WordPress/gutenberg v16.4.0

16.4.0

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Changelog

Features

Components

• Introduce a basic ProgressBar component. (53030)

Block Editor

• Link Control: Persist advanced settings toggle state to preferences if available. (52799)

Block Library

• Behaviors: Extend Global Styles API to read/write behaviors config. (52370)

Enhancements

Site Editor

• Add context to the "Reset template" "Delete template" and "Edit template" commands. (52989)
• Add xhuge breakpoint (1920px) and update pattern grid. (52942)
• Display keyboard shortcut for command palette in site view. (52841)
• Make sure only one Site updated notice displays at a time. (53087)
• Pattern library: Switch to three column layout on huge screens. (52927)
• Template Descriptions: Tidy up all abbreviations of 'example' to be e.g. (52848)
• Try adding further details to template part panel. (52476)
• Update the ConfirmDialog that appears when applying a style revision over unsaved changes. (52972)
• Update: Improve titles of author templates in query title block. (52732)

Post Editor

• Add common commands (breadcrumbs, live preview, pre-publish checklist). (53073)
• Use hooks instead of HoCs for:
  • DiscussionPanel. (53232)
  • PostPingbacks. (53228)
  • PostComments. (53231)
  • PostExcerpt. (53229)
  • PostTypeSupportCheck. (53235)

Block Library

• Footnotes: Add link, background, and text color support. (52897)
• Image block: Fix flaky tests. (52442)
• Preformatted: Add spacing support. (45196)
• Social Links: Add Threads Icon. (52685)
• Verse: Enable the line breaks. (52928)

Patterns

• Align height of save button and patterns pagination. (52764)
• Allow inserting of unsynced patterns from quick inserter. (52866)
• Show the default patterns icons for all pattern blocks in inserter. (53208)
• Update the Manage all my patterns command to redirect to site editor patterns list. (52817)

Interactivity API

• Use defer loading strategy for frontend view scripts. (52536)
• [create-block] Refinements to the create-block-interactive-template package. (52801)

Components

• Settings: Show message when Visual or Code editor are disabled. (52737)
• TabPanel: Implement Ariakit internally. (52133)

Global Styles

• Site editor: Conditionally render global styles revisions footer in sidebar. (53204)

Block Editor

• Remove duplicated display URL in LinkControl. (53167)

Synced Patterns

• Remove extraneous "Detach" ToolbarButton for synced patterns. (53121)

Icons

• Add keyboard icon and use in relative commands. (53083)

Plugin

• Bump plugin minimum supported PHP version to 7.0. (52982)

Data Layer

• Promisify action creator return type for WP data dispatch. (52530)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

• Avatar: Fix global border styles generation. (53007)
• Check if object exists before accessing its properties. (52870)
• Cover block: Disable contrast checker. (53080)
• Disambiguate "Import" button string. (52907)
• Footnotes:
  • Footnotes/RichText: Fix getRichTextValues for deeply nested blocks. (53034)
  • Disable based on post type. (52934)
  • Disable for synced patterns and prevent duplication for pages in site editor. (53003)
  • Fix published preview. (53072)
  • Store in revisions. (52686)
• Image block: Fix image size at wide and full width. (53184)
• Navigation Sidebar: Fetch the blocks from the content when trying to load navigations. (52899)
• Navigation: Load the raw property on the navigation fallback. (52758)
• Remove block tools back compat component schedule for deprecated in 6.3. (53115)
• Verse: Disable line breaks. (52783)
• Video: Fixing styles that vertical alignment of the video. (53131)

Site Editor

• Add navigation type to title labels map. (53074)
• Command Palette:
  • Add Open styles revisions command conditionally. (52945)
  • Command Palette: Remove double border on results pages. (52873)
  • CommandPalette: Fixed to not execute commands in IME composition. (52844)
  • Defer to preceding handlers in command palette keyboard shortcut. (53001)
  • [Core Commands]: Handle navigation commands based on access of site editor. (52987)
• Fix block top toolbar artifact in navigation isolation. (53110)
• Fix canvas mode sync with URL. (52996)
• Fix the template parts link on the list page. (52891)
• Open template parts from the list page in canvas view mode. (52916)
• Fix the typo in the title label map. (53071)
• Fix: Block toolbar obscuring document tools when Top Toolbar is enabled. (52722)
• ResizableFrame: Account for window resizing. (52697)
• Sidebar: Restore Back button 'go to parent' functionality. (52910)
• Top toolbar: Fix issues with save button overlap and plugin buttons. (53101)
• Update document title buttons radius. (53221)

