v3.8.1

Changelog

• Deactivate plugin versions below 4.1 on WordPress 5.0. #11375

v3.7.1

Changelog

• Deactivate plugin versions below 4.1 on WordPress 5.0. #11375

v3.6.3

Changelog

• Deactivate plugin versions below 4.1 on WordPress 5.0. #11375

4.2.0 (Release Candidate)

Changelog

• Introduce the Formatting API for extending RichText.
• Use default Inserter for sibling block insertion.
• Support adding and updating entities in data module.
• Update block descriptions for added clarity and consistency.
• Add support for displaying icons in new block categories.
• Append registered toolbar buttons in RichText.
• Optimize SlotFill rendering to avoid props destructuring.
• Optimize Inserter props generation and reconciliation.
• Improve writing flow by unsetting typing flag if Escape pressed.
• Add support for non-Latin inputs in slash autocomplete block inserter.
• Use an animated WP logo for preview screen.
• Add “img” as a keyword for the Image block.
• Delay TinyMCE initialisation to focus.
• Announce number of filtered results from block inserter to screen readers.
• Add audible feedback for link editing.
• Avoid focus loss on active tab change within the Sidebar.
• Add Alt + F10 (navigate to the nearest toolbar) to the shortcut docs and modal.
• Add some more URL helpers to the url package.
• Add has-dates class to Latest Posts block if applicable.
• Improve mobile display of “options” modal.
• Add “link target” option in Image block.
• Use currentcolor as border-color for outline button style.
• Introduce a new middleware to the api-fetch package which adds ?_locale=user to every REST API request.
• Refactor and optimize withSelect, withDispatch handling of registry change.
• Refactor and update DropZone context API.
• Rephrase description of responsive toggle.
• Ensure buttons on end of row in media-placeholder have no margin on the right.
• Include implicit core styles in SelectControl.
• Use better help text for ALT text input.
• Flatten Inserter mapSelectToProps to optimize rendering.
• Cleanup Embed code and add better test coverage.
• Add space above exit code editor button.
• Return 0 in WordCount if text is empty.
• Avoid setting a value on the File block download attribute.
• Set download attribute on File block as empty.
• Remove Cover block ‘strong’ style.
• Reduce frequency of actions updating isCaretWithinFormattedText.
• Add a function to unregister a block style variation.
• Add lodash deburr to autocomplete so that is works with diacritics.
• Avoid making WordPress post embeds responsive.
• Improve handling of centered 1-column galleries with small images.
• Make pre-publish prompts more generic.
• Improve the style variation control aria-label.
• Improve preloading request code.
• Add missing context to various i18n strings.
• Add post saving lock APIs so plugins can add and remove locks.
• Take the viewport size into account when it comes to decide whether to show the button or toggle logic for “submit for review”.
• Improve accessibility of settings sidebar tabs.
• Improve the header toolbar aria-label.
• Add styles to stop Classic block buttons from inheriting italics from themes.
• Add aria-label to links that open in new windows.
• Add more descriptive aria-labels for the open and closed states of sidebar settings.
• Add key event handler to activate block styles with keyboard.
• Add field that allows changing image alt text from the sidebar in Media & Text.
• Add aria-label to describe action of featured image update button.
• Restore displaying formatting shortcuts in toolbar.
• Add i18n context to “Resolve” button for invalid blocks.
• Update the editor styles wrapper to avoid specificity issues.
• Fix converting a reusable block with nested blocks into a static block.
• Fix regression with mobile toolbar spacing.
• Fix size regression in block icon.
