WordPress/gutenberg v23.3.0-rc.1

23.3.0 RC1

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Changelog

Features

Post Editor

• Notes: Support multiple note threads per block. (75147)

Enhancements

Components

• DataViews: Adopt @wordpress/theme design tokens. (75204)
• Draggable: Scope the clone's fallback z-index to non-slot placements. (78354)
• Navigation: Hard deprecate component. (78529)
• Overlays: Extend positioner slot pattern to Popover, Select, Autocomplete. (78168)
• Tabs, TabPanel: Align styles with wp-ui. (78418)
• Tooltip migration: Dataviews consumers (3/5). (78470)
• UI Button: Optimize overflow styles. (78300)
• UI Card: Full bleed as header hero image and content cover. (77856)
• Visually align Notice from @wordpress/components with Notice from @wordpress/ui. (78231)
• [components] Draggable: Migrate clone wrapper to wp compat overlay slot. (78183)
• [ui] Add internal wp compat overlay slot helper. (77851)
• [ui] Autocomplete: Default portal container to the wp compat overlay slot. (78375)
• [ui] Select: Default portal container to the wp compat overlay slot. (78372)
• [ui] Tooltip: Default portal container to the wp compat overlay slot. (78095)
• design-system-mcp: Add server instructions for client usage guidance. (78186)
• design-system-mcp: Update get_components to optionally support multiple names. (78185)

Block Editor

• Add support for layout responsive styles. (78543)
• Add supports for pseudo states on single block instances. (76491)
• Block Inserter: Animate inserter button icon to signal open state. (78306)
• Hide block variation selector when style state is selected. (78658)
• Hide wrap by default in flex layout panel. (78269)
• Integrate slug-based color selection in color panel. (78048)
• Migrate pattern list item titles to Text from @wordpress/ui. (77656)
• Refactor: Add extractPresetSlug as a generalized function to extract slugs. (78328)
• Tooltip migration: Block-editor + block-directory consumers (1/5). (78411)
• Validate additional CSS on mount. (78682)

Block Library

• Block Style States: Show only supported inspector controls when selecting a style state. (78280)
• Columns: Remove redundant Skip option from layout picker. (78405)
• Home Link: Add missing controls. (76672)
• Move Layout panel into styles tab so it sits next to Dimensions. (77922)
• Responsive block instance styles. (78384)

Post Editor

• Collab Sidebar: Swap near-identical pink for red in avatar palette. (78299)
• Media Editor: Make the modal the default crop experience. (78653)
• RTC: Provide PROTOCOL_MISMATCH error handling. (76991)
• Tooltip migration: Editor + edit-post + edit-site consumers (2/5). (78466)

Dashboard

• Add custom widget dashboard resize handle styling. (78236)
• Dashboard Widgets: Adapt Quick Draft to its tile size with a recent drafts list. (78572)
• Widget dashboard: Skip tile hover elevation while resizing. (78234)

Font Library

• Clarify active variant state in Library tab. (78501)

Guidelines

• Refine access policy. (78296)

Connectors

• Restyle AI plugin callout with pastel background and beak. (78243)

Media

• Media Editor Modal: Update the rotation ruler to use a vertical line marker. (78704)

Client Side Media

• Add dimension validation to sideload endpoint. (74903)

Data Layer

• Upgrade to React 19. (61521)

Bug Fixes

Components

• @wordpress/ui: Compat overlay slot — viewport-sized containing block. (78441)
• DataViews: Fix wrapper height resolution in flex layouts. (76945)
• DataViewsPicker Table: Fix first-click row selection. (78423)
• Fix FormTokenField validation preventing default behavior. (77181)
• IconButton: Fix focusableWhenDisabled default. (78526)
• Popover: Don't close when focus moves into the @wordpress/ui compat overlay slot. (78407)
• UI Button: Fix disabled cursor style. (78479)
• UI: Fix item popup typography. (78403)
• UI: Update Autocomplete clear disabled state. (78520)
• useCopyToClipboard: Always call onSuccess callback. (78387)
• useDialog: Handle Escape via React onKeyDown so cascade works through portals. (78433)

