18.5.0

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

• Detect active variation correctly based on RichText attribute. (62325)
• 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 icons and text of the binding connected blocks. (61560)

Bug Fixes

• Editor: Only render the site logo once if there's a fill. (62320)
• Interactivity API: Increase directive wp-each-child priority. (62293)w
• Compose: Fix 'useFocusOnMount' cleanup callback. (62053)
• Do not auto save post status changes. (62171)
• Editor: Fix canvas padding in post editor. (61893)
• EntityProvider: Avoid remounts and simplify. (61882)
• Fix shadow and border for pattern categories panel. (62158)
• Image Block: Conditionally Render Block Control Based on Component Presence. (62132)
• Interactivity API: Fix null and number strings as namespaces runtime error. (61960)
• PostCardPanel: Fix ESLint error. (62109)
• Remove build-types/ clean from clean:Packages. (62008)
• Script Modules: Fix private method reflection access. (62154)
• ServerSideRender: Fix data loading in development mode. (62140)
• Shadow Panel: Make subtitle translatable. (62022)
• Site Editor: Fix the Root Padding styles. (61906)
• Writing flow: Fix heading crash on split (via paste). (61900)
• e2e: Fix Site Editor Styles test. (62111)

Post Editor

• Consolidate and fix delete and edit post actions. (61912)
• Consolidate and fix rename post action. (61857)
• Document Bar: Decode HTML entities and take into account cases where there is no title. (62087)
• Editor: Don't apply purple accent to the unsynced pattern title. (61704)
• Editor: Ensure Copy button in sidebar copies whole permalink, with URL protocol. (61876)
• Editor: Fix the 'DocumentBar' position for long titles. (61691)
• Editor: Render publish date control when the status is future(scheduled). (62070)
• Editor: Unify button size in pre-publish panel. (62123)
• Editor: Use edited entity for post actions. (61892)
• Fix read only post status styles. (61722)
• Post Actions: Hide the trash action for auto-drafts. (61865)

Block Editor

• Inserter: Update Openverse API URLs. (62241)
• Fix being unable to switch modes while inserter is open. (61563)
• Fix editor inserter tabs indicator. (61973)
• Fix positioning of close icons in panels to be consistent. (61832)
• Fix syncing of publish date between publish and post status panel. (62165)
• Improve link conrol preview when show button text label is enabled. (61726)
• Inserter: Show all blocks (alternative). (62169)
• InspectorControls: Text not displayed when "Show button text labels" is enabled. (61949)
• Link Control: Fix focus handlers in development mode. (62141)
• Media & Text block: Remove the link option when the featured image is used. (60510)
• Writing flow: Fix paste for input fields. (61389)

Block Library

• Classic block: Fix content syncing effect for React StrictMode. (62051)
• Don't steal focus when opening browse all blocks. (61975)
• Fix: The latest post block - post titles overlapping. (61356)
• Fixed : Update alt text decision tree links to be translatable. (62076)
• Fixed: Custom HTML Block should display content in LTR layout for all languages. (62083)
• More block: Fix React warning when adding custom text. (61936)
• useUploadMediaFromBlobURL: Prevent duplicate uploads in StrictMode. (62059)

Global Styles

• Fix make dimensions.aspectRatios key of theme.json files translatable. (61774)
• Hide the presets panel for when there are less or exactly one presets available. (62074)
• Prevent Typography panel title from wrapping. (62124)
• Shadow Panel: Generates unique shadow slugs by finding max suffix and incrementing it. (61997)
• Styles: try wrapping with :Root to fix reset styles. (61638)
• Transform Styles: Update selector so that styles work when custom fields panel is active. (62121)

Site Editor

• Align the template title to the center in the 'Add template' screen. (62175)
• Close publish sidebar if not in edit mode. (61707)
• Fix the site editor Admin Bar menu item. (61851)
• Use a consistent snackbar position. (61756)

