WordPress/gutenberg v7.6.0-rc.1

7.6.0 RC1

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Features

• Add a rotating list of tips to the inserter help panel 20163

Enhancements

• Improve find-ability for social/video embeds 20224

New APIs

• Ensure packages-update wp-scripts command works with missing dependencies 20408
• Add new option in dependencies webpack plugin to combine assets files into one file 20330
• Environment:
  • Add custom port numbers to .wp-env.json 20158
  • Add support for local override files. 20341
  • Add debug mode. 20348

Experimental

• New blocks:
  • Post Featured Image. 19875
  • Comments Count block. 19953
  • Comments Form block. 19954
  • Post Tags block. 19580
• Add new features to the Post Excerpt block. 19715
• Allow changing Site Title block heading level. 20361
• Render the post comments form properly 20279
• Add new features to the Post Date block. 19857
• Add multiple template loading 19141
• Show error when resolved block template is empty 20239

Bug Fixes

• Overflowing LinkControl block editor component. 20154
• Broken gallery to image transform and inconsistent types used in the gallery block 20084
• Missing label on heading toolbar. 20248
• Sidebar jumpiness. 20355
• Fix wrong imports in PluginBlockSettingsMenuItem 20356
• Color formatter appears when color choosing is not possible 20222
• Crash when updating a post with the latest post block 20289
• Inconsistency on Import from JSON button look 20416
• Inline image width pop-up 'wanders' down page 20232
• Styling problem on vertically aligned blocks 20368
• Remove unnecessary aria-label from link formatter 18742
• Make navigation button expand to fit longer nav link text 20230
• Flow for gallery creation and editing 20287
• Fix background color for dark themes on the spacer block 20296
• Show metaboxes peeking in even on tiny screens. 20262
• Add an edit state to media frames to fix an issue when opening a new tab. 17642

Documentation

• Add a basic storybook story listing all the @wordpress/icons 20266
• Add docs for variations in the block registration section 20145
• Improve README for <LinkControl /> component. 19677
• Remove the devhub manifest file 20175
• Several documentation improvements and typo fixes: 20385, 20378, 20392, 20381, 20388, 20371, 20380, 20384, 20379, 20391, 20251

Various

• Create block: Add support for format:js to ESNext template 20335
• Add check for minimum system requirements on create block 20398
• Conditionally apply Editor Skeleton html element styles 20245
• Environment:
  • Check for legacy installs and provide the option to delete them. 20340
  • Fix testsPath on local sources 20353
  • Use user with UID=33 to run WP CLI commands 20403
  • Fix issue where docker & wp had different URLs 20228
  • No longer show error message twice 20157
  • Support wp-config.php overrides. 20352
  • Support overwriting generated file directory with an environment variable 20253