Release 18.9.0 RC1 · WordPress/gutenberg

Changelog

Enhancements

Block Library

Add Clear button for Overlay color option in Cover Block. (63580)
Embeds: Add 'Embed' to title for clarity. (63371)
Columns block: Fix block preview. (63609)
Gallery: Add border block support. (63428)
Image block: Show placeholder when uploading HEIC files. (63643)
Latest comments: Add color block support. (63419)
Media Text: Add border support. (63542)
Polish create template part modal. (63617)
Post Author blocks: Add example and preview. (62978)
Post date block: Add a block example. (63368)
Post featured image: Add example of the block. (63011)
Post terms block: Add an example. (63369)
Query Loop Block: Remove Posts List variation. (63404)
Query Loop block: Convert the post content type setting to a ToggleGroupControl if there are few items. (63375)
Query Loop: Change default query loop variations. (63353)
Set query loop to have the inherit value by default. (63362)
Social Links: Add border block support. (63629)
Social Links: Updated soundcloud icon for social link block. (63504)
Social Links: Update Facebook's color to match brand guidelines. (60424)
Term Description: Add border block support. (63630)

Design Tools

Background Image: Make panel appear in a consistent location. (63551)
Buttons: Add border, color, and padding block supports. (63538)
Heading: Add border support. (63539)
Image: Adopt margin block support. (63546)
Paragraph: Add border support. (63543)
Quote: Add border support. (63544)
Quote: Add spacing supports. (63545)
Search: Add margin support. (63547)

Data Views

DataViews: Allow column re-ordering. (63416)
DataViews: Update pagination icons. (63594)
DataViews: Rename the header property of fields to label. (63843)
DataViews: Support combined fields. (63236)
Dataviews List: Update item layout. (63299)
Increase column-gap between fields in List layout. (63603)
Update 'Front page' badge. (63752)
Update: Pages: Trash view should default to table layout try 2. (63652)
Update: Grid layout: Allow users to adjust grid density. (63367)
Update: Include avatars on list view. (63309)
Update: List / Table layout – selected item stroke should be tinted blue. (63312)
Update: Make changing order an action on the ellipsis menu. (62189)

Global Styles

Add colors and typograpghy to the browse styles section. (63173)
Adding Font size presets UI. (63057)
Apply same styles to block previews on inserter and Global Styles. (63177)
Background: Add background attachment to top level styles. (61382)
Move background panel under color panel. (63888)

Block Editor

Hide source filter in my patterns. (63831)
List View: Remove the sticky position icon tooltip. (63850)
Patterns: Render draggable only when enabled. (63715)

Post Editor

Add post status icon in post summary. (63658)
Editor: Improve Header layout. (62636)
Post Actions: Use entity details for capability checks. (63423)

Font Library

Group fonts by source. (63211)
Include a "Select All" options to activate/deactivate all fonts. (63531)
Reduce duplication of font library group headings. (63532)

Zoom Out

Hide vertical toolbar when block is not full width. (63650)
Only show the inserters when a block is selected or hovered. (63668)

Block Locking

Tweak Block Locking UI. (63881)

General UI

Polish "Delete" modal. (63392)
Update close icon. (63597)
Site Editor: Reduce navigation sidebar width. (63431)

Block bindings

Bootstrap sources defined in the server. (63470)

Patterns

Limit pattern shuffling to theme and user patterns only. (62677)

Components

CustomSelectControl V2 legacy adapter: Stabilize experimental props. (63248)
CustomSelectControl: Switch to ariakit-based implementation. (63258)
CustomSelectControlV2: Animate select popover appearance. (63343)
CustomSelectControlV2: Do not flip popover if legacy adapter. (63357)
DropdownMenuV2: Invert animation direction. (63443)
FontSizePicker: Tidy up internal logic. (63553)
FormTokenField: Deprecate bottom margin. (63491)
SelectControl: Add "minimal" variant. (63265)
Tabs: Hyphenate tab labels. (63337)
Tabs: Keep full opacity of focus ring on disabled tabs. (63754)
Update HeightControl component to label inputs. (63761)

