DataForm datetime control now communicates the timezone, and the site title component gains fit-text support. Icons: 64 redrawn to be stroke-based, plus 35 with consistent stroke widths. Also added a Breadcrumb UI component, ToolsPanelItem defaults, and rendered change diffs in the post title revision view.
Gutenberg
npx @buildinternet/releases get gutenbergUpgraded React from 19 to 19.2.8, with the version now read from package.json.
Adds a Navigation UI component and a page navigation slot, plus axial gap support for Group blocks. Includes a wide range of enhancements across components, block library, and editors, along with numerous bug fixes.
This RC adds the Navigation, Menu, Spinner, and TextareaControl UI components, lets Global Styles edit duotone palettes, and enables axial gap on Group blocks. Playlist blocks gain bulk track metadata editing, and a new Row-to-Columns transform is available.
Notes now email users mentioned in them, and the block editor renders a real default block in place of the default appender. Visual revisions gain shareable URLs and a code diff view, while static block templates and time-field DataViews expand the API surface.
Block editor now renders a real default block in place of the appender and unifies what a new sibling block inherits, while Page List and Table of Contents replace "Convert to static list" with a confirmed "Detach" action. Also adds email mentions in collaboration notes, a code diff view for visual revisions, and a time field type in DataViews.
Fixed a Core Data bug where an edited post's meta remained dirty after saving when real-time collaboration was enabled.
Security release addressing GHSAs for phpcs and wpcs, recommended for all users. Also fixes a missing return value in the force_filtered_html_on_import footnotes filter, block tag matching in the content block, private-post visibility in Latest Comments, and post date output.
Fixed floated blocks overlapping sticky blocks and improved shift+click selection behavior in writing flow. Also enhanced component primitives including DataViewsPicker range selection, improved Global Styles inheritance in block inspector controls, and added responsiveEditingEnabled editor setting to hide the Responsive styles option.
DataViewsPicker adds Shift+Click range selection for picker-table, picker-grid, and picker-activity layouts. Fixed floated blocks overlapping sticky blocks, cursor position during forward delete of empty blocks, and page scrolling on caret moves within tall blocks. Plus dozens more fixes across the block editor, post editor, and components.
Block supports now return from layout support before resolving global settings, fixing a regression in the layout system.
Fixed a layout support bug where block supports would resolve global settings before they were ready.
Changelog
Features
Post Editor
- Allow setting viewport tablet and mobile values in theme.json. (79104)
- Experimental: Expand DataForm inspector to patterns.…
Editors can now select which block styles to apply globally, and the Tab List block gains toolbar buttons for reordering tabs. Fixed an upload snackbar stuck in the uploading state, a double-count of HEIC uploads in Safari, and upload hangs with long animated GIFs, among many other fixes.
Notes now support @mention autocomplete, the admin bar shows in the Post and Site Editor by default, and Playlist blocks are stable. Also includes inline notes, viewport values in theme.json, background gradient support for multiple blocks, and GIF-to-video conversion.
Improved handling of block class names in Global Styles to avoid a fatal error.
Classic block is available again in the block inserter, with the migration notice removed. Also made WP_Icons_Registry::register() public.
Fixed collaboration sync to report only changed properties from the default sync configuration instead of all properties.
Adds a Resizable Editor with Responsive editing capability, export of public TypeScript types from the Style Engine, and a DataViewsPicker bulk toolbar redesign. Includes dozens of component and block-level enhancements across the theme system, icon block, and site editor.
Reverted the ThemeProvider stable API and restored its public export.


