WordPress/gutenberg v23.2.0-rc.1

23.2.0 RC1

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Changelog

Features

Block Editor

• Try responsive global block styles with states. (77513)
• Enhance Connectors page on read-only file system. (77521)

Enhancements

Components

• Add SelectControl component to @wordpress/ui. (77809)
• Add motion design tokens (duration and easing) to @wordpress/theme. (76097)
• Button: Align link variant underline with Link and ExternalLink. (77842)
• Grid: Add renderResizeHandle render prop. (77811)
• Grid: Add edit-mode overlay to DashboardGrid and DashboardLanes. (78199)
• Grid: Lock document cursor during resize gesture. (77813)
• Grid: Prevent resize runaway near viewport edge. (77854)
• Modal: Render as a bottom sheet on mobile. (77956)
• Select: Support placeholder prop on Trigger. (78076)
• Use theme gray for muted Text. (77999)
• docgen: Automatic documentation handle for TypeScript overloads. (77558)
• ui/Tooltip, ui/IconButton: Add positioner slot API. (78089)

Block Library

• Added Translator Context for Reply. (77891)
• Embed: Add '[embed]' shortcode transform. (77937)
• Shortcode: Offer block-specific transforms when text matches a registered shortcode. (77944)
• i18n: Add context to table header/footer label. (78007)

Block Editor

• Fix target block for copying direct insert block attributes. (77877)
• Make Block Inserter search input sticky while scrolling. (77698)
• i18n: Add context to scale. (76917)

Post Editor

• Add lint rule for non-module stylesheet imports. (77984)
• Remove root uuid dependency. (77960)

Data Layer

• Widget Types: Bootstrap registry into the dashboard client. (77917)
• Widget Types: Replace bootstrap with resolver. (77847)

npm Packages

• Build: Add widgets/ folder support to @wordpress/build. (77347)
• Taxonomy edit route: Declare @wordpress/base-styles as dependency. (77901)

Bug Fixes

Components

• ColorPalette: Fix duplicate-key warnings and incorrect selection with identical color values. (78004)
• ColorPicker: Fix inconsistent HEX input clearing behavior. (77912)
• ExternalLink: Fix focus outline under wp-admin. (77935)
• Grid: Fix keyboard activation on draggable items. (78163)
• Grid: Render resize handle as component. (77888)
• Link: Fix focus outline around the new-tab icon. (77910)
• Select: Fix disabled cursor styles. (78112)
• Select: Hide user agent focus ring in popup. (77919)
• TabPanel: Fix tab indicator animation. (77812)
• Text: Fix render prop CSS defenses. (78172)
• ui/Drawer: Forward render on Drawer.Content to the scroll container. (77941)
• ui/Drawer: Polish open/close animation, fix swipe on content padding. (77800)
• Admin UI: Fix nested landmark in Page header. (78001)
• UI: Use string label type for form controls. (77860)
• ui/CollapsibleCard: Support rendering Header as a heading element. (77962)
• Image editor: Improve media editor crop accessibility and dialog focus. (78047)

Connectors

• Add is_active callback support to plugin registration. (77897)
• Clarify AI plugin callout copy. (78043)
• Fix: Only auto register settings if the plugin the connector references is installed and active. (77273)
• Increase right padding of callout for mobile layout. (78126)

Block Library

• Embed: Tighten raw URL transform isMatch. (78021)
• Fix: Buttons block shows inserter picker when multiple allowed blocks are registered. (77858)
• Fix: Shortcode block does not render in Navigation Overlay. (77511)

Post Editor

• Editor: Paginate revisions slider by 100 per page. (77200)
• Notes: Keep tall floating threads scrollable on short content. (77821)
• defaultRenderingMode value not respected when changed using block_editor_settings_all. (77870)
• i18n: Add context to (site) identity. (78132)
• Site Editor: Preserve non-global editor styles in pattern previews. (77957)
• Preserve leading number when pasting single-line text like dates. (77949)
• Add aria-label to Revisions button in Post Summary sidebar. (78140)
• Revisions diff markers: Enforce 24×24px minimum target size (WCAG 2.5.8). (77671)
• Revisions: Add diagonal stripe patterns to diff markers to avoid color-only distinction. (77904)
• Revisions: Add tooltip to diff marker buttons. (77690)
• Avoid using centered text. (78125)
• Editor: Improve revisions diff pairing performance. (77126)

