Gutenberg

Changelog

Features

DataViews

• Add groupByField support to grid layout. (70752)

Components

• Add ValidateControls components. (70620)

Enhancements

• DataViews: Add date field type. (70657)
• wp-env: Add wp-cli configuration when creating environment. (70661)

Block Library

• Cover: Enable support for adding posters over video. (70816)
• Navigation Submenu Link: Add Open in new tab toggle to navigation block sidebar. (70687)
• Post Content Block: Add tagName selector. (70698)
• Video: Enable support for adding multiple tracks. (70689)
• Site tagline: update block description. (34473)

Write mode

• Allow add before/after on block toolbar menu dropdown when in write mode. (70827)
• Remove cover block content position and full height controls from write mode. (70826)

Block API

• Add attribute role-based filtering to 'isUnmodifiedBlock'. (70764)

List View

• Package blocks: Introduce a utility for getting the block image. (68910)

Layout

• Adds max limit to row span and column span in grid. (64895)

Bug Fixes

• Update @tannin/sprintf to resolve CommonJS error. (70799)
• wp-env: Don't overwrite wp-cli.yml if it already exists. (70677)
• wp-env: Fix Docker build errors with Debian Buster repositories. (70718)

Block Library

• Archives: Update padding for archives block to remain consistent with list. (69008)
• Fix: Preserve hasParallax when switching from video to image in Cover block. (70703)
• Media & Text: Fixed resetAll to return image resolution to default value. (70683)
• Navigation Block: Fix inconsistent padding in nested submenus when "Open on click" is enabled. (70471)
• Navigation Link: Fix URL deletion in Inspector Controls. (70749)
• Separator: Surfacing the HTML markup control. (70455)
• Sever Nav Link item entity link on URL change if ID already exists. (68143)
• Video: Fix track editor state saves without explicitly applying the changes. (70628)
• [Block] Cover: Fix resize handler gets stuck on undo. (70820)

Block Editor

• Block Editor Components: Add missing style resets for fieldset elements. (70685)
• Inserter: Fix focus style for disabled items. (70691)
• Inserter: Restore styling for disabled blocks. (70663)
• Block Editor: Fix link interception in the iframed editor. (https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/70931)

Global Styles

• Core/File: Reduce specificity of pseudo-selector styles for better override support via theme.json. (70358)
• Make Button element inherit all typography styles on the frontend. (70676)

Components

• Update Icon component to support bundled dataviews package. (70756)

CSS & Styling

• Block Lock Modal: Add ul browser defaults CSS resets. (70700)

Interactivity API

• iAPI Router: Preserve media attribute on intial style sheets after client-side navigation. (70668)

Font Library

• Fix: Font Library Modal: Focus outline not displaying correctly. (70667)

Post Editor

• Match front-page link style to admin styles. (70600)

Accessibility

Block Editor

• Autocomplete: Prevent text cursor position loss when clicking to insert an item. (70660)
• Components: Fix label and placeholder handling in LinkControlSearchInput. (70096)

Block Library

• a11y: Comments Pagination Nav Wrapper. (70730)

Performance

• core-data: Try using cached permissions even when _fields is present in the query. (70738)

Block Editor

• Avoid unbound requests in inserter selectors. (66817)
• Deprecate block hovered global state. (70731)

Block Library

• Fix: Avoid duplicate get_the_title() calls in render_block_core_post_featured_image(). (70813)

List View

• Delay block highlighting when moving the mouse over the items. (70732)

Documentation

• Deprecated: Fix code example. (70781)
• Docs: Update RichTextToolbarButton link in documentation. (70804)
• Docs: Update WP Studio to WordPress Studio. (70716)

Code Quality

• Convert packages to TypeScript:
  • Migrate @packages/url package to TypeScript. (70496)
  • Migrate hooks package to TypeScript. (70488)
  • Migrate lazy-import package to TypeScript. (70475)
  • Migrate redux-routine package to TS. (70686)
  • Migrate plugins package to TS. (70773)
  • Migrate Icons package to TypeScript. (70456)
  • TypeScript: Fix types for core entity meta. (70788)
  • TypeScript: Migrate block-serialization-default-parser to TS. (#70507). (70766)
  • TypeScript: Migrate wordcount package to TypeScript. (70501)

Block Library

• Navigation Link: Add opensInNewTab to resetAll. (70717)
• Video: Fix 'MediaUploadCheck' wrapper for Poster control. (70830)
• Video: Reuse logic for uploaded track selection. (70675)

DataViews

• Improve data in DataViews storybook. (70817)
• filterSortAndPaginate: Extract sortBy and groupBy logic. (70822)

Components

• Reuse existing useControlledValue hook in Calendar components. (70655)
• SelectControl: Move classnames to root. (70643)
• DateCalendar, DateRangeCalendar: Move to private APIs. (70681)

Layout

• Dimensions support: Fix duplicate output of styling rules. (70796)

Block API

• Blocks: Set default 'apiVersion' for client-side registration. (70750)

List View

• Remove public APIs for getting images. (70705)

Tools

• Improve plugin release checklist and documentation. (70808)
• Improving Gitignore for files related to applying patches. (70745)
• Update codeowners for packages/dataviews. (70753)
• Update gutenberg release documentation. (70772)
• Sync package-lock.json on latest NPM. (70839)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@Adi-ty @aduth @andrewserong @carolinan @chihsuan @ciampo @DAreRodz @dhruvikpatel18 @dmsnell @EliezerSPP @ellatrix @getdave @gigitux @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @jeryj @jsnajdr @kellychoffman @Mamaduka @manzoorwanijk @mukeshpanchal27 @n2erjo00 @ndiego @oandregal @prasadkarmalkar @priethor @shimotmk @shrivastavanolo @SirLouen @t-hamano @talldan @vipul0425 @yogeshbhutkar @youknowriad

• Block Editor: Fix link interception in the iframed editor. (https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/70931)

Changelog

Features

DataViews

• Add groupByField support to grid layout. (70752)

Components

• Add ValidateControls components. (70620)

Enhancements

• DataViews: Add date field type. (70657)
• wp-env: Add wp-cli configuration when creating environment. (70661)

Block Library

• Cover: Enable support for adding posters over video. (70816)
• Navigation Submenu Link: Add Open in new tab toggle to navigation block sidebar. (70687)
• Post Content Block: Add tagName selector. (70698)
• Video: Enable support for adding multiple tracks. (70689)
• Site tagline: update block description. (34473)

Write mode

• Allow add before/after on block toolbar menu dropdown when in write mode. (70827)
• Remove cover block content position and full height controls from write mode. (70826)

Block API

• Add attribute role-based filtering to 'isUnmodifiedBlock'. (70764)

List View

• Package blocks: Introduce a utility for getting the block image. (68910)

Layout

• Adds max limit to row span and column span in grid. (64895)

Bug Fixes

• Update @tannin/sprintf to resolve CommonJS error. (70799)
• wp-env: Don't overwrite wp-cli.yml if it already exists. (70677)
• wp-env: Fix Docker build errors with Debian Buster repositories. (70718)

Block Library

• Archives: Update padding for archives block to remain consistent with list. (69008)
• Fix: Preserve hasParallax when switching from video to image in Cover block. (70703)
• Media & Text: Fixed resetAll to return image resolution to default value. (70683)
• Navigation Block: Fix inconsistent padding in nested submenus when "Open on click" is enabled. (70471)
• Navigation Link: Fix URL deletion in Inspector Controls. (70749)
• Separator: Surfacing the HTML markup control. (70455)
• Sever Nav Link item entity link on URL change if ID already exists. (68143)
• Video: Fix track editor state saves without explicitly applying the changes. (70628)
• [Block] Cover: Fix resize handler gets stuck on undo. (70820)

Block Editor

• Block Editor Components: Add missing style resets for fieldset elements. (70685)
• Inserter: Fix focus style for disabled items. (70691)
• Inserter: Restore styling for disabled blocks. (70663)

Global Styles

• Core/File: Reduce specificity of pseudo-selector styles for better override support via theme.json. (70358)
• Make Button element inherit all typography styles on the frontend. (70676)

Components

• Update Icon component to support bundled dataviews package. (70756)

CSS & Styling

• Block Lock Modal: Add ul browser defaults CSS resets. (70700)

Interactivity API

• iAPI Router: Preserve media attribute on intial style sheets after client-side navigation. (70668)

Font Library

• Fix: Font Library Modal: Focus outline not displaying correctly. (70667)

Post Editor

• Match front-page link style to admin styles. (70600)

Accessibility

Block Editor

• Autocomplete: Prevent text cursor position loss when clicking to insert an item. (70660)
• Components: Fix label and placeholder handling in LinkControlSearchInput. (70096)

Block Library

• a11y: Comments Pagination Nav Wrapper. (70730)

Performance

• core-data: Try using cached permissions even when _fields is present in the query. (70738)

Block Editor

• Avoid unbound requests in inserter selectors. (66817)
• Deprecate block hovered global state. (70731)

Block Library

• Fix: Avoid duplicate get_the_title() calls in render_block_core_post_featured_image(). (70813)

List View

• Delay block highlighting when moving the mouse over the items. (70732)

Documentation

• Deprecated: Fix code example. (70781)
• Docs: Update RichTextToolbarButton link in documentation. (70804)
• Docs: Update WP Studio to WordPress Studio. (70716)

Code Quality

• Convert packages to TypeScript:
  • Migrate @packages/url package to TypeScript. (70496)
  • Migrate hooks package to TypeScript. (70488)
  • Migrate lazy-import package to TypeScript. (70475)
  • Migrate redux-routine package to TS. (70686)
  • Migrate plugins package to TS. (70773)
  • Migrate Icons package to TypeScript. (70456)
  • TypeScript: Fix types for core entity meta. (70788)
  • TypeScript: Migrate block-serialization-default-parser to TS. (#70507). (70766)
  • TypeScript: Migrate wordcount package to TypeScript. (70501)

Block Library

• Navigation Link: Add opensInNewTab to resetAll. (70717)
• Video: Fix 'MediaUploadCheck' wrapper for Poster control. (70830)
• Video: Reuse logic for uploaded track selection. (70675)

