"id":123661,"date":"2026-06-03T03:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/?p=123661"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:55:27","slug":"whats-new-in-gutenberg-23-3-03-jun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/06\/03\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-23-3-03-jun\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s new in Gutenberg 23.3? (03 Jun)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat\u2019s new in GutenbergGutenberg<\/span> 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 \u2018blocks\u2019 to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.\rhttps:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2026\u201d posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag<\/a>) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here\u2019s an overview<\/a> of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gutenberg 23.3?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Gutenberg 23.3 has been released and is available for download<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This release ships the new modal-based media editor as the default cropping experience, advances the experimental customizable WordPress dashboard with five new widgets and significant layout polish, and upgrades the editor to ReactReact<\/span> React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces.\rhttps:\/\/reactjs.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> 19. Responsive styles now extend to individual blockBlock<\/span> 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span> instances, and Notes blocks gain support for multiple discussion threads. Other changes include DataViews adopting @wordpress\/theme<\/code> design tokens, accessibilityAccessibility<\/span> 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 \u201cdirect access\u201d (i.e. unassisted) and \u201cindirect access\u201d meaning compatibility with a person\u2019s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Accessibility)<\/span><\/span><\/span> refinements across the RevisionsRevisions<\/span> 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span> interface, continued Real-time Collaboration reliability fixes, and broader preload coverage for faster post editor loads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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