Data Layer

• RTC: Fix title divergence between users on page refresh after title update. (77666)
• isFulfilled: Don't change resolution state, call in resolveSelect. (78151)
• Fix lockfile drift and missing dep from content-types consolidation. (78109)
• Guidelines REST: Require read access for standard route. (77843)
• Fix popover bind hydration. (77797)

Collaboration

• RTC: Fix find_canonical_storage_post_id() always returning null. (78053)
• RTC: Fix race condition on room creation which can cause a split update log. (77675)
• Media: Guard gutenberg_delete_heic_companion_file() against non-string $metadata['original']. (78128)

Experiments

• Add first end-to-end tests for Taxonomies. (77828)
• Add taxonomy visibility fields. (77835)
• Add term/post type count fields in content types. (78157)
• Auto fill slug from singular label for taxonomies and post types. (77938)
• Content Types: Various improvements to post type and taxonomy management, including duplicate/view/quick-edit actions, shared utility reuse, and caching and routing fixes. (77754, 77844, 77853, 77885, 77916, 78058, 78059, 78091, 78099, 78102, 78104, 78143, 78146, 78149, 77931)
• Dashboard: Lift Suspense + error boundary into widget chrome and add a default header. (78012)
• Grid: Add DashboardLanes masonry surface. (78107)
• Integrate useView in content types lists. (78197)
• Make Content Types _builtin. (78150)
• Render badges for some content types' fields. (78194)
• Sync user taxonomies with post types. (77997)
• Update view content types actions. (78159)
• User post types REST controller. (77915)
• Widget Types: REST endpoint and core-data entity. (77987)
• Widget Types: Server-side registry, decouple wp-build pages. (77958)

Media

• Image editor: Suppress image editor undo/redo while a crop interaction is active. (77930)
• Image editor: Update sidebar aspect ratio and resize controls. (78046)
• Media Editor Modal: Improve image cropper interactions (undo/redo, pan, zoom, rotation), expand keyboard shortcuts and accessibility (focus borders, landmark regions, panel headings), and fix empty metadata fields. (77782, 77826, 77863, 77871, 77875, 77878, 77898, 77899, 78078, 78189)
• Media editor: Replace fine-rotation slider with RotationRuler. (77906)
• Grid: Add warning about being under development. (78022)

Dashboard

• Add WidgetDashboard.Actions compound. (78019)
• Add experimental WidgetDashboard rendering engine. (77770)
• Add widget inserter modal. (78033)
• Backend default layout filter. (78040)
• Dashboard experiment: Animate customize UX. (78065)
• Dashboard experiment: New sidebar icon. (78016)
• Dashboard experiment: Remove storybook examples for now. (78020)
• Persist layout via @wordpress/preferences. (78034)
• REST endpoint for the default layout. (78066)
• Staging layer for in-progress layout edits. (78071)
• Use design animation tokens. (78204)

Block Library

• Add Classic block migration notice. (78090)
• Image block: Try syncing updated metadata fields (alt and caption) from the media editor. (78139)
• Media Editor Experiment: Add a route, based on the media editor modal, refactor the modal components. (77994)

Documentation

• Block Editor: Clarify logic for 'directInsert' inner blocks setting. (77873)
• Design System: Add missing packages to Storybook introduction. (77504)
• Docs: Shortcode transforms with wrapped content + rawHandler JSDoc. (78003)
• Document how to ignore VSCode Workspace Settings. (77608)
• RTC: Clarify WPBlockSelection type and link to duplicates in other packages. (77862)
• Revise README for FocalPointPicker component to use object-position. (77722)
• UI: Add component status notes to Storybook. (77988)
• UI: Add missing Portal subcomponents to Storybook. (78108)
• UI: Fix subcomponent story labels. (78210)
• UI: Improve documentation for compound exports. (78212)
• Update nvm installation script to version 0.40.4. (77996)
• Update references to default branch. (77606)