Block Library

• Block/Tabs: Fix editor dirty state on reload by removing unnecessary mount-time attribute init. (78339)
• Breadcrumbs block: Hide separator from screen readers. (78524)
• Fix 'Invalid Date' when clicking on Now in DateTimePicker on Date Block. (78284)
• Fix Tabs block losing added tabs when the editor is reopened. (78250)
• Image: Preserve width/height when converting Classic blocks to blocks. (78610)
• Navigation Link: Preserve custom labels during link updates. (77186)
• Navigation: Restore block_core_navigation_submenu_render_submenu_icon() as deprecated shim. (78484)
• Prevent images from appearing squished when only one dimension is set. (70575)
• Fix: Discard unsaved HTML block changes on cancel. (78580)

Post Editor

• Editor: Disable Visual Revisions when classic meta boxes are present. (78249)
• Editor: Fix Visual Revisions meta keys overlap. (78156)
• Editor: Use _n() for revisions count aria-label. (78382)
• Fix image upload crashes. (76707)
• Fix: Register user-defined taxonomies after user-defined post types. (78497)
• Fix: Show collaborators when the top toolbar is active. (78049)
• Global styles revisions: Ensure stylebook shows revision previews. (78490)
• Script Loader: Defer single-page admin init until DOMContentLoaded (Trac #65103). (78136)
• Upload Media: Render srcset on the front end for client-side-media uploads. (78359)

Data Layer

• Core Data: Avoid duplicate ID-less entity permission requests. (78262)
• Fix: Disable collab sync when incompatible meta boxes are present. (78145)
• RTC: Fix cursor awareness and presence bug in nested rich text elements. (77673)
• RTC: Fix block refresh on every update when a peer edits within the code editor. (78483)
• RTC: Sync the content even if it's a function. (76796)
• Real-time Collaboration: Use minimal save payload in persistCRDTDoc. (77050)

Block Editor

• Block Inspector: Hide Styles tab in preview mode. (78230)
• Block Toolbar: Prevent position shifts when using mover control. (77798)
• Fix inconsistencies in feature selector processing part 2: Pseudo block instances. (78326)
• Fix schema merging in getBlockContentSchemaFromTransforms via mergeSchemas. (70615)
• List View: Place caret at end of block when selecting. (76797)
• Reset zoom level on component unmount. (69087)

Media

• Media Editor Modal: Only show the crop active state when using keyboard. (78266)
• Media Editor: Anchor cursorless zoom (slider/keyboard) at crop center. (78385)
• Media Editor: Enforce a minimum crop size in the image editor. (78268)
• Media Editor: Scope keyboard shortcuts to the modal. (78322)
• Media Fields: Fix filename truncation with Tooltip. (78453)

Collaboration

• RTC: Fix Edit/Join row action invisible on mobile in post list. (78597)
• RTC: Fix connection lost error modal when /wp-json/wp-sync/v1/updates exceeds 16 MiB limit. (77724)

Global Styles

• Fix block preview for responsive style states. (78538)
• Fix inconsistencies in feature selector processing part 1: Global styles. (78276)

Client Side Media

• Upload Media: Stop propagating -scaled to sub-size filenames. (78038)
• VIPS: Remove dead batchResizeImage and vipsBatchResizeImage exports. (77975)

Paste

• Keep <img> inside <a> when pasting plain-text HTML. (78015)

Accessibility

Post Editor

• Revisions: Increase diff marker stripe contrast to 75% primary color proportion. (78473)
• Revisions: Scale diff markers width with user text-size preference. (78273)
• Revisions: Use CSS outline as secondary non-color indicator for diff blocks. (78393)

Block Library

• Image block: Add "Mark as decorative" toggle for accessibility. (78064)
• Image: Fix missing aria-label on lightbox trigger button for single images. (78426)

Performance

• Block supports: Optimize custom CSS class rendering and parsing. (78217)
• Fix performance tests when running against old reference commit. (78288)

