WordPress/gutenberg v22.8.0-rc.1

22.8.0 RC1

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Changelog

Features

Collaboration

• RTC: Add preference for collaborator notifications. (76460)

Enhancements

Components

• @wordpress/ui: Add Collapsible component. (76280)
• Add ExampleApplication story for ThemeProvider to better demonstrate component theme-ability.
  (76463)
• Add Link primitive to @wordpress/ui. (76013)
• Add primitive Text component to @wordpress/ui. (75870)
• Add styles for outside days in Calendar components. (76199)
• Admin UI: Add Storybook stories for Breadcrumbs and Page components. (76467)
• Adopt surface-width design tokens for Dialog, Notice, and Modal widths. (76494)
• Collapsible.Card: Make contents hidden until found. (76498)
• CollapsibleCard: Move trigger to the whole header. (76265)
• Editor: Polish real-time collaboration presence UI and move Avatar to editor package.
  (75652)
• Field.Label, Fieldset.Legend: Add visuallyHidden prop. (76052)
• Refactor admin-ui Page component to use @wordpress/theme tokens and @wordpress/ui layout primitive.
  (75963)
• Storybook: Change the default font. (76366)
• Storybook: Deduplicate injected package stylesheets. (76158)
• Theme package: Add surface width design tokens. (76047)
• Theme: Add no-token-fallback-values stylelint rule. (76415)
• Tooltip: Change default placement from bottom to top. (76131)
• UI Notice: Let description and actions span icon column at narrow widths. (76202)
• UI/Badge: Add border and neutral-strong background to none intent. (76356)
• @wordpress/ui: Add Card and CollapsibleCard components. (76252)
• CollapsibleCard: Add animations. (76378)
• ui/Card: Increase padding, align with legacy Card. (76368)
• Admin UI: Update font size for title and breadcrumbs to match. (76452)

Connectors

• Add AI Experiments plugin callout with install/activate functionality. (76379)
• Add connectors registry for extensibility. (76364)
• Add empty state when no connectors are registered. (76375)
• Add unregisterConnector and upsert support. (76541)
• Move plugin status computation to script module data. (76409)
• Sync PHP code with WordPress Core. (76443)
• Update page identifier to options-connectors. (76142)
• WP Admin: Update Connectors screen footer text for consistency. (76382)

Block Library

• Block Library: Improve the design of MediaControlPreview and MediaControl.
  (76430)
• Link Picker: Use Homepage badge instead of Page if Homepage. (75929)
• Navigation link: Add support to style current menu item via theme.json. (75736)
• Navigation: Allow creating new links in site editor sidebar List View. (75918)
• Post Date: Migrate to textAlign block support. (75856)
• Post Excerpt: Migrate to textAlign block support. (75860)
• Tabs: Disable anchor support on Tab Menu Item. (76442)
• Tabs: Restructure Tabs Menu and inner blocks. (75954)

DataViews

• Add border to sticky table headers. (76396)
• DataForm: Add customizable button text to panel modal. (76099)
• DataForm: Reduce panel's dialog min-width. (76345)
• DataViews Grid and Picker Grid: Add density option for gap between items. (75887)
• Improve storybook infinite scroll. (76566)

Post Editor

• Add Site Logo & Icon screen to Design panel. (76116)
• Editor: Show own presence in collaborative editing sessions. (76413)
• Fields: Add format field. (76308)
• Media: Add hooks and extension points for client-side media processing. (74913)

Collaboration

• RTC: Add collaborator selection highlighting in rich text. (76107)
• RTC: Allow filtering of SyncConnectionModal. (76554)
• RTC: Auto-register custom taxonomy rest_base values for CRDT sync. (75983)
• RTC: Do not sync role=local attributes. (76267)
• RTC: Implement disconnection debounce after initial connection. (76114)
• RTC: Implement front-end peer limits. (76565)
• RTC: Remove post list lock icon and replace user-specific lock text. (76322)
• Use V2 Yjs methods for HTTP Polling. (76304)
• Add a limit for the default provider. (76437)

Content Guidelines

• Guidelines: Add actions for Import, Export and Revisions of guidelines. (76155)
• Rename route and use the right Notice component. (76427)

Block Editor

• Implement state UI for pseudo selectors on Global styles. (75627)
• Media: Use Document-Isolation-Policy for cross-origin isolation on Chromium 137+.
  (75991)
• Pattern Editing and Block Fields: Highlight selected block. (74841)
• Icons API: Support searching in labels. (75878)
• Media Upload Modal: Try an uploading state with popover in the footer. (76228)
• Set placeholder to featured image field. (76342)
• Add confirmation dialog before disconnecting/detaching. (75713)

