18.5.0 RC1

Changelog

Features

Global Styles

• Add defaultSpacingSizes option (theme.json v3). (61842)
• Edit/create shadows in global styles. (60706)
• Relocate Background Image controls to sit under Layout. (61886)

Block Library

• Enable shadow support for cover block. (61883)

Block bindings

• Allow editing in post meta source. (61753)

Script Modules API

• Add script module data implementation. (61658)

Synced Patterns

• Add __default binding for pattern overrides. (60694)

Block Styles

• Extend block style variations as mechanism for achieving section styling. (57908)

Enhancements

• Block card: Fix typographic widow. (61438)
• Block settings: Update variant of "Apply globally" Button component to secondary. (61850)
• Editor: Align the Post Format control design with the rest of the post sidebar controls. (62066)
• Editor: Polish the style of some of the post summary rows. (61645)
• Format Library: Refactor 'Inline Image' edit component. (62135)
• Playwright end-to-end Utils: Add fullscreenMode option to createNewPost. (61766)
• Post Sticky Toggle: Improve the design. (62012)
• Post Summary: Move PostTemplatePanel below URL and Author. (62137)
• Remove trash button in post/page inspector. (61792)
• Shadows instead of borders on interface skeleton. (61835)
• Tweak contextual block toolbar position. (61836)
• Update: For synced entities the icon should be purple. (62024)
• Update: Implement new author panel design. (61362)
• Update: Implement new parent and order design. (61918)
• Update: Move duplicate pattern and template part actions to the editor package. (61879)

Site Editor

• Block Editor: Check for multiple block usage in the block-editor package. (62086)
• Copy custom CSS between variations when switching. (61752)
• Data views: Align page headers. (62115)
• Inspector summary rows: Make tooltips appear middle-left. (61815)
• Inspector: Add '/' prefix to Link button. (62073)
• Inspector: Display home / posts page badge. (62071)
• Inspector: Remove revisions panel. (61867)
• Make post meta row button treatment consistent. (61954)
• Remove 'Manage...' prefix in Pages / Templates data views. (62107)
• Remove the details pages. (61741)
• Update actions order in site editor for template and template parts. (61803)
• Use site title as a link. (61258)
• [Site Editor]: Add create pattern button in patterns page. (60302)
• withRegistryProvider: Prevent intermediate state with no children. (61859)

Data Views

• Add badge to title for posts & front pages. (61718)
• Clarify date value in Pages. (61709)
• DataViews: label prop in Actions API can be either a string or a function. (61942)
• Fix pagination position on pages with short lists. (61712)
• Pages data view: Add Pending and Private views. (62138)
• Pages sidebar: Adds published & scheduled items. (62021)
• Stop Patterns data view header shrinking. (61801)
• Update grid layout on small screens. (61820)
• Update list layout action styling. (61797)
• Update page component (and some data view elements) spacing metrics. (61333)
• Visually hide 'Actions' column header. (61710)

Global Styles

• Add block-level Text Alignment UI. (61717)
• Add option to remove site-wide theme background image. (61998)
• Background image: Add support for relative theme path URLs in top-level theme.json styles. (61271)
• Background image: Update controls defaults and layout. (62000)
• Background images: Add defaults for background size. (62046)
• Don't filter out typography variations where the heading and body fonts are the same. (61327)
• Make color variations fit in a bit better visually. (61617)
• Make it clearer how to edit a site's palette. (61364)
• Move type presets below elements. (61863)
• Restore the default variation to the color and typography style tiles. (61901)
• Show shadow tool by default under global styles. (61981)

Components

• Add vw and vh units to the custom font size picker. (60607)
• CustomSelectControlV2: Use InputBase for styling. (60261)
• Tabs: Indicator animation. (60560)
• Try: Add CSS Custom Properties to CSS types. (61872)

Zoom Out

• Hide inserters behind the experiment flag. (61866)
• Inserter: Auto-close the inserter unless the zoom out experiment is on. (61856)
• Show the inserters only when a section is selected. (61559)
• The patterns tab behind a new experiment. (61601)

Block Editor

• Adjust pattern list items resting, hover, focus styles. (61831)
• Tweak pattern categories sidebar. (62113)
• Writing flow: Remove first empty paragraph on Backspace. (61889)

Block bindings

• Add Block Bindings Panel to Block Inspector. (61527)
• Add indicator for metadata changes to Save Panel when reviewing modified entities. (61811)
• Lock binding editing with functions. (61734)

Block Variations

• Have getActiveBlockVariation return variation with highest specificity. (62031)
• Support dot notation in isActive string array. (62088)

Layout

• More consistent root padding. (60715)
• Try using coloured overlay instead of border for grid visualiser. (61390)

Block Library

• Added Bluesky icon to the Social Icon Block. (61372)
• Media & Text: Replace the deprecated __experimentalImageSizeControl with ResolutionTool. (57540)

Inspector Controls

• Align both "Design" pattern list panels. (62161)

Post Editor

• Add home template details to inspector controls. (61762)

Interactivity API

• Clarify some warning messages. (61720)

Patterns

• Adjust the icon...