Components

• Fix: The focus styles for tabPanel. (61317)
• InputControl: Fix z-index issue causing slider dots to appear in front of the Appearance dropdown. (61937)
• getAutocompleterUI: Don't redefine ListBox component on every render. (61877)

Synced Patterns

• Block Bindings: Filter pattern overrides source in bindings panel. (62015)
• Fix detaching patterns when a pattern has overrides, but there are no override values. (62014)

Block bindings

• Don't show non-existing and not supported attributes in block bindings panel. (62183)

Layout

• Remove extra bracket in the site editor root padding styles. (62159)

Block Styles

• Fix block style variation styles for blocks with complex selectors. (62125)

Code Editor

• Editor: Unify text/code editor between post and site editors. (61934)

Page Content Focus

• Remove lock icons from Content blocks inner blocks when editing a page in the site editor. (61922)

Patterns

• Templates: Only resolve patterns for REST API endpoints. (61757)

Interactivity API

• Turn named capturing groups back into numbered ones inside toVdom. (61728)

Block API

• Fix: Enable Text Align UI to be controlled correctly with theme.json. (61182)

REST API

• Return an empty object when no fallback templates are found (wp/v2/templates/lookup). (60925)

Accessibility

Global Styles

• Shadow Panel: Improve a11y and fix browser console error. (61980)

Data Views

• Always show Actions table header. (61847)

Block Library

• Fix: Adds help props for description of Play Inline toggle. (61310)

Performance

• Perf: Batch block list settings in single action. (61329)
• Remove additional call to WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg::__construct. (61262)

Interactivity API

• Introduce wp-on-async directive as performant alternative over synchronous wp-on directive. (61885)

Post Editor

• DocumentBar: Only selected data needed for rendering. (61706)

Experiments

Interactivity API

• Use output buffer and HTML tag processor to inject directives on BODY tag for full-page client-side navigation. (61212)

Documentation

• Add JSDoc to PostVisibility, PostVisibilityCheck, and PostVisibilityLabel. (61735)
• Add PostURL component documentation. (61737)
• Add a section about block filters to the Filters and Hooks doc. (61771)
• Add an example and improve readability of the Block Filters doc. (61770)
• Add docblock to PostTitle and PostTitleRaw component. (61740)
• Add documentation for DocumentBar. (61733)
• Add documentation for PostFeaturedImage, PostFeaturedImageCheck, PostFeaturedImagePanel. (61165)
• Add documentation for PostLastRevision, PostLastRevisionCheck, PostLastRevisionPanel components. (61166)
• Add documentation for PostSchedule, PostScheduleCheck, PostSchedulePanel, PostScheduleLabel, usePostScheduleLabel components. (61345)
• Add documentation for the EditorNotices component. (61736)
• Add documentation for the EditorProvider and ExperimentalEditorProvider components. (61739)
• Added missing @global documentation. (61537)
• Changelog: Add note about removing legacy operators. (62013)
• Docs: Fix spacing in PHP doc block in comments block. (61911)
• EditorBoundary editor component. (61950)
• Fix typo. (61830)
• Fix: Block library README.md link. (62081)
• Fix: Custom block editor link. (61962)
• For PostTextEditor component. (62099)
• LocalAutosaveMonitor editor component. (61951)
• PageTemplate + PostTemplatePanel editor components. (61961)
• PostComments editor component. (61964)
• PostDiscussionPanel editor component. (61966)
• PostExcerptPanel editor component. (61967)
• PostLockedModal editor component. (61968)
• PostPendingStatus + PostPendingStatusCheck editor components. (61970)
• PostPingbacks editor component. (62035)
• PostPreviewButton editor component. (62036)
• Storybook: Add badges based on tags. (61111)
• Update PostFormat, PostFormatCheck editor component documentation. (61732)
• Update block.json file with correct links. (61880)
• Update link to architecture key concepts. (61965)
• Update links to correct lodash website. (62188)
• Update plugin-document-setting-panel.md. (61782)
• Update tutorial.md. (62054)