Core Data

Core Data: Mark 'canUser' related actions resolvers as resolved. (63435)
Core Data: Resolve user capabilities when fetching an entity. (63430)
Core Data: Support entities in the 'canUser' selector. (63322)
Core Data: Support entity queries in the 'useResourcePermissions' hook. (63653)

JSON Schemas

Update JSON Schemas to Draft 7. (63583)

New APIs

Block bindings

Unify getValue/getValues and setValue/setValues APIs. (63185)

Bug Fixes

Data Views

DataViews: Do not render bulk actions Dropdown if no actions are available. (63575)
DataViews: Fix default layouts in the pages data views. (63427)
DataViews: Fix featured image height regression. (63424)
DataViews: Fix field rendering. (63452)
DataViews: Fix pattens list selection. (63733)
DataViews: Fix uncontrolled selection. (63741)
DataViews: Only show elligible actions in the bulk editing menu. (63473)
Fix patterns sorting by title. (63710)
Fix selected row styles in table layout. (63811)
Fix: DataViews: Layout resets for patterns each time a new pattern category is selected. (63711)
Fix: Inconsistent field spacing in Grid layout. (63363)
Templates DataViews: Set the right context for the preview field. (63488)

Block Editor

Fix user patterns disabling sync filter. (63828)
ImageURLInputUI: Make onSetLightbox and resetLightbox optional. (63573)
Pattern Inserter: Fix pagination layout when "Show button text labels" enabled. (63466)
Patterns inserter tabs: Temporary disable animated indicator. (63352)
Prevent empty void at the bottom of editor when block directory results are present. (63397)
Remove double shadow on Inserter category panel when zoomed out. (63516)
Tabs: Vertical Tabs should be 40px min height. (63446)
Fix mobile styles for inserter pattern and media tab navigation. (63451)
useBlockElement: Return null until ref callback has time to clean up the old element. (63565)
Remove hint in the Settings tab. (63515)

Block Library

Avoid stripping attributes via group block migration when no layout is specified. (63837)
Fix default unit issue for tag cloud block. (59122)
Footnotes: Register format within the init function. (63554)
Image lightbox: Remove duplicate image when lightbox is opened. (63381)
Query Loop: Fix 'block' scoped variations to get the query defaults. (63477)
Query Loop: Fix passing of namespace when selecting from suggested patterns. (63402)
Template Part: Add check if create action should be allowed. (63623)
Update Inherited Query Loop value from Template Settings changes. (63358)

Site Editor

Fix: Error while Calling edit-site getCurrentTemplateTemplateParts selector. (63818)
Fix error when duplicating a template part. (63663)
Fix: Add Template Modal layout in mobile view. (63627)
Make hover block outlines not present in Distraction Free. (63819)
Site Editor Navigation Commands: Add permission check. (63798)
fix: Wp icon focus issue. (62675)

Zoom Out

Don't automatically show inserter when zoom out mode initiates. (63859)
Ensure that we only enter zoom out mode if the experiment is enabled. (63417)
Fix crash due to absence of selected block. (63642)
Fix vertical toolbar position. (63745)
Translate toolbar delete button. (63476)

Components

Button: Never apply aria-disabled to anchor. (63376)
Revert "Update HeightControl component to label inputs". (63839)
SelectControl: Fix hover/focus color in wp-admin. (63855)
ToggleGroupControl: Support disabled options. (63450)

Global Styles

Disable "Reset styles" button when there are no changes. (63562)
Disallow scrolling the block preview. (63558)
Ensure root selector (body) is not wrapped in :root :Where(). (63726)
Global styles block previews: Fix scaling. (63596)
Style variations: Don't display the default if its the only variation. (63555)

CSS & Styling

Comments: Allow button element shadows from theme.json. (63790)
List: Prevent style bleed into non-List block lists. (63537)
Search: Prevent override of global button radii in editor. (63789)