• Fix multi-selected warning block highlight.
• Fix: Show resizer on “Media & Text” block on unified toolbar mode
• Fix some RichText shortcuts and add e2e tests.
• Fix issue with tertiary button hit areas.
• Fix issue with unified toolbar not always fitting in smaller viewports.
• Fix issue with “remove tag” button in long tag names.
• Fix rich text value for nested lists.
• Use color function for defining the background in DateTimePicker.
• Fix usage of preg_quote() in block parsing.
• Fix flow of scheduling and then publishing.
• Fix focus issue on Gallery remove button.
• Fix keyboard interaction (up/down arrow keys) causing focus to transfer out of the default block’s insertion menu.
• Fix regression causing dynamic blocks not rendering in the frontend.
• Fix vertical alignment issue on Media & Text block.
• Fix some linter errors in master branch.
• Fix dash line in More/Next-Page blocks.
• Fix missing Categories block label.
• Fix embedding and demo tests.
• Fix issue with vanilla stylesheet.
• Fix documentation for openModal() and closeModal().
• Fix blocks navigation menu SVG icon size.
• Fix link popover keyboard accessibility.
• Fix issue with multiselect using shift + arrow.
• Fix issue with format placeholder.
• Fix Safari issue where hover outlines sometimes linger.
• Resolve an issue where the “Copy Post Text” button in the error boundary would not actually copy post text, since it used a legacy retrieval method for post content.
• Make preview placeholder text translatable.
• Load translations in the reusable block listing page.
• Avoid adding isDirty prop to DOM.
• Improve translation string and replace placeholder handling for MediaPlaceholder instructions.
• Refactor rich text package to avoid using blocks packages as a dependency.
• Handle 204 response code in API Fetch.
• Remove HTML source string normalization.
• Normalize function arguments in Block API.
• Remove unused code path.
• Deprecate layout attribute.
• Add class for -dropdown/-list in Archives block.
• Update registration method signature of RichText.
• Add filter for preloading API paths.
• Add missing @return tag to gutenberg_meta_box_save_redirect() function.
• Rename id attribute to tipId in DotTip.
• Only silence REST errors if the REST server is present
• Use consistent help text in DatePicker.
• Export both the DropZone and MediaPlaceholder editor components with the withFilters HOC.
• Remove “half” keyword from Media & Text block.
• Remove redundant hooks initialization.
• Mark getSettings in Date package as experimental.
• Remove unused variable fallbacks in RichText.
• Improve the Toggle Control elements DOM order for better accessibility.
• Mark Reusable blocks API as experimental pending future refactor.
• Set correct media type for video poster image and manage focus properly.
• Avoid PHP notices due to non-available meta boxes.
• Implement fetchAllMiddleware to handle per_page=-1 through pagination in wp.apiFetch.
• Add do’s and don’ts to block design documentation.
• Update creating-dynamic-blocks.md.
• Update editor package changelog.
• Add notices package.
• Add styles property to block-api.md.
• Add documentation for responsive-embeds theme option.
• Add missing e2e tests for Plugins API.
• Add an eslint rule to use cross-environment SVG primitives.
• Use turbo-combine-reducers in place of Redux
• Update react-click-outside to 3.0.
• Update @wordpress/hooks README to include namespace mention.
• Fix Heading blocks validation errors after block splitting
• Expose setUnregisteredTypeHandlerName / getUnregisteredTypeHandlerName for mobile.
• Fix a refresh issue with iOS when splitting blocks.
• Simplify onEnter handling.
• Hook onBackSpace in RichText component.
• Introduce the ability to merge two blocks together on Backspace.
• Properly refresh blocks when merging them under iOS.
• Port nextpage block to the ReactNative mobile app