18.4.1

Changelog

Bug fixes

• Writing flow: fix paste for input fields (61389)

18.4.0

Changelog

Enhancements

Layout

• Check child layout exists before generating classname. (61392)
• Hide Image block resizer when inside a grid layout. (61603)

Grid interactivity

• Improve max attribute logic. (61420)
• Improve how grid resizer handles 0-width and 0-height cells. (61423)
• Show grid visualizer when block inspector is closed. (61429)
• Stabilise grid layout visualiser and resizer. (61640)

Global Styles

• Add aspect ratio presets support via theme.json. (47271, 61774)
• Background images: Remove required "file" prop. (61387, 61469)
• Change "Solid" tab to "Color". (61366)
• Improve panel title and description for palette. (61365)
• Tweak palette panel spacing and empty message. (61368)
• Update color variations. (61334)

Block Styles

• Add extended version of register block style functions. (61029)

Post actions

• Improve success messages of some post actions. (61539)
• Unify the list of available post type actions. (61520)
• Don't export duplicatePostAction for now. (61407)

Zoom Out

• Editor: Enable Zoom-out mode in the post editor. (61293)
• Keep original viewport width (single scale). (61424)
• Open inserter sidebar when clicking on inserter buttons on zoom-out mode. (61434)
• Remove experimental zoom out control. (61509)
• Zoomed Out View: Don't close the inserter. (61004)

Components

• Do not render FormTokenField label when not defined. (61336)
• Placeholder: Tweak placeholder style. (61590)
• Add content only descriptions in dropdown menus for patterns and templates. (61127)

Block Library

• List Block: Add block class name to the list block. (56469)
• Embeds Block: Add Bluesky variation. (61352)
• Site Logo Block: Add setting labels via the 'register_setting' method. (61351)

Block Editor

• Make BlockPopover component public. (61529)
• Only add the selected pattern category in metadata during insertion. (61557)
• Add a keyboard shortcut to create group from the selected blocks. (46972)
• Enhance block outlines and selection interactions. (60757)
• Tiny tweak to position close button properly in the inserter. (61461)

Editor

• Editor: Unify Header component. (61273)
• Editor: Unify the sidebar between the post and site editors. (61507)
• Editor: Update and simplify the Post Summary and Post Card section in the document sidebar. (61624)
• Try: Improve date-wrapping in prepublish flow. (61490)
• Update: Implement the new discussion panel design. (61357)

Post Editor

• Add global styles to settings using existing context code. (61556)
• Display a notice after moving a post into the trash. (61670)
• Simplify Post Publish Flow status term. (61386)

Site Editor

• Redirect /wp_template_part/all to /patterns. (61446)
• Moves "Patterns" command to site editor main navigation. (61416)
• Adds "Template Parts" command to site editor. (61287)
• Show pin/unpin button on the site editor plugin sidebar. (61448)
• Remove default entry into Navigation Menu focus mode but retain ability to access via "Edit". (61275)

Data Views

• Add bulk actions toolbar. (59714)
• Align list and table layout visuals. (61157)
• Add actions to list layout. (60805)
• Make pattern preview click area larger. (61250)

Bug Fixes

Layout

• Fix grid item resizing in non-iframed editor. (61636)
• Fix resizing items to top and left with GridItemResizer. (60986)
• Grid Visualizer: Fix grid item resizing in site editor. (61641)
• Grid Visualizer: Fix resize not ending when mouse is released outside grid's bounds. (61668)
• GridItemResizer: Fix resizing when List View is open. (61643)
• Only show grid resizer if grid block allows resizing on children. (61552)

Global Styles

• Background image: Explicitly set background repeat value in user styles. (61526)
• Background image: Size controls should show when an image is set. (61388)
• Make sure to replace all instances of :Where(body) instead of just …. (61602)
• Reduce specificity of global styles body margin reset rule. (61340)
• Remove Post Template background override. (61545)

Patterns

• Fix blocks in unsynced patterns can enable overrides. (61639)
• Revert "Use contentOnly locking for pattern block, remove hard-coded block check in block inspector". (61517)

List View

• Account for text fields in shortcut handler. (61583)
• Add a special case for shortcuts coming from modals. (61606)
• Standardize List View feature name to use title case capitalization. (61535)