DataViews

• Improve data in DataViews storybook. (70817)
• filterSortAndPaginate: Extract sortBy and groupBy logic. (70822)

Components

• Reuse existing useControlledValue hook in Calendar components. (70655)
• SelectControl: Move classnames to root. (70643)
• DateCalendar, DateRangeCalendar: Move to private APIs. (70681)

Layout

• Dimensions support: Fix duplicate output of styling rules. (70796)

Block API

• Blocks: Set default 'apiVersion' for client-side registration. (70750)

List View

• Remove public APIs for getting images. (70705)

Tools

• Improve plugin release checklist and documentation. (70808)
• Improving Gitignore for files related to applying patches. (70745)
• Update codeowners for packages/dataviews. (70753)
• Update gutenberg release documentation. (70772)
• Sync package-lock.json on latest NPM. (70839)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@Adi-ty @aduth @andrewserong @carolinan @chihsuan @ciampo @DAreRodz @dhruvikpatel18 @dmsnell @EliezerSPP @ellatrix @getdave @gigitux @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @jeryj @jsnajdr @kellychoffman @Mamaduka @manzoorwanijk @mukeshpanchal27 @n2erjo00 @ndiego @oandregal @prasadkarmalkar @priethor @shimotmk @shrivastavanolo @SirLouen @t-hamano @talldan @vipul0425 @yogeshbhutkar @youknowriad

Changelog

Enhancements

• DataViews: Introduce perPageSizes to control the available sizes of the items per page. (70604)
• ESLint: Enforce stricter translator comment placeholder matching. (70458)
• Format Library: Improve inline image replacement workflow. (70598)
• I18N: Use @tannin/sprintf. (70434)

Block Library

• Gallery: Refactor "Settings" panel of Gallery block to use ToolsPanel instead of PanelBody. (67904)
• Navigation Link: Add "Open in new tab" toggle to navigation block sidebar. (67262)
• Site Logo: Refactor the media panel to use ToolsPanel. (70599)

Icons

• Update circle icons to have a unified footprint. (70581)
• Update icons: Help, PlusCircle, Typography. (70299)

Block Editor

• Use consistent sizing for the block locking modal. (70593)

Post Editor

• Editor: Allow replacing the 'PostLockedModal' component. (70586)

Components

• Add DateCalendar and DateRangeCalendar components. (70578)

DataViews

• More fields, controls and operators. (70567)

Interactivity API

• iAPI Router: Prioritize custom click event handlers when full-page navigation is enabled. (70566)

Templates API

• Site Editor: Sort post types alphabetically within the Add Template modal. (70562)

Bug Fixes

• iAPI Router: Preserve media attribute on intial style sheets after client-side navigation (#70668)

Block Library

• Cover: Fixed resetAll to return image resolution to default value. (70608)
• Featured Image: Fixed resetAll to return image resolution to default value. (70514)
• Fix submenu border visibility in Navigation block. (70520)
• Image Block: Preserve line breaks in media caption. (70476)
• RSS Block: Decode HTML entities in feed titles before display. (70491)

Icons

• Fix plusCircleFilled size. (70650)

DataViews

• Correct padding for empty-state elements when <DataViews> is in a <Card>. (70638)

Components

• Remove the extra font-size override for the select control on medium layouts. (70619)

Style Book

• Enable support for showing individual block variations. (70448)

Accessibility

Components

• FormTokenField: Fix focus lost on tab when __experimentalExpandOnFocus is set. (70591)

Performance

• usePostActions: Avoid fetching all templates (unbound request). (70535)
• Block Editor: Avoid unbound requests in inserter selectors (#66817)

Block Library

• Post Author: Optimize and improve user control queries. (70510)

Documentation

• Add isPostAutosavingLocked example to doc block. (70640)
• Docs: Update Locking interface example image. (70590)
• Media Upload: Correct wrapper reference in docstring. (70651)
• RawHTML: Clarify the wrapper 'div' element behavior. (70527)
• ServerSideRender: Remove the 'POST' method shim example. (70577)
• Update nested-blocks-inner-blocks.md. (70587)
• Updated support for MS Word Images. (70564)

Code Quality

• I18n: Use more descriptive type arguments in i18n package. (70606)
• ServerSideRender: Remove unnecessary props for default loading placeholder. (70576)
• ServerSideRender: Use data hooks instead of HoC. (70529)
• wp-env: Fix Docker build errors with Debian Buster repositories (#70718)

Block Editor

• Background panel: Remove unused props. (70573)
• Background panel: Remove unused style. (70556)

Block Library

• List Block: Remove unused __unstableMultilineWrapperTags field from block.json. (70209)

Components

• Fix Floating UI packages dependencies. (70553)

Tools

Testing

• CodeVitals: Use a different SHA for the base branch. (70565)
• Fix unit test for flaky filterSortAndPaginate function. (70582)
• e2e: Re-enable skipped end-to-end tests related to the settings REST API. (70551)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @Adi-ty: e2e: Re-enable skipped end-to-end tests related to the settings REST API. (70551)
• @chihsuan: Components: Add DateCalendar and DateRangeCalendar components. (70578)
• @coderGtm: (70482)
• @mecskyverse: Updated support for MS Word Images. (70564)
• @R1shabh-Gupta: Fix submenu border visibility in Navigation block. (70520)
• @USERSATOSHI: ESLint: Enforce stricter translator comment placeholder matching. (70458)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@Adi-ty @arthur791004 @BugReportOnWeb @chihsuan @coderGtm @DAreRodz @ellatrix @himanshupathak95 @Infinite-Null @jameskoster @jasmussen @Lovor01 @Mamaduka @mecskyverse @p-jackson @R1shabh-Gupta @sejas @shimotmk @sirreal @Sukhendu2002 @swissspidy @t-hamano @USERSATOSHI @yogeshbhutkar @youknowriad

• iAPI Router: Preserve media attribute on intial style sheets after client-side navigation (#70668)
• wp-env: Fix Docker build errors with Debian Buster repositories (#70718)
• Block Editor: Avoid unbound requests in inserter selectors (#66817)

Changelog

Enhancements

• DataViews: Introduce perPageSizes to control the available sizes of the items per page. (70604)
• ESLint: Enforce stricter translator comment placeholder matching. (70458)
• Format Library: Improve inline image replacement workflow. (70598)
• I18N: Use @tannin/sprintf. (70434)

Block Library

• Gallery: Refactor "Settings" panel of Gallery block to use ToolsPanel instead of PanelBody. (67904)
• Navigation Link: Add "Open in new tab" toggle to navigation block sidebar. (67262)
• Site Logo: Refactor the media panel to use ToolsPanel. (70599)

Icons

• Update circle icons to have a unified footprint. (70581)
• Update icons: Help, PlusCircle, Typography. (70299)

Block Editor

• Use consistent sizing for the block locking modal. (70593)

Post Editor

• Editor: Allow replacing the 'PostLockedModal' component. (70586)

Components

• Add DateCalendar and DateRangeCalendar components. (70578)

DataViews

• More fields, controls and operators. (70567)

Interactivity API

• iAPI Router: Prioritize custom click event handlers when full-page navigation is enabled. (70566)

Templates API

• Site Editor: Sort post types alphabetically within the Add Template modal. (70562)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

• Cover: Fixed resetAll to return image resolution to default value. (70608)
• Featured Image: Fixed resetAll to return image resolution to default value. (70514)
• Fix submenu border visibility in Navigation block. (70520)
• Image Block: Preserve line breaks in media caption. (70476)
• RSS Block: Decode HTML entities in feed titles before display. (70491)

Icons

• Fix plusCircleFilled size. (70650)

DataViews

• Correct padding for empty-state elements when <DataViews> is in a <Card>. (70638)

Components

• Remove the extra font-size override for the select control on medium layouts. (70619)

Style Book

• Enable support for showing individual block variations. (70448)

Accessibility

Components

• FormTokenField: Fix focus lost on tab when __experimentalExpandOnFocus is set. (70591)

Performance

• usePostActions: Avoid fetching all templates (unbound request). (70535)

Block Library

• Post Author: Optimize and improve user control queries. (70510)

Documentation

• Add isPostAutosavingLocked example to doc block. (70640)
• Docs: Update Locking interface example image. (70590)
• Media Upload: Correct wrapper reference in docstring. (70651)
• RawHTML: Clarify the wrapper 'div' element behavior. (70527)
• ServerSideRender: Remove the 'POST' method shim example. (70577)
• Update nested-blocks-inner-blocks.md. (70587)
• Updated support for MS Word Images. (70564)

Code Quality

• I18n: Use more descriptive type arguments in i18n package. (70606)
• ServerSideRender: Remove unnecessary props for default loading placeholder. (70576)
• ServerSideRender: Use data hooks instead of HoC. (70529)

Block Editor

• Background panel: Remove unused props. (70573)
• Background panel: Remove unused style. (70556)

Block Library

• List Block: Remove unused __unstableMultilineWrapperTags field from block.json. (70209)

Components

• Fix Floating UI packages dependencies. (70553)

Tools

Testing

• CodeVitals: Use a different SHA for the base branch. (70565)
• Fix unit test for flaky filterSortAndPaginate function. (70582)
• e2e: Re-enable skipped end-to-end tests related to the settings REST API. (70551)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @Adi-ty: e2e: Re-enable skipped end-to-end tests related to the settings REST API. (70551)
• @chihsuan: Components: Add DateCalendar and DateRangeCalendar components. (70578)
• @coderGtm: (70482)
• @mecskyverse: Updated support for MS Word Images. (70564)
• @R1shabh-Gupta: Fix submenu border visibility in Navigation block. (70520)
• @USERSATOSHI: ESLint: Enforce stricter translator comment placeholder matching. (70458)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@Adi-ty @arthur791004 @BugReportOnWeb @chihsuan @coderGtm @DAreRodz @ellatrix @himanshupathak95 @Infinite-Null @jameskoster @jasmussen @Lovor01 @Mamaduka @mecskyverse @p-jackson @R1shabh-Gupta @sejas @shimotmk @sirreal @Sukhendu2002 @swissspidy @t-hamano @USERSATOSHI @yogeshbhutkar @youknowriad

Changelog

Bug Fixes

Media

• Media library modal: Fix plugin incompatibilities with MediaUpload filter. (70648)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@talldan