Post Editor

• Edit Post: Hoist setupEditor to run before root.render. (78581)
• Edit post: Consume preload cache before React mount. (78508)
• Editor / Block Editor: Lazy-fetch user pattern categories. (78568)
• Post Taxonomies: Drop redundant per_page: -1 from taxonomy queries. (78569)

Components

• Blocks: Share window listeners across instances (block props, rich text, ...). (78310)
• Compose: Share a single change listener per MediaQueryList in useMediaQuery. (78297)
• Compose: Simplify subscribeDelegatedListener root detection. (78492)

Data Layer

• Core Data: Share parsed blocks cache between resolver and editor hook. (78026)
• Edit Post Preload: Cover remaining bound GET/OPTIONS requests on load. (78565)

Commands

• Core Abilities: Defer fetch until workflow palette opens. (78316)

Experiments

Dashboard

• Add Quick draft widget. (78408)
• Add chrome UI tools to widgets. (78060)
• Add command palette commands. (78429)
• Add dashboard Activity widget. (78552)
• Add dashboard News widget. (78554)
• Add dashboard Site Health widget. (78555)
• Add dashboard Site Preview widget. (78556)
• Add elevation to widget actionable area. (78563)
• Add missing package file to the site preview widget. (78583)
• Add welcome dashboard widget with adaptive layout and content. (78461)
• Add tooltip explaining disabled menu item. (78344)
• Contain widget body within its tile to prevent page overflow. (78627)
• Dashboard Widgets: Add content-bleed presentation variant. (78491)
• Fix widget rendering on the masonry grid. (78645)
• Full-size widget inserter. (78390)
• Grid: Animate sibling tiles when layout reflows during drag or resize. (78395)
• Grid: Animate tile removals. (78542)
• Grid: Don't allow resizing tile beyond min row height or column width. (78402)
• Grid: Hide resize handles and actions while a tile is resizing. (78391)
• Grid: Make resize overlay line solid. (78340)
• Grid: Resize widget and snap resize-placeholder. (78389)
• Grid: Tiled grid overlay. (78373)
• Increase widget spacing with --wp-grid-gap. (78439)
• Layered grid columns and visual layout model picker. (78364)
• Layout settings drawer with grid/masonry models. (78202)
• Migrate Layout settings drawer to DataForm. (78336)
• Mobile improvements. (78522)
• Per-instance widget settings drawer. (78465)
• Polish dashboard drag preview motion, elevation, and drop exit. (78348)
• Prevent pointer events in widget selection. (78681)
• Quick Draft widget: Layout, empty state, and style refinements. (78601)
• Refine widget actionable area toolbar styling. (78578)
• Restrict widget icons to just SVGs (no dashicons). (78440)
• Round widget drag radius. (78292)
• Scale widget picker previews to fill their card. (78602)
• Seed default layout with bundled widget instances. (78622)
• Small changes to header. (78513)
• Tune default grid settings and starter layout. (78633)
• Use Page hasPadding prop for content spacing. (78469)
• Use fully-specified fast-deep-equal import. (78660)
• Welcome widget: Add a subtle shine to the version digits. (78626)
• Welcome widget: Draw the version number in the banner. (78611)
• Widget Types: Declarative presentation hint (full-bleed support). (78209)
• Widget Types: Generic attribute schemas. (78247)
• Widgets: Declare dependencies in a per-widget package.json. (78463)

Media

• Extract media editor crop options hook. (78263)
• Extract media editor save hook. (78225)
• Media Editor Modal: Add custom datetime view for the sidebar to ensure minimal display of dates. (78265)
• Media Editor Modal: Fix unexpected tab stop on date fields in the Details sidebar. (78454)
• Media Editor Modal: Tighten labels for crop handles toggle. (78703)
• Media Editor: Harden cropper math layer against non-finite inputs. (78321)
• Media Editor: Make zoom floor coverage-aware instead of fixed at 1x. (78222)
• Media editor: Show live crop dimensions during gesture. (78221)
• Refactor media editor crop state into composite reducer. (78480)