4.1.1

Changelog

• 4317761 — #11050 Fix dynamic blocks not rendering in the frontend

4.1.0

• Implement a block navigation system that allows selecting child or parent blocks within nested blocks (like folder path traversal) as well as functioning as a general fast navigation system when a root block is selected.
• Add a Media & Text block that can facilitate the creation of split column content and allows the split to be resizable.
• Show block style selector in the block inspector.
• Rename Cover Image to just Cover and add support for video backgrounds.
• Add a new accessible Date Picker. This was months in the works.
• Reimplement the Color Picker component to greatly improve keyboard navigation and screenreader operations.
• Add style variation for Table block with stripe design.
• Add “Options” modal to toggle on/off the different document panels.
• Allow toggling visibility of registered meta-boxes from the “Options” modal.
• Handle cases where a block is on the page but the block is not registered by showing a dialog with the available options.
• Ensure compatibility with WordPress 5.0.
• When pasting single lines of text, treat them as inline text.
• Add ability to insert images from URL directly in the Image block.
• Make Columns block responsive.
• Make responsive embeds a theme option.
• Add direction attribute / LTR button to the Paragraph block.
• Display accurate updated and publish notices based on post type.
• Update buttons in the editor header area to improve consistency (save, revert to draft, etc).
• Avoid horizontal writing flow navigation in native inputs.
• Move toggle buttons to the left of their control handle.
• Add explicit bottom margin to figure elements (like image and embed).
• Allow transforming a Pullquote to a Quote and viceversa.
• Allow block inserter to search for blocks by typing their category.
• Add a label to the URL field in the Publishing Flow panel.
• Use the stored date format in settings for the LatestPosts block.
• Remove the placeholder text and use visible label instead in TokenField.
• Add translator comment for “View” menu label.
• Make YouTube embed classes consistent between front-end and back-end.
• Take into account citation when transforming a Quote to a Paragraph.
• Restore ⌘A’s “select all blocks” behaviour.
• Allow themes to disable custom font size functionality.
• Make missing custom font sizes labels translatable.
• Ensure cite is string when merging quote.
• Defer fetching non-hierarchical terms in FlatTermSelector.
• Move the theme support data previously exposed at the REST API index into a read-only theme controller for the active theme.
• Detect oEmbed responses where the oEmbed provider is missing.
• Use “Save as Pending” when the Pending checkbox is active.
• Use the post type’s REST controller class as autosave parent controller.
• Use post type labels in PostFeaturedImage component.
• Enforce text color within inline boundaries to ensure contrast and legibility.
• Add self-closing tag support (like path element) when comparing HTML.
• Make sure autocomplete triggers are regex safe.
• Silence PHP errors on REST API responses.
• Show permalink label as bold text.
• Change the block renderer controller endpoint and namespace from /gutenberg/v1/block-renderer/ to /wp/v2/block-renderer/.
• Hide “edit image” toolbar buttons when no image is selected.
• Hide “Add to Reusable Blocks” action when ‘core/block’ is disabled.
• Handle blocks passing null as RichText value.
• Improve validation for attribute names in rich-text toHTMLString.
• Allow to globally overwrite defined colors in PanelColorSettings.
• Fix regressions with Button block preview display.
• Fix issue with color picker not appearing on mobile.
• Fix publish buttons with long text.
• Fix link to manifest file in contributing file.
• Fix demo content crash on malformed URL.
• Fix issue in docs manifest.
• Fix media caption processing with the new RichText structure.
• Fix problem with Gallery losing assigned columns when alignments are applied.
• Fix an issue where the Categories block would always use the center class alignment regardless of what was set.
• Fix scroll issue on small viewports.
• Fix formatting in getEditorSettings docs and update getTokenSettings docs.
• Fix padding in block validation modal.
• Fix extra instances of old rich text value source.
• Fix issue with adding links from the auto-completer.
• Fix outdated docs for RichText.
• Fix pre-publish panel overflow issue.
• Fix missing styles for medium and huge font size classes.
• Fix autocomplete keyboard navigation in link popover.
• Fix a text selection exception in Safari.
• Fix WordPress embed URL resolution and embeds as reusable blocks.
• Avoid triggering a redirect when creating a new Table block.
• Only use rich text value internally to the RichText component.
• Ensure multiline prop is either “p” or “li” in RichText.
• Do not use dangerouslySetInnerHTML with i18n string.
• Account for null value in redux-routine createRuntime.
• Extract link container from RichText.
• Allow default_title, default_content, and default_excerpt filters to function as expected.
• Replace gutenberg in classNames with block-editor.
• Restore the order of actions usually fired in edit-form-advanced.php.
• Update REST Search controller to use ‘wp/v2’ namespace.
• Improve keyboard shortcuts section in FAQ.
• Change all occurrences of ‘new window’ to ‘new tab’.
• Conditionally load PHP classes in preparation for inclusion in core.
• Update rich-text source mentions in docs.
• Deprecate PanelColor components.
• Use mock response for demo test if Vimeo is down.
• Adding a bit more verbosity to the install script instructions.
• Document isDefault option for block styles.
• Update docs for new REST API namespace.
• Update shortcut docs with new block navigation menu shortcut.
• Further improve Release docs.
• Updated custom icon documentation links.
• Add all available script handles to documentation.
• Add wp-polyfill to scripts.md.
• Add e2e tests for List and Quote transformations.
• Fail CI build if local changes exist.
• Attempt to always use the latest version of nvm.
• Add bare handling for lint-js script.
• Add support for Webpack bundle analyzer.
• Improve setup of Lerna.
• Update clipboard dependency to at least 2.0.1.
• Recreate the demo content post as an e2e test using keyboard commands.
• Add mobile SVG compatibility for SVG block icons.
• Fix className style in SVG primitive.
• Split Paragraph and Heading blocks on enter.KEY. Refactor block splitting code on paragraph and heading blocks.
• Add caption support for image block.
• Rename PHP functions to prevent conflict with core
• Fix some typos
• Improve the Toggle Control elements DOM order for better accessibility
• Set correct media type for video poster image and manage focus properly.
• Implement fetchAllMiddleware to handle per_page=-1 through pagination in wp.apiFetch
• Fix Slash autocomplete: Support non-Latin inputs
• Add WordPress logo animation for preview