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Author Block: Refactor Settings panel to use Toolspanel. (67965)
• Avatar: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67952)
• Comments Pagination: Remove unwanted bottom margin from links. (70360)
• Navigation Block: Flip submenu indicator icon on submenu expansion. (70307)
• Navigation Block: Rotate submenu indicator icons on submenu expansion. (70442)
• Navigation Link: Add dropdownMenuProps and a resetAll function. (70505)
• Post Navigation Link: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70276)
• Refactor Site Logo "Settings" Panel to Use ToolsPanel. (67972)
• [ Experimental Form ]: Add example block previews. (70436)

Interactivity API

• iAPI Router: Add support for new router regions with attachTo. (70421)
• iAPI Router: Support new styles and script modules on client-side navigation. (70353)
• iAPI: Export NavigateOptions and PrefetchOptions types. (70315)
• iAPI: Introduce AsyncAction and TypeYield type helpers. (70422)

Extensibility

• Social: Allow custom link icons using block variations. (70261)

Bug Fixes

• Core data: getHomePage: Do not return object until resolved. (70345)

Block Library

• Fix : Calendar block: Colors do not change between global styles and theme.json. (70184)
• Form Block: Apply class names correctly in the block editor. (70394)
• FormFileUpload: Extend audio accept MIME types for iOS compatibility. (70354)
• Image: Fix outdated accessibility hint on native component. (70346)
• Image: Fixed resetAll to return image resolution to default value. (70398)
• Revert "Flip submenu indicator icon on submenu expansion (#70307)". (70427)
• Social Links: Allow icon size to be reset and honor theme.json styles. (70380)
• Video Block: Guard against duplicate tracks. (70295)

Interactivity API

• Fix image lightbox issues in new full client-side navigation logic. (70416)
• iAPI Router: Fix dynamic imports on new visited pages. (70489)
• iAPI: Fix captured errors in withScope generators. (70303)
• iAPI: Fix duplicated nested regions. (70302)
• iAPI: Fix parsing of comments without siblings. (70304)

Global Styles

• Fix: Global styles affect all form elements ( Form Block ). (70392)
• Implement uniform header layout. (70464)

DataViews

• Data forms: Achieve vertical spacing with vertical spacing rather than cell padding. (70435)

Post Editor

• Fix: Update post-publish panel to use taxonomy label instead of hardcoded "Tags". (70410)

Media

• Invalidate entities when new media is uploaded. (70405)

Plugin

• Fix: Incorrect style handle in RTL style registration for wp-list-reusable-blocks. (70402)

Data Layer

• Add private selector support to resolveSelect and suspendSelect. (52036)

Accessibility

Templates API

• Templates: Add back button & fix focus loss when navigating through template creation flow. (70091)

Performance

Block Library

• Avatar: Optimize user control query. (70511)

Documentation

• Add isPostSavingLocked example to doc block. (70370)
• Commands: Add stylesheet requirements to README. (70323)
• Create Block: Add documentation for custom block namespace. (70215)
• Docs: Fix broken links on Developer.WordPress.org. (70473)
• Fix some typos. (70419)
• Fix typo folder-structure.md. (70375)
• block-attributes: Add role attribute explanation. (70361)

Code Quality

• Patterns: Delete unused property. (70321)
• TypeScript: Converts HtmlEntities Package to TS. (69326)
• TypeScript: Migrate deprecated package to TS. (70362)
• TypeScript: Migrate is-shallow-equal package to TS. (70407)
• iAPI: Fix the changelog to include PR 70296 in 6.25. (70309)

Block Editor

• Media List: Use 'placement' prop for popover positioning. (70350)
• Refactor: URLInputButton component to functional react component. (70384)
• Warning: Replace popoverProps.position to popoverProps.placement. (70347)

Components

• Circular Option Picker: Use 'placement' prop for popover positioning. (70359)
• FormFileUpload: Remove temporary fix for selecting .heic file in Chromium browsers. (70383)

Post Editor

• PostAuthorCombobox: Simplify 'onFilterValueChange' debounced callback. (70512)

Interactivity API

• iAPI: Minor fixes to the Interactivity and Interactivity Router comments. (70420)

Block Library

• Social Link: Use placement prop for popover positioning. (70348)

Tools

Testing

• Test: Improve document settings sidebar locator. (70331)
• Ensure the actual tests environment is used for end-to-end tests. (70280)
• Skip falling end-to-end tests. (70460)
• end-to-end Tests: Add test case for Link color support. (69141)
• end-to-end Tests: Minor code quality improvement in some tests. (70382)

Various

Block Library

• Remove screencast.com embed block variation. (70480)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @alejandrogonzalvo: test: Improve document settings sidebar locator. (70331)
• @BugReportOnWeb: FormFileUpload: Extend audio accept MIME types for iOS compatibility. (70354)
• @iamsandeepdahiya: Fix: Incorrect style handle in RTL style registration for wp-list-reusable-blocks. (70402)
• @kushagra-goyal-14: TypeScript: Migrate is-shallow-equal package to TS. (70407)
• @NidhiDhandhukiya74: Refactor Site Logo "Settings" Panel to Use ToolsPanel. (67972)
• @shrivastavanolo: Navigation Block: Flip submenu indicator icon on submenu expansion. (70307)
• @USERSATOSHI: TypeScript: Migrate deprecated package to TS. (70362)
• @yashjawale: Image: Fix outdated accessibility hint on native component. (70346)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@alejandrogonzalvo @BugReportOnWeb @DAreRodz @dd32 @ellatrix @himanshupathak95 @iamsandeepdahiya @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @jsnajdr @karthikeya-io @kushagra-goyal-14 @Maikuolan @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @NidhiDhandhukiya74 @peterwilsoncc @ramonjd @Rishit30G @SainathPoojary @SantosGuillamot @shimotmk @shrivastavanolo @t-hamano @talldan @USERSATOSHI @vk17-starlord @Vrishabhsk @westonruter @yashjawale @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Author Block: Refactor Settings panel to use Toolspanel. (67965)
• Avatar: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (67952)
• Comments Pagination: Remove unwanted bottom margin from links. (70360)
• Navigation Block: Flip submenu indicator icon on submenu expansion. (70307)
• Navigation Block: Rotate submenu indicator icons on submenu expansion. (70442)
• Navigation Link: Add dropdownMenuProps and a resetAll function. (70505)
• Post Navigation Link: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70276)
• Refactor Site Logo "Settings" Panel to Use ToolsPanel. (67972)
• [ Experimental Form ]: Add example block previews. (70436)

Interactivity API

• iAPI Router: Add support for new router regions with attachTo. (70421)
• iAPI Router: Support new styles and script modules on client-side navigation. (70353)
• iAPI: Export NavigateOptions and PrefetchOptions types. (70315)
• iAPI: Introduce AsyncAction and TypeYield type helpers. (70422)

Extensibility

• Social: Allow custom link icons using block variations. (70261)

Bug Fixes

• Core data: getHomePage: Do not return object until resolved. (70345)

Block Library

• Fix : Calendar block: Colors do not change between global styles and theme.json. (70184)
• Form Block: Apply class names correctly in the block editor. (70394)
• FormFileUpload: Extend audio accept MIME types for iOS compatibility. (70354)
• Image: Fix outdated accessibility hint on native component. (70346)
• Image: Fixed resetAll to return image resolution to default value. (70398)
• Revert "Flip submenu indicator icon on submenu expansion (#70307)". (70427)
• Social Links: Allow icon size to be reset and honor theme.json styles. (70380)
• Video Block: Guard against duplicate tracks. (70295)

Interactivity API

• Fix image lightbox issues in new full client-side navigation logic. (70416)
• iAPI Router: Fix dynamic imports on new visited pages. (70489)
• iAPI: Fix captured errors in withScope generators. (70303)
• iAPI: Fix duplicated nested regions. (70302)
• iAPI: Fix parsing of comments without siblings. (70304)

Global Styles

• Fix: Global styles affect all form elements ( Form Block ). (70392)
• Implement uniform header layout. (70464)

DataViews

• Data forms: Achieve vertical spacing with vertical spacing rather than cell padding. (70435)

Post Editor

• Fix: Update post-publish panel to use taxonomy label instead of hardcoded "Tags". (70410)

Media

• Invalidate entities when new media is uploaded. (70405)

Plugin

• Fix: Incorrect style handle in RTL style registration for wp-list-reusable-blocks. (70402)

Data Layer

• Add private selector support to resolveSelect and suspendSelect. (52036)

Accessibility

Templates API

• Templates: Add back button & fix focus loss when navigating through template creation flow. (70091)

Performance

Block Library

• Avatar: Optimize user control query. (70511)

Documentation

• Add isPostSavingLocked example to doc block. (70370)
• Commands: Add stylesheet requirements to README. (70323)
• Create Block: Add documentation for custom block namespace. (70215)
• Docs: Fix broken links on Developer.WordPress.org. (70473)
• Fix some typos. (70419)
• Fix typo folder-structure.md. (70375)
• block-attributes: Add role attribute explanation. (70361)

Code Quality

• Patterns: Delete unused property. (70321)
• TypeScript: Converts HtmlEntities Package to TS. (69326)
• TypeScript: Migrate deprecated package to TS. (70362)
• TypeScript: Migrate is-shallow-equal package to TS. (70407)
• iAPI: Fix the changelog to include PR 70296 in 6.25. (70309)

Block Editor

• Media List: Use 'placement' prop for popover positioning. (70350)
• Refactor: URLInputButton component to functional react component. (70384)
• Warning: Replace popoverProps.position to popoverProps.placement. (70347)

Components

• Circular Option Picker: Use 'placement' prop for popover positioning. (70359)
• FormFileUpload: Remove temporary fix for selecting .heic file in Chromium browsers. (70383)

Post Editor

• PostAuthorCombobox: Simplify 'onFilterValueChange' debounced callback. (70512)

Interactivity API

• iAPI: Minor fixes to the Interactivity and Interactivity Router comments. (70420)

Block Library

• Social Link: Use placement prop for popover positioning. (70348)

