21.0.0

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

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

Components

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

Block Transforms

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

Bug Fixes

Block Library

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

Components

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

Interactivity API

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

Post Editor

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

Block Editor

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

Accessibility

Block Library

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

Components

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

Experiments

Interactivity API

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

Documentation

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

Code Quality

Block Editor

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

Components

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

Block Library

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

Tools

Testing

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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

21.0.0 RC1

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

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

Components

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

Block Transforms

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

Bug Fixes

Block Library

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

Components

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

Interactivity API

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

Post Editor

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

Block Editor

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

Accessibility

Block Library

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

Components

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

Experiments

Interactivity API

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

Documentation

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

Code Quality

Block Editor

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

Components

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

Block Library

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

Tools

Testing

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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

20.9.0

Changelog

Enhancements

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

Block Library

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

Write mode

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

Components

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

Block Transforms

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

Global Styles

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

Site Editor

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

Bug Fixes

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

Block Library

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

Components

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

Post Editor

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

Block Editor

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

Accessibility

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

Global Styles

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

Documentation

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

Code Quality

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

Block Library

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

Components

• withIgnoreIMEEvents: Update documentation for clarity. (70098)

Font Library

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

Tools

Build Tooling

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

Testing

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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

20.9.0 RC1

Changelog

Enhancements

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

Block Library

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

Write mode

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

Components

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

Block Transforms

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

Global Styles

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

Site Editor

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

Bug Fixes

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

Block Library

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

Components

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

Post Editor

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

Block Editor

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

Accessibility

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

Global Styles

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

Documentation

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

Code Quality

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

Block Library

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

Components

• withIgnoreIMEEvents: Update documentation for clarity. (70098)

Font Library

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

Tools

Build Tooling

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

Testing

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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

20.8.0

Changelog

Enhancements

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

Components

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

Document Settings

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

Block Editor

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

Editor

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

New APIs

Widgets Editor

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

Bug Fixes

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

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Components

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

Site Editor

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

Widgets Editor

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

Block API

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

Typography

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

Icons

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

Accessibility

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

Block Library

• Add new HTMLElementControl component. (69904)

Performance

Block Library

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

Document Settings

• Lazy load post authors' data. (69950)

Documentation

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

Code Quality

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

Themes

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

Block Editor

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

Block Library

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

Components

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

Tools

Testing

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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

20.8.0 RC1

Changelog

Enhancements

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

Components

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

Document Settings

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

Block Editor

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

Editor

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

New APIs

Widgets Editor

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

Bug Fixes

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

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Components

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

Site Editor

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

Widgets Editor

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

Block API

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

Typography

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

Icons

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

Accessibility

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

Block Library

• Add new HTMLElementControl component. (69904)

Performance

Block Library

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

Document Settings

• Lazy load post authors' data. (69950)

Documentation

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

Code Quality

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

Themes

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

Block Editor

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

Block Library

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

Components

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

Tools

Testing

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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

20.7.0

Changelog

Enhancements

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

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Media

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

Bug Fixes

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

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Post Editor

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

Document Settings

• PostPublishPanel: Fix post title overflow. (69804)

Patterns

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

Components

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

Accessibility

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

Block Library

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

Components

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

DataViews

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

Documentation

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

Code Quality

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

Block Library

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

Block Directory

• Update metadata fields requested from server. (69801)

Components

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

Tools

Testing

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

Build Tooling

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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

20.7.0 RC1

Changelog

Enhancements

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

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Media

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

Bug Fixes

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

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Post Editor

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

Document Settings

• PostPublishPanel: Fix post title overflow. (69804)

Patterns

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

Components

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

Accessibility

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

Block Library

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

Components

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

DataViews

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

Documentation

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

Code Quality

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

Block Library

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

Block Directory

• Update metadata fields requested from server. (69801)

Components

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

Tools

Testing

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

Build Tooling

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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

20.6.0

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Post Editor

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

Bug Fixes

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

Block Library

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

Components

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

Block Editor

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

Post Editor

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

Global Styles

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

Site Editor

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

Document Settings

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

Accessibility

Document Settings

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

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Components

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

DataViews

• Display Checkbox by default in dataviews. (67874)

Performance

Block Library

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

Documentation

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

Code Quality

Components

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

Post Editor

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

Font Library

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

Site Editor

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

Tools

Testing

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

Build Tooling

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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

20.6.0 RC1

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Post Editor

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

Bug Fixes

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

Block Library

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

Components

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

Block Editor

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

Post Editor

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

Global Styles

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

Site Editor

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

Document Settings

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

Accessibility

Document Settings

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

Block Library

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

Block Editor

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

Components

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

DataViews

• Display Checkbox by default in dataviews. (67874)

Performance

Block Library

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

Documentation

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

Code Quality

Components

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

Post Editor

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

Font Library

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

Site Editor

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

Tools

Testing

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

Build Tooling

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

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

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

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

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