4.1.0-rc.2

• Fix fullscreen mode toggle
• Rename PHP functions to prevent conflict with core
• Fix the date picker styles
• Fix some typos
• Improve the Toggle Control elements DOM order for better accessibility
• Set correct media type for video poster image and manage focus properly.
• Avoid PHP notices due to non-available meta boxes
• Implement fetchAllMiddleware to handle per_page=-1 through pagination in wp.apiFetch

4.1 UI Freeze ❄️ (Release Candidate)

Changelog

• Implement a block navigation system that allows selecting child or parent blocks within nested blocks (like folder path traversal) as well as functioning as a general fast navigation system when a root block is selected.
• Add a Media & Text block that can facilitate the creation of split column content and allows the split to be resizable.
• Show block style selector in the block inspector.
• Rename Cover Image to just Cover and add support for video backgrounds.
• Add a new accessible Date Picker. This was months in the works.
• Reimplement the Color Picker component to greatly improve keyboard navigation and screenreader operations.
• Add style variation for Table block with stripe design.
• Add “Options” modal to toggle on/off the different document panels.
• Allow toggling visibility of registered meta-boxes from the “Options” modal.
• Handle cases where a block is on the page but the block is not registered by showing a dialog with the available options.
• Ensure compatibility with WordPress 5.0.
• When pasting single lines of text, treat them as inline text.
• Add ability to insert images from URL directly in the Image block.
• Make Columns block responsive.
• Make responsive embeds a theme option.
• Add direction attribute / LTR button to the Paragraph block.
• Display accurate updated and publish notices based on post type.
• Update buttons in the editor header area to improve consistency (save, revert to draft, etc).
• Avoid horizontal writing flow navigation in native inputs.
• Move toggle buttons to the left of their control handle.
• Add explicit bottom margin to figure elements (like image and embed).
• Allow transforming a Pullquote to a Quote and viceversa.
• Allow block inserter to search for blocks by typing their category.
• Add a label to the URL field in the Publishing Flow panel.
• Use the stored date format in settings for the LatestPosts block.
• Remove the placeholder text and use visible label instead in TokenField.
• Add translator comment for “View” menu label.
• Make YouTube embed classes consistent between front-end and back-end.
• Take into account citation when transforming a Quote to a Paragraph.
• Restore ⌘A’s “select all blocks” behaviour.
• Allow themes to disable custom font size functionality.
• Make missing custom font sizes labels translatable.
• Ensure cite is string when merging quote.
• Defer fetching non-hierarchical terms in FlatTermSelector.
• Move the theme support data previously exposed at the REST API index into a read-only theme controller for the active theme.
• Detect oEmbed responses where the oEmbed provider is missing.
• Use “Save as Pending” when the Pending checkbox is active.
• Use the post type’s REST controller class as autosave parent controller.
• Use post type labels in PostFeaturedImage component.
• Enforce text color within inline boundaries to ensure contrast and legibility.
• Add self-closing tag support (like path element) when comparing HTML.
• Make sure autocomplete triggers are regex safe.
• Silence PHP errors on REST API responses.
• Show permalink label as bold text.
• Change the block renderer controller endpoint and namespace from /gutenberg/v1/block-renderer/ to /wp/v2/block-renderer/.
• Hide “edit image” toolbar buttons when no image is selected.
• Hide “Add to Reusable Blocks” action when ‘core/block’ is disabled.
• Handle blocks passing null as RichText value.
• Improve validation for attribute names in rich-text toHTMLString.
• Allow to globally overwrite defined colors in PanelColorSettings.
• Fix regressions with Button block preview display.
• Fix issue with color picker not appearing on mobile.
• Fix publish buttons with long text.
• Fix link to manifest file in contributing file.
• Fix demo content crash on malformed URL.
• Fix issue in docs manifest.
• Fix media caption processing with the new RichText structure.
• Fix problem with Gallery losing assigned columns when alignments are applied.
• Fix an issue where the Categories block would always use the center class alignment regardless of what was set.
• Fix scroll issue on small viewports.
• Fix formatting in getEditorSettings docs and update getTokenSettings docs.
• Fix padding in block validation modal.
• Fix extra instances of old rich text value source.
• Fix issue with adding links from the auto-completer.
• Fix outdated docs for RichText.
• Fix pre-publish panel overflow issue.
• Fix missing styles for medium and huge font size classes.
• Fix autocomplete keyboard navigation in link popover.
• Fix a text selection exception in Safari.
• Fix WordPress embed URL resolution and embeds as reusable blocks.
• Avoid triggering a redirect when creating a new Table block.
• Only use rich text value internally to the RichText component.
• Ensure multiline prop is either “p” or “li” in RichText.
• Do not use dangerouslySetInnerHTML with i18n string.
• Account for null value in redux-routine createRuntime.
• Extract link container from RichText.
• Allow default_title, default_content, and default_excerpt filters to function as expected.
• Replace gutenberg in classNames with block-editor.
• Restore the order of actions usually fired in edit-form-advanced.php.
• Update REST Search controller to use ‘wp/v2’ namespace.
• Improve keyboard shortcuts section in FAQ.
• Change all occurrences of ‘new window’ to ‘new tab’.
• Conditionally load PHP classes in preparation for inclusion in core.
• Update rich-text source mentions in docs.
• Deprecate PanelColor components.
• Use mock response for demo test if Vimeo is down.
• Adding a bit more verbosity to the install script instructions.
• Document isDefault option for block styles.
• Update docs for new REST API namespace.
• Update shortcut docs with new block navigation menu shortcut.
• Further improve Release docs.
• Updated custom icon documentation links.
• Add all available script handles to documentation.
• Add wp-polyfill to scripts.md.
• Add e2e tests for List and Quote transformations.
• Fail CI build if local changes exist.
• Attempt to always use the latest version of nvm.
• Add bare handling for lint-js script.
• Add support for Webpack bundle analyzer.
• Improve setup of Lerna.
• Update clipboard dependency to at least 2.0.1.
• Recreate the demo content post as an e2e test using keyboard commands.
• Add mobile SVG compatibility for SVG block icons.
• Fix className style in SVG primitive.
• Split Paragraph and Heading blocks on enter.KEY. Refactor block splitting code on paragraph and heading blocks.
• Add caption support for image block.