Tools

Testing

• Test: Improve document settings sidebar locator. (70331)
• Ensure the actual tests environment is used for end-to-end tests. (70280)
• Skip falling end-to-end tests. (70460)
• end-to-end Tests: Add test case for Link color support. (69141)
• end-to-end Tests: Minor code quality improvement in some tests. (70382)

Various

Block Library

• Remove screencast.com embed block variation. (70480)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @alejandrogonzalvo: test: Improve document settings sidebar locator. (70331)
• @BugReportOnWeb: FormFileUpload: Extend audio accept MIME types for iOS compatibility. (70354)
• @iamsandeepdahiya: Fix: Incorrect style handle in RTL style registration for wp-list-reusable-blocks. (70402)
• @kushagra-goyal-14: TypeScript: Migrate is-shallow-equal package to TS. (70407)
• @NidhiDhandhukiya74: Refactor Site Logo "Settings" Panel to Use ToolsPanel. (67972)
• @shrivastavanolo: Navigation Block: Flip submenu indicator icon on submenu expansion. (70307)
• @USERSATOSHI: TypeScript: Migrate deprecated package to TS. (70362)
• @yashjawale: Image: Fix outdated accessibility hint on native component. (70346)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@alejandrogonzalvo @BugReportOnWeb @DAreRodz @dd32 @ellatrix @himanshupathak95 @iamsandeepdahiya @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @jsnajdr @karthikeya-io @kushagra-goyal-14 @Maikuolan @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @NidhiDhandhukiya74 @peterwilsoncc @ramonjd @Rishit30G @SainathPoojary @SantosGuillamot @shimotmk @shrivastavanolo @t-hamano @talldan @USERSATOSHI @vk17-starlord @Vrishabhsk @westonruter @yashjawale @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Button Block: Add HTML Element selection in Advanced settings. (70139)
• Comment Date: Convert Comment Date block settings to ToolsPanel. (70248)
• Comment Author Name Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69407)
• Comment Edit Link: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70247)
• Comment Title: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70246)
• Comments Pagination Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70245)
• Embed Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69636)
• File Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (70189)
• Form Input: Convert Form Input block settings to ToolsPanel. (70249)
• Form: Convert Form block settings to ToolsPanel. (70253)
• Latest posts: Change panel body to tools panel. (70200)
• List Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69387)
• Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Hide title UI controls while keeping attribute support. (70234)
• Navigation: Refactor display panel to use ToolsPanel. (68011)
• Post Title: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70229)
• RSS: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (70213)
• Separator: Change html element option visibility. (70185)
• Shortcode: Add role attribute to content in block.json. (70164)
• Video: Add option to set a track as default. (70227)

Components

• ComboboxControl: Handle Unicode characters when matching values. (70180)
• DropZone: Allow overriding the default icon. (70236)

Block Transforms

• Adds transforms functionality to Post comments link and post comments number. (70287)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

• Button: Avoid empty block control slot. (70191)
• Fix: Click-through blur effect when gallery images have a caption. (69067)
• Pullquote block: Cannot override cite element style via theme.json. (70260)
• Social Link: Localize social service names for translations. (70199)
• Social: Moves size settings to inspector controls. (70186)

Components

• Ensure SVG Images Without a Width Attribute Are Displayed Correctly in FocalPointPicker. (70061)
• FormTokenField: Fix filtering with full-width string. (70232)

Interactivity API

• iAPI: Make storePart argument optional in overloads. (70296)

Post Editor

• Editor: Better normalize strings for hierarchical term filtering. (70178)

Block Editor

• Flex Layout: Fix incorrect default alignment values for Vertical Alignment Control component. (68866)

Accessibility

Block Library

• Button: Avoid focus loss when unlinking using keyboard. (70192)
• Columns block: Don't use ToolsPanelItem for Columns setting. (70210)
• Details Block: Fix keyboard accessibility issues and allow list view selection to show up inner blocks. (70056)

Components

• Toolbar: Adjust colors for dark mode support. (69278)

Experiments

Interactivity API

• iAPI: Remove the full-page client-side navigation experiment. (70228)

Documentation

• Docs: Added the missing ALT attribute to all images. (70225)
• Docs: Remove misleading section from curating the editor experience. (70262)
• Fix parameter hint for canInsertBlocks. (70305)
• Fix: Render_block_core_site_title function doc has missing return type. (70269)
• Improve default ALT attribute value for images in documentation. (70226)
• JSON schema: Clean reference URLs. (70274)
• Removed Empty line and corrected typo in inline document. (70203)
• Replace “sidebar” with “panel” in tutorial.md. (70257)
• Small grammar fix in glossary.md. (70292)
• The wp_admin_notice() function should be called instead of custom HTML for admin notice in docs/how-to-guides/notices/README.md. (70231)
• Updated small typo in inline documentation. (70187)
• useDropZone: Refactor documentation to use the correct function syntax. (70286)
• block.json schema: Add role field. (70272)

Code Quality

Block Editor

• Clarify 'clientId' prop use for 'HTMLElementControl'. (70258)
• ImageSizeControl: Use margin-free style. (70202)

Components

• Remove forced focus of InputControl on mousedown. (41118)
• SuggestionsList: Remove unused code. (70195)

Block Library

• Video: Use a unique 'key' in the 'TrackList' component. (70263)

Tools

Testing

• Cover Block: Add E2E Test for FocalPointPicker. (69077)
• E2E: Add general end-to-end tests for templateLock functionality. (70160)
• Fix end-to-end test for block API / filtered blocks. (51882)
• Format .github workflows .yml file. (70219)
• Account for tests env port being overridden from 8889 in PHP unit tests. (70267)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @catgofire: Small grammar fix in glossary.md. (70292)
• @Mukulsingh27: Pullquote block: Cannot override cite element style via theme.json. (70260)
• @nani-samireddy: Comments Pagination Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70245)
• @OpuRockey: Fix: Render_block_core_site_title function doc has missing return type. (70269)
• @ravigadhiya007: Docs: Added the missing ALT attribute to all images. (70225)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aurooba @catgofire @DAreRodz @dhruvikpatel18 @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @Mukulsingh27 @nani-samireddy @OpuRockey @pmbaldha @ravigadhiya007 @Rishit30G @SainathPoojary @shail-mehta @shimotmk @stokesman @t-hamano @troychaplin @vipul0425 @vk17-starlord @westonruter @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Button Block: Add HTML Element selection in Advanced settings. (70139)
• Comment Date: Convert Comment Date block settings to ToolsPanel. (70248)
• Comment Author Name Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69407)
• Comment Edit Link: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70247)
• Comment Title: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70246)
• Comments Pagination Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70245)
• Embed Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69636)
• File Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (70189)
• Form Input: Convert Form Input block settings to ToolsPanel. (70249)
• Form: Convert Form block settings to ToolsPanel. (70253)
• Latest posts: Change panel body to tools panel. (70200)
• List Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69387)
• Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Hide title UI controls while keeping attribute support. (70234)
• Navigation: Refactor display panel to use ToolsPanel. (68011)
• Post Title: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70229)
• RSS: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (70213)
• Separator: Change html element option visibility. (70185)
• Shortcode: Add role attribute to content in block.json. (70164)
• Video: Add option to set a track as default. (70227)

Components

• ComboboxControl: Handle Unicode characters when matching values. (70180)
• DropZone: Allow overriding the default icon. (70236)

Block Transforms

• Adds transforms functionality to Post comments link and post comments number. (70287)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

• Button: Avoid empty block control slot. (70191)
• Fix: Click-through blur effect when gallery images have a caption. (69067)
• Pullquote block: Cannot override cite element style via theme.json. (70260)
• Social Link: Localize social service names for translations. (70199)
• Social: Moves size settings to inspector controls. (70186)

Components

• Ensure SVG Images Without a Width Attribute Are Displayed Correctly in FocalPointPicker. (70061)
• FormTokenField: Fix filtering with full-width string. (70232)

Interactivity API

• iAPI: Make storePart argument optional in overloads. (70296)

Post Editor

• Editor: Better normalize strings for hierarchical term filtering. (70178)

Block Editor

• Flex Layout: Fix incorrect default alignment values for Vertical Alignment Control component. (68866)

Accessibility

Block Library

• Button: Avoid focus loss when unlinking using keyboard. (70192)
• Columns block: Don't use ToolsPanelItem for Columns setting. (70210)
• Details Block: Fix keyboard accessibility issues and allow list view selection to show up inner blocks. (70056)

Components

• Toolbar: Adjust colors for dark mode support. (69278)

Experiments

Interactivity API

• iAPI: Remove the full-page client-side navigation experiment. (70228)

Documentation

• Docs: Added the missing ALT attribute to all images. (70225)
• Docs: Remove misleading section from curating the editor experience. (70262)
• Fix parameter hint for canInsertBlocks. (70305)
• Fix: Render_block_core_site_title function doc has missing return type. (70269)
• Improve default ALT attribute value for images in documentation. (70226)
• JSON schema: Clean reference URLs. (70274)
• Removed Empty line and corrected typo in inline document. (70203)
• Replace “sidebar” with “panel” in tutorial.md. (70257)
• Small grammar fix in glossary.md. (70292)
• The wp_admin_notice() function should be called instead of custom HTML for admin notice in docs/how-to-guides/notices/README.md. (70231)
• Updated small typo in inline documentation. (70187)
• useDropZone: Refactor documentation to use the correct function syntax. (70286)
• block.json schema: Add role field. (70272)

Code Quality

Block Editor

• Clarify 'clientId' prop use for 'HTMLElementControl'. (70258)
• ImageSizeControl: Use margin-free style. (70202)

Components

• Remove forced focus of InputControl on mousedown. (41118)
• SuggestionsList: Remove unused code. (70195)

Block Library

• Video: Use a unique 'key' in the 'TrackList' component. (70263)

Tools

Testing

• Cover Block: Add E2E Test for FocalPointPicker. (69077)
• E2E: Add general end-to-end tests for templateLock functionality. (70160)
• Fix end-to-end test for block API / filtered blocks. (51882)
• Format .github workflows .yml file. (70219)
• Account for tests env port being overridden from 8889 in PHP unit tests. (70267)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @catgofire: Small grammar fix in glossary.md. (70292)
• @Mukulsingh27: Pullquote block: Cannot override cite element style via theme.json. (70260)
• @nani-samireddy: Comments Pagination Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70245)
• @OpuRockey: Fix: Render_block_core_site_title function doc has missing return type. (70269)
• @ravigadhiya007: Docs: Added the missing ALT attribute to all images. (70225)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aurooba @catgofire @DAreRodz @dhruvikpatel18 @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @Mukulsingh27 @nani-samireddy @OpuRockey @pmbaldha @ravigadhiya007 @Rishit30G @SainathPoojary @shail-mehta @shimotmk @stokesman @t-hamano @troychaplin @vipul0425 @vk17-starlord @westonruter @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