Code Quality

• Add curly brace autofix commit to .git-blame-ignore-revs. (62144)
• Add eslint rule for curly brace presence in JSX. (62026)
• Blocks: Remove pipe usage and dependency on compose. (62127)
• Clean up packages build-types when cleaning types. (61939)
• Command Palette: Remove unused URL parameter. (61783)
• Commands: Unify the editor context between post and site editors. (61862)
• Dataviews: Remove unused dependencies. (62010)
• Distraction Free: Unify the header animation. (62167)
• Editor: Move editor toggle commands to the editor package. (62093)
• Editor: Move the InterfaceSkeleton to the editor package. (62118)
• Editor: Move the resizing of the editor to the EditorCanvas component. (61896)
• Editor: Remove extra div container and unify the container between post and site editors. (62016)
• Editor: Remove obsolete listViewLabel prop from DocumentTools. (62032)
• Editor: Remove useless props from InserterSidebar component. (62103)
• Editor: Unify the MediaUpload hook between post and site editors. (62085)
• Editor: Unify the content area of the post and site editors. (61860)
• Fix: React compiler error on button. (61958)
• Fix: Remove unused css block on patterns page. (62058)
• Fix: Remove unused css code from the navigation screen. (62060)
• Fix: Some jsdoc return types on edit site selector. (62061)
• Improve distclean script. (62019)
• Interactivity API: Move all utils inside utils.ts. (61721)
• Interactivity API: Move init.js to TypeScript. (61723)
• Make onPatternCategorySelection private. (62130)
• Remove useless clsx calls. (61969)
• Rename backport-changelog/6279.md to backport-changelog/6.6/6279.md. (61894)
• Update: Remove unused components. (61955)
• end-to-end Tests: Fix React warnings triggered by test plugins. (61935)

Components

• CustomSelectControl: Fix menuProps mutation. (62149)
• Fix remaining warning in ColorPanelDropdown. (61933)
• Make the ProgressBar public. (61062)
• Remove reduceMotion utility. (61963)
• SlotFills: Use state for registry initialization. (61802)
• Style Book: Use state to initialize examples. (61848)
• Tooltip: Fix Ariakit tooltip store usage. (61858)
• ProgressBar: Simplify default width implementation and make it more easily overridable. (61976)

Block Editor

• Fix ZoomOutModeInserters dependencies. (61908)
• Fix wrapper props mutation in BlockListBlock. (61789)
• Remove some utility functions. (61784)
• Shadows: Unlock private components and hooks at the file level. (61790)
• Unlock private setting keys at the file level. (61813)
• Unlock the private 'kebabCase' function at a file level. (60755)
• useBlockInspectorAnimationSettings: Remove unnecessary deps. (61822)

Data Views

• DataViews: Full type the dataviews package. (61854)
• DataViews: Remove non-used file. (61853)
• DataViews: Remove unnecessary dependency for pattern fields memo. (61870)
• DataViews: Type all the filters components. (61795)
• DataViews: Type the BulkActionsToolbar component. (61673)
• DataViews: Type the ViewActions component. (61729)
• DataViews: Type the ViewTable component. (61682)

Block Library

• Added unit test for post excerpt block render function. (43451)
• Avoid using component naming conventions for non-component code. (61793)
• Button: Fix ESLint warning. (62126)
• Remove CSS hack for Internet Explorer 11. (62043)
• Remove useless styles. (62017)
• Search Block: Fix borderRadius mutation. (61794)

Site Editor

• History: Add getLocationWithParams method. (61823)
• Navigation Focus Mode: Remove leftover code. (61897)
• Remove useless onClick handler. (61902)
• Update to use the EditorInterface component from the editor package. (62146)

Block hooks

• Navigation block: Check for insert_hooked_blocks_into_rest_response i…. (62134)
• Navigation block: Check for update_ignored_hooked_blocks_postmeta in core. (61903)