Zoom Out

• Block editor: Scroll block into view on insert. (61418)
• Fix double scrollbars in site editor with zoom out view enabled. (61548)
• Fix zoom out UI scale. (61265)
• Add bottom and top inserters. (61473)
• Add patterns loading state. (61513)
• Don't allow dropping outside section root. (61512)
• Don't select last block. (61484)
• Pass the section root ID to the inserter. (61464)
• Zoom-out: Fix iframe ref error. (61200)

Components

• Fix inconsistent complementary header styles. (61331)
• Fix sticking “Reset” option in ToolsPanel. (60621)
• RadioControl: Fix shrinking radio controls. (61476)

Block Library

• Navigation Block: Add list item wrapper to social links when used in navigation block. (61396)
• HTML Block: Remove font weight on toolbar tab button - #61254. (61308)
• Time to Read Block: Fix "this block has encountered an error" - #61459. (61614)
• Image Block: Enable crop action when image has a link. (61470)
• Shortcode Block: Fix layout marg...

18.4.0 RC1

Changelog

Features

Site Editor

• Adds "Template Parts" command to site editor. (61287)

Enhancements

Global Styles

• Add aspect ratio presets support via theme.json. (47271)
• Background images: Remove required "file" prop. (61387)
• Change "Solid" tab to "Color". (61366)
• Improve panel title and description for palette. (61365)
• Tweak palette panel spacing and empty message. (61368)
• Update color variations. (61334)

Zoom Out

• Editor: Enable Zoom-out mode in the post editor. (61293)
• Keep original viewport width (single scale). (61424)
• Open inserter sidebar when clicking on inserter buttons on zoom-out mode. (61434)
• Remove experimental zoom out control. (61509)
• Zoomed Out View: Don't close the inserter. (61004)

Data Views

• Dataviews: Add: Bulk actions toolbar. (59714)
• Align list and table layout visuals. (61157)
• DataViews: Add actions to list layout. (60805)
• Make pattern preview click area larger. (61250)
• Post Type Actions: Unify the list of available actions. (61520)

Post Editor

• Editor: Add global styles to settings using existing context code. (61556)
• Post Actions: Display a notice after moving a post into the trash. (61670)
• Post Publish Flow: Simplify status term. (61386)

Layout

• Check child layout exists before generating classname. (61392)
• Hide Image block resizer when inside a grid layout. (61603)
• Stabilise grid layout visualiser and resizer. (61640)

Block Library

• Add block class name to the list block. (56469)
• Embeds: Add Bluesky variation. (61352)
• Site Logo: Add setting labels via the 'register_setting' method. (61351)

Components

• Do not render FormTokenField label when not defined. (61336)
• Placeholder: Tweak placeholder style. (61590)

Patterns

• Only add the selected pattern category in metadata during insertion. (61557)

Block Editor

• Block editor: Add a keyboard shortcut to create group from the selected blocks. (46972)
• Enhance block outlines and selection interactions. (60757)
• Tiny tweak to position close button properly in the inserter. (61461)

Extensibility

• PluginSidebar: Show pin/unpin button on the site eitor. (61448)

Site Editor

• Redirect /wp_template_part/all to /patterns. (61446)
• Moves "Patterns" command to site editor main navigation. (61416)

Navigation Menus

• Remove default entry into Navigation Menu focus mode but retain ability to access via "Edit". (61275)

Synced Patterns

• Add content only descriptions in dropdown menus for patterns and templates. (61127)

Block Styles

• Add extended version of register block style functions. (61029)

Editor

• Editor: Unify Header component. (61273)
• Editor: Unify the sidebar between the post and site editors. (61507)
• Editor: Update and simplify the Post Summary and Post Card section in the document sidebar. (61624)
• Improve success messages of some post actions. (61539)
• Try: Improve date-wrapping in prepublish flow. (61490)
• Update: Implement the new discussion panel design. (61357)

New APIs

Extensibility

• Make BlockPopover component public. (61529)

Bug Fixes

Layout

• Fix grid item resizing in non-iframed editor. (61636)
• Fix resizing items to top and left with GridItemResizer. (60986)
• Grid Visualizer: Fix grid item resizing in site editor. (61641)
• Grid Visualizer: Fix resize not ending when mouse is released outside grid's bounds. (61668)
• GridItemResizer: Fix resizing when List View is open. (61643)
• Only show grid resizer if grid block allows resizing on children. (61552)

Zoom Out

• Block editor: Scroll block into view on insert. (61418)
• Fix double scrollbars in site editor with zoom out view enabled. (61548)
• Fix zoom out UI scale. (61265)
• Add bottom and top inserters. (61473)
• Add patterns loading state. (61513)
• Don't allow dropping outside section root. (61512)
• Don't select last block. (61484)
• Pass the section root ID to the inserter. (61464)
• Zoom-out: Fix iframe ref error. (61200)