Font Library

Add 'No fonts installed' message on library tab when fonts aren't available. (63740)
Improve 'No fonts installed' state when fonts are installed but not activated. (63533)

Post Editor

Allow editing of description only for custom templates. (63664)

Design Tools

Background image block support: Fix dropzone size. (63588)
Background tool: Fix double border. (63559)

General interface

Discussions panel: Distinguish between verb and adjective form of open for internationalization. (63791)
Fix canvas issues by removing VisualEditor’s height. (63724)

Block Transforms

Block Switcher Preview: Adjust the position and enable pattern list preview in mobile viewport. (63512)

Block bindings

Revert triggering multi-entity save panel in post with meta changes. (63412)

Block Directory

Memoize store selectors. (63346)

Inner blocks

InnerBlocks: Make sure blockType is set before trying to use it. (63351)

Widgets Editor

Widgets: Memoize 'getWidgets' store selector. (63338)

Synced Patterns

Pattern overrides: Ensure "Reset" button always shows as last item and with border. (63291)

Patterns

Fix: Removed shuffle button when only 1 pattern is present. (63093)

Media

Lock post saving during image uploads. (41120)

JSON Schemas

Prepare JSON schemas for Draft 7 update. (63582)

Security

Add: Permission checks to avoid 403 errors on non admin roles. (63296)

Accessibility

Components

Align checkbox, radio, and toggle input design. (63490)
Fix ComboboxControl reset button when using the keyboard. (63410)

Post Editor

Add missing aria-haspopup attribute to the buttons to set and replace the featured image. (63360)

Block Library

Show visual label for Categories block in dropdown mode. (56364)

Performance

Components

Storybook: Improve TypeScript performance for slow stories. (63388)

Experiments

Grid layout

Disable in-between inserter in Manual grids. (63391)
Don't display default appender inside Manual grid. (63395)
Fix responsive behaviour so both column start and column span are taken into account. (63464)
Better looking block movers. (63394)
Place new block after currently selected block when using slash inserter and splitting text. (63333)
Move visualizer popover to slot under the canvas. (63389)
Don't remount the block when rendering grid tools. (63557)

Data Views

Quick Edit: Support bulk selection. (63841)
DataViews: Bootstrap Quick Edit. (63600)

Documentation

Add to code requirements install and import Interactivity API. (63439)
Alpine vs Preact extra explanations. (63593)
Backport docs: Update and format. (63830)
Create-block - fix - update default folder name to proper default. (63530)
DataForm: Add a simple story for the DataForm component. (63840)
Fix Typo in Interactivity Api Reference. (63775)
Fix typo in Autocomplete component README.md. (63496)
FontSizePicker: Fix documentation for default units. (63577)
Improve the base control help prop documentation. (63693)
JSON Schema Docgen Rework. (63868)
Mark unstable__bootstrapServerSideBlockDefinitions with @ignore. (63673)
Move entity-provider.js exports into hooks/index.ts so they are added to the documentation. (63528)
Small Typo in Experiment Page. (63773)
Storybook: Remove popover-related height buffers. (63480)
Update "Versions in WordPress" page. (63869)
Update dataviews documentation. (63860)
Update getContext() usage examples with namespace argument. (63411)
Update react reference links in developer documentation. (62818)
Update react reference links in package's readme and doc blocks. (62704)
Updated Useeffect URL. (63494)

Code Quality

Add margin-bottom lint rules for CheckboxControl, ComboboxControl, SearchControl. (63679)
Add margin-bottom lint rules for FocalPointPicker, TextareaControl, TreeSelect. (63633)
Add margin-bottom lint rules for RangeControl. (63821)
Block editor settings: Add missing global styles links dependencies. (63823)
Core Data: Remove leftover 'todo' comment. (63842)
Core Data: Use meta-store actions for resolution status. (63469)
core-data: Fix canUser allowed methods handling. (63615)
DataViews: Move PostList component to its own folder. (63334)
JSON Schema Reorganization and Fixes. (63591)
Update: Simplify and do not pass renderingMode on editor SidebarContent. (63814)
Use Base Focus Styles for Region Focus. (62881)
Use static 'key' when filtering BlockEdit components. (63590)
Update: Simplify some permission checks. (63812)
Use entity details when calling 'canUser' selectors. (63415)
HTML API: Backport updates from Core. (63723)