4.0 🍯

Changelog

New Features

• Add ability to change overlay color in Cover Image.
• Introduce new Font Size Picker with clear labels and size comparison.
• Introduce new RichText data structure to allow better manipulation of inline content.
• Add Pullquote style variation and color palette support.
• Add support for post locking when multiple authors interact with the editor.
• Add an alternative block appender when the container doesn’t support the default block (paragraph).
• Improve the UI and interactions around floats.
• Add option to skip PublishSidebar on publishing.
• Add support for shortcode embeds that enqueue scripts.
• Add a button to exit the Code Editor.
• Introduce a reusable ResizableBox component.
• Style nested <ul>s with circles instead of normal bullets.
• Show hierarchical terms sorted by name and allow them to be filterable through search. Hide the filter box if there are fewer than 8 terms.
• Improve messaging around invalid block detection.
• Use text color for links when a paragraph has a color applied.
• Allow extended usage of the controls API in resolvers within data layer.
• Ensure that a default block is inserted (and selected) when all other blocks are removed.
• Enhance the block parser to support multiple type, in accordance with JSON schema.
• Add a larger target area for resize drag handles.
• Add media button to classic block.
• Add control to toggle responsive mechanism on embed blocks.
• Update sidebar design to have a lighter feeling.
• Update resolvers in data layer to rely on controls instead of async generators.
• Set template validity on block reset.
• Remove dirty detection from Meta Boxes to reduce false positives of “unsaved changes”.
• Show “Publish: Immediately” for new drafts by inferring floating date.
• Add a slight transition to Full Screen mode.
• Improve spacing setup in Gallery Block.
• Remove additional side padding from blocks.
• Improve the reusable blocks “Export as JSON” link.
• Enforce a default block icon size to allow flex alignment and fix unaligned labels.
• Consider single unmodified default block as empty content.
• Only display URL input field when “Link To” is set for Image Block.
• Make backspace behavior consistent among Quote, Verse and Preformatted.
• Expose refresh method from Dropdown component.
• Omit style tags when pasting.
• Use best fitting embed aspect ratio if exact match doesn’t exist.
• Avoid dispatching undefined results in promise middleware.
• Change keyboard shortcut for removing a block to access + z.
• Replace the Full Screen mode “x” icon with a back arrow.
• Make drag handle visible on hover while in nested contexts.
• Pass the tab title to the TabPanel component for situations where it may need to be highlighted.
• Allow setting no alignment when a default alignment exists.
• Improve title and appender margin fix.
• Avoid focusing on the close button on modal and try a modal appear animation.
• Change the URL Input label to match Classic.
• Adjust media upload source for RichText.
• Handle edge cases in with-constrained-tabbing and add tests.
• Set a consistent input field width in media placeholders.
• Add a hover state to sidebar panel headers.
• Change settings title from “Writing” to “View”.
• Convert the “tools” menu group into internal plugin.
• Normalize data types and fix default implementation in parser.
• Cleanup CSS specificity issues on Button component for portability.
• Display error when attempting to embed URLs that can’t be embedded and don’t generate a fallback.
• Update some edit and save button labels and styles for consistency.
• Make “Manage Reusable Blocks” a link instead of an icon button.