Block Library

• Add list item wrapper to social links when used in navigation block. (61396)
• Fix: Remove font weight on toolbar tab button - #61254. (61308)
• Fix: Time to Read block showing "this block has encountered an error" - #61459. (61614)
• Image Block: Enable crop action when image has a link. (61470)
• Shortcode Block: Fix layout margin override. (55028)

Global Styles

• Background image: Explicitly set background repeat value in user styles. (61526)
• Background image: Size controls should show when an image is set. (61388)
• Make sure to replace all instances of :Where(body) instead of just …. (61602)
• Reduce specificity of global styles body margin reset rule. (61340)
• Remove Post Template background override. (61545)

Block Editor

• Editor styles: Fix cache (by wrapper selector). (61397)
• Fix Truncate component for long unbreakable text. (61137)
• Fix focus loss due to filtering blocks. (61558)
• Fix: The issue of appender button not clickable in row/stack group. (61585)
• Writing Flow/Rich Text: Unify split logic. (54543)

List View

• Account for text fields in shortcut handler. (61583)
• Add a special case for shortcuts coming from modals. (61606)
• Standardize List View feature name to use title case capitalization. (61535)

Components

• Fix inconsistent complementary header styles. (61331)
• Fix sticking “Reset” option in ToolsPanel. (60621)
• RadioControl: Fix shrinking radio controls. (61476)

Interactivity API

• Interactivity API: Allow ...

18.3.0

Changelog

Enhancements

• Output post classes in the editor. (60642)
• Abstract keyboard shortcuts for heading to paragraph transform and vice-versa. (60606)
• Capitalize more occurrences of Navigation Menu. (60747)
• Clean up top toolbar to use same metrics as block toolbar. (61126)
• Update template and template parts labels. (61146)
• Update the template preview menu item text in the Template option. (57802)
• Upgrade React to v18.3. (61202)

Site Editor

• Add PluginDocumentSettingPanel in template inspector controls. (60961)
• Add publish flow in site editor. (61136)
• Classic Theme: Expose new Patterns page and remove Template Parts submenu. (61080)
• Consolidate editor/canvas resize handles. (60712)
• Patterns data view: Remove icons in favor of dedicated sync status field. (60833)
• Patterns: Remove "Manage all parts" page & link. (60689)
• Tweak Template/Template Parts/Page creation modal. (61005)
• Drop patterns and blocks between sections only in zoom out mode. (60828)
• Insert patterns at the end of the root section. (60855)
• Typography Panel: Use simple labels. (60886)
• Font Library: Convert heading text to heading elements and group fonts as a list. (58834)

Block Editor

• Add new TextAlignmentControl component. (60841)
• Editor: Sort style overrides by block client ids. (61039)
• Inserter: Bail early when a user has no permission to upload media. (60983)
• List View: Use 'isMatch' for unselect the shortcut. (61223)
• Move search into inserter tabs. (61108)
• Polish Autocomplete popover. (60131)

Global Styles

• Add scoping of feature level selectors for custom block style variations. (61033)
• Allow negative values for margin controls. (60347)
• Allow opt out of certain sets of styles in the editor. (61035)
• Filter out color and typography variations. (60220)
• Update utils for scoping CSS selectors. (61026)
• Add defaultFontSizes theme.json (theme.json v3). (58409)

Block Library

• Group: Remove hardcoded Group block example styles. (61027)
• Remove Button component from social link block, replace with button element. (61270)
• List View: Unify shortcut handlers. (61130)
• Update list view spacing. (60713)

Post Editor

• Editor: Move around word count, post status and last edited info in page summary. (61235)
• Editor: Update post excerpt panel with new designs. (60894)
• Add duplicate post action. (60637)
• Make duplicate post action available only on the plugin for now. (61192)

Data Views

• Unbox items in grid layout. (61159)
• Update alignment of preview contents in Patterns and Templates data views. (61190)

Components

• ComboboxControl: Simplify string normalization. (60893)
• Update help text alignment in CheckboxControl. (60787)
• RangeControl: Remove deprecated reducedMotion util. (61119)
• components - inputStyleNeutral: Remove deprecated reducedMotion util. (61122)