Patterns

• Add id to pattern inserted notice to stop multiple notices stacking. (52746)
• Allow orphaned template parts to appear in "general" category. (52961)
• Correctly color code unsynced patterns titles in Site Editor. (52958)
• Fix auto-size patterns triggering scrollbar flickering on certain size. (52921)
• Fix color and behavior of unsynced patterns in block inserter when searching for reusable. (53205)
• Fix editor crashing on certain search filter combinations. (52956)
• Fix empty general template parts in Patterns. (52747)
• Fix not expanding pattern in page editor. (53169)
• Fix: Snack bar not fixed on certain pages in the Site Editor. (53207)
• Pattern: Add getBlockRootClientId call. (53206)
• Patterns Browse Screen: Fix back button when switching between categories. (52964)
• Reset current page when search filters change. (52933)
• Site Editor: Fix site link accessibility issues. (52744)
• Site Editor: Use the correct icon for Patterns in sidebar card. (52931)

Post Editor

• Allow styles to be changed dynamically through editor settings. (52767)
• Distraction Free: Fix conflict with showListViewByDefault preference. (52914)
• Editor: Set default parameter for '__unstableSaveForPreview'. (53079)
• Fix toolbar when previewing devices in post editor. (52770)
• I18N: Add missing Gettext wrapper on strings in Edit Post overview sidebar. (52971)
• shimAttributeSource: Don't run outside the registerBlockType filter. (53015)

Global Styles

• Global styles revisions: Display text if no revisions are found. (52865)
• Spacing presets: Fix bug with select control adding undefined preset values. (53005)
• Style Engine: Switch off optimize by default. (53085)

Block Editor

• Fix spacing for LinkControl actions. (53055)
• List: Allow ENTER on multi-selection. (52947)
• List: Fix merging nested lists. (52949)

Design Tools

• Borders: Prevent console error when clearing custom border color. (52963)
• Check if spacing tool is defined before displaying controls. (53008)

Distraction Free

• Add missing command in Site Editor. (52868)
• Distraction Free Keyboard Shortcut: Fix notices in Site Editor. (52867)

Layout

• Prevent the Dimensions UI from being displayed when the block does not support Dimensions. (53092)

List View

• Ensure onBlockDrop does not fire if there is no target. (52959)

Template Editor

• Site Editor: Don't navigate to the patterns in Template Parts mode. (52884)

Navigation Menus

• Navigation: Backport Core changes for the navigation fallback. (52878)

REST API

• Global styles revisions: Update private methods to protected. (52748)

Block API

• Parser / Site Editor: Ensure autop is not run when freeform block is set to core/html. (52716)

Accessibility

• Fix regression with Edit site Navigate regions. (52940)
• Return focus more from focus return hook. (52710)
• [Commands]: Add aria-activedescendant attribute to suggestions. (52930)

Components

• ColorPalette, BorderControl: Don't hyphenate HEX value in aria-label. (52932)
• Modal: Fix loss of focus when clicking outside. (52653)

Patterns

• My Patterns page: Increase color contrast for the toggle group. (52678)

Post Editor

• Improve consistency of the Post Editor and Site Editor Document actions. (52246)

Performance

• Replace array_key_exists() with isset() check. (53098)

Block Library

• Footnotes: Use static closures when not using '$this'. (52781)

Experiments

Block Library

• Set freeform handler only if Classic block exists. (52936)
• Backend handle freeform blocks with TinyMCE removal. (52938)
• Fix TinyMCE removal for heartbeat requests. (52935)

Interactivity API

• Improve the Interactivity API priority levels logic. (52323)
• Remove the wp-show directive temporarily. (53240)

Block API

• Auto-inserting blocks on the frontend and in the editor (via REST API). (51449)