Block Library

Image block: Remove unnecessary variables on expand on click implementation. (63290)
Image lightbox: Move image data from context to state. (63348)
Navigation Submenu: Remove user permission checks. (63720)
Query Title block: Rely on the editor store to apply the right archive title placeholder. (63478)
Remove unused useSplit after #54543. (63826)

Data Views

DataViews: Cleanup preview styles. (63365)
DataViews: Move the layouts into a dedicated folder. (63409)
DataViews: Refactor to prepare exposing the underlying UI pieces. (63694)
DataViews: Remove redundant setSelection prop. (63648)
DataViews: Rename onSelectionChange to onChangeSelection. (63087)

Components

ColorPicker: Use minimal variant for SelectControl. (63676)
Rename Button describedBy prop to description and deprecate old name. (63486)
Tabs: Move animation-related utilities into separate utils file. (62946)

Block bindings

Don't provide default canUserEditValue in reducer. (63628)
Improve how the context needed by sources is extended in the editor. (63513)
Improve the way block bindings sources are registered. (63117)

Post Editor

Editor: Remove unused setNestedValue util. (63620)
Move useSelectNearestEditableBlock out of src/hooks. (63730)

Font Library

Remove unused font library experiment. (63890)

Global Styles

Remove unused global styles background screen. (63887)

Widgets Editor

Widget Editor: Remove unused values returned from 'mapSelect'. (63738)

Block API

Use @wordpress/warning during block registration instead of console.error and console.warn. (63610)

Synced Patterns

Quality: Remove "reusable block name hint" code. (63514)

Commands

Update cmdk. (63465)

Document Settings

FlatTermSelector: Be more defensive about termIds. (63461)

Site Editor

Deprecate 'getCanUserCreateMedia' selector. (63413)

Block Directory

Remove 'edit-post' package dependency. (63349)

Tools

Project Management

Issue template: Use checkboxes instead of dropdown. (63523)
Sync backport changelog action: Use outputs instead of env. (63792)
Run sync when issue is labeled with Sync Backport Changelog. (63793)

Testing

Downgrade node 22(.5) unit tests to 22.4. (63728)
Font Library: Fix flaky end-to-end tests. (63904)
Upgrade Playwright to v1.45. (61443)
Bug: Eslint recommended-with-formatting allows for unnecessary spaces. (63549)

Build Tooling & Plugin

Fix broken license check script. (61868)
React: Restore umd builds. (63602)
Upgrade TypeScript to 5.5. (63012)
Scripts: Remove now-obsolete getRenderPropPaths(). (63661)
Scripts: Include variations paths in build. (63098)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

@hectorjarquin: Add to code requirements install and import Interactivity API. (63439)
@Sourav61: Fix: Removed shuffle button when only 1 pattern is present. (63093)
@tomllobet: Create-block - fix - update default folder name to proper default. (63530)
@troychaplin: change: Updated soundcloud icon for social link block. (63504)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @adamsilverstein @afercia @ajlende @akasunil @amitraj2203 @andrewserong @artemiomorales @barryceelen @carolinan @ciampo @DaniGuardiola @dhananjaykuber @dmsnell @dsas @ellatrix @geriux @hectorjarquin @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeherve @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @luisherranz @madhusudhand @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @matiasbenedetto @mattsherman @mirka @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @priethor @ramonjd @richtabor @ryanwelcher @SantosGuillamot @scruffian @shail-mehta @sirreal @Sourav61 @stokesman @StyleShit @swissspidy @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @tomllobet @troychaplin @tyxla @up1512001 @widoz @youknowriad