Bug Fixes

• Editor: Do not show scrollbars when closing sidebars. (60889)
• Fix block tab spacing when few available blocks. (61296)
• Fix pattern preview focus styles. (60881)
• Fix styles panel header. (61319)
• Fix typo in clear customizations text. (61089)
• Fix: Missing format, categories, and tags on the duplicate post action. (61194)
• Fix: Post actions in post card panel is not checking for eligibility. (60994)
• Notices: Fix snackbar placement. (60912)
• Setup Node action - Set arch for key value. (61010)
• docgen: Fix qualified types with type parameters. (61097)
• Background image: Tools panel shouldn't show reset button for inherited values. (61304)
• Fix template files query by post-type. (61244)
• Remove unnecessary period in template block selection notice. (61087)
• Fix issue where pattern override values reset when saving. (61023)
• Blocks: Merge variations bootstrapped from a server with the client definitions. (60832)
• Bump minimum required WordPress version to 6.4. (60780)

Site Editor

• DocumentBar: Account for when top toolbar is open. (61118)
• Don't show appender at all inside sections on zoom-out mode. (60948)
• Editor: Avoid triggering the start page modal on unsaved pages. (61082)
• Fix zoom out mode background color on Safari. (60873)
• Fix: Pattern details page backpath. (61174)
• Make the zoom out inserters work for sections inside the section root. (60909)
• Select last section if parent section doesn't exist. (61002)

Components

• Box Control: Fix issue with negative values. (60984)
• Fix usages of uSES with missing getServerSnapshot. (60943)

Block Library

• Avoid unnecessary heading level and paragraph transform via keyboard shortcuts. (60955)
• Navigation: Remove unnecessary __experimentalStyle. (60965)

Accessibility

• Add aria-haspopup="dialog" to Enable/Disable overrides button. (61309)
• Fix unlabeled PostURL Copy button. (61195)
• [Data Views] User patterns: Use excerpt as description. (60549)

Performance

• Block lib: columns: Remove store subs on mount. (61123)
• Block: Remove outline related store selecting. (61139)
• Rich text: Combine all ref effects. (60936)
• Template lock: Batch block disabling. (60934)
• useBlockSync: Avoid replacing blocks twice on mount. (60967)
• useMatchMedia: Cache queries. (61000)
• ListViewBlock: Combine 'useSelect' hooks, part two. (61054)
• Remove showFixedToolbar from useShowBlockTools. (60717)
• Editor: Optimize some of the post-support panels. (61003)
• Core data: getEditedEntityRecord: Do not return empty object. ([60988](...

18.3.0 RC1

Changelog

Enhancements

• Output post classes in the editor. (60642)
• Abstract keyboard shortcuts for heading to paragraph transform and vice-versa. (60606)
• Capitalize more occurrences of Navigation Menu. (60747)
• Clean up top toolbar to use same metrics as block toolbar. (61126)
• Update template and template parts labels. (61146)
• Update the template preview menu item text in the Template option. (57802)
• Upgrade React to v18.3. (61202)

Site Editor

• Add PluginDocumentSettingPanel in template inspector controls. (60961)
• Add publish flow in site editor. (61136)
• Classic Theme: Expose new Patterns page and remove Template Parts submenu. (61080)
• Consolidate editor/canvas resize handles. (60712)
• Patterns data view: Remove icons in favor of dedicated sync status field. (60833)
• Patterns: Remove "Manage all parts" page & link. (60689)
• Tweak Template/Template Parts/Page creation modal. (61005)
• Drop patterns and blocks between sections only in zoom out mode. (60828)
• Insert patterns at the end of the root section. (60855)
• Typography Panel: Use simple labels. (60886)
• Font Library: Convert heading text to heading elements and group fonts as a list. (58834)

Block Editor

• Add new TextAlignmentControl component. (60841)
• Editor: Sort style overrides by block client ids. (61039)
• Inserter: Bail early when a user has no permission to upload media. (60983)
• List View: Use 'isMatch' for unselect the shortcut. (61223)
• Move search into inserter tabs. (61108)
• Polish Autocomplete popover. (60131)

Global Styles

• Add scoping of feature level selectors for custom block style variations. (61033)
• Allow negative values for margin controls. (60347)
• Allow opt out of certain sets of styles in the editor. (61035)
• Filter out color and typography variations. (60220)
• Update utils for scoping CSS selectors. (61026)
• Add defaultFontSizes theme.json (theme.json v3). (58409)

Block Library

• Group: Remove hardcoded Group block example styles. (61027)
• Remove Button component from social link block, replace with button element. (61270)
• List View: Unify shortcut handlers. (61130)
• Update list view spacing. (60713)

Post Editor

• Editor: Move around word count, post status and last edited info in page summary. (61235)
• Editor: Update post excerpt panel with new designs. (60894)
• Add duplicate post action. (60637)
• Make duplicate post action available only on the plugin for now. (61192)