Interactivity API

• Add client-side navigation block with interactive features. (76331)

Command Palette

• Add command palette trigger button to admin bar. (75757)

Bug Fixes

Post Editor

• Add isNavigationPostEditorKey symbol to fix menu display context. (76461)
• Allow Post Content to be edited when 'Show template' is active and Post content is nested in a Template Part.
  (76305)
• Client-side media processing: Try plumbing invalidation to the block-editor's mediaUpload onSuccess callback.
  (76173)
• Editor: Fix autosaves for draft and auto-draft posts. (76624)
• Fix: Document Bar: Back button flickers. (76320)
• Fix: QuickEdit: Consolidate how "Status > Scheduled" works. (76129)
• Navigation: Disable Mobile Menu in Isolated Editor or Site Editor Preview. (76203)
• Notes: Disable for in-editor revisions. (76180)
• Page Parent: Change the default value of 'fieldValue' state. (76354)
• Page/Post Content Focus Mode: Fix insertion into Post Content block. (76477)
• RTC: Place sync connection modal in front of popover. (76431)
• Revisions: Show changed block attributes in inspector sidebar. (76550)
• Revisions: Use useSubRegistry={false} to fix global store selectors. (76152)
• Site Editor: Ensure editor settings are populated with server-side settings ASAP.
  (75785)

Block Library

• Cover Block: Add a playlist parameter to loop YouTube background videos. (76004)
• Disables anchor support for the Page Break block. (76434)
• Fix: Update the playlist-track file permissions from 755 to 644. (76315)
• Fix: Use add_filter() for get_block_type_variations hook. (76297)
• HTML & Shortcode: Disable viewport visibility support. (76138)
• HTML Block: Fix broken layout. (76278)
• Hide template part replace button when viewing revisions. (76169)
• Navigation Overlays: Fix submenu overflow when parent nav is right-justified.
  (76360)
• Navigation block: Fix submenu chevron toggle on touch devices. (76197)
• Navigation overlay close button may be displayed twice. (76585)
• Navigation: Update close button size. (76482)
• Playlist: Clip content to respect border-radius. (76146)
• Show spinner when replacing media via drag-and-drop. (76245)
• Site Title Block: Fix preview display. (76614)

Data Layer

• Core Data: Add 'supportsPagination' flag for Font Collection entity. (76404)
• Core Data: Fix 'canUser' returning 'undefined' when the allow header is missing.
  (76307)
• Core Data: Fix per_page query logic for when offset is present in the query.
  (76613)
• Core Data: Fix selectors returning stale results for different 'per_page' queries.
  (76422)
• Core Data: Support reading revision data in useEntityProp (fixes footnotes in revisions UI).
  (76106)
• Core Data: Treat single-item responses specially. (76318)
• API Fetch: Respect caller-provided Content-Type in httpV1 middleware. (76285)

Connectors

• Add logo URL support for custom AI providers. (76190)
• Align Gutenberg init hook priorities with Core. (76161)
• Fetch specific plugin instead of all plugins. (76594)
• Gate unavailable install actions behind install capability. (75980)
• Improve placeholder text and make it translatable. (75996)
• Improve responsive layout for small viewport and screens. (76231, 76186)
• Memoize getConnectors selector. (76339)
• Move API key validation and masking to REST dispatch level. (76327)
• Show API key source for env vars and wp-config constants. (76266)
• Fix RTL styling on AI plugin callout banner. (76497)
• Fix RTL styling on Connectors, Font Library, and boot-based admin pages. (76496)

Components

• Compose: Implement useCopyToClipboard and useCopyOnClick with native clipboard API.
  (75723)
• Fix token fallback plugins breaking JS strings with quoted font names. (76254)
• InputLayout.Slot: Forward className prop. (76459)
• Menu: Fix RadioItem controlled checked state. (76041)
• Revert "Button: Add word-break: Break-word". (76230)
• TimePicker: Clamp month day to valid day for month. (76400)
• useMediaQuery: Support in-iframe queries via new WindowContext. (76446)

Block Editor

• Block Bindings: Remove source items constrained by enums. (76200)
• Fix HEIC upload error handling and sub-size format. (76514)
• Navigation Editor: Allow any blocks to be inserted by gating contentOnly insertion rules to section blocks.
  (76189)
• Rename and visibility modals: Gate shortcuts behind canEditBlock to prevent triggering in revisions UI.
  (76168)
• Fix shortcode conversion when separated by
  tags. (76213)

