{"id":89843,"date":"2026-06-01T20:47:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/?p=89843"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:52:34","slug":"important-changes-to-the-documentation-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/2026\/06\/01\/important-changes-to-the-documentation-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Important changes to the documentation articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress versions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/wordpress-versions\/\">WordPress Versions<\/a> page has been revamped to improve access to information and ease its maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The version order has been changed from ascending to descending, so the newest versions now appear at the top of the list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Due to the size of the file, the page has been split into two pages:\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/wordpress-versions\/\">WordPress Versions<\/a> \u2013 starting at 5.0, this page will continue to house future releases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/wordpress-versions-0-7-to-4-9\/\">WordPress Versions 0.7 to 4.9<\/a> \u2013 contains the oldest versions of WordPress, maintained for historical purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-7-0\">WordPress version changelog<\/a> has also changed as of WordPress release 7.0: the list of wordpress packages is no longer specifically updated for each release. Instead, each release will include a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-7-0\/#updated-packages\">note<\/a> with more information where available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Block<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Block<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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> article advanced settings update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Advanced Settings section on individual block pages now links to a page of shared advanced settings to improve maintainability. Block-specific settings will continue to appear on their respective block pages. See <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/Documentation-Issue-Tracker\/issues\/2287\">issue #2287<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Props to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/awetz583\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>awetz583<\/a> <em>and<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/supernovia\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>supernovia<\/a> <em>for reviewing and editing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/tag\/helphub\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>helphub<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/tag\/updates\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>updates<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fdocs%2F2026%2F06%2F01%2Fimportant-changes-to-the-documentation-articles%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress versions The WordPress Versions page has been revamped to improve access to information and ease its maintenance. 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