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with Enter and the Read More block.
• Fix menu item hover colors.
• Fix issue with editor styles and fullscreen mode.
• Fix popover link repositioning.
• Fix Space Block layout issues on small screens.
• Fix custom classNames for dynamic blocks.
• Fix spacing of post-publish close button in other languages.
• Fix Async Generator resolvers resolution.
• Fix issue with Spacer Block not being resizable when using unified toolbar and spotlight mode.
• Fix grammar.md manifest entry and update data docs.
• Fix issue with region focus on the header area on IE11.
• Fix reusable block broken button dimensions on IE11.
• Fix issues with dropping blocks after dragging when calculating new block index.
• Fix InnerBlock templates sync conditions to avoid a forced locking.
• Fix typo in @wordpress/api-fetch README.md.
• Fix regression with Button Block placeholder text.
• Fix dropzone issue in Edge (event.dataTransfer.types not being an array).
• Fix documentation for registerBlockStyle arguments and clarify getSaveElement filter.
• Fix raw transforms not working in Edge when pasting content.
• Fix a regression where wide images would cause horizontal scrollbars.
• Fix issue with gallery margin while typing a caption.
• Fix Block alignment CSS rules affecting nested blocks.
• Fix CSS issue with nested paragraph placeholder.
• Fix links in docs and add documentation for isPublishSidebarEnabled.
• Fix shortcode package dependencies.
• Fix overscroll issues locking scroll up on long pages.
• Fix reference to SVG component in docs.
• Fix Table Block header and body column misalignment.
• Fix an issue where inserting like breaks would throw an error.
• Fix regressions with placeholder text color (Cover Image, captions).
• Fix Editor Styles regression.
• Fix faulty Jed state after setLocaleData.
• Fix small line-height issue in editor style.
• Fix Pullquote margin regressions.
• Fix issues with File Block and new RichText structures.
• Fix Writing Flow E2E test.
• Fix issues with “tips” popup margins.
• Fix issue with mentions after rich text value merge.
• Fix clipping issue with Instagram embed.
• Fix ESNext example code.
• Fix usage of tabs / spaces in parser code.
• Fix Classic Block toolbar regression.
• Fix issues with Table Block alignments.
• Fix inserter misalignment regression.