Data Views

• Unbox items in grid layout. (61159)
• Update alignment of preview contents in Patterns and Templates data views. (61190)

Components

• ComboboxControl: Simplify string normalization. (60893)
• Update help text alignment in CheckboxControl. (60787)
• RangeControl: Remove deprecated reducedMotion util. (61119)
• components - inputStyleNeutral: Remove deprecated reducedMotion util. (61122)

Bug Fixes

• Editor: Do not show scrollbars when closing sidebars. (60889)
• Fix block tab spacing when few available blocks. (61296)
• Fix pattern preview focus styles. (60881)
• Fix styles panel header. (61319)
• Fix typo in clear customizations text. (61089)
• Fix: Missing format, categories, and tags on the duplicate post action. (61194)
• Fix: Post actions in post card panel is not checking for eligibility. (60994)
• Notices: Fix snackbar placement. (60912)
• Setup Node action - Set arch for key value. (61010)
• docgen: Fix qualified types with type parameters. (61097)
• Background image: Tools panel shouldn't show reset button for inherited values. (61304)
• Fix template files query by post-type. (61244)
• Remove unnecessary period in template block selection notice. (61087)
• Fix issue where pattern override values reset when saving. (61023)
• Blocks: Merge variations bootstrapped from a server with the client definitions. (60832)
• Bump minimum required WordPress version to 6.4. (60780)

Site Editor

• DocumentBar: Account for when top toolbar is open. (61118)
• Don't show appender at all inside sections on zoom-out mode. (60948)
• Editor: Avoid triggering the start page modal on unsaved pages. (61082)
• Fix zoom out mode background color on Safari. (60873)
• Fix: Pattern details page backpath. (61174)
• Make the zoom out inserters work for sections inside the section root. (60909)
• Select last section if parent section doesn't exist. (61002)

Components

• Box Control: Fix issue with negative values. (60984)
• Fix usages of uSES with missing getServerSnapshot. (60943)

Block Library

• Avoid unnecessary heading level and paragraph transform via keyboard shortcuts. (60955)
• Navigation: Remove unnecessary __experimentalStyle. (60965)

Accessibility

• Add aria-haspopup="dialog" to Enable/Disable overrides button. (61309)
• Fix unlabeled PostURL Copy button. (61195)
• [Data Views] User patterns: Use excerpt as description. (60549)

Performance

• Block lib: columns: Remove store subs on mount. (61123)
• Block: Remove outline related store selecting. (61139)
• Rich text: Combine all ref effects. (60936)
• Template lock: Batch block disabling. (60934)
• useBlockSync: Avoid replacing blocks twice on mount. (60967)
• useMatchMedia: Cache queries. (61000)
• ListViewBlock: Combine 'useSelect' hooks, part two. (61054)
• Remove showFixedToolbar from useShowBlockTools. (60717)
• Editor: Optimize some of the post-support panels. (61003)
• Core data: getEditedEntityRecord: Do not return empty object. ([60988...

18.2.0

Changelog

• Bump minimum required PHP version to 7.2 (60714)

Enhancements

Site Editor

• Add rename and trash actions to page panel. (60232)
• Adjust frame animation profile. (60589)
• Animate the radius of the frame. (60415)
• Create router adapter for sidebar. (60466)
• Improve the header animation. (60408)
• Index view for Templates & Parts: Use grid layout as default. (60069)
• Pages: Display content frame in mobile when canvas is not edit. (60409)
• Simplify template reset language. (60256)
• Template parts in patterns page: Add author field. (60372)
• Template parts: Set backpath to patterns page. (60667)
• Update hub markup and animation. (60410)
• Update site hub action positioning. (60511)

Components

• CustomSelectControlV2: Support disabled in item types. (60896)
• ExternalLink: Replace icon with unicode arrow. (60255)
• InputBase: Simplify focus styles. (60226)
• ProgressBar: Moved width to css var for perf. (60388)
• SlotFill: Replace valtio with custom ObservableMap. (60879)
• Tabs: Fallback to first enabled tab if no active tab Id. (60681)
• Text: Add text-wrap: Pretty. (60164)
• Try: Reduce checkbox size in data views. (60475)

Post Editor

• Confirm dialog: Use more descriptive text for the confirm button. (60364)
• Editor: Add wordcount and reading time info in post card. (60672)
• Editor: Animate opening and closing editor right sidebar. (60561)
• Editor: Animate the inserter and list view panels. (60665)
• Editor: Update post URL component. (60632)
• Editor: Use the 'ConfirmDialog' component in template validation notice. (60385)
• Enable template preview in post editor for non administrators. (60447)
• Support insert before/after keyboard shortcuts when focus is within the list view. (60651)
• Update publish flow. (60456)