Code Quality

• Add a 1-day minimum release age to npm installs. (78191)
• Migrate native tests to workspace. (77425)
• Script Modules: Guard setAccessible() calls behind PHP < 8.1 check. (78137)
• Inline z-index values across Block Manager, meta boxes, pattern chooser, sticky search, layout, and Popover, and remove local z-index helper entries. (77753, 77759, 77772, 77806, 77807, 77808, 78180, 78181)

Post Editor

• Editor: Refactor 'PostPublishPanel' into function component. (78083)
• Edit Post: Fix suppressed errors in Layout component. (77940)
• Notes: Separate intent from mechanics in openTheSidebar. (78039)

Components

• Button: Align compound component metadata. (78184)
• Fix flaky Menu space key unit test. (77972)
• Menu: Fix flaky keyboard focus test. (78162)
• SlotFill: Add dependencies to updateFill effect. (77907)

Plugin

• Fix activation warning. (77908)
• Fonts: Move admin menu compat from experimental to wordpress-7.0. (78227)

Block Editor

• Add translation context for “Exit pattern”. (78158)
• Remove unused reducer action types. (77880)
• Backport changes in core. (78103)
• Refactor client side style states to use nodes. (78000)
• Refactor accordion to use CollapsibleCard. (77903)
• Classic Block: Use onReplace prop for migration actions. (78113)

Data Layer

• ESLint: Replace eslint-plugin-react-compiler with eslint-plugin-react-hooks. (69962)
• RTC: Add regression tests for data corruption bug due to cursor scope issue. (77662)

Tools

Testing

• Add RTC y-websocket-server tests. (78179)
• Add createRecord end-to-end request util. (78017)
• Configure global fallbackFn for timezone-mock to handle Date subclasses. (78056)
• Consolidate CI workflows for changelog testing. (78169)
• E2E: Remove slash from bad embed request mock. (78200)
• E2E: Reset preferences after navigable-toolbar tests. (78115)
• Experiment: Add first basic user post types end-to-end tests and update taxonomy tests. (77998)
• Fix flaky end-to-end tests for publish panel, Pages dataview keyboard navigation, homepage settings, and post content focus mode. (78054, 78063, 78082, 78084)
• Revision: Fix failing end-to-end test. (78079)
• Site Editor end-to-end tests: Reimplement the wait for load. (77981)
• end-to-end tests: Use editPost and createNewPost helpers everywhere. (78170)

Build Tooling

• Build: Update lint-staged from v10 to v16. (77963)
• Fix: Guard require_once calls in generated PHP files against deployment race conditions. (78110)
• Remove save-exact from .npmrc. (78196)
• Tests: Fix argument forwarding for test:Unit workspace scripts. (77541)
• Update TypeScript to tsgo (try 2). (77682)
• bin/dev.mjs: Warn on stale webpack watching this checkout. (78098)
• Upgrade and unify @types/node version. (77900)

Various

• Update uuid dependency. (77848)
• Fill in end-to-end tests for client-side media processing. (75949)

Components

• Support object values in Select primitive. (77861)
• Update date-fns to v4.1.0 in components and editor packages. (78057)

Block Library

• Correct capitalization in help text for Breadcrumbs block. (78175)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @369work: Update nvm installation script to version 0.40.4. (77996)
• @andrea-sdl: Use theme gray for muted Text. (77999)
• @danluu: RTC: Fix race condition on room creation which can cause a split update log. (77675)
• @vishnucmsminds: Add aria-label to Revisions button in Post Summary sidebar. (78140)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@369work @adamsilverstein @adithya-naik @aduth @afercia @alecgeatches @andrea-sdl @andreawetzel @andrewserong @anomiex @artpi @cbravobernal @ciampo @coderGtm @crisbusquets @danluu @desrosj @dmsnell @dpmehta @ellatrix @hbhalodia @himanshupathak95 @Infinite-Null @jameskoster @jorgefilipecosta @jsnajdr @lancewillett @Mamaduka @manzoorwanijk @mikachan @mirka @Mustafabharmal @ntsekouras @R1shabh-Gupta @ramonjd @retrofox @sarthaknagoshe2002 @scruffian @shail-mehta @simison @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @timse201 @tyxla @USERSATOSHI @vishnucmsminds @vishnupprajapat @youknowriad @yuliyan