Other Changes

• Minor i18n fixes after deprecations were removed.
• Rename parameter from mapStateToProps to mapSelectToProps in withSelect.
• Rename AccessibleSVG to SVG and make it work with React Native.
• Change createObjectUrl to createBlobURL.
• Clean up Sass variables, comments, reduce complexity.
• Move Classic Block to packages.
• Move HTML Block into the blocks library package.
• Move embed scripts into the body in preview documents.
• Ensure that the return value of apiFetch is always a valid Promise object in Firefox.
• Allow negative numbers in order field for Page Attributes.
• Make sure the demo page loads without marking itself as having changes.
• Refactor MediaUpload, MediaPlaceholder, and mediaUpload to support arrays with multiple supported types.
• Add new icons to dashicons package.
• Add link to “add_theme_support” docs.
• Remove glob and just include necessary files.
• Remove unused isButton prop.
• Remove Vine embed.
• Replace length check with RichText.isEmpty in Image Block.
• Replace TinyMCE function to decode entities with existing Gutenberg package.
• Extract the edit-post module as a reusable package.
• Pass editor initial settings as direct argument.
• Pass feature image ID to media upload component.
• Pass all available properties in the media object.
• Replace element-closest with registered vendor script.
• Add new handbook introduction and docs about “blocks as the interface”.
• Add utils to the wp-data script dependencies.
• Disable alternate diff drivers in setup script.
• Clarify RichText.Content readme docs.
• Document isDefault option for block styles.
• Update Panel component documentation.
• Update full post content test fixtures.
• Add ESLint rule about not allowing string literals in IDs.
• Add a test for the new Code → Preformatted transform and use snapshots.
• Add E2E test to visit demo page and verify errors.
• Add E2E tests for list creation.
• Update Redux to the latest version.

Mobile

• Add the React Native entry point to more packages.
• Need to define isRichTextValueEmpty for mobile.
• Have Travis run mobile tests that use the parent code.
• Wire onEnter to requestHTMLWithCursor command in RichText.

4.0 Release Candidate 🍯

Changelog

New Features

• Add ability to change overlay color in Cover Image.
• Introduce new Font Size Picker with clear labels and size comparison.
• Introduce new RichText data structure to allow better manipulation of inline content.
• Add Pullquote style variation and color palette support.
• Add support for post locking when multiple authors interact with the editor.
• Add an alternative block appender when the container doesn’t support the default block (paragraph).
• Improve the UI and interactions around floats.
• Add option to skip PublishSidebar on publishing.
• Add support for shortcode embeds that enqueue scripts.
• Add a button to exit the Code Editor.
• Introduce a reusable ResizableBox component.
• Style nested <ul>s with circles instead of normal bullets.
• Show hierarchical terms sorted by name and allow them to be filterable through search. Hide the filter box if there are fewer than 8 terms.
• Improve messaging around invalid block detection.
• Use text color for links when a paragraph has a color applied.
• Allow extended usage of the controls API in resolvers within data layer.
• Ensure that a default block is inserted (and selected) when all other blocks are removed.
• Enhance the block parser to support multiple type, in accordance with JSON schema.
• Add a larger target area for resize drag handles.
• Add media button to classic block.
• Add control to toggle responsive mechanism on embed blocks.
• Update sidebar design to have a lighter feeling.
• Update resolvers in data layer to rely on controls instead of async generators.
• Set template validity on block reset.
• Remove dirty detection from Meta Boxes to reduce false positives of “unsaved changes”.
• Show “Publish: Immediately” for new drafts by inferring floating date.
• Add a slight transition to Full Screen mode.
• Improve spacing setup in Gallery Block.
• Remove additional side padding from blocks.
• Improve the reusable blocks “Export as JSON” link.
• Enforce a default block icon size to allow flex alignment and fix unaligned labels.
• Consider single unmodified default block as empty content.
• Only display URL input field when “Link To” is set for Image Block.
• Make backspace behavior consistent among Quote, Verse and Preformatted.
• Expose refresh method from Dropdown component.
• Omit style tags when pasting.
• Use best fitting embed aspect ratio if exact match doesn’t exist.
• Avoid dispatching undefined results in promise middleware.
• Change keyboard shortcut for removing a block to access + z.
• Replace the Full Screen mode “x” icon with a back arrow.
• Make drag handle visible on hover while in nested contexts.
• Pass the tab title to the TabPanel component for situations where it may need to be highlighted.
• Allow setting no alignment when a default alignment exists.
• Improve title and appender margin fix.
• Avoid focusing on the close button on modal and try a modal appear animation.
• Change the URL Input label to match Classic.
• Adjust media upload source for RichText.
• Handle edge cases in with-constrained-tabbing and add tests.
• Set a consistent input field width in media placeholders.
• Add a hover state to sidebar panel headers.
• Change settings title from “Writing” to “View”.
• Convert the “tools” menu group into internal plugin.
• Normalize data types and fix default implementation in parser.
• Cleanup CSS specificity issues on Button component for portability.
• Display error when attempting to embed URLs that can’t be embedded and don’t generate a fallback.
• Update some edit and save button labels and styles for consistency.
• Make “Manage Reusable Blocks” a link instead of an icon button.