Block Library

• Classic Block: Use get_post() in wp_declare_classic_block_necessary. (78613)
• Media: Add undo snackbar for media editor image edits. (78425)
• Update Classic block deprecation notice. (78445)

Post Editor

• Add default term for taxonomies. (78233)
• Add experiment to show admin bar in Post and Site Editor. (77964)
• Media Editor Experiments: Tidy up by removing old pathways to the media editor experiment. (78489)

Block Editor

• Grid: Fix immutability lint warning for React hook. (78431)
• Grid: Visualize columns without outline. (78281)

Documentation

• Docs: Add Workspace Development guide. (78615)
• Docs: Update iframe editor migration guide for WordPress 7.0/7.1. (78401)
• Docs: Update media editor documentation. (78617)
• Theme: Add Tokens "Introduction" Storybook page. (78449)
• Theme: Move token structure descriptions into tokens document. (78438)
• UI Icon: Mark as recommended. (78365)
• Update plugin release documentation and edit for clarity. (78537)
• [ui] Trim verbose comments and prose around the compat overlay slot. (78356)

Code Quality

• Migrate create-test-block.sh to @wordpress/validation-tools workspace. (78665)

Components

• Add Badge text overflow end-to-end story. (78589)
• DataViews: Inline z-index values. (78315)
• Menu: Reduce flaky Space key test scope. (78246)
• Modal: Inline header z-index. (78362)
• Move @emotion deps out of root package.json. (78687)
• RangeControl: Remove erroneous icon prop from web types. (78444)
• Remove deprecated __experimentalApplyValueToSides export. (78528)
• Routes: Enforce logical CSS properties in stylesheets. (78291)
• Storybook: Add text overflow end-to-end stories. (78256)
• Theme: Remove and prevent dependency grouping comments. (78573)
• Theme: Update color space registration to avoid side effects. (77653)
• UI Autocomplete: Fix prop types. (78450)
• UI Tabs: Recommend component for use. (78442)
• UI: Add Button variant states end-to-end story. (78634)

Post Editor

• Deduplicate useGlobalStyles hook code. (78577)
• Editor: Inline text editor toolbar z-index. (78309)
• REST: Guard setAccessible() behind PHP < 8.1 in block-editor settings controller. (78478)
• Use WCIcon alias for component Icon imports. (78366)
• Use WCTooltip alias for component Tooltip imports. (78396)

Block Editor

• Fixed additional issues with block registration types. (78416)
• Migrate __experimentalText, __experimentalHStack, and __experimentalVStack to Text and Stack. (78155)
• Refactor: UseMemo on elements and useCallback is back on resetAllFilter. (78329)
• Simplify component ESLint rules and extend to routes/widgets. (78519)
• Updated the BlockAttribute typedef to allow for multi-type attributes. (78517)

Guidelines

• Add data-slug attribute to settings list items. (78676)

Block Library

• ESLint: Restrict deprecated __nextHasNoMarginBottom prop. (78579)

Media

• Image editor: Remove unnecessary __nextHasNoMarginBottom prop. (78530)

Plugin

• Connectors: Move from experimental to wordpress-7.0 compat. (78228)

Data Layer

• Make RTC-related APIs private. (78097)

Tools

• ESLint: Support private API component denylist. (78451)