DataViews

• Add spinner in DataViewsLayout in initial load of data. (76486)
• DataForm datetime control: Fix date handling. (76193)
• Fields: Hide scheduledDateField from the list and filters. (76247)
• Fix last column classname in table layout. (76133)
• Fix layout scrolling in constrained-height containers. (76453)

Collaboration

• Fix list sidebar reset during real-time collaboration. (76025)
• Fix backport changelog PR for Gutenberg #75746. (76154)
• Use apiFetch capabilities, allow nonce refresh. (76283)
• Fix backport changelog for #76060. (76174)
• Verify client ID to avoid awareness mutation. (76056)
• Disable RTC in the site editor. (76223)
• Fix CRDT serialization of nested RichText attributes. (76597)
• Fix TypeError in areEditorStatesEqual when selection is undefined. (76163)
• Fix cursor index sync with rich text formatting. (76418)
• Fix error when entity record doesn't have 'meta' property. (76311)
• Fix performance regression on post save. (76370)

Interactivity API

• Fix router initialization race condition on Safari/Firefox. (76053)
• Fix crypto.randomUUID crash in non-secure contexts. (76151)
• Make Window.scheduler required to match DOM lib. (76271)

Site Editor

• Fix block style variations not rendering in Site Editor Patterns page. (76122)
• Site Editor > Templates: Fix author filter. (76625)

Client Side Media

• Media: Enable AVIF support for client-side uploads. (76371)
• Upload Media: Loosen client-side media processing requirements. (76616)

Global Styles

• Theme_JSON: Prevent implicit coercion in to_ruleset. (76392)
• Fix block pseudo-state styles incorrectly applied to default state. (76326)

Patterns

• Block context menu: Context menu not closing for disconnecting unsynced pattern menu items.
  (75405)

Accessibility

• Connectors: Improve accessibility. (76456)
• Add word-break property to visually hidden styles to prevent screen reader issues.
  (75539)

Performance

Block Library

• Add fetchpriority=low to IMG tags in collapsed Accordion Item blocks. (76336)
• Add fetchpriority=low to IMG tags in collapsed Details blocks. (76269)
• Duotone: Lazily load settings. (74748)
• Image: Replace 'getEntityRecordPermissions` with 'canUser'. (76125)
• Navigation Overlay: Explicitly set fetchpriority for images. (76208)

Data Layer

• Core Data: Optimize revision selectors. (76043)
• Revisions: Skip rendered fields in REST API responses. (76347)

Design Tools

• Block Visibility: Add fetchpriority=auto to IMG tags in blocks with conditional viewport visibility to prevent potential erroneous
  high loading priority. (76302)

Experiments

Post Editor

• Add experiment: Render the editor inspector with DataForm. (76244)
• Fields: Add post content information field. (76309)
• Fields: Add support for classic themes in template. (76441)
• Template field: Match exactly the behavior of post template panel. (76596)

Site Editor

• Extensible Site Editor: Make canvas previews full height. (76201)
• Move site editor preview CSS to boot package. (76211)
• Sync some post list changes with Extensible Site Editor. (76243)

Documentation

• Add Client-Side Navigation documentation to manifest and table of contents.
  (76351)
• Data: Update documentation for global 'dispatch' and 'select' methods. (76134)
• Docs: Document controlled/uncontrolled prop naming conventions for @wordpress/ui.
  (76281)
• RTC: Update sync documentation. (75972)
• Storybook: Add basic accent color guidance. (76340)
• Storybook: Redesign Icon library page. (76034)
• Storybook: Rename "Components (Deprecated)" to "Deprecated". (76362)
• Storybook: Upgrade to 10.2.8. (76403)
• Theme: Document build plugins in README. (76003)
• ThemeProvider: Fix tags in Storybook. (76500)
• Update block registration methods in documentation for WordPress 6.8+. (76324)
• theme.json schema: Fix pseudo-class definition for button block. (76272)
• wp-env: Update JSON Schema with missing properties and add README documentation.
  (76115)

Code Quality

• Boot: Remove manual fallbacks from design token usages. (76414)
• Fix: Rewrite the license check scripts to use Node's native module resolution.
  (75039)
• Add Router type export to @wordpress/route. (76139)
• DataForm: Consolidate date and datetime input placement. (76136)

Block Library

• HTML Block: Remove "unsaved changes" check. (76086)
• Icon Block: Clean up selectors configuration. (75786)
• Icons: Fix incorrect icon slug. (76074)
• Navigation: Use the shared icon rendering functions for all navigation blocks.
  (76372)
• Playlist: Move getTrackAttributes to utils. (76096)
• Simplify require statements for navigation files. (76373)

Data Layer

• Convert data package fully to TS. (76149)
• Core Data: Fix the list of properties persisted in autosaves. (76451)