• Base Styles: Update to modern Sass module system. (70135)
• Post Publish Panel: Open view post links in a new tab. (70127)
• Revert Admin bar: Update the Edit Site link. (69974)

Block Library

• Custom HTML: Add role attribute to content in block.json. (70154)
• HTML Block: Remove space below textarea. (70055)
• Post Navigation Link: Reverse order of variations. (70149)
• RSS: Add role attribute to content in block.json. (70166)
• Search Block: Move search setting to inspector. (70144)

Write mode

• Details block: Add role attribute to summary. (70124)
• Enable Code block content editing in contentOnly. (70111)
• Enable More block's "Read more" text editing in contentOnly mode. (70100)
• Post blocks: Enhance contentOnly editing experience. (70148)
• Table Block: Enhance contentOnly Editing Experience. (70114)

Components

• ColorPicker: Add a visual cue when the value is copied. (70083)
• Snackbar: Add support to open links in new tab. (69905)

Block Transforms

• Block Library: Add missing transforms between Verse and Preformatted blocks. (70101)

Global Styles

• Remove "global" from styles variation in schema descriptions. (70089)

Site Editor

• Move Styles to top of sidebar navigation. (68582)

Bug Fixes

• DOM: Add summary element to focusable elements. (70051)
• Site Editor: Fix PHP warnings in gutenberg_get_site_editor_redirection. (70062)
• URL: Handle HTML entities and ampersand in 'cleanForSlug'. (70078)
• Workflows: Persist git credentials when publishing packages via Lerna. (70058)

Block Library

• Button: Limit scope of width style for link. (70054)
• Image: Provide 'defaultValue' for 'ResolutionTool' component. (70122)
• Post Template: Don't rely on the default 'ignore_sticky' REST API value. (70020)

Components

• Fix Styling for TextControland TextAreaControl in dark themes. (69640)
• Fix URLPopover input handling to properly update value. (70156)

Post Editor

• Editor: Honor rich/code editor settings when deriving the editor mode. (70080)
• Hide "Create template part" menu from block settings dropdown for classic themes. (65568)

Block Editor

• MediaPlaceholder: Fix potential error in 'handleBlocksDrop'. (70090)

Accessibility

• Editor: Add label inTextareaControl in CollabSidebar. (70133)

Global Styles

• Background Image Panel: Fix focus loss. (69813)
• Move Randomize colors button to Edit Palette panel. (70128)

Documentation

• Add example doc comment. (70116)
• Docs: Clarify versions in WordPress page title. (70112)
• Docs: Fix PEG.js link. (70082)
• Docs: Interactivity API Block removed. (69513)
• Modify the spinner example code. (70084)
• Popover: Update Popover component documentation. (70106)
• RichText Readme - Fix 404 URL To Mozilla documentation. (70171)
• Updated backticks to quotes. (70070)

Code Quality

• ServerSideRender: Colocate delayed spinner logic. (70147)
• Stylelint: Customise warning for CSS variables used outside components package. (70108)
• Stylelint: Customise warning message for flex-direction warning. (70057)

Block Library

• Blocks: Remove TODO for post comment block conversion. (70110)

Components

• withIgnoreIMEEvents: Update documentation for clarity. (70098)

Font Library

• Fix missing trailing period in user message. (70132)

Tools

Build Tooling

• Workflows: Add option for publishing the latest npm packages. (70079)

Testing

• end-to-end Tests: Add test suite for columns block template lock. (69089)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @jasalt: Docs: Fix PEG.js link. (70082)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@carolinan @himanshupathak95 @igorradovanov @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @jasalt @karthikeya-io @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @peterwilsoncc @SainathPoojary @shimotmk @SirLouen @StevenDufresne @Sukhendu2002 @t-hamano @unscripted @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

• Base Styles: Update to modern Sass module system. (70135)
• Post Publish Panel: Open view post links in a new tab. (70127)
• Revert Admin bar: Update the Edit Site link. (69974)

Block Library

• Custom HTML: Add role attribute to content in block.json. (70154)
• HTML Block: Remove space below textarea. (70055)
• Post Navigation Link: Reverse order of variations. (70149)
• RSS: Add role attribute to content in block.json. (70166)
• Search Block: Move search setting to inspector. (70144)

Write mode

• Details block: Add role attribute to summary. (70124)
• Enable Code block content editing in contentOnly. (70111)
• Enable More block's "Read more" text editing in contentOnly mode. (70100)
• Post blocks: Enhance contentOnly editing experience. (70148)
• Table Block: Enhance contentOnly Editing Experience. (70114)

Components

• ColorPicker: Add a visual cue when the value is copied. (70083)
• Snackbar: Add support to open links in new tab. (69905)

Block Transforms

• Block Library: Add missing transforms between Verse and Preformatted blocks. (70101)

Global Styles

• Remove "global" from styles variation in schema descriptions. (70089)

Site Editor

• Move Styles to top of sidebar navigation. (68582)

Bug Fixes

• DOM: Add summary element to focusable elements. (70051)
• Site Editor: Fix PHP warnings in gutenberg_get_site_editor_redirection. (70062)
• URL: Handle HTML entities and ampersand in 'cleanForSlug'. (70078)
• Workflows: Persist git credentials when publishing packages via Lerna. (70058)

Block Library

• Button: Limit scope of width style for link. (70054)
• Image: Provide 'defaultValue' for 'ResolutionTool' component. (70122)
• Post Template: Don't rely on the default 'ignore_sticky' REST API value. (70020)

Components

• Fix Styling for TextControland TextAreaControl in dark themes. (69640)
• Fix URLPopover input handling to properly update value. (70156)

Post Editor

• Editor: Honor rich/code editor settings when deriving the editor mode. (70080)
• Hide "Create template part" menu from block settings dropdown for classic themes. (65568)

Block Editor

• MediaPlaceholder: Fix potential error in 'handleBlocksDrop'. (70090)

Accessibility

• Editor: Add label inTextareaControl in CollabSidebar. (70133)

Global Styles

• Background Image Panel: Fix focus loss. (69813)
• Move Randomize colors button to Edit Palette panel. (70128)

Documentation

• Add example doc comment. (70116)
• Docs: Clarify versions in WordPress page title. (70112)
• Docs: Fix PEG.js link. (70082)
• Docs: Interactivity API Block removed. (69513)
• Modify the spinner example code. (70084)
• Popover: Update Popover component documentation. (70106)
• RichText Readme - Fix 404 URL To Mozilla documentation. (70171)
• Updated backticks to quotes. (70070)

Code Quality

• ServerSideRender: Colocate delayed spinner logic. (70147)
• Stylelint: Customise warning for CSS variables used outside components package. (70108)
• Stylelint: Customise warning message for flex-direction warning. (70057)

Block Library

• Blocks: Remove TODO for post comment block conversion. (70110)

Components

• withIgnoreIMEEvents: Update documentation for clarity. (70098)

Font Library

• Fix missing trailing period in user message. (70132)

Tools

Build Tooling

• Workflows: Add option for publishing the latest npm packages. (70079)

Testing

• end-to-end Tests: Add test suite for columns block template lock. (69089)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @jasalt: Docs: Fix PEG.js link. (70082)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@carolinan @himanshupathak95 @igorradovanov @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @jasalt @karthikeya-io @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @peterwilsoncc @SainathPoojary @shimotmk @SirLouen @StevenDufresne @Sukhendu2002 @t-hamano @unscripted @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

• Create Block: Add --textdomain flag to create block tool. (69802)

Components

• Guide: Make next and previous button text customizable. (69907)
• Popover: Add virtual padding to prevent it from hitting the viewport edge. (69555)

Document Settings

• Editor: Add search functionality to template swapping modal. (69667)

Block Editor

• Widget Editor: Don't close the inserter when focusing outside it. (67838)

Editor

• Use split view for meta boxes only when canvas is iframed and “Desktop” view. (69958)

New APIs

Widgets Editor

• Edit Widgets: Save lock control via actions. (69984)

Bug Fixes

• GitHub Actions: Fix components changelog CI check. (70034)
• Persist git credentials when publishing via lerna. (70007)
• Plugin: Fix deprecation for 'apply_block_hooks_to_content_from_post_object'. (69909)
• ServerSideRender: Don't render the previous error response in loading state. (69988)
• ServerSideRender: Refactor fetchData to use useCallback and refs. (69237)

Block Library

• Author, Author Name block: Fix PHP warning error when there is no context. (69949)
• Block Editor: Allow editing invalid blocks as HTML. (69902)
• Block Editor: Prevent negative width values in Spacer block when used inside a row block. (68845)
• Calendar block: Disable edit as HTML support. (69961)
• Image: Avoid stale URL when reselecting the same image from the library. (69985)
• Latest Posts: Update content display labels to Display post content and Content length. (69839)
• Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Fix undefined key warning. (69951)
• fix: Update the logic of fetching current URL in loginout block. (70031)

Block Editor

• Block HTML: Add box-sizing property to prevent overflow. (70014)
• Fix: Improve warning message and add spacing in HTMLElementControl. (70002)
• MediaPlaceholder: Fix Regression with media URL input type to allow a local URL path. (70043)
• Prevent block merging on blocks with the 'disabled' editing mode. (69918)

Components

• Don't mutate 'ALL_CSS_UNITS' default value in 'useCustomUnits'. (70037)
• Fix double border in ItemGroup when last item is focused. (70021)
• Fix: Duotone unset button. (69981)
• ToggleGroupControl: Fix active background for empty string value. (69969)

Site Editor

• Check user permissions before rendering export menu item. (69971)

Widgets Editor

• Fix: Browser Warnings when closing keyboard shortcut modal. (69929)

Block API

• Fix: Missing conversion from json styled variable to CSS variable. (69551)