Testing

• Automated Testing: Allow console logging in all bin, scripts, tools files. (78312)
• Automated Testing: Enable concurrency for ESLint. (78360)
• Automated Testing: Fix and use built-in mechanism for flagging unused disables. (78313)
• Automated Testing: Skip ESLint for bundled library code via ignore patterns. (78314)
• Fix flaky end-to-end test with dataview kbd navigation. (78503)
• Fix flaky media upload save lock test. (78544)
• Fix flaky navigation frontend submenu end-to-end test. (78270)
• Fix flaky tests (publish-panel.spec.js focus assertion before panel close completed). (77893)
• Guard PHP unit test to avoid failures on old wp versions. (78547)
• Perf tests: Capture loading durations before stopTracing(). (78294)
• Perf tests: Disable Playwright tracing to remove snapshot overhead. (78295)
• Perf tests: Save Chromium traces as CI artifacts. (77974)
• Performance Tests: Log timestamps, optimize build overhead. (78237)
• Performance tests: Fix template click, delete pages at startup. (78193)
• Post Editor perf test: Remove unwanted actions from timed area. (78323)
• Preload: Backport user global styles entry for classic themes on WP 6.9. (78546)
• RTC: Add command to run in WebSockets mode. (78363)
• Tests: Add timezone-mock to test/unit/package.json. (78277)
• Tests: Add post-editor preload spec. (78318)
• Tests: Preload spec — track query strings and use an existing draft. (78343)
• WP Editor Meta Box e2e: Wait for TinyMCE init. (78631)

Build Tooling

• Release: Migrate bin/plugin into @wordpress/release-tools workspace. (77695)
• Add cherry-pick script and update release tools in package.json. (78560)
• Build Tools: Move build scripts to @wordpress/build-scripts workspace package. (78509)
• Build: Detect stale node_modules at build/dev time. (77995)
• Build: Remove custom job_status output in favor of native result. (78208)
• Dashboard: Forbid non-module stylesheets in experimental, new widgets. (78496)
• Fix path for license type detection in license.js. (78245)
• Improve GHCR asset publishing and expand trigger events to include pull_request. (78211)
• Move PHP Sync Issue Generator file to @wordpress/release-tools. (78456)
• Publishing packages: Defer pushing tags until lerna publish succeeds. (78253)
• Refactor validation tools and update related scripts. (77522)
• Remove commander.js file from the project. (78400)
• Remove dependency used for counting available CPUs. (78593)
• Several improvements to the Dependabot configuration. (78536)
• Stylelint: Add logical properties exemptions. (78252)
• Widgets: Add TypeScript project configuration. (78467)
• wp-build: Replace getter-based exports with data properties. (78303)

First-time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:

• @allilevine: DataViews: Fix wrapper height resolution in flex layouts. (76945)
• @CookieDarb: Build: Remove custom job_status output in favor of native result. (78208)
• @danluu: RTC: Fix connection lost error modal when /wp-json/wp-sync/v1/updates exceeds 16 MiB limit. (77724)
• @ecairol: Navigation: Restore block_core_navigation_submenu_render_submenu_icon() as deprecated shim. (78484)
• @Raxen001: Migrated __experimentalText, __experimentalHStack, and __experimentalVStack to Text and Stack. (78155)
• @rushikeshmore: Components: Fix FormTokenField validation preventing default behavior. (77181)
• @SteveJonesDev: Image block: Add "Mark as decorative" toggle for accessibility. (78064)
• @taipeicoder: RTC: Fix Edit/Join row action invisible on mobile in post list. (78597)
• @yyppsk: Navigation Link: Preserve custom labels during link updates. (77186)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aagam-shah @adamsilverstein @aduth @alecgeatches @allilevine @andrewserong @chriszarate @chubes4 @ciampo @CookieDarb @danluu @DarkMatter-999 @desrosj @dhruvikpatel18 @dpmehta @ecairol @ellatrix @fushar @gziolo @himanshupathak95 @im3dabasia @Infinite-Null @ingeniumed @jameskoster @joshualip-plaudit @jsnajdr @juanfra @karmatosed @kushagra-goyal-14 @lschuyler @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @manzoorwanijk @Mayank-Tripathi32 @mirka @Mustafabharmal @ntsekouras @paulopmt1 @prasadkarmalkar @R1shabh-Gupta @ramonjd @Raxen001 @retrofox @rushikeshmore @scruffian @shrivastavanolo @simison @SteveJonesDev @t-hamano @taipeicoder @talldan @tellthemachines @tyxla @USERSATOSHI @westonruter @yuliyan @yyppsk