Documentation

• API Reference documentation for Interactivity API. (52948)
• Adding description of the --no-watch option. (53139)
• Adds documentation about selectors. (52941)
• Add Block API Version 3. (53046)
• Added missing images via developer.wp.org site. (53051)
• Clarify that blockGap support depends on layout support. (53254)
• Interactivity API > Getting Started Guide - minor adjustments. (52786)
• Update Appearance Tools. (52785)
• Open "docs" folder for the Interactivity API package and Getting Started Guide. (52462)
• Update the Gutenberg release process documentation. (52955)

Code Quality

• Add options for debugging PHP unit tests in package.json. (52778)
• Block Editor: Fix ESLint warning for the useBlockEditingMode hook. (53218)
• Block Editor: Simplify check in 'withBlockControls' styles hook. (53227)
• BlockVariationPicker: Remove unused withSelect. (53100)
• Enforce checks against redeclaration for functions and classes. (52696)
• Improve the efficiency of the useDebouncedInput hook. (53263)
• Refactor useShowMoversGestures hook. (52792)
• Remove withSpokenMessages HoC from the Link format. (53106)
• Site Editor: Remove unnecessary hook from 'PageTemplates'. (52903)
• [Create Block] Add support for the example property and add template defaults. (52803)

Block Library

• Add PHP since annotations. (52820)
• Footnotes: Add missing _ in revision field filter. (53135)
• Refactor navigation title usage. (52807)
• Template Part Block: Use get_block_file_template for rendering. (52892)

Global Styles

• Don't use named arguments for sprintf. (52782)
• Remove experimental setting for interactivity API and behaviors. (52833)
• Site editor: Update function name. (52869)
• Update PHP unit tests. (52819)

Interactivity API

• Move Store's data encoding to the echo call. (51974)
• Update the block.json schema to include Behavior supports. (52895)

Typography

• Fluid typography: Rename viewport variables. (53082)

Components

• Update framer-motion to 10.13.0. (52804)

Themes

• Behaviors - Lightbox: Update theme.json schema. (51156)

Tools

• Add GH action to enforce PR labels. (52760)
• Changelog automation:
  • Make Accessibility a top-level section. (52900)
  • Update to work with consolidated a11y labels. (52896)
  • Use the correct label to filter Mobile app PRs. (53024)
• Enforce PR labels:
  • Change permissions to read. (52980)
  • Fully re-enabling the pre-merge check. (52990)
  • Make PR label checks non-blocking to merge while trying a different GH token setting. (52975)
  • Try using a different token. (52979)
  • Use pull_request_target trigger to work with PRs coming from forks. (52981)
• Use proper casing on PR template. (52999)

Testing

• Add end-to-end tests for Behaviors in the site editor. (52809)
• Ignore local test theme folders created by wp-env. (53031)
• Improve slug generation & matching in request utils. (52414)
• Migrate 'iframed inline styles' end-to-end tests to Playwright. (53269)
• Migrate Allowed Block Test to Playwright. (53171)
• Patterns: Reinstate template parts mode spec. (52780)
• Route to published post instead of homepage on navigation end-to-end tests. (52802)
• Temporarily skip widget import end-to-end test. (53226)
• Update end-to-end tests that use code editor. (52788)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

• @Armondal: Adding description of the --no-watch option. (53139)
• @lunaluna: Video: Fixing styles that vertical alignment of the video. (53131)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @andrewserong @anton-vlasenko @Armondal @artemiomorales @audrasjb @bph @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @chad1008 @danielbachhuber @DAreRodz @dcalhoun @derekblank @draganescu @ellatrix @fluiddot @geriux @getdave @glendaviesnz @hellofromtonya @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeherve @jeryj @jordesign @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @luisherranz @lunaluna @Mamaduka @mburridge @michalczaplinski @mikachan @mirka @ndiego @noahtallen @noisysocks @ntsekouras @ockham @pedro-mendonca @pooja-muchandikar @priethor @ramonjd @richtabor @ryanwelcher @scruffian @shimotmk @Soean @stokesman @swissspidy @t-hamano @tellthemachines @torounit @tyxla @westonruter @WunderBart