Collaboration

• Move event hooks from editor to core-data. (76358)
• Replace apiFetch with core-data store selectors. (76333)

Components

• Admin UI: Use hasPadding prop in Page stories. (76601)
• Use --wpds-cursor-control design token. (76218)

Post Editor

• Remove redundant onNavigateToEntityRecord handling. (76523)
• TemplateContentPanel: Fix useSelect warning. (76421)

Block Editor

• ESLint: Add use-recommended-components rule. (76222)
• Editor canvas iframe: Use load event and default body element. (76314)
• Add end-to-end test for date field in QuickEdit. (76528)
• Correct input of setIsLoading. (76381)

Tools

Build Tooling

• Add [Package] UI label to PR labeler configuration. (76411)
• Add support for linting annotations and other static analysis workflow improvements.
  (76120)
• CI: Don't build release notes during plugin build workflow for WP Core sync.
  (76398)
• CI: Simplify strategy matrix in Build Gutenberg Plugin Zip workflow. (76435)
• Check for IS_WORDPRESS_CORE before npm_package_config_IS_WORDPRESS_CORE.
  (76334)
• ESLint: Add bare token check to no-unknown-ds-tokens. (76210)
• Fix IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN env var override in build configuration. (76605)
• Only run label enforcement workflow on open PRs. (76274)
• Publish built Gutenberg plugin to the GitHub Container Registry. (75844)
• Remove function_exists checks from PHP template. (76062)
• Upgrade actionlint and run linting when composite actions are modified. (76503)
• Scripts: Relax @wordpress/env peer dependency to allow newer versions. (76192)
• Ensure consistent, repeatable build results when inlining WASM files via wasmInlinePlugin.
  (76113)
• wp-build: Stop bundling Core packages, generate prerequisites asset instead.
  (75987)
• ESLint: Broaden no-setting-ds-tokens to all object property keys. (76212)
• ESLint: Modernize eslint-plugin rule APIs for v10 compatibility. (76507)
• ESLint: Replace eslint-plugin-ssr-friendly with custom rules. (76508)
• Include AI tools disclosure in pull request template. (76425)
• Remove alexstine from codeowners. (76551)
• Exclude experimental pages from Core builds. (76038)

Testing

• Auto Cherry-Pick: Fix race condition in workflow trigger. (76083)
• Fix "should undo bold" flaky test. (76464)
• RTC: Fix 'networkidle' and other end-to-end tests that are flaky. (76214)
• RTC: Fix post-editor-template-mode end-to-end test. (76209)
• RTC: Fix tests related to publish undo stack. (76206)
• Tests: Skip connector logo URL tests when AI Client is unavailable. (76343)
• Update Node version to v24 for flaky test reporter. (76492)
• end-to-end Tests: Add connector setup flow tests with test AI provider. (76433)
• end-to-end Tests: Add coverage for AI plugin callout banner. (76432)
• end-to-end Tests: Fix flaky autocomplete and mentions test. (76407)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @apermo: Fix: Use add_filter() for get_block_type_variations hook. (76297)
• @chubes4: API Fetch: Respect caller-provided Content-Type in httpV1 middleware. (76285)
• @iamchughmayank: Guidelines: Add actions for Import, Export and Revisions of guidelines. (76155)
• @kannan-ravi: Add word-break property to visually hidden styles to prevent screen reader issues. (75539)
• @markusfoo: Interactivity API: Fix router initialization race condition on Safari/Firefox. (76053)
• @sagarjadhav: HTML & Shortcode: Disable viewport visibility support. (76138)
• @smithjw1: RTC: Auto-register custom taxonomy rest_base values for CRDT sync. (75983)
• @wwahammy: Correct input of setIsLoading. (76381)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @adamsilverstein @aduth @alecgeatches @alexstine @Aljullu @andrewserong @annezazu @apermo @aswasif007 @CGastrell @chriszarate @chubes4 @ciampo @Copons @dabowman @desrosj @dhasilva @dlind1 @ellatrix @enejb @getdave @gigitux @gziolo @hbhalodia @huzaifaalmesbah @iamchughmayank @im3dabasia @ingeniumed @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kannan-ravi @kraftbj @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @manzoorwanijk @markusfoo @mattgrshaw @maxschmeling @mcsf @mikachan @mikejolley @mirka @Mustafabharmal @ntsekouras @oandregal @ockham @pkevan @ramonjd @retrofox @sagarjadhav @scruffian @sgomes @shekharnwagh @shimotmk @simison @smithjw1 @t-hamano @talldan @westonruter @wwahammy @youknowriad @yuliyan