Font Library

• Font Library Modal: Remove some contexts. (62042)

Post Editor

• Template Actions: Fix console error when resetting template. (61921)

Global Styles

• Components: Fix React Warning triggers by the new JSX transform. (61917)

Interactivity API

• Interactivity API : Refactor interactivity-router to TS. (61730)

CSS & Styling

• Fix editor view mode canvas shadow. (61688)

Tools

• Build: Use globalThis over process.env and enable TS lib checking. (61486)

Testing

• E2E: Fix canvas waiter in visitSiteEditor. (61816)
• PaletteEdit: Fix another flaky test. (61818)
• PaletteEdit: Fix flaky test. (61791)
• Shadow: Add unit tests for shadow support. (60063)
• Skip flaky 'Zoom out' end-to-end test. (61925)
• Synced Pattern: Wait for pattern creation in end-to-end tests. (62174)
• Tests: Change how directives processing gets disabled. (62095)
• Workflows: Try a backport changelog. (61785)

Build Tooling

• Add 60 minute timeout to performance job. (61957)
• Enable parallel processing for PHPCS sniffs. (61700)
• Fix an issue causing wp-scripts commands to fail if the file path contained a space character. (61748)
• React: Upgrade to the new JSX transform. (61692)
• Workflows: Test to check for label and skip backport changelog. (61808)

Various

• Inserter: Encapsulate styles for tablist and close button. (61760)
• Update 'Add template' screen to prefer template_name label instead of singular_name. (60367)
• Update: Move pattern actions to the editor package. [take 2]. (61612)

Global Styles

• Update copy for color variations from "Presets" to "Palettes". (62147)

Synced Patterns

• Remove IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN check to ensure pattern overrides ship in 6.6. (62011)

npm Packages

• Packages: Increase the minimum required Node.js version to v18.12.0. (61930)

Layout

• Update child layout selector to match core. (61777)

Components

• Introduce Combobox expandOnFocus property. (61705)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

• @akashdhawade2005: Fix: Block library README.md link. (62081)
• @amitraj2203: Added Bluesky icon to the Social Icon Block. (61372)
• @dbrian: Add JSDoc to PostVisibility, PostVisibilityCheck, and PostVisibilityLabel. (61735)
• @gemkev: Update tutorial.md. (62054)
• @kellenmace: Fix an issue causing wp-scripts commands to fail if the file path contained a space character. (61748)
• @narenin: Fixed: Custom HTML Block should display content in LTR layout for all languages. (62083)
• @nateinaction: Add documentation for the EditorProvider and ExperimentalEditorProvider components. (61739)
• @paolopiaggio: Playwright end-to-end Utils: Add fullscreenMode option to createNewPost. (61766)
• @sanjucta: Add docblock to PostTitle and PostTitleRaw component. (61740)
• @vipul0425: Fix: The latest post block - post titles overlapping. (61356)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @abhi3315 @afercia @ajlende @akashdhawade2005 @akasunil @Aljullu @amitraj2203 @andrewserong @anton-vlasenko @anver @artemiomorales @carolinan @cbravobernal @colorful-tones @creativecoder @DaniGuardiola @DAreRodz @dbrian @draganescu @ellatrix @fabiankaegy @fullofcaffeine @gemkev @geriux @glendaviesnz @gziolo @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @kellenmace @kevin940726 @kt-12 @madhusudhand @Mamaduka @mattsherman @mcsf @michalczaplinski @mirka @narenin @nateinaction @ndiego @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @paolopiaggio @ramonjd @retrofox @richtabor @sanjucta @SantosGuillamot @scruffian @senadir @shail-mehta @sirreal @stokesman @t-hamano @talldan @taylorgorman @tellthemachines @tjcafferkey @twstokes @tyxla @vcanales @vipul0425 @westonruter @WunderBart @youknowriad