Typography

• Fix: Prevent FontSizePicker crash when no font size exists. (68733)

Icons

• Remove width / height attributes from svg element. (43747)

Accessibility

• Keyboard Shortcuts: Revert delete shortcut to access + z. (69931)

Block Library

• Add new HTMLElementControl component. (69904)

Performance

Block Library

• Latest Posts: Delay inspector control queries until the block is selected. (69898)
• Latest Posts: Embed author in response. (69889)

Document Settings

• Lazy load post authors' data. (69950)

Documentation

• Add WP version note for 'setAttributes' updater function. (69972)
• Create Block: Add --textdomain in create-block README. (69927)
• Docs: Add post meta limitations to Block Bindings API documentation. (68583)
• Docs: Added copy and code for style_data. (69920)
• Fix missing CSS import in data basics tutorial code. (69914)
• Fix typos. (69957)
• Fix: Remove an unnecessary @return tag from this filter docblock. (69960)

Code Quality

• ServerSideRender: Use useLayoutEffect to update latestPropsRef. (69999)
• Stylelint: Migrate configuration from JSON to JavaScript format. (69590)
• theme.json: Unify property order. (70033)

Themes

• Simplify color specifications from rgba to rgb. (70008)

Block Editor

• Simplify condition selectors for 'useHasBlockToolbar'. (69930)

Block Library

• Latest Posts: Only fetch necessary fields for categories. (69888)

Components

• ColorPicker: Add tests for ColorPicker Alpha slider. (69203)

Tools

Testing

• Automated Testing: Skip storybook smoke test. (69943)
• List View: Add end-to-end test to verify pasting block styles via keyboard. (69979)
• Try: Fix 'wp-polyfill' script dependents unit test. (69912)
• Workflows: Try different SHA. (70048)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @jrmd: Block Editor: Prevent block merging on blocks with the 'disabled' editing mode. (69918)
• @Maikuolan: Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Fix undefined key warning. (69951)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@bph @Debarghya-Banerjee @georgestephanis @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @johnbillion @jrmd @karthikeya-io @Maikuolan @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @Rishit30G @SH4LIN @shimotmk @stokesman @Sukhendu2002 @t-hamano @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

• Create Block: Add --textdomain flag to create block tool. (69802)

Components

• Guide: Make next and previous button text customizable. (69907)
• Popover: Add virtual padding to prevent it from hitting the viewport edge. (69555)

Document Settings

• Editor: Add search functionality to template swapping modal. (69667)

Block Editor

• Widget Editor: Don't close the inserter when focusing outside it. (67838)

Editor

• Use split view for meta boxes only when canvas is iframed and “Desktop” view. (69958)

New APIs

Widgets Editor

• Edit Widgets: Save lock control via actions. (69984)

Bug Fixes

• GitHub Actions: Fix components changelog CI check. (70034)
• Persist git credentials when publishing via lerna. (70007)
• Plugin: Fix deprecation for 'apply_block_hooks_to_content_from_post_object'. (69909)
• ServerSideRender: Don't render the previous error response in loading state. (69988)
• ServerSideRender: Refactor fetchData to use useCallback and refs. (69237)

Block Library

• Author, Author Name block: Fix PHP warning error when there is no context. (69949)
• Block Editor: Allow editing invalid blocks as HTML. (69902)
• Block Editor: Prevent negative width values in Spacer block when used inside a row block. (68845)
• Calendar block: Disable edit as HTML support. (69961)
• Image: Avoid stale URL when reselecting the same image from the library. (69985)
• Latest Posts: Update content display labels to Display post content and Content length. (69839)
• Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Fix undefined key warning. (69951)
• fix: Update the logic of fetching current URL in loginout block. (70031)

Block Editor

• Block HTML: Add box-sizing property to prevent overflow. (70014)
• Fix: Improve warning message and add spacing in HTMLElementControl. (70002)
• MediaPlaceholder: Fix Regression with media URL input type to allow a local URL path. (70043)
• Prevent block merging on blocks with the 'disabled' editing mode. (69918)

Components

• Don't mutate 'ALL_CSS_UNITS' default value in 'useCustomUnits'. (70037)
• Fix double border in ItemGroup when last item is focused. (70021)
• Fix: Duotone unset button. (69981)
• ToggleGroupControl: Fix active background for empty string value. (69969)

Site Editor

• Check user permissions before rendering export menu item. (69971)

Widgets Editor

• Fix: Browser Warnings when closing keyboard shortcut modal. (69929)

Block API

• Fix: Missing conversion from json styled variable to CSS variable. (69551)

Typography

• Fix: Prevent FontSizePicker crash when no font size exists. (68733)

Icons

• Remove width / height attributes from svg element. (43747)

Accessibility

• Keyboard Shortcuts: Revert delete shortcut to access + z. (69931)

Block Library

• Add new HTMLElementControl component. (69904)

Performance

Block Library

• Latest Posts: Delay inspector control queries until the block is selected. (69898)
• Latest Posts: Embed author in response. (69889)

Document Settings

• Lazy load post authors' data. (69950)

Documentation

• Add WP version note for 'setAttributes' updater function. (69972)
• Create Block: Add --textdomain in create-block README. (69927)
• Docs: Add post meta limitations to Block Bindings API documentation. (68583)
• Docs: Added copy and code for style_data. (69920)
• Fix missing CSS import in data basics tutorial code. (69914)
• Fix typos. (69957)
• Fix: Remove an unnecessary @return tag from this filter docblock. (69960)

Code Quality

• ServerSideRender: Use useLayoutEffect to update latestPropsRef. (69999)
• Stylelint: Migrate configuration from JSON to JavaScript format. (69590)
• theme.json: Unify property order. (70033)

Themes

• Simplify color specifications from rgba to rgb. (70008)

Block Editor

• Simplify condition selectors for 'useHasBlockToolbar'. (69930)

Block Library

• Latest Posts: Only fetch necessary fields for categories. (69888)

Components

• ColorPicker: Add tests for ColorPicker Alpha slider. (69203)

Tools

Testing

• Automated Testing: Skip storybook smoke test. (69943)
• List View: Add end-to-end test to verify pasting block styles via keyboard. (69979)
• Try: Fix 'wp-polyfill' script dependents unit test. (69912)
• Workflows: Try different SHA. (70048)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @jrmd: Block Editor: Prevent block merging on blocks with the 'disabled' editing mode. (69918)
• @Maikuolan: Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Fix undefined key warning. (69951)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@bph @Debarghya-Banerjee @georgestephanis @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @johnbillion @jrmd @karthikeya-io @Maikuolan @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @Rishit30G @SH4LIN @shimotmk @stokesman @Sukhendu2002 @t-hamano @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

• Format Library: Add a feature to set the alpha value to Highlight. (67525)
• Playwright end-to-end utils: Add new emulateNetworkConditions helper. (69865)

Block Library

• Details: Enable all non-interactive formats. (68741)
• Heading: Add/correct typography examples. (69812)
• Navigation in Site View: Automatically expand all options. (69343)
• Remove experimental status from comments count and comment link blocks. (69832)
• Table Block: Preserve Column Alignment when Pasting Markdown Tables. (69322)
• Tag Cloud: Remove unnecessary full-width padding. (69725)

Block Editor

• Remove truncation from media tab preview tooltips. (69741)
• Support passing updater function to 'setAttributes'. (69709)

Media

• Remove @shopify/web-worker Dependency from packages/upload-media. (69816)

Bug Fixes

• DataViews: Ensure consistent display of primary ellipsis in list layout. (69846)
• Scripts: Fix blocks manifest generation when directory name has space. (69766)

Block Library

• Enhance Featured Image Block: Don't include interactive elements within an element. (69730)
• Featured Image: Don't render empty Resolution tools panel if media is not set. (69805)
• Fix: Background wrapper for 'Button Inside' option. (69624)
• Fix: Update the static text and make them translatable in the Blocks example. (69859)
• Fixed Media & Text Block - Image not rendered properly on frontend when inside stack. (68610)
• Query Loop: Don't overwrite the 'query.inherit' attribute value. (69698)
• Query Loop: Fix 'undo trap' and improve debouncing for 'Keyword' control. (69845)
• ToC: Fix condition for 'Limit heading levels'. (69811)
• ToC: Fix related block attribute persistence. (69734)

Block Editor

• Block Tools: Prevent showing block toolbar when block interface is hidden. (69795)
• Block drag & drop: Enable mouse click on input/textarea elements in Firefox. (69781)
• Fix: Restore static properties on deprecated __experimentalLinkControl. (69860)
• Fix: Space visualizer showing previous value. (69747)

Post Editor

• Fix: Save custom template with non-latin slug. (69732)
• Iframe: Don't enable for block themes in core if v2 blocks exist. (69778)

Document Settings

• PostPublishPanel: Fix post title overflow. (69804)

Patterns

• Editor: Enable starter pattern modal for all post types. (69753)

Components

• UI Components: Add theme support for FormTokenField and ComboboxControl. (69638)

Accessibility

• DataViews: Always show primary action for list layout if hover isn't supported. (69876)

Block Library

• Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Remove the title attribute controls. (69689)
• Navigation block: Fix submenu Escape key behavior. (69837)
• Social Icons: Remove custom placeholder state. (69821)

Components

• Button: Update hover styles to account for pressed state for tertiary button. (68542)
• Global Styles: Fix incorrect usage of ItemGroup in the Background image panel. (68631)

DataViews

• ActionModal: Add support for customisable focusOnMount. (69609)

Documentation

• Add WithCloseHandlers story. (69688)
• Create Block: Improve support for blocks manifest and relevant Core APIs. (69767)
• Docs: Improve document and parameters in render_block_core_* function. (69856)
• Fix: Incorrect Type of wp_widget_factory in render_block_core_legacy_widget Doc Block. (69775)
• Fix: Expose TypeScript types for subcomponents. (69619)
• Latest Posts block: Add missing @global PHP documentation. (69763)

Code Quality

• Block Parser: Remove description for singular since tag. (69799)
• Fix Documentation inconsistencies in Block Parser classes. (69785)
• Stylelint-config: Add stylelint-scss as a peer dependency. (69685)