Patterns

• Add a "All Template Parts" section. (60775)
• Back Compat: Add Patterns submenu for WordPress 6.4. (60804)
• Patterns page: Add edit & view revision actions to parts. (60659)
• Remove "Template parts" sidebar group. (60359)
• Site Editor: Support starter patterns. (60745)

Synced Patterns

• Adjust allow pattern overrides UX flow. (60769)
• Consolidate "bound block" color and "synced" colors. (60617)
• Improve override indication for editable blocks in synced patterns. (60599)
• Refine rename flow for blocks with overrides. (60234)

Zoom Out

• Adjust block selection button. (60348)
• Animation: Avoid fixed width when animating the secondary sidebar. (60693)
• Introduce section container selection when assembling patterns (zoom out mode). (59249)
• Update zoom out scale. (60618)

Block Library

• Add loading state on image upload in featured image, Site logo and Cover blocks. (59519)
• File: Use HTML API to update the PDF preview label. (60494)
• Navigation block: Add current-menu-item class for post type archive. (57808)
• Remove block renaming control from advanced inspector controls group. (60453)

Data Views

• Add ability to display fields as a badge in grid layout. (60284)
• Data views table row: Make checkboxes and actions visible on touch devices. (60829)
• DataViews: Make the experiment about custom views. (60813)

Layout

• Add a Row control to grid layout in manual mode. (60652)
• Apply negative margins for alignfull children of blocks with custom padding set. (60716)
• Try reducing specificity of layout style selectors. (60228)

Block Editor

• Remove animation from InlineLinkUI. (60575)
• Remove root appender. (60697)
• Try: Add new textAlign block support. (59531)

Global Styles

• Background image: Display default background size value in global styles. (60490)
• Background UI control labels. (60264)
• Use text and button background color for color indicators. (59514)

Font Library

• Change Spinner to ProgressBar component. (60570)

Interactivity API

• Include preact/debug when SCRIPT_DEBUG is enabled. (60514)

New APIs

Extensibility

• Editor: Support PluginPostStatusInfo Slot in the site editor. (60814)
• Editor: Unify PluginMoreMenuItem API between post and site editors. (60778)
  • Fix: Use core instead of core/editor on normalizeComplementaryAreaScope. (60821)
• Editor: Unify PluginSidebarMoreMenuItem. (60853)
• Editor: Unify the PluginSidebar slot between post and site editors. (60815)

Bug Fixes

• Fix: Add types to useSuspenseSelect. (60733)
• Fix experimental useHasRecursion deprecation. (60451)
• Fix translatable string in pagination modal. (60742)
• Interactivity: Return useMemo and useCallback hooks. (60474)
• Only show block icon in toolbar for contentOnly blocks when block is a synced block. (60647)
• Patterns: Guard for unknown pattern in server-side resolver. (60464)
• Snackbar: Make the explicitDismiss string translatable. (60368)
• Update standardisation of 'Navigation Menu' to have both words capitalised in user-facing menus. (60262)
  • Standardise capitalisation of Navigation Menu in sidebar. (60527)

Block Library

• Embed: Avoid retrying valid URLs. (60655)
• File: Mark update for setting default label as non-persistent. (60492)
• Fix don't close overlay menu when focus leaves submenu. (60406)
• Fix pattern block recursion handling. (60452)
• Image: Fix cropper resize on align change (react-easy-crop upgrade). (60581)
• Latest Posts: Remove wrapper div and apply consistent class. (60728)
• List: Disable edit as HTML support. (55656)
• Media & Text: Hide the alt text option for featured images. ([60496](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pul...

18.2.0 RC1

Changelog

Enhancements

Site Editor

• Add rename and trash actions to page panel. (60232)
• Adjust frame animation profile. (60589)
• Animate the radius of the frame. (60415)
• Create router adapter for sidebar. (60466)
• Improve the header animation. (60408)
• Index view for Templates & Parts: Use grid layout as default. (60069)
• Pages: Display content frame in mobile when canvas is not edit. (60409)
• Simplify template reset language. (60256)
• Template parts in patterns page: Add author field. (60372)
• Template parts: Set backpath to patterns page. (60667)
• Update hub markup and animation. (60410)
• Update site hub action positioning. (60511)

Components

• CustomSelectControlV2: Support disabled in item types. (60896)
• ExternalLink: Replace icon with unicode arrow. (60255)
• InputBase: Simplify focus styles. (60226)
• ProgressBar: Moved width to css var for perf. (60388)
• SlotFill: Replace valtio with custom ObservableMap. (60879)
• Tabs: Fallback to first enabled tab if no active tab Id. (60681)
• Text: Add text-wrap: Pretty. (60164)
• Try: Reduce checkbox size in data views. (60475)