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with Enter and the Read More block.
• Fix menu item hover colors.
• Fix issue with editor styles and fullscreen mode.
• Fix popover link repositioning.
• Fix Space Block layout issues on small screens.
• Fix custom classNames for dynamic blocks.
• Fix spacing of post-publish close button in other languages.
• Fix Async Generator resolvers resolution.
• Fix issue with Spacer Block not being resizable when using unified toolbar and spotlight mode.
• Fix grammar.md manifest entry and update data docs.
• Fix issue with region focus on the header area on IE11.
• Fix reusable block broken button dimensions on IE11.
• Fix issues with dropping blocks after dragging when calculating new block index.
• Fix InnerBlock templates sync conditions to avoid a forced locking.
• Fix typo in @wordpress/api-fetch README.md.
• Fix regression with Button Block placeholder text.
• Fix dropzone issue in Edge (event.dataTransfer.types not being an array).
• Fix documentation for registerBlockStyle arguments and clarify getSaveElement filter.
• Fix raw transforms not working in Edge when pasting content.
• Fix a regression where wide images would cause horizontal scrollbars.
• Fix issue with gallery margin while typing a caption.
• Fix Block alignment CSS rules affecting nested blocks.
• Fix CSS issue with nested paragraph placeholder.
• Fix links in docs and add documentation for isPublishSidebarEnabled.
• Fix shortcode package dependencies.
• Fix overscroll issues locking scroll up on long pages.
• Fix reference to SVG component in docs.
• Fix Table Block header and body column misalignment.
• Fix an issue where inserting like breaks would throw an error.
• Fix regressions with placeholder text color (Cover Image, captions).
• Fix Editor Styles regression.
• Fix faulty Jed state after setLocaleData.
• Fix small line-height issue in editor style.
• Fix Pullquote margin regressions.
• Fix issues with File Block and new RichText structures.
• Fix Writing Flow E2E test.
• Fix issues with “tips” popup margins.
• Fix issue with mentions after rich text value merge.
• Fix clipping issue with Instagram embed.
• Fix ESNext example code.
• Fix usage of tabs / spaces in parser code.
• Fix Classic Block toolbar regression.
• Fix issues with Table Block alignments.
• Fix inserter misalignment regression.

Other Changes

• Minor i18n fixes after deprecations were removed.
• Rename parameter from mapStateToProps to mapSelectToProps in withSelect.
• Rename AccessibleSVG to SVG and make it work with React Native.
• Change createObjectUrl to createBlobURL.
• Clean up Sass variables, comments, reduce complexity.
• Move Classic Block to packages.
• Move HTML Block into the blocks library package.
• Move embed scripts into the body in preview documents.
• Ensure that the return value of apiFetch is always a valid Promise object in Firefox.
• Allow negative numbers in order field for Page Attributes.
• Make sure the demo page loads without marking itself as having changes.
• Refactor MediaUpload, MediaPlaceholder, and mediaUpload to support arrays with multiple supported types.
• Add new icons to dashicons package.
• Add link to “add_theme_support” docs.
• Remove glob and just include necessary files.
• Remove unused isButton prop.
• Remove Vine embed.
• Replace length check with RichText.isEmpty in Image Block.
• Replace TinyMCE function to decode entities with existing Gutenberg package.
• Extract the edit-post module as a reusable package.
• Pass editor initial settings as direct argument.
• Pass feature image ID to media upload component.
• Pass all available properties in the media object.
• Replace element-closest with registered vendor script.
• Add new handbook introduction and docs about “blocks as the interface”.
• Add utils to the wp-data script dependencies.
• Disable alternate diff drivers in setup script.
• Clarify RichText.Content readme docs.
• Document isDefault option for block styles.
• Update Panel component documentation.
• Update full post content test fixtures.
• Add ESLint rule about not allowing string literals in IDs.
• Add a test for the new Code → Preformatted transform and use snapshots.
• Add E2E test to visit demo page and verify errors.
• Add E2E tests for list creation.
• Update Redux to the latest version.

Mobile

• Add the React Native entry point to more packages.
• Need to define isRichTextValueEmpty for mobile.
• Have Travis run mobile tests that use the parent code.
• Wire onEnter to requestHTMLWithCursor command in RichText.