Block Library

• Query Loop: Remove unused 'Columns' control. (69843)
• Search: wp-block-search__inside-wrapper classname trailing spaces. (69405)
• Social Icons: Fix effect dependencies. (69824)
• Social Icons: Remove unused editor style. (69836)

Block Directory

• Update metadata fields requested from server. (69801)

Components

• Update gradient-parser dependency from 0.1.5 to 1.0.2. (69783)

Tools

Testing

• Automated Testing: Add GitHub Actions workflow for Storybook smoke testing. (69679)
• E2E: Split list view keyboard shortcuts into multiple tests. (69231)
• Workflows: Ignore 'widgets' for manual backports. (69792)

Build Tooling

• Workflows: Ignore 'block-serialization-default-parser' for manual backports. (69791)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @Debarghya-Banerjee: Fix: Incorrect Type of wp_widget_factory in render_block_core_legacy_widget Doc Block. (69775)
• @karthikeya-io: Fix: Space visualizer showing previous value. (69747)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@carolinan @Debarghya-Banerjee @dhruvikpatel18 @dilipbheda @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @jonathanbossenger @karthikeya-io @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @Rishit30G @SainathPoojary @shimotmk @snehapatil2001 @stokesman @Sukhendu2002 @swissspidy @t-hamano @timse201 @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

• Format Library: Add a feature to set alpha value to Highlight. (67525)
• Playwright end-to-end utils: Add new emulateNetworkConditions helper. (69865)

Block Library

• Details: Enable all non-interactive formats. (68741)
• Heading: Add/correct typography examples. (69812)
• Navigation in Site View: Automatically expand all options. (69343)
• Remove experimental status from comments count and comment link blocks. (69832)
• Table Block: Preserve Column Alignment when Pasting Markdown Tables. (69322)
• Tag Cloud: Remove unnecessary full-width padding. (69725)

Block Editor

• Remove truncation from media tab preview tooltips. (69741)
• Support passing updater function to 'setAttributes'. (69709)

Media

• Remove @shopify/web-worker Dependency from packages/upload-media. (69816)

Bug Fixes

• DataViews: Ensure consistent display of primary ellipsis in list layout. (69846)
• Scripts: Fix blocks manifest generation when directory name has space. (69766)

Block Library

• Enhance Featured Image Block: Don't include interactive elements within a element. (69730)
• Featured Image: Don't render empty Resolution tools panel if media is not set. (69805)
• Fix: Background wrapper for 'Button Inside' option. (69624)
• Fix: Update the static text and make them translatable in the Blocks example. (69859)
• Fixed Media & Text Block - Image not rendered properly on frontend when inside stack. (68610)
• Query Loop: Don't overwrite the 'query.inherit' attribute value. (69698)
• Query Loop: Fix 'undo trap' and improve debouncing for 'Keyword' control. (69845)
• ToC: Fix condition for 'Limit heading levels'. (69811)
• ToC: Fix related block attribute persistence. (69734)

Block Editor

• Block Tools: Prevent showing block toolbar when block interface is hidden. (69795)
• Block drag & drop: Enable mouse click on input/textarea elements in Firefox. (69781)
• Fix: Restore static properties on deprecated __experimentalLinkControl. (69860)
• Fix: Space visualizer showing previous value. (69747)

Post Editor

• Fix: Save custom template with non-latin slug. (69732)
• Iframe: Don't enable for block themes in core if v2 blocks exist. (69778)

Document Settings

• PostPublishPanel: Fix post title overflow. (69804)

Patterns

• Editor: Enable starter pattern modal for all post types. (69753)

Components

• UI Components: Add theme support for FormTokenField and ComboboxControl. (69638)

Accessibility

• DataViews: Always show primary action for list layout if hover isn't supported. (69876)

Block Library

• Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Remove the title attribute controls. (69689)
• Navigation block: Fix submenu Escape key behavior. (69837)
• Social Icons: Remove custom placeholder state. (69821)

Components

• Button: Update hover styles to account for pressed state for tertiary button. (68542)
• Global Styles: Fix incorrect usage of ItemGroup in the Background image panel. (68631)

DataViews

• ActionModal: Add support for customisable focusOnMount. (69609)

Documentation

• Add WithCloseHandlers story. (69688)
• Create Block: Improve support for blocks manifest and relevant Core APIs. (69767)
• Docs: Improve document and parameters in render_block_core_* function. (69856)
• Fix: Incorrect Type of wp_widget_factory in render_block_core_legacy_widget Doc Block. (69775)
• Fix: Expose TypeScript types for subcomponents. (69619)
• Latest Posts block: Add missing @global PHP documentation. (69763)

Code Quality

• Block Parser: Remove description for singular since tag. (69799)
• Fix Documentation inconsistencies in Block Parser classes. (69785)
• Stylelint-config: Add stylelint-scss as a peer dependency. (69685)

Block Library

• Query Loop: Remove unused 'Columns' control. (69843)
• Search: wp-block-search__inside-wrapper classname trailing spaces. (69405)
• Social Icons: Fix effect dependencies. (69824)
• Social Icons: Remove unused editor style. (69836)

Block Directory

• Update metadata fields requested from server. (69801)

Components

• Update gradient-parser dependency from 0.1.5 to 1.0.2. (69783)

Tools

Testing

• Automated Testing: Add GitHub Actions workflow for Storybook smoke testing. (69679)
• E2E: Split list view keyboard shortcuts into multiple tests. (69231)
• Workflows: Ignore 'widgets' for manual backports. (69792)

Build Tooling

• Workflows: Ignore 'block-serialization-default-parser' for manual backports. (69791)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @Debarghya-Banerjee: Fix: Incorrect Type of wp_widget_factory in render_block_core_legacy_widget Doc Block. (69775)
• @karthikeya-io: Fix: Space visualizer showing previous value. (69747)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@carolinan @Debarghya-Banerjee @dhruvikpatel18 @dilipbheda @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @jonathanbossenger @karthikeya-io @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @Rishit30G @SainathPoojary @shimotmk @snehapatil2001 @stokesman @Sukhendu2002 @swissspidy @t-hamano @timse201 @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Feature: Adding support for more granular controls over the ToC block. (69063)
• Navigation Block: Add transparency slider for submenu background. (69379)
• Query Total: Add interactivity.clientNavigation block support. (69661)
• RSS Block: Add option to open links in new tab/window and control rel attributes. (69641)

Block Editor

• Add keyboard shortcut (cmd(ctrl)+option(alt)+v) to paste styles. (69196)
• BlockPatternsExplorer: Hide scrollbar from sidebar if not scrollable. (69706)

Post Editor

• Editor: Revert new default rendering mode for Pages. (69680)

Bug Fixes

• BlockBreadcrumb: Wrap text node in span tag. (69605)
• Fix Media & Text block preview alignment on larger devices. (67097)
• Format Library: Ensure inline image with updates persist after removing the 'width'. (69683)
• Include blocks manifest build process in Webpack configuration to fix create-block bug with missing blocks manifest file. (69578)

Block Library

• Featured Image Block: Prevent default action on image click to fix linking to post. (69716)
• Fix Category List Block: Add optional chaining to taxonomy name. (69703)
• Fix(embed-block): Only call setAttributes() when attrs change. (68141)
• Fix: Correct 'Displaying 1 – 0 of 0' issue when no results are found. (69666)
• Image block: Omit max width observer element in galleries. (69601)
• PostCommentsForm: Fix submit button width regression. (69651)

Components

• ComboboxControl: Replace undefined variable usage with color-mix for disabled selection. (69621)
• CustomSelectControl: Use dynamic fill color for check icon. (69626)
• Fix autocomple UI flicker when deleting trigger prefix. (69562)
• Update NumberControl stepping to match HTML number input stepping. (34566)

Block Editor

• LinkControl: Fix visually Duplicative label and placeholder. (69620)
• PatternsExplorerModal: Fix empty patterns in starter content category. (69629)

Post Editor

• Post Template Panel: Render create-new-template-modal over post-template-panel. (69713)

Global Styles

• Site Editor: Make the text "Custom Styles" translatable. (69677)

Site Editor

• Set IFRAME_REQUEST constant for classic theme site preview. (69535)

Document Settings

• PostStatus: Prevent form submission from refreshing the page. (69526)

Accessibility

Document Settings

• Post Template Panel: Preserve parent modal when closing template creation dialog. (69724)

Block Library

• Site Title: Prevent saving and rendering a value made of only spaces. (69628)

Block Editor

• Fix shift+tab from post title. (69520)

Components

• Global Styles: Prevent Unwanted ItemGroup List Rendering in Border Panel. (68633)

DataViews

• Display Checkbox by default in dataviews. (67874)

Performance

Block Library

• Image: Don't subscribe to current post changes. (69630)
• Navigation Link: Don't check validity when block editing is disabled. (69627)
• Navigation Link: Improve performance by only requesting entities when selected. (69633)
• Navigation Link: Optimize 'getBlockParentsByBlockName' selector call. (69631)

Documentation

• Developer Documentation: Update VS Code settings in the contribution guide. (69670)
• Editor: Clarify icon prop behavior in README. (69672)
• Fix: Missing comma in DataView documentation example. (69721)
• Modify the AnglePickerControl example code. (69673)
• Modify the RangeControl example code. (69591)
• Reference splitTask from interactivity package in documentation. (69602)
• Storybook: Update ToolbarItem and ToolbarDropdownMenu exports. (69618)
• Update the list of Gutenberg versions in WordPress versions. (69700)
• scripts: Fix broken changelog link. (69654)

Code Quality

Components

• Component: Extract getNodeText to its own file and add unit tests. (69135)
• Fixed broken className test for NumberControl. (69540)

Post Editor

• PreviewDropdown: There's no need to unlock the 'getRenderingMode' selector. (69682)

Font Library

• FontLibraryModal: Remove temporary margin-bottom override. (69674)

Site Editor

• Update old URLs to new path-based URLs. (69585)

Tools

Testing

• Fix end-to-end and performance tests. (69690)
• Fix flaky Typewriter end-to-end test. (69623)
• Refactor 'Template hierarchy' end-to-end tests. (69692)
• Upgrade Playwright to v1.51.1. (69622)
• e2e: Fix taxomomies test. (69723)