Post Editor

• Confirm dialog: Use more descriptive text for the confirm button. (60364)
• Editor: Add wordcount and reading time info in post card. (60672)
• Editor: Animate opening and closing editor right sidebar. (60561)
• Editor: Animate the inserter and list view panels. (60665)
• Editor: Update post URL component. (60632)
• Editor: Use the 'ConfirmDialog' component in template validation notice. (60385)
• Enable template preview in post editor for non administrators. (60447)
• Support insert before/after keyboard shortcuts when focus is within the list view. (60651)
• Update publish flow. (60456)

Patterns

• Add a "All Template Parts" section. (60775)
• Back Compat: Add Patterns submenu for WordPress 6.4. (60804)
• Patterns page: Add edit & view revision actions to parts. (60659)
• Remove "Template parts" sidebar group. (60359)
• Site Editor: Support starter patterns. (60745)

Synced Patterns

• Adjust allow pattern overrides UX flow. (60769)
• Consolidate "bound block" color and "synced" colors. (60617)
• Improve override indication for editable blocks in synced patterns. (60599)
• Refine rename flow for blocks with overrides. (60234)

Zoom Out

• Adjust block selection button. (60348)
• Animation: Avoid fixed width when animating the secondary sidebar. (60693)
• Introduce section container selection when assembling patterns (zoom out mode). (59249)
• Update zoom out scale. (60618)

Block Library

• Add loading state on image upload in featured image, Site logo and Cover blocks. (59519)
• File: Use HTML API to update the PDF preview label. (60494)
• Navigation block: Add current-menu-item class for post type archive. (57808)
• Remove block renaming control from advanced inspector controls group. (60453)

Data Views

• Add ability to display fields as a badge in grid layout. (60284)
• Data views table row: Make checkboxes and actions visible on touch devices. (60829)
• DataViews: Make the experiment about custom views. (60813)

Layout

• Add a Row control to grid layout in manual mode. (60652)
• Apply negative margins for alignfull children of blocks with custom padding set. (60716)
• Try reducing specificity of layout style selectors. (60228)

Block Editor

• Remove animation from InlineLinkUI. (60575)
• Remove root appender. (60697)
• Try: Add new textAlign block support. (59531)

Global Styles

• Background image: Display default background size value in global styles. (60490)
• Background UI control labels. (60264)
• Use text and button background color for color indicators. (59514)

Font Library

• Change Spinner to ProgressBar component. (60570)

Interactivity API

• Include preact/debug when SCRIPT_DEBUG is enabled. (60514)

New APIs

Extensibility

• Editor: Support PluginPostStatusInfo Slot in the site editor. (60814)
• Editor: Unify PluginMoreMenuItem API between post and site editors. (60778)
  • Fix: Use core instead of core/editor on normalizeComplementaryAreaScope. (60821)
• Editor: Unify PluginSidebarMoreMenuItem. (60853)
• Editor: Unify the PluginSidebar slot between post and site editors. (60815)

Bug Fixes

• Fix: Add types to useSuspenseSelect. (60733)
• Fix experimental useHasRecursion deprecation. (60451)
• Fix translatable string in pagination modal. (60742)
• Interactivity: Return useMemo and useCallback hooks. (60474)
• Only show block icon in toolbar for contentOnly blocks when block is a synced block. (60647)
• Patterns: Guard for unknown pattern in server-side resolver. (60464)
• Snackbar: Make the explicitDismiss string translatable. (60368)
• Update standardisation of 'Navigation Menu' to have both words capitalised in user-facing menus. (60262)
  • Standardise capitalisation of Navigation Menu in sidebar. (60527)

Block Library

• Embed: Avoid retrying valid URLs. (60655)
• File: Mark update for setting default label as non-persistent. (60492)
• Fix don't close overlay menu when focus leaves submenu. (60406)
• Fix pattern block recursion handling. (60452)
• Image: Fix cropper resize on align change (react-easy-crop upgrade). (60581)
• Latest Posts: Remove wrapper div and apply consistent class. (60728)
• List: Disable edit as HTML support. (55656)
• Media & Text: Hide the alt text option for featured images. (60496)
• Post title: Re-add the paragraph level (without UI). ([60548](https://github.com/WordPress/gut...

18.1.2

Bug Fixes

• Restore classic auto margin rule to its previous specificity (60802)
• Fix the removePropertyFromObject function throws an error if the object is null (60831)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@tellthemachines @arthur791004

18.1.1

Bug Fixes

• Add null check to prevent errors in get_block_template filter (60491)
• Fix activating a theme in site editor when previewing (60699)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@okmttdhr @ntsekouras