Build Tooling

• Fix Tests: Update browserslist and caniuse-lite to latest versions. (69669)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @gmovr: Feature: Adding support for more granular controls over the ToC block. (69063)
• @im3dabasia: Fix Media & Text block preview alignment on larger devices. (67097)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@bph @chrisbellboy @dhruvikpatel18 @felixarntz @gmovr @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @karthick-murugan @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @Rishit30G @SainathPoojary @shimotmk @Sourav61 @StevenDufresne @stokesman @t-hamano @westonruter @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

• Feature: Adding support for more granular controls over the ToC block. (69063)
• Navigation Block: Add transparency slider for submenu background. (69379)
• Query Total: Add interactivity.clientNavigation block support. (69661)
• RSS Block: Add option to open links in new tab/window and control rel attributes. (69641)

Block Editor

• Add keyboard shortcut (cmd(ctrl)+option(alt)+v) to paste styles. (69196)
• BlockPatternsExplorer: Hide scrollbar from sidebar if not scrollable. (69706)

Post Editor

• Editor: Revert new default rendering mode for Pages. (69680)

Bug Fixes

• BlockBreadcrumb: Wrap text node in span tag. (69605)
• Fix Media & Text block preview alignment on larger devices. (67097)
• Format Library: Ensure inline image with updates persist after removing the 'width'. (69683)
• Include blocks manifest build process in Webpack configuration to fix create-block bug with missing blocks manifest file. (69578)

Block Library

• Featured Image Block: Prevent default action on image click to fix linking to post. (69716)
• Fix Category List Block: Add optional chaining to taxonomy name. (69703)
• Fix(embed-block): Only call setAttributes() when attrs change. (68141)
• Fix: Correct 'Displaying 1 – 0 of 0' issue when no results are found. (69666)
• Image block: Omit max width observer element in galleries. (69601)
• PostCommentsForm: Fix submit button width regression. (69651)

Components

• ComboboxControl: Replace undefined variable usage with color-mix for disabled selection. (69621)
• CustomSelectControl: Use dynamic fill color for check icon. (69626)
• Fix autocomple UI flicker when deleting trigger prefix. (69562)
• Update NumberControl stepping to match HTML number input stepping. (34566)

Block Editor

• LinkControl: Fix visually Duplicative label and placeholder. (69620)
• PatternsExplorerModal: Fix empty patterns in starter content category. (69629)

Post Editor

• Post Template Panel: Render create-new-template-modal over post-template-panel. (69713)

Global Styles

• Site Editor: Make the text "Custom Styles" translatable. (69677)

Site Editor

• Set IFRAME_REQUEST constant for classic theme site preview. (69535)

Document Settings

• PostStatus: Prevent form submission from refreshing the page. (69526)

Accessibility

Document Settings

• Post Template Panel: Preserve parent modal when closing template creation dialog. (69724)

Block Library

• Site Title: Prevent saving and rendering a value made of only spaces. (69628)

Block Editor

• Fix shift+tab from post title. (69520)

Components

• Global Styles: Prevent Unwanted ItemGroup List Rendering in Border Panel. (68633)

DataViews

• Display Checkbox by default in dataviews. (67874)

Performance

Block Library

• Image: Don't subscribe to current post changes. (69630)
• Navigation Link: Don't check validity when block editing is disabled. (69627)
• Navigation Link: Improve performance by only requesting entities when selected. (69633)
• Navigation Link: Optimize 'getBlockParentsByBlockName' selector call. (69631)

Documentation

• Developer Documentation: Update VS Code settings in the contribution guide. (69670)
• Editor: Clarify icon prop behavior in README. (69672)
• Fix: Missing comma in DataView documentation example. (69721)
• Modify the AnglePickerControl example code. (69673)
• Modify the RangeControl example code. (69591)
• Reference splitTask from interactivity package in documentation. (69602)
• Storybook: Update ToolbarItem and ToolbarDropdownMenu exports. (69618)
• Update the list of Gutenberg versions in WordPress versions. (69700)
• scripts: Fix broken changelog link. (69654)

Code Quality

Components

• Component: Extract getNodeText to its own file and add unit tests. (69135)
• Fixed broken className test for NumberControl. (69540)

Post Editor

• PreviewDropdown: There's no need to unlock the 'getRenderingMode' selector. (69682)

Font Library

• FontLibraryModal: Remove temporary margin-bottom override. (69674)

Site Editor

• Update old URLs to new path-based URLs. (69585)

Tools

Testing

• Fix end-to-end and performance tests. (69690)
• Fix flaky Typewriter end-to-end test. (69623)
• Refactor 'Template hierarchy' end-to-end tests. (69692)
• Upgrade Playwright to v1.51.1. (69622)
• e2e: Fix taxomomies test. (69723)

Build Tooling

• Fix Tests: Update browserslist and caniuse-lite to latest versions. (69669)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @gmovr: Feature: Adding support for more granular controls over the ToC block. (69063)
• @im3dabasia: Fix Media & Text block preview alignment on larger devices. (67097)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@bph @chrisbellboy @dhruvikpatel18 @felixarntz @gmovr @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @karthick-murugan @Mamaduka @Mayank-Tripathi32 @Rishit30G @SainathPoojary @shimotmk @Sourav61 @StevenDufresne @stokesman @t-hamano @westonruter @yogeshbhutkar

Changelog

Enhancements

• Admin bar: Update the Edit Site link. (69271)
• Enhance create-block package to support blocks manifest and relevant Core APIs by default. (69446)
• Remove trailing periods from Show or hide settings panel. (69356)
• Site Editor: Make current theme and editor settings available to route area resolvers. (69299)

Block Library

• Button Block: Add draft page creation capability. (69368)
• Query Total: Update the block color support settings. (69500)

Block Editor

• BlockEditor: Resolve MediaReplaceFlow UI text inconsistency. (69546)

Site Editor

• Add period to Desgin description. (69537)

Post Editor

• Pre-publish panel: Do not show suggestions for tags and categories if there are none. (69453)

DataViews

• DataView Actions Modal: Allow customizable modal size through props. (69302)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

• Archives Block: Fix showLabel default state. (69469)
• Comment Template: Use fallback when there's an HTTP error. (69422)
• Fix: Show the author and author name examples in the Stylebook. (69436)
• Image block: Unwrap img element in editor. (68666)
• Latest Posts: Make Latest Posts block consistent with sticky posts display. (69428)
• Query Total: Prevent stricted type fatal errors on post per page. (69508)
• Social Icons: Disable edit as HTML support. (69374)
• Spacer: Revert height defaults to 100px if left unset. (69450)
• SpacerControls: Default the height to 100px if left unset. (68819)
• Table Of Contents: Include headings exclusively within the core/post-content block. (69366)

Site Editor

• Classic themes: Prevent access to parts of the Site Editor. (69473)
• Hide admin bar in classic theme site preview. (69514)
• Prevent access to the Design/Styles screen from classic themes without StyleBook support. (69377)
• Show save panel in mobile layout. (69448)
• Site Editor Sidebar: Fix header scrolling in mobile layout. (69413)

Global Styles

• Shadow, Duotone: Fix reset button style. (69471)
• ShadowsPanel: Remove Flex Wrapper from Subtitle. (69541)

Post Editor

• Autocompleters: Change user slug color. (69003)
• Editor: Fix 'slug' editing in 'template-locked' mode. (69516)

Document Settings

• Editor: Use disabled state for 'Change template' menu item. (69558)

Style Book

• Classic theme site preview: Make all interactive elements unclickable. (69522)

Document Outline

• Disable selection for non-content headings. (69506)

Block Editor

• Fix error from popover scroll hook. (69479)

REST API

• Add additional default template data fields for the active theme. (69417)

Block Directory

• Fix installations for 'template-locked' mode. (69394)

Layout

• Layout Support: Replace incremental IDs with hashes. (68210)

Accessibility

Post Editor

• Editor: Refactor the 'PostVisibility' component. (69451)
• Make password protected input fields consistent. (69440)

Components

• Button: Remove fixed width from small and compact buttons with icons. (69378)
• Remove non translatable additional info from font size picker visual label and improve labeling. (69011)

Block Editor

• ARIA: Fix invalid DropdownMenu children structure. (69441)

Block Library

• Site Title: Fix logic for 'aria-current' attribute. (68909)

Performance

Post Editor

• Editor: Optimize queries for 'useAllowSwitchingTemplates' hook. (69560)
• Editor: Optimize selector queries for Homepage and Posts Page actions. (69461)
• Editor: Preload template lookup. (69454)

Site Editor

• Fix template lookup preloading for non-draft pages. (69400)

Experiments

• Added Missing Trailing periods in Experiment Settings Page. (69395)

Documentation

• Docs/update reference to JS build setup 404 in scripts README, fix absolute links. (69495)
• Fix: Update invalid JSON Schema link in README.md. (69505)
• Update documentation about wp-scripts build-blocks-manifest in relation to new WordPress 6.8 function. (69445)

Code Quality

• Alignment note with WordPress report 62426. (69519)
• Core Data: Update '__unstableBase' entity types. (69556)

Block Library

• Audio Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69324)

Global Styles

• Removed color.__experimentalDuotone from core blocks. (58241)

Tools

Testing

• Restore post preview end-to-end tests. (69447)
• Skip failing post preview end-to-end tests. (69429)
• Template UI mu-plugin: Run filter after the setup_theme action. (69542)

Various

Plugin

• Update hierarchical data compat directory. (69550)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @Anuj-Rathore24: Fix: Update invalid JSON Schema link in README.md. (69505)
• @bschneidewind: Site Title: Fix logic for 'aria-current' attribute. (68909)
• @dontfeedthecode: Docs/update reference to JS build setup 404 in scripts README, fix absolute links. (69495)
• @sabbir1991: Removed color.__experimentalDuotone from core blocks. (58241)
• @SirLouen: Alignment note with WordPress report 62426. (69519)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@afercia @Anuj-Rathore24 @bschneidewind @carolinan @cbravobernal @DAreRodz @dhruvikpatel18 @dontfeedthecode @felixarntz @HILAYTRIVEDI @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @Mamaduka @sabbir1991 @SainathPoojary @shail-mehta @shimotmk @SirLouen @stokesman @t-hamano @yogeshbhutkar